Northeastern Section - 40th Annual Meeting (March 14–16, 2005)

Session No. 8
Monday, 14 March 2005: 1:00 PM-3:20 PM

Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, and Paleontology

 

John I. Garver and Alex Bartholomew, Chairs
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1:00 PM
EROSION RATE OF THE APPALACHIAN PLATEAU IN THE VICINITY OF THE NEW RIVER GORGE, WEST VIRGINIA
CLIFTON, Tom, Earth and Atmospheric Science, Purdue Univ, West, Lafayette, IN 47907 and GRANGER, Darryl, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue Univ, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907, tclifton@purdue.edu, tclifton@purdue.edu
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1:20 PM
MIDDLE AND LATE CAMBRIAN ACRITARCHS FROM THE INNER CLASTIC BELT OF LAURENTIA
STROTHER, Paul K., Geology & Geophysics, Boston College, Paleobotanical Laboratory at Weston Observatory, 381 Concord Road, Weston, MA 02493, strother@bc.edu, strother@bc.edu
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1:40 PM
PALEONTOLOGY OF “TURRITELLA AGATE”, A PLEUROCERID GASTROPOD-DOMINATED ASSEMBLAGE FROM THE EOCENE GREEN RIVER FORMATION OF WYOMING
ALLMON, Warren D., Paleontological Rsch Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850-1398, wda1@cornell.edu, wda1@cornell.edu
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2:00 PM
TECTONIC INHERITANCE AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE CENTRAL SANTA CATARINA COAST, BRAZIL
FITZGERALD, Duncan1, CLEARY, William2, BUYNEVICH, Ilya V.3, ASP, Nils E.4, SIEGLE, Eduardo4, KLEIN, Antonio H.F.4 and ANGULO, Rodolfo J.5, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Boston Univ, 685 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, ME 02215, (2)Center for Marine Science, Univ of North Carolina-Wilmington, 5600 Marvin Moss Lane, Wilmington, NC 28409, (3)Earth and Environmental Science, Temple University, 313 Beury Hall, 1901 N. 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122, (4)CTTMar, Universidade do Vale do Itajaí - UNIVALI, CP 360, Itajaí, 88302-202, Brazil, (5)Departamento de Geologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, CP 19001, Curitiba, 81531-970, dunc@bu.edu, dunc@bu.edu
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2:20 PM
CONTRASTING DEPOSITIONAL TRENDS ON A RECENTLY EMERGENT COASTLINE OF SOUTHERN BRAZIL: INSIGHTS FROM SUBSURFACE IMAGING
BUYNEVICH, Ilya V.1, FITZGERALD, Duncan2, CLEARY, William3, ASP, Nils E.4, SIEGLE, Eduardo5, KLEIN, Antonio H.F.5 and ANGULO, Rodolfo J.6, (1)Geology & Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MS#22, Woods Hole, MA 02215, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, Boston Univ, 685 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, ME 02215, (3)Center for Marine Science, Univ of North Carolina-Wilmington, 5600 Marvin Moss Lane, Wilmington, NC 28409, (4)CTTMar, Universidade do Vale do Itajaí - UNIVALI, CP 360, Itajaí, 88302-202, (5)CTTMar, Universidade do Vale do Itajaí - UNIVALI, CP 360, Itajaí, 88302-202, Brazil, (6)Departamento de Geologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, CP 19001, Curitiba, 81531-970, ibuynevich@whoi.edu, ibuynevich@whoi.edu
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2:40 PM
MID-QUATERNARY VEGETATION OF THE HONOLULU PLAIN (OAHU, HAWAIIAN ISLANDS)
WOODCOCK, Deborah, Dept. of Geography, Clark Univ, Worcester, MA 01610, DWoodcock@clarku.edu, DWoodcock@clarku.edu
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3:00 PM
MONITORING RESULTS OF HERBICIDE TREATMENTS AND OTHER TECHNIQUES TO MANGAGE CAREX KOBOMUGI (ASIATIC SAND SEDGE), AN INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES, IN NEW JERSEY’S COASTAL DUNES
PARKER, Emily1, HALSEY, Susan D.2 and WOOTTON, Louise S.1, (1)Department of Biology, Georgian Court University, 900 Lakewood Ave, Lakewood, NJ 08701, (2)Center for Maritime Systems, Stevens Institute of Technology, 77 Monument Road, Pine Beach, NJ 08741, DrDuneNJ@aol.com, DrDuneNJ@aol.com