Joint 69th Annual Southeastern / 55th Annual Northeastern Section Meeting - 2020

Session No. 42
Saturday, 21 March 2020: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Regency Ballroom B (Hyatt Regency Reston)

T5. Drill Baby, Drill! A Tribute to USGS Drillers Eugene "Big Gene" Cobbs, Eugene "Little Gene" Cobbs, III, and Jeff Grey, and Their Contributions to Geologic Research East of the Mississippi River

 

Jean M. Self-Trail and Kenneth G. Miller Sr, Advocates
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1:30 PM
FIFTY YEARS OF USGS SCIENTIFIC DRILLING IN THE EASTERN UNITED STATES: REMINISCING ABOUT PEOPLE, PLACES, AND PROJECTS
GOHN, Gregory S., U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192
1:50 PM
EASTERN REGIONAL ROOTS, GLOBAL REACH: DEVELOPING GLOBAL SEA–LEVEL HISTORY AND A RECORD OF MAJOR EVENT BY DRILLING THE MID-ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN
MILLER, Kenneth G.1, SUGARMAN, Peter J.2 and BROWNING, James V.1, (1)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, (2)New Jersey Geol Survey, P.O. Box 427, Trenton, NJ 08625
2:10 PM
2:30 PM
DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY OF TURONIAN TO SANTONIAN SEDIMENTS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL PLAIN
SELF-TRAIL, Jean M., Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA 20192, HARRIS, W. Burleigh, North Carolina Geological Survey, Raleigh Field Office and Core Repository, 1620 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1620, ALEMAN GONZALEZ, Wilma B., U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 926A, Reston, VA 20192, MOORE, Jessica Pierson, West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey, 1 Mont Chateau Rd, Morgantown, WV 26508 and FARRELL, Kathleen M., North Carolina Geological Survey, 1620 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1620
2:50 PM
RARE EARTH ELEMENTS IN THE CRETACEOUS OF THE CAROLINA COASTAL PLAIN: DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCES, PARENT ROCKS, AND SUBSURFACE DISTRIBUTION OF PROSPECTIVE LITHOLOGIES
MOORE, Jessica Pierson, West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey, 1 Mont Chateau Rd, Morgantown, WV 26508
3:10 PM
COREHOLES PROVIDE GROUND TRUTH FOR THE HYDROSTRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK OF THE CRETACEOUS POTOMAC-RARITAN-MAGOTHY AQUIFER SYSTEM OF THE NEW JERSEY COASTAL PLAIN
SUGARMAN, Peter J.1, MILLER, Kenneth G.2, BROWNING, James V.2, MCLAUGHLIN Jr., Peter P.3 and THORNBURG, Jesse D.4, (1)New Jersey Geological and Water Survey, P.O. Box 420, Trenton, NJ 08625, (2)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, (3)Delaware Geological Survey, Newark, DE 19716, (4)Earth and Environmental Science, Temple University, 1901 N. 13th Street, Beury Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19122-6081
3:30 PM
GOLDEN SPIKES IN THE DELAWARE COASTAL PLAIN: ADVANCES IN SUBSURFACE STRATIGRAPHY THROUGH WIRELINE CORING
MCLAUGHLIN Jr., Peter P.1, ANDRES, A. Scott2, BAXTER, Stefanie J.3, BROWNING, James V.4, BUCHANAN, Tyler J.5, FULTON, Michael6, MCCREARY Jr., Paul S.3, MCKENNA, Thomas E.7, MILLER, Kenneth G.8, RAMSEY, Kelvin W.3, SCHENCK, William S.9 and TOMLINSON, Jaime L.3, (1)Delaware Geological Survey, Newark, DE 19716, (2)Delaware Geological Survey, University of Delaware, 257 Academy Street, Newark, DE 19716, (3)Delaware Geological Survey, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, (4)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, (5)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Delaware, 255 Academy Street, Newark, DE 19716, (6)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Delaware, 255 Academy St., Newark, DE 19716, (7)University of Delaware, Delaware Geological Survey, 257 Academy St, Newark, DE 19716, (8)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, 610 Taylor Rd., Piscataway, NJ 08854, (9)Delaware Geological Survey, Newark, DE 19716-7501
3:50 PM
THE DINOCYSTS OF THE MORAN LANDING CORE, CALVERT CLIFFS, MARYLAND: NEW EVIDENCE FOR A HIGH-ANGLE REVERSE FAULT AFFECTING MIOCENE STRATA
EDWARDS, Lucy E.1, KIDWELL, Susan M.2, POWARS, David S.3 and SCHINDLER, J. Stephen1, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, (2)Department of Geophyscial Sciences, Univ of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 926A, Reston, VA 20192
4:10 PM
CHANGES IN HYDROLOGY AND SEDIMENTATION DURING THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM IN THE SALISBURY EMBAYMENT, USA
RUSH, William D.1, ZACHOS, James C.1, KIEHL, Jeffrey1 and SHIELDS, Christine2, (1)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, (2)CSEG, National Center for Atmospheric Research, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, CO 80305
4:30 PM
EVIDENCE FOR SHELF ACIDIFICATION DURING THE ONSET OF THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM
BRALOWER, Timothy J.1, KUMP, Lee R.2, SELF-TRAIL, Jean M.3, ROBINSON, Marci M.4, LYONS, Shelby L.5, BABILA, Tali L.6, BALLARON, Edward6, FREEMAN, Katherine H.7, HAJEK, Elizabeth8, RUSH, Will D.9 and ZACHOS, James C.10, (1)Department of Geosciences, Penn State University, University Park, PA 1682, (2)Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 116 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, (3)Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA 20192, (4)Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, USGS, MS 926A NATIONAL CENTER, US Geological Survey, Reston, VA 20192-0001, (5)Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 215 Circle Drive, State College, PA 16801, (6)Earth & Planetary Sciences Department, Univ California - Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, (7)Department of Geoscience, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, (8)Department of Geosciences, Penn State University, 511 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, (9)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, (10)Earth & Planetary Sciences Department, University of California Santa Cruz, Earth and Marine Sciences Building, Santa Cruz, CA 95064
4:50 PM
CORE DRILLING THE ALLEGHENY PLATEAU IN THE PA WILDS AND ITS VALUE IN GEOLOGIC MAPPING
BIERLY, Aaron D., Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 3240 Schoolhouse Rd, Middletown, PA 17057
5:10 PM
EVIDENCE FOR MULTIPLE SEA-LEVEL INCURSIONS WITHIN THE UPPER DEVONIAN CATSKILL FORMATION, CAMERON AND MCKEAN COUNTIES, NORTH-CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
HUTSKY, Andrew J., Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Mount Union, 1972 Clark Avenue, Alliance, OH 44601
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