2009 Portland GSA Annual Meeting (18-21 October 2009)

Session No. 160
Tuesday, 20 October 2009: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
C123 (Oregon Convention Center)

T97. EARTHTIME: From Developing Tools to Teaching about Time

GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division; Geochemical Society; Paleontological Society; GSA Geoscience Education Division

 

Samuel A. Bowring and Kirk R. Johnson, Advocates
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8:00 AM
THE EARTHTIME INITIATIVE: PROGRESS AND PROMISE
BOWRING, Samuel A.1, CONDON, Daniel2, MCLEAN, Noah M.1, BOWRING, James F.3, JOHNSON, Kirk R.4 and HEIZLER, Matthew T.5, (1)Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, (2)British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG, United Kingdom, (3)Department of Computer Science, College of Charleston, JC Long 207, Charleston, SC 29424, (4)Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, CO 80205, (5)New Mexico Bureau of Geology, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM 87801, sbowring@MIT.EDU, sbowring@MIT.EDU
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8:15 AM
CURRENT STATUS OF THE MESOZOIC ASTRONOMICAL TIME SCALE
HINNOV, Linda1, OGG, James G.2, HUANG, Chunju1, GALBRUN, Bruno3, HURET, Emilia4, BOULILA, Slah3, HUSSON, Dorothée3 and LOCKLAIR, Robert4, (1)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins Univ, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, (2)Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue Univ, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2051, (3)UMR 7193 ISTeP "Institut des Sciences de la Terre-Paris", Université Pierre & Marie Curie, 4 place Jussieu, Paris, 75252, France, (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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8:30 AM
SIMULTANEOUS DETERMINATION OF 40K DECAY CONSTANTS AND AGE OF THE FISH CANYON SANIDINE 40AR/39AR STANDARD
RENNE, Paul R., Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California at Berkeley, and Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709, MUNDIL, Roland, Berkeley Geochronology Ctr, 2455 Ridge Rd, Berkeley, CA 94709-1211, BALCO, Greg, Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709 and MIN, K., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, prenne@bgc.org, prenne@bgc.org
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8:45 AM
BIOTITE-SANIDINE 40Ar/39Ar AGE DISCORDANCES REFLECT Ar PARTITIONING AND PRE-ERUPTION CLOSURE IN BIOTITE
HORA, John Milan1, SINGER, Brad S.1, JICHA, Brian R.1, BEARD, Brian L.1, JOHNSON, Clark M.2, DE SILVA, Shan3 and SALISBURY, Morgan3, (1)Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, (2)Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, NASA Astrobiology Institute, 1215 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, (3)Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University, Wilkinson Hall 104, Corvallis, OR 97331, jhora@geology.wisc.edu, jhora@geology.wisc.edu
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9:00 AM
NEW WENLOCK-LUDLOW (SILURIAN) 87SR/86SR DATA AND A REVISED SILURIAN SR CURVE: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE SILURIAN TIMESCALE
CRAMER, Bradley D., School of Earth Sciences, Division of Geological Sciences, The Ohio State University, 125 S. Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, MUNNECKE, Axel, GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Fachgruppe Paläoumwelt, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Loewenichstrasse 28, Erlangen, D-91054, Germany, SCHOFIELD, D.I., British Geological Survey, Kingsley Dunham Centre, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG, United Kingdom, SALTZMAN, Matthew R., School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210 and HAASE, Karsten, GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Fachgruppe Krustendynamik, Universität Erlangen, Schlossgarten 5, Erlangen, D-91054, Germany, cramer.70@osu.edu, cramer.70@osu.edu
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9:15 AM
U-PB ID-TIMS GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE LATE TRIASSIC CHINLE FORMATION, PETRIFIED FOREST NATIONAL PARK, ARIZONA
RAMEZANI, Jahandar1, BOWRING, Samuel A.1, FASTOVSKY, David E.2 and HOKE, Gregory D.3, (1)Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, (2)Dept. of Geosciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, (3)Dept. of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, ramezani@mit.edu, ramezani@mit.edu
 
