Southeastern Section - 54th Annual Meeting (March 17–18, 2005)

Session No. 15
Friday, 18 March 2005: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Sedimentary Geology and Paleontology

 

P. Lee Phillips and Carl W. Stock, Chairs
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Start Time
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8:00 AM
SIGNIFICANCE OF CONE-IN-CONE STRUCTURES IN MARINE MUDSTONES
PHILLIPS, P. Lee1, WHITE, T.S.2, WITZKE, B.J.3, LUDVIGSON, G.A.3, BRENNER, R.L.4, GONZALEZ, L.A.5 and POPE, J.P.6, (1)Geology and Geography, Univ of North Carolina at Pembroke, PO BOX 1510, Pembroke, NC 28372-1510, (2)EMS Environment Institute, The Pennsylvania State Univ, 2217 EES Building, University Park, PA 16802, (3)Iowa DNR Geological Survey, Univ of Iowa, 109 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242/1319, (4)Dept. Geoscience, Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242/1379, (5)Department of Geology, Univ of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, (6)Geology and Geography, Northwest Missouri State Univ, Maryville, MO 64468, lee.phillips@uncp.edu, lee.phillips@uncp.edu
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8:20 AM
THE APPLICATION OF MULTI-PARAMETER MAGNETIC TECHNIQUES TO THE STRATIGRAHIC RECORD WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR RECOGNITION OF BOUNDING DISCONTINUITIES
EVANS, Frank B. and ERIKSSON, Kenneth A., Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, fevans1@vt.edu, fevans1@vt.edu
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8:40 AM
AN EXAMINATION OF SEVERAL PALEOSOL PROFILES ALONG THE MISSISSIPPIAN/PENNSYLVANIAN BOUNDARY IN EAST-CENTRAL KENTUCKY
DODDS, Stephanie Fowler and LIERMAN, Robert Thomas, Department of Earth Sciences, Eastern Kentucky Univ, 521 Lancaster Ave, Richmond, KY 40475, stephanie_dodds@eku.edu, stephanie_dodds@eku.edu
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9:00 AM
PALEOTOPOGRAPHIC CONTROL ON THE LOCATION OF TRANSGRESSIVE SYSTEMS TRACT PARASEQUENCES: MISSISSIPPIAN (CHESTERIAN) HARTSELLE FORMATION, NORTH-CENTRAL TENNESSEE
KINGTON IV, Joe D., Earth Sciences, Tennessee Technological University, Box 5062, Cookeville, TN 38505-0001 and STAPOR Jr, F.W., jdkington21@tntech.edu, jdkington21@tntech.edu
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9:20 AM
CEMENTATION HISTORY OF THE CORBIN SANDSTONE MEMBER OF THE GRUNDY FORMATION (LOWER PENNSYLVANIAN) IN EAST-CENTRAL KENTUCKY
LIERMAN, Robert Thomas, Department of Earth Sciences, Eastern Kentucky Univ, 521 Lancaster Ave, Richmond, KY 40475 and COLLINGS, Kimberly Sale, Kentucky Office of Mine Safety & Licensing, Div of Oil and Gas, 1025 Capital Center Drive, Frankfort, KY 40601, tom.lierman@eku.edu, tom.lierman@eku.edu
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9:40 AM
STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK OF THE LOWER PENNSYLVANIAN LEE AND POCAHONTAS FORMATIONS IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA: EVIDENCE FOR CONTEMPORANEOUS TRUNK AND TRIBUTARY RIVER SYSTEMS
BODEK Jr, Robert J. and ERIKSSON, Kenneth A., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, rbodek@vt.edu, rbodek@vt.edu
 
10:00 AM
Break
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10:20 AM
SHARP SHELLS: APPLICATION OF MOLLUSCAN TAPHONOMY TO BEACH RESTORATION IN ALABAMA
RINDSBERG, Andrew K., Geol Survey of Alabama, P.O. Box 869999, Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-6999, arindsberg@gsa.state.al.us, arindsberg@gsa.state.al.us
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10:40 AM
EOCENE DISPERSAL OF THE ECHINOID GENUS ECHINOCYAMUS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
ZACHOS, Louis G., Geological Sciences, The Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, lg_zachos@alumni.utexas.net, lg_zachos@alumni.utexas.net
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11:00 AM
TOOTH MORPHOLOGY AND NICHE REPLACEMENT: ANALYSIS OF CRETACEOUS SHARKS, MESOZOIC MARINE REPTILES AND TERTIARY MARINE MAMMALS
CIAMPAGLIO, Charles N., Geology, Wright State Univ, 7600 State Route 703, Celina, OH 45822, WRAY, Gregory A., Biology, Duke Univ, Biological Sciences BLDG, Durham, NC 27708 and CORLISS, Bruce H., Earth and Ocean Sciences, Duke Univ, Durham, NC 27708-0229, chuck.ciampaglio@wright.edu, chuck.ciampaglio@wright.edu
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11:20 AM
A HIGH-FIBER TETRAPOD, DIADECTES (?) SP., FROM THE MISSISSIPPIAN (CHESTERIAN) OF SOUTH CENTRAL TENNESSEE
CORGAN, James X., DEPARTMENT OF GEOSCIENCES, AUSTIN PEAY STATE Univ, Clarksville, TN 37044 and PRIESTLEY, Mary Patten, The Herberium, Univ of the South, Sewanee, TN 37383, FREDERICKD@APSU.EDU, FREDERICKD@APSU.EDU
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11:40 AM
THE SAGA OF DEVONIAN STROMATOPOROIDS: ORIGINATIONS, EXTINCTIONS, DIVERSITY, AND PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY
STOCK, Carl W., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Alabama, Box 870338, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0338, cstock@wgs.geo.ua.edu, cstock@wgs.geo.ua.edu