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| | 8:00 AM | Opening Remarks |
| 2-1 | 8:20 AM | THE OXYGEN ISOTOPIC RECORD OF SEASONALITY IN CONUS SHELLS AND ITS APPLICATION TO UNDERSTANDING LATE MIDDLE EOCENE (38 MA) CLIMATE: GROSSMAN, Ethan L., Department of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M Univ, College Station, TX 77843-3115, e-grossman@tamu.edu and KOBASHI, Takuro, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0208 |
| 2-2 | 8:40 AM | THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PACIFIC THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION AND THE EVOLUTION OF EARLY PALEOGENE CLIMATE: THOMAS, Deborah J., Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3146, dthomas1@email.unc.edu. |
| 2-3 | 9:00 AM | EARLY EOCENE RECORDS OF PALEOPRECIPITATION WITH INSIGHT INTO THE AMALGAMATION OF ALASKA: WHITE, Timothy S., USGS - Minerals Program, 4200 University Drive, Anchorage, AK 99507, twhite@usgs.gov. |
| 2-4 | 9:20 AM | THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN MICROSTRUCTURE AND DISSOLUTION PATTERNS OBSERVED THROUGH SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY OF EXTANT EPITONIUM TINCTUM: LEONARD-PINGEL, Jill1, ANDERSON, Laurie C.2, and XIE, Xiaogang1, (1) Geology & Geophysics, Louisiana State Univ, Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-4101, pingel_j@bellsouth.net, (2) Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State Univ, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 |
| 2-5 | 9:40 AM | MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF ECHINOLAMPAS APPENDICULATA, RHYNCHOLAMPAS CAROLINENSIS AND EURHODIA RUGOSA OF THE CASTLE HAYNE (EOCENE) FORMATION: D'ORAZIO, Anthony E., Biology, Duke Univ, Box 99971, Durham, NC 27708, aed6@duke.edu and CIAMPAGLIO, Charles N., Geology, Wright State Univ, 7600 State Route 703, Celina, OH 45822 |
| | 10:00 AM | Break |
| 2-6 | 10:20 AM | WAS TROPICAL CLIMATE CONSTANT IN THE PENNSYLVANIAN?: RAYMOND, Anne, Dept. of Gelogy & Geophysics, Texas A&M Univ, College Station, TX 77843-3115, raymond@geo.tamu.edu. |
| 2-7 | 10:40 AM | TROPICAL LATITUDINAL CLIMATIC GRADIENTS IN THE PENNSYLVANIAN OF NORTH AMERICA: EVIDENCE FROM SWAMP COMMUNITIES AND LEAF MORPHOLOGY: SLONE, Elizabeth D.J., Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, and Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, edjslone@yahoo.com and RAYMOND, Anne, Dept. of Gelogy & Geophysics, Texas A&M Univ, College Station, TX 77843-3115 |
| 2-8 | 11:00 AM | INFLUENCE OF SEA LEVEL CHANGES ON DIVERISTY OF PERMIAN BRACHIOPOD COMMUNITIES (GLASS MTNS, TEXAS): OLSZEWSKI, Thomas D., Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M Univ, 3115 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843, tomo@geo.tamu.edu and ERWIN, Douglas H., Paleobiology, MRC-121, National Museum of Nat History, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013 |
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