31 Black Shales—Old Problems, New Solutions II

Thursday, 4 April 2002
1:20 PM - 5:00 PM

Presentations

• 1:20 PM
  A DYNAMIC STRATIFICATION MODEL FOR BLACK SHALE DEPOSITION IN A JURASSIC AND A CRETACEOUS EPEIRIC SEA
  Ditk-Jan H. Simons, Univ of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL and Fabien Kenig, Univ of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
  32666 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:40 PM
  ORBITAL TIME SCALES, OCEAN ANOXIC EVENTS, AND CONTROLS ON THE ACCUMULATION OF ORGANIC CARBON IN THE CRETACEOUS WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY
  Stephen R. Meyers, Northwestern Univ, Evanston, IL and Bradley B. Sageman, Northwestern Univ, Evanston, IL and David J. Hollander, Univ of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL
  32970 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 2:00 PM
  ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE EARLY APTIAN OAE1A FROM SHATSKY RISE (ODP LEG 198)
  Simon C. Brassell, Indiana Univ, Bloomington, IN
  32556 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 2:20 PM
  MOLECULAR FOSSILS IN MESOPROTEROZOIC SHALES: BIOMARKER CHARACTERIZATION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR EUKARYOTIC EVOLUTION
  Patrick J. Schuneman, Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN and Linda C. Kah, Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN and Maria E. Uhle, Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN and Timothy W. Lyons, Univ of Missouri, Columbia, MO and Julie K. Bartley, State Univ of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA
  30955 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 2:40 PM
  PREFERENTIAL JOINTING OF UPPER DEVONIAN BLACK SHALE, APPALACHIAN PLATEAU: EVIDENCE FOR AN ANCIENT PRESSURE COMPARTMENT AND SEAL SYSTEM
  Gary G. Lash, SUNY - College at Fredonia, Fredonia, NY
  31668 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 3:00 PM
  ASSESSMENT OF THE PETROLOGIC, SEDIMENTOLOGIC, AND ENGINEERING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DEVONIAN MILLBORO AND NEEDMORE SHALES, HIGHLAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA
  Lora L. Combs, Radford Univ, Radford, VA and Parvinder S. Sethi, Radford Univ, Radford, VA
  30717 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 3:20 PM
  BASINWIDE COOPERATIVE STUDIES OF THE GAS POTENTIAL OF THE NEW ALBANY SHALE (DEVONIAN-MISSISSIPPIAN) IN THE ILLINOIS BASIN
  Nancy R. Hasenmueller, Indiana Univ, Bloomington, IN
  31337 (THEME SESSIONS)