Session: Sediments, Carbonates / Clastic ( 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)

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1:30 PM

Late Neoproterozoic Glaciation: Discrete Global Climate Events or One Extended Glacial Epoch with a Climate Record Preserved by Rifting

MROFKA, David D., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of California Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521-0423 and KENNEDY, Martin, Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521, david.mrofka@email.ucr.edu, david.mrofka@email.ucr.edu

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1:45 PM

Kentucky Dropstones and the Case for Late Devonian Alpine Glaciation in the Appalachian Basin (USA) with Implications for Appalachian Tectonics and Black-Shale Sedimentation

ETTENSOHN, Frank R., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, 101 Slone Building, Lexington, KY 40506, LIERMAN, Robert Thomas, Department of Geography and Geology, Eastern Kentucky University, 521 Lancaster Ave, Roark 103, Richmond, KY 40475, MASON, Charles E., Department of Physical Sciences, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY 40351, DENNIS, Allen J., Biology and Geology, University of South Carolina Aiken, Aiken, SC 29801-6309 and ANDERSON, Eric D., Earth & Env. Sci, Univ. Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, fettens@uky.edu, fettens@uky.edu

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2:00 PM

Tectonically-Induced Lowstand on An Ordovician Ramp – the Björkåsholmen Formation of Scandinavia

EGENHOFF, Sven O., Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1482, CASSLE, Christopher, Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University, 322 Natural Resources Building, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1482, MALETZ, Jörg, Department of Geology, SUNY Buffalo, 772 Natural Sciences Complex, Buffalo, NY 14260-3050, EBBESTAD, Jan Ove, Museum of Evolution, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 16, Uppsala, SE 752 36, Sweden and FRISK, Åsa, Department of Earth Sciences, Palaeobiology, Uppsala University, Villavägen 16, Uppsala, SE 752 36, Sweden, sven@warnercnr.colostate.edu, sven@warnercnr.colostate.edu

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2:15 PM

Tectono-Sedimentary Evolution of Southeastern Mexico's Valle De Oaxaca Graben

FERRUSQUÍA-VILLAFRANCA, Ismael, INSTITUTO DE GEOLOGIA, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTONOMA DE MEXICO, CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA, México, 45100, Mexico and RUIZ-GONZÁLEZ, José, Instituto DE Geologia, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTONOMA DE MEXICO, CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA, México, 45100, Mexico, ismaelfv@servidor.unam.mx, ismaelfv@servidor.unam.mx

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2:30 PM

Compression of Depositional Facies Belts as a Result of Transgression in a Narrow Sea, Chihuahua Trough, Cretaceous, West Texas

LANGFORD, Richard P., Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. University, El Paso, TX 79968-0555 and HAMMER, Crystal L., Geological Sciences, Univ Texas - El Paso, 500 W University Ave, El Paso, TX 79968-0555, langford@geo.utep.edu, langford@geo.utep.edu

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2:45 PM

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3:00 PM

Tidally Influenced Deltaic Deposits, Torrey Member of the Lower Triassic Moenkopi Formation, Capitol Reef National Park, Utah

HALL, Bethiah, Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd. Rm 120, Lawrence, KS 66045 and KAMOLA, Diane L., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, bethiah@ku.edu, bethiah@ku.edu

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3:15 PM

Location of the Lowstand Depocenters along the Shelf-Edge and Influence on Shelf Margin Stratigraphy

OLARIU, Cornel, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712-0254 and STEEL, Ronald J., Dept. of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 6.114, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712, cornelo@mail.utexas.edu, cornelo@mail.utexas.edu

3:30 PM

Break

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3:45 PM

Probabilistic Geological Information: Elicitation, Cognitive Bias and Herding

CURTIS, Andrew, Grant Institute of GeoSciences, The University of Edinburgh, Kings Buildings (GeoSciences), West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JW, United Kingdom and WOOD, Rachel A., School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Grant Insitute, The King's Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JW, United Kingdom, Andrew.Curtis@ed.ac.uk, Andrew.Curtis@ed.ac.uk

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4:00 PM

Hydrocarbon Seeps of the Mesozoic Great Valley Group Forearc Strata, Northern and Central California

KEENAN, Kristin E.¹, DROSER, Mary L.¹ and CAMPBELL, Kathleen A.², (1)Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, (2)School of Geography, Geology and Environmental Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand, kristin.hepper@email.ucr.edu, kristin.hepper@email.ucr.edu

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4:15 PM

Dolomitization of the Eocene Rus Formation, Dammam Dome, Eastern Saudi Arabia – An Example of Mixed-Water/reflux Model of Dolomitization in a Mudflat/Lacustrine Environment

HUSSAIN, Mahbub¹, HARIRI, Mustafa² and AL-SHAIBANI, Abdulaziz², (1)Tybrin Corporation, Edwards AFB, CA 53523, (2)Earth Sciences Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia, mahbub.hussain.ctr@edwards.af.mil, mahbub.hussain.ctr@edwards.af.mil

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4:30 PM

From Outcrop to Numerical Modeling of Dolomitizing Fluids, Permian San Andres Fm, Guadalupe Mountains and Algerita Escarpment

GARCIA-FRESCA, Beatriz¹, JONES, Gareth D.², KERANS, Charlie¹, LUCIA, Jerry³ and SHARP, Jack¹, (1)Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas - Austin, Austin, TX 78712-0254, (2)Carbonate Team - Earth Sciences R&D, Chevron Energy and Technology Company, San Ramon, CA 78788, (3)Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas - Austin, Austin, TX 78712, beatritxe@mail.utexas.edu, beatritxe@mail.utexas.edu

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4:45 PM

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5:00 PM

Geochemical Determination of Calcareous Gravel Provenance by Analogy to Archeological Marble Provenance Studies

BELL, Elizabeth A., Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, BARBEAU Jr., David L., Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, TAPPA, Eric, Department of Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina, 701 Sumter Street, Columbia, SC 29208 and BARESCH, Elizabeth, Pioneer Natural Resources, Dallas, TX 75039, ebell21@ucla.edu, ebell21@ucla.edu