Northeastern Section - 43rd Annual Meeting (27-29 March 2008)

Session No. 28
Friday, 28 March 2008: 1:00 PM-4:10 PM

T6. Evolution of the Taconian Foreland Basin: Timing of Late Ordovician Sedimentological and Tectonic Events as Seen From Outcrop and Subsurface Sources II

Eastern Section of the Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM)

 

Gordon Baird, Charles E. Mitchell and Carlton E. Brett, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:00 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:10 PM
LOWER TO MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN BIOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE APPALACHIANS: IS THERE ANY NEED FOR IMPROVEMENTS?
MALETZ, Jorg, Department of Geology, University at Buffalo, SUNY, 772 Natural Sciences Complex, Buffalo, NY 14260-3050, jorgm@buffalo.edu, jorgm@buffalo.edu
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1:30 PM
APATITE TEPHROCHRONOLOGY OF LATE ORDOVICIAN K-BENTONITES: CONTENTION, CLUSTERS, AND CORRELATIONS
SELL, Bryan K., Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, SAMSON, Scott, Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244 and MITCHELL, Charles, Geology, University at Buffalo, 411 Cooke Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260, bksell@syr.edu, bksell@syr.edu
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1:50 PM
INTRODUCING THE BALSAMIAN, NEW SUBSTAGE OF THE EARLY CHATFIELDIAN (MOHAWKIAN, LATE ORDOVICIAN): CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE GUTTENBERG δ 13C EXCURSION (GICE) IN NEW YORK STATE AND ONTARIO
BARTA, Nathanael C., Department of Geological Sciences, The Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 S. Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, BERGSTROM, Stig M., School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210-1308, SALTZMAN, Matthew R., Department of Geological Sciences, The Ohio State University, 125 S. Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210 and BIRGER, Schmitz, Deparment of Geology, GeoBiosphere Science Centre, Lund University, Sölvegatan 13, SE- 223 62, Lund, SE-223 62, Sweden, tbr.stratigraphyman@gmail.com, tbr.stratigraphyman@gmail.com
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2:10 PM
THE MOHAWK VALLEY DRILL CORE BONANZA:NEW INSIGHTS RELATING TO THE POST-SAUK SUCCESSION AS SEEN THROUGH CORE AND OUTCROP PERSPECTIVES
BAIRD, G.C., Department of Geosciences, S.U.N.Y. Fredonia, Fredonia, NY 14063 and BRETT, C.E., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Building, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, Gordon.Baird@fredonia.edu, Gordon.Baird@fredonia.edu
 
2:30 PM
Break
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2:50 PM
FURTHER CONSTRAINTS ON THE AGE OF THE TACONIC FORELAND BASE FILL IN EASTERN NY: GRAPTOLITE BIOSTRATIGRAPHY AND TEPHROCHRONOLOGY FROM CORE 75NY2, BALSTON SPA, NY
ROLOSON, Melissa1, MITCHELL, Charles E.2, SELL, Bryan3, SAMSON, Scott D.3 and BAIRD, Gordon4, (1)Dept. of Geology, Univ at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY 14260, (2)Department of Geology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, (4)Dept. of Geoscience, SUNY Fredonia, Fredonia, NY 14063, roloson2@buffalo.edu, roloson2@buffalo.edu
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3:10 PM
DELINEATING THE UTICA FORMATION: FROM OUTCROP TO SUBSURFACE
NYAHAY, Richard E., Reservoir Characterization Group, New York State Museum, Room 3140 C.E.C, Albany, NY 12230 and MARTIN, John P., NYSERDA, 17 Columbia Circle, Albany, NY 12203, rnyahay@mail.nysed.gov, rnyahay@mail.nysed.gov
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3:30 PM
WHAT THE CRATON CAN TELL US ABOUT APPALACHIAN TECTONICS FROM IAPETAN OPENING THROUGH THE TACONIC OROGENY
JACOBI, Robert D.1, AGLE, Paul2, LOEWENSTEIN, Stuart3, MITCHELL, Charles4, SMITH, Gerald5, KIM, Jon6, GALE, Marjorie6 and BECKER, Larry6, (1)Geology, University at Buffalo, UB Rock Fracture Group, 411 Cooke Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260, (2)Geology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, (3)Norse Energy Corp. USA, 3556 Lake Shore Road, Suite 700, Buffalo, NY 14219, (4)Geology, University at Buffalo, 411 Cooke Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260, (5)Norse Energy Corp. USA, 3556 Lake Shore Road, Buffalo, NY 14219, (6)Vermont Geological Survey, Waterbury, VT 05671, rdjacobi@geology.buffalo.edu, rdjacobi@geology.buffalo.edu
 
3:50 PM
Concluding Remarks
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