2002 Denver Annual Meeting (October 27-30, 2002)

Session No. 91
Monday, 28 October 2002: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

T5. Wetlands Paleoecology Through Time

GSA Coal Geology Division; Paleontological Society, GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division

 

Stephen F. Greb and William A. DiMichele, Advocates
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1:30 PM
EVIDENCE FOR PRE-TRACHEOPHYTE TERRESTRIAL COMMUNITIES FROM THE EARLY SILURIAN OF VIRGINIA
TOMESCU, Alexandru Mihail Florian and ROTHWELL, Gar W., Department of Environmental and Plant Biology, Ohio Univ, Porter Hall, Athens, OH 45701-2979, mitomescu@hotmail.com, mitomescu@hotmail.com
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1:45 PM
WETLANDS PALEOECOLOGY OF THE MIDDLE AND LATE DEVONIAN
CRESSLER III, Walter L.1, SCHECKLER, Stephen E.2, BASINGER, James F.3 and LINDSAY-POSTNIKOFF, Donna3, (1)Francis Harvey Green Library, West Chester Univ, 29 West Rosedale Avenue, West Chester, PA 19383, (2)Department of Biology-0406, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State Univ, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0406, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada, wcressler@wcupa.edu, wcressler@wcupa.edu
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2:00 PM
THE FAYETTEVILLE FLORA OF ARKANSAS (USA): STRUCTURALLY MODERN WETLAND COMMUNITIES FROM THE UPPER MISSISSIPPIAN (MIDDLE CHESTERIAN/LOWER NAMURIAN A)
DUNN, Michael T., Ohio Univ - Athens, Dept Environmental & Plant Biology, Athens, OH 45701, md369590@ohiou.edu, md369590@ohiou.edu
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2:15 PM
THE HANCOCK COUNTY TETRAPOD FAUNA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ORIGIN OF TERRESTRIALITY
GARCIA, William J., Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Building, Cincinnati, OH 45221, garciaw@email.uc.edu, garciaw@email.uc.edu
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2:30 PM
THE CLASSIC PENNSYLVANIAN LOCALITY OF JOGGINS, NOVA SCOTIA: PALEOECOLOGY OF A DISTURBANCE-PRONE WETLAND ECOSYSTEM
CALDER, John H., NS Dept Nat Rscs, PO Box 698, Halifax, NS B3J 2T9, Canada and FALCON-LANG, Howard, Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, United Kingdom, jhcalder@gov.ns.ca, jhcalder@gov.ns.ca
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2:45 PM
THE BLUE CREEK COAL MIRE: A POLAROID PICTURE IN TIME
GASTALDO, Robert A., Department of Geology, Colby College, 5807 Mayflower Hill, Waterville, ME 04901, STEVANOVIC-WALLS, Ivana M., Department of Earth & Environmental Science, Univ of Pennsylvania, 240 S. 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 and WARE, William N., 1109 Wynterhall Land, Dunwoody, GA 30338, ragastal@colby.edu, ragastal@colby.edu
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3:00 PM
DESMOINESIAN COAL BEDS OF THE ILLINOIS BASIN AND MIDCONTINENT--THE BROADEST AND THICKEST TROPICAL PEATLANDS IN EARTH HISTORY
GREB, Stephen F.1, ANDREWS Jr, William M.1, EBLE, Cortland F.1, DIMICHELE, William A.2, CECIL, C. Blaine3 and HOWER, James C.4, (1)Kentucky Geological Survey, Univ of Kentucky, 228 MMRB, Lexington, KY 40506-0107, (2)Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C, (3)MS 956, U.S. Geol Survey, Reston, VA 20192, (4)Univ Kentucky, 2540 Research Park Dr, Lexington, KY 40511-8479, greb@kgs.mm.uky.edu, greb@kgs.mm.uky.edu
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3:15 PM
PARADISE (AND HERRIN) LOST: MARGINAL DEPOSITIONAL SETTINGS OF THE HERRIN AND PARADISE COALS, WESTERN KENTUCKY COALFIELD
SHULTZ, Michael G.1, KLEIN, Jennifer M.1, MCKENZIE, Fiona M.2, HOWER, James C.2, RIMMER, Susan M.1 and POPP, John T.3, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, (2)Center for Applied Energy Research, Univ of Kentucky, 2540 Research Park Dr, Lexington, KY 40511, (3)Alliance Coal LLC, Lexington, KY 40503, hower@caer.uky.edu, hower@caer.uky.edu
