Session: Climate Variability and Change: Past, Present and Future (North-Central Section

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8:00 AM

WHEN DID GONDWANA GLACIATION OCCUR IN ANTARCTICA, AND HOW LARGE WERE THE GLACIERS? THE STRATIGRAPHIC AND PALEOGEOGRAPHIC IMPLICATIONS OF GLACIOTECTONIC DEFORMATION WITHIN PERMIAN STRATA, SOUTHERN VICTORIA LAND AND DARWIN GLACIER REGIONS, ANTARCTICA

ISBELL, John L., Department of Geosciences, Univ of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, P.O. Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201, LENAKER, Paul A., Acadis G&M, Inc, 126 North Jeferson Street, Suite 400, Milwaukee, WI 53202 and ASKIN, Rosemary A., Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State Univ, 1090 Carmack Road, Scott Hall Room 108, Columbus, OH 43210-1002, jisbell@uwm.edu, jisbell@uwm.edu

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8:20 AM

FLORAL PROVINCIALISM DURING THE LOWER MISSISSIPPIAN: EVIDENCE FROM THE BORDEN DELTA OF KENTUCKY AND INDIANA, U.S.A

RICHARDSON, Jeffrey G, Department of Geological Sciences, The Ohio State Univ, 155 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, richardson.141@osu.edu, richardson.141@osu.edu

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8:40 AM

THE ENIGMA OF POLAR WARMTH IN GREENHOUSE WORLDS: INSIGHTS FROM THE MID-CRETACEOUS TERRESTRIAL PALEOCLIMATOLOGY OF NORTH AMERICA

LUDVIGSON, Greg A., Iowa Geological Survey, Iowa Dept. Nat Rscs, 109 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242-1319, GONZALEZ, Luis A., Geoscience, Univ of Iowa, 121 TH, Iowa City, IA 52242-1379 and UFNAR, David F., Office of Biomedical Research Education and Training, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232-0301, gregory-ludvigson@uiowa.edu, gregory-ludvigson@uiowa.edu

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9:00 AM

PRELIMINARY LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE CRETACEOUS AND PALEOGENE DEPOSITS IN THE NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI EMBAYMENT OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI: PALYNOLOGY AND BIOSTRATIGRAPHY

EIFERT, Tambra L. and OBOH-IKUENOBE, Francisca E., Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Missouri-Rolla, McNutt Hall, Rolla, MO 65401, eifertt@umr.edu, eifertt@umr.edu

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9:20 AM

SEA LEVEL CHANGE, ICE SHEET FLUCTUATIONS AND GLOBAL WARMING: PAST AND PRESENT

ANDRESEN, Matthew A., MCGUIRE, Lori M. and CLARK, James A., Geology and Environmental Science, Wheaton College, 501 College Ave, Wheaton, IL 60187, matt.a.andresen@wheaton.edu, matt.a.andresen@wheaton.edu

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9:40 AM

THE USE OF PALYNOMORPHS AS A PROXY FOR RECONSTRUCTING THE PALEOCEANOGRAPHIC CHANGES IN THE MIDDLE CAPE BASIN (ODP LEG 175)

UDEZE, Chioma U. and OBOH-IKUENOBE, Francisca E., Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO 65409, cuuhvc@umr.edu, cuuhvc@umr.edu

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10:00 AM

CAN BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA BE USED AS INDICATORS OF CLATHRATE DISSOCIATION?

WILLIAMS, David¹, SHEPHERD, Scott¹, DUNCAN, Amanda¹, BACKHERMS, Aaron¹, PÉREZ, Elena¹, RATHBURN, Tony¹, MARTIN, Jon², DAY, Shelley³, GIESKES, Joris⁴ and MAHN, Chris⁴, (1)Geography, Geology, and Anthropology, Indiana State Univ, Science Building 159, Terre Haute, IN 47809, (2)Geological Science, Univ of Florida, Box 112120, Gainesville, FL 32611, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Florida, 241 Williamson Hall, PO Box 112120, Gainesville, FL 32611-2120, (4)Marine Research Divison-0236, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, dramatic_paws@yahoo.com, dramatic_paws@yahoo.com

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10:20 AM

EVIDENCE FOR THE PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE TRANSITION FROM A 20.8M CORE OBTAINED FROM THE VEDANTA MARSH, OLEMA CA

GENERAUX, Shari¹, BYRNE, Roger², REIDY, Liam² and NIEMI, Tina¹, (1)Geosciences, Univ of Missouri-Kansas City, 5100 Rockhill Rd, Kansas City, MO 64110-2499, (2)Geography, Univ California - Berkeley, 501 McCone Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-4740, slgc21@umkc.edu, slgc21@umkc.edu

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10:40 AM

IMPACT OF IRRIGATION ON WARM SEASON CLIMATE IN THE U.S. HIGH PLAINS

ADEGOKE, Jimmy, Geosciences, Univ of Missouri-Kansas City, 5100 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO 64110, adegokej@umkc.edu, adegokej@umkc.edu

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11:00 AM

SEDIMENTARY AND GEOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS FROM THE YEMEN HIGHLANDS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE

DAVIES, Caroline, Univ of Missouri, Kansas City, MO, daviesc@umkc.edu, daviesc@umkc.edu

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11:20 AM

INFLUENCE OF URBAN AREAS ON DIURNAL RAINFALL PATTERNS

BURIAN, Steven J., Civil Engineering, Univ of Arkansas, 4190 Bell Engineering Center, Fayetteville, AR 72701 and SHEPHERD, J. Marshall, Mesoscale Atmospheric Processes Branch, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Code 912.0, Greenbelt, MD 20771, sburian@engr.uark.edu, sburian@engr.uark.edu

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11:40 AM

RECENT BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL DISTRIBUTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLLAPSE OF THE LARSEN-B ICE SHELF

MCCALLUM, Scott D.¹, ISHMAN, Scott E.¹ and DOMACK, Eugene W.², (1)Geology, Southern Illinois Univ at Carbondale, 1259 Lincoln Drive, Carbondale, IL 62901-4324, (2)Geology, Hamilton College, 198 College Hill Road, Clinton, NY 13323, scottmccallum10@hotmail.com, scottmccallum10@hotmail.com

North-Central Section - 37th Annual Meeting (March 24–25, 2003)

S8. Climate Variability and Change: Past, Present and Future