Geological Society of America

8:00 AM

INSIGHTS FROM CARBON ISOTOPE STRATIGRAPHY INTO LATE CAMBRIAN (STEPTOEAN) SEDIMENTATION AND RESPONSES TO SEA LEVEL CHANGE ALONG THE NORTHEASTERN LAURENTIAN MARGIN

Laurel E. Mutti, Smith College, Northampton, MA and Bosiljka Glumac, Smith College, Northampton, MA

37258 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE RECORDED BY STROMATOLITE MORPHOLOGY – QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES

M. Bryn McInnish, State Univ of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA and Julie K. Bartley, State Univ of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA and Linda C. Kah, Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

38077 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

THE GEOLOGY OF ELEUTHERA ISLAND, BAHAMAS: REINTERPRETATION OF MEGABOULDER AND OXYGEN ISOTOPE SUBSTAGE 5A DEPOSITS

Mark R. Boardman, Miami Univ, Oxford, OH and James L. Carew, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC and John E. Mylroie, Missisippi State Univ, Missisippi State, MS and Bruce C. Panuska, Missisippi State Univ, Missisippi State, MS and Neil E. Sealey, Bahamas Journal of Sci, Nassau, N/A and Vincent J. Voegeli, San Salvador Island, Bahamas, Ft Lauderdale, FL

39280 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

FACIES AND MICROFOSSIL STUDY OF THE MECHANISMS AND TIMING OF TERMINATION OF THE HESHAN CARBONATE PLATFORM, NANPANJIANG BASIN, SOUTH CHINA

Benjamin J. Kessel, Univ of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI and Jordayna J. Gross, Univ of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI and Dan Lehrmann, Univ of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI

39819 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

SEDIMENTARY EXHALATIVE DOLOMITE, WESTERN CANADA

Ron Spencer, Univ of Calgary, Calgary, AB and Victoria Jeary, Univ of Calgary, Calgary, AB

40159 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS AND DIAGENESIS OF CRETACEOUS (ALBIAN TO MAASTRICHTIAN) STRATA OF THE ABADAN PLAIN OF THE PERSIAN PLATFORM IN SOUTHWESTERN IRAN

Forooz Kayvani, National Iranian Oil Co, Tehran, N/A and Ezat Heydari, Jackson State Univ, Jackson, MS

40307 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

A STABLE ISOTOPE TEST FOR DIAGENESIS COMPARING BRACHIOPODS, BRYOZOANS, AND CEMENTS IN THE ORDOVICIAN DUNCANNON GROUP, SOUTHEASTERN IRELAND

Marcus M. Key, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA and M. Dustin Moore, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA and William P. Patterson, Univ. of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK and Patrick N. Wyse Jackson, Trinity College, Dublin 2, N/A

40953 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

EARLY SILICIFICATION OF UPPER ORDOVICIAN DEEP-WATER CHERT-LIMESTONE RHYTHMITES, CENTRAL NEVADA

Leandro Helal Habib, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM and Maya B. Elrick, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

41418 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

PETROGRAPHY AND DIAGENESIS OF PALUSTRINE CARBONATE BEDS IN THE EARLY CRETACEOUS CEDAR MOUNTAIN FORMATION, EASTERN UTAH

Andrew C. Sorensen, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, IA and Greg A. Ludvigson, Iowa Dept. Nat Rscs, Iowa City, IA and Luis A. Gonzalez, Univ of Iowa, Iowa City, IA and Scott J. Carpenter, Univ of Iowa, N/A and Robert M. Joeckel, Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE and Jim I. Kirkland, Salt Lake City, UT

41771 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

TIMING OF MIDDLE AND UPPER DEVONIAN SEA LEVEL EVENTS AND CARBONATE PLATFORM (MIETTE AND ANCIENT WALL) DEVELOPMENT IN WESTERN ALBERTA

James Day, Illinois State University, Normal, IL and Michael Whalen, Univ. Alaska-Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK

