2003 Seattle Annual Meeting (November 2–5, 2003)

Session No. 235
Wednesday, 5 November 2003: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography II

 

Ellen Thomas and David B. Scott, Chairs
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1:30 PM
COUPLED ISOTOPIC AND TRACE METAL EVIDENCE FOR A SIGNIFICANT RISE IN TROPICAL SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE DURING THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM
ZACHOS, James1, WARA, Michael2, BOHATY, Steven1, PETRIZZO, Maria Rose3, KELLER, Susan1, DELANEY, Peggy2, BRALOWER, Timothy4, PREMOLI-SILVA, Isabella3, BRILL, Amanda5, SLOAN, Lisa1 and SHELLITO, Cindy1, (1)Earth Sciences, Univ of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, (2)Ocean Sciences, Univ. of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, (3)Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra "Ardito Desio", Universita' degli Studi di Milano, via Mangiagalli 34, Milano, 20133, Italy, (4)Dept. of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State Univ, State College, PA 16802, (5)Dept. of Geology, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, jzachos@es.ucsc.edu, jzachos@es.ucsc.edu
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1:45 PM
IMPLICATIONS FOR LATE PALEOCENE ATMOSPHERIC CO2 FROM STABLE CARBON ISOTOPE MEASUREMENTS OF FE(CO3)OH IN SOLID SOLUTION IN GOETHITE FROM A LATERITE IN NORTHERN IRELAND
TABOR, Neil J. and YAPP, Crayton J., Department of Geological Sciences, Southern Methodist Univ, Dedman College, Dallas, TX 75275, ntabor@mail.smu.edu, ntabor@mail.smu.edu
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2:00 PM
MULTI-PROXY INDICATORS OF THE PALEOCENE/EOCENE (P/E) BOUNDARY IN THE WILLISTON BASIN OF NORTH DAKOTA
LESLIE, Elizabeth R.1, KELLY, D.C.1, HARRINGTON, G.J.2, STILES, C.A.3, CLECHENKO, C.C.1 and VALLEY, J.W.1, (1)Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 West Dayton Street, Madison, WI 53706, (2)Smithsonian Inst, NHB-121, Washington, DC 20560-0121, (3)Department of Soil Science, Univ of Wisconsin-Madison, 1525 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI 53706, liz@geology.wisc.edu, liz@geology.wisc.edu
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2:15 PM
ONSET AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT
THOMAS, Ellen, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan Univ, 265 Church Street, Middletown, CT 06459-0139 and BARKER, Peter, 25 Church Street, Sandy, Beds, Great Gransden, SG19 3AF, United Kingdom, ethomas@wesleyan.edu, ethomas@wesleyan.edu
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2:30 PM
OPENING OF THE TASMANIAN GATEWAY: IMPLICATIONS FOR CLIMATIC AND BIOGEOGRAPHIC CHANGE DURING THE EOCENE/OLIGOCENE TRANSITION
KENNETT, James P., Department of Geological Sciences and Marine Science Institute, Univ of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9630 and EXON, Neville F., Petroleum and Marine Division, Australian Geol Survey Organisation, PO Box 378, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia, kennett@geol.ucsb.edu, kennett@geol.ucsb.edu
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2:45 PM
DIAMICT OF PROBABLE GLACIAL ORIGIN AT THE EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY ON SEYMOUR ISLAND, ANTARCTIC PENINSULA
IVANY, Linda C., Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244 and VAN SIMAEYS, Stefan, Department of Historical Geology, Univ of Leuven, Leuven, 3000, Belgium, lcivany@syr.edu, lcivany@syr.edu
 
