22-25 October, 2017
Description:
This session presents recent developments in methodology and applications for the analysis of cyclostratigraphy with the twin goals of improving high-resolution geochronology and understanding paleoclimate change.
Rationale:
Cyclostratigraphy aims to investigate astronomical cycles (the Earth’s orbital eccentricity, obliquity, and precession) preserved in sedimentary rocks that were influenced by climate- driven deposition affected by insolation. Cyclostratigraphy has wide applications including high-resolution geochronology, paleoclimatology, paleoceanography and astronomy. In order to improve communications among practitioners of cyclostratigraphy, this session seeks to promote recent and ongoing developments in cyclostratigraphy.
SpeakerList:
Linda A. Hinnov (George Mason University)
Stephen R. Meyers (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Ken Kodama (Lehigh University)
Scientific Categories:
Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography, Stratigraphy, Sediments, Carbonates
Sponsorship:
Cushman Foundation; Geochemical Society; Geologic TimeScale Foundation; Winners Academic Solutions; YES Network; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division
Contact:
Chao Ma (University of Utah; chao.ma@utah.edu )
Mingsong Li (Penn State University; mul450@psu.edu)
M'bark Baddouh (George Mason University; mbaddouh@gmu.edu )
