Session: Sediments, Clastic: Petrology and Alluvial Architecture (2004 Denver Annual Meeting (November 7

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8:00 AM

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ‘MICROBIALLY INDUCED SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES – MISS’ FOR THE SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY OF SILICICLASTIC DEPOSITS OF THE 2.9 GA OLD WITWATERSRAND SUPERGROUP, SOUTH AFRICA

NOFFKE, Nora, Ocean, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Old Dominion Univ, 4600, Elkhorn Ave, Norfolk, VA 23529, BEUKES, Nic, Department of Geology, Rand Afrikaans Univ, Auckland Park 2006, Johannesburg, 1, South Africa and GUTZMER, Jens, Department of Geology, University of Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Auckland Park, 2006, South Africa, nnoffke@odu.edu, nnoffke@odu.edu

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8:15 AM

LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY, DIAGENESIS AND CARBONATE CEMENT ISOTOPE CHARACTERIZATION OF UPPER DEVONIAN OLD RED SANDSTONE; IMPLICATIONS FOR FLUID FLOW DURING DIAGENESIS

HITZMAN, Murray W.¹, CHAPMAN, Lucy H², HUMPHREY, John¹ and HARRISON, Wendy¹, (1)Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, (2)School of Earth Sciences, James Cook Univ, Townsville, 4811, mhitzman@mines.edu, mhitzman@mines.edu

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8:30 AM

GEOCHEMICAL AND HYPERSPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF DIAGENETIC ALTERATION IN THE JURASSIC NAVAJO SANDSTONE, SOUTHERN UTAH

BEITLER, Brenda, Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Utah, 135 South 1460 East, Browning Building- Room 719, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, CHAN, Marjorie, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Univ. of Utah, 135 S. 1460 E. Rm 719, Salt LakeCity, UT 84112 and PARRY, William T., Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Utah, 135 South 1460 East, Room 719, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, bbeitler@mines.utah.edu, bbeitler@mines.utah.edu

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8:45 AM

BEDFORM DYNAMICS IN MORICHES INLET, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK

JOHNSTON, Shelley and FITZGERALD, Duncan M., Dept of Earth Sciences, Boston Univ, 675 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, shelleyj@bu.edu, shelleyj@bu.edu

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9:00 AM

LARGE SEA, SMALL TIDES: THE UPPER CARBONIFEROUS SEAWAY OF NORTHWEST EUROPE

WELLS, Martin R.¹, ALLISON, Peter A.¹, PIGGOTT, Matthew D.², PAIN, Christopher C.² and HAMPSON, Gary J.¹, (1)Earth Science & Engineering, Imperial College, London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom, (2)Earth Science & Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom, P.A.Allison@imperial.ac.uk, P.A.Allison@imperial.ac.uk

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9:15 AM

TERMINAL LATE CRETACEOUS REGRESSION ON THE SOUTHEAST MARGIN OF THE SVERDRUP BASIN: SHALE AND BENTONITE PETROLOGY OF THE UPPER KANGUK FORMATION, DEVON ISLAND, NUNAVUT

BLOCH, John D.¹, CHIN, Karen², SWEET, Arthur R.³, EBERLE, Jaelyn J.² and CUMBAA, Stephen L.⁴, (1)Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Univ. of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (2)CU Museum and Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Colorado at Boulder, UCB 265, Boulder, CO 80309, (3)Nat Rscs Canada, 3303 33rd St. NW, Calgary, AB T2L 2A7, Canada, (4)Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O. Box 3443, Stn D, Ottawa, ON K1P 6P4, jdbloch@unm.edu, jdbloch@unm.edu

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9:30 AM

THE MISSING MUD BELTS IN THE ANCIENT RECORD

VAKARELOV, Boyan K., Geoscience, Univiersity of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080 and BHATTACHARYA, Janok P., Department of Geosciences, Univ of Texas at Dallas, P.O. Box 830688, FO21, Richardson, TX 75083-0688, bkv014000@utdallas.edu, bkv014000@utdallas.edu

9:45 AM

Break

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10:00 AM

MULTI-SCALE DUNES OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER: THE ANALYSIS OF TIME VARIATION OF PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS OF BED ELEVATION AS A STEP TOWARD THE UNDERSTANDING OF BEDLOAD SEDIMENT TRANSPORT

LECLAIR, Suzanne F., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciensces, Tulane Univ, 120 Dinwiddie Hall, 6823 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70130, leclair@tulane.edu, leclair@tulane.edu

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10:15 AM

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF FLUVIAL OPEN-FRAMEWORK GRAVEL

LUNT, Ian and BRIDGE, John, Geological Sciences, Binghamton Univ, P.O. Box 6000, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000, jbridge@binghamton.edu, jbridge@binghamton.edu

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10:30 AM

STOCHASTIC CHANNEL STACKING IN ALLUVIAL ARCHITECTURE: MEASURES OF SPATIAL CLUSTERING APPLIED TO EXPERIMENTAL DATA

SHEETS, Ben¹, PAOLA, Chris¹, HELLER, Paul L.² and BORGMAN, Leon², (1)Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Drive SE, Room 108, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0219, (2)Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wyoming, P.O. Box 3006, Laramie, WY 82071, cpaola@tc.umn.edu, cpaola@tc.umn.edu

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10:45 AM

DETERMINING FLUVIAL STACKING PATTERNS IN THE LOWER CASTLEGATE SANDSTONE (CAMPANIAN, HELPER, UTAH) USING LIDAR IMAGING

HAJEK, Elizabeth and HELLER, Paul L., Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, P.O. Box 3006, Laramie, WY 82071, ehajek@uwyo.edu, ehajek@uwyo.edu

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11:00 AM

PRELIMINARY RESULTS: 3-DIMENSIONAL ARCHITECTURE AND FACIES ASSOCIATIONS OF THE MCMURRAY FORMATION, NORTH MINE AREA – SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD. (SYNCRUDE) LEASE

GROVER, Robert W., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Univ of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3 and GINGRAS, Murray, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Univ of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, rwgrover@ualberta.ca, rwgrover@ualberta.ca

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11:15 AM

MICRO- AND MESOSCALE RESERVOIR COMPARTMENTALIZATION OF A SANDY BRAIDED STREAM; LOWER JURASSIC KAYENTA FORMATION

LYNDS, Ranie M., Department of Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071 and HELLER, Paul L., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wyoming, P.O. Box 3006, Laramie, WY 82071, lynds@uwyo.edu, lynds@uwyo.edu

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11:30 AM

AUTOCYCLIC AVULSION CLUSTERS IN ALLUVIAL BASINS: EXAMPLE FROM THE MAASTRICHTIAN/PALEOCENE OF WYOMING

HELLER, Paul L.¹, JONES, Heather¹ and PAOLA, Chris², (1)Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wyoming, P.O. Box 3006, Laramie, WY 82071, (2)Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Drive SE, Room 108, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0219, hazellee@uwyo.edu, hazellee@uwyo.edu

2004 Denver Annual Meeting (November 7–10, 2004)

Sediments, Clastic: Petrology and Alluvial Architecture