2009 Portland GSA Annual Meeting (18-21 October 2009)
Session No. 160 Tuesday, 20 October 2009
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Oregon Convention Center: C123

T97. EARTHTIME: From Developing Tools to Teaching about Time (GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division; Geochemical Society; Paleontological Society; GSA Geoscience Education Division)

Samuel A. Bowring and Kirk R. Johnson, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
160-18:00 AM THE EARTHTIME INITIATIVE: PROGRESS AND PROMISE: BOWRING, Samuel A.1, CONDON, Daniel2, MCLEAN, Noah M.1, BOWRING, James F.3, JOHNSON, Kirk R.4, and HEIZLER, Matthew T.5, (1) Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, sbowring@MIT.EDU, (2) British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG, United Kingdom, (3) Department of Computer Science, College of Charleston, JC Long 207, Charleston, SC 29424, (4) Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, CO 80205, (5) New Mexico Bureau of Geology, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM 87801
160-28:15 AM CURRENT STATUS OF THE MESOZOIC ASTRONOMICAL TIME SCALE: HINNOV, Linda1, OGG, James G.2, HUANG, Chunju1, GALBRUN, Bruno3, HURET, Emilia4, BOULILA, Slah3, HUSSON, Dorothée3, and LOCKLAIR, Robert4, (1) Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins Univ, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, hinnov@jhu.edu, (2) Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue Univ, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2051, jogg@purdue.edu, (3) UMR 7193 ISTeP "Institut des Sciences de la Terre-Paris", Université Pierre & Marie Curie, 4 place Jussieu, Paris, 75252, France, (4) Morton K. Blaustein Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218
160-38:30 AM SIMULTANEOUS DETERMINATION OF 40K DECAY CONSTANTS AND AGE OF THE FISH CANYON SANIDINE 40AR/39AR STANDARD: RENNE, Paul R., Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California at Berkeley, and Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709, prenne@bgc.org, MUNDIL, Roland, Berkeley Geochronology Ctr, 2455 Ridge Rd, Berkeley, CA 94709-1211, BALCO, Greg, Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709, and MIN, Kyoungwon, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, 241 Williamson Hall, PO BOX 112120, Gainesville, FL 32611
160-48:45 AM BIOTITE-SANIDINE 40Ar/39Ar AGE DISCORDANCES REFLECT Ar PARTITIONING AND PRE-ERUPTION CLOSURE IN BIOTITE: HORA, John Milan1, SINGER, Brad S.1, JICHA, Brian R.1, BEARD, Brian L.2, JOHNSON, Clark M.2, DE SILVA, Shan3, and SALISBURY, Morgan3, (1) Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, jhora@geology.wisc.edu, (2) Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, NASA Astrobiology Institute, 1215 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, (3) Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University, Wilkinson Hall 104, Corvallis, OR 97331
160-59:00 AM NEW WENLOCK-LUDLOW (SILURIAN) 87SR/86SR DATA AND A REVISED SILURIAN SR CURVE: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE SILURIAN TIMESCALE: CRAMER, Bradley D., School of Earth Sciences, Division of Geological Sciences, The Ohio State University, 125 S. Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, cramer.70@osu.edu, MUNNECKE, Axel, GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Fachgruppe Paläoumwelt, Universität Erlangen, Loewenichstrasse 28, Erlangen, D-91054, Germany, SCHOFIELD, D.I., British Geological Survey, Kingsley Dunham Centre, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG, United Kingdom, SALTZMAN, Matthew R., School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, and HAASE, Karsten, GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Fachgruppe Krustendynamik, Universität Erlangen, Schlossgarten 5, Erlangen, D-91054, Germany
160-69:15 AM U-PB ID-TIMS GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE LATE TRIASSIC CHINLE FORMATION, PETRIFIED FOREST NATIONAL PARK, ARIZONA: RAMEZANI, Jahandar1, BOWRING, Samuel A.1, FASTOVSKY, David E.2, and HOKE, Gregory D.3, (1) Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, ramezani@mit.edu, (2) Dept. of Geosciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, (3) Dept. of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244
 9:30 AM Break
