GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 296
Wednesday, 28 September 2016: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 401 (Colorado Convention Center)

Sediments, Carbonates

Antun Husinec, Chair
1:30 PM
SALT DOME CAP ROCK IN THE CENTRAL AFRICAN COPPERBELT, ZAMBIA AND THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC)
MACINTYRE, Timothy J.1, LESAR, Lisa D.1, BYRNE, Grainne1, HITZMAN, Murray W.1 and GULBRANSEN, Cayce A.2, (1)Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1516 Illinois St., Golden, CO 80401, (2)USGS, Box 25046, MS 963, Denver, CO 80225, tmacinty@mines.edu
1:45 PM
DISCONFORMITY-CONTROLLED DIAGENESIS IN EL ABRA CARBONATE PLATFORM (MID-CRETACEOUS), MEXICO
WAHAB, Abdul, ENOS, Paul and GOLDSTEIN, Robert, University of Kansas, Department of Geology, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045, awahab573@ku.edu
2:00 PM
CATCH-DOWN CYCLOTHEMS FROM THE PENNSYLVANIAN OF KANSAS
OBORNY, Stephan C. and CRAMER, Bradley D., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 115 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, stephan-oborny@uiowa.edu
2:15 PM
SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK AND CARBON-ISOTOPE STRATIGRAPHY OF THE UPPER ORDOVICIAN LOWER RED RIVER FM., EASTERNMOST WILLISTON BASIN
HUSINEC, Antun, Geology Department, St. Lawrence University, 23 Romoda Drive, Canton, NY 13617, ahusinec@stlawu.edu
2:30 PM
THE MASHIPICONG MBR. OF THE UPPER SILURIAN OF SOUTHEASTERN NY AND NORTHWESTERN NJ: A SHALLOW WATER BLACK SHALE
BARTHOLOMEW, Alex J., AADAHL, Kristopher and DUBALDI, Michael, Department of Geology, SUNY New Paltz, 1 Hawk Drive, New Paltz, NY 12561, barthola@newpaltz.edu
2:45 PM
INTEGRATING SEDIMENTOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY TO UNDERSTAND DEPOSITIONAL PROCESSES IN LACUSTRINE SHALE: A CASE STUDY FROM THE EOCENE SHAHEJIE FORMATION IN THE DONGYING DEPRESSION, EASTERN CHINA
MA, Yiquan, Department of Marine Science and Engineering, China University of Geosciences, No. 388 Lumo Road, Wuhan, 430074, China; Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas at Arlington, 500 Yates Street, Arlington, TX 76019, FAN, Majie, Earth and Environmental Sciences Dept., University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019 and LU, Yongchao, Department of Marine Science and Engineering, China University of Geosciences, No. 388 Lumo Road, Wuhan, 430074, China, shale_yqma@163.com
 
3:00 PM
Break
3:15 PM
REGIONAL EFFECT ON OLIGOCENE-MIOCENE SHALLOW MARINE CARBONATE ALONG THE SE CIRCUM - CARIBBEAN
NANA YOBO, Lucien, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, Science and Research Building 1, 3507 Cullen Blvd, Houston, TX 77204-5007 and SILVA-TAMAYO, Juan Carlos, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, 3507 Cullen Blvd, Science and Research Building 1, Houston, TX 77204, lnanayobo@uh.edu
3:30 PM
LATE PENNSYLVANIAN-EARLY PERMIAN TECTONICS AND SEDIMENTATION IN CARLIN CANYON, NORTHEASTERN NEVADA
DEHARI, Elinda, BEAUCHAMP, Benoit and HENDERSON, Charles M., Geoscience, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada, elinda.dehari@gmail.com
3:45 PM
THE MID CENOZOIC CARBONATE PLATFORM OF THE NICARAGUAN RISE: IMPORTANCE OF CARBONATE PRODUCTIVITY, VOLCANISM AND TECTONICS
MITCHELL, Simon F., Geography and Geology, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica; Geography and Geology, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica, simon.mitchell@uwimona.edu.jm
4:00 PM
THE ENIGMATIC QUATERNARY SHELL BED DEPOSITS OF LAKE TANGANYIKA, TANZANIA: A STORY OF ANTHROPOGENIC OR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE?
BUSCH, James1, SOREGHAN, M.J.1, DE BEURS, Kirsten2, MCGLUE, Michael3, KIMIREI, Ishmael4 and COHEN, Andrew S.5, (1)ConocoPhillips School of Geology & Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 100 East Boyd St, Norman, OK 73019, (2)Geography & Environmental Sustainability, 100 East Boyd St, Norman, OK 73019, (3)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, (4)Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute, TAFIRI Kigoma, Box 90, Kigoma, n/a, Tanzania, United Republic of, (5)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, buschj17@ou.edu
4:15 PM
EL NIÑO–SOUTHERN OSCILLATION INFLUENCE ON BIOFACIES DYNAMICS OF THE SHALLOW-WATER CARBONATE SYSTEMS OF THE GALÁPAGOS ARCHIPELAGO
HUMPHREYS, Alexander F.1, HALFAR, Jochen1, RIVERA, Fernando2, REYMOND, Claire E.3, MANZELLO, Derek4, WESTPHAL, Hildegard5 and RIEGL, Bernhard6, (1)Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Road, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6, Canada, (2)Instituto Nazca de Investigaciones Marinas, Calle 20 1615 Avenida 12 de Octubre Salinas, Santa Elena, 240290, Ecuador, (3)Dept. of Biogeochemistry / Geology, Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT), Fahrenheitstr. 6, Bremen, 28359, Germany, (4)Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 75 Virginia Beach Drive, Miami, FL 33149, (5)Dept. of Biogeochemistry / Geology, Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT), Fahrenheitstr. 6, Bremen, 28359, Germany; Geosciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, 28359, Germany, (6)Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, 3301 College Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314, alexander.humphreys@mail.utoronto.ca
4:30 PM
ANAEROBIC BOTTOM WATERS NEED NOT BE DEEP
WANLESS, Harold R., Geological Sciences, Univ of Miami, P.O. Box 249176, Coral Gables, FL 33124, hwanless@miami.edu
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