2012 GSA Annual Meeting in Charlotte (4–7 November 2012): Special Sessions

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Oral 11	Poster 0	Either 0	Total 11

SPECIAL SESSION: GSA BULLETIN: 125th Celebration Presentations

Papers:

THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE

WALKER, J. Douglas, Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, jdwalker@ku.edu, GEISSMAN, J.W., Department of Geosciences, ROC 21, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 West Campbell Road, Richardson, TX 75080, BOWRING, Samuel A., Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, and BABCOCK, Loren E., School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 S. Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210

A CENTURY OF U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY: THE LONG QUEST TOWARDS CONCORDANCE

CORFU, Fernando, Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, PO Box 1047, Blindern, Oslo 0316 Norway, fernando.corfu@geo.uio.no

CHANGING OCEANIC CONDITIONS THROUGH THE LATE ORDOVICIAN GLACIATION INTO THE EARLIEST SILURIAN GLOBAL ANOXIC EVENT: EVIDENCE FROM BLACK SHALES AND NITROGEN ISOTOPES

MELCHIN, Michael, Department of Earth Sciences, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS B2G 2V5, Canada, mmelchin@stfx.ca, MITCHELL, Charles, Department of Geology, The University at Buffalo, Box 603050, Buffalo, NY 14260-3050, HOLMDEN, Chris, Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 114 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada, and ŠTORCH, Petr, Institute of Geology AS CR, Rozvojova ́ 135, 165 02, Praha, 6, Czech Republic

CYCLOSTRATIGRAPHY AND ITS REVOLUTIONIZING APPLICATIONS IN THE GEOSCIENCES

HINNOV, Linda A., Dept. Earth & Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, hinnov@jhu.edu

MASS EXTINCTIONS: LESS SEVERE IN THE OCEAN THAN TRADITIONALLY PORTRAYED BUT STILL INTRIGUING

STANLEY, Steven M., Geology and Geophysics, University of Hawaii, Post Bldg. 701, 1680 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, stevenst@hawaii.edu

PRE-PANGEAN SUPERCONTINENTS COME OF AGE

EVANS, David A.D., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, david.evans@yale.edu

GRANITE: FROM GENESIS TO EMPLACEMENT

BROWN, Michael, Department of Geology, University of Maryland, Laboratory for Crustal Petrology, College Park, MD 20742, mbrown@umd.edu

ON THE ORIGIN OF OROGENS

JAMIESON, Rebecca A.¹, BEAUMONT, Christopher², and BUTLER, Jared P.¹, (1) Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada, beckyj@dal.ca, (2) Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada

CONTINENTAL AND OCEANIC CORE COMPLEXES

WHITNEY, Donna L., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, dwhitney@umn.edu, TEYSSIER, Christian, Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, REY, Patrice F., School of Geosciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia, and BUCK, W. Roger, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964

OROCLINES: THICK AND THIN

JOHNSTON, Stephen T., School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, Bob Wright Centre, PO Box 3065 STN CSC, Victoria, BC V8W 3V6, Canada, stj@uvic.ca, WEIL, Arlo Brandon, Department of Geology, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010, and GUTIÉRREZ-ALONSO, Gabriel, Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, 37008

IMPACT CRATERING AND PROCESSES: RECENT PROGRESS

KOEBERL, Christian, Department of Lithospheric Research, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, A-1090 Vienna, Austria, also of the Natural History Museum, Burgring 7, A-1010 Vienna, Austria, christian.koeberl@univie.ac.at and REIMOLD, Wolf Uwe, Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute at Humboldt University Berlin, Invalidenstrasse 43, Berlin, D-10115, Germany

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Oral 8	Poster 0	Either 0	Total 8

SPECIAL SESSION: The Fluvial System: The Legacy of Stanley A. Schumm

Papers:

Linking Non-Linear Decay and Rapid, Threshold Responses to Long Term Sediment-Transport Rates at Mount St. Helens

SIMON, Andrew¹, KLIMETZ, Danny¹, and SPICER, Kurt², (1) Cardno ENTRIX, 1223 Jackson Ave. E, Suite 301, Oxford, MS 38655, Andrew.Simon@cardno.com, (2) U.S. Geological Survey, 1300 SE Cardinal Court, Suite 100, Vancouver, WA 98683