42217 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

HIGH RESOLUTION SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY, GEOCHEMISTRY, AND PALEOENVIRONMENTAL INTERPRETATION OF TRIASSIC UPWELLING ZONE DEPOSITS, NORTHERN, ALASKA

Michael T. Whalen, Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK and Landon Kelly, Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK

42248 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

LATERAL AND VERTICAL VARIATIONS IN SEDIMENTATION RATES OF HOLOCENE SUBTIDAL PLATFORM CARBONATE SEDIMENTS, BELIZE

Wan Yang, Wichita State Univ, Wichita, KS and S.J. Mazzullo, Wichita State Univ, Wichita, KS and Chellie S. Teal, Wichita State Univ, Wichita, KS

42620 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

CARBONATE STORM DEPOSITS AND VARVE-LIKE SEDIMENTS WITHIN THE GREAT BLUE HOLE ON LIGHTHOUSE REEF ATOLL, BELIZE, CENTRAL AMERICA

Noreen A. Buster, Ctr for Coastal Geology, St. Petersburg, FL and Christopher D. Reich, Ctr for Coastal Geology, St. Petersburg, FL and Charles W. Holmes, Ctr for Coastal Geology, St. Petersburg, FL and Eugene A. Shinn, Ctr for Coastal Geology, St. Petersburg, FL and T. Donald Hickey, Ctr for Coastal Geology, St. Petersburg, FL

42847 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

EUSTASY AND TECTONICS OF A MISSISSIPPIAN CARBONATE RAMP, WEST VIRGINIA, USA

Thomas C. Wynn, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA and J. Fred Read, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

42958 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

RELATION BETWEEN PALEOCEANOGRAPHIC CIRCULATION INTO THE WESTERN PALEO-MEDITERRANEAN SEA AND FACIES OF AN UPPER MIOCENE CARBONATE RAMP AND PLATFORM, MELILLA BASIN, NE MOROCCO

Kevin J. Cunningham, Miami, FL and Laurel S. Collins, Florida Int'l Univ, Miami, FL

43078 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION AND PETROGRAPHIC INDICATORS FOR MARINE, BRACKISH AND FRESHWATER CARBONATE DEPOSITION: PALEOGENE OF ISTRIA, CROATIA

Bosiljka Glumac, Smith College, Northampton, MA and Sarah J. Clifthorne, Smith College, Northampton, MA and Ljubomir Babic, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, N/A and Jozica Zupanic, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, N/A

43236 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

GEOCHEMICAL CONSTRAINTS FOR COEXISTING CO2 GAS HYDRATE AND CALCITE: IMPLICATIONS FOR SHEET CRACKS, STROMATACTIS, ZEBRA AND TEPEE-LIKE STRUCTURES

Erica L. DiFilippo, Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA and Douglas E. Hammond, Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA and Frank A. Corsetti, Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

43643 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

CHANGES ACROSS THE TRENTON-MAQUOKETA (SUB-SULPHUR WELL) UNCONFORMITY: STRATIGRAPHIC RESPONSES TO STRUCTURAL INVERSION AND INITIATION OF THE TANGLEWOOD BUILDUP, MIDDLE/UPPER ORDOVICIAN LEXINGTON LIMESTONE, CENTRAL KENTUCKY

Frank R. Ettensohn, Univ of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and Julie M. Kasl, Univ of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

43884 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

CARBONATE EOLIANITES IN THE MISSISSIPPIAN MAXVILLE LIMESTONE OF SOUTHEAST OHIO

Cindy K. Carney, Wright State Univ, Dayton, OH

44395 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

DETERMINATION OF SEDIMENTATION RATES IN GULF OF MEXICO GAS HYDRATE-BEARING SEDIMENTS USING RADIOCARBON AND STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES

Matthew Hackworth, Louisiana State Univ, Baton Rouge, LA and Paul Aharon, Univ of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL