CALL FOR PROPOSALS:

ORGANIZERS

  • Harvey Thorleifson, Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • Carrie Jennings, Vice Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • David Bush, Technical Program Chair
    University of West Georgia
  • Jim Miller, Field Trip Chair
    University of Minnesota Duluth
  • Curtis M. Hudak, Sponsorship Chair
    Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC

 

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Session No. 274
Wednesday, 12 October 2011: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 211CD (Minneapolis Convention Center)

T41. Paying Attention to Mudstones: Priceless!

GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Limnogeology Division

 

Neil Fishman and Sven Egenhoff, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:45 PM
GRADING PHENOMENA IN MUDSTONES – ANCIENT SHALES AND MODERN SHELF MUDS IN THE CONTEXT OF RECENT FLUME STUDIES
SCHIEBER, Juergen, Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 East 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, jschiebe@indiana.edu, jschiebe@indiana.edu
2
2:00 PM
HIGH-LIFE ONA DEEP SHELF: SEDIMENTATION AND BIOTURBATION GRADIENTS IN THE CAMBRIAN ALUM SHALE IN SOUTHERN SWEDEN
NEWBY, Warren1, EGENHOFF, Sven O.1, FISHMAN, Neil S.2, MALETZ, Joerg1 and AHLBERG, Per3, (1)Geosciences Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1482, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046 MS 939, Denver, CO 80225, (3)Lund University, Department of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Sölvegatan 12, Lund, SE-223 62, Sweden, sven@warnercnr.colostate.edu, sven@warnercnr.colostate.edu
3
2:15 PM
USING BIOTURBATION TO EVALUATE PALEOREDOX CONDITIONS AND IDENTIFY CYCLICITY IN THE MIDDLE DEVONIAN GENESEO FORMATION OF NEW YORK
WILSON, Ryan D. and SCHIEBER, Juergen, Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 East 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, rydawils@indiana.edu, rydawils@indiana.edu
4
2:30 PM
INTEGRATED DIAGENETIC STUDY OF THE MISSISSIPPIAN BARNETT SHALE, FORT WORTH BASIN, TEXAS
DENG, John C.1, HARMS, Brian2, DENNIE, Devin3, MANNING, Earl B.1 and ELMORE, R. Douglas1, (1)School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 100 E. Boyd St, Norman, OK 73019, (2)Geology, university of Maryland, College Park, MD 20740, (3)Devon Energy, Oklahoma City, OK 73102, jcd8604@gmail.com, jcd8604@gmail.com
5
2:45 PM
THE “HOLE” TRUTH—POROSITY IN ORGANIC-RICH SHALES OF THE UPPER JURASSIC KIMMERIDGE CLAY FORMATION, OFFSHORE UNITED KINGDOM
FISHMAN, Neil S., U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046 MS 939, Denver, CO 80225, HILL, Ronald, EOG Resources, 600 17th Street, Suite 1000n, Denver, CO 80202 and LOWERS, Heather A., U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, M.S. 973, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, nfishman@usgs.gov, nfishman@usgs.gov
6
3:00 PM
DECIPHERING GENETIC CONTROLS ON THE OCCURRENCE, DISTRIBUTION, AND CHARACTER OF FINE-GRAINED ROCKS (MUDSTONE/SHALE)-- AN INTEGRATED SEQUENCE-STRATIGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF THE CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN OF NORTH AMERICA
BOHACS, Kevin M.1, OTTMANN, Jeffry D.2, LAZAR, Remus1, DUMITRESCU, Mirela3, KLIMENTIDES, Robert1, SCHIEBER, Juergen4, MONTELLI, Rafaela3 and LIU, Chengjie5, (1)ExxonMobil Upstream Rsch Co, 3120 Buffalo Speedway, Houston, TX 77096, (2)ExxonMobil Exploration Company, 3312 Benmar St, Houston, TX 77066, (3)ExxonMobil Exploration Company, 233 Benmar Drive, Houston, TX 77060, (4)Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 East 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, (5)ExxonMobil Exploration Co, P.O.Box 4778, Houston, TX 77210-4778, Kevin.M.Bohacs@exxonmobil.com, Kevin.M.Bohacs@exxonmobil.com
 
3:15 PM
Break
7
3:30 PM
DIAGENETIC PATHWAYS IN FINE GRAINED SEDIMENTS ARE DRIVEN BY PRIMARY SEDIMENTOLOGICAL COMPOSITION: PREDICTING MUDSTONE PROPERTIES
TAYLOR, Kevin G., School of Science and the Environment, Manchester Metropolitan University, Chester Street, Manchester, M1 5GD, United Kingdom and MACQUAKER, Joe H.S., Department of Earth Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, Newfoundland, A1B 3X5, Canada, k.g.taylor@mmu.ac.uk, k.g.taylor@mmu.ac.uk
8
3:50 PM
CONSIDERATIONS ON THE USE OF IRON, CARBON AND SULFUR PALEOREDOX PROXIES IN LOW SULFATE PROTEROZOIC OCEANS: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE MESOPROTEROZOIC TOUIRIST FORMATION, MAURITANIA
GILLEAUDEAU, Geoffrey J., Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996 and KAH, Linda C., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, ggillea1@gmail.com, ggillea1@gmail.com
9
4:05 PM
PEDOGENIC MUD AGGREGATES IN SEDIMENTARY LAYERS BETWEEN BASALT FLOWS
GIERLOWSKI-KORDESCH, Elizabeth, Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701 and WEISMILLER, Heather C., Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701-2979, gierlows@ohio.edu, gierlows@ohio.edu
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4:25 PM
IRON PRECIPITATION IN THE BRUSHY BASIN MEMBER OF THE JURASSIC MORRISON FORMATION: CLUES TO DIAGENETIC BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES
POTTER-MCINTYRE, Sally L., Environmental and Physical Sciences, Colorado Mesa University, 1100 North Ave, Grand Junction, CO 81501, CHAN, Marjorie, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 115 South 1460 East, Room 383 FASB, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 and MCPHERSON, Brian, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Utah, slpotter@coloradomesa.edu, slpotter@coloradomesa.edu
 
4:40 PM
Discussion
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