Session No. 17
Thursday, 20 April 2006: 1:40 PM-3:20 PM
T11. Multi-Proxy Investigations of Black Shales: What Can They Tell Us?
Susan M. Rimmer and Harold D. Rowe, Advocates
1:40 PM
DEVELOPING A MORE ROBUST GEOCHEMICAL FRAMEWORK FOR INFERRING PALEOREDOX CONDITIONS DURING BLACK SHALE ACCUMULATION: FOCUS ON THE OHIO AND NEW ALBANY SHALES
ROWE, Harold D.1, RIMMER, Susan M.
1, HAWKINS, Sarah J.
1 and FRANCIS, Henry
2, (1)Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, 101 Slone Building, Lexington, KY 40506-0053, (2)Kentucky Geological Survey, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0107, hrowe@uky.edu, hrowe@uky.edu
2:20 PM
TERRESTRIAL ORGANIC MATTER IN DEVONIAN MARINE BLACK SHALES: IMPLICATIONS FOR ORGANIC CARBON ACCUMULATION, TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS, AND PALEO-ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN LEVELS
RIMMER, Susan M. and HAWKINS, Sarah J., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, 101 Slone Building, Lexington, KY 40506-0053, srimmer@uky.edu, srimmer@uky.edu
2:40 PM
PALEOREDOX INDICATORS IN THE UPPER ORDOVICIAN MAQUOKETA FORMATION OF EASTERN IOWA
VON MANN, Rachael1, RIMMER, Susan
1, ROWE, Harold D.
1 and FRANCIS, Henry
2, (1)Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, 101 Slone Building, Lexington, KY 40506-0053, (2)Kentucky Geological Survey, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0107, ravonm2@uky.edu, ravonm2@uky.edu
3:00 PM
SPECTRAL GAMMA RAY LOGS AS PALEOENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS IN CARBONIFEROUS BLACK SHALES
SAMSON, Timothy M.1, CRUSE, Anna M.
1 and PAXTON, Stanley T.
2, (1)School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, 105 Noble Research Center, Stillwater, OK 74078-3031, (2)School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, 105 Noble Research Center, Stillwater, OK 74078, tim.samson@okstate.edu, tim.samson@okstate.edu