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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. 229
Tuesday, 7 October 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T30. River-Dominated Continental Margin Processes: Modern and Ancient

GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; Gulf Coast Section SEPM; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies

 

Janok P. Bhattacharya, Liviu Giosan, Timothy Dellapenna and Mead A. Allison, Advocates
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8:00 AM
Applying the Clinoform Concept to Correlation of Deltaic and Shallow Marine Deposits
BHATTACHARYA, Janok, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun Rd, Houston, TX 77204-5007, jpbhattacharya@uh.edu, jpbhattacharya@uh.edu
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8:15 AM
3-D Facies Architecture of a Fluvial-Dominated Deltaic System in the Cretaceous Ferron Notom Delta Complex
GARZA, Daniel, Geosciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77004, BHATTACHARYA, Janok, Department of Geosciences, University of Houston, SR1 312, 4800 Calhoun Rd, Houston, TX 77204 and ZHU, Yijie, Chevron Energy Technology Company, 1500 Louisiana St., 27096, Houston, TX 77002, danny_o82@hotmail.com, danny_o82@hotmail.com
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8:30 AM
Delta Asymmetry and Sequence Stratigraphy of the Cretaceous Ferron Notom Delta, Utah
ZHU, Yijie1, BHATTACHARYA, Janok2, GARZA, Daniel2 and DISCHINGTON, Petter2, (1)Chevron Energy Technology Company, 1500 Louisiana St., 27096, Houston, TX 77002, (2)Department of Geosciences, University of Houston, SR1 312, 4800 Calhoun Rd, Houston, TX 77204, yzhu@uh.edu, yzhu@uh.edu
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8:45 AM
Subsurface Interpretation of Deltas In the Bossier Shale of the East Texas Basin by Comparison with Outcrop Expression of the Panther Tongue In Northern Utah
BOYD, Ron1, HART, Bruce1 and SUTER, John2, (1)ConocoPhillips, 600 N. Dairy Ashford, Houston, TX 77079, (2)ConocoPhillips, 600 N. Dairy Ashford, Houston, 77079, Ron.L.Boyd@conocophillips.com, Ron.L.Boyd@conocophillips.com
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9:00 AM
Hyperpycnal Flow Deposits in Jurassic Units of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin: Key Evidence for Deltaic Sedimentation during the Early Development of the Foreland Setting
MILES, Brett D., Geosciences, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada and HUBBARD, Stephen M., Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada, bdmiles@ucalgary.ca, bdmiles@ucalgary.ca
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9:15 AM
A Regionally Consistent Ichnofacies Associated with Marginal and Offshore Marine Rocks of the Early Triassic Moenkopi Formation, Utah
MICKELSON, Debra L., Rocky Mountain Paleo LLC, 9151 E. 29th Ave, Denver, CO 80238 and HUNTOON, Jacqueline E., Professor of Geology and Dean of the Graduate School, Michigan Technological University, 411A Administration Building, 1400 Townsend Dr, Houghton, MI 49931, mickelsond@aol.com, mickelsond@aol.com
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9:30 AM
Ichnology of Micro-Tidal Incised-Valley Fill Deposits: A Comparison of the Ichnology of a Cretaceous Ferron Sandstone Incised Valley System, East-Central Utah and the Neoichnology of the Pleistocene-Holocene Nueces River Incised Valley, Texas Gulf Coast
GARRISON Jr, James R.1, BAKER, Amanda L.1 and HENK, Bo2, (1)Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, Texas A&M Univesity - Corpus Christi, Natural Resources Center 3101, 6300 Ocean Drive, Corpus Christi, TX 78412, (2)Matador Resources, 5400 LBJ Freeway, Suite 1500, Dallas, TX 75240, bhenk@matadorresources.com, bhenk@matadorresources.com
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9:45 AM
Hyperpycnal Flow within Low Gradient River Deltas and Implications for Both Sand and Mud Transport Onto the Shelf: Brazos River
DELLAPENNA, Timothy, Marine Sciences, Texas A&M University at Galveston, 1001 Texas Clipper Road, Galveston, TX 77551, NOLL IV, Christian J., Oceanography, Texas A&M University, 1001 Texas Clipper Road, Galveston, TX 77554, FIELDER, Bryan R., Oceanography, Texas A&M University, Galveston, TX 77554 and WEBSTER, Robert, Marine Sciences, Texas A&M University at Galveston, 1001 Texas Clipper Road, Galveston, TX 77554, dellapet@tamug.edu, dellapet@tamug.edu
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10:00 AM
From River Mouth to Remote Depocenters: Coupled Oceanographic and Climatic Controls on Ganges-Brahmaputra Sediment Dispersal across the Bengal Margin
