2004 Denver Annual Meeting (November 7–10, 2004)
Session No. 61 Sunday, November 7, 2004
1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Colorado Convention Center: Exhibit Hall

T112. Geologic Time and CHRONOS: Databases, Tools, Outreach, Education, and the Geoinformatics Revolution (Posters)

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61-1133BUILDING THE CHRONOS SYSTEM DATABASES: A PARTNERSHIP PROCESS: DIVER, Patrick L., DivDat Consulting, 3302 Mulberry Hill Lane, Houston, TX 77084, divdat@aol.com, FILS, Douglas, Geological & Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State Univ, 253 Science I, Ames, IA 50011, BOHLING, Geoff, Kansas Geological Survey, 1930 Constant Ave, Lawrence, KS 66047, GREER, Douglas, San Diego Supercomputer Center, Univ of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093-0505, and REED, Josh, Computer Engineering, Iowa State Univ, 2215 Coover, Ames, IA 50011
61-2134CHIRON: A FRAMEWORK FOR BUILDING WEB INTERFACES: REED, Josh A., Dept. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State Univ, 2215 Coover, Ames, IA 50011, jareed@iastate.edu, FILS, Douglas, Geological & Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State Univ, 253 Science I, Ames, IA 50011, DIVER, Pat, DivDat Consulting, 3302 Mulberry Hill Lane, Houston, TX 77084, and CERVATO, Cinzia, Dept. of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State Univ, 253 Science I, Ames, IA 50011
61-3135PALEOSTRAT – AN “EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENT APPROACH”: TAYLOR, Tyson, Geospatial Research Facility, Department of Geosciences, Boise State Univ, Boise, ID 83725, ttaylor2@boisestate.edu.
61-4136PALEOSTRAT - A PARTNER AND DATABASE ENGINE FOR THE CHRONOS SYSTEM: DAVYDOV, Vladimir I.1, TAYLOR, Tyson2, SCHMITZ, Mark D.1, GROVES, John3, NORTHRUP, Clyde J.1, SCHIAPPA, Tamra A.4, and WARDLAW, Bruce R.5, (1) Department of Geosciences, Boise State Univ, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725, Vdavydov@boisestate.edu, (2) Geospatial Research Facility, Department of Geosciences, Boise State Univ, Boise, ID 83725, (3) Earth Science, Univ of Northern Iowa, 121 Latham Hall, Cedar Falls, IA 50614, (4) Geography Geology and the Environment, Slippery Rock Univ, Slippery Rock, PA 16057, (5) US Geol Survey, 926-A National Ctr, Reston, VA 20192-0001
61-5137THE PERMIAN-TRIASSIC TIME SLICE PROJECT OF CHRONOS: A REFINED CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK TO ANALYZE EXTINCTION AND RECOVERY: WARDLAW, Bruce R., US Geol Survey, 926A National Cemter, Reston, VA 20192-0001, bwardlaw@usgs.gov and DAVYDOV, Vladimir I., Department of Geosciences, Boise State Univ, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725
61-6138PAST (PALEONTOLOGICAL STATISTICS) - COMPREHENSIVE TEACHING AND RESEARCH PACKAGE FOR PALEONTOLOGICAL DATA ANALYSIS: HAMMER, Oyvind, Natural History Museums, Univ of Oslo, Pb 1172 Blindern, Oslo 0318, ohammer@nhm.uio.no.
61-7139CHRONOS AGE-DEPTH PLOT: A JAVA APPLICATION FOR STRATIGRAPHIC DATA ANALYSIS: BOHLING, Geoffrey C., Kansas Geological Survey, Univ of Kansas, 1930 Constant Avenue, Campus West, Lawrence, KS 66047, geoff@kgs.ku.edu.
61-8140USING THE NEPTUNE DATABASE TO EXPLORE MESOZOIC-CENOZOIC CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY AND THE DEEP SEA MICROFOSSIL RECORD: LECKIE, R. Mark1, CERVATO, Cinzia2, HUBER, Brian T.3, CLARK, Kendra1, DIVER, Pat4, and HOOKS, Kris3, (1) Department of Geosciences, Univ of Massachusetts, 611 N. Pleasant St, Amherst, MA 01003, mleckie@geo.umass.edu, (2) Dept. of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State Univ, 253 Science I, Ames, IA 50011, (3) Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, NHB-121, Washington, DC 20560, (4) DivDat Consulting, 3302 Mulberry Hill Lane, Houston, TX 77084
61-9141A DYNAMIC, INTERNET BASED DIGITAL TAXONOMIC ATLAS OF MESOZOIC PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA: HUBER, Brian T.1, CERVATO, Cinzia2, and FILS, Doug2, (1) Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, NHB-121, Washington, DC 20560, huber.brian@nmnh.si.edu, (2) Dept. of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State Univ, 253 Science I, Ames, IA 50011
