GSA Annual Meeting, November 5-8, 2001

Session No. 149
Thursday, 8 November 2001: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Clastic Sediments: New Insights into Fluvial, Deltaic, and Shallow Marine Sedimentation

 

Paul B. Wignall and Carmala N. Garzione, Chairs
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SEDIMENTOLOGY OF THE BRUSHY BASIN MEMBER, MORRISON FORMATION (LATE JURASSIC), WESTERN COLORADO
GALLI, Kenneth G., Department of Geology & Geophysics, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 213 Devlin Hall, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-3809 and HUBERT, John F., Geosciences, Univ of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, gallik@bc.edu, gallik@bc.edu
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8:15 AM
STUDY OF "TERMINAL" DISTRIBUTARY CHANNELS IN FLUVIAL-DOMINATED DELTA FRONT DEPOSITS, USING GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR AND DIGITAL MAPPING TECHNIQUES, CRETACEOUS PANTHER TONGUE SANDSTONE, UTAH, USA
OLARIU, Cornel1, BHATTACHARYA, Janok P.2, GE, Rui2, XU, Xueming1, AIKEN, Carlos L.V.2, MARCY, Fanny D.3, ZENG, Xiaoxian2 and MCMECHAN, George A.2, (1)Geosciences, Univ of Texas at Dallas, P.O.Box 830688, FO21, Richardson, TX 75083-0688, (2)Geosciences, University of Texas at Dallas, P.O.Box 830688, FO21, Richardson, TX 75083-0688, (3)École de Physique du Globe EOST, Université Louis Pasteur, 5 rue René Descartes, Strasbourg, 67084 CEDEX, France, cornelo@utdallas.edu, cornelo@utdallas.edu
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8:30 AM
SEDIMENTOLOGY OF A LOWER CRETACEOUS FLUVIAL SYSTEM, KOOTENAI FORMATION, SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA
RUSSELL, Richard A. and ZACHRY, Doy L., Dept. of Geosciences, Univ of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, rarusse@uark.edu, rarusse@uark.edu
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8:45 AM
DEPOSITION OF FLUVIAL GRAVELS IN LATE ALBIAN KIOWA MARINE CYCLE FLUVIAL-ESTUARINE SETTING, NISHNABOTNA MEMBER, DAKOTA FORMATION ALONG THE CRATONIC MARGIN, CRETACEOUS WESTERN INTERIOR BASIN
BRENNER, Robert L.1, LUDVIGSON, Gregory A.2, WITZKE, Brian J.3, JOECKEL, R. Matthew4, PHILLIPS, P. Lee1, GONZALEZ, Luis A.5 and UFNAR, David F.6, (1)Univ Iowa, 121 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242-1379, (2)Iowa Dept Nat Rscs, 109 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242-1319, (3)Iowa Dept. Natural Resources, Geol Survey Bureau, Iowa City, IA 52242, (4)Nebraska Conservation and Survey Division, Univ of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588-0517, (5)Geoscience, Univ of Iowa, (6)Geoscience, Univ of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, robert-brenner@uiowa.edu, robert-brenner@uiowa.edu
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9:00 AM
SHALLOW WATER, TRANSGRESSIVE BLACK SHALES
WIGNALL, Paul B., Earth Sciences, Univ of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom, wignall@earth.leeds.ac.uk, wignall@earth.leeds.ac.uk
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9:15 AM
STRATIGRAPHIC RESPONSE OF THE MAASTRICHTIAN MUERTO FORMATION TO PASSIVE RISE OF THE EL GORDO DIAPIR, LA POPA BASIN, NORTHEASTERN MEXICO
WEISLOGEL, A. L. and LAWTON, T. F., Institute of Tectonic Studies, New Mexico State Univ, Department of Geological Sciences, MSC 3AB, P.O. Box 30001, Las Cruces, NM 88003, aweislog@nmsu.edu, aweislog@nmsu.edu
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9:30 AM
CHARACTERIZATION OF GRAVELS INTERBEDDED WITH OLIGOCENE ASH-FLOW TUFFS NEAR GUNNISON, COLORADO: IMPLICATIONS FOR ANCIENT SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY AND VOLCANO-FLUVIAL INTERACTION
GREENE, Larry1, PANTER, Kurt1, STORK, Allen2 and FILLMORE, Robert2, (1)Geology, Bowling Green State Univeristy, 190 Overman Hall, Bowling Green, OH 43403, (2)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Western State College of Colorado, Gunnison, CO 81231, dgreene@bgnet.bgsu.edu, dgreene@bgnet.bgsu.edu
 
