Northeastern Section - 51st Annual Meeting - 2016

Session No. 17
Monday, 21 March 2016: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Meeting Room 3 (Empire State Plaza Convention Center)

T23. Eastern North American Rift Valleys Through Time

 

Stephen A. Nathan and Peter Drzewiecki, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
DELINEATING LAKE TYPES OF THE JURASSIC EAST BERLIN FORMATION, HARTFORD BASIN, NEWARK SUPERGROUP
CONTI, Alexander A., Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701 and GIERLOWSKI-KORDESCH, Elizabeth H., Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, 1 Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, ac151813@ohio.edu, ac151813@ohio.edu
1:55 PM
SEDIMENTOLOGY AND PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE LOWER PORTLAND FORMATION (HARTFORD BASIN, NEWARK SUPERGROUP)
JORGENSEN, Christopher T., Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Labs, Athens, OH 45701 and GIERLOWSKI-KORDESCH, Elizabeth, Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Labs, Athens, OH 45701-2979, cj263114@ohio.edu, cj263114@ohio.edu
2:15 PM
CORRELATION OF LOWER PORTLAND FORMATION (LOWER JURASSIC) LACUSTRINE CYCLES IN CORES FROM TWO DRILLING PROJECTS IN SOUTH HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
DRZEWIECKI, Peter1, PLOURDE, Whitney1 and STEINEN, Randolph P.2, (1)Department of Environmental Earth Science, Eastern Connecticut State University, 83 Windham Street, Willimantic, CT 06226, (2)Connecticut Geological Survey, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, 79 Elm Street, Hartford, CT 06106, drzewieckip@easternct.edu, drzewieckip@easternct.edu
2:35 PM
INCIPIENT PANGEAN RIFTING RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INITIATION OF CHINLE-DOCKUM SEDIMENTATION: INSIGHTS FROM THE NEWARK SUPERGROUP AND SHARED LATE TRIASSIC PLATE-SCALE TECTONIC EVENTS AND GEOCHRONOLOGIES
HUBER, Phillip, Geoscience Books, PO Box 1036, Faribault, MN 55021, OLSEN, Paul E., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964-1000 and LETOURNEAU, Peter M., Dept. of Biology-Environmental Science, Iona College, New Rochelle, NY 10801, raregeologybooks@earthlink.net, raregeologybooks@earthlink.net
 
2:55 PM
Break
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3:10 PM
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3:30 PM
MAGMA CRYSTALLIZATION WITHIN A CAMP UPPER-CRUSTAL PLUMBING SYSTEM: INSIGHTS FROM PHASE COMPOSITION MAPS AND GEOCHEMICAL MODELING
WILLIS, Kyle V.1, SROGI, LeeAnn1, MARTINSON, Peter J.1, LUTZ, Tim1 and POLLOCK, Meagen2, (1)Department of Geology & Astronomy, West Chester University, 720 S Church St, West Chester, PA 19383, (2)Department of Geology, The College of Wooster, 944 College Mall, Wooster, OH 44691, kw741628@wcupa.edu, kw741628@wcupa.edu
3:50 PM
WILD AND WONDERFUL IMPLICATIONS OF THE 5 MM POMPTON ASH OF THE HARTFORD AND NEWARK BASINS (EARLY JURASSIC, EASTERN NORTH AMERICA)
OLSEN, Paul, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964-1000, PHILPOTTS, Anthony R., Department of Geosciences, University of Massachuetts, Amherst, MA 01003, MCDONALD, Nicholas G., Olde Geologist Books, 55 Asher Avenue, Pawcatuck, CT 06379, STEINEN, Randolph P., Connecticut State Geological Survey, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, 79 Elm Street, Hartford, CT 06106, KINNEY, Sean T., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964-1000, JARET, Steven J., Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-2100 and RASBURY, E. Troy, Geosciences, SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794-2100, polsen@ldeo.columbia.edu, polsen@ldeo.columbia.edu
4:10 PM
A GRADUAL INCREASE IN PCO2 ACROSS THE ABRUPT END-TRIASSIC EXTINCTION
SCHALLER, Morgan F., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th St, Troy, NY 12180, KENT, Dennis V., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, OLSEN, Paul E., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964-1000 and WRIGHT, James D., Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, schall@rpi.edu, schall@rpi.edu
4:30 PM
THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF HARTFORD BASIN STRATA: A PILOT STUDY COMPARING OUTCROP K VALUES TO TEST BORINGS
NATHAN, Stephen A.1, FAZZINO, Alexander H.1, MCCORMICK, Kevin D.1 and RHODES, J. Michael2, (1)Department of Environmental Earth Science, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT 06226, (2)Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, 611 North Pleasant Street, 233 Morrill Science Center, Amherst, MA 01003, nathans@easternct.edu, nathans@easternct.edu
 
4:50 PM
Discussion
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