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3:30 PM
PALEOECOLOGY OF PITTSBURGH FORMATION COAL BEDS (MONONGAHELA GROUP, LATE PENNSYLVANIAN) IN THE NORTHERN APPALACHIAN BASIN
GRADY, William C., West Virginia Geol and Economic Survey, P.O. Box 879, Morgantown, WV 26507-0879, EBLE, Cortland F., Energy & Minerals Section, Kentucky Geol Survey, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0107 and PIERCE, Brenda S., US Geol Survey, 956 National Ctr, Reston, VA 20192-0001, grady@geo.wvu.edu, grady@geo.wvu.edu
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3:45 PM
LATE PENNSYLVANIAN WETLANDS: PATTERNS OF DISTRIBUTION REFLECT CLIMATIC SUBTLETIES
DIMICHELE, William A.1, CECIL, C. Blaine2, CHANEY, Dan S.1 and LUCAS, Spencer G.3, (1)Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, (2)U.S. Geol Survey, Reston, VA 20192, (3)New Mexico Museum of Nat History, Albuquerque, NM 87104, dimichele.bill@nmnh.si.edu, dimichele.bill@nmnh.si.edu
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4:00 PM
FROM WETLANDS TO WET SPOTS: THE FATE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF CARBONIFEROUS ELEMENTS IN EARLY PERMIAN COASTAL PLAIN FLORAS OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
CHANEY, Dan1, DIMICHELE, William A.2, TABOR, Neil J.3 and HOOK, Robert W.1, (1)Dept. of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C, DC 20560, (2)Paleobiology, National Museum of Nat History, NHB mrc-121, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, (3)Dept. of Geology, Univ of California, Davis, CA 95616, chaney.dan@nmnh.si.edu, chaney.dan@nmnh.si.edu
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4:15 PM
BURROWS OF THE LUNGFISH GNATHORHIZA WITHIN PALEOSOLS OF THE LOWER PERMIAN (WOLFCAMPIAN) OF EASTERN KANSAS: A UNIQUE PALEOENVIRONMENTAL SETTING AND JUSTIFICATION FOR A NEW ICHNOTAXON
HASIOTIS, Stephen T.1, MILLER, Keith B.2 and MCCAHON, Thomas J.2, (1)Department of Geology, The Univ of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, (2)Geology Department, Kansas State Univ, 108 Thompson Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506, hasiotis@ku.edu, hasiotis@ku.edu
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4:30 PM
ENVIRONMENTAL DISTRIBUTION OF BOTTOM-DWELLING ANIMALS IN A PERMIAN FRESHWATER SYSTEM, ANTARCTICA
MILLER, Molly Fritz1, ISBELL, John L.2 and WOLFE, Keri L.2, (1)Geology Department, Vanderbilt Univ, Box 117 Station B, Vanderbilt Univ, Nashville, TN 37235, (2)Department of Geosciences, Univ of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, P.O. Box 413, Rm. 366 Lapham Hall, 3209 North Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53201, molly.f.miller@vanderbilt.edu, molly.f.miller@vanderbilt.edu
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4:45 PM
METHANE FLUXES FROM MID-CRETACEOUS WETLAND SOILS: INSIGHTS GAINED FROM CARBON AND OXYGEN ISOTOPIC STUDIES OF SPHAEROSIDERITES IN PALEOSOLS
LUDVIGSON, Greg A.1, GONZALEZ, Luis A.2, UFNAR, David F.2, WITZKE, Brian J.1 and BRENNER, Robert L.2, (1)Iowa Geological Survey, Iowa Dept. Nat Rscs, 109 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242-1319, (2)Geoscience, Univ of Iowa, 121 TH, Iowa City, IA 52242-1379, gregory-ludvigson@uiowa.edu, gregory-ludvigson@uiowa.edu
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5:00 PM
THE PALEO-ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF THE ST. JONES ESTUARY, DE: PRE-HOLOCENE TO PRESENT
WILSON, Bartholomew Daniel1, MADSEN, John A.1, MARTIN, Ronald E.1 and SCARBOROUGH, Robert W.2, (1)Geology Department, Univ of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, (2)Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve, Department of Nat Rscs and Environmental Control, Division of Soil and Water Conservation, 89 Kings Highway, Dover, DE 19901, dendro@udel.edu, dendro@udel.edu
 
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