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

Session No. 179
Tuesday, 18 October 2005: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

T64. Comparative Carbonate Sedimentology II: A Tribute to the Career of R.N. Ginsburg

GSA Sedimentary Geology Division

 

Peter Swart, Gregor Eberli and John Holbrook, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:35 PM
SOUTH ATLANTIC CARBONATE PLATFORM DURATIONS SHOW ADJACENT RIFT-SHOULDER ESCARPMENTS TO HAVE SURVIVED < 40 MY
BURKE, Kevin, Dept. of Geosciences, Univ of Houston, Houston Texas 77204-5503, Houston, TX 77204-5503, kburke@uh.edu, kburke@uh.edu
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1:55 PM
SEDIMENTATION ON RASDHOO AND ARI ATOLLS, MALDIVES, INDIAN OCEAN
GISCHLER, Eberhard, Geology and Paleontology, Goethe University, Senckenbergablage 32, Frankfurt am Main, 60054, Germany, gischler@em.uni-frankfurt.de, gischler@em.uni-frankfurt.de
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2:10 PM
LAYERING - WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
WANLESS, Harold R., Geological Sciences, Univ of Miami, P.O. Box 249176, Coral Gables, FL 33124, hwanless@miami.edu, hwanless@miami.edu
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2:25 PM
REINTERPRETATION OF A PROTEROZOIC ENIGMA: JACUTOPHYTON AND THE SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT OF STROMATOLITE REEFS
KAH, Linda C., Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1412 Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996 and BARTLEY, Julie K., Geology Department, Gustavus Adolphus College, 800 W. College Ave, St. Peter, MN 56082, lckah@utk.edu, lckah@utk.edu
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2:40 PM
EARLY LOAD-INDUCED FRACTURING IN PROGRADING CARBONATES
MCNEILL, Donald, Marine Geology and Geophysics, RSMAS, Univ of Miami, Miami, FL 33149 and EBERLI, Gregor, MGG, University of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149, dmcneill@rsmas.miami.edu, dmcneill@rsmas.miami.edu
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2:55 PM
A REEVALUATION OF SEDIMENTARY FACIES ON GREAT BAHAMA BANK
SWART, P.K.1, REIJMER, John, J.G.2, OTTO, Robert1 and BAUCH, Thorsten3, (1)Div. Marine Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Miami/RSMAS, 4600 Rickenbacker Cswy, Miami, FL 33149, (2)Laboratoire de Sédimentologie-Paléontologie, Université de Provence (Aix-Marseille 1), 3, Place Victor Hugo, Marseille, F-13331, France, (3)IFM-GEOMAR, Leibniz-Institute fuer Meereswissenschaften, Wischhofstr. 1-3, Kiel, D-24148, Germany, pswart@rsmas.miami.edu, pswart@rsmas.miami.edu
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3:10 PM
PRECAMBRIAN MICROBIALITE OIL AND GAS RESERVOIRS, SULTANATE OF OMAN: EXPLORING THE LIMITS OF COMPARATIVE SEDIMENTOLOGY
GROTZINGER, John P., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Caltech, 1200 E. California Ave, Pasadena, CA 91125, grotz@gps.caltech.edu, grotz@gps.caltech.edu
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3:30 PM
STUCK ON SPIN CYCLE: INTERACTIONS BETWEEN TIDAL FLOWS AND OOID SHOALS, BAHAMAS
REEDER, Stacy L. and RANKEY, Eugene, Marine Geology and Geophysics, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149, sreeder@rsmas.miami.edu, sreeder@rsmas.miami.edu
 
3:45 PM
Break
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4:00 PM
COMPARATIVE SEDIMENTOLOGY AS A TEMPORAL MEASURING STICK: THE MIDDLE TRIASSIC LATEMAR CYCLES, THE DOLOMITES, N. ITALY
FORKNER, Robert M.1, HINNOV, Linda A.2 and HARDIE, Lawrie A.2, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, The Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, The University of Texas at Austin, Geol Science Dept, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712-0254, (2)Morton K Blaustein Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore, MD 21218, rforkner@austin.rr.com, rforkner@austin.rr.com
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4:15 PM
STRUCTURAL CONTROL ON CARBONATE FACIES DISTRIBUTION ON ACTIVE AND PASSIVE CARBONATE PLATFORMS
POPE, Michael, Department of Geology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-2812, MONTANEZ, Isabel, Department of Geology, Univ of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, ISAACSON, Peter, Geological Sciences, Univ of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-3022, DILLIARD, Kelly, Geology, Washington State Univ, P.O. Box 642812, Pullman, WA 99164-2812 and BATT, Liselle, Dept. of Geology, Univ. of Idaho, Moscow, 83844, mcpope@wsu.edu, mcpope@wsu.edu
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4:30 PM
POLYMORPH MINERALOGY OF CYANOBACTERIAL CACO3 IS CONTROLLED BY THE MG/CA RATIO OF AMBIENT SEAWATER: IMPLICATIONS FOR STROMATOLITES OVER DEEP GEOLOGIC TIME
RIES, Justin B., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 301 Olin Hall, Baltimore, MD 21218, jries@jhu.edu, jries@jhu.edu
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4:45 PM
ISOTOPIC FINGERPRINTS OF MICROBIAL RESPIRATION IN ARAGONITE FROM MODERN BAHAMIAN STROMATOLITES
SUMNER, Dawn, Geology Department, Univ of California at Davis, Davis, CA 95616 and ANDRES, Miriam S., Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149, sumner@geology.ucdavis.edu, sumner@geology.ucdavis.edu
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5:00 PM
ATLANTIC AND GULF RAPID REEF ASSESSMENT (AGRRA): A TOOL FOR MULTI-SCALE STUDIES OF FLORIDA CORAL REEFS
FISHER, Elizabeth M.1, HALLOCK, Pamela1 and WOODLEY, Cheryl2, (1)College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, 140 7th Ave. S, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, (2)Hollings Marine Laboratory, NOAA NOS CCEHBR, 331 Ft Johnson Rd, Charleston, SC 29412, efisher@marine.usf.edu, efisher@marine.usf.edu
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5:15 PM
HOLOCENT REEF DEVELOPMENT IN THE CARIBBEAN: GEOLOGIC PERSPECTIVES REVISITED
HUBBARD, Dennis K., Dept. of Geology, Oberlin College, 52 W. Lorain St, Oberlin, OH 44074, GILL, Ivan P., Ben Franklin Senior High School, 2001 Leon C. Simon Ave, New Orleans, LA 70146 and BURKE, Randolph B., North Dakota Geol Survey, 600 E. Boulevard Ave, Bismarck, ND 58505, dennis.hubbard@oberlin.edu, dennis.hubbard@oberlin.edu
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