Geological Society of America

8:00 AM

EFFECTS OF HYDRAULIC JUMPS ON HIGH-DENSITY TURBIDITY CURRENTS AND THEIR DEPOSITS

Suzanne F. Leclair, Tulane Univ, New Orleans, LA and R.W.C. Arnott, Univ of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

85677 (THEME SESSIONS)

8:20 AM

FROM TURBIDITE BED THICKNESS DISTRIBUTIONS TO DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS: METHODS AND PITFALLS OF FITTING AND INTERPRETING THE POWER-LAW AND LOGNORMAL MODELS

Zoltan Sylvester, Shell Int'l Exploration and Production Inc, Houston, TX

84685 (THEME SESSIONS)

8:40 AM

TURBIDITE, DENSITE, DEBRITE OR GRAVITE? PHYTOCLASTS CAN HELP

Martha A. Woodward, Humboldt State Univ. & Scotia Pacific Co, Scotia, CA

85804 (THEME SESSIONS)

9:00 AM

RECENT MONTEREY CANYON FLUSHING EVENTS: HOW FAR DID THEY GO?

Joel E. Johnson, Monterey Bay Aquarium Rsch Institute, Moss Landing, CA and Charles K. Paull, Monterey Bay Aquarium Rsch Institute, Moss Landing, CA and William Ussler, Monterey Bay Aquarium Rsch Institute, Moss Landing, CA and William R. Normark, US Geol Survey, Menlo Park, CA and Patrick Mitts, Monterey Bay Aquarium Rsch Institute, Moss Landing, CA and Rendy Keaten, Monterey Bay Aquarium Rsch Institute, Moss Landing, CA

85660 (THEME SESSIONS)

9:20 AM

LATE QUATERNARY TURBIDITE SYSTEMS IN SANTA MONICA BASIN, OFFSHORE CALIFORNIA

William R. Normark, US Geol Survey, Menlo Park, CA and David J.W. Piper, Geol Survey of Canada Atlantic, Dartmouth, NS and Ray Sliter, US Geol Survey, Menlo Park, CA

85105 (THEME SESSIONS)

9:40 AM

SEA-LEVEL AND TECTONIC CONTROLS ON LATE QUATERNARY SEDIMENTATION IN SAN DIEGO TROUGH, OFFSHORE CALIFORNIA

Jacob A. Covault, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and William R. Normark, US Geol Survey, Menlo Park, CA and Stephan A. Graham, Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA

85024 (THEME SESSIONS)

10:00 AM

MIDDLE EOCENE MARKLEY CANYON IN THE SACRAMENTO BASIN

Raymond Sullivan, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA and Morgan Sullivan, California State University, Chico, CA

85704 (THEME SESSIONS)

10:20 AM

OUTCROP CHARACTERIZATION OF CHANNELIZED DEEP-WATER DEPOSITS, CARMELO FORMATION, POINT LOBOS STATE RESERVE, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

Steven Springhorn, California State Univ, Chico, CA and Ryan Alward, California State Univ, Chico, CA and Morgan Sullivan, California State Univ, Chico, CA and Bryan Demucha, California State Univ, Chico, CA and Sean Spaeth, California State Univ, Chico, CA and Margaret Skartvedt-Forte, California State Univ, Chico, CA and Nick Lawlor, California State Univ, Chico, CA

85596 (THEME SESSIONS)

10:40 AM

ANATOMY OF A LEVEE TO PROXIMAL CREVASSE SPLAY (HARP) TO CHANNEL-FILL SUCCESSION, NEOPROTEROZOIC WINDERMERE SUPERGROUP, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA

R. William C. Arnott, Univ of Ottawa, ottawa, ON

84833 (THEME SESSIONS)

11:00 AM

ANATOMY AND EVOLUTION OF A SLOPE CHANNEL (ISAAC FORMATION, NEOPROTEROZOIC, CANADIAN CORDILLERA)

Ernesto Schwarz, Univ of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON and R. William C. Arnott, Univ of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON and Gerry Ross, Calgary, AB

85717 (THEME SESSIONS)

11:20 AM

STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK AND RECONSTRUCTION OF THE WINDERMERE TURBIDITE SYSTEM: A NEOPROTEROZOIC PASSIVE MARGIN DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEM

Gerald M. Ross, Kula, HI

85841 (THEME SESSIONS)

1 Beds to Basins in Turbidite Systems

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