Session No. 2
Thursday, 23 March 2006: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, and Paleontology
Charles N. Ciampaglio, Chair
8:05 AM
REINTERPRETATION OF BROOKSELLA FROM THE CONASAUGA FORMATION (CAMBRIAN) OF GEORGIA AND ALABAMA, USA
CIAMPAGLIO, Charles N., Department of Geological Studies, Wright State University, Lake Campus, Celina, OH 45822 and BABCOCK, Loren E., Department of Geological Sciences, The Ohio State Univ, 275 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, chuck.ciampaglio@wright.edu, chuck.ciampaglio@wright.edu
8:25 AM
INFAUNAL BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA IN DISENCHANTMENT AND YAKUTAT BAYS, ALASKA
ZELLERS, Sarah D. and CRUZ, Dulce, Department Biology and Earth Science, Central Missouri State Univ, WCM 104, Warrensburg, MO 64093, szellers@cmsu1.cmsu.edu, szellers@cmsu1.cmsu.edu
8:45 AM
MORPHOLOGICAL VARIABILITY AND SURVIVORSHIP IN VENEROID BIVALVES DURING THE PLIO-PLEISTOCENE EXTINCTION IN FLORIDA
KOLBE, Sarah E., Department of Geology, The College of William and Mary, 201 Peters Drive, Glenshaw, PA 15116 and LOCKWOOD, R., College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23185, sekolb@wm.edu, sekolb@wm.edu
9:05 AM
ASSESSING THE MAGNITUDE AND HABITAT DIVERSITY OF MARINE TRANSGRESSIONS IN THE PENNSYLVANIAN BREATHITT GROUP USING RAREFACTION ANALYSIS OF FOSSIL COLLECTIONS
BENNINGTON, J. Bret, Department of Geology, 114 Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549-1140 and GULUM, Meric, Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School, Plainview, NY 11803, geojbb@hofstra.edu, geojbb@hofstra.edu
9:25 AM
PROVENANCE DETERMINATION AND SPECIES IDENTITY OF SILICIFIED WOOD AND INVERTEBRATE FOSSILS FROM A TERRACE OF THE SAVANNAH RIVER, HARDEEVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA
TRAINOR, Joel Andrew and CHANCEY, Morgan Wade, Allen E. Paulson College of Science and Technology, Georgia Southern University, P.O. Box 8044, Statesboro, GA 30460-8024, jtrainor@georgiasouthern.edu, jtrainor@georgiasouthern.edu
10:00 AM
PROVENANCE OF THE CORBIN SANDSTONE MEMBER OF THE GRUNDY FORMATION (LOWER PENNSYLVANIAN) IN EAST-CENTRAL KENTUCKY
LIERMAN, Robert Thomas, Department of Geography and Geology, Eastern Kentucky University, 521 Lancaster Ave, Roark 103, Richmond, KY 40475 and SHEAR, Mary K., Department of Earth Sciences, Eastern Kentucky University, 521 Lancaster Ave, Richmond, KY 40475, tom.lierman@eku.edu, tom.lierman@eku.edu
10:20 AM
ASYMMETRIC CORKSCREW FLUTE CASTS IN THE UPPER DEVONIAN BRALLIER FORMATION: A LOCAL RECORD OF A CORIOLIS-INFLUENCED SEDIMENT SYSTEM?
ALLEN, Joseph L.1, DENNISON, John M.
2 and HUNT, Erin B.
1, (1)Geology and Physical Sciences, Concord University, Athens, WV 24712, (2)Geological Sciences, Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3315, allenj@concord.edu, allenj@concord.edu