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. 273
Tuesday, 7 October 2008: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

T170. From San Salvador and Beyond: A Tribute to Don and Kathy Gerace and the Development of the Gerace Research Centre

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

 

Lisa E. Park and Thomas A. Rothfus, Advocates
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Start Time
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1:30 PM
Geology at the Gerace Research Centre, San Salvador, Bahamas
ROTHFUS, Thomas A., Gerace Research Centre, San Salvador, Bahamas, rothfusgrc@gmail.com, rothfusgrc@gmail.com
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1:45 PM
Development of a Depositional Model and Stratigraphy for the Islands of the Bahamas: The Importance of the Research Facility Founded by Don and Kathy Gerace
CAREW, James L., Geology and Environmental Geosciences, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC 29424 and MYLROIE, John E., Geosciences, Mississippi State University, P.O. Box 5448, Mississippi State, MS 39762, carewj@cofc.edu, carewj@cofc.edu
3
2:00 PM
From the Quaternary of San Salvador Island, Bahamas to the Jurassic of Southern Utah – Eolian Architecture in Calcarenites and Sandstones Compared
CAPUTO, Mario V., Dept. of Earth Sciences, Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA 91789-1397, mvcaputo@earthlink.net, mvcaputo@earthlink.net
4
2:15 PM
San Salvador Island and the Opening of a New Karst Frontier
MYLROIE, John E., Geosciences, Mississippi State University, P.O. Box 5448, Mississippi State, MS 39762 and CAREW, James L., Geology and Environmental Geosciences, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC 29424, mylroie@geosci.msstate.edu, mylroie@geosci.msstate.edu
5
2:30 PM
Paleoclimate Implications from a Geochronologic and Sr Isotope Study of a Bahamian Speleothem from San Salvador, Bahamas
GREENE, Lauren E.1, BANNER, Jay L.1, MACK, Lawrence E.1 and MYLROIE, John E.2, (1)Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, (2)Geosciences, Mississippi State University, P.O. Box 5448, Mississippi State, MS 39762, legreene@gmail.com, legreene@gmail.com
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2:45 PM
The Study of Climatic Variability on San Salvador: Challenges and Solutions to Isolation
GAMBLE, Douglas W., Geography and Geology, Univ of North Carolina at Wilmington, 601 S. College Rd, Wilmington, NC 28401, gambled@uncw.edu, gambled@uncw.edu
7
3:00 PM
Visualizing the Effects of Pleistocene to Holocene Climate Changes in the Bahamas: An Education Project Based on Research Conducted at the Gerace Research Centre
GRIFFING, David H., Dept. of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY 13820, griffingd@hartwick.edu, griffingd@hartwick.edu
8
3:15 PM
Portals to the Lucayan Past: Methods and Techniques
GNIVECKI, Perry L., Anthropology, Miami University, Department of Anthropology, Upham Hall, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056 and BERMAN, Mary Jane, Center for American and World Cultures, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, gnivecpl@muohio.edu, gnivecpl@muohio.edu
9
3:30 PM
NEW Views of Lucayan Prehistory
BERMAN, Mary Jane, Center for American and World Cultures, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056 and GNIVECKI, Perry L., Anthropology, Miami University, Department of Anthropology, Upham Hall, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, bermanmj@muohio.edu, bermanmj@muohio.edu
10
3:45 PM
Water on Columbus' Isle: 22 Years of “Going with the Flow” At the Gerace Research Centre (Formerly the Bahamian Field Station)
DAVIS, R. Laurence, Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of New Haven, 300 Boston Post Rd, West Haven, CT 06516, rldavis@newhaven.edu, rldavis@newhaven.edu
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4:00 PM
A View from the Interior---Tales of Ostracods, Blue Holes and the Origin of Six Pack Pond
PARK, Lisa E., Department of Geology and Environmental Science, The University of Akron, 252 Buchtel Commons, Crouse Hall, Akron, OH 44325-4101, lepark@uakron.edu, lepark@uakron.edu
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4:15 PM
Event Deposition and Biological Response of a Saline Inland Pond: Storrs Lake, San Salvador Island, Bahamas
SIPAHIOGLU, S.M1, PARK, Lisa E.2, DALMAN, M.R.1, SINGER, J.D1, FRANK, E.A.1, BISHOP, Melisa R.1 and SIEWERS, F.D.3, (1)Geology, University of Akron, 302 Buchtel Ave, Crouse Hall, Akron, OH 44325, (2)Geology and Environmental Science, University of Akron, University of Akron, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325, (3)Geology, Western Kentucky University, 1906 College Heights Blvd, Bowling Green, KY 42101, sms62@uakron.edu, sms62@uakron.edu
13
4:30 PM
A Biogeochemical Description of Microbial Biofilms from Fowl Cay Reef and Microbial Mats at Salt Pond, the Bahamas
PUCKETT, Mary Keith1, MCNEAL, Karen S.1 and KIRKLAND, Brenda L.2, (1)Department of Geosciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, (2)Department of Geosciences, Mississippi State University, P.O. Box 5448, Mississippi State, MS 39762, mkp27@msstate.edu, mkp27@msstate.edu
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4:45 PM
The Devil's Point Event from beyond San Salvador
GREENSTEIN, Benjamin J., Dept. of Geology, Cornell College, Mt Vernon, IA 512314, BGreenstein@cornellcollege.edu, BGreenstein@cornellcollege.edu
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5:00 PM
Benthic Foraminifera at Platform-Margin Reefs, San Salvador Island, Bahamas
LEWIS, Ronald D. and TICHENOR, Hal R., Department of Geology and Geography, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849-5305, lewisrd@auburn.edu, lewisrd@auburn.edu
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5:15 PM
Tracks and Traces with the Geraces: Three Decades of Geologic Research in the Bahamas
CURRAN, H. Allen and WHITE, Brian, Department of Geosciences, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, acurran@smith.edu, acurran@smith.edu
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