2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM

Session No. 250
Tuesday, 7 October 2008: 8:00 AM-6:00 PM

T37. The Western Interior Seaway (Posters)

Paleontological Society; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies

Authors will be present from .

 

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The Paleobiogeography of the Late Cretaceous, Western Interior Basin Tepee Butte Mounds (Hydrocarbon Seeps) of North America and Possible Tectonic Factors Controlling Their Distribution
METZ, Cheryl L., Geology Department - Natural Sciences Division, Blinn College, 2423 Blinn Blvd, Bryan, TX 77805, cl.metz@blinn.edu, cl.metz@blinn.edu
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A Cosmopolitan Osteichthyan Fauna from in and around the Debris Cones of Harvester Ant Nests: Fairpoint Member of the Fox Hills Formation (Maastrichtian), Meade County, South Dakota
BECKER, Martin A., Department of Environmental Science, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ 07470, CHAMBERLAIN Jr, John A., Department of Geology, Brooklyn College, and Doctoral Program in Earth and Environmental Sciences, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY 10016, ROBB III, Albert J., ExxonMobil Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd, Singapore, 098633, Singapore, TERRY Jr, Dennis O., Department of Geology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, GARB, Matthew P., Doctoral Program in Earth and Environmental Sciences, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY 10016 and LINTERIS, Justin W., Department of Biology, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ 07470, beckerm2@wpunj.edu, beckerm2@wpunj.edu
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Late Albian-Early Cenomanian Flooding History: Southern U.S. Western Interior
OBOH-IKUENOBE, Francisca E., Geological Sciences and Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Tehnology, 129 McNutt Hall, Rolla, MO 65409, HOLBROOK, John M., Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, SCOTT, Robert W., Precision Stratigraphy Associates & The University of Tulsa, 149 W. Ridge Road, Cleveland, OK 74020, EVETTS, Michael J., 1227 Venice Street, Longmont, CO 80501, BENSON Jr, Don G., 1522 Ehlinger Road, Fayetteville, TX 78940, AKINS, Stavena L., 225 Garbarino Street, Festus, MO 63028 and PRATT, Lisa M., Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 East 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, ikuenobe@mst.edu, ikuenobe@mst.edu
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Proposal to Establish a Type-Section for the Allocrioceras hazzardi Zone Preliminary to Establishment of a Formal Taxon-Range Zone Defining the Uppermost Ernst Member, Boquillas Formation, Big Bend National Park, Trans-Pecos Texas
COOPER, Dee Ann, Non-vertebrate Paleontology Lab., Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 17890 Nonie Lane, Lumberton, TX 77657, COOPER, Roger W., Earth and Space Sciences, Lamar University, P.O. Box 10031, Beaumont, TX 77710, STEVENS, James B., Earth and Space Sciences, Lamar Univ, P. O. Box 608, Terlingua, TX 79852 and STEVENS, Margaret S., Mathematics and Science, Lamar State colleges - Orange and Pt. Arthur, P. O. Box 608, Terlingua, TX 79852, deeanncooper@yahoo.com, deeanncooper@yahoo.com
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Structural Geology of the Late Cretaceous Boquillas Formation, Eastern Big Bend National Park (Solis to Persimmon Gap), Trans-Pecos Texas
COOPER, Roger W., Earth and Space Sciences, Lamar University, P.O. Box 10031, Beaumont, TX 77710, COOPER, Dee Ann, Non-vertebrate Paleontology Lab., Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 17890 Nonie Lane, Lumberton, TX 77657, STEVENS, James B., Earth and Space Sciences, Lamar Univ, P. O. Box 608, Terlingua, TX 79852 and STEVENS, Margaret S., Mathematics and Science, Lamar State colleges - Orange and Pt. Arthur, P. O. Box 608, Terlingua, TX 79852, rwcooper@my.lamar.edu, rwcooper@my.lamar.edu
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Felsic Columns Enclosed within Mafic Sills: An Interesting Enigma in Big Bend National Park, Trans-Pecos Texas
MAXWELL, J. Alex1, GRZOVIC, Mark L.2 and COOPER, Roger W.1, (1)Earth and Space Sciences, Lamar University, P.O. Box 10031, Beaumont, TX 77710, (2)APOLLO Environmental Strategies, Inc, PO Box 12114, Beaumont, TX 77726, justinamaxwell@hotmail.com, justinamaxwell@hotmail.com
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Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) Scaphitid Ammonites from the U.S. Western Interior
LANDMAN, Neil H., Division of Paleontology (Invertebrates), American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024-5192, KENNEDY, William James, University Museum, Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PW, United Kingdom, COBBAN, William A., U. S. Geological Survey, 70 Estes St, Lakewood, CO 80226 and LARSON, Neal L., Black Hills Museum of Natural History, 117 Main St, Hill City, SD 57745-0643, landman@amnh.org, landman@amnh.org
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Ostracod Evidence for a Berriasian to Valanginian Maximum Age of Some Nonmarine Formations In the U.S. Western Interior Foreland Basin—Early Cretaceous Hiatus Likely to Be Shorter Than Previously Reported
SAMES, Benjamin, Institut für Paläontologie, Universität Wien, Geozentrum, Althanstrasse 14, Wien, 1090, Austria, SCHUDACK, Michael E., Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Geologische Wissenschaften, Fachrichtung Paläontologie, Malteserstrasse 74-100, Berlin, 12249, Germany and CIFELLI, Richard L., Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, 2401 Chautauqua Drive, Norman, OK 73072, benjamin.sames@univie.ac.at, benjamin.sames@univie.ac.at
