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

Session No. 112
Monday, 17 October 2005: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

T70. Resolving the Late Paleozoic Gondwanan Ice Age in Time and Space: Integration of Southern and Northern Hemisphere Records I

GSA Sedimentary Geology Division

 

C.R. Fielding, T.D. Frank and J.L. Isbell, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:35 PM
RHYTHMIC UPPER PALEOZOIC STRATA OF EURAMERICA: EQUATORIAL INDICATORS OF GONDWANAN GLACIATION?
GIBLING, Martin R., Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada and GILES, Peter S., Natural Resources Canada, Geol Survey of Canada (Atlantic), P.O. Box 1006, 1 Challenger Drive, Dartmouth, NS B2Y 4A2, Canada, mgibling@dal.ca, mgibling@dal.ca
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1:55 PM
PERMO-CARBONIFEROUS ATMOSPHERIC PCO2, CLIMATE AND GONDWANAN GLACIATION HISTORY
MONTANEZ, Isabel, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis, One Shields Dr., Davis, CA 95616, TABOR, Neil J., Department of Geological Sciences, Southern Methodist Univ, Dedman College, Dallas, TX 75275, FIELDING, Christopher R., Dept. of Geosciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, FRANK, Tracy, Department of Geosciences, Univ of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, ISBELL, John, Dept. of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53201 and NIEMEIER, Deb, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Univ. of California, Davis, CA 95616-5270, ipmontanez@ucdavis.edu, ipmontanez@ucdavis.edu
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2:15 PM
THE PENNSYLVANIAN JOGGINS FORMATION OF NOVA SCOTIA: NATURE AND ORIGIN OF CYCLIC SEDIMENTATION IN A RAPIDLY SUBSIDING DEPOCENTER
RYGEL, Michael C., Department of Geosciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 214 Bessey Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, GIBLING, Martin R., Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4J1, Canada, DAVIES, Sarah J., Department of Geology, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, United Kingdom, FALCON-LANG, Howard J., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queen's Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, United Kingdom, CALDER, John H., Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, P.O. Box 698, Halifax, NS B3J 2T9, Canada and WALDRON, John W.F., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, mrygel@unlnotes.unl.edu, mrygel@unlnotes.unl.edu
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2:30 PM
SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC EXPRESSION OF THE WAXING AND WANING OF THE GONDWANAN ICE SHEET: EXAMPLES FROM THE CARBONIFEROUS OF THE APPALACHIANS
BODEK Jr, Robert J.1, ERIKSSON, Kenneth A.1, KORUS, Jesse T.2 and MILLER, Daniel3, (1)Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (2)Lower Platte South Natural Resources District, P.O. Box 83581, Lincoln, NE 68501, (3)Iron Creek Energy Group, 1401 Sheridan Ave, Cody, WY 82414, rbodek@vt.edu, rbodek@vt.edu
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2:45 PM
PALEOCLIMATE VS. SEA-LEVEL CONTROL OF COALY ZONES IN UPPER MISSISSIPPIAN STRATA OF THE CENTRAL APPALACHIAN BASIN: NEW INSIGHTS DERIVED FROM RECOGNITION OF REGIONAL TRANSGRESSIVE-REGRESSIVE CYCLES
BEUTHIN, Jack D., Department of Geology & Planetary Science, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, Johnstown, PA 15904 and BLAKE Jr, Bascombe M., West Virginia Geological & Economic Survey, 1 Mont Chateau Road, Morgantown, WV 26507-0879, beuthin@pitt.edu, beuthin@pitt.edu
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3:00 PM
NEW INTERPRETATION OF MULTIPLE GLACIOEUSTATIC INCISED VALLEY AND CHANNEL FILLS OF THE “INDIAN CAVE SANDSTONE” (UPPER PENNSYLVANIAN), EASTERN NEBRASKA, USA
FISCHBEIN, Steven A., Department of Geosciences, University of Nebraska, 214 Bessey Hall, P.O. Box 880340, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, FIELDING, Christopher R., Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 214 Bessey Hall, P.O. Box 880340, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340 and JOECKEL, R.M., Conservation and Survey Division, School of Natural Resources, Univ. of Nebraska, 102 Nebraska Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0517, safischbein@earthlink.net, safischbein@earthlink.net
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3:15 PM
DECIPHERING THE MID-CARBONIFEROUS EUSTATIC EVENT IN THE CENTRAL APPALACHIAN REGION
BLAKE Jr, Bascombe M., West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey, 1 Mont Chateau Road, Morgantown, WV 26507-0879 and BEUTHIN, Jack D., Geology & Planetary Sciences, Univ. of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, Johnstown, PA 15904, blake@geosrv.wvnet.edu, blake@geosrv.wvnet.edu
 
