Session No. 101
Monday, 23 October 2017: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Ballroom 6C (Washington State Convention Center)
T87. Fluvio-Deltaic Processes and Their Stratigraphic Record
Brandon McElroy and Jeffrey A. Nittrouer, Advocates
8:00 AM
CHARACTERIZATION AND MAPPING OF PARASEQUENCES AND PARASEQUENCE SETS OF THE LOWER CRETACEOUS MCMURRAY FORMATION, ALBERTA, CANADA
CHATEAU, Chloe C.F.1, DASHTGARD, Shahin E.2 and MACEACHERN, James A.2, (1)Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 university drive, TASC1 room 7201, Burnaby, BC V5A1S6, Canada, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada, ccchatea@sfu.ca
8:15 AM
FLUVIAL ARCHITECTURE AND CYCLICITY IN CAMBRIAN BRAIDPLAIN STRATIGRAPHY, MIDDLE MEMBER WOOD CANYON FORMATION, MARBLE MOUNTAINS, SOUTHEASTERN CA, USA
MUHLBAUER, Jason G., FEDO, Christopher M. and MOERSCH, Jeffrey E., Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1621 Cumberland Avenue, 602 Strong Hall, Knoxville, TN 37996-1526, jmuhlbau@utk.edu
8:30 AM
DELTA ISLAND CONSTRUCTION – MATCHING GENERIC MORPHOLOGY METRICS TO SEDIMENTOLOGICAL REGIMES (Invited Presentation)
CZAPIGA, Matthew1, FERNANDEZ, Roberto1, PROKOCKI, Eric2 and PARKER, Gary3, (1)Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, (2)Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, (3)Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; Department of Geology, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, Urbana, IL 61801, czapiga2@illinois.edu
8:45 AM
THE IMPACT OF PERSISTENT BACKWATER DYNAMICS ON THE LITHOLOGY AND ARCHITECTURE OF FLUVIO-DELTAIC CHANNEL BELTS (Invited Presentation)
FERNANDES, Anjali M.1, MARTIN, John2, PICKERING, Jennifer2 and HOWES, Nick3, (1)Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, (2)Shell International Exploration and Production, Projects and Technology, Houston, TX, 77082, Houston, (3)Shell Exploration and Production, Clastics Research, Houston, TX 77204, anjali.fernandes@uconn.edu
9:15 AM
SEA-LEVEL CHANGE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO
DAVIS, JR, Richard A., Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, 11 Old Cottage Beach Dr., Rockport, TX 78382-7769, rdavis0937@gmail.com
9:30 AM
MISSISSIPPI RIVER SAND PETROLOGY: COMPARISON AMONG MODERN, MID-HOLOCENE, AND PLEISTOCENE DEPOSITS IN THE NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI EMBAYMENT
LUMSDEN, David N., Earth Sciences, The University of Memphis, 3600 Walker Ave, Memphis, TN 38152 and VAN ARSDALE, Roy B., Earth Sciences, University of Memphis, 235 Johnson Hall, Memphis, TN 38152, dlumsden@memphis.edu