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

Session No. 181
Tuesday, 4 November 2003: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

T127. New Perspectives on Neoproterozoic–Early Paleozoic Development of Western Laurentia: In Honor of John Cooper

GSA Sedimentary Geology Division

 

Mike Pope and Chris Fedo, Advocates
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1:30 PM
ADVANCEMENTS IN UNDERSTANDING THE NEOPROTEROZOIC AND EARLY PALEOZOIC STRATIGRAPHY IN WESTERN LAURENTIA: A SESSION RECOGNIZING THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF JOHN D. COOPER
FEDO, Christopher M., Earth & Environmental Sciences, The George Washington Univ, 2029 G St. NW, Washington, DC 20052, cfedo@gwu.edu, cfedo@gwu.edu
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1:45 PM
OASES ON SNOWBALL EARTH: A TALE OF THREE ICE-MASS TYPES
HOFFMAN, Paul F.1, MALOOF, Adam C.2 and HALVERSON, Galen P.2, (1)Earth & Planetary Sciences, Harvard Univ, 20 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138, (2)Harvard Univ, 20 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138-2902, hoffman@eps.harvard.edu, hoffman@eps.harvard.edu
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2:00 PM
THE NEOPROTEROZOIC ROCK RECORD: TESTING THE NATURE OF EXTREME CLIMATE CHANGE IN DEEP TIME
PRAVE, A.R1, FALLICK, A.E.2, CONDON, D.3 and BENN, D.1, (1)School of Geography and Geosciences, Univ of St Andrews, St Andrews, KY16 9ST, United Kingdom, (2)SUERC, East Kilbride, Glasgow, G75 0QF, United Kingdom, (3)EAPS 54-1124, MIT, Cambridge, MA 01239, ap13@st-and.ac.uk, ap13@st-and.ac.uk
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2:15 PM
CALCIUM CARBONATE SEAFLOOR FANS FROM NEOPROTEROZOIC AND LOWER TRIASSIC STRATA, DEATH VALLEY REGION: A SNOWBALL'S CHANCE?
CORSETTI, Frank A.1, PRUSS, Sara B.1, MARENCO, Pedro J.1, KAUFMAN, Alan J.2 and BOTTJER, David1, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, (2)Geology Department, Univ of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-4211, fcorsett@usc.edu, fcorsett@usc.edu
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2:30 PM
C-ISOTOPES AND SEAFLOOR PRECIPITATES FROM THE POCATELLO FORMATION, SOUTHEAST IDAHO: IMPLICATIONS FOR NEOPROTEROZOIC EARTH HISTORY
LORENTZ, Nathaniel J., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Southern California, 3651 University Avenue, SCI 211, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, CORSETTI, Frank A., Earth Sciences, Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 and LINK, Paul Karl, Geology, Idaho State Univ, Pocatello, ID 83209, lorentz@usc.edu, lorentz@usc.edu
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2:45 PM
SLUMPING OF LARGE CARBONATE MOUNDS INTO DEEP WATER: A RECORD OF RAPID CARBONATE PRECIPITATION FOLLOWING A NEOPROTEROZOIC DEGLACIATION
DEYOUNG, Damon P.1, KENNEDY, Martin J.1, WRIGHT, Lauren A.2 and TROXEL, Bennie W.3, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of California, Riverside, CA 92521, (2)Foxdale Village, 500 E Marylyn Ave Apt 69, State College, PA 16801-6270, (3)2961 Redwood Rd, Napa, CA 94558, ddeyo001@student.ucr.edu, ddeyo001@student.ucr.edu
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3:00 PM
IS THE NOONDAY DOLOMITE A CAP CARBONATE? STRATIGRAPHIC TIMING CONSTRAINTS FROM THE KINGSTON RANGE
MROFKA, David D.1, KENNEDY, Martin J.1, WRIGHT, Lauren A.2 and TROXEL, Bennie W.3, (1)Department of Earth Science, Univ of California, Riverside, Geology Building, Riverside, CA 92521, (2)Foxdale Village, 500 E Marylyn Ave Apt 69, State College, PA 16801-6270, (3)2961 Redwood Rd, Napa, CA 94558, david.mrofka@email.ucr.edu, david.mrofka@email.ucr.edu
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3:15 PM
GEOCHEMISTRY OF NEOPROTEROZOIC CARBONATES: RELATIONS BETWEEN D13C EXCURSIONS AND RARE EARTH ELEMENTS
VOGEL, Marilyn Browning1, WOODEN, Joseph L.2, WIEGAND, Bettina1 and MEIBOM, Anders1, (1)Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA 94305-2115, (2)Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford Univ, Stanford, 94305, marilynv@pangea.stanford.edu, marilynv@pangea.stanford.edu
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3:30 PM
ORIGIN OF DEPLETED SIGNATURES IN CARBONATE-CEMENTED DEEP-WATER SANDSTONES (NEOPROTEROZOIC, BRITISH COLUMBIA): EVIDENCE FOR METHANOGENESIS?
MEYER, Lori, Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4 and ROSS, Gerald M., Geol Survey of Canada, 3303 33rd Street NW, Calgary, AB T2L 2A7, Canada, llmeyer@ucalgary.ca, llmeyer@ucalgary.ca
