Session No. 42
Sunday, 4 November 2012: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
212AB (Charlotte Convention Center)
History & Philosophy of Geology: 1886 Charleston Earthquake, Carolina Gold Rush and Other Topics
Kenneth R. Aalto and James C. Dawson, Chairs
2:00 PM
NEW INSIGHTS ON THE SEISMOTECTONIC SETTING OF SEISMICITY IN THE CHARLESTON REGION, AND THE ORIGIN OF THE 1886 EARTHQUAKE
KNAPP, James H., DERRICK, Erin, HEFFNER, David M. and TALWANI, Pradeep, Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of South Carolina, 701 Sumter Street, Columbia, SC 29208, knapp@geol.sc.edu, knapp@geol.sc.edu
3:15 PM
FIRST ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF MIKHAIL LOMONOSOV'S 1763 TREATISE "ON THE STRATA OF THE EARTH"
ROWLAND, Stephen, Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Box 454010, Las Vegas, NV 89154 and KOROLEV, Slava, Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, steve.rowland@unlv.edu, steve.rowland@unlv.edu
3:30 PM
CHANGE IN NATURE AND THE NATURE OF CHANGE: EVOLUTIONARY THEORY IN POST-REVOLUTIONARY FRANCE
GOLDSMITH, David W.1, HARTFORD, Samantha L.2 and LONG, Melanie G.2, (1)Department of Geology, Westminster College, 1840 South 1300 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84105, (2)Department of Earth Systems Science, Westminster College, 1840 South 1300 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84105, dgoldsmith@westminstercollege.edu, dgoldsmith@westminstercollege.edu
4:00 PM
THE CORRESPONDENCE OF HENRYK B. STENZEL: A 20TH CENTURY HISTORY OF GULF COAST CENOZOIC GEOLOGY AND PALEONTOLOGY
ZACHOS, Louis G., Geology and Geological Engineering, University of Mississippi, 120 Carrier Hall, P.O. Box 1848, University, MS 38677-1848, MOLINEUX, Ann, Planetary Station, PO Box 526, New York, NY 10024-0526 and SMITH, Lorene E., Fossil Protists and Invertebrates, Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science, 119 Foster Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-3216, lgzachos@olemiss.edu, lgzachos@olemiss.edu
4:15 PM
BLACK BUTTES FOSSIL MOLLUSCAN SECTION, WYOMING: ANOTHER HISTORIC LYNCH-PIN IN INTERPRETING THE LATEST CRETACEOUS CONTINENTAL MOLLUSCAN RECORD OF NORTH AMERICA
HARTMAN, Joseph H., Harold Hamm School of Geology and Geological Engineering, University of North Dakota, 81 Cornell Drive, Stop 8358, Grand Forks, ND 58202, BOGAN, Arthur E., Invertebrate Section, NC Museum of Natural Sciences, 11 West Jones St, Raleigh, NC 27601-1029 and BUTLER, R.D., Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, University of North Dakota, 81 Cornell Street, Stop 8358, Grand Forks, ND 58202, joseph.hartman@engr.und.edu, joseph.hartman@engr.und.edu