Session No. 31 Thursday, April 4, 2002

1:20 PM-5:00 PM, Hyatt Regency Hotel: Patterson Ballroom D
T4. Black Shales—Old Problems, New Solutions II
Susan M. Rimmer and Maria Mastalerz, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
31-01:20 PM A DYNAMIC STRATIFICATION MODEL FOR BLACK SHALE DEPOSITION IN A JURASSIC AND A CRETACEOUS EPEIRIC SEA: SIMONS, Ditk-Jan H., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Univ of Illinois at Chicago, m/c 186, 845 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60607, Simons@anl.gov and KENIG, Fabien, Univ of Illinois at Chicago, m/c 186, 845 W. Taylor street, Chicago, IL 60607-7059, fkenig@uic.edu
31-01:40 PM ORBITAL TIME SCALES, OCEAN ANOXIC EVENTS, AND CONTROLS ON THE ACCUMULATION OF ORGANIC CARBON IN THE CRETACEOUS WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY: MEYERS, Stephen R.1, SAGEMAN, Bradley B.1, and HOLLANDER, David J.2, (1) Northwestern Univ, Locy Hall 1847 Sheridan Rd, Evanston, IL 60208-2150, meyers@earth.nwu.edu, (2) Marine Science, Univ of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
31-02:00 PM ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE EARLY APTIAN OAE1A FROM SHATSKY RISE (ODP LEG 198): BRASSELL, Simon C., Geological Sciences, Indiana Univ, Bloomington, IN 47405-1403, simon@indiana.edu.
31-02:20 PM MOLECULAR FOSSILS IN MESOPROTEROZOIC SHALES: BIOMARKER CHARACTERIZATION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR EUKARYOTIC EVOLUTION: SCHUNEMAN, Patrick J.1, KAH, Linda C.2, UHLE, Maria E.1, LYONS, Timothy W.3, and BARTLEY, Julie K.4, (1) Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, pschunem@utk.edu, (2) Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37966, (3) Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, (4) Deaprtment of Geology, State Univ of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA 30118
31-02:40 PM PREFERENTIAL JOINTING OF UPPER DEVONIAN BLACK SHALE, APPALACHIAN PLATEAU: EVIDENCE FOR AN ANCIENT PRESSURE COMPARTMENT AND SEAL SYSTEM: LASH, Gary G., SUNY - College at Fredonia, Dept Geosciences, Fredonia, NY 14063-1198, lash@fredonia.edu.
31-03:00 PM ASSESSMENT OF THE PETROLOGIC, SEDIMENTOLOGIC, AND ENGINEERING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DEVONIAN MILLBORO AND NEEDMORE SHALES, HIGHLAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA: COMBS, Lora L., Department of Environmental and Engineering Geosciences, Radford Univ, P.O. Box 6939, Radford, VA 24142, lcombs@radford.edu and SETHI, Parvinder S., Department of Geology, Radford Univ, Box 6939, Radford, VA 24142
31-03:20 PM BASINWIDE COOPERATIVE STUDIES OF THE GAS POTENTIAL OF THE NEW ALBANY SHALE (DEVONIAN-MISSISSIPPIAN) IN THE ILLINOIS BASIN: HASENMUELLER, Nancy R., Indiana Geological Survey, Indiana Univ, 611 North Walnut Grove, Bloomington, IN 47405, hasenmue@indiana.edu.
 3:40 PM Discussion

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