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Three Cretaceous Euselachian Assemblages from Northern Alberta with Implications for Paleobiogeography of the Western Interior
COOK, Todd D., Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9, Canada, tdcook@ualberta.ca, tdcook@ualberta.ca
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Late Campanian-Early Maastrichtian Faunal Dynamics in the Western Interior Seaway
SLATTERY, Joshua S. and HARRIES, Peter J., Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620, dinohyus@gmail.com, dinohyus@gmail.com
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Broken Windows in the Greenhouse: Testing Late Cretaceous Glacioeustasy
MIZINTSEVA, Svetlana, Dept. of Geological Sci, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Rd, Piscataway, NJ 08854, svetik@rci.rutgers.edu, svetik@rci.rutgers.edu
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Ammonoid Paleobiogeography In the Cenomanian Western Interior Seaway
YACOBUCCI, Margaret M., Department of Geology, Bowling Green State University, 190 Overman Hall, Bowling Green, OH 43403 and MACKENZIE III, Richard A., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, P.O. Box 112120, Gainesville, FL 32611, mmyacob@bgsu.edu, mmyacob@bgsu.edu
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Was the Western Interior Seaway Stratified?: Evidence from Late Campanian and Early Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) Shipworms
HARRIES, Peter J., Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620, ISHLER, Scott A., School of Geosciences, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Ave, NES 107, Tampa, FL 33620 and PALMER, Denise D., Golder Associates Inc, 5100 West Lemon Street, Suite 114, Tampa, FL 33609, harries@cas.usf.edu, harries@cas.usf.edu
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The Link Between Hyperpycnal Flows and Growth Faults in Steeply Dipping Delta-Front Clinoforms
BLANKENSHIP, Eric L.1, GARZA, Daniel1, BHATTACHARYA, Janok P.1, MURPHY, Michael2 and ZHU, Yijie3, (1)Geosciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77004, (2)Department of Geosciences, University of Houston, 312 Science & Research Bldg. 1, Houston, TX 77204-5007, (3)Chevron Energy Technology Company, 1500 Louisiana St., 27096, Houston, TX 77002, geoblue22@yahoo.com, geoblue22@yahoo.com
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Regional Tectonic Controls on Sedimentation during the Cenomanian-Turonian Time in the Western Interior Basin (WIB), Canada
TYAGI, Aditya, Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A5B7, Canada, EATON, David W., Geology and Geophysics, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N1N4, Canada, PLINT, Guy, Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, B&G building, London, ON N6A5B7, Canada and MCNEIL, David, Geological Survey of Canada, 3303, 33 ST. NW, Clagary, AB T2L2A7, Canada, atyagi@uwo.ca, atyagi@uwo.ca
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Foraminiferal Communities from the Upper Cretaceous Coon Creek Formation of Tennessee
LOBEGEIER, Melissa K. and LUSK, Clint N., Department of Geosciences, Middle Tennessee State University, Box 9, Murfreesboro, TN 37132, mlobeg@mtsu.edu, mlobeg@mtsu.edu
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Depositional Environment and Taphonomy of Marine Vertebrate Biofacies in the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) Thermopolis Shale, South-Central Montana
LASH, Catherine E., Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, 200 Traphagen Hall, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717 and SCHMITT, James G., Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, cathy_lash@yahoo.com, cathy_lash@yahoo.com
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Mid-Cretaceous Vertebrate Faunas of the Western Interior Sea of Northern North America
CUMBAA, Stephen L., Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O. Box 3443, Stn D, Ottawa, ON K1P 6P4 and SHIMADA, Kenshu, Environmental Science Program and Department of Biological Sciences, DePaul Univ, 2325 N. Clifton Avenue, Chicago, IL 60614, scumbaa@mus-nature.ca, scumbaa@mus-nature.ca
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Using Taphonomic Disparity to Understand Preservation Biases in the Western Interior Seaway: An Example from the Pierre Shale (Upper Cretaceous)
HOLLIS, Kathy A., CU Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado, 265 UCB, CU Museum, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0265, WEBSTER, Kevin D., Geological Sciences and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, 265 UCB, CU Museum, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0265 and SMITH, Dena M., CU Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado, 265 UCB, CU Museum - Paleontology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0265, Kathy.Hollis@colorado.edu, Kathy.Hollis@colorado.edu
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Similarity in Fluvial-Channel Dimensions Between Blackhawk Fm (Grassy Member) and Lower Castlegate Ss, Eastern Book Cliffs, Utah
PETTER, Andrew, Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712-0254, STEEL, Ronald, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712 and MOHRIG, David, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712-0254, petter@mail.utexas.edu, petter@mail.utexas.edu
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