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. 235 Tuesday, 7 October 2008
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, George R. Brown Convention Center: 322AB

T80. Antarctic Science in the International Polar Year—Geologic Evolution of the Antarctic Peninsula: Changes in Tectonics, Biota, and Climate over Time (Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Eugene W. Domack and Amy Leventer, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
235-18:00 AM A Detrital-Zircon Perspective of Antarctic Peninsula - South America Kinematics & Paleogeography – Results from Scotia: BARBEAU, David L. Jr, Department of Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, dbarbeau@geol.sc.edu, OLIVERO, Eduardo B., Laboratorio de Geología Andina, Centro Austral de Investigaciones Cientificas (CADIC-CONICET), Houssay 200, Ushuaia, (9410), Argentina, MURRAY, Kendra E., Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1040 East Fourth St, Tucson, AZ 85721, ZAHID, Khandaker M., Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina, 701 Sumter St. EWS 617, Columbia, SC 29208, SWANSON-HYSELL, Nicholas, Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Guyot Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, and GEHRELS, George E., Arizona LaserChron Center, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721
235-28:20 AM Cenozoic Exhumation of the Western Antarctic Peninsula: Thermochronologic Results from Northern and Southern Graham Land: GUENTHNER, William R.1, REINERS, Peter W.1, THOMSON, Stuart N.2, and BARBEAU, David L.3, (1) Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, wrg@email.arizona.edu, (2) Geology & Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, (3) Department of Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208
235-38:35 AM Austral Portals and the Paleobiogeography of Antarctic Land Mammals: MACPHEE, Ross D.E., Vertebrate Zoology (Mammalogy), American Museum of Nat History, Central Park West at 79th St, New York, NY 10024, macphee@amnh.org
235-48:55 AM Antarctic Dinosaur Paleobiology: Inferences from Paleobotany and Climate: CASE, Judd A., College of Science, Health & Engineering, Eastern Washington University, 138 Communications Bldg, Cheney, WA 99004, jcase@mail.ewu.edu
235-59:10 AM Plesiosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Deposits of Antarctica: MARTIN, James E., Museum of Geology, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 E. St. Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD 57701, James.Martin@sdsmt.edu
235-69:25 AM Geochemical and ε Nd Results from Larsen-B Ice Shelf and Marie Byrd Land Sediments: Implications for Provenance Tracing: DALE, Cathleen, Deptartment of Earth and Environmental Studies, Montclair State University, 1 Normal Ave, Montclair, NJ 07043, cathleen.dale@gmail.com, BRACHFELD, Stefanie, Earth and Environmental Studies, Montclair State Univ, 252 Mallory Hall, Upper Montclair, NJ 07043, HEMMING, Sidney R., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, and VAN DE FLIERDT, Tina, Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
235-79:40 AM Seven Million Year History of the Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet Revealed by Coupled Glaciovolcanic and Climate Modelling Studies: SMELLIE, John L., Geological Sciences Division, British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET United Kingdom, jlsm@bas.ac.uk
 10:00 AM Break
235-810:15 AM Palynology as a Tool to Reconstruct Past Climatic Variation Recorded in Four Major Stratigraphic Intervals Sampled by the Antarctic 2006 SHALDRIL Campaign: WARNY, Sophie1, ASKIN, Rosemary2, ANDERSON, John3, WELLNER, Julia4, WISE, Woody5, BOHATY, Steve6, and SMITH, Tyler3, (1) Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University, 119 Foster Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, swarny@lsu.edu, (2) Consultant, Jackson, WY 83001, (3) Earth Science, Rice University, PO Box 1892, Houston, TX 77251-1892, (4) Department of Geosciences, University of Houston, 312 Science & Research Building 1, Houston, TX 77204-5007, (5) FSU, Tallahassee, 32306, (6) School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, United Kingdom