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3:45 PM
THE WINDERMERE TURBIDITE SYSTEM: A WINDOW INTO THE NEOPROTEROZOIC DEEP-WATER WORLD
ROSS, Gerald M., Geol Survey of Canada, 3303 33rd Street NW, Calgary, AB T2L 2A7, Canada, gmross@nrcan.gc.ca, gmross@nrcan.gc.ca
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4:00 PM
PLATE-KINEMATIC MODEL OF THE NEOPROTEROZOIC-EARLY CAMBRIAN BREAKUP OF THE SIBERIA-LAURENTIA CONNECTION AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CORDILLERAN MIOGEOCLINE
SEARS, James W., Geology Department, Univ of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, PRICE, Raymond A., Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen's Univeristy, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada and CHAMBERLAIN, Kevin R., Geology & Geophysics Department, Univ of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071-3006, jwsears@selway.umt.edu, jwsears@selway.umt.edu
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4:15 PM
DEEP SUBTIDAL DEPOSITS, EARLY CAMBRIAN SEKWI FORMATION, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, CANADA
DILLIARD, Kelly A., Department of Geology, Washington State Univ, Pullman, WA 99164-2812, POPE, Mike, Department of Geology, Washington State Univ, Webster Hall 1228, Pullman, WA 99164-2812, HASIOTIS, Stephen T., Dept of Geology, Univ of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613 and LIEBERMAN, Bruce S., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Lindley Hall, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd., Room 120, Lawrence, KS 66045, kdilliard@wsu.edu, kdilliard@wsu.edu
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EARLIEST TRACES OF LIFE ON LAND: ARTHROPOD TRACKWAYS AND OTHER ICHNA IN EARLY CAMBRIAN (NEVADELLA ZONE) INTERTIDAL TO SUPRATIDAL DEPOSITS, MACKENZIE MOUNTAINS, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, CANADA
HASIOTIS, Stephen T., Department of Geology, Univ of Kansas, 120 Lindley Hall, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, LIEBERMAN, Bruce S., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Lindley Hall, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd., Room 120, Lawrence, KS 66045, DILLIARD, Kelly, Geology, Washington State Univ, P.O. Box 642812, Pullman, WA 99164-2812 and POPE, Mike C., Geology, Washington State Univ, Pullman, WA, hasiotis@ku.edu, hasiotis@ku.edu
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CAMBRIAN–ORDOVICIAN STRATIGRAPHY OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO
MYROW, Paul M., Geology Department, Colorado College, 14 E Cache La Poudre St, Colorado Springs, CO 80903-3243, TAYLOR, John, Dept. of Geosciences, Indiana Univ of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA 15705, SACERDOTI, Raffaello, Geology, Colorado College, 14 E. Cache La Poudre, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, RIPPERDAN, Robert L., Department of Geology, Univ of Puerto Rico Mayaguez, PO Box 9017, Mayaguez, PR 00681 and ETHINGTON, Raymond L., Geological Sciences, Univ of Missouri-Columbia, 101 Geology Building, Columbia, MO 65211, pmyrow@coloradocollege.edu, pmyrow@coloradocollege.edu
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5:00 PM
AGE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SEQUENCE BOUNDARY AT THE BASE OF THE EUREKA QUARTZITE IN CENTRAL NEVADA
SALTZMAN, Matthew R.1, YOUNG, Seth1, BERGSTROM, Stig M.2, HOLMDEN, Chris3 and PATTERSON, William P.4, (1)Geological Sciences, Ohio State Univ, 275 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, (2)School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210-1308, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Saskatchewan, 114 Science Pl, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, (4)Dept. of Geological Sciences, Univ. of Saskatchewan, 114 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada, saltzman.11@osu.edu, saltzman.11@osu.edu
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TOWARD A LATE ORDOVICIAN (CINCINNATIAN) SEA-LEVEL CURVE
POPE, Michael C., Geology, Washington State Univ, P.O. Box 642812, Pullman, WA 99163, HARRIS, Mark T., Univ of Wisconsin, PO Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201-0413 and SHEEHAN, Peter M., Geology, Milwaukee Public Museum, 800 West Wells Street, Milwaukee, WI 53233, mcpope@wsu.edu, mcpope@wsu.edu
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