GSA Annual Meeting, November 5-8, 2001

Session No. 66
Tuesday, 6 November 2001: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T13. Foraminifera: Barometers of the Biotic and Abiotic World I

Cushman Foundation

 

Martin A. Buzas and Stephen J. Culver, Advocates
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8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:15 AM
EPIPHYTIC FORAMINIFERANS FROM SEAGRASSES IN MANGROVE HABITATS, BELIZE, C.A
RICHARDSON, Susan L., Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce, 701 Seaway Drive, Fort Pierce, FL 34949, richardson@sms.si.edu, richardson@sms.si.edu
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8:30 AM
PALEOENVIRONMENTAL POTENTIAL OF ENCRUSTING FORAMINIFERA ON EXPERIMENTALLY-DEPLOYED MOLLUSC SHELLS, SHELF/SLOPE SETTINGS, BAHAMAS
WALKER, Sally, Geology Dept, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, PARSONS-HUBBARD, Karla, Geology Dept, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH 44074 and POWELL, Eric, Haskin Shellfish Research Lab, Rutgers Univ, Port Norris, NJ 08349, Karla.Hubbard@Oberlin.edu, Karla.Hubbard@Oberlin.edu
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8:45 AM
RESIDENCE TIMES OF MARSH FORAMINIFERAL ASSEMBLAGES: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FORMATION OF LATEST HOLOCENE SEA-LEVEL SIGNALS
MARTIN, Ronald E.1, HIPPENSTEEL, Scott2, NIKITINA, Daria1 and PIZZUTO, James E.3, (1)Department of Geology, University of Delaware, 101 Penny Hall, Newark, DE 19716-2544, (2)Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28223-0001, (3)Department of Geology, Univ of Delaware, 101 Penny Hall, Newark, DE 19716-2544, daddy@strauss.udel.edu, daddy@strauss.udel.edu
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9:00 AM
GIANT MEGATHRUST EARTHQUAKES ON THE WEST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA: MICROPALEONTOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FOR PRECURSORS OF MAJOR EARTHQUAKES
SCOTT, David B.1, HAWKES, Andrea1 and LIPPS, Jere2, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie Unviersity, Halifax, NS B3H3J5, Canada, (2)Department of Integrative Biology, Univ of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, dbscott@is.dal.ca, dbscott@is.dal.ca
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9:15 AM
BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL RECORD OF HOLOCENE CLIMATIC AND ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS ON CHESAPEAKE BAY, USA
ISHMAN, Scott E., Geology, Southern Illinois Univ at Carbondale, 1259 Lincoln Drive, Carbondale, IL 62901-4324 and CRONIN, Thomas M., U.S. Geol Survey, 955 National Center, Reston, VA 20191, sishman@geo.siu.edu, sishman@geo.siu.edu
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9:30 AM
FORAMINIFERAL APPLICATIONS IN COASTAL ARCHAEOLOGY
REINHARDT, Eduard G.1, ROTHAUS, Richard M.2 and CHOMICKI, Krista1, (1)School of Geography and Geology, McMaster Univ, 1280 Main St W, Hamilton, ON L8S 4M1, Canada, (2)History, St. Cloud State Univ, 720 Fourth Ave South, St. Cloud, MN 56301-4498, ereinhar@mcmaster.ca, ereinhar@mcmaster.ca
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9:45 AM
ECOLOGIC EFFECTS OF OZONE DEPLETION: A CASE STUDY USING THE SYMBIONT-BEARING FORAMINIFER AMPHISTEGINA GIBBOSA
HALLOCK, Pamela, WILLIAMS, D. E. and TALGE, H. K., College of Marine Science, Univ of South Florida, 140 Seventh Avenue S, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, pmuller@marine.usf.edu, pmuller@marine.usf.edu
 
10:00 AM
Break
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10:15 AM
HISTORICAL RECORD OF BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL SPECIES AT A METHANE-HYDRATE DISSOCIATION SITE, GREEN CANYON, GULF OF MEXICO
SEN GUPTA, Barun K.1, PLATON, Emil2, HACKWORTH, Matthew S.1 and AHARON, Paul3, (1)Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State Univ, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, (2)Energy and Geoscience Institute, Univ of Utah, 423 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, 84108, (3)Geological Sciences, Univ of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, barun@geol.lsu.edu, barun@geol.lsu.edu
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10:30 AM
ISOTOPE RECORDS OF RECENT BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA FROM HYDRATE-BEARING SEDIMENTS: METHANE-HYDRATE DISSOCIATION EFFECTS
AHARON, Paul1, HACKWORTH, Matthew2, PLATON, Emil3, WHEELER, Christopher2 and SEN GUPTA, Barun2, (1)Geological Sciences, Univ of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, (2)Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State Univ, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, (3)Energy and Geoscience Institute, Univ of Utah, 423 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, 84108, aharon@wgs.geo.ua.edu, aharon@wgs.geo.ua.edu
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10:45 AM
RESPONSES OF AUSTRAL PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA TO THE LATE PALEOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM: FAUNAL EVIDENCE FOR OCEANIC CHANGE AND AN AFTEREFFECT COLD SNAP
KELLY, D. Clay, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI 53706, THOMAS, Deborah J., BRALOWER, Timothy J. and ZACHOS, James C., dkelly@whoi.edu, dkelly@whoi.edu
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11:00 AM
PLANKTIC FORAMINIFERA AS MONITORS OF PRE-K/T BOUNDARY ENVIRONMENTS IN THE SUBTROPICAL NORTH ATLANTIC
HUBER, Brian T., Department of Paleobiology, NHB-121, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560-0121, TUR, Nataliya A., Department of Paleobiology, NHB-121, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560 and MACLEOD, Kenneth G., Univ Missouri - Columbia, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211-1380, Tur.Nataliya@nmnh.si.edu, Tur.Nataliya@nmnh.si.edu
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11:15 AM
BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL FAUNAL TURNOVER ACROSS THE CRETACEOUS/TERTIARY BOUNDARY IN NORTHEASTERN MEXICO
ALEGRET, Laia1, MOLINA, Eustoquio1 and THOMAS, Ellen2, (1)Ciencias de la Tierra (Area de Estratigrafia), Universidad de Zaragoza, Pedro Cerbuna, Zaragoza, 50009, Spain, (2)Earth & Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan Univ, 265 Church Street, Middletown, CT 06459-0139, ethomas@wesleyan.edu, ethomas@wesleyan.edu
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11:30 AM
NEOGENE INCREASE OF WITHIN HABITAT BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL SPECIES DIVERSITY: HIGHER RATE IN TROPICAL COMPARED TO TEMPERATE AMERICA
BUZAS, Martin A., Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560, COLLINS, Laurel S., Geology, Florida Int'l Univ, Miami, FL 33199 and CULVER, Stephen J., Department of Geology, East Carolina Univ, Greenville, NC 27858, buzas.marty@nmnh.si.edu, buzas.marty@nmnh.si.edu
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11:45 AM
DNA ANALYSIS: A NEW TOOL TO IDENTIFY THE ECOLOGICAL MEANING OF MORPHOLOGY IN PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA
DE VARGAS, Colomban, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology / Geology and Geophysics, Harvard University / Whoods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Palumbi Lab / Norris Lab, 16 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, cvargas@oeb.harvard.edu, cvargas@oeb.harvard.edu
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