RIVER VARIABLILITY, COMPLEXITY AND SIMPLICITY &NDASH; THE MORPHO-TEXTURE OF BRAIDED RIVERS

LARONNE, Jonathan B., Department of Geography and Environmental Development, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, 80105, Israel, john@bgu.ac.il and STORZ-PERETZ, Yael, Geography and Environmental Development, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, 84105, Israel

GEOMORPHIC RESPONSE TO CATASTROPHIC FLOODING IN NORTH-CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA (TROPICAL STORM LEE - SEPTEMBER 2011): INTERSECTION OF FLUVIAL EQUILIBRIUM AND THE LEGACY OF LOGGING

KOCHEL, R. Craig, Dept. of Geology, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837, kochel@bucknell.edu and HAYES, Benjamin, Environmental Center, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837

FLOW OPTIMIZATION FOR GEOMORPHIC AND ECOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENTS IN THE WILD AND SCENIC REACH OF THE RIO CHAMA, NEW MEXICO

HARVEY, Michael D., Tetra Tech, Inc, 3801 Automation Way, Suite 100, Fort Collins, CO 80526, mike.harvey@tetratech.com

QUANTITATIVE SEISMIC GEOMORPHOLOGY: VISUALIZING THE FUTURE OF PALEO-LANDSCAPE RESEARCH

WOOD, Lesli J., Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin, University Station, Box X, Austin, TX 78713-8924, lesli.wood@beg.utexas.edu and ETHRIDGE, Frank, Department of Earth Resources, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 78738

TO INTERPRET THE EARTH: STAN SCHUMM'S GEOPHILOSOPHY

BAKER, Victor R., Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0011, baker@email.arizona.edu

TEN WAYS TO BE RIGHT: UNDERSTANDING STAN SCHUMM'S INFLUENCE ON RIVER MANAGEMENT

RUTHERFURD, Ian Dingo, The University of Melbourne, Resource Management and Geography, 221 Bouverie Street, Melbourne 3001 Australia, idruth@unimelb.edu.au

MOUNTAIN RIVER METAMORPHOSIS

WOHL, Ellen, Geosciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1482, ellenw@cnr.colostate.edu

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Oral 13	Poster 0	Either 0	Total 13

182. SPECIAL SESSION: Recent Advances in Carbonate Sedimentology and Stratigraphy: In Memory of Gerald M. Friedman

Papers:

GERALD M. FRIEDMAN: CARBONATE SEDIMENTOLOGIST, PETROLEUM GEOLOGIST, AND TEACHER

CHISICK, Steven A., 148 Holly Hills Dr, Williamsburg, VA 23185, schisick@gmail.com

SHALLOW-WATER PHOTOTROPHIC CARBONATE SEDIMENT FACTORIES IN THE TEMPERATE SOUTHERN OCEAN

JAMES, Noel P., Department of Geological Science and Geological Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada, james@geol.queensu.ca, REID, Catherine, Department Geological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, 8140, New Zealand, and BONE, Yvonne, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Univ of Adelaide, Adelaide, 5005, Australia

A DEEP TIME PERSPECTIVE ON OCEAN ACIDIFICATION

GREENE, Sarah E.¹, MARTINDALE, Rowan C.², RITTERBUSH, Kathleen A.³, BOTTJER, David J.³, CORSETTI, Frank A.³, and BERELSON, William M.³, (1) School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1SS, United Kingdom, sarah.greene@bristol.ac.uk, (2) Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, (3) Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089

STRATIGRAPHY OF LATE EDIACARAN SEDIMENTARY SUCCESSIONS: CHEMICAL HETEROGENEITY OF THE OCEANS AT THE DAWN OF ANIMAL LIFE?

KAUFMAN, Alan J., Geology Department, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, kaufman@geol.umd.edu

PALEOCLIMATE, AEOLIAN DUST, AND THE ORIGIN OF PALEOZOIC CHERT IN THE CONTERMINOUS UNITED STATES

CECIL, C. Blaine, USGS National Center (emeritus), Reston, VA 20192, cecilblaine@gmail.com

THE ROLE OF OCEAN TIDES IN RAPID DIAGENESIS OF SHALLOW MARINE CARBONATES

WASHINGTON, Paul A., Dept. of Energy & Earth Resources, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, Johnstown, PA 15904, washingt@pitt.edu

COARSE, FABRIC DESTRUCTIVE POST-DEPOSITIONAL DOLOMITES, LATE JURASSIC-EARLY CRETACEOUS ADRIATIC PLATFORM, CROATIA: ORIGIN BY MESOHALINE REFLUX

