Cordilleran Section - 109th Annual Meeting (20-22 May 2013)

Session No. 11
Tuesday, 21 May 2013: 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
Salon D1 (Radisson Hotel and Conference Center)

Sedimentary Geology

 

Mara Brady and Cara Harwood, Chairs
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10:00 AM
SEDIMENTOLOGICAL AND GEOMORPHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON GRAINSIZE DISTRIBUTIONS:  HOW SEDIMENTS GET THEIR SIZE IN THE SIERRA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA
WEINMAN, Beth, California State University, Fresno, Earth and Environmental Sciences, 2576 East San Ramon Ave. M/S ST24, Fresno, CA 93740, YOO, Kyungsoo, Soil, Water, and Climate, University of Minnesota, 1991 Upper Buford Circle, St. Paul, MN 55108, MUDD, Simon Marius, School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Drummond Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9XP, United Kingdom, ATTAL, Mikael, School of GeoSciences, Univ Edinburgh, Drummond Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9XP, United Kingdom, MAHER, Kate, Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Stanford, CA 94305, KOUBA, Claire, Dept. of Geological and Environmental Science, Stanford University, Green Earth Sciences 253, 367 Panama St, Stanford, CA 94305 and SINGHVI, Ashok, Planetary and Geosciences Division, Physical Research Lab, Ahmedabad, 380 009, India, bweinman@csufresno.edu, bweinman@csufresno.edu
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10:40 AM
PRE-, SYN-, AND POST- MIOCENE VOLCANIC SOURCES AND DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS IN SEDIMENTARY ROCKS AT CRASH HILL, NELSON LAKE VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
BUESCH, David C., U. S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, MS 973, Menlo Park, CA 94025, dbuesch@usgs.gov, dbuesch@usgs.gov
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11:00 AM
CLOTTEDNESS IN CAMBRIAN MICROBIALITES: EXAMINING TEXTURAL VARIATIONS IN THE DEFINING CHARACTERISTIC OF THROMBOLITES
HARWOOD, Cara L., Geology Department, University of California-Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616 and SUMNER, Dawn Y., Geology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, clharwood@ucdavis.edu, clharwood@ucdavis.edu
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11:40 AM
EVALUATING THE STRATIGRAPHIC COMPLETENESS OF DEEP-TIME RECORDS: A NEW QUANTITATIVE APPROACH
BRADY, Mara, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, California State University, Fresno, 2576 E San Ramon Ave M/S ST-24, Fresno, CA 93740, mebrady@csufresno.edu, mebrady@csufresno.edu
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