235-910:30 AM A High-Resolution Record of Glacial and Climate History of the Firth of Tay, Northeastern Antarctic Peninsula: MICHALCHUK, Bradley, Earth Science, Rice University, 6100 Main ST, PO Box 1892, Houston, TX 77025, bm1@rice.edu, ANDERSON, John, Earth Sciences, Rice University, PO Box 1892, Houston, TX 77251-1892, WELLNER, Julia, Department of Geosciences, University of Houston, 312 Science & Research Building 1, Houston, TX 77204-5007, MANLEY, Patricia, Geology Department, Middlebury College, 427 Bicentennial Hall, Middlebury, VT 05753, BOHATY, Steven, Paleoceanography, National Oceanography Center, Southampton, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, United Kingdom, and MAJEWSKI, Wojciech, Polish Academy of Science, Poland, Poland
235-1010:45 AM Holocene DIATOMS Recovered from Shaldril I Cores, Maxwell: GEARY, Lindsey E., Geology, Florida State University, 108 carraway bldg, florida state universtiy, tallahassee, FL 32306, Linz1st@aol.com and WISE, Sherwood W., Geology, Florida State University, 108 Carraway Bldg, florida state university, tallahassee, FL 32306
235-1111:00 AM Quantitative X-Ray Diffraction (QXRD) Proxy for Determining Biogenic Content: MANLEY, Patricia1, KLEIN, Allison1, MICHALCHUK, Bradley2, DAWSON, Emily1, FREDSTON-HERMANN, Kelsey1, MILLIKEN, K.T.2, ANDERSON, John2, and WELLNER, Julia3, (1) Geology Department, Middlebury College, Bicentennial Hall, Middlebury, VT 05753, manley@middlebury.edu, (2) Earth Science, Rice University, PO Box 1892, Houston, TX 77251-1892, (3) Department of Geosciences, University of Houston, 312 Science & Research Building 1, Houston, TX 77204-5007
235-1211:15 AM Ross Sea Sediment Chronologies Based on Compound-Class (sterol) and Pyrolysis Radiocarbon Dating: ROSENHEIM, B.E., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, Blessey 210, 6823 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70118, brosenhe@tulane.edu, VILLINSKI, Jennifer, Egypt Exploration, BP Egypt, PO Box 4381, Houston, TX 77210, DUNBAR, Robert, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford Univ, 325 Braun Hall (bldg. 320), Stanford, CA 94305-211, DOMACK, Eugene, Department of Geosciences, Hamilton College, 198 College Hill Rd, Clinton, NY 13323, and HAYES, John, Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst, Woods Hole, MA 02543
235-1311:30 AM Interdisciplinary Investigation of the LARsen Ice Shelf System, Antarctica (LARISSA): A New IPY Program: DOMACK, Eugene, Department of Geosciences, Hamilton College, 198 College Hill Rd, Clinton, NY 13323, edomack@hamilton.edu, LEVENTER, Amy, Geology, Colgate University, 13 Oak Drive, Hamilton, NY 13346, BRACHFELD, Stefanie, Earth and Environmental Studies, Montclair State Univ, 252 Mallory Hall, Upper Montclair, NJ 07043, ISHMAN, Scott, Department of Geology, Southern Illinois Univ, 1259 Lincoln Drive, Carbondale, IL 62901-4324, WELLNER, Julia, Department of Geosciences, University of Houston, 312 Science & Research Building 1, Houston, TX 77204-5007, and BALCO, Greg, Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709
235-1411:45 AM Seasonal Ecological Analysis of Seafloor Organic Nutrient Supplies (SEASONS) on the Western Antarctic Peninsula Margin: ISHMAN, Scott, Dept. of Geology & Center for Ecology, Southern Illinois Univ, 1259 Lincoln Drive, Carbondale, IL 62901-4324, sishman@siu.edu, RATHBURN, Anthony E., Geology Program, Indiana State University, Science Building 159, Terre Haute, IN 47809, and MARTIN, Jonathan B., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, 241 Williamson Hall, P.O. Box 112120, Gainesville, FL 32611

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