2007 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (28–31 October 2007)

Session No. 199
Wednesday, 31 October 2007: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T105. The Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure: Results from the 2005–2006 ICDP-USGS Deep Drilling Project II

GSA Planetary Geology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Hydrogeology Division; International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP)

 

Gregory S. Gohn and Kenneth Miller Sr, Advocates
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8:00 AM
SEDIMENT-AVALANCHE DEPOSITS IN THE LATE EOCENE CHESAPEAKE BAY IMPACT STRUCTURE: EVIDENCE FROM THE ICDP-USGS EYREVILLE CORES, VIRGINIA, USA
GOHN, Gregory S., POWARS, David S., EDWARDS, Lucy E., DURAND, Colleen T. and SEEFELT, Ellen L., U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, ggohn@usgs.gov, ggohn@usgs.gov
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8:15 AM
ABOVE THE AVALANCHES, BELOW THE WAVES: THE ICDP-USGS EYREVILLE CORES AND ADJACENT SEISMIC REFLECTION PROFILE WITHIN THE MOAT OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY IMPACT STRUCTURE
POWARS, David S.1, EDWARDS, Lucy E.1, GOHN, Greg S.1 and CATCHINGS, Rufus D.2, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, (2)U.S. Geol Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd. MS 977, Menlo Park, CA 94587, dpowars@visuallink.com, dpowars@visuallink.com
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8:30 AM
SEDIMENTOLOGICAL COMPARISON OF THE EXMORE BRECCIA IN THE EYREVILLE AND LANGLEY CORES, CHESAPEAKE BAY IMPACT STRUCTURE: CLUES TO THE RESURGE PROCESS
ORMÖ, Jens1, STURKELL, Erik2, GOHN, Greg S.3, HORTON, J. Wright4, POWARS, David S.3 and EDWARDS, L.E.3, (1)Centro de Astrobiología (INTA/CSIC), Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial, Ctra de Torrejón a Ajalvir, km 4, 28850 Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, 40530, Sweden, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, (4)U.S. Geol Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, ormo@inta.es, ormo@inta.es
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8:45 AM
NEW CONSTRAINTS FOR CRATERING PROCESSES INTO MARINE ENVIRONMENTS FROM THE ICDP-USGS EYREVILLE CORE B, CHESAPEAKE BAY IMPACT CRATER
KENKMANN, Thomas1, REIMOLD, Uwe1, WUENNEMANN, Kai1 and COLLINS, Gareth2, (1)Museum of Natural History - Mineralogy, Humboldt-University Berlin, Invalidenstrasse 43, Berlin, 10115, Germany, (2)Impact and Astromaterials Research Centre, Dept. Earth Science and Eng., Imperial College, London, United Kingdom, thomas.kenkmann@museum.hu-berlin.de, thomas.kenkmann@museum.hu-berlin.de
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9:00 AM
IMPACT-TO-POSTIMPACT PALEOENVIRONMENTAL TRANSITION IN THE CENTRAL BASIN OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY IMPACT CRATER
POAG, C. Wylie, US Geological Survey, 384 Woods Hole Rd, Woods Hole, MA 02543-1598, wpoag@usgs.gov, wpoag@usgs.gov
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9:15 AM
X-RAY MINERALOGY OF THE EXMORE-CHICKAHOMINY BOUNDARY IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY IMPACT STRUCTURE - EYREVILLE CORE
FERRELL, Ray E., Geology & Geophysics, Louisiana State University, E235 Howe/Russell Geoscience Complex, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 and DYPVIK, Henning, Department of Geoscience, University of Oslo, Oslo, NO-0316, Norway, rferrell@lsu.edu, rferrell@lsu.edu
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9:30 AM
LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC SECTION OF THE ICDP-USGS EYREVILLE COREHOLES, CHESAPEAKE BAY IMPACT STRUCTURE: POSTIMPACT SEDIMENTS 444-0 M DEPTH
EDWARDS, Lucy E.1, POWARS, David S.1, WADE, Bridget S.2, SELF-TRAIL, Jean M.3, KULPECZ, Andrew A.4, BROWNING, James V.4, MILLER Sr, Kenneth G.4 and MCLAUGHLIN, Peter P.5, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, (2)Institute of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 71 Dudley Rd, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-852, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr, Reston, VA 20192, (4)Dept. of Geological Sci, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Rd, Piscataway, NJ 08854, (5)Delaware Geological Survey, Newark, DE 19716, leedward@usgs.gov, leedward@usgs.gov
 