3:00 PM
Break
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3:15 PM
INFLUENCE OF SALINITY ON PLANKTIC FORAMINIFERAL MG/CA AS DEDUCTED FROM A RECONSTRUCTION OF THE SHOALING OF THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA
GROENEVELD, Jeroen, NUERNBERG, Dirk, STEPH, Silke and TIEDEMANN, Ralf, Paleoceanology, Institute for Geomarine Sciences GEOMAR, Wischofstrasse 1-3, Kiel, D-24148, jgroeneveld@geomar.de, jgroeneveld@geomar.de
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3:30 PM
INITIATION OF MODERN PACIFIC ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION AT THE PLIO-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY RECORDED IN HORSE TEETH ENAMEL GEOCHEMISTRY
SPERO, Howard J., Geology, Univ of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, BROGENSKI, Colleen B., PO Box 7192, Houston, TX 77248-7192, JEFFERSON, George T., Colorado Desert District Stout Research Center, California Department of Parks and Recreation, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, 200 Palm Canyon Drive, Borrego Springs, CA 92004, HARRIS, John M., George C. Page Museum, 5801 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036 and CERLING, Thure E., Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Utah, 135 S 1460 E Room 719, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, spero@geology.ucdavis.edu, spero@geology.ucdavis.edu
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3:45 PM
QUATERNARY DEEP-SEA CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE WESTERN ATLANTIC, ARCTIC, NORWEGIAN AND ANTARCTIC SEAS
SCOTT, David B. and SCOTT, David B., Department of Earth Science, Dalhousie Univ, Halifax, NS B3H 3J5, Canada, david.scott@dal.ca, david.scott@dal.ca
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4:00 PM
A CLIMATE RECORD FOR THE LAST 140 KA BASED ON DIATOM VALVE FLUX FROM LAKE BIWA, JAPAN
KUWAE, Michinobu, Center for Marine Environmental Studies, Ehime Univ, Bunkyo-cho 2-5, Matsuyama, 790-8577, Japan, YOSHIKAWA, Shusaku, Department of Geosciences, Osaka City Univ, Sugimoto-cho 3-3-138, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, 558-8585 and INOUCHI, Yoshio, Center for marine environmental studies, Ehime Univ, Bunkyo-cho, 2-5, Matsuyama, Ehime, 790-8577, Japan, mkuwae@sci.ehime-u.ac.jp, mkuwae@sci.ehime-u.ac.jp
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4:15 PM
CORRELATION OF ICE-RAFTED DETRITUS IN SOUTH ATLANTIC SEDIMENTS WITH POLAR ICE: IMPLICATIONS FOR INTERHEMISPHERIC MILLENNIAL CLIMATE CHANGE DURING THE LAST GLACIAL PERIOD
KANFOUSH, Sharon L.1, HODELL, David A.2, CHARLES, Christopher D.3, STONER, Joseph S.4, CHANNELL, James E.T.2 and MORTYN, P. Graham5, (1)Department of Geology, Utica College, Utica, NY 13502, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, (3)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Univ of California, San Diego, CA 92093, (4)Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, Univ of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, (5)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, California State Univ, Fresno, CA 93740-8027, skanfoush@utica.edu, skanfoush@utica.edu
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4:30 PM
ICE SHEET RECONSTRUCTION AND GLACIAL RETREAT HISTORY OF ANTARCTIC PENINSULA DURING THE LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM (LGM)
HEROY, David Carlson and ANDERSON, John B., Earth Science, Rice Univ, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, heroy@rice.edu, heroy@rice.edu
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4:45 PM
ICE EXTENT OF THE LATE PLEISTOCENE LAURENTIDE ICE-SHEET IN HUDSON STRAIT DURING HEINRICH EVENTS H1 TO H3
RASHID, Harunur, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 42-44 Carleton Street, Cambridge, MA 02139 and PIPER, David J.W., Geological Survey of Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, 1 Challenger Drive, P.O. Box 1006, Dartmouth, NS B2Y 4A2, Canada, hrashid@mit.edu, hrashid@mit.edu
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5:00 PM
LATE GLACIAL STAGE-HOLOCENE TRANSITION RECORDED IN A NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICAN STALAGMITE
GOMEZ, Roger, Department of Geoscience, Univ of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, GONZÁLEZ, Luis A., Department of Geology, Univ of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, CHENG, Hai, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, EDWARDS, R. Lawrence, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Minesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 and URBANI, Franco, Escuela de Geologia, Minas y Geofisica, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, 1053, Venezuela, roger-gomez@uiowa.edu, roger-gomez@uiowa.edu
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5:15 PM
TREE-RING BASED ESTIMATES OF PEYTO GLACIER MASS BALANCE, 1673-1995
WATSON, Emma, Geography, Univ of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5C2 and LUCKMAN, Brian H., Geography, Univ of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5C2, Canada, luckman@uwo.ca, luckman@uwo.ca