2006 Philadelphia Annual Meeting (22–25 October 2006)
Session No. 161 Tuesday, 24 October 2006
1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Pennsylvania Convention Center: 112 A

T27. Better Living Through Geochemistry: Fostering an Understanding of Terrestrial Paleoenvironments and Paleoclimates

Aisha H. Al-Suwaidi, Franciszek Hasiuk and Julie B. Retrum, Presiding
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161-11:30 PM USING TERRESTRIAL CARBON-ISOTOPE STRATIGRAPHY IN UNDERSTANDING CLIMATES AND ENVIRONMENTS: GROCKE, Darren R., School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1 Canada, grocke@mcmaster.ca
161-21:50 PM OXYGEN ISOTOPE ESTIMATES OF MEAN ANNUAL TEMPERATURE FOR AN EARLY EOCENE, TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT IN THE CANADIAN HIGH ARCTIC: EBERLE, Jaelyn J., University of Colorado Museum, University of Colorado, Dept. of Geosciences, Boulder, CO 80309, jaelyn.eberle@colorado.edu, HUMPHREY, John, Colorado School of Mines, 1516 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401, and HACKETT, Logan, Dept. of Geology, Colorado School of Mines, 1516 Illinois St, Golden, CO 80401
161-32:05 PM HIGH-RESOLUTION CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATIONS OF MID-CRETACEOUS STRATA DEPOSITED FROM THE EASTERN MARGIN TO THE FOREDEEP OF THE WESTERN INTERIOR BASIN, NORTHWESTERN IOWA TO NORTHEASTERN WYOMING: MORATH, Philip, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 441 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, pjm246@psu.edu, WHITE, Timothy S., Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, and WITZKE, Brian, Iowa Geological Survey, Iowa Dept. Nat Rscs, 109 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242-1319
161-42:20 PM PETROGRAPHIC AND ISOTOPIC INVESTIGATION OF DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS IN THE EARLY CRETACEOUS (APTIAN-ALBIAN) TLAYÚA QUARRY, MEXICO: SUAREZ, Marina1, GONZÁLEZ, Luis A.1, VEGA-VERA, Francisco J.2, and LUDVIGSON, Greg A.3, (1) Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lindley Hall Room 120, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, msuarez@ku.edu, (2) Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Delegación Coyoacán, D.F., México, 04510, Mexico, (3) Kansas Geological Survey, The University of Kansas, 1930 Constant Ave, Lawrence, KS 66047-3726
161-52:35 PM GEOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE FOR REDOX VARIATIONS ACROSS THE TRIASSIC-JURASSIC BOUNDARY IN THE TETHYS SEA: QUAN, Tracy M., Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, 71 Dudley Rd, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, quan@marine.rutgers.edu, VAN DE SCHOOTBRUGGE, Bas, Geological and Paleontological Institute, Johann-Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt, Senckenberganlage 32-34, Frankfurt, 60054, Germany, ROSENTHAL, Yair, IMCS, Rutgers University, 71 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, and FALKOWSKI, Paul G., Marine Science and Geological Science, Rutgers Universtiy, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8521
161-62:50 PM ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY OF 2.7 GA CHERT AND CARBONATE, TUMBIANA FORMATION, AUSTRALIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR LATE ARCHEAN CLIMATIC TEMPERATURES AND EARLY EVOLUTION OF LIFE: KNAUTH, L. Paul, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, Knauth@asu.edu, AWRAMIK, S.M., Department of Earth Science, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, and BUCHHEIM, H. Paul, Earth and Biological Sciences, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92350
 3:05 PM Break
161-73:20 PM LATE QUATERNARY EVOLUTION OF NORTH AMERICAN GRASSLANDS INFERRED FROM STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES OF BURIED SOIL ORGANIC MATTER: NORDT, Lee, Geology, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798, lee_nordt@baylor.edu, VON FISCHER, Joseph, Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, and TIESZEN, Larry, EROS, U.S. Geological Survey, Sioux Falls, SD 57198
161-83:40 PM C4 EXPANSION IN INNER MONGOLIA DURING THE LATEST MIOCENE AND EARLY PLIOCENE: ZHANG, Chunfu1, WANG, Yang1, BIASATTI, Dana1, DENG, Tao2, QIU, Zhuding2, LI, Qiang2, and WANG, Xiaoming3, (1) Department of Geological Sciences, Florida State Univ and National High Magnetic Field Lab, 108 Carraway Bldg, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4100, cz05d@fsu.edu, (2) Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 643, Beijing, 100044, (3) Vertebrate Paleontology, Nat History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90007
161-93:55 PM PALEOENVIRONMENT OF A LATE PLIOCENE FAUNA OF NORTHERN TIBETAN PLATEAU: WANG, Yang1, XU, Yingfeng1, ZHANG, Chunfu1, WANG, Xiaoming2, DENG, Tao3, QIU, Zhuding3, and LI, Qiang3, (1) Department of Geological Sciences, Florida State Univ and National High Magnetic Field Lab, 108 Carraway Bldg, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4100, ywang@magnet.fsu.edu, (2) Vertebrate Paleontology, Nat History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90007, (3) Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 643, Beijing, 100044, China
161-104:10 PM PALEOENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE ON WRANGEL ISLAND, NE SIBERIA, RECORDED IN 87SR/86SR OF HERBIVORE SKELETAL REMAINS: ARPPE, Laura M.1, KARHU, J.A.1, and VARTANYAN, S.2, (1) Department of Geology, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 64, Helsinki, 00014, Finland, laura.arppe@helsinki.fi, (2) Wrangel Island State Reserve, Ushakovskoye, 686870, Russia
161-114:25 PM PRELIMINARY GEOCHEMICAL TAPHONOMY OF BONE BED SITES IN THE YELLOW CAT MEMBER OF THE CEDAR MOUNTAIN FORMATION, UTAH: SUAREZ, Celina A.1, MACPHERSON, Gwen1, GONZALEZ, Luis A.1, and KIRKLAND, James I.2, (1) Department of Geology, The University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045, csuarez@ku.edu, (2) Utah Geological Survey, 1594 West North Temple, Suite 3110, P.O. Box 146100, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6100
161-124:40 PM FRESHWATER TAPHONOMY: EXPLORING THE EFFECT OF TIME ON THE TRACE ELEMENT AND STABLE ISOTOPE RECORD IN UNIONID SHELLS: CARROLL, Monica, Dept.artment of Geology, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, University of Georgia, Drawer E, Aiken, SC 29808, monicabc@uga.edu and ROMANEK, Christopher S., Dept. of Geology and Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Drawer E, Aiken, SC 29802

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