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

 

Session No. 122
Monday, 10 October 2011: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 211CD (Minneapolis Convention Center)

Stratigraphy

 

Ashraf Uddin and Ezat Heydari, Chairs
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1:30 PM
THE BASAL AQUIFER PROJECT: A CANADA-UNITED STATES COLLABORATION FOR GEOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION AND MODELING OF A MAJOR DEEP SALINE-AQUIFER IN THE ALBERTA AND WILLISTON BASINS FOR CO2 STORAGE
HAUCK, Tyler E.1, PETERSON, Jesse1, BACHU, Stefan1, JENSEN, Gavin2, PECK, Wesley D.3, KNUDSEN, Damion3 and GORECKI, Charles3, (1)Environment and Carbon Management, Alberta Innovates - Technology Futures, 250 Karl Clark Road, Edmonton, AB T6N 1E4, Canada, (2)Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Mines, 201 Dewdney Avenue E, Regina, SK S4N 4G3, Canada, (3)Energy & Environmental Research Center, University of North Dakota, 15 North 23rd Street, Stop 9018, Grand Forks, ND 58202, tyler.hauck@albertainnovates.ca, tyler.hauck@albertainnovates.ca
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1:45 PM
THE PROTEROZOIC-CAMBRIAN CONFIGURATION OF THE NORTH INDIAN MARGIN: INSIGHTS FROM DETRITAL ZIRCONS AND NEODYMIUM ISOTOPES
MCKENZIE, N. Ryan, Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78752, HUGHES, Nigel C., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, MYROW, Paul M., Department of Geology, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, XIAO, Shuhai, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061 and JIANG, Ganqing, Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, rmckenzie@jsg.utexas.edu, rmckenzie@jsg.utexas.edu
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2:00 PM
CAMBRO-ORDOVICIAN TRANSITION IN ILLINOIS: NATURE OF THE C-O BOUNDARY AND CRITERIA FOR ITS RECOGNITION IN THE DEEP PART OF THE ILLINOIS BASIN
LASEMI, Yaghoob, Illinois State Geological Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 615 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign, IL 61820, ylasemi@illinois.edu, ylasemi@illinois.edu
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2:15 PM
THE MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN WINNESHIEK SHALE OF NORTHEAST IOWA -- CORRELATION AND PALEOGEOGRAPHIC IMPLICATIONS
WITZKE, Brian J.1, MCKAY, Robert M.2, LIU, Huaibao P.2 and BRIGGS, Derek E.G.3, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 115 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, (2)Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Iowa Geological and Water Survey, 109 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, (3)Dept. of Geology and Geophysics & Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, 210 Whitney Avenue, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520, brian-witzke@uiowa.edu, brian-witzke@uiowa.edu
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2:30 PM
PROVENANCE RECONSTRUCTION OF PART OF EASTERN GONDWANALAND: PERMO-CARBONIFEROUS GONDWANAN SEQUENCES OF NEPAL HIMALAYA AND THE BENGAL BASIN
UDDIN, Ashraf, Department of Geosciences, Auburn University, 210 Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, ALAM, Md.I., Boone Pickens School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, 105 Noble Research Ctr, Stillwater, OK 74078, SITAULA, Raju P., Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401 and HAMES, Willis E., Department of Geology and Geography, Auburn University, 210 Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, uddinas@auburn.edu, uddinas@auburn.edu
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2:45 PM
VOICES FROM THE DEEP: THE SEDIMENTOLOGY AND DETRITAL MINERAL GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE BLACK WARRIOR BASIN DEPOCENTER
MOORE, Mitchell Forrest, Geology and Geography, Auburn University, 210 Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, HAMES, Willis E., Department of Geology and Geography, Auburn University, 210 Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, UDDIN, Ashraf, Department of Geosciences, Auburn University, 210 Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL 36849 and PASHIN, Jack C., Geological Survey of Alabama, P.O. Box 869999, Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-6999, mfm0007@auburn.edu, mfm0007@auburn.edu
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3:00 PM
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3:15 PM
Break
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3:30 PM
FACIES AND PROVENANCE ANALYSIS OF EOCENE DEPOSITS IN THE RADERSBURG-TOSTON REGION: UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF CENOZOIC TECTONICS ON CHANGING INTERMONTANE BASIN GEOMETRY IN SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA
CHAMBERLIN, Ellen P., Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 503 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802 and SCHWARTZ, Robert K., Department of Geology, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA 16335, epchamberlin@gmail.com, epchamberlin@gmail.com
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3:45 PM
HYDROCARBON POTENTIAL OF THE LOWER SMACKOVER FORMATION IN ARKANSAS, LOUISIANA, AND MISSISSIPPI
HEYDARI, Ezat, Department of Physics, Atmospheric Sciences, and Geoscience, Jackson State University, P.O. Box 17660, 1400 Lynch Street, Jackson, MS 39217, ezat.heydari@jsums.edu, ezat.heydari@jsums.edu
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4:00 PM
SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF THE UPPER POTTSVILLE FORMATION, CAHABA SYNCLINORIUM, ALABAMA
GOMES, Sonnet W., Department of Geology and Geography, Auburn University, 210 Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, UDDIN, Ashraf, Department of Geosciences, Auburn University, 210 Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL 36849 and PASHIN, Jack C., Geological Survey of Alabama, P.O. Box 869999, Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-6999, swg0003@tigermail.auburn.edu, swg0003@tigermail.auburn.edu
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4:15 PM
THE HYDROSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE GUADALUPE RIVER STATE PARK AND HONEY CREEK STATE NATURAL AREA, COMAL AND KENDALL COUNTIES, TEXAS
CLARK, Allan Koehl, USGS, Wrd, NA, 5563 De Zavala Rd, suite 290, San Antonio, TX 78249, BLOME, Charles D., MS 980, Dfc, USGS, Denver, CO 80225, MORRIS, Robert R., 5563 De Zavala Rd., Suite 2990, San Antonio, TX 78249 and GOLAB, James A., U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, West 6th Ave. & Kipling St, Denver, CO 80225, akclark@usgs.gov, akclark@usgs.gov
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4:30 PM
STRATIGRAPHIC-FORWARD MODELING OF A GROWTH-FAULTED SUBBASIN, FRIO FORMATION, CORPUS CHRISTI AREA, SOUTH TEXAS GULF COAST
MOUSAVI, Maryam A., Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson school of Geoscience, The University of Texas at Austin, 10100 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX 78713, HAMMES, Ursula, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, The Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78713, BONNAFFÉ, Florence L., Austin, TX 78713 and GRANJEON, Didier, Institut Français du Pétrole, Rueil Malmaison, 92506, maryam.mousavi@beg.utexas.edu, maryam.mousavi@beg.utexas.edu
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4:45 PM
CONTROL OF INTERNAL DYNAMICS OF SALT DEFORMATION DUE TO STRATIGRAPHIC ARCHITECTURE: EXPERIMENTAL MODELING
KOPRIVA, Bryant T., Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station; C1160, Austin, TX 78712-0254 and KIM, Wonsuck, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C9000, Austin, TX 78712-025, bryant.kopriva@gmail.com, bryant.kopriva@gmail.com
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