31 Black Shale and Associated Strata: Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, and Paleontology

Tuesday, 19 April 2016
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Illinois Ballroom C

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  THE PHENOMENON OF NORTH AMERICAN SHALE GAS: GEOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT
  Frank Ettensohn, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
  275601 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:50 PM
  A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT THE LATE ORDOVICIAN (KATIAN) UPPER LEXINGTON EQUIVALENTS OF EASTERN OHIO: DIFFERENTIATING THE UTICA – PT. PLEASANT SYSTEM
  Allison Young, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH and Carlton Brett, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH and Thomas J. Algeo, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH and Peter F. Holterhoff, Hess Corporation, Houston, TX and Patrick I. McLaughlin, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
  275652 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:10 PM
  REGIONAL-TEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PALEOZOIC, TRANSGRESSIVE, BASAL BLACK-SHALE DEPOSITS: MODELING DIACHRONOUS ONLAP PROCESSES ON OXYGEN-DEFICIENT, EROSIONAL-CORROSIONAL SUBSTRATES ON LAURENTIA
  Gordon C. Baird, SUNY College at Fredonia, Fredonia, NY and Joseph T. Hannibal, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, OH and Carlton E. Brett, Univ of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
  275224 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC REVISION UTILIZING PORTABLE XRF ANALYSIS: A CASE STUDY USING THE DEVONIAN MILWAUKEE FORMATION
  James Zambito, University of Wisconsin–Extension, Madison, WI and Patrick I. McLaughlin, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN and James Day, Illinois State University, Normal, IL and Poul Emsbo, Central Mineral and Environmental Resources Science Center, Denver, CO
  275653 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:50 PM
  REEVALUATING CLAWED ARTHROPODA FROM UPPER DEVONIAN BLACK SHALES: IS THE “FIRST SHRIMP” REALLY A SHRIMP?
  Joseph T. Hannibal, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, OH
  273435 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:10 PM
  THE IMPORTANCE OF HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS FROM THE UPPER DEVONIAN CLEVELAND BLACK SHALE OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO IN GALLERY DESIGN: THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY’S CENTENNIAL TRANSFORMATION PROJECT
  Michael J. Ryan, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, OH and Joseph T. Hannibal, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, OH and Amanda R. McGee, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, OH and Lee E. Hall, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, OH
  275574 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:30 PM
  GEOCHEMICAL AND STABLE ISOTOPE COMPARISON OF NEW ALBANY SHALE GROUP SOURCE ROCKS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF SHALE-GAS POTENTIAL ALONG THE WESTERN MARGIN OF THE ILLINOIS BASIN
  Stuart Kenderes, Prairie Research Institute, Champaign, IL and Mary J. Seid, Prairie Research Institute, Champaign, IL and F. Brett Denny, Prairie Research Institute, Champaign, IL
  275369 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:50 PM
  SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY AND CLAY MINERALOGY OF TYLER FORMATION DEPOSITS, WILLISTON BASIN, WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA WITH COMPARISON TO SIMILAR DEPOSITS OF THE CYPRESS SANDSTONE OF THE ILLINOIS BASIN FOR THE CHARACTERIZATION OF EOR POTENTIAL
  Nicholas Anderson, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, MN and Shane K. Butler, Champaign, IL and Karl W. Leonard, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, MN
  275636 (Theme Sessions)
• 4:10 PM
  ASTROCHRONOLOGICAL CALIBRATION OF LATE FRASNIAN SEA LEVEL AND BIOEVENTS: IOWA BASIN, USA
  Jed Day, Illinois State University, Normal, IL and David De Vleeschouwer, Universität Bremen,, Bremen and Brian Witzke, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA and Michael T. Whalen, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK and Philippe Claeys, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels
  275682 (Theme Sessions)