South-Central Section (37th) and Southeastern Section (52nd), GSA Joint Annual Meeting (March 12–14, 2003)

Session No. 9
Thursday, 13 March 2003: 1:00 PM-5:30 PM

Sediments and Stratigraphy

 

Beth A. Christensen, Chair
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1:00 PM
USING STREAM-SEDIMENT EQUILIBRIUM THEORY TO ANALYZE PALEOFLOW IN STREAM CHANNELS: LESSONS FROM MARS
THIBODEAUX, Carl J., WASHINGTON, Paul A. and DE HON, Rene A., Department of Geosciences, Univ of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA 71209, thibodcj@tribe.ulm.edu, thibodcj@tribe.ulm.edu
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1:20 PM
PLEISTOCENE AND RECENT DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS OF THE NEW JERSEY MARGIN: PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM LONG CORING
CHRISTENSEN, Beth A., Department of Geology, Georgia State Univ, PO Box 4105, Atlanta, GA 30302-4105 and ALEXANDER, C.R., University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, John A. and Katherine G. Jackson School of Geosciences, 4412 Spicewood Springs Rd, Building 600, Austin, TX 78759-8500, bchristensen@gsu.edu, bchristensen@gsu.edu
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1:40 PM
COMPOSITION AND FELDSPAR ALTERATION IN PLEISTOCENE GLACIAL SANDS, WIND RIVER RANGE, WYOMING
HOLMES, Allison S.1, MILLER, Molly F.1 and ISBELL, John L.2, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Vanderbilt Univ, Box 1805 Station B, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37235, (2)Department of Geosciences, Univ of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, P.O. Box 413, Rm. 366 Lapham Hall, 3209 North Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53201, allison.s.holmes@vanderbilt.edu, allison.s.holmes@vanderbilt.edu
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2:00 PM
AGE AND PALEOENVIRONMENT OF THE CATAHOULA FORMATION OUTCROPS IN BIG CREEK, SICILY ISLAND, CATAHOULA PARISH, LOUISIANA
WRENN, John H., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, ELSIK, William C., The Mycostrat Connection, P. O. Box 549, Snook, TX 77878-0549 and MCCULLOH, Richard P., Louisiana Geological Survey, Louisiana State University, 208 Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-4101, wrenn@geol.lsu.edu, wrenn@geol.lsu.edu
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2:20 PM
SEDIMENTARY PETROLOGY OF THE FORT PILLOW SANDSTONE, WILCOX GROUP (EOCENE), CROWLEY'S RIDGE, ARKANSAS
ZACHRY, Doy L. and FOLKERT, Susan L., Dept. of Geosciences, Univ of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, dzachry@uark.edu, dzachry@uark.edu
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2:40 PM
SANDSTONE COMPOSITION AND FELDSPAR WEATHERING, WELLER COAL MEASURES (PERMIAN), TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS, ANTARCTICA
BOROSUND, Miriam N.1, MILLER, Molly F.1 and ISBELL, John L.2, (1)Earth and Environmental Science, Vanderbilt Univ, 1805 Sta B, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37235, (2)Department of Geosciences, Univ of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, P.O. Box 413, Rm. 366 Lapham Hall, 3209 North Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53201, miriam.n.borosund@vanderbilt.edu, miriam.n.borosund@vanderbilt.edu
 
3:00 PM
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3:20 PM
RESERVOIR POTENTIAL OF THE UPPER JACKFORK SANDSTONE (LOWER PENNSYLVANIAN), WESTERN OUACHITA REGION, ARKANSAS
MORTON, Claiborne B.B., Department of Geosciences, Univ of Arkansas, 113 Ozark Hall, Fayetteville, AR 72701, cmorton@mail.uark.edu, cmorton@mail.uark.edu
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3:40 PM
SEDIMENTOLOGY AND DEPOSITIONAL SETTING AS PHYSICAL EVIDENCE FOR A CONFORMABLE MISSISSIPPIAN-PENNSYLVANIAN BOUNDARY, LLANO UPLIFT, TEXAS
HARRELL, Jonas E., Earth and Environmental Science, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, 6900 North Loop 1604 West, San Antonio, TX 78249, chainguard@yahoo.com, chainguard@yahoo.com
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4:00 PM
ORIGIN OF THE MIDDLE-LATE ORDOVICIAN SEBREE TROUGH, EAST-CENTRAL UNITED STATES
ETTENSOHN, Frank R., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Kentucky, 101 Slone Bldg, Lexington, KY 40506-0053, fettens@pop.uky.edu, fettens@pop.uky.edu
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4:20 PM
BEHAVIOR OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS IN BLACK SHALES DURING EARLY DIAGENESIS AND THERMAL MATURATION
ABANDA, Azah and HANNIGAN, Robyn, Program for Environmental Science, Arkansas State Univ, P O Box 419, State Univ, AR 72467, pabanda@astate.edu, pabanda@astate.edu
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4:40 PM
USING DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION TO ASSESS STABLE ISOTOPE VARIABILITY IN DEVONIAN-MISSISSIPPIAN MARINE BLACK SHALES
GOODNIGHT, Shane A1, RIMMER, Susan M.1, CRELLING, John C.2, HUGGETT, William W.2 and ATUODOREI, Viorel3, (1)Geological Sciences, Univ of Kentucky, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0053, (2)Department of Geology, Southern Illinois Univ, 102 Parkinson Lab, Carbondale, IL 62901, (3)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, 200 Yale Blvd, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, sgoodnight@aol.com, sgoodnight@aol.com