2002 Denver Annual Meeting (October 27-30, 2002)

Session No. 94
Monday, 28 October 2002: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

T25. Modern and Ancient Tidal Flats Reflecting Environmental and Climate Changes for Past and Future

GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; Society for Sedimentary Geology

 

Nora Noffke, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:45 PM
THE CAMBRIAN-ORDOVICIAN ADVENT OF INTERTIDAL BIOTURBATION: TIDAL FLATS BEFORE AND AFTER
HAGADORN, James W., Department of Geology, Amherst College, Amherst, MA 01002, MACNAUGHTON, Robert B., Geological Survey of Canada, 3303-33rd Street NW, Calgary, AB T2L 2A7, Canada and DALRYMPLE, Robert W., Geological Sciences & Geological Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada, jwhagadorn@amherst.edu, jwhagadorn@amherst.edu
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2:00 PM
TOKYO, 6.6 – 3.7K YEARS AGO: COOL & DRY SUMMERS, WARM WINTERS - MARINE BIVALVE SHELLS RECONSTRUCT SEASONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
SCHÖNE, Bernd R., Institute for Geology and Palaeontology, Goethe Univ, Senckenberganlage 32-34, Frankfurt/Main, 60054, Germany, TANABE, Kazushige, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Univ of Tokyo, Sci. Buid. No.5, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan, DETTMAN, David, Geosciences, Univ of Arizona, Tuscon, AZ 85721 and KANIE, Yasumitsu, Yokosuka City Museum, Yokosuka, 238, Japan, bernd.schoene@excite.com, bernd.schoene@excite.com
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2:15 PM
RECONSTRUCTING INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENTS BY STABLE ISOTOPES OF GASTROPOD SHELLS (SARMATIAN -MIDDLE MIOCENE, PARATETHYS)
PILLER, W.E.1, LATAL, C.1 and HARZHAUSER, M.2, (1)Institute for Geology and Paleontology, Univ of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 26, Graz, 8010, Austria, (2)Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Burgring 7, Vienna, 1014, Austria, werner.piller@uni-graz.at, werner.piller@uni-graz.at
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2:30 PM
VARIATIONS IN HOLOCENE SEDIMENTATION PATTERNS ACROSS FRESH-WATER TIDAL MARSHES, MATTAPONI RIVER, VIRGINIA
WHITTECAR, G. Richard, Ocean Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Old Dominion Univ, 4600 Elkhorn Ave, Norfolk, VA 23529-0496, MEGONIGAL, J. Patrick, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, P.O. Box 28, Edgewater, MD 21037 and DARKE, Arlene K., George Mason Univ, Fairfax, VA, rwhittec@odu.edu, rwhittec@odu.edu
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2:45 PM
CLIMATE-DOMINATED (?) SEDIMENTATION ON THE OPEN-COAST TIDAL FLATS OF KOREA
YANG, ByongCheon1, DALRYMPLE, Robert W.2, CHUN, SeungSoo3, SHON, C.S.3 and CHOI, KyungSik1, (1)Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen's Univ, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada, (2)Geological Sciences & Geological Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada, (3)Faculty of Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences, Chonnam National Univ, Kwangju, 500-757, South Korea, bcyang@students.geol.queensu.ca, bcyang@students.geol.queensu.ca
 
3:00 PM
Break
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3:15 PM
MICROBIALLY INDUCED SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES (MISS) AS PALEOCLIMATE INDICATORS
NOFFKE, Nora, Ocean, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Old Dominion Univ, 4600, Elkhorn Ave, Norfolk, VA 23529, nnoffke@odu.edu, nnoffke@odu.edu
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3:30 PM
MORPHOMETRICS OF CARBONATE TIDAL CREEK SYSTEMS, BAHAMAS AND FLORIDA: IMPLICATIONS FOR TIDAL FLAT RESPONSE TO SEA-LEVEL RISE
RANKEY, Eugene C.1, HUMMER, Daniel2 and VLASWINKEL, Brigitte1, (1)RSMAS/MGG, Univ of Miami, Miami, FL 33149, (2)Geol. & Atmos. Sci, Iowa State Univ, Ames, IA 50011, grankey@rsmas.miami.edu, grankey@rsmas.miami.edu
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3:45 PM
CARBONATE TIDAL FLATS - A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE
KERR Jr, S. Duff, NA, NA, P. O. Box 6749, Denver, CO 80206, duff.kerr@att.net, duff.kerr@att.net
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4:00 PM
TIDAL FLATS IN A DAISY WORLD
SHINN, Eugene, Center for coastal geology, U. S. Geol Survey, 600 4th Street South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, eshinn@usgs.gov, eshinn@usgs.gov
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