Joint South-Central and North-Central Sections, both conducting their 41st Annual Meeting (11–13 April 2007)

Session No. 33
Friday, 13 April 2007: 8:20 AM-12:00 PM

T21. Neogene Depositional Environments, Paleoclimatology and Stratigraphic Architecture of the Succession Forming the High Plains Aquifer

 

P. Allen Macfarlane, Greg A. Ludvigson and Marios A. Sophocleous, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:20 AM
Discussion
 
8:40 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:45 AM
WHAT WE DO AND DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE GEOMORPHOLOGIC HISTORY, SURFICIAL GEOLOGY, AND STRATIGRAPHY OF THE EQUUS BEDS AQUIFER IN CENTRAL KANSAS
SLEEZER, Richard O., Earth Science Department, Emporia State University, Campus Box 4030, Emporia, KS 66801-5087, rsleezer@emporia.edu, rsleezer@emporia.edu
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9:05 AM
FOSSIL PLANTS FROM MIOCENE STRATA IN THE HIGH PLAINS: A POTENTIAL BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION TOOL
THOMASSON, Joseph R., Fort Hays State Univ, Hays, KS 67601-4099, jthomass@fhsu.edu, jthomass@fhsu.edu
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9:25 AM
ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE DURING THE TRANSITION TO THE MODERN GRASSLAND IN THE GREAT PLAINS
FOX, David L., Department of Geology and Geophsyics, Univ of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Dr SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, dlfox@umn.edu, dlfox@umn.edu
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9:45 AM
DEVELOPING A CARBON ISOTOPE CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHIC APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING NEOGENE STRATIGRAPHIC ARCHITECTURE OF THE HIGH PLAINS SUCCESSSION IN WESTERN KANSAS
LUDVIGSON, Greg A.1, HAJ, E.1, FOX, D.L.2, MANDEL, R.1 and MACFARLANE, P.A.1, (1)Kansas Geological Survey, The University of Kansas, 1930 Constant Ave, Lawrence, KS 66047-3726, (2)Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, ahaj@kgs.ku.edu, ahaj@kgs.ku.edu
 
10:05 AM
Break
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10:25 AM
REVISED LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY OF LATE PALEOGENE AND NEOGENE STRATA OF THE HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER IN WESTERN NEBRASKA, USA
LAGARRY, Hannan E.1, LAGARRY, Leigh Anne2, SWINEHART, James B.3 and LEITE, Michael B.2, (1)Physical and Life Sciences, Chadron State College, 1000 Main Street, Chadron, NE 69337, (2)Department of Physical & Life Sciences, Chadron State College, Chadron, NE 69337, (3)Conservation and Survey Division, School of Nat Rscs, Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln, 113 Nebraska Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0517, nebearthmomma@yahoo.com, nebearthmomma@yahoo.com
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10:45 AM
INTERPRETATION OF ALLUVIAL ARCHITECTURE IN THE OGALLALA GROUP OF NEBRASKA FROM TEST-HOLE LOGS
JOECKEL, R.M.1, SWINEHART, J.B.1, HANSON, P.R.1 and GOEKE, J.W.2, (1)Conservation and Survey Division, SNR, Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583-0996, (2)Conservation and Survey Div, SNR, Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln, WCREC, North Platte, NE 69101, rjoeckel3@unl.edu, rjoeckel3@unl.edu
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11:05 AM
THE DISTRIBUTION OF PERMEABLE ZONES WITHIN THE OGALLALA IN THE SOUTHWEST KANSAS GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT 3
MACFARLANE, P.A., Kansas Geological Survey, The Univ of Kansas, 1930 Constant Ave, Lawrence, KS 66047 and SCHNEIDER, Nicholas, Geology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, dowser@kgs.ku.edu, dowser@kgs.ku.edu
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11:25 AM
DOOMED RESERVOIRS ON THE HIGH PLAINS? CLIMATE CHANGE AND GROUNDWATER MINING LEAD TO PROFOUNDLY INEFFICIENT SURFACE WATER STORAGE
BRIKOWSKI, Tom H., Geosciences, FO-21, University of Texas at Dallas, P.O. Box 830688, Richardson, TX 75083, brikowi@utdallas.edu, brikowi@utdallas.edu
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