2005 Salt Lake City Annual Meeting (October 16–19, 2005)
Session No. 14 Sunday, 16 October 2005
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Salt Palace Convention Center: Ballroom E

T55. Advances and Applications of Tephrochronology and Tephrostratigraphy I: In Honor of Andrei M. Sarna-Wojcicki

Janet L. Slate, Jeffrey R. Knott and Michael E. Perkins, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
 8:00 AM Introductory Remarks
14-18:10 AM ADVANCES AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN TEPHROCHRONOLOGY, WESTERN U.S: SARNA-WOJCICKI, Andrei M., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, asarna@usgs.gov
14-28:30 AM CORRELATION OF TEPHRA: INSIGHTS FROM THE LATE CENOZOIC TEPHRA RECORD FOR THE WESTERN USA: PERKINS, Michael E., Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 135 South 1460 East, Rm 719, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0111, perkins@earth.utah.edu
14-38:50 AM BLAISE PASCAL ON THE 40AR/39AR LASER SINGLE CRYSTAL DATING OF CONTAMINATED VOLCANIC ASHES: TURRIN, Brent1, TURRIN, Courtny2, SWISHER, Carl III1, and HEMMING, Sidney3, (1) Geological Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8066, bturrin@rci.rutgers.edu, (2) Clarkstown H.S., South, 31 Demarest Mill Rd, West Nyack, NY 10994, (3) Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964
14-49:05 AM TEPHRA . . . BREAKFAST OF DIATOMS: STARRATT, Scott W., US Geol Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025-3591, sstarrat@usgs.gov and WAN, Elmira, U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025
14-59:20 AM USE OF TEPHROCHRONOLOGY IN MARINE AND PALEOCLIMATE STUDIES: PRUEHER, Libby M., Lakewood, CO 80226, lprueher@umich.edu
14-69:35 AM TEPHROCHRONOLOGY OF THE SIPLE DOME, ANTARCTICA, ICE CORE: ANALYTICAL CHALLENGES AND RESULTS: DUNBAR, Nelia W., New Mexico Bureau of Geology, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Pl, Socorro 87801, nelia@nmt.edu
14-79:50 AM A CAUTIONARY TALE OF TWO TEPHRAS: THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD EKEING OUT ERRORS IN THE LATE CENOZOIC TEPHROCHRONOLOGICAL RECORD OF EASTERN BERINGIA: WESTGATE, John A., GEOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, 22 Russell Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3B1, Canada, WESTGATE@GEOLOGY.UTORONTO.CA and PREECE, Shari J., Geology Dept, Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3B1, Canada
14-810:10 AM HOLOCENE TEPHROCHRONOLOGY OF SANAK ISLAND, ALASKA: ODORCZUK, Diana1, FINNEY, Bruce2, and BEGÉT, James1, (1) Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK 99775, ftdjo@uaf.edu, (2) Institute of Marine Science, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK 99775
14-910:25 AM PRELIMINARY RESULTS FOR INTERBASIN CORRELATION OF TEPHRA DEPOSITS IN LAKE CLARK NATIONAL PARK, ALASKA: BOWES, Matthew J., Geology/ Geophysics, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 900 Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775, ftmjb@uaf.edu, HEISER, Patricia A., Geology, University of Alaska Anchorage, 3211 Providence Dr, Anchraoge, AK 99518, BEGET, James, and WALLACE, Kristi, Alaska Volcano Observatory, USGS, Anchraoge, AK 99518
14-1010:40 AM ON THE OCCURRENCE OF DRIFT PUMICE ON BEACHES OF KENYA FROM THE 1883 ERUPTION OF KRAKATAU, INDONESIA: MARSTON, Thomas M., BROWN, Francis H., and NASH, Barbara P., Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 135 S. 1460 E., Rm 719, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0111, georockman@att.net
14-1110:55 AM QUATERNARY TEPHROCHRONOLOGY HELPS TO DEFINE CONDITIONING FACTORS AND TRIGGERING MECHANISMS OF ROCK AVALANCHES IN NW ARGENTINA: HERMANNS, Reginald L., Geological Survey of Canada, Pacific Division, Natural Resources of Canada, 101-605 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 5J3, Canada, rhermann@nrcan.gc.ca and SCHELLENBERGER, Andreas, Paleogeoecology and Landscape Development, Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Hallerstrasse 12, Bern, CH-3012, Switzerland
14-1211:10 AM TEPHROSTRATIGRAPHY AND AGE OF THE KIBISH FORMATION, ETHIOPIA, AND PALEOCLIMATIC CORRELATIONS WITH SAPROPELS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA: MCDOUGALL, Ian, Australian National Univ, Research School Earth Sciences, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia, Ian.McDougall@anu.edu.au, BROWN, Francis H., Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 135 South 1460 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, and FLEAGLE, John G., Anatomical Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794
14-1311:25 AM TEPHROSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE OKOTE COMPLEX, OMO-TURKANA BASIN, KENYA AND ETHIOPIA: BROWN, Francis H., Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Utah, 135 S 1460 E, Rm 209, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0112, fbrown@mines.utah.edu, MCDOUGALL, Ian, Australian National Univ, Research School Earth Sciences, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia, and HAILEAB, Bereket, Geology, Carleton College, One North College Street, Northfield, MN 55057
14-1411:40 AM DIRECT COMPOSITIONAL CORRELATIONS BETWEEN OLDUVAI GORGE BED I TEPHRA LAYERS AND VOLCANIC SOURCES IN THE NGORONGORO VOLCANIC HIGHLANDS, TANZANIA: MCHENRY, Lindsay J., Department of Geosciences, UW-Milwaukee, 3209 North Maryland Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53211, lmchenry@rci.rutgers.edu

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