61-10142ENSURING THE FUTURE OF CHRONOS THROUGH DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF MICROPALEONTOLOGISTS: BRALOWER, Timothy J., Geosciences, Pennsylvania State Univ, University Park, PA 16802, bralower@geosc.psu.edu, FIRTH, John, Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, Texas A&M Univ, College Station, TX 77845, BARRON, John, U.S. Geological Survey, MS 910, Menlo Park, CA 94025, LECKIE, R. Mark, Department of Geosciences, Univ of Massachusetts, Morrill Science Center, Amherst, MA 01003, SANFILIPPO, Annika, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Univ of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, and THOMAS, Ellen, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan Univ, 265 Church Street, Middletown, CT 06459-0139
61-11143CHRONOS-CLIMATE CYCLES: A THEMATIC DOMAIN OF THE CHRONOS INTEGRATED CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHIC DATABASES PROJECT FOR EARTH SYSTEM HISTORY RESEARCH: HINNOV, Linda, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins Univ, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, hinnov@jhu.edu, REEVES, Kelly, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins Univ, 3400 North Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21218, and TAMBURRINO, Dominique, Biology, Brown Univ, Providence, RI 02192
61-12144LOCATING GEOSCIENCE DATA AND TOOLS THROUGH NASA'S GLOBAL CHANGE MASTER DIRECTORY: WEIR, Heather, Sci Systems and Applications, Inc, 10210 Greenbelt Road, Suite 500, Lanham, MD 20706, hweir@gcmd.nasa.gov and MAJOR, Gene, Sci Systems and Applications, Inc, 10210 Greenbelt Rd, Suite 500, Lanham, MD 20706
61-13145CHRONOS AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL IN MUSEUMS AND SCIENCE CENTERS: ROSS, Robert M., Paleontological Rsch Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, rmr16@cornell.edu and ALLMON, Warren D., Paleontological Rsch Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850-1398
61-14146DATASETS, RESEARCHERS, MUSEUMS AND EDUCATORS: USING HIGH END TECHNOLOGY TO BRING AFFORDABLE VISUALIZATION TO THE CLASSROOM: FRIESEN, Benjamin1, CAMPBELL, Karen1, MORIN, Paul2, KIRKBY, Kent3, JENNINGS, Carrie E.4, STRONG, Nikki5, TAL, Michal5, MARR, Jeff1, HAMILTON, Patrick6, and ROE, James6, (1) National Ctr for Earth-surface Dynamics, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, 2 Third Ave. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414, benjaminfriesen@yahoo.com, (2) Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Drive SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0219, (3) Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, (4) Minnesota Geological Survey, Univ of Minnesota, 2642 University Ave, St. Paul, MN 55114, (5) Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Drive SE, Room 108, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0219, (6) Sci Museum of Minnesota, 120 West Kellogg Blvd, St Paul, MN 55102
61-15147PREDICTING PLANT PRESENCE/ABSENCE ACROSS LANDSCAPES: A MORPHOMETRICALLY BASED MODEL USING PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DATA AND THE GEOWALL: HONDZO, Miki, National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics, Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0219, mhondzo@umn.edu, GUTH, Peter, Department of Oceanography, US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD 21402, MORIN, Paul, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Drive SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0219, and POWER, Mary, National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics, Univ of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3140
61-16148THE SPATIAL-TEMPORAL INFORMATION MATRIX (STIM CUBE): AN EFFICIENT WAY TO STORE GEOLOGICAL INFORMATION: SCOTESE, Christopher R., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Univ of Texas at Arlington, PO Box 19049, Arlington, TX 76012, chris@scotese.com and REES, P. McAllister, Geosciences, Univ of Arizona, 1040 E. 4th St, Tucson, AZ 85721
61-17149GIS DATABASE FOR TESTING OF THE IDEAS: (1) THAT ALKALINE IGNEOUS ROCKS AND CARBONATITES (ARCS) ERUPT IN RIFTS, (2) THAT THEIR DEFORMATION TO FORM DARCS IS CONCENTRATED IN SUTURE ZONES AND (3) THAT ARCS IN RIFTS MAY RESULT FROM DECOMPRESSION MELTING OF DARCS ON SUTURES IN THE UNDERLYING MANTLE LITHOSPHERE: BURKE, Kevin, Dept. of Geosciences, Univ of Houston, Houston Texas 77204-5503, Houston, TX 77204-5503, kburke@uh.edu and KHAN, Shuhab, Geosciences, Univ of Houston, 312 S & R Bldg 1, Houston, TX 77204

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