160-79:45 AM NEW HIGH-PRECISION U-PB ZIRCON DATING OF CENTRAL ATLANTIC MAGMATIC PROVINCE: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE TRIASSIC-JURASSIC EXTINCTION AND THE ASTROCHRONOLOGICAL TIMESCALE: BLACKBURN, Terrence, Eaps, MIT, 77 Massachusetts Ave, 54-1118, Cambridge, MA 02139, terrence@mit.edu, BOWRING, Samuel, Dept. Earth, Atm. & Planet. Sci, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, OLSEN, Paul, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964-1000, KENT, Dennis, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, Wright-Rieman Labs, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, RASBURY, Troy, Dept of Geosciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, and MCHONE, J. Gregory, 9 Dexters Lane, Grand Manan, NB E5G3A6, Canada
160-810:00 AM IMPLICATIONS OF NEW 40Ar/39Ar AND U-PB AGES FOR CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN OAE2: SINGER, Brad S.1, SAGEMAN, Bradley B.2, SIEWERT, Sarah E.1, CONDON, Daniel3, OBRADOVICH, John D.4, JICHA, Brian R.5, SAWYER, David A.6, and MEYERS, Stephen R.7, (1) Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 West Dayton St, Madison, WI 53076, bsinger@geology.wisc.edu, (2) Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, 1850 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208, (3) British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG, United Kingdom, (4) U.S. Geological Survey, MS 980, Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225, (5) Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, (6) U.S. Geological Survey, MS 980, Denver, CO 80225, (7) Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 West Dayton St, Madison, WI 53076
160-910:15 AM MERGING THE ANCIENT PAST WITH CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY: A LATE CAMPANIAN FLORA FROM THE KAIPAROWITS FORMATION, GRAND STAIRCASE–ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT, UTAH, AND A SUCCESSFUL MODEL FOR HIGH-IMPACT OUTREACH: MILLER, Ian M.1, JOHNSON, Kirk R.2, KLINE, Douglas1, and NICHOLS, Douglas J.3, (1) Dept. of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver, CO 80205, ian.miller@dmns.org, (2) Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, CO 80205, (3) Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Boulevard, Denver, CO 80205
160-1010:30 AM GEOLOGICAL TO EVOLUTIONARY SCALES OF TIME: CASE STUDIES OF CHANGE AND RATES OF CHANGE IN EOCENE MAMMALS: GINGERICH, Philip D., Department of Geological Sciences and Museum of Paleontology, The Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079, gingeric@umich.edu
160-1110:45 AM ERROR BARS TO EQUAL OUR OUTCROPS: HOW HIGH-RESOLUTION U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY IN THE DENVER BASIN NATURAL LABORATORY CAN FINE TUNE QUESTIONS IN TERRESTRIAL STRATIGRAPHY, PALEONTOLOGY, AND PALEOCLIMATOLOGY: JOHNSON, Kirk, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, Kirk.Johnson@dmns.org and BOWRING, Samuel, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
160-1211:00 AM DELIVERY AND ASSESSMENT OF A HALF-DAY INTEGRATED FIELD AND LABORATORY EXPERIENCE FOR UNDERSTANDING GEOLOGIC TIME AND GEOCHRONOLOGY: VISKUPIC, Karen1, SCHMITZ, Mark D.1, and NADELSON, Louis2, (1) Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725, karenviskupic@boisestate.edu, (2) Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Foundation Studies, Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725
160-1311:15 AM AN EARTHTIME PROGRAM TO TEACH THE SCIENCE OF GEOCHRONOLOGY TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS USING A ‘HANDS-ON' APPROACH: BUCHWALDT, Robert, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, 54-1117, Cambridge, MA 02139, buch_1@mit.edu, BOOKHAGEN, Britta, CityLab, Boston University, School of Medicine, 801 Albany Street, S-4, Boston, MA 02119, MCLEAN, Noah M., EAPS, MIT, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, and BOWRING, Sam, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, MIT, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Building 54-1124, Cambridge, MA 02139
160-1411:30 AM EARTH HISTORY VISUALIZATION – THE TIMESCALE CREATOR SYSTEM AND DATAPACKS: OGG, James G., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue Univ, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2051, jogg@purdue.edu, LUGOWSKI, Adam, Computer Science, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5110, and GRADSTEIN, Felix M., Museum of Natural History, Univ of Oslo, P.O.Box 1172 Blindern, Oslo, N-0318, Norway

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