2004 Denver Annual Meeting (November 7–10, 2004)

Session No. 33
Sunday, 7 November 2004: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

Stratigraphy I: General Stratigraphy

 

Brooks B. Ellwood and Charles A. Ver Straeten, Chairs
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Start Time
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1:30 PM
ISOTOPIC CONSTRAINTS ON THE TIME OF DEPOSITION OF THE THUNDERHEAD SANDSTONE, OCOEE SUPERGROUP: U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY OF MONAZITE AND XENOTIME OVERGROWTHS
ALEINIKOFF, John N.1, SOUTHWORTH, C. Scott2, YACOB, Ezra Y.1 and FANNING, C. Mark3, (1)U.S. Geol Survey, MS 963, Denver, CO 80225, (2)U.S. Geol Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, (3)Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National Univ, Canberra, ACT, Australia, jaleinikoff@usgs.gov, jaleinikoff@usgs.gov
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1:45 PM
A TEST OF THE MAGNETO-STRATIGRAPHIC SUSCEPTIBILITY METHOD: HIGH RESOLUTION CORRELATION OF A WELL-DEFINED MARINE SUCCESSION, THE UPPER ORDOVICIAN (EDENIAN) KOPE FORMATION, KENTUCKY, AND DEVELOPMENT OF FLOATING-POINT TIME SCALES
ELLWOOD, Brooks B., Louisiana State Univ, E235 Howe-Russell, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-0001, TOMKIN, Jonathan, Geology & Geophysics, Louisiana State Univ, E235 Howe/Russell, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, BRETT, Carlton, Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Bldg, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013 and MACDONALD, William D., Geological Sciences, State Univ of New York, Binghamton, Binghamton, NY 13902, ellwood@geol.lsu.edu, ellwood@geol.lsu.edu
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2:00 PM
VOLCANIC ASH BED FORMATION AND CONDENSATION PROCESSES: AN EXAMINATION FROM DEVONIAN STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCES
VER STRAETEN, Charles A., New York State Museum, The State Education Department, Albany, NY 12230, cverstra@mail.nysed.gov, cverstra@mail.nysed.gov
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2:15 PM
LATEST EIFELIAN-EARLY GIVETIAN (MIDDLE DEVONIAN) SUCCESSION IN THE SUBSURFACE OF SOUTHERN ONTARIO: CORRELATION OF SEQUENCES/BIOEVENTS BETWEEN THE APPALACHIAN AND MICHIGAN BASINS
DESANTIS, Michael K., BRETT, Carlton E. and BARTHOLOMEW, Alexander J., Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, mkdesa@teleport.com, mkdesa@teleport.com
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2:30 PM
FAUNAL GRADIENT ANALYSIS OF THIRD-ORDER CYCLES IN THE MIDDLE DEVONIAN HAMILTON GROUP IN NEW YORK STATE: A TEST OF FAUNAL RECURRENCE
BARTHOLOMEW, Alexander J., Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, H.N. Fisk Laboratory of Sedimentology, 500 Geology/Physics Bldg, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013 and BRETT, Carlton, Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Bldg, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, alexbartholomew_geo@hotmail.com, alexbartholomew_geo@hotmail.com
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2:45 PM
MIOSPORE BIOSTRATIGRAPHY AND IDENTIFICATION OF THE KINDERHOOKIAN-OSAGEAN BOUNDARY IN THE MICHIGAN BASIN
RICHARDSON, Jeffery G., Biological & Physical Sciences, Columbus State Community College, 550 E. Spring St, Columbus, OH 43215, jrichard@cscc.edu, jrichard@cscc.edu
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3:00 PM
BIOSTRATIGRAPHY AND PALEOTECTONIC SETTING OF PALEOZOIC ROCKS NORTH OF ESTACIÓN SAHUARO, NORTHWESTERN SONORA, MEXICO
POOLE, Forrest G., U.S. Geol Survey, Box 25046, MS 973, Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, SANDBERG, Charles A., Geologist Emeritus, U.S. Geol Survey, Box 25046, MS 939, Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225 and AMAYA-MARTÍNEZ, Ricardo, Depto de Geología, Univ de Sonora, Hermosillo, SON 83000, Mexico, bpoole@usgs.gov, bpoole@usgs.gov
 
