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Session No. 403
Wednesday, 30 October 2013: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Room 401 (Colorado Convention Center)

T199. Impact of GSSPs on The Evolution of North American Chronostratigraphy

GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature (NACSN); International Commission on Stratigraphy

 

Stanley C. Finney, Brian R. Pratt and Richard Fluegeman, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:00 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:15 PM
FORTY YEARS OF GSSPS—A CRITICAL APPRAISAL
LUCAS, Spencer G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road N.W, Albuquerque, NM 87104, spencer.lucas@state.nm.us
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1:30 PM
GSSPS (GLOBAL STRATOTYPE SECTION AND POINT) AND CORRELATION
FINNEY, Stanley C., Dept. of Geological Sciences, California State University, Long Beach, CA 90840, Stan.Finney@csulb.edu
 
1:45 PM
Discussion
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2:00 PM
THE DEVELOPING GLOBAL CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHIC SCALE FOR THE CAMBRIAN SYSTEM AND ITS IMPACT ON NORTH AMERICAN STRATIGRAPHY
BABCOCK, Loren E., School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 S. Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, PENG, Shanchi, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing, 210008, China and ROBISON, Richard A., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, loren.babcock@geol.lu.se
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2:15 PM
CORRELATING ORDOVICIAN CRATONIC SEQUENCES; SHOREWARD SEDIMENT CONDENSATION AND TRANSGRESSIVE SANDY FACIES IN THE ANCELL, PLATTEVILLE, AND GALENA GROUPS, MIDCONTINENT NORTH AMERICA
WITZKE, Brian J., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 115 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, brian-witzke@uiowa.edu
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2:30 PM
Withdrawn
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2:45 PM
ROLE OF THE HANGENBERG EXCURSION AND MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBLITY STRATIGRAPHY IN SELECTION OF A NEW DEVONIAN-CARBONIFEROUS SYSTEM BOUNDARY
DAY, Jed, Geography & Geology, Illinois State Univ, Normal, IL 61790-4400, CRAMER, Bradley D., Department of Geoscience, University of Iowa, 121 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, SALTZMAN, Matt, Department of Geological Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, WITZKE, Brian J., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 115 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, ROWE, Harry, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, The Jackson School of Geoscience, University Station, Box X, Austin, TX 78713-8924 and ELLWOOD, Brooks B., Department of Geology & Geophysics, Louisiana State Univ, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, jeday@ilstu.edu
 
3:00 PM
Break
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3:15 PM
RELATIVE ACCEPTANCE OF INTERNATIONAL CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHIC DEFINITIONS IN NORTH AMERICA—A LATE PALEOZOIC PERSPECTIVE
LAMBERT, Lance L., Geological Sciences, Univ of Texas At San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249, lance.lambert@utsa.edu
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3:30 PM
PERMIAN CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY IN NORTH AMERICA
HENDERSON, Charles M., Geoscience, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada and SHEN, Shuzhong, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Nanjing, 210008, China, cmhender@ucalgary.ca
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3:45 PM
IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED TURONIAN-CONIACIAN BOUNDARY GSSP AND A U.S. ALTERNATIVE
DONOVAN, Arthur D., Global Unconventionals Exploration/Access, BP, 580 Westlake Park Blvd, WL2 3.242A, Houston, TX 77079, STAERKER, T. Scott, Global Unconventionals: Exploration Access, BP, 580 Westlake Park Blvd, Houston, TX 77079, LUNDQUIST, Jason, Gomx, BP, 200 Westlake Blvd, Houston, TX 77079 and CORBETT, Matthew, BP America, 200 Westlake Park Blvd, Houston, TX 77079, Thomas.Staerker@bp.com
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4:00 PM
PALEOGENE CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY IN THE EASTERN GULF COASTAL PLAIN AND THE GLOBAL STRATOTYPE SECTIONS AND POINTS (GSSPS)
FLUEGEMAN, Richard, Dept. of Geological Sciences, Ball State University, Main campus, Muncie, IN 47306-0475, rfluegem@bsu.edu
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4:15 PM
APPROACHES TO AUTOMATED INTEGRATED GEOCHRONOLOGY: MERGING GRAPHIC CORRELATION METHODS WITH SEQUENCE SLOTTING
SHEETS, H. David, Dept. of Geology, SUNY at Buffalo, 411 Cooke Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260, SADLER, Peter, Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521 and MITCHELL, Charles E., Geology, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY 14260, sheets@canisius.edu
 
4:30 PM
Concluding Remarks
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