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Northeastern (46th Annual) and North-Central (45th Annual) Joint Meeting (20–22 March 2011)

Session No. 43
Monday, 21 March 2011: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Conference A (Omni William Penn Hotel)

T26. The Origin of the Dunkard Group, the Youngest Paleozoic Strata in the Central Appalachian Basin

 

Viktoras Skema, Blaine Cecil and William DiMichele, Advocates
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1:45 PM
OVERVIEW OF THE STRATIGRAPHY OF THE PERMO-PENNSYLVANIAN DUNKARD GROUP, APPALACHIAN BASIN
FEDORKO, Nick, Cove Geological Services, Moatsville, WV 26405 and SKEMA, Viktoras, Pennsylvania Geological Survey - retired, Harrisburg, PA 17111, nick.fedorko@gmail.com, nick.fedorko@gmail.com
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2:00 PM
PALEOENVIRONMENTAL CLUES ARCHIVED IN LIMESTONES OF THE MONONGAHELA AND DUNKARD GROUPS, CENTRAL APPALACHIANS
MONTANEZ, Isabel, Department of Geology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, DIMICHELE, William A., Department of Paleobiology, NMNH Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560 and CECIL, Blaine, US Geological Survey, National Center (Emeritus), Reston, VA 20192, ipmontanez@ucdavis.edu, ipmontanez@ucdavis.edu
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2:15 PM
THE WASHINGTON COAL COMPLEX OF THE DUNKARD GROUP - THE LAST OF THE CARBONIFEROUS THICK COALS IN THE APPALACHIANS
SKEMA, Viktoras, Pennsylvania Geological Survey - retired, 419 North 32nd Street, Harrisburg, PA 17111, FEDORKO, Nick, Cove Geological Services, Moatsville, WV 26405 and REPETSKI, John E., U.S. Geol. Survey, Reston, VA 20192, skema@verizon.net, skema@verizon.net
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2:30 PM
PALYNOLOGY, PETROGRAPHY, AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF DUNKARD GROUP COAL BEDS: INSIGHTS INTO THE ORIGIN OF LATE PALEOZOIC PALEOMIRES IN THE APPALACHIAN BASIN
EBLE, Cortland, Kentucky Geological Survey, University of Kentucky, 228 Mining and Mineral Resources Bldg, Lexington, KY 40506-0107, GRADY, William C., WV Geological & Economic Survey, 1 Mont Chateau Rd, Morgantown, WV 26508, BLAKE Jr., Bascombe M., West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey, 1 Mont Chateau Rd, Morgantown, WV 26508-8079 and DIMICHELE, William, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, eble@uky.edu, eble@uky.edu
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2:45 PM
THE AGE OF THE DUNKARD: HAVE WE LEARNED ANYTHING IN 120 YEARS?
BLAKE Jr., Bascombe M., West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey, 1 Mont Chateau Rd, Morgantown, WV 26508-8079 and GILLESPIE, William H., Gillespie Forestry Services, 916 Churchill Circle, Charleston, WV 25314-1747, blake@geosrv.wvnet.edu, blake@geosrv.wvnet.edu
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3:00 PM
BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE NONMARINE OSTRACODA FROM THE LATE CARBONIFEROUS AND EARLY PERMIAN APPALACHIAN BASIN, UNITED STATES
TIBERT, Neil E., Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Mary Washington, Jepson Science Center, 1301 College Avenue, Fredericksburg, VA 22401 and DEWEY, C.P., Department of Geosciences, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS 39759, ntibert@umw.edu, ntibert@umw.edu
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3:15 PM
ALLOCYCLIC CONTROLS ON THE ORIGIN OF THE DUNKARD GROUP
CECIL, C. Blaine, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 425 Brownsburg Tpke, Rockbridge Baths, VA 24473, SKEMA, Viktoras, Pennsylvania Geological Survey - retired, Harrisburg, PA 17111, DIMICHELE, William, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560 and FEDORKO, Nick, Moatsville, WV 26405, cecilblaine@gmail.com, cecilblaine@gmail.com
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3:30 PM
PLANT LIFE DURING THE CARBONIFEROUS-PERMIAN TRANSITION ON THE NORTH-CHINA MICRO-CONTINENT
WANG, Jun, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing, 210008, China and PFEFFERKORN, Hermann W., Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6316, jun.wang@nigpas.ac.cn, jun.wang@nigpas.ac.cn
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3:45 PM
PERMIAN OUTLIERS IN WESTERN KENTUCKY
NELSON, W. John, Illinois State Geological Survey, 615 E Peabody Drive, Champaign, IL 61820, ELRICK, Scott D., Illinois State Geological Survey, 615 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820 and WILLIAMS, David A., Kentucky Geological Survey, University of Kentucky, P.O. Box 653, Henderson, KY 42419, jnnelson@illinois.edu, jnnelson@illinois.edu
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4:00 PM
PALEOBOTANY OF LATE CARBONIFEROUS AND EARLY PERMIAN STRATA IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN EUROPE: A REVIEW
PFEFFERKORN, Hermann W., Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6316, hpfeffer@sas.upenn.edu, hpfeffer@sas.upenn.edu
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4:15 PM
VEGETATIONAL PATTERNS ACROSS THE PENNSYLVANIAN-PERMIAN BOUNDARY IN WESTERN EQUATORIAL PANGAEA, A CONTRAST WITH THE DUNKARD
DIMICHELE, William A., Department of Paleobiology, NMNH Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, ELRICK, Scott D., Illinois State Geological Survey, 615 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820, LUCAS, Spencer G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road N.W, Albuquerque, NM 87104, NELSON, W. John, Illinois State Geological Survey, 615 E Peabody Drive, Champaign, IL 61820 and TABOR, Neil J., Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275, dimichel@si.edu, dimichel@si.edu
 
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