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

Session No. 200
Tuesday, 3 November 2015: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 349/350 (Baltimore Convention Center)

T197. Sedimentary Basins I

D. Jeffrey Over and Diane L. Kamola, Session Chairs
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM
EVIDENCE FOR VERY SLOW ACCUMULATION OF CRETACEOUS (MIDDLE CAMPANIAN) ARDMORE BENTONITES AND LOWER SHARON SPRINGS FORMATION, PIERRE SHALE, EASTERN WYOMING
ZELT, Frederick B., ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, 22777 Springwoods Village Parkway, Spring, TX 77389 and HEIZLER, Matthew T., New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, fbzelt@aol.com
8:20 AM
DETRITAL ZIRCON STUDIES IN RELATION TO PROVENANCE OF THE JURASSIC WANAKAH FORMATION AND ADJACENT ROCK UNITS IN WESTERN COLORADO
EJEMBI, John Idoko, JOHNSON, Matthew and POTTER-MCINTYRE, Sally L., Parkinson Lab - Geology Department, Southern Illinois University, 1259 Lincoln Drive, Carbondale, IL 62901, jejembi@siu.edu
8:35 AM
PROVENANCE OF THE CLASTIC ROCKS OF THE MORITA FORMATION, NORTHERN SONORA, MEXICO: EVIDENCES FROM GEOCHEMISTRY AND DETRITAL ZIRCON U-PB AGES
MADHAVARAJU, Jayagopal1, RAMÍREZ-MONTOYO, Erik2, GONZÁLEZ-LEÓN, Carlos M.1, SOLARI, Luigi3 and MONREAL, Rogelio4, (1)ERNO, Instituto de Geologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, L.D. Colosio s/n Y Madrid, Campus UNISON, Hermosillo, 83000, Mexico, (2)Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo,, Hermosillo, 83170, Mexico, (3)Centro de Geociencias, Juriquilla, Queretaro, 76230, Mexico, (4)Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, 83170, Mexico, mj@geologia.unam.mx
8:50 AM
U/PB DETRITAL ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY AND PROVENANCE OF THE MIDDLE-ORDOVICIAN ST. PETER SANDSTONE AND STARVED ROCK FORMATION, IOWA
IBRAHIM, Diar Mohammed, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Iowa, 718 Carriage Hill Apat. #5, 121 Trowbridge Hall, Department of Earth and Environment, Iowa City, IA 52246, MCCLELLAND, William C., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, POPE, Michael C., Department of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, WITZKE, Brian J., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 115 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, FINZEL, Emily S., Earth & Environmental Science Department, University of Iowa, Trowbridge Hall, North Capitol Street, Iowa City, IA 52242 and MILLER, Brent V., Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3115, diar-ibrahim@uiowa.edu
9:05 AM
NO CENOZOIC CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN UPPER YANGTZE RIVER AND RED RIVER
WISSINK, Gregory K. and HOKE, Gregory D., Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244, gkwissin@syr.edu
9:20 AM
SEDIMENTARY CHARACTERISTICS OF CARBONATE INTRA-PLATFORM SHOALS AND THEIR FORMATION IN ORDOVICIAN TARIM BASIN, WEST CHINA
MIAOMIAO, Meng, School of Energy Resources, China University of Geosciences(Beijing), No.29, Xueyuan road, Haidian district, Beijing, 100083, China, Beijing, 100083, China, mmm1988@126.com
 
9:35 AM
Break
9:50 AM
HOW ABUNDANT WAS VEGETATION ON THE WESTERN MARGIN OF PANGEA? ABUNDANCE, DIVERSITY AND TAPHONOMY FOR THE LOWER PERMIAN HALGAITO FORMATION OF THE PARADOX BASIN, UTAH
GIBLING, Martin R.1, DIMICHELE, William2, TOBEY, Dawn1, CHANEY, Dan S.2 and CECIL, Blaine3, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada, (2)Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013, (3)US Geological Survey, National Center (Emeritus), Reston, VA 20192, mgibling@dal.ca
10:05 AM
RIVERS, LOESS, AND VEGETATION; THE EARLY PERMIAN HALGAITO FORMATION IN THE VALLEY OF THE GODS, SOUTHEAST UTAH
TOBEY, Dawn1, GIBLING, Martin R.1, DIMICHELE, William2 and CHANEY, Dan S.2, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada, (2)Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013, dawn.tobey@gmail.com
10:20 AM
UNTANGLING THE PRE-, SYN-, AND POST-RIFT DEVELOPMENT OF THE SCOTIAN MARGIN: NEW RESULTS AND ENDURING QUESTIONS
DEPTUCK, Mark E., Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, 1791 Barrington Street, Halifax, NS B3J 3K9, Canada and KENDELL, Kris L., Canada-Nova Soctia Offshore Petroleum Board, 1791 Barrington Street, Halifax, NS B3J 3K9, Canada, mdeptuck@cnsopb.ns.ca
10:35 AM
CENOZOIC PERIPHERAL FORELAND BASIN DEVELOPMENT IN THE BITLIS-ZARGOS OROGEN, DUHOK, IRAQI KURDISTAN
BARBER, Douglas E., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, 23rd, Austin, TX 78759, STOCKLI, Daniel F., Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 2305 Speedway, Stop C1160, Austin, TX 78712 and KOSHNAW, Renas I., Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, douglasbarber@utexas.edu
10:50 AM
LITHIUM BRINE EXPLORATION AT DASHT-E-NAWAR BASIN, AFGHANISTAN
STILLINGS, Lisa L., U.S. Geological Survey, MS-176 University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV 89557, MACK, Thomas J., U.S. Geological Survey, 331 Commerce Way, Pembroke, NH 03275, CHORNACK, Michael P., US Geological Survey, PO Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225-0046 and KALALY, Siddiq S., U.S. Geological Survey, National Center MS 954, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr, Reston, VA 20192, stilling@usgs.gov
11:05 AM
A DIAGENETIC STUDY OF THE LOWER WOLFCAMP SHALE, MIDLAND BASIN, TEXAS: WHAT CAN DETAILED PETROGRAPHIC AND MAGNETIC STUDIES TELL US ABOUT PARAGENESIS IN THIS COMPLEX SYSTEM?
WICKARD, Alyssa K., HEIJ, Gerhard, ELMORE, R. Douglas and ROBERTS, Jennifer M., ConocoPhillips School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 100 E. Boyd St, SEC 710, Norman, OK 73019, alyssa.wickard@ou.edu
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