Geological Society of America

8:00 AM

THE EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY INTERVAL IN THE SE USA (1): A HIGH-RESOLUTION BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC STUDY TO DEFINE AND CORRELATE THE BOUNDARY INTERVAL AMONG OTHER CO-EVAL SEQUENCES

Lawrence A. Febo, Houston, TX and Brooks B. Ellwood, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA and Jonathan H. Tomkin, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL and Laurie Anderson, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD and Harry Rowe, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX and Kenneth T. Ratcliffe, Houston, TX and Guy Means, Tallahassee, FL and Rebecca Tedford, Houston, TX

181211 (Technical Sessions)

8:15 AM

AN ASSESSMENT OF THE SUITABILITY OF LIMESTONE-MARL ALTERNATIONS FOR ASTROCHRONOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Axel Munnecke, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen and Hildegard Westphal, Universität Bremen, Bremen, N/A and Frits Hilgen, Institute of Paleoenvironments and Paleoclimate Utrecht, Utrecht, N/A

178346 (Technical Sessions)

8:30 AM

THE APPLICATION OF A NEW THERMAL MATURITY INDICATOR, THE PALYNOMORPH DARKNESS INDEX (PDI)

Robbie Goodhue, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, N/A and Geoff Clayton, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield

178681 (Technical Sessions)

8:45 AM

A DIRECT QUANTITATIVE TEST OF THE SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC MODEL

Daniele Scarponi, University of Bologna, Bologna and Michal Kowalewski, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Darrell Kaufman, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ and Alessandro Amorosi, University of Bologna, Bologna

179943 (Technical Sessions)

9:00 AM

A 56 MILLION YEAR RHYTHM IN NORTH AMERICAN SEDIMENTATION DURING THE PHANEROZOIC

Stephen Meyers, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI and Shanan E. Peters, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI

180139 (Technical Sessions)

9:15 AM

CONODONT AND MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY STRATIGRAPHY OF THE MARCELLUS SHALE AND PLACEMENT OF THE EIFELIAN-GIVETIAN BOUNDARY, MIDDLE DEVONIAN, NORTHERN APPALACHIAN BASIN

D. Over, SUNY - College at Geneseo Dept Geological Sciences, Geneseo, NY and Brynne Grady, SUNY-Geneseo, Geneseo, NY and Matthew E. Travis, SUNY Geneseo, Geneseo, NY and Charles A. Ver Straeten, New York State Museum/Geological Survey, Albany, NY and Alexander J. Bartholomew, SUNY College at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY

181329 (Technical Sessions)

9:30 AM

THE EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY INTERVAL IN THE SE USA (2): A HIGH-RESOLUTION MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY (MS), GEOCHEMICAL AND GAMMA RAY (GR) SPECTROSCOPY STUDY TO DEFINE AND CORRELATE THE BOUNDARY INTERVAL AMONG OTHER CO-EVAL SEQUENCES

Brooks B. Ellwood, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA and Lawrence A. Febo, Houston, TX and Harry Rowe, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX and Jonathan H. Tomkin, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL and Laurie Anderson, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD and Kenneth T. Ratcliffe, Houston, TX and Guy Means, Florida Geological Survey, Tallahassee, FL

181347 (Technical Sessions)

9:45 AM

INTEGRATION OF SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY AND STABLE ISOTOPE (δ13Ccarb AND δ18O) CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY TO TEST AND IMPROVE CORRELATIONS IN GEOGRAPHICALLY SEPARATED SECTIONS IN THE DEVONIAN OF THE CANNING BASIN, NORTHWESTERN AUSTRALIA

Kelly Hillbun, University of Washington, Seattle, WA and Ted E. Playton, Chevron, San Ramon, CA and David A. Katz, Chevron ETC, San Ramon, CA and Peter D. Ward, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

181409 (Technical Sessions)

10:15 AM

SYNCHRONOUS MAXIMUM FLOODING ACROSS THE PARADOX BASIN, PENNSYLVANIAN HERMOSA GROUP, SOUTHEASTERN UTAH AND SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO

Gary Gianniny, Fort Lewis College Geosciences, Durango, CO and Kimberlee J. Miskell-Gerhardt, Durango, N/A and Scott M. Ritter, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT

181548 (Technical Sessions)

10:30 AM

FACIES MOSAICS VS. SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY: USING FINE SCALE STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATIONS TO DECODE SEDIMENTARY FACIES IN THE CINCINNATIAN, MAYSVILLIAN STAGE

Thomas J. Schramm, Louisiana State University, E235 Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex, Baton Rouge, LA and Nicholas Sullivan, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH and Benjamin F. Dattilo, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN

181573 (Technical Sessions)

10:45 AM

THE DRUMIAN (CAMBRIAN) GLOBAL BOUNDARY STRATOTYPE SECTION AND POINT (GSSP): APPLYING HIGH RESOLUTION GEOPHYSICAL TECHNIQUES, MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY (MS) AND GAMMA RAY (GR) SPECTROSCOPY, AS SUPPLEMENTAL STRATIGRAPHIC DATA SETS USED IN INTERPRETING CRITICAL GEOLOGICAL SEQUENCES

Matthew A. Clark, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA and Brooks B. Ellwood, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA and Wei-Hsung Wang, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA and Loren E. Babcock, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH and Jonathan H. Tomkin, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL

181929 (Technical Sessions)

11:00 AM

COMPARING THE RELATIVE STRATIGRAPHIC COMPLETENESS OF CARBONATE SEDIMENTARY RECORDS FROM CRATONIC INTERIORS VERSUS CONTINENTAL MARGINS

Mara E. Brady, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

182322 (Technical Sessions)

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