2007 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (28–31 October 2007)
Session No. 21 Sunday, 28 October 2007
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Colorado Convention Center: 603

T145. Challenges in Geoscience Publishing: The Use of Nomenclature

Monica Gaiswinkler Easton and Robert Michael Easton, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
 8:00 AM Introductory Remarks
21-18:15 AM AN OVERVIEW OF THE NORTH AMERICAN COMMISSION ON STRATIGRAPHIC NOMENCLATURE: EASTON, Robert Michael, Precambrian Geoscience Section, Ontario Geological Survey, 933 Ramsey Lake Road, 7th Floor, Sudbury, ON P3E 6B5 Canada, mike.easton@ontario.ca
21-28:30 AM CONSISTENT STRATIGRAPHIC NOMENCLATURE IN GEOSCIENCE PUBLICATIONS—THE ROLE OF THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC NAMES COMMITTEE: ORNDORFF, Randall C., U.S. Geol. Survey, MS 908, Reston, VA 20192, rorndorf@usgs.gov
21-38:45 AM CLARITY AND CONSISTENCY OF SCIENTIFIC TERMINOLOGY: A ROLE FOR THE NATIONAL GEOLOGIC MAP DATABASE: SOLLER, David R., U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Ctr, Reston, VA 20192-0001, drsoller@usgs.gov, THORLEIFSON, Harvey L., Minnesota Geological Survey, Univ of Minnesota, 2642 University Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55114, and STAMM, Nancy, U.S. Geological Survey, MS 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192
21-49:00 AM THE U.S. GEOLOGIC NAMES LEXICON GEOLEX IN THE AGE OF GEOLOGIC MAP DATABASES: STAMM, Nancy, U.S. Geological Survey, MS 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, nstamm@usgs.gov, SOLLER, David R., U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Ctr, Reston, VA 20192-0001, and THORLEIFSON, Harvey L., Minnesota Geological Survey, Univ of Minnesota, 2642 University Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55114
21-59:15 AM A STANDARD BEDROCK NOMENCLATURE FOR THE PROVINCE OF NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA: FYFFE, Leslie R., Natural Resources, New Brunswick Geol Surveys, PO Box 6000, Fredericton, NB E3B 5H1 Canada, les.fyffe@gnb.ca
21-69:30 AM A STRATIGRAPHIC LEXICON FOR ONTARIO: EASTON, Monica Gaiswinkler, Ontario Geological Survey, 933 Ramsey Lake Road, Level A3, Sudbury, ON P3E 6B5 Canada, monica.easton@ontario.ca
 9:45 AM Break
21-710:00 AM BIOSTRATIGRAPHY: AN ART THAT NATURE MAKES: PRATT, Brian R., Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2 Canada, brian.pratt@usask.ca
21-810:15 AM WHAT'S IN A DATE? INTEGRATING GEOCHRONOLOGY AND STRATIGRAPHIC STUDIES (THE EARTHTIME INITIATIVE): BOWRING, Samuel A.1, CONDON, Daniel2, CROWLEY, James3, ERWIN, Douglas H.4, HEIZLER, Matthew T.5, JOHNSON, Kirk6, RAMEZANI, Jahandar1, and SCHOENE, Blair7, (1) Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, sbowring@MIT.EDU, (2) British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG, United Kingdom, (3) Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, (4) Dept. of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C, DC 20013-7012, (5) New Mexico Bureau of Geology, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM 87801, (6) Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, CO 80205, (7) Département de Minéralogie, Université de Genève, Genève, Ch-1205, Switzerland
21-910:30 AM HOW DO YOU MAP A CONTINENT?: REED, John C. Jr, U. S. Geol Survey, MS 980 Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, jreed@usgs.gov
21-1010:45 AM WHAT'S IMPORTANT IN A ROCK NAME: INSIGHTS FROM DEVELOPING A COMMON MAP LEGEND: EASTON, Robert Michael, Precambrian Geoscience Section, Ontario Geological Survey, 933 Ramsey Lake Road, 7th Floor, Sudbury, ON P3E 6B5 Canada, mike.easton@ontario.ca
 11:00 AM Discussion

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