Southeastern Section - 61st Annual Meeting (1–2 April 2012)

Session No. 4
Sunday, 1 April 2012: 8:00 AM-10:20 AM
Windsor Ballroom, Salon 1 (Marriott Rennaissance)

T2. Ancient and Modern Eolian Systems of Eastern North America

Eastern Section, SEPM; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division

 

Christopher S. Swezey and G. Richard Whittecar, Advocates
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8:00 AM
EOLIAN DUST AND THE ORIGIN OF PALEOZOIC CHERT IN THE EASTERN UNITED STATES
CECIL, C. Blaine, USGS National Center (emeritus), Reston, VA 20192, cecilblaine@gmail.com, cecilblaine@gmail.com
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8:20 AM
EOLIAN INFLUENCE IN QUARTZ ARENITES AND CONGLOMERATES OF THE ORDOVICIAN BLOUNT MOLASSE IN THE APPALACHIAN BASIN, VIRGINIA TO ALABAMA
HAYNES, John T., Dept of Geology and Environmental Science, James Madison University, 395 South High St, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, haynesjx@jmu.edu, haynesjx@jmu.edu
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8:40 AM
THE MISSISSIPPIAN BORDEN FORMATION, VISEAN ARIDITY IN SOUTHERN LAURENTIA, AND EOLIAN SEDIMENTATION IN MARINE ENVIRONMENTS
CECIL, C. Blaine, USGS National Center (emeritus), Reston, VA 20192 and RAHL, Jeffrey M., Department of Geology, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA 24450, cecilblaine@gmail.com, cecilblaine@gmail.com
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9:00 AM
MISSISSIPPIAN (CHESTERIAN) EOLIAN STRATA IN THE EASTERN UNITED STATES
SWEZEY, Christopher S.1, HAVHOLM, Karen G.2, KREZOSKI, Gillian M.2 and MARZOLF, John E.3, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 926A, Reston, VA 20192, (2)Department of Geology, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI 54702, (3)Department of Geology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901, cswezey@usgs.gov, cswezey@usgs.gov
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9:20 AM
WINDS OF CHANGE: CLIMATIC INSTABILITY OF THE LAST INTERGLACIAL AS RECORDED IN PLEISTOCENE EOLIANITES OF THE BAHAMAS
TORMEY, Blair R., Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723, btormey@wcu.edu, btormey@wcu.edu
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9:40 AM
SURFICIAL QUARTZ SAND DEPOSITS ON THE ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN: EOLIAN, FLUVIAL OR MARINE? THE CASE FOR A CATASTROPHIC DELIVERY MECHANISM
DAVIAS, Michael, Cintos Research, 1381 Hope Street, Stamford, CT 06907 and GILBRIDE, Jeanette L., Cintos Research, Raleigh, NC 27613, michael@cintos.org, michael@cintos.org
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10:00 AM
DEVELOPMENT OF HOLOCENE EOLIAN BACK-BARRIER DUNE FIELDS AND BEACH/DUNE-RIDGE SYSTEMS ON COMPLEX BARRIER ISLANDS, NORTH CAROLINA OUTER BANKS
AMES, Dorothea V., RIGGS, Stanley R., MALLINSON, David J. and CULVER, Stephen J., Department of Geological Sciences, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, amesd@ecu.edu, amesd@ecu.edu
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