GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 273
Wednesday, 28 September 2016: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 402 (Colorado Convention Center)

Sediments, Clastic

John Holbrook and Gary S. Weissmann, Chairs
8:00 AM
ESTIMATING SEDIMENT FLUX FROM ANCIENT FLUVIAL SYSTEMS FOR SOURCE-TO-SINK CALIBRATIONS; CHALLENGES AND WAYS FORWARD
HOLBROOK, John, School of Geology, Energy and the Environment, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX 76129 and WILSON, Nicole, School of Geology, Energy and The Environment, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX 76129, john.holbrook@tcu.edu
8:15 AM
COMPARISON OF FLUVIAL RESPONSE TO EOCENE HYPERTHERMALS WITH GENERAL STRATIGRAPHIC OUTPUTS FROM 2-D NUMERICAL MODELS
FOREMAN, Brady Z., Geology, Western Washington University, 516 High St, Bellingham, WA 98225, brady.foreman@wwu.edu
8:30 AM
HYDRODYNAMICS OF FLUVIAL SANDSTONES IN THE CRETACEOUS UPPER WILLIAMS FORK FORMATION, PLATEAU CREEK, CO
CAMPANARO, Benjamin, Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045-7594, KAMOLA, Diane, Department of Geology, The University of Kansas, Lindley Hall, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd. Room 120, Lawrence, KS 66045, BLUM, Mike, Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66047 and MÖLLER, Andreas, Department of Geology, The University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd., Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045, ben.campanaro@ku.edu
8:45 AM
CHRONOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS ON FLUVIAL FAN STRATIGRAPHY IN THE NW GANGES BASIN, INDIA, REVEAL AUTOGENIC AND CLIMATIC CONTROLS ON FAN EVOLUTION
GUPTA, Sanjeev1, SINGH, Ajit1, BUYLAERT, Jan-Pieter2, SINHA, Rajiv3, DENSMORE, Alexander L.4, JOSHI, Suneel5, MURRAY, Andrew6, MASON, Philippa1, CARTER, Andrew7 and VAN DIJK, W.M.8, (1)Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom, (2)Center for Nuclear Technologies, Technical University of Denmark, DTU Risø Campus, Roskilde, 4000, Denmark, (3)Departmenf of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 208016, India, (4)Department of Geography, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom, (5)Departmenf of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016, India, (6)Nordic Laboratory for Luminescence Dating, Risø DTU, Roskilde, 4000, Denmark, (7)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London, Malet Street, London, WC1E 75x, United Kingdom, (8)Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 2, Utrecht, 3508 TC, Netherlands, s.gupta@imperial.ac.uk
9:00 AM
LARGE DISTRIBUTIVE FLUVIAL SYSTEMS (MEGAFANS) IN THE CONTEXT OF SEDIMENTARY BASINS:  FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR FAN RESEARCH
WEISSMANN, Gary S.1, SCUDERI, Louis A.1 and HARTLEY, Adrian J.2, (1)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, MSC03-2040, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, (2)Geology & Petroleum Geology, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB24 3UE, United Kingdom, weissman@unm.edu
9:15 AM
REDBEDS OF THE UPPER ENTRADA SANDSTONE, CENTRAL UTAH: FACIES ANALYSIS AND REGIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF INTERFINGERED SABKHA AND FLUVIAL TERMINAL SPLAY SEDIMENTS
VALENZA, Jeffery Michael, Geology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602 and MORRIS, Thomas H., Department of Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, jeffvalenza@gmail.com
 
9:30 AM
Break
9:45 AM
EOLIAN VS FLUVIAL ORIGINS OF THE LATE EOCENE, EARLY OLIGOCENE WHITE RIVER SEQUENCE OF THE GREAT PLAINS AND MIDDLE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
EVANOFF, Emmett, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Campus Box 100, Greeley, CO 80639, emmettevanoff@earthlink.net
10:00 AM
TIDES AND DELTAIC MORPHODYNAMICS (Invited Presentation)
PLINK-BJORKLUND, Piret, Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, pplink@mines.edu
10:15 AM
TRANSGRESSIVE, TIDAL- AND WAVE-DOMINATED COASTAL-SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT IN THE NORTHEASTERN SARDINIAN RELICT SHELF: INSIGHTS INTO THE ORIGIN OF SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATIONS IN COASTAL PROCESS REGIME
GAMBERI, Fabiano, Istituto di Scienze Marine Bologna, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Gobetti 101, Bologna, 40129, Italy, fabiano.gamberi@bo.ismar.cnr.it
10:30 AM
A LIFE-CYCLE MODEL OF WAVE-DOMINATED TIDAL INLETS ALONG THE CANADIAN AND UNITED STATES ATLANTIC COAST
SEMINACK, Christopher T., Lewis F. Rogers Institute for Environmental & Spatial Analysis, University of North Georgia, 3820 Mundy Mill Rd., Oakwood, GA 30566 and MCBRIDE, Randolph A., Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, & Earth Sciences, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030, christopher.seminack@ung.edu
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10:45 AM
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11:00 AM
MICROSCOPIC LIFE UNDERFOOT OF DINOSAURS:  MICROBIAL MAT FACIES IN THE CRETACEOUS SOUTH PLATTE FORMATION, DAKOTA GROUP, COLORADO, USA
NOFFKE, Nora, Ocean, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Old Dominion University, 4600, Elkhorn Avenue, Norfolk, VA 23529 and HAGADORN, James W., Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, nnoffke@odu.edu
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