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

Session No. 256
Tuesday, 3 November 2015: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 343 (Baltimore Convention Center)

T197. Sedimentary Basins II

D. Jeffrey Over and Diane L. Kamola, Session Chairs
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
SEDIMENTOLOGY AND RESERVOIR CHARACTERISTICS OF PENNSYLVANIA’S LOWER SILURIAN MEDINA GROUP
ANTHONY, Robin V.1, DUNST, Brian J.1 and CARTER, Kristin2, (1)PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4745, (2)PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Topographic & Geologic Survey, 400 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, robanthony@pa.gov
1:50 PM
EVALUATING CONTROLS ON ABRUPT VERTICAL CHANGES IN THE SANDINESS OF FLUVIAL STRATIGRAPHY: EXAMPLES FROM UPPER CRETACEOUS FLUVIAL DEPOSITS IN UTAH AND COLORADO, USA
CHAMBERLIN, Ellen, Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, 438 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802 and HAJEK, Elizabeth, Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, epc127@psu.edu
2:05 PM
DYNAMIC SOFT-SEDIMENT DEFORMATION IN THE JURASSIC NAVAJO SANDSTONE EOLIANITE, MOAB, UTAH
CHAN, Marjorie A., Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 115 S 1460 E, Room 383 FASB, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, PARRISH, Judith Totman, Dept. of Geological Sciences, Univ of Idaho, P.O. Box 443022, Moscow, ID 83844 and HASIOTIS, Stephen T., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lindley Hall, rm 120, Lawrence, KS 66045, marjorie.chan@utah.edu
2:20 PM
MESO-SCALE JURASSIC PALEOTOPOGRAPHY AT THE J-2 UNCONFORMITY NEAR MOAB, UT
PARRISH, Judith Totman, Dept. of Geological Sciences, Univ of Idaho, P.O. Box 443022, Moscow, ID 83844, CHAN, Marjorie A., Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 115 S 1460 E, Room 383 FASB, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 and HASIOTIS, Stephen T., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lindley Hall, Room 120, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, jparrish@uidaho.edu
2:35 PM
DEPOSITIONAL ARCHITECTURE AND SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY OF THE LOWER CRETACEOUS DAKOTA FORMATION, NORTHERN UINTA BASIN, UTAH AND COLORADO
CURRIE, Brian S., Department of Geology & Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, 133 Culler Hall, Oxford, OH 45056, curriebs@miamioh.edu
2:50 PM
THE ROLE OF MANTLE DYNAMIC TOPOGRAPHY AND SEA LEVEL ON THE U.S. ATLANTIC PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE CONTINENTAL MARGIN ARCHITECTURE
MILLER, Kenneth G.1, KOMINZ, Michelle A.2, BROWNING, James V.3, WRIGHT, James D.1 and KOPP, Robert E.3, (1)Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, (2)Department of Geosciences, Western Michigan University, 1903 W. Michigan Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49008, (3)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, kgm@rci.rutgers.edu
3:05 PM
HOLOCENE SHORELINE BEHAVIOR AND SEQUENCE DEVELOPMENT IN THE UPPER GREAT LAKES BASIN
THOMPSON, Todd A., Indiana Geological Survey, Indiana University, 611 North Walnut Grove, Bloomington, IN 47405-2208, JOHNSTON, John W., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Water Institute, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave West, Waterloo, ON N2L3G1, Canada, LOOPE, Henry M., Indiana Geological Survey, Indiana University, 611 N. Walnut Grove Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405 and JOL, Harry M., Department of Geography and Anthropology, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire, 105 Garfield Avenue, P.O. Box 4004, Eau Claire, WI 54702-4004, WI 54702-4004, tthomps@indiana.edu
 
3:20 PM
Break
3:35 PM
ASTROCHRONOLOGY AND DEPOSITONAL RATES IN UPPER DEVONIAN SEDIMENTARY BASINS – TEPHRAS, CYCLES, MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY, AND WHAT UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CAN ACCOMPLISH – AN INSPIRATIONAL TRIBUTE TO ROBERT K. SCHWARTZ
OVER, D. Jeffrey1, TUSKES, Katherine1, DANIELSEN, Erika1, KOHN, Jennifer1, LESKOVEC, Jenna1 and SCHMITZ, Mark2, (1)Geological Sciences, SUNY-Geneseo, Geneseo, NY 14454, (2)Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, over@geneseo.edu
3:50 PM
DEPOSITIONAL BUILD-AND-FILL WITHIN THE ZARAH SUBGROUP (UPPER PENNSYLVANIAN, MISSOURIAN STAGE) OF MIAMI COUNTY, KANSAS: INTEGRATED LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY, BIOSTRATIGRAPHY, δ13CCARB CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY, AND GEOPHYSICAL WELL-LOG DATA
OBORNY, Stephan C.1, LUDVIGSON, Greg A.2, HENTHORNE, Robert3, HECKEL, Philip H.1 and CRAMER, Bradley D.1, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 115 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, (2)Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas, 1930 Constant Ave, Lawrence, KS 66047-3726, (3)Kansas Department of Transportation, Bureau of Structures and Geotechnical Services, Eisenhower State Office Building, 700 S.W. Harrison Street, Topeka, KS 66603-3745, stephan-oborny@uiowa.edu
4:05 PM
EFFECTS OF SEA LEVEL CHANGE ON DEPOSITION IN THE SEVIER FORELAND BASIN
KAMOLA, Diane L., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, MYERS, Matt, Devon Energy, Oklahoma City, OK 73102 and THOMPSON, Jesse, Chevron Energy Technology Company, Chevron U.S.A., 1500 Louisiana St, Houston, TX 77002, kamola@ku.edu
4:20 PM
INTERMONTANE VALLEY AND BASIN DEVELOPMENT LINKED TO THE TECTONIC, CLIMATIC, AND TOPOGRAPHIC EVOLUTION OF THE SEVIER-LARAMIDE OVERLAP ZONE IN SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA
SCHWARTZ, Theresa M., Department of Geology, Allegheny College, 520 North Main Street, Box 37A, Meadville, PA 16335 and SCHWARTZ, Robert K., Department of Geology, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA 16335, tschwartz@allegheny.edu
4:35 PM
ANCESTRY OF THE MISSOURI RIVER HEADWATERS: INSIGHTS FROM ZIRCON PROVENANCE ANALYSIS OF LATE PALEOGENE PALEOVALLEY DEPOSITS
WEISLOGEL, Amy L., Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, 98 Beechurst Ave, 241 Brooks Hall, Morgantown, WV 26506, SCHWARTZ, Robert K., Department of Geology, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA 16335, SCHWARTZ, Theresa M., Department of Geology, Allegheny College, 520 North Main Street, Box 37A, Meadville, PA 16335, BARBER, Douglas Edward, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, 23rd, Austin, TX 78759 and ROTHFUSS, Jennifer L., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, 201 7th Ave, Box 870338, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, Amy.Weislogel@mail.wvu.edu
4:50 PM
THE LIBERAL ARTS AND UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH:  HOW RIPPLES FROM ONE PEBBLE IN A SMALL POND CREATED A LEGACY
O'BRIEN, Rachel, Department of Geology, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA 16335, robrien@allegheny.edu
 
5:05 PM
Concluding Remarks
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