2003 Seattle Annual Meeting (November 2–5, 2003)

Session No. 52
Sunday, 2 November 2003: 1:00 PM-3:45 PM

T116. Sabkha Environments, Recent Insights

GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; SEPM—Society for Sedimentary Geology

 

Warren W. Wood, Abdulrahman S. Alsharhan and Peter T. Kolesar, Advocates
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1:00 PM
HOW DO WE KNOW IT'S A SABKHA?
KOLESAR, Peter T., Dept of Geology, Utah State Univ, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322-4505, petes@cc.usu.edu, petes@cc.usu.edu
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1:15 PM
INTERPRETING ANCIENT EVAPORITES: QUATERNARY SABKHAS AND SALINAS ARE NOT THE "HOLE" STORY
WARREN, John K., Department Petroleum Geoscience, Univ Brunei Darussalam, Tungku Link, Bandar Seri Begawan, BE 1410, jwarren@brunet.bn, jwarren@brunet.bn
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1:30 PM
EVAPORITE STRATIGRAPHIC SIGNALS OF BASE LEVEL CHANGE IN THE GEOLOGIC RECORD
KENDALL, Christopher G. St. C., Geological Sciences, Univ of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, kendall@sc.edu, kendall@sc.edu
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1:45 PM
URANIUM AND RADIUM IN THE SABKHA ENVIRONMENT: NEW CLUES FOR INTERPRETING THE ORIGIN OF HYPERSALINE BRINES
KRAEMER, Thomas, U. S. Geological Survey, MS 430, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr, Reston, VA 20192, tkraemer@usgs.gov, tkraemer@usgs.gov
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2:00 PM
MICROBIAL SIGNATURES IN HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENTS: A CASE STUDY FROM THE SABKHA DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN TUNISIAN CHOTTS
BARBIERI, Roberto1, STIVALETTA, Nunzia1, MARINANGELI, Lucia2 and ORI, Gian Gabriele2, (1)Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e Geo-ambientali, Univ of Bologna, Via Zamboni 67, Bologna, 40126, Italy, (2)Int'l Research School of Planetary Sciences, Univ D'Annunzio, Viale Pindaro 42, Pescara, 65127, stivaletta@geomin.unibo.it, stivaletta@geomin.unibo.it
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2:15 PM
MICROBIALLY INDUCED SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES INDICATING CLIMATOLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND SEDIMENTARY DYNAMICS IN RECENT AND PLEISTOCENE COASTAL SABKHAS OF TUNISIA
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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2:30 PM
EVOLUTION OF COASTAL SABKHAT
WOOD, Warren W., US Geol Survey, 430 National Ctr, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr, Reston, VA 20191-0001, wwwood@usgs.gov, wwwood@usgs.gov
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2:45 PM
DYNAMIC CONTROLS ON GROUNDWATER DEPTH BENEATH PLAYAS, SABKHAS AND SALARS
TYLER, Scott W., Depts. of Environmental and Resource Sciences & Geological Sciences, Univ of Nevada, Reno, MS 175, Reno, NV 89557, tylers@unr.edu, tylers@unr.edu
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3:00 PM
HYDROLOGY OF THE COCOA CREEK MUDFLAT, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA: DOES IT FIT THE CURRENT SABKHA MODELS?
ROSEN, M.R.1, BRUNSKILL, G.J.2 and ZAGORSKIS, I.2, (1)U.S. Geol Survey, 333 West Nye Lane, Carson City, NV 89706, (2)Australian Institute of Marine Sci, PMB No. 3, Townsville, MC 4810, Australia, mrosen@usgs.gov, mrosen@usgs.gov
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3:15 PM
EXAMPLE OF A CONTINENTAL SABKHA OF THE MIDDLE EAST
FRIEDMAN, Gerald M., Department of Geology, Brooklyn College of the City Univ of New York (CUNY), Brooklyn, NY, and Northeastern Science Foundation affiliated with Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, 15 Third St., P.O. Box 746, Troy, NY 12181, gmfriedman@juno.com, gmfriedman@juno.com
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