Session: Pennsylvanian Cyclothems and Stratigraphy of the Midcontinent and Illinois Basins (North-Central Section

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Start Time

7:55 AM

Introductory Remarks

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8:00 AM

PENNSYLVANIAN CYCLOTHEMS AND PRELIMINARY CORRELATIONS OF THE SO-CALLED “CASEYVILLE” FORMATION OF EASTERN IOWA-NORTHERN ILLINOIS

WITZKE, Brian J., Department of Eath and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 121 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, brian-witzke@uiowa.edu, brian-witzke@uiowa.edu

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8:20 AM

IDENTIFYING CYCLOTHEMS IN THE PENNSYLVANIAN TRADEWATER FORMATION IN THE SUBSURFACE OF THE ILLINOIS BASIN

WEBB, Nathan D., Illinois State Geological Survey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Natural Resources Building, 615 E. Peabody, Champaign, IL 61820 and BEST, James L., Departments of Geology, Geography, Mechanical Science and Engineering and Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, ndwebb2@illinois.edu, ndwebb2@illinois.edu

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8:40 AM

NEW CONODONT-BASED CORRELATIONS OF DESMOINESIAN (MIDDLE PENNSYLVANIAN) MARINE CYCLOTHEMS BETWEEN ILLINOIS AND MIDCONTINENT BASINS

HECKEL, Philip H., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 115 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, BARRICK, James E., Dept. of Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-1053 and NELSON, W. John, Illinois State Geological Survey, 615 E Peabody Drive, Champaign, IL 61820, philip-heckel@uiowa.edu, philip-heckel@uiowa.edu

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9:00 AM

NEW CORRELATIONS IN RACCOON CREEK GROUP (ATOKAN AND LOWER DESMOINESIAN) OF INDIANA AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

NELSON, John, Illinois State Geol Survey, Champaign, IL 61820, AMES, Philip R., Peabody Energy, 701 Market St, St. Louis, MO 63101, ELRICK, Scott D., Illinois State Geological Survey, 615 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820 and HECKEL, Philip H., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 115 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, jnnelson@illinois.edu, jnnelson@illinois.edu

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9:20 AM

PETROLOGY, PETROGRAPHY AND CONODONT BIOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE LADDSDALE COAL INTERVAL, ALONG WHITEBREAST CREEK, BAUER, IOWA

JANOUSEK, Timothy J., Natural Sciences-Geology, Northwest Missouri State University, 800 University Dr, Maryville, MO 66468 and POPE, John Paul, Natural Sciences-Geology, Northwest Missouri State University, 800 University Drive, Maryville, MO 64468-6001, s504909@mail.nwmissouri.edu, s504909@mail.nwmissouri.edu

9:40 AM

Break

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10:00 AM

PETROPHYSICAL IMAGERY OF THE OREAD LIMESTONE IN SUBSURFACE KANSAS

DOVETON, John H., Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas, 1930 Constant Ave, Lawrence, KS 66047, MERRIAM, Daniel F., University of Kansas, 1930 Constant Ave, Campus West, Lawrence, KS 66047 and WATNEY, W. Lynn, Kansas Geological Survey, Univ of Kansas, 1930 Constant Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66047, doveton@kgs.ku.edu, doveton@kgs.ku.edu

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10:20 AM

WHY AREN’T THE NEBRASKA MEMBERS OF THE TECUMSEH SHALE (SHAWNEE GROUP, VIRGILIAN) RECOGNIZED IN THE TYPE TECUMSEH SHALE OF KANSAS?

HECKEL, Philip H., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 115 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, JOECKEL, R.M., Conservation and Survey Division, School of Natural Resources and Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Hardin Hall, 3310 Holdrege St, Lincoln, NE 68583-0996 and KORUS, Jesse T., Conservation and Survey Division, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Hardin Hall, 3310 Holdrege St, Lincoln, NE 68583-0996, philip-heckel@uiowa.edu, philip-heckel@uiowa.edu

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10:40 AM

NEW INTERPRETATION OF THE TECUMSEH SHALE AND LOWER UNITS OF THE DEER CREEK LIMESTONE IN THE MIDDLE SHAWNEE GROUP (VIRGILIAN), NORTHERN MIDCONTINENT, USA

KORUS, Jesse T., Conservation and Survey Division, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Hardin Hall, 3310 Holdrege St, Lincoln, NE 68583-0996, JOECKEL, R.M., Conservation and Survey Division, School of Natural Resources and Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Hardin Hall, 3310 Holdrege St, Lincoln, NE 68583-0996 and HECKEL, Philip H., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 115 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, jkorus3@unl.edu, jkorus3@unl.edu

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11:00 AM

CARBONIFEROUS–PERMIAN SUCCESSIONS IN SOUTH CHINA: SEDIMENTARY RESPONSE TO THE LATE PALEOZOIC ICE AGE IN EAST PALEOTETHYS REGION

CHEN, Jitao¹, WANG, Xiangdong² and QI, Yuping², (1)Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing, 210008, China, (2)Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China, jtchen@nigpas.ac.cn, jtchen@nigpas.ac.cn

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11:20 AM

A RADIOLARIAN ASSEMBLAGE FROM THE PENNSYLVANIAN (DESMOINESIAN) EXCELLO BLACK SHALE OF SOUTH-EASTERN KANSAS, USA

NESTELL, Galina P.¹, POPE, John Paul² and NESTELL, Merlynd K.¹, (1)Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 96019, (2)Natural Sciences-Geology, Northwest Missouri State University, 800 University Drive, Maryville, MO 64468-6001, jppope@nwmissouri.edu, jppope@nwmissouri.edu

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11:40 AM

PROBABLE POLYCHAETE WORM BROOD CAPSULES FROM THE PENNSYLVANIAN OF MIDCONTINENT, NORTH AMERICA

POPE, John Paul, Natural Sciences-Geology, Northwest Missouri State University, 800 University Drive, Maryville, MO 64468-6001, jppope@nwmissouri.edu, jppope@nwmissouri.edu

North-Central Section - 48th Annual Meeting (24–25 April)

T15. Pennsylvanian Cyclothems and Stratigraphy of the Midcontinent and Illinois Basins