North-Central Section–40th Annual Meeting (20–21 April 2006)
Session No. 17 Thursday, 20 April 2006
1:40 PM-3:20 PM, Student Center, University of Akron: Ballroom C

T11. Multi-Proxy Investigations of Black Shales: What Can They Tell Us?

Susan M. Rimmer and Harold D. Rowe, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
17-11:40 PM DEVELOPING A MORE ROBUST GEOCHEMICAL FRAMEWORK FOR INFERRING PALEOREDOX CONDITIONS DURING BLACK SHALE ACCUMULATION: FOCUS ON THE OHIO AND NEW ALBANY SHALES: ROWE, Harold D.1, RIMMER, Susan M.1, HAWKINS, Sarah J.1, and FRANCIS, Henry2, (1) Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, 101 Slone Building, Lexington, KY 40506-0053, hrowe@uky.edu, (2) Kentucky Geological Survey, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0107
17-22:00 PM FORMS OF DOLOMITE AND SILICA AS PROXIES FOR PALEOCLIMATE, PALEOGEOGRAPHY, AND PALEOCEANOGRAPHY OF UPPER DEVONIAN BLACK SHALES IN NORTH AMERICA: COMER, John B., Indiana Geological Survey, 611 N Walnut Grv, Bloomington, IN 47405-2208, jcomer@indiana.edu
17-32:20 PM TERRESTRIAL ORGANIC MATTER IN DEVONIAN MARINE BLACK SHALES: IMPLICATIONS FOR ORGANIC CARBON ACCUMULATION, TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS, AND PALEO-ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN LEVELS: RIMMER, Susan M. and HAWKINS, Sarah J., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, 101 Slone Building, Lexington, KY 40506-0053, srimmer@uky.edu
17-42:40 PM PALEOREDOX INDICATORS IN THE UPPER ORDOVICIAN MAQUOKETA FORMATION OF EASTERN IOWA: VON MANN, Rachael1, RIMMER, Susan1, ROWE, Harold D.1, and FRANCIS, Henry2, (1) Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, 101 Slone Building, Lexington, KY 40506-0053, ravonm2@uky.edu, (2) Kentucky Geological Survey, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0107
17-53:00 PM SPECTRAL GAMMA RAY LOGS AS PALEOENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS IN CARBONIFEROUS BLACK SHALES: SAMSON, Timothy M., CRUSE, Anna M., and PAXTON, Stanley T., School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, 105 Noble Research Center, Stillwater, OK 74078-3031, tim.samson@okstate.edu

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