17 Multi-Proxy Investigations of Black Shales: What Can They Tell Us?

Thursday, 20 April 2006
1:40 PM - 3:20 PM

Presentations

• 1:40 PM
  DEVELOPING A MORE ROBUST GEOCHEMICAL FRAMEWORK FOR INFERRING PALEOREDOX CONDITIONS DURING BLACK SHALE ACCUMULATION: FOCUS ON THE OHIO AND NEW ALBANY SHALES
  Harold D. Rowe, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and Susan M. Rimmer, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and Sarah J. Hawkins, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and Henry Francis, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
  103561 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 2:00 PM
  FORMS OF DOLOMITE AND SILICA AS PROXIES FOR PALEOCLIMATE, PALEOGEOGRAPHY, AND PALEOCEANOGRAPHY OF UPPER DEVONIAN BLACK SHALES IN NORTH AMERICA
  John B. Comer, Indiana Geological Survey, Bloomington, IN
  103151 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 2:20 PM
  TERRESTRIAL ORGANIC MATTER IN DEVONIAN MARINE BLACK SHALES: IMPLICATIONS FOR ORGANIC CARBON ACCUMULATION, TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS, AND PALEO-ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN LEVELS
  Susan M. Rimmer, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and Sarah J. Hawkins, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
  103642 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 2:40 PM
  PALEOREDOX INDICATORS IN THE UPPER ORDOVICIAN MAQUOKETA FORMATION OF EASTERN IOWA
  Rachael Von Mann, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and Susan Rimmer, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and Harold D. Rowe, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and Henry Francis, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
  103604 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 3:00 PM
  SPECTRAL GAMMA RAY LOGS AS PALEOENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS IN CARBONIFEROUS BLACK SHALES
  Timothy M. Samson, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK and Anna M. Cruse, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK and Stanley T. Paxton, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
  103487 (THEME SESSIONS)