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. 211
Monday, 6 October 2008: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

T63. Foreland Basins: Their Tectonic Setting, Structural Geology, Sedimentology, and Economic Significance

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division

 

Ibrahim Çemen, James Puckette and Darwin R. Boardman II, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:35 PM
Lithospheric Flexure and Related Base-Level Stratigraphic Cycles In the Putumayo Foreland Basin, Colombia
LONDONO, John, Shell, 200 North Dairy Ashford, Off 7584, Houston, TX 77079 and LORENZO, Juan, Dept of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, E235 Howe Russell Kniffen, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, J.Londono@shell.com, J.Londono@shell.com
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1:50 PM
The Arkoma Foreland Basin, Oklahoma: Its Stratigraphy, Structural Development and Economic Significance
ÇEMEN, Ibrahim1, SAHAI, Surinder1, COLLINS, Marline1, KAYA, Gultekin1, SADEQI, Wahab1, WALKER, Willie1, PUCKETTE, James1 and BOARDMAN II, Darwin R.2, (1)Boone Pickens School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, (2)Boone Pickens School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, 105 Noble Research Center, Stillwater, OK 74078, icemen@okstate.edu, icemen@okstate.edu
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2:05 PM
Late Paleozoic (upper Mississippian) Organic-Rich Gas Shales of the North American Midcontinent
BOARDMAN II, Darwin R.1, PUCKETTE, Jim1 and ÇEMEN, Ibrahim2, (1)Geology Department, Oklahoma State University, 105 NRC, Stillwater, OK 74078, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, darwin.boardman@okstate.edu, darwin.boardman@okstate.edu
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2:25 PM
Shelf-to-Basin Transect of Middle Paleozoic Organic-Rich Shales of the North American Midcontinent (Chattanooga, Woodford, Arkansas Novaculite)
PUCKETTE, James, Boone Pickens School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, BOARDMAN II, Darwin R., Boone Pickens School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, 105 Noble Research Center, Stillwater, OK 74078 and ÇEMEN, Ibrahim, Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, jpucket@okstate.edu, jpucket@okstate.edu
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2:40 PM
The Spatial and Temporal Scales of Tectonic Accommodation In the Back-Bulge Zone of the Appalachian Foreland Basin during Alleghenian Deformation
NADON, Gregory C., Geological Sciences, Ohio Univ, 316 Clippinger Labs, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, BACHTEL, Jonathan, Earth Scienecs, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada, MCNAMARA, Kelsey C., Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 and NANCE, R. Damian, Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, nadon@ohiou.edu, nadon@ohiou.edu
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3:00 PM
Detrital History of Lower Pennsylvanian Pottsville Formation, Cahaba Basin, Alabama
PEAVY, Tara1, UDDIN, Ashraf1, PASHIN, Jack2, HAMES, Willis1, SAVRDA, Charles3 and STELTENPOHL, Mark G.1, (1)Department of Geology and Geography, Auburn University, 210 Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, (2)Geological Survey of Alabama, P.O. Box 869999, Tuscaloosa, AL 35486, (3)Department of Geosciences, Auburn University, 210 Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, uddinas@auburn.edu, uddinas@auburn.edu
 
3:15 PM
Break
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3:30 PM
Development of An Anomalous Clastic Wedge in the North American Cordilleran Foreland Basin: Implications for Foreland Basin Dynamics during the Sevier-Laramide Transition
ASCHOFF, Jennifer, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1516 Illinois St, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, jaschoff@mail.utexas.edu, jaschoff@mail.utexas.edu
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3:45 PM
Syncline-Parallel, Thin-Skinned Detachment in Basement-Involved Foreland Structures: A New Mechanism for 3D Folding in the Rockies
SMALTZ, Sara M., Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 and ERSLEV, Eric A., Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, erslev@warnercnr.colostate.edu, erslev@warnercnr.colostate.edu
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4:00 PM
The Influence of a Pre-Existing Late Jurassic Transtensional Basin on the Structure and Stratigraphy of a Cretaceous Foreland Basin: The East Potrillo Mountains, New Mexico
CAMPBELL, Patricia A.1, ANDERSON, Thomas H.2 and YETTER, Kristen A.1, (1)Geography, Geology and the Environment, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA 16057, (2)Geology and Planetary Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, patricia.campbell@sru.edu, patricia.campbell@sru.edu
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4:15 PM
Dating the Tectonic Burial and Maturation of the Principal Source Rocks of the Alberta Tar Sands in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin
MEYER, Edward E., Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, 6105 Fairchild Hall, Hanover, NH 03755, NADEAU, Paul H., StatoilHydro ASA, Forus Hagen D-4, Stavanger, N-4035, Norway, ARONSON, James L., Department of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, RIEDIGER, Cynthia L., Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada, HILLIER, Steven, Macaulay Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen, AB15 8QH, Scotland and RICHARDS, Barry, Geological Survey of Canada, 3303 33rd St. N.W, Calgary, AB T2L-2A7, Canada, Edward.E.Meyer@dartmouth.edu, Edward.E.Meyer@dartmouth.edu
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4:30 PM
Distribution and Diagenesis of Hondo Evaporites In the Grosmont Heavy Oil Carbonate Reservoir, Alberta, Canada
BORRERO, Mary, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, 1-26 EAS Building, Edmonton, AB T6G2E3, Canada and MACHEL, Hans G., Univ Alberta, 1-26 Earth Sciences Bldg, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, borrero@ualberta.ca, borrero@ualberta.ca
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4:45 PM
Phases of Evaporite Deposition In the Largest European Foredeep Basin (Miocene Carpathian Foredeep Basin)
PERYT, Tadeusz M., Panstwowy Instytut Geologiczny, Rakowiecka 4, Warszawa, 00-975, Poland, tadeusz.peryt@pgi.gov.pl, tadeusz.peryt@pgi.gov.pl
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5:00 PM
Mineralogical, Geochemical, and Geochronological Evidences of Evolution of the Eastern Himalayan Foreland Basins
RAHMAN, Mohammad Wahidur and UDDIN, Ashraf, Department of Geology and Geography, Auburn University, 210 Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, rahmamo@auburn.edu, rahmamo@auburn.edu
 
5:15 PM
Concluding Remarks
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