GSA Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA - 2018

Session No. 62
Sunday, 4 November 2018: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 140 (Indiana Convention Center)

T121. Insights from Microfossils, Palynology, and Their Modern Analogs: From Traditional to Emerging Techniques

Cushman Foundation; AASP - The Palynological Society; Geochemical Society; Paleontological Society; Paleontological Research Institution; GSA Limnogeology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division

 

Miriam E. Katz, Peter P. McLaughlin, Caitlin Keating-Bitonti, Ingrid Romero and David K. Watkins, Advocates
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1:30 PM
QUANTITATIVE BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF MIDDLE CRETACEOUS SEQUENCES IN BALTIMORE CANYON TROUGH, OFFSHORE MID ATLANTIC U.S. MARGIN
JORDAN, Leslie Margaret, MILLER, Kenneth G. and BROWNING, James V., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, 610 Taylor Rd., Piscataway, NJ 08854
1:45 PM
PIONEER NANNOFOSSIL ASSEMBLAGES DURING THE INITIAL TRANSGRESSION OF THE NIOBRARA SEAWAY IN THE TURONIAN, SAN JUAN BASIN, NEW MEXICO
SCHUETH, Jonathan D., Applied Geosciences, ConocoPhillips, 600 North Dairy Ashford, Houston, TX 77079 and LEES, Jackie A., Department of Earth Sciences, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
2:00 PM
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CALCAREOUS NANNOPLANKTON “BOOM-BUST” SUCCESSIONS FOLLOWING THE K-PG MASS EXTINCTION EVENT: NEW INSIGHTS FROM EL KEF, TUNISIA
JONES, Heather L.1, BRALOWER, Timothy J.1, ROEHL, Ursula2, WESTERHOLD, Thomas2, SEPULVEDA, Julio3, WHITESIDE, Jessica H.4, ALEGRET, Laia5, NEGRA, Hedi6, VELLEKOOP, Johan7, HENEHAN, Michael J.8 and HULL, Pincelli M.9, (1)Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, (2)MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Research, Bremen University, Leobener Strasse, Bremen, 28359, Germany, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, (4)Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, United Kingdom, (5)Dept. Ciencias de la Tierra & IUCA, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, 50009, Spain, (6)Tunis Faculty of Sciences, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia, (7)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Leuven, Naamsestraat 22, 3000, Leuven, 3000, Belgium, (8)Geochemistry of the Earth's surface, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences-Helmholtz Centre, Potsdam, 14473, Germany, (9)Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, 210 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511
2:15 PM
INSIGHTS INTO LATEST PALEOCENE PALEOECOLOGICAL CHANGES IN THE NANNOPLANKTON COMMUNITY ACROSS A SHELF TO OPEN-OCEAN TRANSECT (Invited Presentation)
SELF-TRAIL, Jean M., U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 926A, Reston, VA 20192 and WATKINS, David K., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska, 214 Bessey Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340
2:30 PM
A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF CALCAREOUS NANNOFOSSILS ACROSS A LATE OLIGOCENE PALEOLATIUDE TRANSECT OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
CLARK, William B., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE and WATKINS, David K., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska, 214 Bessey Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340
2:45 PM
CHANGING NORTH ATLANTIC OSTRACODE ABUNDANCE AND DIVERSITY IN RESPONSE TO AN EOCENE HYPERTHERMAL EVENT
HALL, Christine M.S., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521, KIRTLAND TURNER, Sandra, Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave., Riverside, CA 92521 and DROSER, Mary L., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521
3:00 PM
TWO MICROBIOME STUDIES PROVIDE INSIGHTS INTO EVOLUTIONARY HISTORIES OF HOST FORAMINIFERAL TAXA
HALLOCK, Pamela1, BARNES, Kwasi H.1, MARTIN, Makenna M1 and KELLOGG, Christina A.2, (1)College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, 140 7th Ave South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, (2)St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, US Geological Survey, 600 4th Street S, St Petersburg, FL 33701
3:15 PM
BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA RECORD THE REPEATED EXPANSION AND INTENSIFICATION OF THE OXYGEN MINIMUM ZONE IN THE GULF OF ALASKA AND ASSOCIATED INCREASES IN PHYTODETRIUS (Invited Presentation)
BELANGER, Christina1, SHARON, Sharon1, PAYNE, Calie1, DU, Jianghui2 and MIX, Alan2, (1)Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, 3115 TAMU, COLLEGE STATION, TX 77843, (2)College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331