9:45 AM
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10:00 AM
OLIGOCENE - PLEISTOCENE SEDIMENTATION IN LINXIA BASIN ON THE NORTHEASTERN EDGE OF THE TIBETAN PLATEAU, GANSU PROVINCE, CHINA
GARZIONE, Carmala N.1, SONG, Chunhui2, FANG, Xiaomin3, DETTMAN, David L.4 and FAN, Majie2, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Univ of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, (2)Department of Geology, Lanzhou Univ, Lanzhou, 730000, China, (3)Department of Geography, Lanzhou Univ, Lanzhou, 730000, China, (4)Department of Geosciences, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, garzione@earth.rochester.edu, garzione@earth.rochester.edu
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10:15 AM
CHANNEL FILLS OF ALL SCALES FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER ALLUVIAL VALLEY
GUCCIONE, Margaret J.1, BURFORD, Minnie1, KENDALL, James1, NUNN, Curtis1, ODHIAMBO, Ben2, PORTER, Donna3 and SHEPHERD, Stephanie4, (1)Dept. of Geosciences, Univ. of Arkansas, OZAR-113, Fayetteville, AR 72701, (2)Environmental Dynamics Program, Univ of Arkansas, 525 Old Main, Fayetteville, AR 72701, (3)Kansas Dept. of Health and Environment, Forbes Field, BLDG 740, Topeka, KS 66620, (4)Oregon Caves National Monument, 19000 Caves Highway, Cave Junction, OR 97523, guccione@uark.edu, guccione@uark.edu
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10:30 AM
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10:45 AM
MIOSPORE BIOSTRATIGRAPHY AND SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS OF THE BORDEN DELTA COMPLEX (TOURNAISIAN-VISEAN) IN KENTUCKY AND INDIANA, U.S.A
RICHARDSON, Jeffery G., Geological Sciences, The Ohio State Univ, 155 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, richardson.141@osu.edu, richardson.141@osu.edu
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11:00 AM
WAVE INFLUENCED DELTAS
GIOSAN, Liviu, Marine Sciences Research Center, State Univ of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5000 and BHATTACHARYA, Janok P., Geosciences Department, Univ of Texas at Dallas, 2601 North Floyd Road, P.O. Box 830688, Richardson, TX 75083-0688, Liviu.Giosan@msrc.sunysb.edu, Liviu.Giosan@msrc.sunysb.edu
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11:15 AM
THE PARADOX OF HIGH SEDIMENT SUPPLY TO THE EAST CHINA SEA CONTINENTAL MARGIN AND THE ABSENCE OF SUBMARINE FANS AND LARGE-SCALE SLOPE FAILURE IN THE OKINAWA TROUGH
MILLER, Karrie L., Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC and BARTEK, Louis, Geological Sciences, Univ of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, millerk@email.unc.edu, millerk@email.unc.edu
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EPISODIC PLIOCENE AND PLEISTOCENE DRAINAGE INTEGRATION ALONG THE RIO GRANDE THROUGH NEW MEXICO
COLE, James C., US Geol Survey, PO Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225-0046, STONE, Byron D., U.S. Geol Survey, MS 926A, Reston, VA 20192, SHROBA, Ralph R., USGS, Box 25046, MS 913, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225 and DETHIER, David P., Dept. of Geology, Williams College, Williams, MA, jimcole@usgs.gov, jimcole@usgs.gov