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. 209
Monday, 6 October 2008: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

T36. The Astronomically Forced Sedimentary Record: From Geologic Time Scales to Lunar-Tidal History

GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies

 

Linda A. Hinnov and James G. Ogg, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:40 PM
Implications of the Geological Determination of “Grand Cycles” of the Milankovitch Band for Behavior of the Solar System
OLSEN, Paul, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964-1000, polsen@ldeo.columbia.edu, polsen@ldeo.columbia.edu
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2:00 PM
Astronomically Controlled Cycles of Mid-Cretaceous Anoxic Events
BICE, David M.1, MONTANARI, Alessandro2, MITCHELL, Ross3, HINNOV, Linda A.4, LIEU, Calvin5, RINALDI, R.6, DI FEDERICO, M.7, TORTU, A.7 and DICHIARANTE, A.7, (1)Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, (2)Osserv Geologico Di Coldigioco, Frontale DiApiro, 62020, Italy, (3)Geology & Geophysics, Yale University, 230 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511, (4)Morton K. Blaustein Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, (5)Geology, Carleton College, Mudd Hall, Northfield, MN 55057, (6)Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi “G.d’Annunzio” di Chieti, Chieti Scalo, 66013, Italy, (7)Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi “G.d’Annunzio” di Chieti, Chieti Scalo, 66013, Italy, dbice@geosc.psu.edu, dbice@geosc.psu.edu
3
2:15 PM
Cyclic Tidal Rhythmites: Environmental, Astronomical, and Sequence-Stratigraphic Significance
ARCHER, Allen W., Geology, Kansas State University, 108 Thompson Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506, aarcher@ksu.edu, aarcher@ksu.edu
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2:35 PM
Evolution of the Lunar Orbit: Revisiting Earth's Tidal Records
RUNNEGAR, Bruce N., Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, runnegar@ucla.edu, runnegar@ucla.edu
 
2:50 PM
Break
5
3:05 PM
Is An Orbitally Tuned Paleozoic Timescale Achievable?
CRAMER, Bradley D., School of Earth Sciences, Division of Geological Sciences, The Ohio State University, 125 S. Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, MEYERS, Stephen R., Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 213 Mitchell Hall, CB # 3315, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3315, MUNNECKE, Axel, GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Fachgruppe Paläoumwelt, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Loewenichstrasse 28, Erlangen, D-91054, Germany and JEPPSSON, Lennart, Department of Geology, GeoBiosphere Science Centre, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, Lund, SE-223-62, Sweden, cramer.70@osu.edu, cramer.70@osu.edu
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3:20 PM
Pacific Spreading Rates during Middle Jurassic through Early Cretaceous: Astronomical Cycle-Derived Durations of M-Sequence Polarity Chrons
BOULILA, Slah1, OGG, James G.2, PRZYBYLSKI, Piotr A.3, GALBRUN, Bruno1 and HINNOV, Linda A.4, (1)CNRS - UMR 7072 Tectonique, case 117, Université Pierre & Marie Curie, 4 place Jussieu, Paris, 75252, France, (2)Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA, Indiana, IN 47907, (3)BP America Inc, 501 Westlake Park Blvd, Houston, TX 77079, (4)Morton K. Blaustein Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, jogg@purdue.edu, jogg@purdue.edu
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3:35 PM
Amplification of Obliquity Forcing during Oceanic Anoxic Event 2
MEYERS, Stephen, Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Mitchell Hall, 104 South Road, CB 3315, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, SAGEMAN, Bradley B., Department of Geological Sciences, Northwestern Univ, 1850 Campus Drive, Locy Hall, Evanston, IL 60208 and ARTHUR, Michael, Department of Geosciences, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802, smeyers@email.unc.edu, smeyers@email.unc.edu
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3:50 PM
Absolute Age of the Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary at the Precessional Scale
HINNOV, Linda A.1, LOCKLAIR, Robert1, OGG, James G.2 and HURET, Emilia1, (1)Morton K. Blaustein Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, (2)Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue Univ, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2051, hinnov@jhu.edu, hinnov@jhu.edu
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4:05 PM
Macrostratigraphy of the Lacustrine Wilkins Peak Member, Green River Formation, Wyoming, USA
ASWASEREELERT, Wasinee1, PETERS, Shanan E.2, FEIGL, Kurt L.1 and CARROLL, Alan R.1, (1)Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, (2)Deapartment of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, peters@geology.wisc.edu, peters@geology.wisc.edu
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4:20 PM
Asynchronous Responses in Benthic d18O across Glacial Terminations
LISIECKI, Lorraine, Earth Sciences, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 and RAYMO, Maureen E., Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, P.O. box 1000, 61 Route 9w, Palisades, NY 10964, lisiecki@geol.ucsb.edu, lisiecki@geol.ucsb.edu
 
4:35 PM
Concluding Remarks
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