2006 Philadelphia Annual Meeting (22–25 October 2006)
Session No. 77 Monday, 23 October 2006
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Pennsylvania Convention Center: 105 AB

T103. The Terrestrial Eocene–Oligocene Boundary Revisited: A Comparison of Multi-proxy Records of Paleoenvironmental and Paleoclimatic Change

Dennis Terry and Emmett Evanoff, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
 8:00 AM Introductory Remarks
77-18:15 AM EARLY EOCENE PALAEOENVIRONMENTS IN ANTARCTICA: EVIDENCE FROM FOSSIL CONIFERS OF SEYMOUR ISLAND: STEPHENS, Rosemary S.1, FRANCIS, Jane E.1, HAYWOOD, Alan M.2, and CRAME, J. Alistair2, (1) School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom, r.stephens@earth.leeds.ac.uk, (2) Geosciences Division, British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, United Kingdom
77-28:30 AM TEN YEARS AFTER: REVISED LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE EOCENE-OLIGOCENE WHITE RIVER GROUP, NEBRASKA AND SOUTH DAKOTA: LAGARRY, Hannan E.1, LAGARRY, Leigh Anne1, SWINEHART, James B.2, and LEITE, Michael B.1, (1) Department of Physical & Life Sciences, Chadron State College, Chadron, NE 69337, hlagarry@csc.edu, (2) Conservation and Survey Division, School of Nat Rscs, Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln, 113 Nebraska Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0517
77-38:45 AM STRATIGRAPHY AND CLIMATIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE WHITE RIVER GROUP, BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK, SOUTH DAKOTA: EVANOFF, Emmett, Earth Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO 80631, emmett.evanoff@unco.edu
77-49:00 AM PALEOCLIMATIC CHANGE ACROSS THE TERRESTRIAL EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY OF THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS: THE PALEOSOL PERSPECTIVE: TERRY, Dennis O. Jr, Department of Geology, Temple University, 1901 N. 13th St, 303 Beury Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19122, doterry@temple.edu
77-59:15 AM SOILSCAPE ANALYSIS OF THE SCENIC-POLESLIDE MEMBER BOUNDARY, BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK, SOUTH DAKOTA: STINCHCOMB, Gary, Geology, Temple University, 1901 N 13th St, Philadelphia, PA 19122, gstinch@temple.edu and TERRY, Dennis O. Jr, Department of Geology, Temple University, 1901 N. 13th St, 303 Beury Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19122
77-69:30 AM WHEN THE BADLANDS WENT DRY: A PALEOPEDOLOGIC INVESTIGATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE OLIGOCENE OF SOUTH DAKOTA: MINTZ, Jason S. and TERRY, Dennis O. Jr, Department of Geology, Temple University, 1901 N. 13th St, 303 Beury Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19122-6081, jmintz@temple.edu
 9:45 AM Break
77-710:00 AM MAPPING TOPOGRAPHIC RELIEF AND ELEVATION OF THE CENTRAL ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION DURING THE LATEST EOCENE USING STABLE ISOTOPE DATA FROM MAMMALIAN TOOTH ENAMEL: BARTON, Melissa A. and FRICKE, Henry C., Department of Geology, Colorado College, 14 E. Cache La Poudre St, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, m.alanebarton@gmail.com
77-810:15 AM ABRUPT TEMPERATURE DROP ACROSS THE EOCENE-OLIGOCENE TRANSITION, CENTRAL NORTH AMERICA: ZANAZZI, Alessandro1, KOHN, Matthew1, MACFADDEN, Bruce2, and TERRY, Dennis3, (1) Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina, EWS 617, 701 Sumter St, Columbia, SC 29208, azanazzi@geol.sc.edu, (2) Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, SW 34th Street and Hull Road, Gainesville, FL 32611, (3) Geology, Temple University, 1901 N. 13th St, 303 Beury Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19122
77-910:30 AM REGIONAL VARIABILITY IN TERRESTRIAL PALEOCLIMATE RECORDS DURING THE EOCENE OLIGOCENE TRANSITION: FOX, David L., Department of Geology and Geophsyics, Univ of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Dr SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, dlfox@umn.edu
77-1010:45 AM DIACHRONEITY IN THE NORTH AMERICAN EOCENE-OLIGOCENE FLORAL RECORD AND CLIMATIC DETERIORATION: PROTHERO, Donald R., Geology, Occidental College, 1600 Campus Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90041, prothero@oxy.edu
77-1111:00 AM INTEGRATED SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY, ST. STEPHENS QUARRY, ALABAMA: IMPLICATIONS TO EOCENE-OLIGOCENE GLOBAL CHANGES: MILLER, Kenneth G. Sr1, BROWNING, James V.2, WRIGHT, James D.3, KATZ, Miriam E.3, WADE, Bridget S.4, and KENT, Dennis V.5, (1) Dept. of Geological Sci, Rutgers Univ, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, kgm@rci.rutgers.edu, (2) Dept. of Geological Sci, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Rd, Piscataway, NJ 08854, (3) Dept. of Geological Sci, Rutgers Univ, 610 Taylor Rd, Piscataway, NJ 08854, (4) Institute of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 71 Dudley Rd, New Brunswick, NJ NJ 08901-852, (5) Geological Sciences, Rutgers Univ. and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Piscataway, NJ 08854
77-1211:15 AM CLIMATIC AND SEA LEVEL CHANGE AT THE EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY, SOLENT GROUP, UK; MILANKOVITCH FORCING OF SEA LEVEL AND CLIMATE: GALE, Andrew S., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Greenwich, Medway Campus, Chatham Maritime, Chatham ME44AW United Kingdom, asg@nhm.ac.uk
77-1311:30 AM STEADY PALEOCLIMATIC CONDITIONS ACROSS THE EOCENE-OLIGOCENE TRANSITION INDICATED BY PALEOSOLS ON TWO CONTINENTS: SHELDON, Nathan D.1, MITCHELL, Ria L.1, COLLINSON, Margaret E.1, and HOOKER, Jerry J.2, (1) Department of Geology, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom, n.sheldon@gl.rhul.ac.uk, (2) Palaeontology Department, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom
 11:45 AM Discussion

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