2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM
Session No. 273 Tuesday, 7 October 2008
1:30 PM-5:30 PM, George R. Brown Convention Center: 342AD

T170. From San Salvador and Beyond: A Tribute to Don and Kathy Gerace and the Development of the Gerace Research Centre (Paleontological Society; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Hydrogeology Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Lisa E. Park and Thomas A. Rothfus, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
273-11:30 PM Geology at the Gerace Research Centre, San Salvador, Bahamas: ROTHFUS, Thomas A., Gerace Research Centre, San Salvador Bahamas, rothfusgrc@gmail.com
273-21:45 PM Development of a Depositional Model and Stratigraphy for the Islands of the Bahamas: The Importance of the Research Facility Founded by Don and Kathy Gerace: CAREW, James L., Geology and Environmental Geosciences, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC 29424, carewj@cofc.edu and MYLROIE, John E., Geosciences, Mississippi State University, P.O. Box 5448, Mississippi State, MS 39762
273-32:00 PM From the Quaternary of San Salvador Island, Bahamas to the Jurassic of Southern Utah – Eolian Architecture in Calcarenites and Sandstones Compared: CAPUTO, Mario V., Dept. of Earth Sciences, Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA 91789-1397, mvcaputo@earthlink.net
273-42:15 PM San Salvador Island and the Opening of a New Karst Frontier: MYLROIE, John E., Geosciences, Mississippi State University, P.O. Box 5448, Mississippi State, MS 39762, mylroie@geosci.msstate.edu and CAREW, James L., Geology and Environmental Geosciences, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC 29424
273-52:30 PM Paleoclimate Implications from a Geochronologic and Sr Isotope Study of a Bahamian Speleothem from San Salvador, Bahamas: GREENE, Lauren E.1, BANNER, Jay L.1, MACK, Lawrence E.1, and MYLROIE, John E.2, (1) Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, legreene@gmail.com, (2) Geosciences, Mississippi State University, P.O. Box 5448, Mississippi State, MS 39762
273-62:45 PM The Study of Climatic Variability on San Salvador: Challenges and Solutions to Isolation: GAMBLE, Douglas W., Department of Geography and Geology, Univ of North Carolina at Wilmington, 601 S. College Rd, Wilmington, NC 28401, gambled@uncw.edu
273-73:00 PM Visualizing the Effects of Pleistocene to Holocene Climate Changes in the Bahamas: An Education Project Based on Research Conducted at the Gerace Research Centre: GRIFFING, David H., Dept. of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY 13820, griffingd@hartwick.edu
273-83:15 PM Portals to the Lucayan Past: Methods and Techniques: GNIVECKI, Perry L., Anthropology, Miami University, Department of Anthropology, Upham Hall, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, gnivecpl@muohio.edu and BERMAN, Mary Jane, Center for American and World Cultures, Miami University, 105 MacMIllan Hall, Oxford, OH 45056
273-93:30 PM NEW Views of Lucayan Prehistory: BERMAN, Mary Jane, Center for American and World Cultures, Miami University, 105 MacMIllan Hall, Oxford, OH 45056, bermanmj@muohio.edu and GNIVECKI, Perry L., Anthropology, Miami University, Department of Anthropology, Upham Hall, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056
273-103:45 PM Water on Columbus' Isle: 22 Years of “Going with the Flow” At the Gerace Research Centre (Formerly the Bahamian Field Station): DAVIS, R. Laurence, Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of New Haven, 300 Boston Post Rd, West Haven, CT 06516, rldavis@newhaven.edu
273-114:00 PM A View from the Interior---Tales of Ostracods, Blue Holes and the Origin of Six Pack Pond: PARK, Lisa E., Department of Geology and Environmental Science, The University of Akron, 252 Buchtel Commons, Crouse Hall, Akron, OH 44325-4101, lepark@uakron.edu
273-124:15 PM Event Deposition and Biological Response of a Saline Inland Pond: Storrs Lake, San Salvador Island, Bahamas: SIPAHIOGLU, S.M1, PARK, Lisa1, DALMAN, M.R.1, SINGER, J.D1, FRANK, E.A.1, BISHOP, Melisa R.1, and SIEWERS, F.D.2, (1) Geology, University of Akron, 302 Buchtel Ave, Crouse Hall, Akron, OH 44325, sms62@uakron.edu, (2) Geology, Western Kentucky University, 1906 College Heights Blvd, Bowling Green, KY 42101
273-134:30 PM A Biogeochemical Description of Microbial Biofilms from Fowl Cay Reef and Microbial Mats at Salt Pond, the Bahamas: PUCKETT, Mary Keith, MCNEAL, Karen S., and KIRKLAND, Brenda L., Department of Geosciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, mkp27@msstate.edu
273-144:45 PM The Devil's Point Event from beyond San Salvador: GREENSTEIN, Benjamin J., Dept. of Geology, Cornell College, Mt Vernon, IA 512314, BGreenstein@cornellcollege.edu
273-155:00 PM Benthic Foraminifera at Platform-Margin Reefs, San Salvador Island, Bahamas: LEWIS, Ronald D. and TICHENOR, Hal R., Department of Geology and Geography, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849-5305, lewisrd@auburn.edu
273-165:15 PM Tracks and Traces with the Geraces: Three Decades of Geologic Research in the Bahamas: CURRAN, H. Allen, Department of Geosciences, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, acurran@smith.edu and WHITE, Brian, Department of Geology, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063

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