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209 T36. The Astronomically Forced Sedimentary Record: From Geologic Time Scales to Lunar-Tidal History
(GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Monday, 6 October 2008: 1:30 PM
George R. Brown Convention Center, 361DE
Presiding:
Linda A. Hinnov and James G. Ogg
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:40 PM
209-1
Implications of the Geological Determination of “Grand Cycles” of the Milankovitch Band for Behavior of the Solar System
Paul Olsen, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University
2:00 PM
209-2
Astronomically Controlled Cycles of Mid-Cretaceous Anoxic Events
David M. Bice, Pennsylvania State University; Alessandro Montanari; Ross Mitchell, Yale University; Linda A. Hinnov, Johns Hopkins University; Calvin Lieu, Carleton College; R. Rinaldi, Università degli Studi “G.d'Annunzio” di Chieti; M. Di Federico, Università degli Studi “G.d'Annunzio” di Chieti; A. Tortu, Università degli Studi “G.d'Annunzio” di Chieti; A. Dichiarante, Università degli Studi “G.d'Annunzio” di Chieti
2:15 PM
209-3
Cyclic Tidal Rhythmites: Environmental, Astronomical, and Sequence-Stratigraphic Significance
Allen W. Archer, Kansas State University
2:35 PM
209-4
Evolution of the Lunar Orbit: Revisiting Earth's Tidal Records
Bruce N. Runnegar, University of California
2:50 PM
Break
3:05 PM
209-5
Is An Orbitally Tuned Paleozoic Timescale Achievable?
Bradley D. Cramer, The Ohio State University; Stephen R. Meyers, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Axel Munnecke, Universität Erlangen; Lennart Jeppsson, Lund University
3:20 PM
209-6
Pacific Spreading Rates during Middle Jurassic through Early Cretaceous: Astronomical Cycle-Derived Durations of M-Sequence Polarity Chrons
Slah Boulila, Université Pierre & Marie Curie; James G. Ogg, Purdue University; Piotr A. Przybylski, Purdue University; Bruno Galbrun, Université Pierre & Marie Curie; Linda A. Hinnov, Johns Hopkins University
3:35 PM
209-7
Amplification of Obliquity Forcing during Oceanic Anoxic Event 2
Stephen Meyers, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill; Bradley B. Sageman, Northwestern Univ; Michael Arthur, Penn State University
3:50 PM
209-8
Absolute Age of the Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary at the Precessional Scale
Linda A. Hinnov, Johns Hopkins University; Robert Locklair, Johns Hopkins University; James G. Ogg, Purdue Univ; Emilia Huret, Johns Hopkins University
4:05 PM
209-9
Macrostratigraphy of the Lacustrine Wilkins Peak Member, Green River Formation, Wyoming, USA
Wasinee Aswasereelert, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Shanan E. Peters, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Kurt L. Feigl, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Alan R. Carroll, University of Wisconsin-Madison
4:20 PM
209-10
Asynchronous Responses in Benthic d18O across Glacial Terminations
Lorraine Lisiecki, Boston University; Maureen E. Raymo, Boston University
4:35 PM
Concluding Remarks
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