Geological Society of America

8:00 AM

THE CHESAPEAKE BAY IMPACT STRUCTURE: MAPPING MICROBIAL BIOGEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS IN THE DEEP SUBSURFACE AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR DISCOVERING BIOSIGNATURES

Nicole von der Heyde, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA

213037 (Technical Sessions)

8:30 AM

DISSECTING THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY SEQUENCES ALONG THE NEW JERSEY COASTAL PLAIN

Peter Stassen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, N/A and Ellen Thomas, Yale University, New Haven, CT and Robert P. Speijer, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, N/A

207700 (Technical Sessions)

8:45 AM

LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY AND CLAY MINERALOGY OF PETM SEDIMENTS AT NEW WILSON LAKE, NJ COREHOLE

Christopher Lombardi, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ and Kenneth G. Miller, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ and James D. Wright, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ and James V. Browning, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ and Robert Kopp, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ

212099 (Technical Sessions)

9:00 AM

MOLLUSCAN FAUNAS OF THE ASHLEY FORMATION AND CHANDLER BRIDGE FORMATION (OLIGOCENE), CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA

Matthew R. Campbell, Erskine College, Due West, SC and David C. Campbell, Gardner-Webb University, Boiling Springs, NC

212132 (Technical Sessions)

9:30 AM

MIOCENE LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY, SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY, AND AQUIFER MAPPING IN THE CENTRAL DELMARVA PENINSULA

Peter McLaughlin, University of Delaware, Newark, DE and Jaime L. Tomlinson, University of Delaware, Newark, DE and Paul J. Martin, University of Delaware, Newark, DE and Ronald E. Martin, University of Delaware, Newark, DE

212926 (Technical Sessions)

9:50 AM

CHALLENGES OF CORRELATION IN VERY THIN STRATIGRAPHIC RECORDS: EXTENDING G.B. SHATTUCK'S CLASSIC MIOCENE SUBDIVISIONS AWAY FROM THE TYPE CALVERT CLIFFS

Susan Kidwell, Univ of Chicago, Chicago, IL and Lucy E. Edwards, U.S. Geol Survey, Reston, VA and Robert E. Weems, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA

212514 (Technical Sessions)

10:40 AM

MIDDLE MIOCENE DINOFLAGELLATES DEMONSTRATE THE PRESENCE OF UPPER CHOPTANK MARINE BEDS BENEATH THE MIDLOTHIAN GRAVELS IN SOUTHERN VIRGINIA

Robert E. Weems, Paleo Quest, Gainesville, VA and Lucy E. Edwards, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Mark W. Carter, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and David Spears, Division of Geology and Mineral Resour, Charlottesville, VA

210867 (Technical Sessions)

10:55 AM

MIOCENE TO PLEISTOCENE PALEOCHANNELS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN: REGRESSIVE LOWSTAND CONDUITS AND TRANSGRESSIVE HIGHSTAND INFILLING

David S. Powars, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Lucy E. Edwards, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA

212142 (Technical Sessions)

11:10 AM

LITHOLOGIC AND THICKNESS VARIATIONS IN THE MIOCENE-PLIOCENE YORKTOWN FORMATION, INNER COASTAL PLAIN VIRGINIA

Amy K. Gilmer, Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, Charlottesville, VA and C.R. Berquist, Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, Williamsburg, VA

211913 (Technical Sessions)

11:25 AM

PLIO-PLEISTOCENE PECTINID BIOSTRATIGRAPHY OF VIRGINIA, THE CAROLINAS, AND GEORGIA

Lyle D. Campbell, USC Upstate, Spartanburg, SC and Sarah C. Campbell, USC Upstate, Spartanburg, SC and Matthew R. Campbell, Erskine College, Due West, SC and David C. Campbell, Gardner-Webb University, Boiling Springs, NC

212992 (Technical Sessions)

11:40 AM

THE LAST GLACIAL AND DEGLACIATION: INSIGHTS FROM CONTINUOUS CORING ON THE NEW JERSEY CONTINENTAL SHELF

Beth A. Christensen, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY and Clark Alexander, University of Georgia, Savannah, GA and John A. Goff, University of Texas at Austin, J.J. Pickle Research Campus, Austin, TX and James A. Austin, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and R. Jessica Turner, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA

207808 (Technical Sessions)

T226 Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain Stratigraphy and Paleontology

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