3:30 PM
HEAVY METAL FORAMS: LIVING WITH TRACE METALS IN TEXAS COASTAL BAYS
BUZAS-STEPHENS, Pamela, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, UCB 399, Boulder, CO 80309 and MARCHITTO, Thomas M., INSTAAR and Dept. of Geological Sciences, Univ of Colorado, 450 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309
3:45 PM
TAXONOMIC AND MINERALOGICAL ANALYSES OF AGGLUTINATED TESTATE AMOEBAE AND FORAMINIFERA AND THE APPLICATION OF TESTATE AMOEBAE IN ASSESSING THE SPREAD OF ATMOSPHERIC PARTICULATE MATTER
LOBEGEIER, Melissa K. and ROBINSON, Christopher G., Department of Geosciences, Middle Tennessee State University, Box 9, Murfreesboro, TN 37132
4:00 PM
INCORPORATING SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY OF SALT-MARSH FORAMINIFERA INTO SEA-LEVEL RECONSTRUCTIONS
WALKER, Jennifer1, HORTON, Benjamin P.2, KHAN, Nicole S.2, SHAW, Timothy A.2, BARBER, Donald C.3 and CAHILL, Niamh4, (1)Department of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University, 71 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, (2)Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, 6397798, Singapore, (3)Environmental Studies and Geology, Bryn Mawr College, 101 N. Merion Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010, (4)School of Mathematical Science and Statistics, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
4:15 PM
SWIM-IRMS: METHODS IN EXPLORING ISOTOPE COMPOSITION IN MICROFOSSILS, AND ITS APPLICATION IN PALEOECOLOGY (Invited Presentation)
URBAN, Michael A.1, NELSON, David M.2, CLEGG, Benjamin3, ROMERO, Ingrid1, ZHAO, Yongtao4, PUNYASENA, Surangi W.1 and HU, Feng Sheng1, (1)Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois, 505 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana, IL 61801, (2)University of Maryland, Center for Environmental Science, 301 Braddock Road, Frostburg, MD 21532, (3)School of Integrative Biology, University of Illinois, 505 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana, IL 61801, (4)College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, MOE Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
4:30 PM
GEOCHEMISTRY AND PALYNOLOGY GO HAND IN HAND: TESTING THE TOXIC EFFECT OF REDOX-SENSITIVE METALS ON PALEOZOIC PALYNOMORPHS
DE WEIRDT, Julie1, EMSBO, Poul2, MCLAUGHLIN, Patrick I.3, DE BACKER, Tim1, DE BOODT, Charlotte1, DESROCHERS, André4, DELABROYE, Aurélien5, MUNNECKE, Axel6 and VANDENBROUCKE, Thijs R.A.1, (1)Department of Geology, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281 / S8, Ghent, 9000, Belgium, (2)USGS, Central Mineral and Environmental Resources Science Center, P.O. Box 25046, MS 973, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, (3)Indiana Geological and Water Survey, Indiana University, 611 N. Walnut Grove Ave., Bloomington, IN 47405, (4)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada, (5)Ichron Limited, Century House, Gadbrook Business Centre, Northwich, CW9 7TL, England, (6)Institut für Paläontologie, Universität Erlangen, Loewenichstrasse 28, Erlangen, D-91054, Germany
4:45 PM
BUILDING A CHRONOLOGY BASED ON POLLEN CONCENTRATES: AMS MEASUREMENTS AND FLOW CYTOMETRY SORTING
TUNNO, Irene1, ZIMMERMAN, Susan H.1, BROWN, Tom2 and HASSEL, Christiane A.3, (1)Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, (2)Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, L-397, Livermore, CA 94550, (3)Indiana University Bloomington, Flow Cytometry Core Facility, 1001 E 3rd Street JH029, Bloomington, IN 47405
5:00 PM
PALYNOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE PETM HYPERTHERMAL EVENT IN CENTRAL TEXAS
DEMCHUK, Thomas D., RPS, 20405 Tomball Parkway, Suite 200, Houston, TX 77070, DENISON, Christopher N., Astra Stratigraphics, 501 Lone Star Road, Bastrop, TX 78602, O'KEEFE, Jen, Earth and Space Sciences, Morehead State University, 404-A Lappin Hall, Morehead, KY 40351, GARDNER, Kristina F., Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Morehead State University, 150 University Blvd., Morehead, KY 40351 and STEPHENSON, Maggie, M, Morehead, KY
5:15 PM
LAST INTERGLACIAL (MIS 5E) HYDROGRAPHIC AND PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY CONDITIONS IN COASTAL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BASED ON DINOFLAGELLATE CYSTS
OVER, Jin-Si R., Earth and Ocean Sciences, Univeristy of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada and POSPELOVA, Vera, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2, Canada
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