304 Sediments, Carbonates / Clastic (Posters)

Poster Session
General Discipline Sessions
Wednesday, 8 October 2008: 8:00 AM-6:00 PM
George R. Brown Convention Center, Exhibit Hall E

Poster #118
The Pulse of the Earth: Implications of U-Pb and Hf Ages from Detrital Zircons
Peter J. Voice, Virginia Tech; Kenneth A. Eriksson, Virginia Tech; Michal Kowalewski, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ
Poster #120
Petrology and Chemistry of Cave Pearls from Gruta De Las Canicas (Cave of the Marbles), Tabasco, Mexico
Shari Houston, New Mexico Tech; Peter S. Mozley, New Mexico Tech; Andrew R. Campbell, New Mexico Tech; Penny Boston, New Mexico Tech
Poster #121
Detrital Mineral Chemistry and Petrographic Constraints on Provenance of Snowbird Group Siltstones, Eastern Great Smoky Mountains
Suvankar Chakraborty, University Of Kentucky; David Moecher, University Of Kentucky; Scott Samson, Syracuse University
Poster #122
From Pristine to Diagenetically Altered Skeletal Material: Examples from the South Texas Gulf Coast
Megan Brock Casillas, University of Houston; Henry S. Chafetz, University of Houston
Poster #123
Origin of Lake Superior Region Early Paleozoic Super-Mature Quartz Arenites: Evidence from U-Pb Detrital Zircon Ages
Alexandros Konstantinou, Macalester College; Karl R. Wirth, Macalester College; John P. Craddock, Macalester College; Cameron Davidson, Carleton College; Jeffrey Vervoort, Washington State University
Poster #125
Long-Term Sea-Level Variations and Diagenesis Recorded on a Miocene Subtropical Carbonate Platform as Evidenced by Palynological Data, ODP Site 1007, Bahamas
Manuel A. Paez, Brock University; Martin J. Head, Brock University; Hildegard Westphal, Universität Bremen
Poster #127
Stromatolitic Buildups and Associated Microbial Facies of the Neoproterozoic Beck Spring Dolomite, Southern California
Cara Harwood, University of California-Davis; Dawn Y. Sumner, University of California-Davis
Poster #130
A New Location of Modern and Holocene Lacustrine Dolomite Formation: Manito Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada
William M. Last, University of Manitoba; Fawn M. Ginn, University of Manitoba
Poster #131
Eolian Environments, Paleo-Wind-Direction and Dinosaur Habitats of the Upper Cretaceous Djadokhta Formation, Central Gobi Desert, Mongolia
Mototaka Saneyoshi, Hayashibara Biochemical Laboratories, Inc; Mahito Watabe, Hayashibara Museum of Nat Sciences; Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar, Mongolian Academy of Science
Poster #132
Where Do Meanderbelts Form in Modern Continental Sedimentary Basins?
Gary S. Weissmann, University of New Mexico; Adrian J. Hartley, University of Aberdeen; Gary Nichols, Royal Holloway, University of London; Louis Scuderi, Univ of New Mexico; Michelle Olson, University of New Mexico; Holly Buehler, University of New Mexico; Reyna Banteah, University of New Mexico
Poster #133
Depositonal Environments of the Catahoula Formation, Walker County, East Texas
Ugo Odumah, University of Houston; William R. Duprè, University of Houston
Poster #135
Poster #136
Comparison Between the Early to Middle Cambrian Stratigraphy of the Argentine Precordillera and the Appalachian Margin
Fernando J. Gomez, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba; Ricardo A. Astini, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
Poster #138
Deforestation and Rapid Erosion along Penns Creek: Shamokin, PA
Jennifer M. Elick, Susquehanna University; Andrew Cole, Susquehanna University