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. 126 Sunday, 5 October 2008
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, George R. Brown Convention Center: 351CF

T49. What Good Are (Fossil) Plants Anyway? New Methods for Investigating Old Problems (Paleontological Society; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Caroline A.E. Stromberg and Matthew J. Kohn, Presiding
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126-18:00 AM The Taxon-Free Approach to Paleobotanical Meta Analysis: GREEN, Walton A., Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution [NHB, MRC 121], P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, wagreen@bricol.net
126-28:20 AM Multiple Proxies Provide Paleoecology, Paleoclimate, and Paleolandscape Reconstructions for the Late Oligocene of Northwestern Ethiopia: JACOBS, Bonnie F.1, TABOR, Neil2, PAN, Aaron D.3, MASSINI, Juan L. Garcia1, and WIEMANN, Michael C.4, (1) Huffington Dept. Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, PO Box 750395, Dallas, TX 75275, bjacobs@mail.smu.edu, (2) Department of Geological Sciences, Southern Methodist University, P.O. Box 750395, Dallas, TX 75275-0395, (3) Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, 1501 Montgomery Street, Fort Worth, TX 76107, (4) Center for Wood Anatomy Research, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, One Gifford Pinchot Drive, Madison, WI 53726-2398
126-38:35 AM Aquatic Plants of the Eocene Republic, Washington Flora and Their Significance to Interpreting Ancient Lacustrine Environments: DEVORE, Melanie L., Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, GA 31061, melanie.devore@gcsu.edu and PIGG, Kathleen B., School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, PO Box 874501, Tempe, AZ 85287-4501
126-48:50 AM New Interpretations of An Old Data Source: Fossil Pollen and the Reconstruction of Neotropical Quaternary Paleoclimate: PUNYASENA, Surangi W., Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois, 505 S. Goodwin Avenue, Champaign, IL 61820, spunya1@illinois.edu
 9:05 AM Break
126-59:20 AM Leaf-Wax Lipid Hydrogen Isotope Ratios as a Paleohydrologic Proxy: Environmental and Taxonomic Controls: MCINERNEY, Francesca A., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, 1850 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208, cesca@earth.northwestern.edu and FREEMAN, Katherine, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State Univ, Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802
126-69:40 AM Paleoelevation Reconstruction of the Sierra Nevada from Compound-Specific Stable Isotopes of Fossil Leaves: HREN, Michael T., Department of Geology & Geophysics, Yale University, KGL 210 Whitney Ave, New Haven, CT 06511, michael.hren@yale.edu, PAGANI, Mark, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Yale Univ, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520, BRANDON, Mark, Dept of Geology and Geophysics, Yale Univ, PO Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, and ERWIN, Diane M., University of California Museum of Paleontology, 1101 Valley Life Sciences Building, Berkeley, CA 94720
126-79:55 AM C4 Ecosystems in Montana Throughout the Neogene: SHELDON, Nathan D., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, 1100 N. University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, nsheldon@umich.edu
126-810:10 AM Leaf Tissue Degradation and Impact on Isotopic Signals during Natural Decay of Metasequoia Glyptostroboides: LENG, Qin, LPS, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 Eastern Beijing Road, Nanjing, 210008, China, qin.leng@nigpas.ac.cn and YANG, Hong, College of Arts and Sciences, Bryant University, 1150 Douglas Pike, Smithfield, RI 02917
126-910:25 AM New Limits for Combustion in Low Oxygen Redefine Paleoatmospheric Predictions for the Mesozoic: BELCHER, Claire M. and MCELWAIN, Jennifer C., School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland, claire.belcher@ucd.ie
 10:40 AM Break
126-1010:55 AM Digital Leaf Physiognomy: A Multivariate Technique for Reconstructing Climate from Fossil Leaves: ROYER, Dana L.1, PEPPE, Daniel J.1, CARIGLINO, Barbara2, WILF, Peter2, JOHNSON, Kirk3, and IGLESIAS, Ari2, (1) Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan Univ, Middletown, CT 06459, droyer@wesleyan.edu, (2) Dept. of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State Univ, University Park, PA 16802, (3) Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, CO 80205
126-1111:15 AM Some Like It Hot: The Correlation Between Temperature and Insect Herbivory during the Paleocene and Eocene in the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, USA: CURRANO, Ellen D.1, LABANDEIRA, Conrad C.2, WILF, Peter3, and WING, Scott L.2, (1) Department of Geosciences, Penn State, 534 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, ecurrano@geosc.psu.edu, (2) Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, (3) Dept. of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
126-1211:30 AM A Model for Assimilation and Transpiration In Extinct Plants: WILSON, Jonathan P., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Botanical Museum 51, 26 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138, jpwilson@fas.harvard.edu
126-1311:45 AM Atmospheric CO2 through Oceanic Anoxic Event II, Late Cretaceous (94Ma): BARCLAY, Richard, Earth & Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, 1850 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208, barclay@earth.northwestern.edu, MCELWAIN, Jennifer C., School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland, and SAGEMAN, Bradley B., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, 1850 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208-2150

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