Geological Society of America

8:00 AM

CRATONIC ARCH ACTIVITY AND BASIN DISSECTION IN EARLY PALEOZOIC SOUTHEAST LAURENTIA RECORDED BY PRE- AND SYN-TRANSGRESSIVE STRATA OF THE POTSDAM GROUP

David G. Lowe, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON and R.W.C. Arnott, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON and Jeffrey R. Chiarenzelli, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY and B.V. Sanford, Geologic Survey of Canada (retired), Ottawa, ON

232272 (Technical Sessions)

8:15 AM

SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK OF THE CAMBRO-ORDOVICIAN TRANSITION IN THE ILLINOIS BASIN: IMPLICATIONS FOR DEFINING THE CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHIC POSITION OF THE GUNTER AND ROSE RUN SANDSTONES

Yaghoob Lasemi, Illinois State Geological Survey Prairie Research Institute, Champaign, IL

232642 (Technical Sessions)

8:30 AM

DEFINING A LLANDOVERY-WENLOCK (SILURIAN) TRANSGRESSION IN WISCONSIN AND ILLINOIS USING HIGH-RESOLUTION BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC, CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHIC AND LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC DATA

Donald G. Mikulic, Weis Earth Science Museum, Menasha, WI and Joanne Kluessendorf, Weis Earth Science Museum, Menasha, WI and Rodney D. Norby, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL

233342 (Technical Sessions)

8:45 AM

THE NEW YORK DEVONIAN: A NEW STRATIGRAPHIC SYNTHESIS AND CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHIC CHART FOR THE NORTH AMERICAN STANDARD

Charles A. Ver Straeten, New York State Museum/Geological Survey, Albany, NY and James Zambito, University of Wisconsin–Extension, Madison, WI and Gordon Baird, SUNY Fredonia, Fredonia, NY and Alex J. Bartholomew, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY and Carlton E. Brett, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH and Jayme Csonka, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT and James R. Ebert, SUNY Oneonta, Oneonta, NY and Damon K. Matteson, SUNY College at Oneonta, Oneonta, NY and D. Jeffrey Over, S.U.N.Y. Geneseo, Geneseo, NY and Gerald Smith, Pittsburgh, PA

232380 (Technical Sessions)

9:00 AM

UPPER MISSISSIPPIAN STRATIGRAPHY AND SYNDEPOSITIONAL FAULTING REFLECT LIKELY OUACHITA FLEXURAL FOREBULGE EFFECTS, EAST-CENTRAL KENTUCKY, U.S.A

Min Zeng, Chengdu Institute of Technology, Chengdu, N/A and Frank Ettensohn, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

230224 (Technical Sessions)

9:15 AM

PERMIAN AND TRIASSIC SANDSTONES IN THE CENTRAL TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS AND WEST ANTARCTICA REFLECT THE CONTEMPORANEOUS AND EVOLVING GONDWANA MARGIN

David Elliot, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH and C. Mark Fanning, Australian National University, Canberra and S.R.W. Hulett, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH and John Isbell, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI and Thomas Laudon, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI

221632 (Technical Sessions)

9:30 AM

MAGNETIC POLARITY STRATIGRAPHY OF THE QUARTERMASTER (DEWEY LAKE) FORMATION (UPPER PERMIAN-LOWERMOST TRIASSIC), PALO DURO BASIN, NORTHWEST TEXAS, USA

Dylan R. Collins, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX and J.W. Geissman, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX and Neil J. Tabor, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX

227528 (Technical Sessions)

10:00 AM

ÓPHYSICAL STRATIGRAPHY, BIOCHRONOLOGY AND STRUCTURAL INTERPRETATION OF PICO LONGORIA, SIERRA EL MUERTO, SANTIAGO, NUEVO LEÓN

Jose F. Longoria, Miami, FL and Luis F. Camacho-Ortegon, Universiad Autonoma de Coahuila, Nueva Rosita, N/A and Rogelio Monreal, Hermosillo, N/A

221733 (Technical Sessions)

10:15 AM

THE CRETACEOUS CAYO FORMATION AT PUERTO CAYO, WESTERN ECUADOR

Habte Giorgis Churnet, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN

232180 (Technical Sessions)

10:30 AM

UPPER CENOMANIAN-LOWER TURONIAN DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN MEXICO: PALEOENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS BASED ON FACIES AND REDOX-SENSITIVE TRACE ELEMENTS

Florentin J.M. Maurrasse, Florida International University, Miami, FL and Yosmel Sanchez-Hernandez, Florida International University, Miami, FL and Alberto Blanco Piñon, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Mineral de la Reforma, N/A

230373 (Technical Sessions)

10:45 AM

A HIGH-RESOLUTION CARBON-ISOTOPE RECORD OF THE TURONIAN STAGE CORRELATED TO A SILICICLASTIC BASIN FILL: IMPLICATIONS FOR MID-CRETACEOUS SEA-LEVEL CHANGE

David Ulicny, Institute of Geophysics, Prague, N/A and Darren R. Grocke, Durham University, Durham, N/A and Stanislav Cech, Czech Geological Survey, Prague, N/A and Jiri Laurin, Institute of Geophysics, Prague, N/A and Ian Jarvis, Kingston University, London, Kingston-Upon-Thames and Kate Olde, Kingston University, London, Kingston-Upon-Thames, N/A and Joao Trabucho-Alexandre, Utrecht University, Utrecht, N/A and Lilian Svabenicka, Czech Geological Survey, Prague, N/A and Nikolai Pedentchouk, School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia, Norwich, N/A

230520 (Technical Sessions)

11:00 AM

SEDIMENTARY FINGERPRINT OF A THRUST FAULT

John-Paul Zonneveld, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB and Luke P. McHugh, Calgary, AB and William S. Bartels, Albion College, Albion, MI and Gregg F. Gunnell, Duke University, Durham, NC

226838 (Technical Sessions)

11:15 AM

LITHOFACIES WITHIN THE LATE EOCENE CASTLE ROCK CONGLOMERATE, CASTLE ROCK AREA, COLORADO

Allan J. Koch, Cherokee Ranch Science Institute, Sedalia, CO

224170 (Technical Sessions)

11:30 AM

CLAST LITHOLOGY, POPULATION, PROVENANCE, AND U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY:  WHAT CAN THE LATE EOCENE CASTLE ROCK CONGLOMERATE TELL US ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE COLORADO PIEDMONT AND FRONT RANGE?

Matthew L. Morgan, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO and Stephen M. Keller, Wheat Ridge, CO and Wayne R. Premo, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Daniel P. Miggins, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR and Richard J. Moscati, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO

225084 (Technical Sessions)

11:45 AM

PALEOGENE STRATA OF THE HIGH PLAINS IN WESTERN KANSAS?  PRELIMINARY RADIOMETRIC DATES FROM VOLCANOGENIC ZIRCONS IN MATURE PALEOSOLS

Jon Jay Smith, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS and Tammy Rittenour, Utah State University, Logan, UT and Greg A. Ludvigson, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS and R. Hunter Harlow, Lawrence, KS and John H. Doveton, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS and Kate E. Zeigler, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM and Michael Petronis, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM and Andreas Möller, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS and Josh Feldman, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS and Randy L. Stotler, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

233250 (Technical Sessions)

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