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Cordilleran Section (104th Annual) and Rocky Mountain Section (60th Annual) Joint Meeting (19–21 March 2008)

Session No. 3
Wednesday, 19 March 2008: 8:00 AM-11:35 AM

S5. The Neoproterozoic and Lower Paleozoic of the Southern Great Basin and Eastern Mojave Desert Provinces: A Session to Honor the Life of John Cooper

 

Nicole Bonuso, Frank A. Corsetti and Russell Shapiro, Conveners
Paper #
Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
1
8:15 AM
THE CHUAR GROUP-UINTA MOUNTAIN GROUP-PAHRUMP GROUP CONNECTION REVISITED: A “SNAPSHOT” OF THE INFRA-STURTIAN EARTH SYSTEM
DEHLER, Carol M., Department of Geology, Utah State Univ, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, chuaria@cc.usu.edu, chuaria@cc.usu.edu
2
8:35 AM
C-ISOTOPE STRATIGRAPHY OF THE REED DOLOMITE, WHITE-INYO MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA
LORENTZ, Nathaniel J., Chemistry and Earth Science, Los Angeles City College, 855 N. Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90029, nate.lorentz@gmail.com, nate.lorentz@gmail.com
3
8:55 AM
COUPLED CARBON AND SULFUR ISOTOPE EXCURSIONS IN CARBONATES OF CABORCA, MEXICO: IMPLICATIONS FOR EDIACARAN MARINE OXYGENATION
LOYD, Sean J., Department of Geological Sciences, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92831, CORSETTI, Frank A., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 and KAUFMAN, Alan J., Geology Department, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, sloyd@exchange.fullerton.edu, sloyd@exchange.fullerton.edu
4
9:15 AM
COOPED UP IN AN EDIACARAN SHELL: WHY DID CLOUDINA BIOMINERALIZE?
HAGADORN, James W., MORALES, Ariel B. and KLEIN, Benjamin Z., Department of Geology, Amherst College, Amherst, MA 01002, jwhagadorn@amherst.edu, jwhagadorn@amherst.edu
 
9:35 AM
Break
5
9:55 AM
BASIN ARCHITECTURE DURING THE CAMBRIAN EXPLOSION, DEATH VALLEY AREA, CALIFORNIA
PETRYSHYN, Victoria A., Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, 3651 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, CA 90089, CORSETTI, Frank A., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 and MALONEY, Jillian, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093, petryshy@usc.edu, petryshy@usc.edu
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10:15 AM
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS ON MICROBIALITE DISTRIBUTION IN THE EARLY/MIDDLE CAMBRIAN CARRARA FORMATION, INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
ANDERSON, Thomas B., Geology, Sonoma State Univ, 1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, CA 94928-3609, tom.anderson@sonoma.edu, tom.anderson@sonoma.edu
7
10:35 AM
CONTROLS ON MICROFOSSIL-BEARING CHERT: NEW INSIGHTS FROM THE MIDDLE TO UPPER CAMBRIAN BONANZA KING FORMATION
HAUKEDAHL, Brett, Geology, Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, MN 56082, SHAPIRO, Russell, Geological and Environmental Sciences, California State University, Chico, Box 205, Chico, CA 95929-0205 and AWRAMIK, Stanley M., Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, Preston Cloud Research Laboratory, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, rsshapiro@csuchico.edu, rsshapiro@csuchico.edu
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10:55 AM
ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF PALEOKARST FROM THE LOWER ORDOVICIAN POGONIP GROUP NEAR BEATTY, NV
KERVIN, Robert, El Paso Production, 1001 Louisiana St, Houston, TX 77002 and WOODS, Adam, Department of Geological Sciences, California State Univ, Fullerton, P.O. Box 6850, Fullerton, CA 92834-6850, awoods@fullerton.edu, awoods@fullerton.edu
 
11:15 AM
Concluding Remarks
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