9:45 AM
Break
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10:00 AM
SHORT TERM IMPACT EFFECTS: MODELING THE CHESAPEAKE BAY IMPACT STRUCTURE
HAYDEN, Travis G.1, KOMINZ, Michelle A.2, POWARS, David S.3, EDWARDS, Lucy E.3, MILLER Sr, Kenneth G.4, BROWNING, James V.4 and KULPECZ, Andrew A.4, (1)Department of Geosciences, Western Michigan University, 1187 Rood Hall, 1903 W. Michigan Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49008, (2)Department of Geosciences, Western Michigan Univeristy, 1187 Rood Hall, 1903 West Michigan Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49008, (3)U.S. Geol Survey, 926A National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, (4)Dept. of Geological Sci, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Rd, Piscataway, NJ 08854, t4hayden@wmich.edu, t4hayden@wmich.edu
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10:15 AM
MICROPALEONTOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FOR MID-PLIOCENE WARMING FROM THE YORKTOWN FORMATION, VIRGINIA
WILLARD, Debra A., US Geological Survey, 926A National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192 and DOWSETT, Harry J., US Geological Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, dwillard@usgs.gov, dwillard@usgs.gov
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10:30 AM
THE 35.4 MA CHESAPEAKE BAY IMPACT: GLOBAL AND REGIONAL EFFECTS ON POST-IMPACT ENVIRONMENTS AND SEDIMENTATION
MILLER Sr, Kenneth G.1, HAYDEN, Travis G.2, PUSZ, Aimee E.1, KULPECZ, Andrew A.1, BROWNING, James V.1, MCLAUGHLIN, Peter P.3, KOMINZ, Michelle A.4, EDWARDS, Lucy E.5, POWARS, David S.6 and WRIGHT, James D.1, (1)Dept. of Geological Sci, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Rd, Piscataway, NJ 08854, (2)Geosciences, Western Michigan University, 1187 Rood Hall, Kalamazoo, MI 49008, (3)Delaware Geological Survey, Newark, DE 19716, (4)Geosciences, Western Michigan University, 1187 Rood Hall, Kalamazoo, MI 49008-3805, (5)US Geol Survey, 926-A National Ctr, Reston, VA 20192-0001, (6)US Geol Survey, 926-A National Ctr, Reston, VA 20192, kgm@rci.rutgers.edu, kgm@rci.rutgers.edu
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10:45 AM
PALEOHYDROLOGY OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY IMPACT STRUCTURE--EVIDENCE FROM THE ICDP-USGS EYREVILLE COREHOLE
SANFORD, Ward E., JONES, Blair F. and COPLEN, Tyler B., U S Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, wsanford@usgs.gov, wsanford@usgs.gov
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11:00 AM
INFLUENCE OF IMPACTS ON THE DEEP SUBSURFACE BIOSPHERE – PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM THE ICDP-USGS CHESAPEAKE BAY IMPACT STRUCTURE DRILLING PROJECT
COCKELL, C.S.1, VOYTEK, Mary A.2, GRONSTAL, A.L.1, KIRSHTEIN, Julie3, FINSTER, K.4, SCHIPPERS, Axel5, REYSENBACH, Anna-Louise6, GOHN, Gregory S.7, SANFORD, Ward E.8 and HORTON, J. Wright7, (1)PSSRI, Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, United Kingdom, (2)US Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, (3)U S Geological Survey, National Center, Reston, VA 20192, (4)Dept of Microbial Ecology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark, (5)Geomicrobiology group, Federal Institute for Geosciences and Nat Rscs, Stilleweg 2, Hannover, 30655, Germany, (6)Department of Biology, Portland State Univ, Portland, OR 97201, (7)U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, (8)U.S. Geological Survey, 431 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, c.s.cockell@open.ac.uk, c.s.cockell@open.ac.uk
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11:15 AM
BIOGEOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE FOR IN SITU MICROBIAL METABOLISM IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY IMPACT STRUCTURE
VOYTEK, Mary A., WRD-NRP, USGS, MS430, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr, Reston, VA 21092, AMIRBAHMAN, A., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Univ of Maine, Boardman Hall, Orono, ME 04469, COCKELL, C.S., PSSRI, Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, United Kingdom, JONES, E.J.P., US Geological Survey, ms 430, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, KIRSHTEIN, J.D., U S Geological Survey, National Center, Reston, VA 20192, OHNO, T., Dept. Plant Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Maine, 5722 Deering Hall, Orono, ME 04469 and SANFORD, W.E., U.S. Geological Survey, 431 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, mavoytek@usgs.gov, mavoytek@usgs.gov
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11:30 AM
PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF GEOTHERMAL INVESTIGATIONS IN THE BOREHOLE EYREVILLE-B, CHESAPEAKE PENINSULA
HEIDINGER, Philipp1, WILHELM, Helmut1, POPOV, Yuri2, SAFANDA, Jan3, BURKHARDT, Hans4 and MAYR, Sibylle4, (1)Geophysikalisches Institut, Universitaet Karlsruhe, Hertzstrasse 16, 76187 Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, 76187, Germany, (2)Moscow, 119992, Russia, (3)Geophysikal Institute Prague, Prague, 14131, Czech Republic, (4)Geophysikalisches Institut, TU Berlin, Berlin, 13355, Germany, heidinger@gmx.net, heidinger@gmx.net
 
11:45 AM
Discussion
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