Session No. 92
Monday, 28 October 2013: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 504 (Colorado Convention Center)

Clastic Sediments: Precambrian to Recent, Experimental to Applied Studies

 

Neil J. Tabor, Chair
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:15 AM
GEOCHEMISTRY OF PALEAO TO MESOPROTEROZOIC METASEDIMENATY UNITS, LAWA-MAYASERA AREA, CHANDIL FORMATION, EASTERN INDIAN CRATON: IMPLICATIONS FOR PROVENANCE AND SOURCE AREA WEATHERING
CHANDAN, Karun Kumar1, JHA, Vandana1, KHATUN, Mousoma1, SINGH, Sahendra2 and VENKATESH, A.S.1, (1)Dept. of Applied Geology, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, 826004, India, (2)Applied Geology, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, 826004, India, vandana.jha03@gmail.com
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8:30 AM
SUSPECT MICROBIAL-INDUCED SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES (MISS) IN FURONGIAN (UPPER CAMBRIAN; JIANGSHANIAN, SUNWAPTAN) STRATA OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
EOFF, Jennifer D., U.S. Geological Survey, Central Energy Resources Science Center, Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, MS 939, Denver, CO 80225, jeoff@usgs.gov
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8:45 AM
THE MAKING OF A SANDSTONE COLOSSUS: TECTONICALLY & CLIMACTICALLY INDUCED FLUSHING OF 'NUBIAN' SANDS IN THE EARLY PALEOZOIC
HAGADORN, James W.1, LUTHI, Stefan M.2 and DONSELAAR, Marinus E.2, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, (2)Department of Geoscience and Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, 2628 CN, Netherlands, jwhagadorn@dmns.org
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9:00 AM
DEEPWATER ATOKA FORMATION MUDROCK CHEMOPROVENANCE COMPARISONS FROM NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN OUACHITAS OF OKLAHOMA: IMPLICATIONS FOR RHEIC OCEAN CLOSURE
KERR, Dennis R., POSTELWAIT, Bethany, CORNELL, Winton and BANJADE, Bharat, Department of Geosciences, The University of Tulsa, 800 South Tucker Drive, Tulsa, OK 74104, dennis-kerr@utulsa.edu
 
9:15 AM
Break
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9:30 AM
DOES THE MOENKOPI/CHINLE CONTACT REPRESENT A 10MY DEPOSITIONAL HIATUS ON THE COLORADO PLATEAU?
CHADWICK, Arthur V., Geology, Southwestern Adventist University, 100 Magnolia, Keene, TX 76059 and BRAND, Leonard R., Department of Earth and Biological Sciences, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92350, chadwick@swau.edu
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9:45 AM
NEW PALEOCURRENT MEASUREMENTS IN THE LATE EOCENE CASTLE ROCK CONGLOMERATE, EAST-CENTRAL COLORADO: REMAPPING THE FLUVIAL SYSTEM
KELLER, Stephen M., Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 and MORGAN, Matthew L., Colorado School of Mines, Colorado Geological Survey, Golden, CO 80401, skeller@prodigy.net
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10:00 AM
PETROGRAPHY, GEOCHEMISTRY AND DEPOSITIONAL MODEL OF ISPIKAN CONGLOMERATE, MAKRAN ACCRETIONARY PRISM, SOUTHWEST PAKISTAN
FAROOQUI, Muhammad Ahmed, DDP, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Defence Raod, Off Raiwind Road, Lahore, 54000, Pakistan and REHMAN, Khalil-Ur, Earth Sciences Division, Pakistan Museum of Natural History, Pakistan Science Foundation, Garden Avenue, Shakarparian, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan, farooqui@ciitlahore.edu.pk
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10:15 AM
STRATIGRAPHIC, SEDIMENTOLOGIC, AND MINERALOGIC CHARACTERIZATION OF THE GOODENOUGH FORMATION (MIOCENE?), GRAND MESA, CO
COLE, Rex D., HOOD, William C., ASLAN, Andres and BORMAN, Andrew, Physical and Environmental Sciences, Colorado Mesa University, 1100 North Ave, Grand Junction, CO 81501, rcole@coloradomesa.edu
 
10:30 AM
Discussion
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10:45 AM
PLIO-PLEISTOCENE HISTORY OF THE ANTARCTIC CONTINENTAL MARGIN IN THE WEDDELL SEA, ADJACENT TO DRONNING MAUD LAND
CHIN, Shamar, Earth & Environmental Science, Wesleyan University, 265 Church Street, Room 455, Middletown, CT 06459, GROSS, Jason, Earth & Environmental Science, Wesleyan University, 265 Church Street, Middletown, CT 06459, MARTIN, Danielle, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06349 and O'CONNELL, Suzanne, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan University, 265 Church Street, Middletown, CT 06459, jasonlgross@gmail.com
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11:00 AM
AN ALTERNATIVE MEANDER MECHANISM FOR BRAIDED RIVERS
ALLEN, Sarah D., School of Geology, Energy and the Enviroment, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX 76129 and HOLBROOK, John, School of Geology, Energy and The Environment, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX 76129, sallen87@gmail.com
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11:15 AM
SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE OBSERVATIONS OF THE NATURE OF PORE-CONTAINING ORGANIC MATTER IN THERMALLY MATURE MUDROCKS
REED, Robert M., Bureau of Economic Geology, John A. and Katherine G. Jackson School of Geosciences, The Univ of Texas at Austin, Box X, University Station, Austin, TX 78713-8924 and LOUCKS, Robert G., Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, Box X, University Station, Austin, TX 78713, rob@alumni.utexas.net
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11:30 AM
“VOID SPACE” MADE REAL: IMAGING PORES IN SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
MILLIKEN, Kitty, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78713, kittym@utexas.edu
 
11:45 AM
Concluding Remarks
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