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

Session No. 20
Sunday, 14 March 2010: 1:30 PM-4:15 PM
International E (Sheraton Baltimore City Center)

T16. Connecting Continent and Sea: Paleoecologic Studies of the Eastern North American Continental Margin from Coastal Plain to Abyss

Paleontological Society; Eastern Section of SEPM

 

Neil E. Tibert and H. Allen Curran, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:35 PM
DISTRIBUTION OF SHOCKED QUARTZ AND CHANGES IN GLAUCONITE MATURITY IN THE K-T SECTION AT SEWELL, NJ: IMPLICATIONS FOR GENESIS OF THE MAIN FOSSILIFEROUS LAYER
TERRY Jr, Dennis O., GRANDSTAFF, David E., OBASI, Christian, C., MYER, George H. and STARON, Richard, Earth and Environmental Science, Temple University, 326 Beury Hall, 1901 N. 13th St, Philadelphia, PA 19122, doterry@temple.edu, doterry@temple.edu
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1:55 PM
NEOGENE SPERM WHALES ON THE ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN: CONSTRAINING LIFE HISTORY AND ECOLOGY FROM TEETH
GILBERT, Kwasi, Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Heroy Geology Lab, Syracuse, NY 13244, IVANY, Linda C., Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244, TEECE, Mark, Chemistry, SUNY- Environmental Science and Forestry, 1 Forestry Drive, Syracuse, NY 13210 and UHEN, Mark D., Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030, kngilber@syr.edu, kngilber@syr.edu
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2:15 PM
MACROFOSSIL EVIDENCE FOR MIDDLE TO LATE HOLOCENE VEGETATION SHIFTS AT IONA ISLAND MARSH, HUDSON RIVER ESTUARY, NY
CHOU, Cleo, Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, 2920 Broadway, New York, NY 10027 and PETEET, Dorothy, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964, cbc2112@columbia.edu, cbc2112@columbia.edu
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2:35 PM
LATEST HOLOCENE SEDIMENTATION RATES AND SEA LEVEL HISTORY FOR THE TIDAL MARSHES OF THE POTOMAC AND RAPPAHANNOCK RIVERS, TRIBUTARIES TO CHESAPEAKE BAY
TIBERT, Neil, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Mary Washington, 1301 College Avenue, Fredericksburg, VA 22401, KIKER, Joseph M., Department of Geological Sciences, East Carolina University, Greenvile, NC 27858, INCATASCIATO, Joseph M., Department of Geological Sciences, Salem State University, 352 Lafayette St, Salem, MA 01970, ABBOTT, Mark, Department of Geology and Planetary Science, Univ of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 and MCKENZIE, Shawn, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 114 Science Crescent, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, ntibert@umw.edu, ntibert@umw.edu
 
2:55 PM
Break
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3:15 PM
FORAMINIFERA ECOLOGY ON THE CONTINENTAL SHELF, MERRIMACK EMBAYMENT, GULF OF MAINE, NEW ENGLAND
NATHAN, Stephen A.1, LECKIE, R. Mark2 and MABEE, Stephen B.1, (1)Office of the Massachusetts State Geologist, University of Massachusetts, 611 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, (2)Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, 611 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, snathan@geo.umass.edu, snathan@geo.umass.edu
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3:35 PM
GROWTH HISTORY AND CLIMATE SEASONALITY OF THE EASTERN OYSTER COLLECTED FROM COLONIAL SHELL MIDDENS, WESTMORELAND VIRGINIA
COUSINEAU, Lyssa A., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Mary Washington, 1701 College Avenue, UMW Box 1503, Fredericksburg, VA 22401, TIBERT, Neil E., Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Mary Washington, Jepson Science Center, 1301 College Avenue, Fredericksburg, VA 22401 and SANFORD, Douglas W., Department of Historic Preservation, University of Mary Washington, 1701 College Avenue, Combs Hall, Fredericksburg, VA 22401, lyssacousineau@gmail.com, lyssacousineau@gmail.com
 
3:55 PM
Concluding Remarks
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