Session: Beds to Basins in Turbidite Systems (Cordilleran Section - 101st Annual Meeting (April 29

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8:00 AM

EFFECTS OF HYDRAULIC JUMPS ON HIGH-DENSITY TURBIDITY CURRENTS AND THEIR DEPOSITS

LECLAIR, Suzanne F., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane Univ, 6823 St Charles ave, Dinwiddie Hall, New Orleans, LA 70118 and ARNOTT, R.W.C., Department of Geology, Univ of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, leclair@tulane.edu, leclair@tulane.edu

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8:20 AM

FROM TURBIDITE BED THICKNESS DISTRIBUTIONS TO DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS: METHODS AND PITFALLS OF FITTING AND INTERPRETING THE POWER-LAW AND LOGNORMAL MODELS

SYLVESTER, Zoltan, Technology Applications and Research, Shell Int'l Exploration and Production Inc, 3737 Bellaire Blvd, P.O. Box 481, Houston, TX 77001-0481, zoltan.sylvester@shell.com, zoltan.sylvester@shell.com

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8:40 AM

TURBIDITE, DENSITE, DEBRITE OR GRAVITE? PHYTOCLASTS CAN HELP

WOODWARD, Martha A., Geology Department, Humboldt State Univ. & Scotia Pacific Co, P.O. Box 712, Scotia, CA 95565, mmitchell@scopac.com, mmitchell@scopac.com

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9:00 AM

RECENT MONTEREY CANYON FLUSHING EVENTS: HOW FAR DID THEY GO?

JOHNSON, Joel E.¹, PAULL, Charles K.¹, USSLER III, William¹, NORMARK, William R.², MITTS, Patrick¹ and KEATEN, Rendy¹, (1)Monterey Bay Aquarium Rsch Institute, 7700 Sandholdt Rd, Moss Landing, CA 95039, (2)US Geol Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025-3591, jjohnson@mbari.org, jjohnson@mbari.org

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9:20 AM

LATE QUATERNARY TURBIDITE SYSTEMS IN SANTA MONICA BASIN, OFFSHORE CALIFORNIA

NORMARK, William R.¹, PIPER, David J.W.² and SLITER, Ray¹, (1)US Geol Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025-3591, (2)Geol Survey of Canada Atlantic, P.O. Box 1006, Dartmouth, NS B2Y 4A2, wnormark@usgs.gov, wnormark@usgs.gov

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9:40 AM

SEA-LEVEL AND TECTONIC CONTROLS ON LATE QUATERNARY SEDIMENTATION IN SAN DIEGO TROUGH, OFFSHORE CALIFORNIA

COVAULT, Jacob A., U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr, Reston, VA 20192, NORMARK, William R., US Geol Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025-3591 and GRAHAM, Stephan A., Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA 94305-2115, jcovault@usgs.gov, jcovault@usgs.gov

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10:00 AM

MIDDLE EOCENE MARKLEY CANYON IN THE SACRAMENTO BASIN

SULLIVAN, Raymond, Department of Geosciences, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA 94132 and SULLIVAN, Morgan, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, California State University, Chico, CA 95929, sullivan@lucasvalley.net, sullivan@lucasvalley.net

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10:20 AM

OUTCROP CHARACTERIZATION OF CHANNELIZED DEEP-WATER DEPOSITS, CARMELO FORMATION, POINT LOBOS STATE RESERVE, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

SPRINGHORN, Steven, ALWARD, Ryan, SULLIVAN, Morgan, DEMUCHA, Bryan, SPAETH, Sean, SKARTVEDT-FORTE, Margaret and LAWLOR, Nick, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, California State Univ, Chico, CA 95929, steven.springhorn@gmail.com, steven.springhorn@gmail.com

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10:40 AM

ANATOMY OF A LEVEE TO PROXIMAL CREVASSE SPLAY (HARP) TO CHANNEL-FILL SUCCESSION, NEOPROTEROZOIC WINDERMERE SUPERGROUP, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA

ARNOTT, R. William C., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Ottawa, 365 Nicholas Street, ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada, warnott@uottawa.ca, warnott@uottawa.ca

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11:00 AM

ANATOMY AND EVOLUTION OF A SLOPE CHANNEL (ISAAC FORMATION, NEOPROTEROZOIC, CANADIAN CORDILLERA)

SCHWARZ, Ernesto, Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Ottawa, 142 Louis Pasteur St, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, ARNOTT, R. William C., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Ottawa, 365 Nicholas Street, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada and ROSS, Gerry, Geological Survey of Canada, 3303 33rd St, Calgary, AB T2L 2A7, eschwarz@uottawa.ca, eschwarz@uottawa.ca

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11:20 AM

STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK AND RECONSTRUCTION OF THE WINDERMERE TURBIDITE SYSTEM: A NEOPROTEROZOIC PASSIVE MARGIN DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEM

ROSS, Gerald M., Kupa'a Farm, Box 458, Kula, HI 96790, lavaboy@verizon.net, lavaboy@verizon.net

11:40 AM

Cooper, John D., Presentation of Honorary Membership, Pacific Section SEPM to Bill Bilodeau, California Lutheran University, and Stan Finney, California State University, Long Beach

Cordilleran Section - 101st Annual Meeting (April 29–May 1, 2005)

T22. Beds to Basins in Turbidite Systems