2004 Denver Annual Meeting (November 7–10, 2004)
Session No. 198 Wednesday, November 10, 2004
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Colorado Convention Center: 103/105

Sediments, Clastic: Petrology and Alluvial Architecture

Suzanne LeClair, Paul Heller and Chris Paola, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
198-18:00 AM THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ‘MICROBIALLY INDUCED SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES – MISS’ FOR THE SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY OF SILICICLASTIC DEPOSITS OF THE 2.9 GA OLD WITWATERSRAND SUPERGROUP, SOUTH AFRICA: NOFFKE, Nora, Ocean, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Old Dominion Univ, 4600, Elkhorn Ave, Norfolk, VA 23529, nnoffke@odu.edu, BEUKES, Nic, Department of Geology, Rand Afrikaans Univ, Auckland Park 2006, Johannesburg, 1, South Africa, and GUTZMER, Jens, Department of Geology, Rand Afrikaans Univ, PO Box 524, Auckland Park, 2006
198-28:15 AM LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY, DIAGENESIS AND CARBONATE CEMENT ISOTOPE CHARACTERIZATION OF UPPER DEVONIAN OLD RED SANDSTONE; IMPLICATIONS FOR FLUID FLOW DURING DIAGENESIS: HITZMAN, Murray W.1, CHAPMAN, Lucy H2, HUMPHREY, John1, and HARRISON, Wendy1, (1) Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, mhitzman@mines.edu, (2) School of Earth Sciences, James Cook Univ, Townsville, 4811
198-38:30 AM GEOCHEMICAL AND HYPERSPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF DIAGENETIC ALTERATION IN THE JURASSIC NAVAJO SANDSTONE, SOUTHERN UTAH: BEITLER, Brenda, Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Utah, 135 South 1460 East, Browning Building- Room 719, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, bbeitler@mines.utah.edu, CHAN, Marjorie, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Univ. of Utah, 135 S. 1460 E. Rm 719, Salt LakeCity, UT 84112, and PARRY, William T., Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Utah, 135 South 1460 East, Room 719, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
198-48:45 AM BEDFORM DYNAMICS IN MORICHES INLET, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK: JOHNSTON, Shelley and FITZGERALD, Duncan M., Dept of Earth Sciences, Boston Univ, 675 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, shelleyj@bu.edu
198-59:00 AM LARGE SEA, SMALL TIDES: THE UPPER CARBONIFEROUS SEAWAY OF NORTHWEST EUROPE: WELLS, Martin R., ALLISON, Peter A., PIGGOTT, Matthew D., PAIN, Christopher C., and HAMPSON, Gary J., Earth Science & Engineering, Imperial College, London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom, P.A.Allison@imperial.ac.uk
198-69:15 AM TERMINAL LATE CRETACEOUS REGRESSION ON THE SOUTHEAST MARGIN OF THE SVERDRUP BASIN: SHALE AND BENTONITE PETROLOGY OF THE UPPER KANGUK FORMATION, DEVON ISLAND, NUNAVUT: BLOCH, John D.1, CHIN, Karen2, SWEET, Arthur R.3, EBERLE, Jaelyn J.2, and CUMBAA, Stephen L.4, (1) Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Univ. of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, jdbloch@unm.edu, (2) CU Museum and Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Colorado at Boulder, UCB 265, Boulder, CO 80309, (3) Nat Rscs Canada, 3303 33rd St. NW, Calgary, AB T2L 2A7, Canada, (4) Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O. Box 3443, Stn D, Ottawa, ON K1P 6P4
198-79:30 AM THE MISSING MUD BELTS IN THE ANCIENT RECORD: VAKARELOV, Boyan K., Geoscience, Univiersity of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, bkv014000@utdallas.edu and BHATTACHARYA, Janok P., Department of Geosciences, Univ of Texas at Dallas, P.O. Box 830688, FO21, Richardson, TX 75083-0688
 9:45 AM Break
198-810:00 AM MULTI-SCALE DUNES OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER: THE ANALYSIS OF TIME VARIATION OF PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS OF BED ELEVATION AS A STEP TOWARD THE UNDERSTANDING OF BEDLOAD SEDIMENT TRANSPORT: LECLAIR, Suzanne F., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciensces, Tulane Univ, 120 Dinwiddie Hall, 6823 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70130, leclair@tulane.edu.
198-910:15 AM EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF FLUVIAL OPEN-FRAMEWORK GRAVEL: LUNT, Ian and BRIDGE, John, Geological Sciences, Binghamton Univ, P.O. Box 6000, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000, jbridge@binghamton.edu
198-1010:30 AM STOCHASTIC CHANNEL STACKING IN ALLUVIAL ARCHITECTURE: MEASURES OF SPATIAL CLUSTERING APPLIED TO EXPERIMENTAL DATA: SHEETS, Ben1, PAOLA, Chris1, HELLER, Paul L.2, and BORGMAN, Leon2, (1) Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Drive SE, Room 108, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0219, cpaola@tc.umn.edu, (2) Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wyoming, P.O. Box 3006, Laramie, WY 82071
198-1110:45 AM DETERMINING FLUVIAL STACKING PATTERNS IN THE LOWER CASTLEGATE SANDSTONE (CAMPANIAN, HELPER, UTAH) USING LIDAR IMAGING: HAJEK, Elizabeth and HELLER, Paul L., Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, P.O. Box 3006, Laramie, WY 82071, ehajek@uwyo.edu
198-1211:00 AM PRELIMINARY RESULTS: 3-DIMENSIONAL ARCHITECTURE AND FACIES ASSOCIATIONS OF THE MCMURRAY FORMATION, NORTH MINE AREA – SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD. (SYNCRUDE) LEASE: GROVER, Robert W., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Univ of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, rwgrover@ualberta.ca and GINGRAS, Murray, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Univ of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada
198-1311:15 AM MICRO- AND MESOSCALE RESERVOIR COMPARTMENTALIZATION OF A SANDY BRAIDED STREAM; LOWER JURASSIC KAYENTA FORMATION: LYNDS, Ranie M., Department of Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, lynds@uwyo.edu and HELLER, Paul L., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wyoming, P.O. Box 3006, Laramie, WY 82071
198-1411:30 AM AUTOCYCLIC AVULSION CLUSTERS IN ALLUVIAL BASINS: EXAMPLE FROM THE MAASTRICHTIAN/PALEOCENE OF WYOMING: HELLER, Paul L.1, JONES, Heather1, and PAOLA, Chris2, (1) Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wyoming, P.O. Box 3006, Laramie, WY 82071, hazellee@uwyo.edu, (2) Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Drive SE, Room 108, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0219

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