Northeastern Section (45th Annual) and Southeastern Section (59th Annual) Joint Meeting (13-16 March 2010)

Session No. 30
Monday, 15 March 2010: 8:00 AM-12:05 PM
Carroll (Sheraton Baltimore City Center)

T11. Stratigraphy, Correlation, Depositional Environments, and Paleontology of Pliocene to Pleistocene MIS 5 Deposits of the Atlantic Coastal Plain

 

Kelvin W. Ramsey and John F. Wehmiller, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:05 AM
AMINO ACIDS AND THE COASTAL PLAIN – WHAT HAVE THEY MEANT FOR EACH OTHER OVER THE PAST 40 YEARS?
WEHMILLER, John F., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, jwehm@udel.edu, jwehm@udel.edu
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8:25 AM
MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY OF ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN AND ATLANTIC CONTINENTAL SHELF PLIOCENE AND PLEISTOCENE SEDIMENTS
LIDDICOAT, Joseph C., Department of Environmental Science, Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 and WILLOUGHBY, Ralph H., South Carolina Geological Survey, 5 Geology Road, Columbia, SC 29212, jliddico@barnard.edu, jliddico@barnard.edu
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8:45 AM
QUATERNARY GEOMORPHOLOGY AND NEAR-SURFACE STRATIGRAPHY OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA MIDDLE TO LOWER COASTAL PLAIN
HARRIS, M. Scott, Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC 29424 and WRIGHT, Eric, Department of Marine Science, Coastal Carolina University, P.O. Box 261954, Conway, SC 29528, HarrisS@cofc.edu, HarrisS@cofc.edu
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9:05 AM
PLIOCENE AND QUATERNARY STRATIGRAPHY OF DELAWARE: IMPLICATIONS FOR CORRELATION OF ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN DEPOSITS WITH THE MARINE MIS RECORD
RAMSEY, Kelvin W., Delaware Geological Survey, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, kwramsey@udel.edu, kwramsey@udel.edu
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9:25 AM
RECENT ADVANCES OF GEOLOGIC MAPPING IN THE VIRGINIA COASTAL PLAIN
BERQUIST Jr, C.R., Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, Division of Geology and Mineral Resources, Department of Geology-College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187, rick.berquist@dmme.virginia.gov, rick.berquist@dmme.virginia.gov
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9:45 AM
LUMINESCENCE AGES FOR SUFFOLK SHORELINE IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
PARHAM, Peter R.1, RIGGS, Stanley R.2, CULVER, Stephen J.2, MALLINSON, David2, BURDETTE, Kevin3 and RINK, W. Jack4, (1)1301 West Ragsdale Rd, Greenville, NC 27858, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, (3)School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, General Science Bldg. Rm 311, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada, (4)School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main St. West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada, prparham@hotmail.com, prparham@hotmail.com
 
10:05 AM
Break
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10:25 AM
SIGNIFICANCE OF MARINE OXYGEN ISOTOPE STAGE OIS5a AND OIS3 OSL DATES FROM ESTUARINE SEDIMENTS FLANKING CHESAPEAKE BAY
PAVICH, M.J., U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, MARKEWICH, H.W., U.S. Geological Survey, 3039 Amwiler Road, Suite 130, Peachtree Business Center, Atlanta, GA 30360-2824, LITWIN, R.J., U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr, Reston, VA 20192, SMOOT, Joseph, U.S. Geological Survey, MS 926A, Reston, VA 20192 and BROOK, George, Department of Geography, University of Georgia, GG Building, 210 Field St., Room 204, Athens, GA 30602, mpavich@usgs.gov, mpavich@usgs.gov
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10:45 AM
LUMINESCENCE DATING AT GOMEZ PIT, VIRGINIA, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE MIDDLE TO LATE PLEISTOCENE ATLANTIC COAST HISTORY
LAMOTHE, Michel, Département des Sciences de la Terre et de l'Atmosphère, Université du Québec à Montréal, CP 8888 Centre-ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3P8, Canada and WEHMILLER, John F., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, lamothe.michel@uqam.ca, lamothe.michel@uqam.ca
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11:05 AM
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11:25 AM
A Whale of A TALE – FOSSIL EVIDENCE for the Extinct Atlantic Gray Whale FROM the Georgia Bight
GARRISON, Ervan1, NOAKES, Scott E.1 and MCFALL, Greg2, (1)Geology, The University of Georgia, GG Building, Athens, GA 30602, (2)National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Gray's Reef Nattional Marine Sanctuary, 10 Ocean Science Circle, Savannah, GA 31411, egarriso@uga.edu, egarriso@uga.edu
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