2006 Philadelphia Annual Meeting (22–25 October 2006)
Session No. 127 Tuesday, 24 October 2006
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Pennsylvania Convention Center: 113 A

T9. “Ice House” / “Hothouse” – An Analysis of Late Paleozoic Floras and Their Response to Global Climate Change

Cortland Eble, Thomas D. Demchuk, Hermann Pfefferkorn and Robert A. Gastaldo, Presiding
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127-18:00 AM THE MAGNITUDE OF CARBONIFEROUS–PERMIAN GLACIOEUSTATIC FLUCTUATIONS: A REVIEW: RYGEL, Michael C., Department of Geology, State University of New York at Potsdam, 44 Pierrepont Ave, Potsdam, NY 13676, rygelmc@potsdam.edu, FIELDING, Christopher R., Department of Geosciences, Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln, 214 Bessey Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, FRANK, Tracy, Department of Geosciences, Univ of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, and BIRGENHEIER, Lauren P., Department of Geosciences, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 214 Bessey Hall, P.O. Box 880340, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340
127-28:15 AM PHYTOGEOGRAPHIC DIFFERENTIATION DURING THE LATE VISÉAN WARM PHASE BEFORE THE ONSET OF THE LATE CARBONIFEROUS ICE AGE: LESLIE, Andrew B., Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60615, aleslie@uchicago.edu and PFEFFERKORN, Hermann W., Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Unviversity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
127-38:30 AM FLORISTIC TURN-OVER AND STABILITY IN THE NAMURIAN (SERPUKHOVIAN-LOWER BASHKIRIAN) OF THE UPPER SILESIAN COAL BASIN (POLAND) AS AN INDICATOR OF PALEOCLIMATIC CHANGE IN THE MID-CARBONIFEROUS TROPICS: KOTASOWA, Anna1, KOTAS, Adam1, and PFEFFERKORN, Hermann W.2, (1) Silesian Branch, Polish Geological Survey, ul. Królowej Jadwigi 1, Sosnowiec, 41-200, Poland, aakotas@poczta.onet.pl, (2) Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Unviversity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
127-48:45 AM TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM STABILITY IN THE SEPURKOVIAN (NAMURIAN) TO BASHKIRIAN (LANGSETTIAN) OF THE SILESIAN BASIN, CZECH REPUBLIC: GASTALDO, Robert A., Department of Geology, Colby College, 5800 Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME 04901, ragastal@colby.edu, PURKYNOVÁ, Eva, Silesian Regional Museum, Tyršova 1, Opava, CZ-746 46, Czech Republic, and ŠIMůNEK, Zbyněk, Czech Geological Survey, Klárov 3/131, Prague, 118 21, Czech Republic
127-59:00 AM COMPARISON OF MEGAFLORAL CHANGES ACROSS THE BARBORA AND ENNA MARINE ZONES, OSTRAVA FORMATION (SERPUKHOVIAN [NAMURIAN A]), UPPER SILESIAN BASIN, CZECH REPUBLIC: ŠIMůNEK, Zbyněk, Czech Geological Survey, Klárov 3/131, Prague, 118 21, Czech Republic, simunek@cgu.cz, PURKYNOVÁ, Eva, Silesian Regional Museum, Tyršova 1, Opava, CZ-746 46, Czech Republic, and GASTALDO, Robert A., Department of Geology, Colby College, 5800 Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME 04901
127-69:15 AM CLIMATIC SIGNAL IN THE TROPICS BASED ON PLANT-TAPHONOMY DURING EARLY STAGES OF THE CARBONIFEROUS ICEHOUSE INTERVAL (NAMURIAN, LUBLIN BASIN, POLAND): MIGIER, Teresa1, ZDANOWSKI, Albin1, and PFEFFERKORN, Hermann W.2, (1) Silesian Branch, Polish Geological Survey, ul. Królowej Jadwigi 1, Sosnowiec, 41-200, Poland, kkkatarzyna@op.pl, (2) Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Unviversity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
 9:30 AM Break
127-79:45 AM PALEOCLIMATIC CONDITIONS ACROSS THE MID-CARBONIFEROUS BOUNDARY REFLECTED IN PALEOFLORA ASSEMBLAGE OF PEAT-FORMING ENVIRONMENTS (LATE VISEAN THROUGH BASHKIRIAN, LUBLIN BASIN, POLAND): TRZEPIERCZYNSKA, Aleksandra, Upper Silesian Branch, Polish Geological Institute, ul. Królowej Jadwigi 1, 41-200, Sosnowiec, Poland, aleksandra.trzepierczynska@pgi.gov.pl, ZDANOWSKI, Albin, Silesian Branch, Polish Geological Survey, ul. Królowej Jadwigi 1, Sosnowiec, 41-200, Poland, and EBLE, Cortland F., Kentucky Geological Survey, University of Kentucky, 228 Mining and Mineral Resources Bldg, Lexington, KY 40506-0107
127-810:00 AM BIOSTRATIGRAPHY AND PALEOECOLOGY OF THE LATE MISSISSIPPIAN – EARLY PENNSYLVANIAN BOUNDARY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY: EBLE, Cortland F., Kentucky Geological Survey, University of Kentucky, 228 Mining and Mineral Resources Bldg, Lexington, KY 40506-0107, eble@uky.edu, TRZEPIERCZYNSKA, Aleksandra, Upper Silesian Branch, Polish Geological Institute, ul. Królowej Jadwigi 1, 41-200, Sosnowiec, Poland, ZDANOWSKI, Albin, Silesian Branch, Polish Geological Survey, ul. Królowej Jadwigi 1, Sosnowiec, 41-200, Poland, and PFEFFERKORN, Hermann, Department of Geology, Unviversity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
