GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 269
Wednesday, 28 September 2016: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 403 (Colorado Convention Center)

Geochemistry II

Jean M. Morrison and Kimberly R. Beisner, Chairs
8:00 AM
METHANE ADSORPTION AND RELEASE MECHANISM IN OVER-MATURE KEROGEN BY MOLECULAR MODELING
HO, Tuan A., CRISCENTI, Louise J. and WANG, Yifeng, P. O. Box, MS 0779, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185-0779, taho@sandia.gov
8:15 AM
HYDROGEOCHEMICAL AND ISOTOPIC CONSTRAINS ON GROUNDWATER FLOW EVOLUTION IN THE MANAS RIVER BASIN IN ARID NORTHWESTERN CHINA
MA, Bin, School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, 388 Lumo Road, Hongshan District, Wuhan, 430074, China, mabiniso@126.com
8:30 AM
PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE BARSTOW FORMATION, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, THROUGH THE MIDDLE MIOCENE CLIMATIC OPTIMUM
LOUGHNEY, Katharine M., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 C.C. Little, 1100 North University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, HREN, Michael T., Center for Integrative Geosciences, Dept. Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269 and SMITH, Selena Y., Museum of Paleontology and Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 CC Little, 1100 N. University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, loughney@umich.edu
8:45 AM
MIDDLE – UPPER JURASSIC (UPPER CALLOVIAN TO LOWER KIMMERIDGIAN) CARBON ISOTOPE CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY FROM CENTRAL SAUDI ARABIA
ELTOM, Hassan, Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Boulevard, Lawrence, KS 66045, GONZALEZ, Luis A., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd., Rm. 120, Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045, RANKEY, Eugene C., Kansas Interdisciplinary Carbonates Consortium, Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 120 Lindley Hall, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045, HASIOTIS, Stephen T., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lindley Hall, rm 120, Lawrence, KS 66045 and CANTRELL, Dave, EXPEC Advanced Research Center, Saudi Aramco, Building 137, Dhahran, 31311, Saudi Arabia, heltom@ku.edu
9:00 AM
PALEOENVIRONMENTAL INSIGHTS FROM THE 187OS/188OSI PARAMETER OF THE RE-OS GEOCHRONOMETER WITH AN EXAMPLE FROM THE LATE JURASSIC AGARDHFJELLET FORMATION, SVALBARD, NORWAY
BORAAS-CONNORS, Marisa1, HANNAH, Judith L.2, MARKEY, Richard J.3 and STEIN, Holly J.2, (1)Dept. of Geosciences, Colorado State University, 400 University Ave, Fort Collins, CO 80523, (2)AIRIE Program / Dept. of Geosciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523; Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1072 Blindern, Oslo, 0316, Norway, (3)AIRIE Program, Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1482, marisaboraas@gmail.com
 
9:15 AM
Break
9:30 AM
METAL CONCENTRATIONS IN COVER OVERLYING DULUTH COMPLEX NI-CU-PGE DEPOSITS, NE MINNESOTA
MORRISON, Jean M., U.S. Geological Survey, Crustal Geophysics and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver, CO 80225, MANNING, Andrew H., U.S. Geological Survey, P.O. Box 25046, Mail Stop 973, Denver, CO 80225 and WANTY, Richard B., U.S. Geological Survey, P.O. Box 25046, Mail Stop 964D, Denver, CO 80225, jmorrison@usgs.gov
9:45 AM
ASSESSING PIGEON URANIUM MINE WASTE GEOCHEMISTRY FOR COMPARISON WITH NEARBY PERCHED GROUNDWATER SPRINGS
BEISNER, Kimberly R.1, PARETTI, Nicholas V.1, TILLMAN, Fred D.1, NAFTZ, David L.2, BILLS, Donald J.3, WALTON-DAY, Katie4 and GALLEGOS, Tanya J.5, (1)USGS, Arizona Water Science Center, 520 N. Park Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719, (2)USGS, Wyoming-Montana Water Science Center, 3162 Bozeman Ave, Helena, MT 59601, (3)USGS, Arizona Water Science Center, 2255 N. Gemini Dr., Flagstaff, AZ 86001, (4)U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS415, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, (5)Eastern Energy Resources Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr, MS 956, Reston, VA 20192, kbeisner@usgs.gov
10:00 AM
BIOGEOCHEMISTRY REVEALS PALEOENVIRONMENTS AND PALEOHYDROLOGY OF THE AL-AZRAQ BASIN, JORDAN
AHMAD, Khaldoun and DAVIES, Caroline, Geosciences, University of Missouri Kansas City, 420 Florsheim Hall, 5110 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO 64113, AhmadKI@umkc.edu
10:15 AM
CONSTRAINED ISOTOPE MODELING IN A LATE MIOCENE LAKE FROM CENTRAL EUROPE
JOHNSON, Michael R., Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Weeks Hall, 1215 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, mrjohnson23@wisc.edu
10:30 AM
AN ALTERNATIVE EXPLANATION TO THE INITIAL CARBON ISOTOPE EXCURSION AT ST. AUDRIE’S BAY DURING THE END-TRIASSIC MASS EXTINCTION AS INDICATED BY BIOMARKER ANALYSIS
FOX, Calum P., WA-OIG, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, 6845, Australia, GRICE, Kliti, Department of Chemistry, Curtin University of Technology, Kent St, Bentley, 6845, Australia, WHITESIDE, Jessica H., Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom, OLSEN, Paul, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964-1000, SEPÚLVEDA, Julio, Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, 450 UCB, Boulder, CO CO 80309-0450 and SUMMONS, Roger, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02142, calum.fox@postgrad.curtin.edu.au
10:45 AM
GEOCHEMICAL AND PETROLOGICAL COMPARISONS OF BLEACHED CAP ROCKS FROM THE GREEN RIVER CO2 ACCUMULATION
MASKELL, Alex1, KAMPMAN, Niko2, BUSCH, Andreas2, EVANS, James P.3, BICKLE, Mike J.1, CHAPMAN, Hazel J.1, BERTIER, Pieter4, HARRINGTON, Jon F.5 and CHAPMAN, Hazel J.1, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EQ, United Kingdom, (2)Shell Global Solutions International, Kessler Park 1, Rijswijk, 2288 GS, Netherlands, (3)Department of Geology, Utah State University, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, (4)Clay and Interface Mineralogy,, RWTH Aachen University, Bunsenstrasse 8, Aachen, 52072, Germany, (5)Environmental Science Centre, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG, United Kingdom, am2031@cam.ac.uk
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