Session: Impact of GSSPs on The Evolution of North American Chronostratigraphy (2013 GSA Annual Meeting in Denver: 125th Anniversary of GSA (27-30 October 2013))

Introductory Remarks
Abstract ID#: 234334

FORTY YEARS OF GSSPS—A CRITICAL APPRAISAL
Abstract ID#: 224187

LUCAS, Spencer G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road N.W, Albuquerque, NM 87104, spencer.lucas@state.nm.us

GSSPS (GLOBAL STRATOTYPE SECTION AND POINT) AND CORRELATION
Abstract ID#: 226167

FINNEY, Stanley C., Dept. of Geological Sciences, California State University, Long Beach, CA 90840, Stan.Finney@csulb.edu

Discussion
Abstract ID#: 234336

THE DEVELOPING GLOBAL CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHIC SCALE FOR THE CAMBRIAN SYSTEM AND ITS IMPACT ON NORTH AMERICAN STRATIGRAPHY
Abstract ID#: 231381

BABCOCK, Loren E., School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 S. Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, loren.babcock@geol.lu.se, PENG, Shanchi, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing, 210008, China, and ROBISON, Richard A., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613

CORRELATING ORDOVICIAN CRATONIC SEQUENCES; SHOREWARD SEDIMENT CONDENSATION AND TRANSGRESSIVE SANDY FACIES IN THE ANCELL, PLATTEVILLE, AND GALENA GROUPS, MIDCONTINENT NORTH AMERICA
Abstract ID#: 230429

WITZKE, Brian J., Department of Geoscience, University of Iowa, 121 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, brian-witzke@uiowa.edu

SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION OF THE EARLY WENLOCK (VISBY-SLITE SUCCESSION) ON GOTLAND, SWEDEN WITH EASTERN NORTH AMERICA: EVIDENCE FOR A COMPOSITE IREVIKEN EVENT
Abstract ID#: 234082

BRETT, Carlton E., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, brettce@ucmail.uc.edu, MCLAUGHLIN, Patrick, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, 3817 Mineral Point Rd, Madison, WI 53705-5100, and EMSBO, Poul, Central Minerals, US Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 973, Denver, CO 80225

ROLE OF THE HANGENBERG EXCURSION AND MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBLITY STRATIGRAPHY IN SELECTION OF A NEW DEVONIAN-CARBONIFEROUS SYSTEM BOUNDARY
Abstract ID#: 232040

DAY, Jed¹, CRAMER, Bradley D.², SALTZMAN, Matt³, WITZKE, Brian J.², ROWE, Harry⁴, and ELLWOOD, Brooks B.⁵, (1) Geography & Geology, Illinois State Univ, Normal, IL 61790-4400, jeday@ilstu.edu, (2) Department of Geoscience, University of Iowa, 121 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, (3) Department of Geological Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, (4) Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, The Jackson School of Geoscience, University Station, Box X, Austin, TX 78713-8924, (5) Department of Geology & Geophysics, Louisiana State Univ, Baton Rouge, LA 70803

Break
Abstract ID#: 234335

RELATIVE ACCEPTANCE OF INTERNATIONAL CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHIC DEFINITIONS IN NORTH AMERICA—A LATE PALEOZOIC PERSPECTIVE
Abstract ID#: 227168

LAMBERT, Lance L., Geological Sciences, Univ of Texas At San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249, lance.lambert@utsa.edu

PERMIAN CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY IN NORTH AMERICA
Abstract ID#: 233521

HENDERSON, Charles M., Geoscience, Univ of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada, cmhender@ucalgary.ca and SHEN, Shuzhong, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Nanjing, 210008, China

IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED TURONIAN-CONIACIAN BOUNDARY GSSP AND A U.S. ALTERNATIVE
Abstract ID#: 232470

DONOVAN, Arthur D., Global Unconventionals Exploration/Access, BP, 580 Westlake Park Blvd, WL2 3.242A, Houston, TX 77079, STAERKER, T. Scott, Global Unconventionals: Exploration Access, BP, 580 Westlake Park Blvd, Houston, TX 77079, Thomas.Staerker@bp.com, LUNDQUIST, Jason, Gomx, BP, 200 Westlake Blvd, Houston, TX 77079, and CORBETT, Matthew, BP America, 200 Westlake Park Blvd, Houston, TX 77079

PALEOGENE CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY IN THE EASTERN GULF COASTAL PLAIN AND THE GLOBAL STRATOTYPE SECTIONS AND POINTS (GSSPS)
Abstract ID#: 231490

FLUEGEMAN, Richard H., Dept. of Geological Sciences, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306-0475, rfluegem@bsu.edu

APPROACHES TO AUTOMATED INTEGRATED GEOCHRONOLOGY: MERGING GRAPHIC CORRELATION METHODS WITH SEQUENCE SLOTTING
Abstract ID#: 229743

SHEETS, H. David, Dept. of Geology, SUNY at Buffalo, 411 Cooke Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260, sheets@canisius.edu, SADLER, Peter, Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, and MITCHELL, Charles E., Geology, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY 14260

Concluding Remarks
Abstract ID#: 234339

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