127-910:15 AM MACROFLORAL EVIDENCE FOR AN UNCONFORMITY AT THE MID-CARBONIFEROUS BOUNDARY IN THE CENTRAL APPALACHIAN BASIN: BLAKE, Bascombe M. Jr, West Virginia Geological Survey, 1 Mont Chateau Road, Morgantown, WV 26507-0879, blake@geosrv.wvnet.edu
127-1010:30 AM THE PERMIAN STABLE ISOTOPE RECORD FROM ICE-PROXIMAL LOCALITIES IN EASTERN AUSTRALIA: A PROXY FOR LATE PALEOZOIC CLIMATE CHANGE: BIRGENHEIER, Lauren P.1, FRANK, Tracy D.2, FIELDING, Christopher R.2, and RYGEL, Michael C.3, (1) Department of Geosciences, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 214 Bessey Hall, P.O. Box 880340, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, LBirgen@bigred.unl.edu, (2) Department of Geosciences, Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln, 214 Bessey Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, (3) Department of Geology, State University of New York at Potsdam, 44 Pierrepont Ave, Potsdam, NY 13676
127-1110:45 AM NEAR-FIELD STRATIGRAPHIC RECORD OF THE LATE PALEOZOIC GONDWANAN ICE AGE FROM EASTERN AUSTRALIA DISCLOSES MULTIPLE, ALTERNATING GLACIAL AND NON-GLACIAL INTERVALS: FIELDING, Christopher R.1, RYGEL, Michael C.2, FRANK, Tracy D.1, BIRGENHEIER, Lauren P.3, JONES, Andrew T.4, and ROBERTS, John5, (1) Department of Geosciences, Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln, 214 Bessey Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, cfielding2@unl.edu, (2) Department of Geology, State University of New York at Potsdam, 44 Pierrepont Ave, Potsdam, NY 13676, (3) Department of Geosciences, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 214 Bessey Hall, P.O. Box 880340, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, (4) Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra, 2601, Australia, (5) School of Biological, Earth, and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2052, Australia
127-1211:00 AM LOWER PERMIAN POST-GLACIAL SUCCESSION IN THE SOUTHERN BRAZILIAN PARANÁ BASIN: AN OVERVIEW OF STRATIGRAPHIC AND BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORKS: IANNUZZI, Roberto, SOUZA, Paulo Alves, and HOLZ, Michael, Departamento de Paleontologia e Estratigrafia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500, Porto Alegre, RS, 91.509-900, Brazil, roberto.iannuzzi@ufrgs.br
127-1311:15 AM BROAD PHYTOGEOGRAPHIC PATTERNS ACROSS NORTHERN PANGEA THROUGH THE PERMIAN: SUNDERLIN, David, Geology & Environmental Geosciences, Lafayette College, Van Wickle Hall, Easton, PA 18042, sunderld@lafayette.edu
127-1411:30 AM NEAR-FIELD STRATIGRAPHIC RECORD OF THE LATE PALEOZOIC GONDWANAN ICE AGE FROM EASTERN AUSTRALIA PROVIDES A FRAMEWORK FOR EXAMINING FAR-FIELD STABLE ISOTOPE RECORDS: FRANK, Tracy D.1, BIRGENHEIER, Lauren P.2, FIELDING, Christopher R.1, and RYGEL, Michael C.3, (1) Department of Geosciences, Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln, 214 Bessey Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, tfrank2@unl.edu, (2) Department of Geosciences, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 214 Bessey Hall, P.O. Box 880340, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, (3) Department of Geology, State University of New York at Potsdam, 44 Pierrepont Ave, Potsdam, NY 13676
127-1511:45 AM IMPACT OF ICE HOUSE CLIMATE ON TROPICAL VEGETATION AND PLANT EVOLUTION: PFEFFERKORN, Hermann W.1, GASTALDO, Robert A.2, KOTAS, Adam3, KOTASOWA, Anna3, MIGIER, Teresa3, TRZEPIERCZYNSKA, Aleksandra3, ZDANOWSKI, Albin3, PURKYNOVA, Eva4, SIMUNEK, Zbynek5, and SHULGA, Vitaly F.6, (1) Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Unviversity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, hpfeffer@sas.upenn.edu, (2) Department of Geology, Colby College, 5800 Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME 04901, (3) Silesian Branch, Polish Geological Survey, ul. Królowej Jadwigi 1, Sosnowiec, 41-200, Poland, (4) Silesian Museum, Tyrsova 1, Opava, 746 01, Czech Republic, (5) Czech Geological Survey, Malostranske nam. 19, Praha 1, 118 21, Czech Republic, (6) Institute of Geological Sciences, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Olesa Gonchara 55-b, Kiev-54, 252054, Ukraine

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