2015 GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA (1-4 November 2015)

Session No. 257
Tuesday, 3 November 2015: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 349/350 (Baltimore Convention Center)

T205. Integration of Microfossils and Sedimentology in Stratigraphic Analysis

AASP - The Palynological Society; SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology); Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division
Peter P. McLaughlin Jr. and David T. Pocknall, Session Chairs
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Start Time
1:30 PM
SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY BACK TO BASICS: SEA-LEVEL AND CLIMATE INFLUENCES ON SEQUENCE ARCHITECTURE
MILLER, Kenneth G., Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, MOUNTAIN, Gregory S., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, Wright Labs, 610 Taylor Rd, Piscataway, NJ 08854, BROWNING, James V., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854 and KATZ, Miriam, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th St, Troy, NY 12180, kgm@rci.rutgers.edu
1:45 PM
CONSTRAINING CLINOTHEMS FROM TOP TO BOTTOM: GROUND TRUTHING MODELS WITH SEISMIC, LOGS, AND CORES FROM NEW JERSEY EXPEDITION 313
BROWNING, James V.1, MILLER, Kenneth G.1, HODGSON, David M.2, KATZ, Miriam E.3 and MOUNTAIN, Gregory S.4, (1)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, (2)School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom, (3)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th Street, Troy, NY 12180, (4)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, Wright Labs, 610 Taylor Rd, Piscataway, NJ 08854, jvb@rci.rutgers.edu
2:00 PM
CORRELATION AND IMPLICATIONS OF EARLY MIOCENE ONSHORE AND OFFSHORE SEQUENCES, NEW JERSEY COASTAL PLAIN (LEGS 150X AND 174AX) AND SHELF (EXPEDITION 313)
GALLEGOS, Gabriel E.1, MILLER, Kenneth G.2, BROWNING, James V.2, ISCIMEN, Turan1, MONTEVERDE, Donald H.3 and SUGARMAN, Peter J.3, (1)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08854, (2)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, (3)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, geg48@scarletmail.rutgers.edu
2:15 PM
FORAMINIFERAL BIOSTRATIGRAPHY IN THE BASHKIRIAN-MOSCOVIAN BOUNDARY BEDS (TAURIDES, TURKEY): EVIDENCE FOR GLACIO-EUSTATIC SEA-LEVEL CHANGE IN THE EARLY PENNSYLVANIAN
ALTINER, Demir1, ÖZKAN-ALTINER, Sevinç1, YILMAZ, Ismail Omer1 and ATAKUL-ÖZDEMIR, Ayse2, (1)Department of Geological Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, 06800, Turkey, (2)Department of Geophysical Engineering, Yuzuncu Yil University, Van, 6200, Turkey, demir@metu.edu.tr
2:30 PM
NEW INSIGHTS ON EAST FINNMARK PLATFORM PALYNOSTRATIGRAPHY – TOWARDS A MISSISSIPPIAN (EARLY CARBONIFEROUS) PALYNOZONATION OF THE BARENTS SEA AREA
LOPES, Gilda Maria R., Earth Science, University of Bergen, P.O.Box 7803, Bergen, N-5020 Bergen, Norway, MANGERUD, Gunn, Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen, P.O. Box 7803, Bergen, N-5020, Norway, CLAYTON, Geoff, Geology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, D2, Ireland and MØRK, Atle, Department of Geology and Mineral Resources Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, N-7465, Norway; SINTEF Petroleum Research, Trondheim, N-7465, Norway, Gilda.Lopes@uib.no
2:45 PM
PALYNOLOGY AND SEDIMENTOLOGY/STRATIGRAPHY OF THE BAKKEN FORMATION, NORTH DAKOTA
POCKNALL, David T., Technology and Excellence, Hess Corporation, 1501 McKinney St., Houston, TX 77010 and HOHMAN, John, Hess Corporation, 1501 McKinney St, Houston, TX 77010, dpocknall@hess.com
3:00 PM
THE VALUE OF QUANTITATIVE PALYNOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY IN PROVIDING NEW INSIGHTS INTO REGIONAL TECTONO-STRATIGRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT AND CLIMATIC EVOLUTION OF  THE LATE JURASSIC OF THE NETHERLANDS
MUNSTERMAN, Dirk K.1, VERREUSSEL, Roel2, HOUBEN, Sander2 and KERSTHOLT-BOEGEHOLD, Susan2, (1)TNO, Geology-Petroleum Geosciences team, Princetonlaan 6, P.O. Box 80015, Utrecht, 3508 TA, Netherlands, (2)Utrecht, 3508 TA, Netherlands, dirk.munsterman@tno.nl
3:15 PM
SYNTHESIS OF THE PALYNOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE POTOMAC FORMATION IN THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC REGION OF THE UNITED STATES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR AQUIFER CORRELATION
MCLAUGHLIN Jr., Peter P., Delaware Geological Survey, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, THORNBURG, Jesse D., Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, QUINN, Heather, Maryland Geological Survey, 2300 Saint Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21218-5210, MILLER, Kenneth G., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854 and BRENNER, Gilbert J., Department of Geology (emeritus), State University of New York at New Paltz, 1 Hawk Drive, South Classroom Building 107, New Paltz, NY 12561, ppmclau@udel.edu
 
