2015 GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA (1-4 November 2015)

Session No. 248
Tuesday, 3 November 2015: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 337 (Baltimore Convention Center)

T142. The Middle Paleozoic World

SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology); GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; Paleontological Society
Adam David Sproson, David Selby and James R. Ebert, Session Chairs
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1:30 PM
SILURIAN-DEVONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL AND BIOTIC CHANGE RECAST IN A NEW TIME SCALE: EVIDENCE OF CHANGING VOLATILITY FROM THE APPALACHIAN BASIN
BRETT, Carlton E., Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Bldg, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, MCLAUGHLIN, Patrick I., Indiana Geological Survey, Indiana University, 611 N. Walnut Grove, Bloomington, IN 47405, BAIRD, Gordon C., Geosciences, SUNY Fredonia, Fredonia, NY 14063, EMSBO, Poul, USGS, P.O. Box 25046, MS 973, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, THOMKA, James R., Department of Geosciences, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325-1901 and ZAMBITO IV, James, Wisconsin Geological Survey, University of Wisconsin - Extension, 3817 Mineral Point Rd, Madison, WI 53705, carlton.brett@uc.edu
1:50 PM
EVIDENCE FOR GLACIATION ACROSS THE SILURIAN-DEVONIAN BOUNDARY: INSIGHTS FROM OSMIUM AND CLUMPED ISOTOPES
SPROSON, Adam David1, SELBY, David2, HLADIL, Jindrich3, JOHN, Cedric M.4, SLAVIK, Ladislav3, EBERT, James R.5 and ZHAO, Wenjin6, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University, Science Labs, Durham, DH13LE, United Kingdom, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Durham, Science Labs, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom, (3)Intitute of Geology, CAS, v. v. i., 165 00, Prague, Czech Republic, (4)Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, Prince Consort Road, London, SW7 2BP, United Kingdom, (5)Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, SUNY Oneonta, 108 Ravine Parkway, Oneonta, NY 13820-4015, (6)Institute of Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100044, China, a.d.sproson@durham.ac.uk
2:05 PM
RISING, FALLING, HIGHSTAND OR LOWSTAND: EUSTASY AT THE SILURIAN-DEVONIAN BOUNDARY
EBERT, James R., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, SUNY Oneonta, 108 Ravine Parkway, Oneonta, NY 13820-4015, James.Ebert@oneonta.edu
2:20 PM
PAIRED SULFUR AND CARBON ISOTOPE STRATIGRAPHY FOR THE LATE LUDFORDIAN (SILURIAN) OF GOTLAND, SWEDEN: IMPLICATIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL, OCEANOGRAPHIC, AND BIOTIC CHANGE
YOUNG, Seth A.1, ERIKSSON, Mats E.2 and OWENS, Jeremy D.1, (1)Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Science, Florida State University, 1017 Academic Way, Tallahassee, FL 32306, (2)Department of Geology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, Lund, SE-223 62, Sweden, sayoung2@fsu.edu
2:35 PM
THE INFLUENCE OF CALEDONIDE OROGENESIS ON SILURIAN–DEVONIAN EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY IN ALASKA’S ALEXANDER TERRANE
SOJA, Constance M., Geology, Colgate Univ, 13 Oak Drive, Hamilton, NY 13346, WHITE, Brian, Department of Geosciences, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063 and ANTOSHKINA, Anna I., Komi Science Centre, Institute of Geology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Syktyvkar, Russia, csoja@colgate.edu
2:50 PM
CRYPTOGAMIC GROUND COVERS AS MODERN ANALOGUES OF EARLY TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS: STRUCTURE, ORGANIC-MINERAL INTERACTIONS, AND BIOTIC WEATHERING AS CLUES TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF EARLY BIOTICALLY-INDUCED SOILS
MITCHELL, Ria L. and KENRICK, Paul, Department of Earth Sciences, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, ria.mitchell@nhm.ac.uk
3:05 PM
THE SILURIAN NEKTON REVOLUTION: PALEOZOIC JAWLESS FISHES EXHIBITED MODERN FORM-DEPENDENT MODES OF HABITAT USE
SALLAN, Lauren, ​​Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, Hayden Hall, 240 S. 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, FRIEDMAN, Matt, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3AN, United Kingdom, SANSOM, Robert, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, United Kingdom and SANSOM Sr, Ivan J., School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Lapworth Museum of Geology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom, lsallan@sas.upenn.edu
3:20 PM
INTEGRATED AND FINELY-RESOLVED TIMELINES OF MID-PALEOZOIC BIOTIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE IN THE PELAGIC REALM: OPPORTUNITIES AND OBSTACLES
SADLER, Peter, Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, peter.sadler@ucr.edu
3:40 PM
DIVERSIFICATION OF AMMONOIDS AND VERTEBRATES DURING THE DEVONIAN NEKTON REVOLUTION
WHALEN, Christopher D., Geology & Geophysics, Yale University, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520 and BRIGGS, Derek E.G., Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, 210 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511, christopher.whalen@yale.edu
3:55 PM
FROM SIMPLE MOUNDS TO COMPLEX REEFS: REGIONAL TRENDS IN REEF FACIES DEVELOPMENT FROM THE ORDOVICIAN THROUGH DEVONIAN
TIERNEY, Peter W., Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, pwtierney@uchicago.edu
4:10 PM
WATER TRANSPORT AND BIOGEOGRAPHY OF THE LATE DEVONIAN TREE, ARCHAEOPTERIS (CALLIXYLON)
WILSON, Jonathan P., Department of Biology, Haverford College, Haverford, PA 19041 and MEYER-BERTHAUD, Brigitte, Université Montpellier 2 and CNRS, UMR AMAP, Boulevard de la Lironde, PS 2, Montpellier, F-34000, France, jwilson@haverford.edu
4:25 PM
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS AMIDST THE FRASNIAN-FAMMENIAN BIOTIC CRISIS: CLUES FROM NITROGEN ISOTOPES AND CHLOROPHYLL DERIVATIVES
UVEGES, Benjamin Thornton Iglar, Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244, JUNIUM, Christopher K., Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 322 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244-1070, COHEN, Phoebe, Geosciences, Williams College, 947 Main Street, Williamstown, MA 01267 and BOYER, Diana L., Earth Sciences, SUNY Oswego, 241 Shineman Science Center, Oswego, NY 13126, btuveges@syr.edu
4:40 PM
KELLWASSER EXTINCTION RECORDS FROM DEEP CARBONATE RAMP AND SHALLOW PLATFORM SETTINGS IN CENTRAL NORTH AMERICA
DAY, Jed, Geography & Geology, Illinois State Univ, Normal, IL 61790-4400, WITZKE, Brian J., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 115 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242 and PRESLICKA, James, Mid America Paleontology Society, 1439 Plum Street, Iowa City, IA 52240, jeday@ilstu.edu
4:55 PM
187RE - 187OS NUCLEAR GEOCHRONOMETRY: DATING RADIOACTIVE DEVONIAN BLACK GAS SHALES (USGS SDO-1)
ROLLER, Goetz, 24 Forstenrieder Allee, Munich, 81476, Germany, goetz.roller@gmail.com
5:10 PM
WHAT’S A FEW CM’S BETWEEN FRIENDS? PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHIC DIACHRONEITY AND THE GSSP CONCEPT AT THE DEVONIAN-CARBONIFEROUS BOUNDARY
CRAMER, Bradley D., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 115 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, bradley-cramer@uiowa.edu
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