2004 Denver Annual Meeting (November 7–10, 2004)
Session No. 172 Tuesday, November 9, 2004
1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Colorado Convention Center: 103/105

T60. Sedimentary Geology and Earth History: Retrospective and Prospective: In Honor of the Career and Contributions of Robert H. Dott Jr.

Joanne Bourgeois, Marjorie A. Chan and Gary Kocurek, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
 1:30 PM Introductory Remarks
172-11:45 PM SOUTH GEORGIA REVISITED: HOW AND WHY DID IT SEPARATE FROM SOUTH AMERICA?: DALZIEL, Ian W.D., Institute for Geophysics and Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Texas at Austin, 4412 Spicewood Springs Road (Building 600), Austin, TX 78759, ian@utig.ig.utexas.edu.
172-22:00 PM EVOLVING INTERPRETATIONS OF CAMBRO-ORDOVICIAN CRATONIC SHEET SANDSTONES: DRIESE, Steven, Department of Geology, Baylor Univ, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, Steven_Driese@baylor.edu.
172-32:15 PM QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF STRATIGRAPHIC ORDER -- BOB DOTT'S INFLUENCE: KERR, Dennis R., Deparment of Geosciences, The Univ of Tulsa, 600 South College Ave, Tulsa, OK 74104, dennis-kerr@utulsa.edu.
172-42:30 PM FLUCTUATING RATES AND EPISODIC LAKES: A NEW VIEW OF THE GREEN RIVER FORMATION: CARROLL, Alan R.1, PIETRAS, Jeffrey T.2, SMITH, M. Elliot1, and SINGER, Brad1, (1) Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wisconsin, 1215 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, carroll@geology.wisc.edu, (2) BP Exploration Alaska, Inc, 900 E. Benson Blvd, Anchorage, AK 99508
172-52:45 PM QUANTIFICATION OF THE EFFECTS OF EUSTASY, SUBSIDENCE, AND SEDIMENT SUPPLY ON MIOCENE SEQUENCES, U.S. MID-ATLANTIC MARGIN: BROWNING, James V.1, MILLER, Kenneth G.1, KOMINZ, Michelle A.2, MCLAUGHLIN, Peter P.3, SUGARMAN, Peter J.4, and MONTEVERDE, Donald H.5, (1) Dept. of Geological Sci, Rutgers Univ, 610 Taylor Rd, Piscataway, NJ 08854, jvb@rci.rutgers.edu, (2) Geosciences, Western Michigan Univ, 1186 Rood Hall, Kalamazoo, MI 49008, (3) Delaware Geol Survey, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716-7501, (4) New Jersey Geol Survey, P.O. Box 427, Trenton, NJ 08625, (5) New Jersey Geol Survey, PO Box 427, Trenton, NJ 08625
172-63:00 PM FROM OUTCROP TO PALEOGEOGRAPHY – RECONSTRUCTING THE PERMIAN HERMIT FORMATION AND RELATED ROCKS, COLORADO PLATEAU: BLAKEY, Ronald C. and EASTWOOD, Erin Nancy, Department of Geology, Northern Arizona Univ, Box 4099, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, ronald.blakey@nau.edu
172-73:15 PM RED ROCK DIAGENESIS: FROM EARTH TO MARS: CHAN, Marjorie A.1, BEITLER, Brenda1, PARRY, William T.1, ORMÖ, Jens2, and KOMATSU, Goro3, (1) Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Utah, 135 South 1460 East, Room 719, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, machan@mines.utah.edu, (2) Centro de Astrobiología (INTA/CSIC), Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial, Ctra de Torrejón a Ajalvir, km 4, 28850 Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, (3) International Research School of Planetary Sciences, Università d’Annunzio, Viale Pindaro 42, 65127, Pescara, Italy
 3:30 PM Break
172-83:45 PM TESTING GEOLOGIC HYPOTHESES THROUGH MULTIPLE WORKING CONSTRAINTS: DOE, Thomas W., Golder Associates Inc, 18300 NE Union Hill Road, Redmond, WA 98052, tdoe@golder.com.
172-94:00 PM REDUCTIONISM VERSUS SELF-ORGANIZATION OF EOLIAN BEDFORMS - A PARADIGM SHIFT: KOCUREK, Gary A., Geological Sciences, Univ of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, garyk@mail.utexas.edu.
172-104:15 PM ADVANCES IN DETERMINING GEOMETRIES OF SEDIMENTARY BODIES, FROM 1.5 TO 3 DIMENSIONS: LANGFORD, Richard P., Geological Sciences, Univ Texas - El Paso, 500 W University Ave, El Paso, TX 79968-0555, langford@geo.utep.edu.
172-114:30 PM SECULAR RISE OF BIOTIC SOILS AND DETRITAL CLAY MINERALS AS A CONTROL OF ORGANIC CARBON BURIAL AND THE RISE OF ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN IN THE LATE PRECAMBRIAN: KENNEDY, Martin J.1, DROSER, Mary L.2, MROFKA, David D.1, and PEVEAR, David3, (1) Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of California Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521-0423, martink@mail.ucr.edu, (2) Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of California, Riverside, 1432 Geology Building, U.C. Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, (3) 1415 Kipling St, Houston, TX 77009
172-124:45 PM THE ORGANIC MEMORY OF SEDIMENTARY SYSTEMS AS AN INDICATOR OF THE PAST LIVES OF PARTICLES: LEITHOLD, Elana L., Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State Univ, Box 8208, Raleigh, NC 27695, leithold@ncsu.edu and BLAIR, Neal E., Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State Univ, Box 8208, Raleigh, NC 27695
172-135:00 PM SHAPING GENERATIONS; THE IMPACT OF "EVOLUTION OF THE EARTH "ON HISTORICAL GEOLOGY: GIANNINY, Gary L., Dept Geosciences, FORT LEWIS COLLEGE, 1000 Rim Drive, Durango, CO 81301, gianniny_g@fortlewis.edu.
172-145:15 PM THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CONTEXT IN DINOSAUR PALEONTOLOGY: FASTOVSKY, David E., Department of Geosciences, Univ of Rhode Island, 9 East Alumni Ave, Kingston, RI 02881, defastov@uri.edu.

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