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South-Central Section - 47th Annual Meeting (4-5 April 2013)

Session No. 5
Thursday, 4 April 2013: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Classroom 201 (AT&T Center)

T18. Reefs and Reef-Like Buildups of North America: Modern and Deep-Time Biological and Climate Records and Exploration Potential

GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division

 

Ann Molineux and Robert W. Scott, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
5-1
8:00 AM
ARCHITECTURE AND SCALING OF UPPER CAMBRIAN LARGE MICROBIAL REEF COMPLEXES (MASON COUNTY, CENTRAL TEXAS, LLANO UPLIFT): OUTCROP ANALOGUES FOR BRAZILIAN PRE-SALT RESERVOIRS
DROXLER, André W., Earth Science, Rice University, P.O. Box 1892, Houston, 77251 and LEHRMANN, Daniel J., Geoscience, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX 78212, andre@rice.edu
5-2
8:20 AM
MICROBIALITES AND CEMENTSTONES IN DOWNSLOPE MOUNDS OF THE HOLDER FORMATION (UPPER PENNSYLVANIAN, VIRGILIAN), SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS, NEW MEXICO, AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE TO LATE PALEOZOIC REEF EVOLUTION
WAHLMAN, Gregory P., Wahlman Geological Services, LLC, 8903 Westerkirk Drive, Austin, TX 78750 and JANSON, Xavier, Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas, University Station, Box X, Austin, TX 78713, gregwahlman@aol.com
5-3
8:40 AM
EARLY ORDOVICIAN STROMATOLITE MOUND AND REEF INTERVALS IN THE IBEX AREA OF WEST-CENTRAL UTAH
SPRINKLE, James, Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712-0254 and GUENSBURG, Thomas E., Sciences Division, Rock Valley College, 3301 N. Mulford Road, Rockford, IL 61114, echino@jsg.utexas.edu
5-4
9:00 AM
UPPER ALBIAN RUDIST BUILDUPS OF THE EDWARDS FORMATION, CENTRAL TEXAS
BANERJI, Damayanti, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, Science & Research Building 1, Rm. 312, Houston, TX 77204-5007, SULLIVAN, E. Charlotte, Geosciences, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Boulevard, P.O. Box 999, Richland, WA 99354, KHAN, Shuhab, Geosciences, Univ of Houston, 312 S & R Bldg 1, Houston, TX 77204 and HEGGY, Essam, NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, MS 300-243, Pasadena, CA 91109, charlotte.sullivan@pnnl.gov
5-5
9:20 AM
RUDIST REEFS AS NATURAL GAS RESERVOIRS: THE LOWER CRETACEOUS STUART CITY TREND, SOUTH TEXAS
WAITE, Lowell, Pioneer Natural Resources, 5205 N. O'Connor Blvd, Suite 200, Irving, TX 75039, PHELPS, Ryan M., Geosciences & Reservoir Engineering Technology, ConocoPhillips, 600 N. Dairy Ashford, PR3050, Houston, TX 77079, KERANS, Charles, The Jackson School of Geosicences, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712-0254 and LOUCKS, Robert, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, University Station, Box X, Austin, TX 78713-8924, lowell.waite@pxd.com
 
9:40 AM
Break
5-6
10:00 AM
MIDDLE CRETACEOUS CARIBBEAN CARBONATE SHELF CRISES REVISITED
SCOTT, Robert W., Precision Stratigraphy Associates & The University of Tulsa, 149 W. Ridge Road, Cleveland, OK 74020, rwscott@cimtel.net
5-7
10:20 AM
DETAILED BATHYMETRIC SURVEY OF UPPERMOST PLEISTOCENE DROWNED BANKS ALONG THE SOUTH TEXAS SHELF EDGE: A GLIMPSE AT THEIR GROWTH AND DEMISE DURING LAST DEGLACIATION
KHANNA, Pankaj1, DROXLER, André W.2, NITTROUER, Jeffrey A.3, TUNNELL, Wes4, SHIRLEY, Thomas4 and NASH, Harriet L.5, (1)Earth Science, Rice University, P O BOX 1892, Houston, TX 77251, (2)Earth Science, Rice University, P.O. Box 1892, Houston, 77251, (3)Department of Earth Science, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, (4)Department of Life Sciences, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, 6300 Ocean Drive, Corpus Christi, TX 78412-5800, (5)Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, 6300 Ocean Drive, Unit 5869, Corpus Christi, TX 78412, pk15@rice.edu
5-8
10:40 AM
MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF GEOLOGIC FEATURES SHEDS LIGHT ON BIOTIC ZONATION OF THE SOUTH TEXAS BANKS
NASH, Harriet L., Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, 6300 Ocean Drive, Unit 5869, Corpus Christi, TX 78412 and KELLY, Frank J., Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, 6300 Ocean Drive, Corpus Christi, TX 78412, harriet.nash@tamucc.edu
5-9
11:00 AM
CORAL RESILIENCY IN BONAIRE NATIONAL MARINE PARK
JOHNSON, Claudia C., Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 E. 10th St, Bloomington, IN 47405, claudia@indiana.edu
5-10
11:20 AM
RECONSTRUCTING REEFS FROM REPOSITORIES: TRACKING THE REEF BUILDERS THROUGH TIME AND SPACE
MOLINEUX, Ann, Planetary Station, PO Box 526, New York, NY 10024-0526 and ZACHOS, Louis G., Geology and Geological Engineering, University of Mississippi, 118G Carrier Hall, Oxford, MS 38677, annm@austin.utexas.edu
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