9:30 AM
Break
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9:45 AM
NEW HIGH-PRECISION U-PB ZIRCON DATING OF CENTRAL ATLANTIC MAGMATIC PROVINCE: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE TRIASSIC-JURASSIC EXTINCTION AND THE ASTROCHRONOLOGICAL TIMESCALE
BLACKBURN, Terrence, Eaps, MIT, 77 Massachusetts Ave, 54-1118, Cambridge, MA 02139, BOWRING, Samuel, EARTHTIME, 77 Moss Ave, MIT54-1120, Cambridge, MA 02139, OLSEN, Paul, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964-1000, KENT, Dennis, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, Wright-Rieman Labs, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, RASBURY, Troy, Dept of Geosciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794 and MCHONE, J. Gregory, 9 Dexters Lane, Grand Manan, NB E5G3A6, Canada, terrence@mit.edu, terrence@mit.edu
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10:00 AM
IMPLICATIONS OF NEW 40Ar/39Ar AND U-PB AGES FOR CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN OAE2
SINGER, Brad S., Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53076, SAGEMAN, Bradley B., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, 1850 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208, SIEWERT, Sarah E., Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 West Dayton St, Madison, WI 53076, CONDON, Daniel, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG, United Kingdom, OBRADOVICH, John D., U.S. Geological Survey, MS 980, Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225, JICHA, Brian R., Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, SAWYER, David A., U.S. Geological Survey, MS 980, Denver, CO 80225 and MEYERS, Stephen R., Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin, 1215 West Dayton St, Madison, WI 53076, bsinger@geology.wisc.edu, bsinger@geology.wisc.edu
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10:15 AM
MERGING THE ANCIENT PAST WITH CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY: A LATE CAMPANIAN FLORA FROM THE KAIPAROWITS FORMATION, GRAND STAIRCASE–ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT, UTAH, AND A SUCCESSFUL MODEL FOR HIGH-IMPACT OUTREACH
MILLER, Ian M.1, JOHNSON, Kirk R.2, KLINE, Douglas1 and NICHOLS, Douglas J.3, (1)Dept. of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver, CO 80205, (2)Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, CO 80205, (3)Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Boulevard, Denver, CO 80205, ian.miller@dmns.org, ian.miller@dmns.org
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10:30 AM
GEOLOGICAL TO EVOLUTIONARY SCALES OF TIME: CASE STUDIES OF CHANGE AND RATES OF CHANGE IN EOCENE MAMMALS
GINGERICH, Philip D., Department of Geological Sciences and Museum of Paleontology, The Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079, gingeric@umich.edu, gingeric@umich.edu
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10:45 AM
ERROR BARS TO EQUAL OUR OUTCROPS: HOW HIGH-RESOLUTION U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY IN THE DENVER BASIN NATURAL LABORATORY CAN FINE TUNE QUESTIONS IN TERRESTRIAL STRATIGRAPHY, PALEONTOLOGY, AND PALEOCLIMATOLOGY
JOHNSON, Kirk, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205 and BOWRING, Samuel, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, Kirk.Johnson@dmns.org, Kirk.Johnson@dmns.org
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11:00 AM
DELIVERY AND ASSESSMENT OF A HALF-DAY INTEGRATED FIELD AND LABORATORY EXPERIENCE FOR UNDERSTANDING GEOLOGIC TIME AND GEOCHRONOLOGY
VISKUPIC, Karen, Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725, SCHMITZ, M.D., Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725 and NADELSON, Louis, Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Foundation Studies, Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725, karenviskupic@boisestate.edu, karenviskupic@boisestate.edu
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11:15 AM
AN EARTHTIME PROGRAM TO TEACH THE SCIENCE OF GEOCHRONOLOGY TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS USING A ‘HANDS-ON' APPROACH
BUCHWALDT, Robert, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, 54-1117, Cambridge, MA 02139, BOOKHAGEN, Britta, Department of Museum Pedagogy, Natural History Museum, Vienna, Burgring 7, Vienna, 1010, Austria, MCLEAN, Noah M., EAPS, MIT, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139 and BOWRING, Sam, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, buch_1@mit.edu, buch_1@mit.edu
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11:30 AM
EARTH HISTORY VISUALIZATION – THE TIMESCALE CREATOR SYSTEM AND DATAPACKS
OGG, James G., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue Univ, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2051, LUGOWSKI, Adam, Computer Science, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5110 and GRADSTEIN, Felix M., Museum of Natural History, Univ of Oslo, P.O.Box 1172 Blindern, Oslo, N-0318, Norway, jogg@purdue.edu, jogg@purdue.edu
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