3:30 PM
Break
3:45 PM
DECIPHERING COMPLEX DELTAIC AND NEARSHORE FACIES USING INTEGRATIVE SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY, MAGOTHY FORMATION (UPPER TURONIAN-CAMPANIAN), NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE
SUGARMAN, Peter J., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, MILLER, Kenneth G., Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, BROWNING, James V., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854 and MCLAUGHLIN Jr., Peter P., Delaware Geological Survey, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, petes@rci.rutgers.edu
4:30 PM
STRATIGRAPHY AND PALYNOMORPH ASSEMBLAGES OF MIOCENE MARINE SEDIMENTS AT THE MARSHY HOPE BOREHOLE SITE IN SOUTHERN DELAWARE
FISHER, Keri A., Geology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716 and MCLAUGHLIN Jr., Peter P., Delaware Geological Survey, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, kafisher@udel.edu
4:45 PM
BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL FAUNAS REVEAL TRANSPORT DYNAMICS AND NO-ANALOG ENVIRONMENTS ON A GLACIATED MARGIN (GULF OF ALASKA)
BELANGER, Christina, Geology and Geological Engineering, South Dakota School Mines and Technology, 501 E. St. Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD 57701 and GUROCAK-ORHUN, Ozlem, Geology and Geological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 East Saint Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD 57701, christina.belanger@sdsmt.edu
5:00 PM
CLIMATIC AND OCEANOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS IN THE GULF OF PAPUA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, DURING THE BøLLING-ALLERøD, YOUNGER DRYAS, AND MELTWATER PULSE-1B: A PALYNOLOGICAL ANALYSIS
THOMAS, Marie Louise, Hess Corporation, 1501 McKinney Street, Houston, TX 77010; Department of Geology & Geophysics, Louisiana State University, E235 Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, WARNY, Sophie, Department of Geology and Geophysics, and Museum of Natural Science Baton Rouge, USA, Louisiana State University, E235 Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, BENTLEY, Samuel J., Department of Geology & Geophysics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803; Coastal Studies Institute, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, JARZEN, David M., Paleobotany and Paleoecology, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 1 Wade Oval Drive, University Circle, Cleveland, OH 44106, DROXLER, André W., Earth Science, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, HOWELL, Ashley L., Department of Geology & Geophysics, Louisiana State University, E235 Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, HARPER, Brandon B., Earth Science, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, MS-126, Houston, TX 77005, NITTROUER, Charles, School of Oceanography, University of Washington, Box 357940, Seattle, WA 98195 and XU, Kehui, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Science, Louisiana State University, 2165 Energy, Coast and Environment Building, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, marthomas@hess.com
5:15 PM
PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE CHANGING WATER QUALITY OF THE TIDAL CHRISTINA RIVER, DELAWARE FROM 1600 YBP TO PRESENT
CHRISTIE, Margaret, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Delaware, 103 Penny Hall, Newark, DE 19716, MARTIN, Ronald E., Geological Sciences, University of Delaware, 255 Academy St, 103 Penny Hall, Newark, DE 19350, MCLAUGHLIN Jr., Peter P., Delaware Geological Survey, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716 and PIZZUTO, James, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Delaware, 255 Academy St, Newark, DE 19716-2544, machri@udel.edu
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