3:15 PM
Break
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3:30 PM
PALAEOCENE STRATIGRAPHY OF THE LONDON BASIN: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH
THOMAS, Alice R.A., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PR, alice.thomas@earth.ox.ac.uk, alice.thomas@earth.ox.ac.uk
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3:45 PM
DEFINING THE LUTETIAN-BARTONIAN STANDARD EOCENE STAGE BOUNDARY AND IDENTIFYING A GLOBAL STRATOTYPE SECTION AND POINT (GSSP)
FLUEGEMAN, Richard H., Geology, Ball State Univ, Dept. of Geology, BSU, Muncie, IN 47306-0475, rfluegem@gw.bsu.edu, rfluegem@gw.bsu.edu
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4:00 PM
EOCENE GREEN RIVER FORMATION: ORBITAL CYCLES VERSUS ARGON CHRONOLOGY
FISCHER, Alfred G.1, GRIPPO, Alessandro1 and TEERMAN, Stan2, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, (2)Chevron Texaco, New Orleans, LA 70130, grippo@earth.usc.edu, grippo@earth.usc.edu
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4:15 PM
STRATIGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF EOCENE RIVER SYSTEMS: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CENOZOIC UPLIFT HISTORY OF THE SIERRA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA
CECIL, M. Robinson, CHASE, Clement G. and DUCEA, Mihai N., Geosciences, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, mrc@geo.arizona.edu, mrc@geo.arizona.edu
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4:30 PM
ARCHITECTURE OF THE LOWER OLIGOCENE SCENIC MEMBER OF THE BRULE FORMATION IN THE NORTH UNIT OF BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK, SOUTH DAKOTA
EVANOFF, Emmett, University of Colorado Museum, Univ Colorado - Boulder, Campus Box 265, Boulder, CO 80309-0265 and TERRY Jr, Dennis O., Department of Geology, Temple Univ, Philadelphia, PA 19122, emmettevanoff@earthlink.net, emmettevanoff@earthlink.net
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4:45 PM
LITHOFACIES AND STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK OF HIMALAYAN SEQUENCES IN ASSAM AND THE BENGAL BASIN
UDDIN, Ashraf1, KUMAR, Pranav2, ZAHID, Khandaker M.3, MCDONALD, Wayne M.2 and SARMA, J.N.4, (1)Department of Geology and Geography, Auburn Univ, 210 Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, (2)Dept. of Geology and Geography, Auburn Univ, 210 Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, (3)Geology and Geography, Auburn Univ, 210 Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, (4)Dept. of Applied Geology, Dibrugarh Univ, Dibrugarh, Assam, India, uddinas@auburn.edu, uddinas@auburn.edu
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5:00 PM
AGE AND ORIGIN OF VOLCANIC ASHES IN THE BISHOP CONGLOMERATE, SOUTH FLANK OF THE UINTA MOUNTAINS, UTAH
BALLS, Elizabeth1, KOWALLIS, Bart J.2, CHRISTIANSEN, Eric H.2, SPRINKEL, Douglas A.3 and HEIZLER, Matthew T.4, (1)Geology, Brigham Young Univ, Provo, UT 84602, (2)Department of Geology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, (3)Utah Geol Survey, PO Box 146100, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6100, (4)Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, bkowallis@byu.edu, bkowallis@byu.edu
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5:15 PM
TECTONIC-SEDIMENTARY HISTORY OF SOUTHEASTERN JAMAICA
JAMES, Sherene A., Geography and Geology, University on the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Kingston, Jamaica and MITCHELL, Simon F., Geography and Geology, Univ on the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Kingston, Jamaica, sherene.james@uwimona.edu.jm, sherene.james@uwimona.edu.jm