Session: Sedimentary Geology (Posters) (North-Central Section - 39th Annual Meeting (May 19

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URANIUM-LEAD DATING OF A CORAL FROM THE NEOGENE GURABO FORMATION, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

COLE, Peter, Geology, Cornell College, 810 Commons Circle, Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, IA 87131, DENNISTON, Rhawn, Geology, Cornell College, 600 1st St West, Mt Vernon, IA 52314, ASMEROM, Yemane, Earth & Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, 200 Yale Blvd., Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, POLYAK, Victor, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, MCNEILL, Donald, Marine Geology and Geophysics, RSMAS, Univ of Miami, Miami, FL 33149 and BUDD, Ann F., Department of Geoscience, Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, P-Cole@cornellcollege.edu, P-Cole@cornellcollege.edu

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LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY OF TRIASSIC-JURASSIC BOUNDARY AND LOWERMOST JURASSIC ROCKS, HARTFORD BASIN, SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND

HUBER, Phillip¹, WHITESIDE, Jessica H.² and OLSEN, Paul E.², (1)Dept. Education, K-12 Programs, Minnesota State Univ, Mankato, MN 56001, (2)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia Univ, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964-1000, raregeologybooks@earthlink.net, raregeologybooks@earthlink.net

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UNUSUAL SECTIONS OF THE READSTOWN MEMBER, ST. PETER FORMATION, AT DECORAH, NORTHEAST IOWA

YOUNG, Jean N.¹, MCKAY, Robert M.² and LIU, Huaibao P.², (1)Physics, Luther College, 700 College Drive, Decorah, IA 52101, (2)Iowa Geol Survey, 109 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, youngjea@luther.edu, youngjea@luther.edu

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FIRST DOCUMENTATION OF EARLY WENLOCK IREVIKEN POSITIVE d¹³C_CARB EXCURSION IN THE TYPE AREA OF THE NIAGARAN PROVINCIAL SERIES: IRONDEQUOIT LIMESTONE, ROCHESTER SHALE, DECEW DOLOMITE, GASPORT DOLOMITE, AND GOAT ISLAND DOLOMITE ARE ALL SHEINWOODIAN (EARLY WENLOCK) IN AGE

KLEFFNER, Mark A.¹, CRAMER, Bradley D.² and SALTZMAN, M.M.², (1)Geological Sciences, The Ohio State Univ at Lima, 4240 Campus Drive, Lima, OH 45804-3576, (2)Geological Sciences, The Ohio State Univ, 125 S. Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, cramer.70@osu.edu, cramer.70@osu.edu

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LATE GLACIAL/ EARLY HOLOCENE CLIMATE TRENDS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN BASIN OBTAINED FROM FORAMINIFERA

BRIGHT, Camomilia A., Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State Univ, 253 Science I, Ames, IA 50011 and CERVATO, Cinzia, Dept. of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State Univ, 253 Science I, Ames, IA 50011, cabright@iastate.edu, cabright@iastate.edu

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SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY AND SYSTEMS TRACT DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY ORDOVICIAN, MIXED CARBONATE-SILICICLASTIC ROCKS OF THE COON VALLEY MEMBER OF THE ONEOTA FORMATION, SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA

STROUP, Caleb N., JASKOLA, Jessica L., GROENER, Christine M., MEYERS, James H. and SUMMA, Catherine, Geoscience, Winona State Univ, Winona, MN 55987, CNStroup2789@webmail.winona.edu, CNStroup2789@webmail.winona.edu

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DECI-METER TO M-SCALE CYCLICITY IN GLAUCONITIC SANDSTONE OF THE RENO MEMBER, LATE CAMBRIAN FRANCONIA FORMATION, SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA

PORTIS, Douglas H. and MEYERS, James H., Geoscience, Winona State Univ, Winona, MN 55987, DHPortis6339@webmail.winona.edu, DHPortis6339@webmail.winona.edu

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VARIATIONS IN THE THICKNESS AND CONTINUITY OF THE SHALY FACIES OF THE EAU CLAIRE FORMATION, SOUTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN

HART, David J., Wisconsin Geol and Nat History Survey-Univ of Wisconsin-Extension, 3817 Mineral Point Road, Madison, WI 53705 and LEPAIN, David L., Department of Environmental Science, Wisconsin Geol and Nat History Survey, 3817 Mineral Point Road, Madison, WI 53705, djhart@wisc.edu, djhart@wisc.edu

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COVEL CONGLOMERATE FROM LASALLE COUNTY (IL): AN UPPER CARBONIFEROUS TEMPESTITE OR TRANSGRESSIVE LAG DEPOSIT?

WEIBEL, C. Pius, Illinois State Geol Survey, 615 E Peabody Drive, Champaign, IL 61820, weibel@isgs.uiuc.edu, weibel@isgs.uiuc.edu

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SUB-CYCLOTHEM SCALE STRATIGRAPHY OF THE IOLA LIMESTONE (MISSOURIAN/UPPER PENNSYLVANIAN) ALONG THE OUTCROP BELT FROM IOWA TO KANSAS

LEONARD, Karl W., Anthropology and Earth Science, Minnesota State Univ Moorhead, 1104 7th Avenue South, Moorhead, MN 56563, leonardk@mnstate.edu, leonardk@mnstate.edu

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IDENTIFICATION AND MAPPING OF GREENLAND GAP GROUP (UPPER DEVONIAN) UNITS ON THE EAST FLANK OF SIDELING HILL SYNCLINE, HAMPSHIRE, HARDY AND MORGAN COUNTIES, WV

MITCHELL, Brian D., DEAN, Stuart L. and CAMP, Mark J., Earth, Ecological and Environmental Sciences, The Univ of Toledo, 2801 West Bancroft, MS 604, Toledo, OH 43606, bmitchell151@hotmail.com, bmitchell151@hotmail.com

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PALEOSOL DESCRIPTION OF THE MORRISON FORMATION AT A DINOSAUR SITE IN THE BIGHORN BASIN NEAR SHELL, WYOMING

BAAR, Eric E., Grand Valley State Univ, Allendale, MI and YONOVITZ, Maureen, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Hope College, 35 E. 12th St, Holland, MI 49423, baar6@fsuimail.ferris.edu, baar6@fsuimail.ferris.edu

North-Central Section - 39th Annual Meeting (May 19–20, 2005)

Sedimentary Geology (Posters)