READ, James F., Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24060, jread@vt.edu, CANGIALOSI, Michael, Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall (0420), Blacksburg, VA 24061, HUSINEC, Antun, Geology Department, St. Lawrence University, 23 Romoda Drive, Canton, NY 13617, and LOEHN, Clayton, Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721

A MICROBIAL ECOSYSTEM IN AN ANCIENT SABKHA OF THE 3.49 GA PILBARA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, AND COMPARISON WITH MESOARCHEAN, NEOPROTEROZOIC AND PHANEROZOIC EXAMPLES

NOFFKE, Nora¹, CHRISTIAN, Daniel¹, WACEY, David², and HAZEN, Robert M.³, (1) Ocean, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Old Dominion University, 4600, Elkhorn Avenue, Norfolk, VA 23529, nnoffke@odu.edu, (2) Centre for Core to Crust Fluid Systems, The University of Western Australia, Perth, 6009, Australia, (3) Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5251 Broad Branch Road, NW, Washington DC, 20015

GLACIO-EUSTATIC CONTROLS ON PALEOZOIC STRATIGRAPHIC CYCLICITY EVALUATED USING OXYGEN ISOTOPES OF MARINE APATITE

ELRICK, Maya¹, THEILING, Bethany¹, WALLACE, Zachary A.², REARDON, Dillon¹, LABOR, Wesley¹, and MARTIN, Josephine¹, (1) Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, dolomite@unm.edu, (2) ConocoPhillips, Houston, TX 77079

HIGH-RESOLUTION CORRELATION AND SEDIMENTOLOGY OF CARBONATE-SHALE CYCLES IN THE TYPE CINCINNATIAN (UPPER ORDOVICIAN; KATIAN): IMPLICATIONS FOR A REVIVED "LAYER CAKE STRATIGRAPHY"

BRETT, Carlton E., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, carlton.brett@uc.edu, DATTILO, Benjamin F., Department of Geosciences, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne, IN 46805, MCLAUGHLIN, Patrick I., Bedrock Division, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, 3817 Mineral Point Rd, Madison, WI 53705-5100, and SCHRAMM, Thomas J., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, E235 Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex, Baton Rouge, LA 70803

A HIGH STAND SYSTEMS TRACT IN THE “PERITIDAL” MANLIUS FORMATION: HARDGROUNDS AND TEMPESTITES IN THE GREEN VEDDER MEMBER (MANLIUS FORMATION, HELDERBERG GROUP) OF NEW YORK STATE DELINEATE PRE-ACADIAN BASIN CONFIGURATION

EBERT, James R., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, SUNY College at Oneonta, Ravine Parkway, Oneonta, NY 13820-4015, James.Ebert@oneonta.edu and MATTESON, Damon K., Earth & Atmospheric Sciences Dept., and Network Operations, SUNY College at Oneonta, Milne Library B217G, Ravine Parkway, Oneonta, NY 13820-4015

FACIES ANALYSIS AND SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY OF THE UPPER CAMBRIAN EMINENCE FORMATION: A MIXED CARBONATE-SILICICLASTIC SUCCESSION IN THE ILLINOIS BASIN

LASEMI, Yaghoob, Illinois State Geological Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 615 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign, IL 61820, ylasemi@illinois.edu

FACIES ARCHITECTURE IN TRANSGRESSIVE SYSTEMS TRACTS AROUND CLASTIC CHANNELS THROUGH CARBONATE BANKS: EXAMPLES FROM THE CAMBRO-ORDOVICIAN OF THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY (VT & NY)

WASHINGTON, Paul A., Dept. of Energy & Earth Resources, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, Johnstown, PA 15904, washingt@pitt.edu and CHISICK, Steven A., 148 Holly Hills Dr, Williamsburg, VA 23185

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Oral 11	Poster 0	Either 0	Total 11

SPECIAL SESSION: GSA BULLETIN: 125th Celebration Presentations

1:30 PM-5:30 PM

Oral 8	Poster 0	Either 0	Total 8

SPECIAL SESSION: The Fluvial System: The Legacy of Stanley A. Schumm

1:30 PM-5:30 PM

Oral 13	Poster 0	Either 0	Total 13

182. SPECIAL SESSION: Recent Advances in Carbonate Sedimentology and Stratigraphy: In Memory of Gerald M. Friedman

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The Geological Society of America
2012 GSA Annual Meeting in Charlotte (4–7 November 2012)
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA