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

Session No. 147
Tuesday, 20 October 2009: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
E145 (Oregon Convention Center)

Sediments, Clastic: New Insights to Old Problems

 

Wayne C. Isphording, Nahid DS Gani and Juergen Schieber, Chairs
Paper #
Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:05 AM
OBSERVATION OF CURRENT RIPPLES COMPOSED OF MUD IN MODERN TERRESTRIAL FLOOD DEPOSITS
SCHIEBER, Juergen, Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 East 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, jschiebe@indiana.edu, jschiebe@indiana.edu
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8:20 AM
MUD BED ACCRETION FROM MOVING SILT–KAOLINITE SUSPENSIONS – OBSERVATIONS FROM A FLUME STUDY
SOUTHARD, John, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, SCHIEBER, Juergen, Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 East 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405 and YAWAR, Zalmai, Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 E 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, Southardjb@aol.com, Southardjb@aol.com
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8:35 AM
SEDIMENTOLOGY OF A BLACK BOX – DEFINING SHALE FACIES BELTS IN THE UPPER DEVONIAN-LOWER MISSISSIPPIAN BAKKEN FORMATION, WILLISTON BASIN OF NORTH DAKOTA, USA
EGENHOFF, Sven, Geosciences, Colorado State University, 322 Natural Resources Building, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1482 and FISHMAN, Neil S., U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046 MS 939, Denver, CO 80225, Sven.Egenhoff@colostate.edu, Sven.Egenhoff@colostate.edu
4
8:50 AM
APPLICATION OF SCANNED COLOR CATHODOLUMINESCENCE OF QUARTZ TO PROVENANCE INVESTIGATIONS OF SHALES AND MUDSTONES
KRINSLEY, David, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, 1272 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, STOKES, M. Rebecca, Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 E 10th St, Bloomington, IN 47401 and SCHIEBER, Juergen, Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 East 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, krinsley@uoregon.edu, krinsley@uoregon.edu
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9:05 AM
EOLIAN MATERIAL IN BROAD, SANDY EPHEMERAL STREAMS: DEPOSITION, IDENTIFICATION, AND POTENTIAL FOR PRESERVATION
JOHNSON, Peter J. and MOZLEY, Peter S., Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM 87801, pjohnson@nmt.edu, pjohnson@nmt.edu
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9:20 AM
UNCONFINED FLOWS CAUSE UNCONSTRAINED THINKING: 'SHEETFLOODS' SHOULD BE OUTLAWED
DAVIDSON, Stephanie K., Geology & Petroleum Geology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB24 3UE, United Kingdom and NORTH, Colin P., Geology & Petroleum Geology, University of Aberdeen, Meston Building, Kings College, Aberdeen, AB24 3UE, United Kingdom, s.k.davidson@abdn.ac.uk, s.k.davidson@abdn.ac.uk
 
9:35 AM
Break
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9:50 AM
SEDIMENTOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE LATE TRIASSIC CORDILLERAN ARC: NEW EVIDENCE FROM THE SONSELA MEMBER OF THE CHINLE FORMATION, PETRIFIED FOREST NATIONAL PARK, AZ
HOWELL, Evan R., Department of Geology, Northern Arizona University, Box 4099, Flagstaff, AZ 86011 and BLAKEY, Ronald, Geology, Northern Arizona University, Box 4099, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, erh49@nau.edu, erh49@nau.edu
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10:05 AM
CHRONICLES OF VADOSE ZONE DIAGENESIS: CONE-SHAPED IRON OXIDE CONCRETIONS, TRIASSIC TRUJILLO FORMATION, PALO DURO CANYON, TEXAS
DINWIDDIE, Cynthia L.1, CHAN, Marjorie2, MCGINNIS Jr, Ronald N.1 and MYERS, James L.1, (1)Geosciences and Engineering Division, Southwest Research Institute, 6220 Culebra Road, San Antonio, TX 78238, (2)Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 115 South 1460 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, cdinwiddie@swri.org, cdinwiddie@swri.org
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10:35 AM
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10
10:20 AM
NILE SEDIMENT BUDGET DEFICIT: A SOURCE-TO-SINK APPROACH
GANI, M. Royhan and GANI, Nahid DS, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of New Orleans, 2000 Lakeshore Drive, New Orleans, LA 70148, mgani@uno.edu, mgani@uno.edu
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10:50 AM
PALEOGENE PROVENANCE AND TECTONICS OF FUEGIAN ANDES REVEALED BY THE HEAVY MINERAL ANALYSIS FROM THE EASTERN MAGALLANES FORELAND BASIN
ZAHID, Khandaker M., Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of South Carolina, 701 Sumter St. EWS 617, Columbia, SC 29208 and BARBEAU Jr., David L., Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, kzahid@geol.sc.edu, kzahid@geol.sc.edu
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11:05 AM
FOR SALE!! GENUINE APOLLO 11 SOIL SAMPLES!! OR ARE THEY???
ISPHORDING, Wayne C., Earth Sciences, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 36688 and GIDDENS, David, Tetra Tech, 201 East Pine Street, Suite 1000, Orlando, FL 32801, isphordingw@bellsouth.net, isphordingw@bellsouth.net