3:30 PM
Break
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3:45 PM
LATE DEVONIAN GLACIATION IN GONDWANA AND LAURENTIA AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
ISAACSON, Peter E., Geological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-3022, GRADER Jr, George W., Geology, Univ of Idaho, POBox 3352, Moscow, ID 83843 and DIAZ-MARTINEZ, Enrique, Geological Survey of Spain, Calera 1, 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, 28760, Spain, isaacson@uidaho.edu, isaacson@uidaho.edu
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4:00 PM
STRATIGRAPHIC RECORD OF LATE PALEOZOIC GONDWANAN ICE AGE IN NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA: A REVIEW AND REVISION OF THE CARBONIFEROUS SYSTEM
BIRGENHEIER, Lauren P., Department of Geosciences, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 214 Bessey Hall, P.O. Box 880340, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, FIELDING, Christopher R., Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 214 Bessey Hall, P.O. Box 880340, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, FRANK, Tracy D., Department of Geosciences, Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln, 214 Bessey Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340 and ROBERTS, John, School of Biological, Earth, & Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, School of BEES, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2052 NSW, Australia, Lptice@yahoo.com, Lptice@yahoo.com
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4:15 PM
REVISED PERMIAN GLACIAL RECORD OF EASTERN AUSTRALIA
FIELDING, Christopher1, FRANK, Tracy1, BIRGENHEIER, Lauren1, THOMAS, Stephanie1, RYGEL, Michael1 and JONES, Andrew2, (1)Department of Geosciences, Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln, 214 Bessey Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, (2)Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia, cfielding2@unl.edu, cfielding2@unl.edu
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4:30 PM
PROTRACTED GLACIAL CONDITIONS IN EASTERN GONDWANA MAINTAINED BY STRENGTHENED UPWELLING DURING MARINE HIGHSTANDS
FRANK, Tracy D., Department of Geosciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 214 Bessey Hall, Lincoln, NE 68558-0340, JONES, Andrew T., Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra, 2601, Australia, FIELDING, Christopher R., Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 214 Bessey Hall, P.O. Box 880340, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340 and THOMAS, Stephanie G., Department of Geosciences, Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln, 214 Bessey Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, tfrank2@unl.edu, tfrank2@unl.edu
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4:45 PM
PERMIAN POLAR LIMESTONES, TASMANIA
ROGALA, B.1, JAMES, N.P.1 and CALVER, C.R.2, (1)Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada, (2)Hydrocarbons and Industrial Minerals, Mineral Resources Tasmania, Hobart, 7018, Australia, rogala@geoladm.geol.queensu.ca, rogala@geoladm.geol.queensu.ca
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5:00 PM
LATE PALEOZOIC GLACIATION IN ANTARCTICA: ARE MODELS DEPICTING AN IMMENSE ICE SHEET CORRECT?
ISBELL, John L.1, MILLER, Molly F.2, ASKIN, Rosemary A.3, LENAKER, Paul A.4 and KOCH, Zelenda J.1, (1)Dept. of Geosciences, Univ of Wisconisn, Milwaukee, 3209 N. Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53211, (2)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt Univ, 1805 Sta B, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37235, (3)Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State Univ, 1090 Carmack Road, Scott Hall Room 108, Columbus, OH 43210-1002, (4)Acadis G&M, Inc, 126 North Jeferson Street, Suite 400, Milwaukee, WI 53202, jisbell@uwm.edu, jisbell@uwm.edu
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5:15 PM
UNRAVELING REGIONAL FROM GLOBAL CARBON ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES IN THE ANTLER FORELAND BASIN
BATT, Liselle, Dept. of Geology, Univ. of Idaho, Moscow, 83844, ISAACSON, Peter, Geological Sciences, Univ of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-3022, MONTANEZ, Isabel, Department of Geology, Univ of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616 and POPE, Michael, Department of Geology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-2812, batt6553@uidaho.edu, batt6553@uidaho.edu
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