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

 

Start |Author Index | View Uploaded Presentations | Meeting Information
Session No. 227
Wednesday, 12 October 2011: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 211CD (Minneapolis Convention Center)

Sedimentary Geology: Clastic Sediments from the Cambrian to the Quaternary

 

Jesse T. Korus and Christopher R. Fielding, Chairs
Paper #
Start Time
1
8:00 AM
LOWER CAMBRIAN GRAND CYCLES REVISITED: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE INTERPRETATION OF MIXED CARBONATE-SILICICLASTIC SYSTEMS
MATA, Scott A., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740 and BOTTJER, David, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, scott.mata@usc.edu, scott.mata@usc.edu
2
8:15 AM
EXAMINATION OF LATE PALEOZOIC GROUNDING-LINE FAN DEPOSITS AT TILLITE GLACIER, CENTRAL TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS, ANTARCTICA
KOCH, Zelenda J.1, ISBELL, John L.2 and SIEGER, Danielle2, (1)Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, P.O. Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201, (2)Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, zjkoch@uwm.edu, zjkoch@uwm.edu
3
8:30 AM
TECTONO-SEDIMENTARY IMPLICATIONS OF CLASTIC INTERCALATIONS IN THE JURASSIC/CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY WITHIN THE MONTERREY TROUGH, NE MEXICO
OCAMPO-DÍAZ, Yam Zul Ernesto, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Av. Dr. Manuel Nava No. 8, Zona Universitaria, San Luis Potosí, S.L.P, 78290, Mexico, JENCHEN, Uwe, Facultad de Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, AP 104, Carretera Linares Cerro Prieto Km. 8, Linares, 67700, Mexico and GUERRERO-SUASTEGUI, Martín, Unidad Académica de Ciencias de la Tierra, UAGro, Ex-Hacienda de San Juan Bautista, S/N, Taxco el Viejo, Guerrero, 40323, Mexico, yamzul.ocampo@uaslp.mx, yamzul.ocampo@uaslp.mx
4
8:45 AM
FACIES ARCHITECTURAL STUDY OF A STEPPED, FORCED REGRESSIVE COMPOUND INCISED VALLEY SYSTEM IN THE FERRON NOTOM DELTA, SOUTHERN UTAH
LI, Yangyang, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Univeristy of Houston, S&R 312, 4800 Calhoun Rd, Houston, TX 77204 and BHATTACHARYA, Janok, Department of Geosciences, University of Houston, SR1 312, 4800 Calhoun Rd, Houston, TX 77204, yangguang5830@gmail.com, yangguang5830@gmail.com
5
9:00 AM
FORELAND BASIN STRUCTURAL GROWTH RECORDED IN THE TURONIAN FERRON SANDSTONE OF THE WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY BASIN, USA
FIELDING, Christopher R., Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 214 Bessey Hall, P.O. Box 880340, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, cfielding2@unl.edu, cfielding2@unl.edu
6
9:15 AM
PALEOCHANNEL HYDRAULICS, GEOMETRIES, AND ASSOCIATED ALLUVIAL ARCHITECTURE OF EARLY CRETACEOUS RIVERS, SEVIER FORELAND BASIN, WYOMING, USA
ZALEHA, Michael J., Department of Geology, Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH 45501-0720, mzaleha@wittenberg.edu, mzaleha@wittenberg.edu
 
9:30 AM
Break
7
9:45 AM
USING A DISCRIMINANT FUNCTION FOR DETERMINING A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DETRITAL MODES AND TECTONIC SETTINGS: AN APPROACH TOWARD UNVEILING SOME SOURCE-TO-SINK FACTORS
RUBIO CISNEROS, Igor Ishi, Facultad de Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, México, Hacienda de Guadalupe, Carretera a Cerro Prieto Km.8, Linares, 64700, Mexico and OCAMPO DÍAZ, Yam Zul Ernesto, Grupo Nautilius S.A. de C.V, Calle Galo Soberón y Parra # 37, Colonia Libertadores, Iguala, 40020, Mexico, igor_rubio@yahoo.com, igor_rubio@yahoo.com
8
10:00 AM
EVALUATING CLIMATIC AND TECTONIC CONTROLS ON FLUVIAL DEPOSITION SPANNING THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY IN THE PICEANCE CREEK BASIN (WESTERN COLORADO, USA)
FOREMAN, Brady Z., Geology & Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82072, HELLER, Paul L., Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071 and CLEMENTZ, Mark T., Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, 1000 University Ave. University of Wyoming, Dept. 3006, Laramie, WY 82071, bforema1@uwyo.edu, bforema1@uwyo.edu
9
10:15 AM
Withdrawn
10
10:30 AM
EVIDENCE OF PALEOTOPOGRAPHY AND EVOLUTION OF THE DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEMS WITHIN THE SOUTHERN TOWNSEND BASIN, SOUTHWEST MONTANA FROM THE LATE EOCENE TO EARLY MIOCENE
MICHALAK, Samuel A., Department of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755 and SCHWARTZ, Robert K., Department of Geology, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA 16335, michals@allegheny.edu, michals@allegheny.edu
11
10:45 AM
NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE BASIN-SCALE ALLUVIAL ARCHITECTURE OF THE OGALLALA GROUP (NEOGENE, CENTRAL NEBRASKA) USING STATISTICAL ANALYSES OF GRAIN SIZE TRENDS
KORUS, Jesse T., Conservation and Survey Division, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 624 Hardin Hall, 3310 Holdredge St, Lincoln, NE 68583-0996 and JOECKEL, R.M., Conservation and Survey Division, School of Natural Resources, Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, and U.N. State Museum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583-0996, jkorus3@unl.edu, jkorus3@unl.edu
12
11:00 AM
DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEMS OF THE SAN NICOLÁS UNIT, PEOTILLOS GRABEN, SIERRA MADRE ORIENTAL AT SAN LUIS POTOSÍ, CENTRAL-EAST MEXICO: A FIRST APPROACH
FERRUSQUÍA-VILLAFRANCA, Ismael1, RUIZ-GONZÁLEZ, José1, TORRES-HERNÁNDEZ Sr, José Ramón2 and MARTÍNEZ-HERNÁNDEZ Sr, Enrique1, (1)Instituto de Geologia, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTONOMA DE MEXICO, CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA, México, 45100, Mexico, (2)Instituto de GeologÍa, UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSI, San Luis Potosí, 99300, Mexico, ismaelfv@servidor.unam.mx, ismaelfv@servidor.unam.mx
See more of: General Discipline Sessions
<< Previous Session | Next Session >>
Meeting Home page GSA Home Page