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

Session No. 74
Monday, 17 October 2005: 10:00 AM-12:00 PM

T55. Advances and Applications of Tephrochronology and Tephrostratigraphy II: 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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10:00 AM
INTERGLACIAL PUMICE IN WHIDBEY FORMATION AT BLOWERS BLUFF, CENTRAL WHIDBEY ISLAND, WASHINGTON
DETHIER, D.P.1, SARNA-WOJCICKI, A.M.2 and FLECK, R.J.2, (1)Dept. Geosciences, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267, (2)US Geol Survey, Menlo Park, CA 94025, ddethier@williams.edu, ddethier@williams.edu
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10:15 AM
NEW DETAILS FROM THE TEPHRA STRATIGRAPHY AT SUMMER LAKE, OREGON, A SUB-BASIN OF PLUVIAL LAKE CHEWAUCAN
KUEHN, Stephen C., Physics and Geology, California State University, Stanislaus, 801 W. Monte Vista Ave, Turlock, CA 95382, kuehn@geology.csustan.edu, kuehn@geology.csustan.edu
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10:30 AM
KEY TEPHROCHRONOLOGIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LATE CENOZOIC HISTORY OF THE WESTERN BASIN AND RANGE: EARTHQUAKES, PLUVIAL LAKES, AND THE BIRTH OF A RIVER
BELL, John W. and HOUSE, P. Kyle, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Univ of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557-0088, jbell@unr.edu, jbell@unr.edu
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10:45 AM
SOLUTION AND TIME OF FLIGHT LASER ABLATION ICP-MS MEASUREMENT OF MINOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS: AN EXAMPLE FROM DEATH VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
KNOTT, Jeffrey R., Department of Geological Sciences, California State Univ, Fullerton, Box 6850, Fullerton, CA 92834, SARNA-WOJCICKI, Andrei M., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, MONTANEZ, Isabel P., Dept. of Geology, Univ of California - Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8605 and NEFF, Hector, Dept. of Anthropology, California State Univ Long Beach, Long Beach, CA 90840, jknott@FULLERTON.edu, jknott@FULLERTON.edu
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11:00 AM
TEPHROCHRONOLOGY, 40AR/39AR DATING, AND MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE UPPER PART OF THE FURNACE CREEK FORMATION, DEATH VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
MACHETTE, Michael N.1, SARNA-WOJCICKI, Andrei M.2, LIDDICOAT, Joseph C.3, FLECK, Robert J.2, KNOTT, Jeffrey R.4 and DAVID, Brian T.4, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 980, Denver, CO 80225, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (3)Dept. of Environmental Science, Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, (4)Dept. of Geological Sciences, California State Univ. Fullerton, P.O. Box 6850, Fullerton, CA 92834-6850, machette@usgs.gov, machette@usgs.gov
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11:15 AM
TRACE-ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF FOUR NEOGENE VOLCANIC ASHES: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE STRATIGRAPHY OF PETROLEUM-BEARING FORMATIONS IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, CA
GOLOB, Elizabeth M.1, BARON, Dirk1, NEGRINI, Rob2 and SARNA-WOJCICKI, Andrei3, (1)Department of Physics and Geology, California State University, Bakersfield, 9001 Stockdale Highway, Bakersfield, CA 93311, (2) 93311, (3)U.S. Geol Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, dbaron@csub.edu, dbaron@csub.edu
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11:30 AM
IMPLICATIONS OF NEW CHEMICAL CORRELATIONS OF TEPHRA FOR DISPLACEMENT ALONG THE RODGERS CREEK AND HAYWARD FAULTS, NORTHERN SAN FRANCISCO BAY REGION, CALIFORNIA
WAGNER, David L., California Geological Survey, 801 K St., MS1232, Sacramento, CA 95814, SARNA-WOJCICKI, Andrei, U.S. Geol Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025 and MCLAUGHLIN, Robert J., U.S. Geol Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025, dwagner@consrv.ca.gov, dwagner@consrv.ca.gov
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11:45 AM
CONSTRAINTS ON EVOLUTION AND LONG-TERM SLIP RATES FOR EASTERN FAULTS OF THE SAN ANDREAS TRANSFORM BOUNDARY FROM TEPHROCHRONOLOGY, NEW 39AR/40AR AGES, GEOLOGIC MAP RELATIONS, GRAVITY AND MAGNETIC DATA
MCLAUGHLIN, Robert J.1, SARNA-WOJCICKI, Andrei M.1, FLECK, Robert J.1, WAGNER, David2, CLAHAN, Kevin B.3, LANGENHEIM, V.E.1 and JACHENS, Robert C.1, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (2)California Geol Survey, 801 K St. MS 12-31, Sacramento, CA 95814, (3)California Geol Survey, 185 Berry St. Ste. 210, San Francisco, CA 94107, rjmcl@usgs.gov, rjmcl@usgs.gov
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