2006 Philadelphia Annual Meeting (22–25 October 2006)
Session No. 225 Wednesday, 25 October 2006
1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Pennsylvania Convention Center: 204 C

T137. Epi-continental Seas in the Geological Record: The Limitations of the Uniformitarian Paradigm II

Peter A. Allison, Martin R. Wells and Brian R. Pratt, Presiding
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225-11:30 PM SEDIMENTARY PROCESSES IN EPICONTINENTAL SEAS AT HIGH LATITUDES – WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PARADIGM WHEN YOU RESTRICT THE INFLUENCE OF GLACIERS IN THESE SETTINGS?: KELLER, Margaret A., Western Energy Group, U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd. MS 969, Menlo Park, CA 94025-2502, margaret@octopus.wr.usgs.gov and MACQUAKER, Joe H.S., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom
225-21:45 PM HOW COMPLETE IS THE STRATIGRAPHIC RECORD OF THE CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN MARINE-SHALES IN THE WESTERN INTERIOR BASIN?: TYAGI, Aditya1, VARBAN, Bogdan1, PLINT, A.G.1, and MCNEIL, David2, (1) Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, B&G building, London, ON N6A5B7, Canada, atyagi@uwo.ca, (2) Geological Survey of Canada, 3303, 33 ST. NW, Clagary, AB T2L2A7, Canada
225-32:00 PM MIXED SILICICLASTIC/CARBONATE ENVIRONMENTS FROM THE CENOZOIC NORTH ALPINE FORELAND BASIN: POSSIBILITIES AND LIMITATIONS OF INTERPRETING COMPLEX EPI-CONTINENTAL SEDIMENTS: NEBELSICK, James H., Institute of Geosciences, University of Tuebingen, Sigwartstrasse 10, Tuebingen, 72076, Germany, nebelsick@uni-tuebingen.de, BIEG, Ulrich, Institute of Applied Geosciences, Technical University of Darmstadt, Schnittspahnstrasse 9, Darmstadt, D-64287, Germany, and RASSER, Michael, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Rosenstein 1, Stuttgart, D-70191, Germany
225-42:15 PM THE CENTRAL PARATETHYS – AN EXAMPLE FOR THE ISOTOPIC EVOLUTION OF AN EPICONTINENTAL SEA: PILLER, Werner E., Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 26, Graz, 8010, Austria, werner.piller@uni-graz.at, HARZHAUSER, Mathias, Geological-Paleontological Department, Natural History Museum Vienna, Burgring 7, Vienna, 1010, Austria, and LATAL, Christine, Institute of Applied Geosciences, Graz University of Technology, Rechbauerstrasse 12, Graz, 8010, Austria
225-52:30 PM Paper Withdrawn
 2:50 PM Break
225-63:05 PM ON THE NATURE AND FREQUENCY OF FLOOD-GENERATED HYPERPYCNAL FLOWS INTO THE COASTAL OCEAN: SYVITSKI, James P.M., INSTAAR, U. Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, syvitski@colorado.edu, MULDER, Thierry, Universite Bordeaux, Talence cedex, France, MILLIMAN, John D., School of Marine Science/VIMS, College of Williams & Mary, Gloucester Pt, VA 23062, IMRAN, Jasim, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 80304, KETTNER, Albert J., Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands, PARKER, Gary, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Univ Illinois Urbana Champagne, Urbana, IL 80304, and PARSONS, Jeff, School of Hyperpycnalogy, Seattle, WA 98195-7940
225-73:25 PM FLOOD-GENERATED TURBIDITY CURRENTS AND TURBIDITES IN ANCIENT AND RECENT ENVIRONMENTS: MULDER, Thierry1, SYVITSKI, James P.M.2, ST ONGE, Guillaume3, DUCASSOU, Emmanuelle1, MIGEON, Sébastien4, MILLIMAN, John D.5, SAVOYE, Bruno6, ZARAGOSI, Sébastien1, CALLEC, Yannick7, and PARIZE, Olivier8, (1) UMR CNRS 5805 EPOC, University Bordeaux 1, Avenue des facultés, Talence cedex, 33405, France, t.mulder@epoc.u-bordeaux1.fr, (2) INSTAAR, University of Colorado, 1560 30th Street, Campus Box 450, Boulder, CO 80309-0450, (3) Institut des Sciences de la Mer de Rimouski, Université du Québec à Rimouski, 310, allée des Ursulines, Rimouski, QC G5L 3A1, Canada, (4) UMR6526 Géosciences Azur, Université de Nice, Observatoire Océanologique, Port de la Darse, Villefranche-sur-Mer, 06235, France, (5) School of Marine Science/VIMS, College of Williams & Mary, Gloucester Pt, VA 23062, (6) Environnements Sédimentaires, Ifremer, BP 70, Plouzané, 29280, France, (7) CDG/CG, BRGM, 3, avenue Claude Guillemin, Cedex 2, Orléans, 45060, France, (8) GGCG, Ecole nationale supérieure des Mines de Paris, 35, rue Saint-Honoré, cedex, Fontainebleau, 77305, France
225-83:45 PM HYPERPYCNAL RIVER PLUME PROCESSES – INSIGHTS FROM THE SMALL, SEMI-ARID RIVERS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: WARRICK, Jonathan, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, United States Geological Survey, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, jwarrick@usgs.gov and FARNSWORTH, Katherine L., Coastal and Marine Geology, USGS, 400 Natural Bridges Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
225-94:05 PM Paper Withdrawn
225-104:25 PM TOWARDS A GENETIC MODEL FOR THE ANALYSIS OF HYPERPYCNAL SYSTEMS: ZAVALA, Carlos1, ARCURI, Mariano1, and GAMERO, Helena2, (1) Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía (IADO), CONICET, Camino de La Carrindanga km 7.5, Bahía Blanca, 8000, Argentina, czavala@uns.edu.ar, (2) Schlumberger Data & Consulting Services, Av. Rio Caura, Torre Empresarial Humboldt, Piso 23, Urb. Prados del Este, Caracas, 1080, Venezuela
225-114:40 PM LOFTING RHYTHMITES: A DIAGNOSTIC FEATURE FOR THE RECOGNITION OF HYPERPYCNAL DEPOSITS: ZAVALA, Carlos1, GAMERO, Helena2, and ARCURI, Mariano1, (1) Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía (IADO), CONICET, Camino de La Carrindanga km 7.5, Bahía Blanca, 8000, Argentina, czavala@uns.edu.ar, (2) Schlumberger Data & Consulting Services, Av. Rio Caura, Torre Empresarial Humboldt, Piso 23, Urb. Prados del Este, Caracas, 1080, Venezuela, gamero1@caracas.oilfield.slb.com
225-124:55 PM HIGH- VERSUS LOW-DENSITY HYPERPYCNAL FLOW: DEPOSITS AND RELATIVE TIMING WITHIN A 4TH-ORDER GENETIC SEQUENCE, CENTRAL TERTIARY BASIN, SPITSBERGEN: PETTER, Andrew L. and STEEL, Ronald J., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Texas-Austin, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712-0254, petter@mail.utexas.edu
225-135:10 PM INTERPLAY BETWEEN RIVER DISCHARGE AND LAKE BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY IN A HYPERPYCNAL LACUSTRINE DELTA, RED RIVER, LAKE TEXOMA, TEXAS/ OKLAHOMA, USA: OLARIU, Cornel, Geology Sciences Department, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712-0254, cornelo@mail.utexas.edu and BHATTACHARYA, Janok P., Geosciences Department, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun Rd, Houston, TX 77204-5007

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