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2005 Salt Lake City Annual Meeting (October 16–19, 2005)

Session No. 14
Sunday, 16 October 2005: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T55. Advances and Applications of Tephrochronology and Tephrostratigraphy I: In Honor of Andrei M. Sarna-Wojcicki

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division

 

Janet L. Slate, Jeffrey R. Knott and Michael E. Perkins, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:10 AM
ADVANCES AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN TEPHROCHRONOLOGY, WESTERN U.S
SARNA-WOJCICKI, Andrei M., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, asarna@usgs.gov, asarna@usgs.gov
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8:30 AM
CORRELATION OF TEPHRA: INSIGHTS FROM THE LATE CENOZOIC TEPHRA RECORD FOR THE WESTERN USA
PERKINS, Michael E., Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 135 South 1460 East, Rm 719, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0111, perkins@earth.utah.edu, perkins@earth.utah.edu
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8:50 AM
BLAISE PASCAL ON THE 40AR/39AR LASER SINGLE CRYSTAL DATING OF CONTAMINATED VOLCANIC ASHES
TURRIN, Brent1, TURRIN, Courtny2, SWISHER III, Carl1 and HEMMING, Sidney R.3, (1)Geological Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8066, (2)Clarkstown H.S., South, 31 Demarest Mill Rd, West Nyack, NY 10994, (3)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964, bturrin@rci.rutgers.edu, bturrin@rci.rutgers.edu
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9:05 AM
TEPHRA . . . BREAKFAST OF DIATOMS
STARRATT, Scott W., US Geol Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025-3591 and WAN, Elmira, U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, sstarrat@usgs.gov, sstarrat@usgs.gov
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9:20 AM
USE OF TEPHROCHRONOLOGY IN MARINE AND PALEOCLIMATE STUDIES
PRUEHER, Libby M., Lakewood, CO 80226, lprueher@umich.edu, lprueher@umich.edu
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9:35 AM
TEPHROCHRONOLOGY OF THE SIPLE DOME, ANTARCTICA, ICE CORE: ANALYTICAL CHALLENGES AND RESULTS
DUNBAR, Nelia W., New Mexico Bureau of Geology, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Pl, Socorro, 87801, nelia@nmt.edu, nelia@nmt.edu
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9:50 AM
A CAUTIONARY TALE OF TWO TEPHRAS: THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD EKEING OUT ERRORS IN THE LATE CENOZOIC TEPHROCHRONOLOGICAL RECORD OF EASTERN BERINGIA
WESTGATE, John A., GEOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, 22 Russell Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3B1, Canada and PREECE, Shari J., Geology Dept, Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3B1, Canada, WESTGATE@GEOLOGY.UTORONTO.CA, WESTGATE@GEOLOGY.UTORONTO.CA
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10:10 AM
HOLOCENE TEPHROCHRONOLOGY OF SANAK ISLAND, ALASKA
ODORCZUK, Diana1, FINNEY, Bruce2 and BEGÉT, James1, (1)Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK 99775, (2)Institute of Marine Science, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK 99775, ftdjo@uaf.edu, ftdjo@uaf.edu
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10:25 AM
PRELIMINARY RESULTS FOR INTERBASIN CORRELATION OF TEPHRA DEPOSITS IN LAKE CLARK NATIONAL PARK, ALASKA
BOWES, Matthew J., Geology/ Geophysics, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 900 Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775, HEISER, Patricia A., Geology, University of Alaska Anchorage, 3211 Providence Dr, Anchraoge, AK 99518, BEGET, James and WALLACE, Kristi, Alaska Volcano Observatory, USGS, Anchraoge, AK 99518, ftmjb@uaf.edu, ftmjb@uaf.edu
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10:40 AM
ON THE OCCURRENCE OF DRIFT PUMICE ON BEACHES OF KENYA FROM THE 1883 ERUPTION OF KRAKATAU, INDONESIA
MARSTON, Thomas M., BROWN, Francis H. and NASH, Barbara P., Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 135 S. 1460 E., Rm 719, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0111, georockman@att.net, georockman@att.net
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10:55 AM
QUATERNARY TEPHROCHRONOLOGY HELPS TO DEFINE CONDITIONING FACTORS AND TRIGGERING MECHANISMS OF ROCK AVALANCHES IN NW ARGENTINA
HERMANNS, Reginald L., Geological Survey of Canada, Pacific Division, Natural Resources of Canada, 101-605 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 5J3, Canada and SCHELLENBERGER, Andreas, Paleogeoecology and Landscape Development, Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Hallerstrasse 12, Bern, CH-3012, Switzerland, rhermann@nrcan.gc.ca, rhermann@nrcan.gc.ca
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11:10 AM
TEPHROSTRATIGRAPHY AND AGE OF THE KIBISH FORMATION, ETHIOPIA, AND PALEOCLIMATIC CORRELATIONS WITH SAPROPELS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA
MCDOUGALL, Ian, Australian National Univ, Research School Earth Sciences, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia, BROWN, Francis H., Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 135 South 1460 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 and FLEAGLE, John G., Anatomical Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, Ian.McDougall@anu.edu.au, Ian.McDougall@anu.edu.au
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11:25 AM
TEPHROSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE OKOTE COMPLEX, OMO-TURKANA BASIN, KENYA AND ETHIOPIA
BROWN, Francis H., Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Utah, 135 S 1460 E, Rm 209, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0112, MCDOUGALL, Ian, Australian National Univ, Research School Earth Sciences, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia and HAILEAB, Bereket, Geology, Carleton College, One North College Street, Northfield, MN 55057, fbrown@mines.utah.edu, fbrown@mines.utah.edu
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11:40 AM
DIRECT COMPOSITIONAL CORRELATIONS BETWEEN OLDUVAI GORGE BED I TEPHRA LAYERS AND VOLCANIC SOURCES IN THE NGORONGORO VOLCANIC HIGHLANDS, TANZANIA
MCHENRY, Lindsay J., Department of Geosciences, UW-Milwaukee, 3209 North Maryland Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53211, lmchenry@rci.rutgers.edu, lmchenry@rci.rutgers.edu
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