2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM
Session No. 164 Sunday, 5 October 2008
1:30 PM-4:45 PM, George R. Brown Convention Center: 330A

T10. Ancient Polar Ecosystems and Environments: Proxies for Understanding Climate Change and Global Warming (Paleontological Society; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Anthony Fiorillo and Paul McCarthy, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
 1:30 PM Introductory Remarks
164-11:45 PM A Possible Reincised Eocene Paleovalley and New Formation near Brooks Camp, Naknek Lake, Alaska: PARRISH, Judith Totman, Dept. of Geological Sciences, Univ of Idaho, P.O. Box 443022, Moscow, ID 83844, jparrish@uidaho.edu, FIORILLO, Anthony R., Museum of Nature and Science, P.O. Box 151469, Dallas, TX 75315, and JACOBS, Bonnie F., Huffington Dept. Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, PO Box 750395, Dallas, TX 75275
164-22:05 PM Stable Isotope Proxies for Polar Paleoprecipitation in Ancient Greenhouse Worlds: LUDVIGSON, Greg A., Kansas Geological Survey, The University of Kansas, 1930 Constant Ave, Lawrence, KS 66047-3726, gludvigson@kgs.ku.edu, GONZÁLEZ, Luis A., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd., Room 120, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, and PAGANI, Mark, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Yale Univ, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520
164-32:25 PM Stable Isotope Studies of Vertebrate Fossils from Polar Localities: Paleoclimatic and Paleoecological Insights and Parallels Between Late Cretaceous and Eocene Time Periods: FRICKE, Henry, Geology, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, hfricke@coloradocollege.edu
164-42:45 PM Tidally Influenced, High Latitude, Alluvial-Deltaic Deposits of the Dinosaur-Bearing Late Cretaceous Prince Creek Formation: North Slope, Alaska: FLAIG, Peter P.1, MCCARTHY, Paul J.1, and FIORILLO, Anthony R.2, (1) Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, and Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 755780, Fairbanks, AK 99775-5780, fsppf1@uaf.edu, (2) Museum of Nature and Science, P.O. Box 151469, Dallas, TX 75315
164-53:00 PM Sedimentologic and Taphonomic Interpretations of the Dinosaur-Bearing Upper Cretaceous Prince Creek Formation, Alaska: Insights from An Ancient High-Latitude Terrestrial Ecosystem: FIORILLO, Anthony R., Museum of Nature and Science, PO Box 151469, Dallas, TX 75315, tfiorillo@natureandscience.org and MCCARTHY, Paul J., Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK 997705
164-63:15 PM A Preliminary Analysis of Phytodebris Assemblages from the Liscomb Bone Bed Area, Prince Creek Formation, North Slope, Alaska: TAPP, J.M. II, Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 755780, Fairbanks, AK 99775, fsjmt2@uaf.edu, UPCHURCH, G.R. Jr, Department of Biology, Texas State University, 601 University Dr, San Marcos, TX 78666, FOWELL, S.J., Geology and Geophysics, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 900 Yukon Dr, Fairbanks, AK 99775, MCCARTHY, Paul, Geology and Geophysics, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, P.O. Box 755780, Fairbanks, AK 99775, and FIORILLO, Anthony, Museum of Nature and Science, P.O. Box 151469, Dallas, TX 75315
164-73:30 PM Toward a Basin-Scale Paleofloral Analysis of the Late Cretaceous Cantwell Formation In Denali National Park, Alaska: Tying Facies Analysis to Plant Fossil Occurrence: SUNDERLIN, David and RICCI, Eric S., Geology & Environmental Geosciences, Lafayette College, Van Wickle Hall, Easton, PA 18042, sunderld@lafayette.edu
164-83:45 PM Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) Paleoenvironments from the Lower Cantwell Formation at Sable Mountain , Denali National Park , Alaska: TOMSICH, Carla Susanne, Geology and Geophysics, University of Alaska, PO Box 755780, Fairbanks, AK 99775-5780, fscst1@uaf.edu, MCCARTHY, Paul J., Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK 99775-5780, FOWELL, Sarah J., Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 755780, Fairbanks, AK 99775-5780, FIORILLO, Anthony R., Museum of Nature and Science, P.O. Box 151469, Dallas, TX 75315, SUNDERLIN, David, Geology & Environmental Geosciences, Lafayette College, Van Wickle Hall, Easton, PA 18042, and HASIOTIS, Stephen T., Department of Geology and Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045
164-94:00 PM Early to Late Cenozoic Changes in North American High-Latitude Lowland-Forest Biomass: WILLIAMS, Christopher J., Earth and Environment Dept, Franklin and Marshall College, 415 Harrisburg Ave, Lancaster, PA 17603, chris.williams@fandm.edu
164-104:15 PM Palynomorphs Recovered from the ANDRILL SMS Sediment Cores Provide First Proximal Environmental Characterization of the Mid Miocene Climatic Optimum: WARNY, Sophie, Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University, 119 Foster Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, swarny@lsu.edu, ASKIN, Rosemary, Consultant, Jackson, WY 83001, RAINE, Ian, GNS Science, Lower Hutt, 2526, New Zealand, HANNAH, Mike, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, 600, New Zealand, MOHR, Barbara, Museum H.U, Berlin, D10115, Germany, and ANDRILL, SMS Science Team, ANDRILL Science Management Office, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 685880341
164-114:30 PM Fresh and Warm Arctic Ocean Surface Waters during Eocene Thermal Maximum 2: SLUIJS, Appy1, SCHOUTEN, Stefan2, ROEHL, Ursula3, REICHART, Gert-Jan4, SINNINGHE DAMSTÉ, Jaap S.2, SANGIORGI, Francesca1, KRISHNAN, Srinath5, PAGANI, Mark5, and BRINKHUIS, Henk1, (1) Palaeoecology; Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, Laboratory of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Budapestlaan 4, Utrecht, 3584CD, Netherlands, A.Sluijs@uu.nl, (2) Marine Organic Biogeochemistry, NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, P.O. Box 59, Den Burg, 1790AB, Netherlands, (3) DFG Research Center for Ocean Margins (RCOM), Bremen University, Leobener Strasse, Bremen, 28359, Germany, (4) Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Budapestlaan 4, Utrecht, 3584CD, Netherlands, (5) Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520

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