Session: Stratigraphic Paleobiology (GSA Annual Meeting, November 5-8, 2001)

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8:00 AM

BIOTIC-SEDIMENT INTERACTIONS IN A SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK: THE LATE CARBONIFEROUS SYDNEY MINES FORMATION AT MORIEN BAY, NOVA SCOTIA

MCDONALD, Heidi L., Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie Univ, Halifax, NS B3H 3J5, Canada and GIBLING, Martin R., Earth Sciences, Dalhousie Univ, Halifax, NS B3H 3J5, Canada, hlmcdona@is2.dal.ca, hlmcdona@is2.dal.ca

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8:15 AM

CONODONT DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS AS A TOOL FOR IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF STRATIGRAPHIC SURFACES WITHIN PALEOZOIC SEQUENCES OF THE MIDCONTINENT, U.S.A

LEONARD, Karl W., Anthropology and Earth Science, Minnesota State Univ Moorhead, Moorhead, MN 56563, karl2@uakron.edu, karl2@uakron.edu

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8:30 AM

COMPLEMENTARY RELATIONS BETWEEN ICHNOLOGY AND SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY: EXAMPLES FROM A CENOZOIC SLOPE SUCCESSION, NEW JERSEY MARGIN

SAVRDA, Charles E., Department of Geology and Geography, Auburn Univ, 210 Petrie Hall, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849-5305, savrdce@auburn.edu, savrdce@auburn.edu

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8:45 AM

THE STRATIGRAPHY OF VERTEBRATE SKELETAL CONCENTRATIONS: INSIGHTS GAINED FROM THE UPPER CRETACEOUS OF MONTANA

ROGERS, Raymond R., Geology Dept, Macalester College, 1600 Grand Ave, St. Paul, MN 55105, rogers@macalester.edu, rogers@macalester.edu

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9:00 AM

ORDOVICIAN MONOTYPIC FOSSIL CONCENTRATIONS: AN EXAMPLE OF AN OPPORTUNISTIC RESPONSE TO STRESSED ENVIRONMENTS

THIEL, Diana L. and DROSER, Mary L., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, dianat@citrus.ucr.edu, dianat@citrus.ucr.edu

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9:15 AM

USING PALEOECOLOGICAL GRADIENT ANALYSIS TO ENHANCE STRATIGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION: A PENNSYLVANIAN-PERMIAN EXAMPLE

OLSZEWSKI, Thomas D., Indiana Univ, Bloomington, IN 47405, tolszews@indiana.edu, tolszews@indiana.edu

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9:30 AM

USE OF HIGH-RESOLUTION FOSSIL DATA TO ASSESS THE CAUSES OF METER-SCALE CYCLICITY IN THE TYPE CINCINNATIAN SERIES (UPPER ORDOVICIAN)

WEBBER, Andrew J., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Bldg, Cincinnati, OH 45221, webberaw@email.uc.edu, webberaw@email.uc.edu

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9:45 AM

STRATIGRAPHIC CONTEXT OF LATE CAMBRIAN TRILOBITE EXTINCTIONS: EVIDENCE FROM EASTERN NEVADA

WESTROP, Stephen R., Oklahoma Museum of Natural History and School of Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73072, ADRAIN, Jonathan M., Department of Geoscience, Univ of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242 and BEAN, Jad R., Department of Geoscience, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, swestrop@ou.edu, swestrop@ou.edu

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10:00 AM

STRATIGRAPHIC CONTROLS ON REGIONAL DIVERSITY IN THE LATE ORDOVICIAN: CORRECTING FOR THE EFFECTS OF FACIES AVAILABILITY AND SAMPLING INTENSITY

PATZKOWSKY, M. E., Geosciences, Penn State Univ, University Park, PA 16802 and HOLLAND, S. M., Geology, Univ of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, brachio@geosc.psu.edu, brachio@geosc.psu.edu

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10:15 AM

INTERVAL-FREE DIVERSITY CURVES AND LONGEVITY HISTORIES: STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCING ALGORITHMS APPLIED TO THE GRAPTOLITE CLADE

SADLER, Peter M., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of California, Riverside, CA 92521, peter.sadler@ucr.edu, peter.sadler@ucr.edu

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10:30 AM

CONFIDENCE LIMITS ON FOSSIL RANGES THAT ACCOUNT FOR SEQUENCE ARCHITECTURE

HOLLAND, Steven M., Univ Georgia, Dept Geology, Athens, GA 30602-2501, stratum@gly.uga.edu, stratum@gly.uga.edu

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10:45 AM

INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION AND MORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION IN THE EARLY CAMBRIAN TRILOBITE BRISTOLIA (OLENELLOIDEA)

WEBSTER, Mark, Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521-0423, websterm@citrus.ucr.edu, websterm@citrus.ucr.edu

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11:00 AM

IS PHYLETIC GRADUALISM A USEFUL CONCEPT? INSIGHTS FROM STRATIGRAPHIC PALEOBIOLOGY AND MORPHOLOGICAL TIME SERIES

MITCHELL, Charles E., Dept. of Geology, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260 and SHEETS, H. David, Canisius College, 2001 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14208-1035, cem@geology.buffalo.edu, cem@geology.buffalo.edu

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11:15 AM

RARE EVENTS, TIME-AVERAGING, AND THE PARADOX OF “LAYER CAKE STRATIGRAPHY"

BRETT, Carlton E., Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Building, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013 and BAIRD, Gordon C., Department of Geosciences, SUNY College at Fredonia, Fredonia, NY 14063, carlton.brett@uc.edu, carlton.brett@uc.edu

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11:30 AM

DIASTEMS AND TIME-AVERAGING: THE LIMITS OF RESOLUTION IN STRATIGRAPHY AND PALEONTOLOGY

KOWALEWSKI, Michal, Department of Geological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061 and BAMBACH, Richard K., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard Univ, Cambridge, MA 02138, michalk@vt.edu, michalk@vt.edu

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11:45 AM

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO UNCONFORMOLOGY? (AND WHY SHOULD WE CARE?)

KIDWELL, Susan M., Geophysical Sciences, Univ of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, skidwell@midway.uchicago.edu, skidwell@midway.uchicago.edu

GSA Annual Meeting, November 5-8, 2001

T12. Stratigraphic Paleobiology