Geological Society of America

8:00 AM

THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A LOW COST SETTLING COLUMN FOR TAPHONOMIC RESEARCH

Thomas Evans, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

89409 (Technical Sessions)

8:15 AM

MICROFOSSIL & GRAIN SIZE ANALYSES OF SEDIMENT DEPOSITED BY THE INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI ALONG THE WEST COAST OF THE MALAY-THAI PENINSULA

Andrea D. Hawkes, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA and Jin Eong Ong, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, N/A and Micheal Bird, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, N/A and Susan Cowie, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, AL and Carl Grundy-Warr, University of Singapore, Singapore, N/A and Benjamin P. Horton, Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA and Aileen Tan Shau Hwai, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, N/A and Lisa Law, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, AL and Colin Macgregor, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, AL and Jonathan Nott, James Cook Univ, Cairns, N/A

93588 (Technical Sessions)

8:30 AM

PARAMETERS OF INUNDATION, RUN-UP AND DEPOSITION OF THE SOUTH ASIAN TSUNAMI OF 26 DECEMBER 2004 IN SOUTHEASTERN INDIA AND KENYA

Heinrich Bahlburg, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, N/A and Robert Weisz, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, N/A and Alessandro Bisaccia, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, N/A

95137 (Technical Sessions)

8:45 AM

RE-INTERPRETATION OF THE EARLY DEVONIAN DARTMOUTH GROUP: A TIDALLY-INFLUENCED MUDDY SHELF SEQUENCE, SOUTHWEST ENGLAND, U.K

James E. Evans, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH

89651 (Technical Sessions)

9:00 AM

DISTRIBUTION AND CHARACTER OF SOFT-SEDIMENT STRUCTURES WITHIN A PALEO-SUBMARINE MASS TRANSPORT COMPLEX AND RELATIONSHIPS TO OVERLYING AND UNDERLYING PALEO-BATHYMETRY, PERMIAN CUTOFF FORMATION, WEST TEXAS

Robert Amerman, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO and Eric P. Nelson, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO and Michael H. Gardner, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO

96895 (Technical Sessions)

9:15 AM

SIGNIFICANCE OF INNER SHELF TURBIDITIC-RICH CHANNEL-FILL DEPOSITS, GUNNISON BUTTE TO TUSHER CANYON REGION, BOOK CLIFFS, EASTERN UTAH

Simon A.J. Pattison, Brandon Univ, Brandon, MB

89716 (Technical Sessions)

9:30 AM

THE DEVELOPMENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF ORGANIC DEPOSITS ON A MODERN AVULSIVE FLOODPLAIN: EXAMPLES FROM THE CUMBERLAND MARSHES, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA

K. Siân Davies Vollum, University of Washington, Tacoma, Tacoma, WA and Erin P. Howell, University of Washington, Tacoma, Tacoma, WA

92153 (Technical Sessions)

9:45 AM

MINERALOGICAL CONTROL ON MINERAL SURFACE MEASUREMENTS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO ORGANIC CARBON CONCENTRATIONS IN SEDIMENTS

Joniell B. Borges, Northwestern Univ, Evanston, IL and Bradley Sageman, Northwestern Univ, Evanston, IL

96846 (Technical Sessions)

10:00 AM

VOLCANIC TUFF BED STRATINOMY IN LACUSTRINE SETTINGS, EOCENE GREEN RIVER FORMATION

Charles A. Ver Straeten, New York State Museum, Albany, NY and Michael E. Smith, Univ of Wisconsin- Madison, Madison, WI and Alan R. Carroll, Univ of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI

97350 (Technical Sessions)

10:15 AM

TWO-STAGE PRESERVATION OF EOLIAN STRATA THROUGH DUNE MIGRATION FOLLOWED BY INFILLING OF INTERDUNES PERMIAN CEDAR MESA SANDSTONE, SE UTAH

Richard Langford, Univ of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, N/A and Krystal Pearson, Univ of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, N/A and K.A. Duncan, Univ of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, N/A

96084 (Technical Sessions)

10:30 AM

DEPOSITIONAL ORIGIN OF LAMINATED LAYERS IN FAIR OAKS DUNES OF NORTHWEST INDIANA

Zoran Kilibarda, Indiana University Northwest, Gary, IN and Erin Argyilan, Indiana University Northwest, Gary, IN and Kris Huysken, Indiana University Northwest, Gary, IN and Stephanie Kite, Indiana University Northwest, Gary, IN and Joseph Blockland, Indiana University Northwest, Gary, IN

96128 (Technical Sessions)

10:45 AM

PROVENANCE OF JURASSIC ACCRETIONARY COMPLEX MINO TERRANE, INNERZONE OF SW JAPAN: IMPLICATIONS FOR PALEOGEOGRAPHY OF EASTERN ASIA

Young Ji Joo, Seoul National University, Seoul, N/A and Yong Il Lee, Seoul National Univ, Seoul, N/A and Ken-ichiro Hisada, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, N/A

92867 (Technical Sessions)

11:00 AM

SEDIMENTARY RECORD OF MIOCENE RIFTING ALONG THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE SAN JOSE DEL CABO BASIN, BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR, MEXICO: CRITICAL EARLY EVIDENCE OF THE PROTO GULF OF CALIFORNIA

Mike S. McTeague, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ and Paul J. Umhoefer, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ and Tobias Schwennicke, UABCS, La Paz, N/A and James C. Ingle, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

95739 (Technical Sessions)

11:15 AM

STRATIGRAPHY OF THE KOOBI FORA FORMATION (PLIOCENE AND PLEISTOCENE) IN THE ILERET AREA OF NORTHERN KENYA

Patrick Nduru Gathogo, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT and Francis H. Brown, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

94113 (Technical Sessions)

11:30 AM

MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY AND FACIES VARIATION IN THE UPPER TRIASSIC SALITRAL FORMATION (CHINLE GROUP) IN THE CHAMA BASIN, NORTH-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

Kate E. Zeigler, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM and John W. Geissman, University of New Mesico, Albuquerque, NM and Shari Kelley, Los Alamos, NM and Spencer G. Lucas, New Mexico Museum of Nat History & Sci, Albuquerque, NM

97258 (Technical Sessions)

136 Sediments: Clastic Sedimentology and Stratigraphy

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