2007 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (28–31 October 2007)
Session No. 165 Tuesday, 30 October 2007
1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Colorado Convention Center: 506

T99. Environmental Change and Evolution: Micropaleontological Case Studies

R. Mark Leckie and B. Huber, Presiding
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165-11:30 PM MICROFOSSIL EVIDENCE FOR 600 MILLION YEARS OF BACTERIALLY-MEDIATED PHOSPHOGENESIS: BAILEY, Jake1, SALMAN, Verena2, GREENE, Sarah1, JOYE, Samantha B.3, SCHULZ-VOGT, Heide2, and CORSETTI, Frank1, (1) Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, jvbailey@usc.edu, (2) University of Hannover, Hannover, D-30167, Germany, (3) Department of Marine Sciences, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 3060-3636
165-21:45 PM FORMATION OF MODERN CYANOBACTERIA CALCIFIED-MICROFOSSILS, BAHAMAS: PLANAVSKY, Noah and REID, Pamela, Marine Geology and Geophysics, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149, preid@rsmas.miami.edu
165-32:00 PM LATE PERMIAN CONODONT FAUNAL CHANGES SIGNIFY RAPID OCEANIC WARMING IN NORTHWEST PANGEA: BEATTY, Tyler W.1, HENDERSON, Charles M.1, and BEAUCHAMP, Benoit2, (1) Consortia for Applied Basin Studies, Dept. of Geoscience, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive N.W, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, charles.henderson@ucalgary.ca, (2) Arctic Institute of North America, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. NW, Calgary, AB T2N1N4, Canada
165-42:15 PM EVALUATING THE EVIDENCE ON THE OPENING OF THE EQUATORIAL ATLANTIC GATEWAY AND ITS GLOBAL IMPACT: KOUTSOUKOS, Eduardo A.M., PETROBRAS-CENPES, Cidade Universitária, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21941-915, Brazil, ekoutsoukos@gmail.com and BENGTSON, Peter, Geologisch-Paläontologisches Institut, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 234, Heidelberg, DE-69120, Germany
165-52:30 PM EVOLUTION DURING THE MID-CRETACEOUS: THREE EXAMPLES OF RAPID TURNOVER: HUBER, Brian T., Smithsonian Inst, NHB-121, Washington, DC 20560-0121, huberb@si.edu and LECKIE, R. Mark, Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003
165-62:45 PM EFFECTS OF GEOLOGICALLY SHORT-LIVED SURFACE WATER DISRUPTIONS ON THE EVOLUTION OF CALCAREOUS NANNOPLANKTON AS EXEMPLIFIED BY OCEANIC ANOXIC EVENT OAE-1D AND THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM: WATKINS, David K., Department of Geosciences, University of Nebraska, 214 Bessey Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, dwatkins1@unl.edu and BRALOWER, Timothy J., Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 503A Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802
165-73:00 PM HIGHER PALEOPRODUCTIVITY LINKED TO INOCERAMID EXTINCTION AT BLAKE NOSE: JAIN, Sreepat, Paleobiology, MRC-121, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, jains@si.edu, HUBER, Brian T., Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, NHB-121, Washington, DC 20560, and MACLEOD, Kenneth G., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, 101 Geological Sciences Bldg, Columbia, MO 65211
165-83:15 PM FORAMINIFERA OF THE LATEST CRETACEOUS OIL SHALE SEQUENCE, NEGEV ISRAEL: A CASE STUDY OF THE SOUTHERN TETHYAN UPWELLING SYSTEM: ASHCKENAZI-POLIVODA, Sarit1, SCHNEIDER-MOR, Aya1, ABRAMOVICH, Sigal1, ALMOGI-LABIN, Ahuva2, and FEINSTEIN, Shimon1, (1) Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P.O.Box 653, Beer sheva, 84105, Israel, ashcenaz@bgu.ac.il, (2) Geol Survey of Israel, Malkhei Yisrael 30, Jerusalem, 95011, Israel
165-93:30 PM MORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE OF PLANKTIC FORAMINIFERA TO A TRANSIENT RISE IN PCO2 DURING THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM: KELLY, D. Clay, Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Wisconsin - Madison, 1215 W. Dayton Street, Madison, WI 53706, ckelly@geology.wisc.edu
165-103:45 PM THE CASE STUDY OF PALEOCENE-EOCENE PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA IN A NEAR SHORE ENVIRONMENT (JAISALMER BASIN, RAJASTHAN, INDIA): RABHA, Swapna and KALIA, Prabha, Department of Geology, University of Delhi, Delhi, 110007, India, swapnarabha@gmail.com
165-114:00 PM UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF PALEOCEANOGRAPHY IN DIVERSIFICATION AND EXTINCTION IN PERFORATE LARGER BENTHIC FORAMINIFERS USING MORPHOLOGIC EVIDENCE FOR ALGAL SYMBIOSIS: HALLOCK, Pamela, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, 140 7th Ave. S, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, pmuller@marine.usf.edu and POMAR, Luis, Departament de Ciencies de la Terra, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Ctra. Valldemossa km 7.5, Palma de Mallorca, E-07122, Spain
165-124:15 PM RESPONSE OF RADIOLARIAN BIOMINERALIZATION TO THE INCREASING ROLE OF DIATOMS IN THE CENOZOIC SILICA CYCLE: KOTRC, Benjamin1, LAZARUS, David2, SCHMIDT, Daniela N.3, and WULF, Gerwin2, (1) Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Botanical Museum, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, kotrc@fas.harvard.edu, (2) Institut für Paläontologie, Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, Berlin, D-10115, Germany, (3) Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queen’s Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, United Kingdom
165-134:30 PM SOUTHERN OCEAN DIATOM DIVERSITY AND NEOGENE CLIMATE CHANGE: CODY, Rosemary D., Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand, rockyrose@gmail.com, CRAMPTON, James S., Institute of Geol & Nuclear Sciences, P.O. Box 30-368, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, HARWOOD, David M., Geosciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, and LEVY, Richard H., Nebraska Earth Science Education Network, Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln, 113 NH, Lincoln, NE 68588-0517
165-144:45 PM DIVERSIFICATION OF CRYPTIC GENETIC TYPES IN PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA: RELATIONSHIP TO GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES OF THE PAST 15 MA: LIPPS, Jere H., Museum of Paleontology and Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, jlipps@berkeley.edu and UJIIE, Yurika, Department of Zoology and Animal Biology, University of Geneva, Quai Ernest-Ansermet 30, Genève, 1211, Switzerland
165-155:00 PM FORAMINIFERAL POPULATION RESPONSE TO FLUCTUATING INFLOW INTO NUECES BAY, TEXAS: BUZAS-STEPHENS, Pamela, Geosciences, Midwestern State University, 3410 Taft Blvd, Wichita Falls, TX 76308, pamela.stephens@mwsu.edu and BUZAS, Martin A., Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, MRC-121, Washington, DC 20560-0121
165-165:15 PM STUDIES OF LIVING MARSH FORAMINIFERA TO ENHANCE THEIR USEFULNESS AS PALEOENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS: FRAIL-GAUTHIER, Jennifer L.1, SCOTT, David B.1, and BATT, John H.2, (1) Centre for Environmental and Marine Geology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H3J5, Canada, JFRAIL@DAL.CA, (2) Aquatron Facility, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H3J5, Canada

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