ROGERS, Kimberly G.1, GOODBRED Jr, Steven L.1, KHAN, Sirajur R.2 and ULLAH, Shahid A.1, (1)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, (2)Geological Survey of Bangladesh, Dhaka, 01000, Bangladesh, kimberly.g.rogers@vanderbilt.edu, kimberly.g.rogers@vanderbilt.edu
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10:15 AM
Sedimentology and Structure of Growth Faulted Flood-Dominated Mouth-Bars in the Cretaceous “Notom Delta”, Ferron Sandstone Member, Utah
BLANKENSHIP, Eric L., Geosciences, Houston, TX 77004, BHATTACHARYA, Janok P., Geosciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77004 and MURPHY, Michael, Department of Geosciences, University of Houston, 312 Science & Research Bldg. 1, Houston, TX 77204-5007, geoblue22@yahoo.com, geoblue22@yahoo.com
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10:30 AM
Insight into Carbon Sources on An Active Continental Margin: Isotopic Signatures Over Contrasting Time Scales
ROSE, Lila1, KUEHL, Steven1 and ALEXANDER, Clark2, (1)Physical Sciences, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, 1208 Greate Rd, Gloucester Point, VA 23062, (2)Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, lilarose@vims.edu, lilarose@vims.edu
12
10:45 AM
Sediment Trapping and Bypassing in Active Continental Margin Settings: New Insight from MARGINS Source-to-Sink Studies
KUEHL, Steven A.1, MILLER, Andrea J.1, KNISKERN, Tara A.1, GERBER, Thomas2 and PRATSON, Lincoln3, (1)Physical Sciences, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Pt, VA 23062, (2)Chevron Energy Technology Company, 1500 Louisiana St, Houston, TX 77002, (3)Division of Earth & Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, kuehl@vims.edu, kuehl@vims.edu
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11:00 AM
Sedimentary Structure – Morphology Relationship in Deltas
OGUNTADE, Babatunde1, LAKE, Larry2, HUH, Chun2 and BONNECAZE, Roger1, (1)Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station CO400, Austin, TX 78712, (2)Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station CO300, Austin, TX 78712, tade@che.utexas.edu, tade@che.utexas.edu
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11:15 AM
Coastal Plain Incised Valley Complexes: Their Time Transgressive Nature and What They Can Tell Us about Paleo-Sea Level Fluctuations
STRONG, Nikki, National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics, Univ of Minnesota, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, Mississippi River at 3rd Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414 and PAOLA, Chris, Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Minnesota, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, Mississippi River at 3rd Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414, stro0068@umn.edu, stro0068@umn.edu
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11:30 AM
Quaternary Sedimentation and Subsidence History of the Lower Mississippi Delta Defined by An Industry-Grade 3D Seismic Survey
STRAUB, Kyle M., Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota, 2 3rd Avenue SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414, MOHRIG, David, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712-0254, PAOLA, Chris, Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Minnesota, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, Mississippi River at 3rd Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414 and GEORGE, Terra J., Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712, kmstraub@umn.edu, kmstraub@umn.edu
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11:45 AM
Ground-Penetrating Radar Study of North Padre Island, Texas: Implications for Barrier Island Growth and Internal Architecture
GARRISON Jr, James R., Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, Natural Resources Center 3101, 6300 Ocean Drive, Corpus Christi, TX 78412, WEBER II, Egon T., Center for Water Supply Studies, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, Natural Resources Center 3103, 6300 Ocean Drive, Corpus Christi, TX 78412, MILLER, Sara Potter, Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, Natural Resources Center Suite 3100, 6300 Ocean Drive, Corpus Christi, TX 78412, MCMECHAN, George, Geosciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Center for Lithospheric Studies, P.O. Box 830688, Richardson, TX 75080 and ZENG, Xiaoxian, Geosciences, University of Texas at Dallas, P.O.Box 830688, FO21, Richardson, TX 75083-0688, james.garrison@tamucc.edu, james.garrison@tamucc.edu
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