Session: Three Billion Years of Reef Evolution I (2002 Denver Annual Meeting (October 27-30, 2002))

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8:00 AM

JAMES, Noel P. and NARBONNE, Guy M., Geological Sciences, Queen's Univ, Kingston, Ontario, ON K7L 3N6, Canada, james@geol.queensu.ca, james@geol.queensu.ca

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8:15 AM

RELATING SEA LEVEL CHANGE TO THE STRUCTURE OF STROMATOLITE REEFS: CRYPTIC SEQUENCE BOUNDARIES IN THE 1.3 GA DISMAL LAKES GROUP, ARCTIC CANADA

SCHUNEMAN, P.J.¹, KAH, L.C.¹, BARTLEY, J.K.², FRANK, T.D.³ and LYONS, T.W.⁴, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, (2)Department of Geology, State Univ of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA 30118, (3)Department of Geosciences, Univ of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588, (4)Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, lckah@utk.edu, lckah@utk.edu

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8:30 AM

TONIAN MICROBIAL BUILDUPS AND SEA-LEVEL CHANGE: NEOPROTEROZOIC LITTLE DAL GROUP, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, CANADA

BATTEN, Kelly L., NARBONNE, Guy M. and JAMES, Noel P., Geological Sciences, Queen's Univ, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada, batten@students.geol.queensu.ca, batten@students.geol.queensu.ca

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8:45 AM

WHY DID METAZOAN REEFS DISAPPEAR FOR FORTY MILLION YEARS IN THE EARLY PALEOZOIC?: BIOLOGICAL VS. PHYSICOCHEMICAL MECHANISMS

HICKS, Melissa, Geoscience, Univ of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Box 454010, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010 and ROWLAND, Stephen M., Geoscience, Univ of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Pkwy Box 4010, Las Vegas, NV 89154, hicksm@unlv.edu, hicksm@unlv.edu

9:00 AM

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9:15 AM

REEFS IN A DETERIORATING EPEIRIC SEA: UPPER ORDOVICIAN MICROBIAL BIOLITHITES, RED RIVER GROUP, SUBSURFACE SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA

PRATT, Brian R., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Saskatchewan, 114 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada and HAIDL, F.H., Saskatchewan Geological Survey, Sask. Industry and Rscs, 201 Dewdney Avenue East, Regina, SK S4N 4G3, Canada, brian.pratt@usask.ca, brian.pratt@usask.ca

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9:30 AM

LATE ORDOVICIAN CRINOZOAN-BRYOZOAN REEFS IN THE CARNIC ALPS

BERRY, William B.N., Earth and Planetary Science, Univ of California, 307 McCone MC 4767, Berkeley, CA 94720, bberry@uclink4.berkeley.edu, bberry@uclink4.berkeley.edu

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9:45 AM

BANKS ISLAND, CANADIAN HIGH ARCTIC: REEFS OF THE LATE DEVONIAN(EARLY TO MID-FRASNIAN), PRIOR TO THE F/F MASS EXTINCTION

COPPER, Paul, EARTH SCIENCES, Laurentian Univ, Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6, Canada and EDINGER, Evan, earth sciences, Memorial Univ, St Johns, NF A1B 3X9, Canada, PCOPPER@LAURENTIAN.CA, PCOPPER@LAURENTIAN.CA

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10:00 AM

RECOVERY FROM CRISIS DURING CRISIS: EARLIEST CARBONIFEROUS BUILDUPS OF MISSOURI AND ARKANSAS

BREZINSKI, David K., Maryland Geol Survey, 2300 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21218 and KOLLAR, Albert D., Invertebrate Paleontology, Carnegie Museum of Nat History, 4400 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, kollara@carnegiemuseums.org, kollara@carnegiemuseums.org

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10:15 AM

PALEOZOIC CARBONATE MUD-MOUND EVOLUTION & GLOBAL PALEOGEOGRAPHY

KRAUSE, Federico F., Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. N.W, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada, NIETO, Carlos, Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. N.W, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada and SAYEGH, Selim G., Energy Branch, Saskatchewan Rsch Council, 6 Research Drive, Regina, SK S4S 7J7, Canada, krause@geo.ucalgary.ca, krause@geo.ucalgary.ca

10:30 AM

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10:45 AM

MICROBIAL REEFS IN THE EARLY TRIASSIC

PRUSS, Sara B., Earth Sciences, Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740 and BOTTJER, David, Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, spruss@earth.usc.edu, spruss@earth.usc.edu

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11:00 AM

BIOTIC CHANGES IN EARLY MESOZOIC REEFS IN TRIASSIC TO JURASSIC TIME

STANLEY Jr, George D., Geology, The Univ of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, fossil@selway.umt.edu, fossil@selway.umt.edu

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11:15 AM

CRETACEOUS CARIBBEAN REEFS, HIERARCHY THEORY AND PUBLIC POLICY

JOHNSON, Claudia C., Geological Sciences, Indiana Univ, 1001 E. 10th St, Bloomington, IN 47405, claudia@indiana.edu, claudia@indiana.edu

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11:30 AM

WERE THERE CORAL COMMUNITIES IN THE CARIBBEAN DURING THE EOCENE?

STEMANN, Thomas A., Department of Geography and Geology, Univ of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Kingston, 7, Jamaica, tstemann@yahoo.com, tstemann@yahoo.com

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11:45 AM

CENOZOIC REEF-CORAL DIVERSITY DURING THE OLIGOCENE/MIOCENE TRANSITION

JOHNSON, Kenneth G., Dept. of Invertebrate Paleontology, Nat History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, KJohnson@nhm.org, KJohnson@nhm.org

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

T76. Three Billion Years of Reef Evolution I