Session: Stable Isotopes in Fossils and Paleosols: Records of Late Cenozoic Environmental Change (2004 Denver Annual Meeting (November 7

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8:00 AM

BOWEN, Gabriel J., Biology Department, Univ of Utah, 257 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, gbowen@biology.utah.edu, gbowen@biology.utah.edu

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8:15 AM

USING OXYGEN ISOTOPIC ANALYSES OF BISON TOOTH ENAMEL AS A PROXY FOR RECONSTRUCTING THE OXYGEN ISOTOPIC RATIOS OF SURFACE WATER

HOPPE, Kathryn A., Dept. of Geological and Environmental Sci, Stanford Univ, 450 Serra Mall, Bldg 320, Stanford, CA 94305-2115, Khoppe@stanford.edu, Khoppe@stanford.edu

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8:30 AM

PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION FROM STABLE ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS OF FOSSIL SKELETAL REMAINS OF THE MIDDLE MIOCENE FRESHWATER STEINHEIM BASIN, SW GERMANY

TÜTKEN, Thomas, Institut de Minéralogie et Géochimie, Université de Lausanne, BFSH 2, Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland, VENNEMANN, Torsten W., Earth science, Univ of Lausanne, BFSH 2, Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland and JANZ, Horst, Institute for Geochemistry, Univ of Tuebingen, Wilhelmstr. 56, Tuebingen, D-72074, Germany, thomas.tutken@img.unil.ch, thomas.tutken@img.unil.ch

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8:45 AM

CARBON ISOTOPE ANALYSIS OF PLANTS AND TOOTH ENAMEL OF HERBIVORES FROM THE TIBETAN PLATEAU

DENG, Tao, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 643, Beijing, 100044, dengtao@ivpp.ac.cn, dengtao@ivpp.ac.cn

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9:00 AM

ENAMEL MINERALIZATION AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF PALEOENVIRONMENTS: NEW EVIDENCE FROM HIGH RESOLUTION CARBON ISOTOPE PROFILES IN EXPERIMENTAL BOVID ENAMEL

ZAZZO, Antoine, Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Saskatchewan, 114 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada, BALASSE, Marie, Département Ecologie et Gestion de la Biodiversité, CNRS UMR 5197 Archéozoologie, Histoire des Sociétés humaines et des Peuplements animaux, MNHN, 55 rue Buffon, Paris, 75231, France and PATTERSON, William P., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Saskatchewan, 114 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, antoine.zazzo@usask.ca, antoine.zazzo@usask.ca

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9:15 AM

THE EFFECT OF ALTITUDE ON THE ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION OF PALEOSOLS: EXAMPLES FROM SOUTHERN TIBET AND THE BOLIVIAN ALTIPLANO

GARZIONE, Carmala N., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Univ of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, garzione@earth.rochester.edu, garzione@earth.rochester.edu

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9:30 AM

ANNUAL-SCALE ANALYSIS OF CLIMATE CHANGE FROM GLACIAL TO MODERN TIMES IN NORTH AMERICA USING SERIAL ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS OF MOLARS OF HYPSODONT MAMMALS

HIGGINS, Pennilyn and MACFADDEN, Bruce J., Florida Museum of Natural History, Univ of Florida, Dickinson Hall, PO Box 117800, Gainesville, FL 32611-7800, loligo@flmnh.ufl.edu, loligo@flmnh.ufl.edu

9:45 AM

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10:00 AM

A 25-MA RECORD OF PALEODIET AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE FROM CARBON AND OXYGEN ISOTOPES IN MAMMALIAN TOOTH ENAMEL AND PALEOSOLS FROM THE NE MARGIN OF THE TIBETAN PLATEAU

WANG, Yang, Department of Geological Sciences, Florida State Univ and National High Magnetic Field Lab, 108 Carraway Bldg, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4100 and DENG, Tao, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, P.O. Box 643, Beijing, 10004, China, ywang@magnet.fsu.edu, ywang@magnet.fsu.edu

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10:15 AM

PLEISTOCENE CLIMATE CHANGE AT THE PEKING MAN SITE, CHINA

GABOARDI, Mabry Margaret, Department of Geological Sciences, Florida State University and NHMFL, 108 Carraway Building, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4100, DENG, Tao, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 643, Beijing, 10004, China and WANG, Yang, Department of Geological Sciences, Florida State Univ and National High Magnetic Field Lab, 108 Carraway Bldg, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4100, gaboardi@gly.fsu.edu, gaboardi@gly.fsu.edu

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10:30 AM

PALEOECOLOGY OF THE CENOZOIC RHINO FAUNA OF LINXIA BASIN, GANSU, NW CHINA, FROM CARBON AND OXYGEN ISOTOPES IN TOOTH ENAMEL

BIASATTI, Dana M., Department of Geological Sciences, Florida State Univ and National High Magnetic Field Lab, 108 Carraway Building, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4100, WANG, Yang, Department of Geological Sciences, Florida State Univ and National High Magnetic Field Lab, 108 Carraway Bldg, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4100 and DENG, Tao, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 643, Beijing, 10004, China, biasatti@mail.magnet.fsu.edu, biasatti@mail.magnet.fsu.edu

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10:45 AM

LATE PLEISTOCENE-EARLY HOLOCENE FORESTS FROM THE GREAT LAKES REGION, USA: PRELIMINARY RADIOCARBON AND STABLE-ISOTOPE RESULTS

LEAVITT, Steven W., Lab. of Tree-Ring Research, Univ of Arizona, 1215 E. Lowell St., Tucson, AZ 85721, PANYUSHKINA, Irina P., Lab. of Tree-Ring Research, Univ of Arizona, 105 W. Stadium, Bldg. #58, Tucson, AZ 85721 and LANGE, Todd E., NSF Accelerator Facility, Univ of Arizona, Dept. of Physics, Tucson, AZ 85721, sleavitt@ltrr.arizona.edu, sleavitt@ltrr.arizona.edu

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11:00 AM

RELICT SOILS AND PALEOCLIMATE: LESSONS FROM THE WIND RIVER BASIN, WYOMING

AMUNDSON, Ronald¹, SHARP, Warren², OWEN, Justine¹, CHADWICK, Oliver³ and LUDWIG, Kenneth², (1)Div. of Ecosytem Sciences, Univ. of California, 151 Hilgard Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-3110, (2)Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Rd, Berkeley, CA 94709, (3)Department of Geography, Univ of California, Santa Barbara, earthy@nature.berkeley.edu, earthy@nature.berkeley.edu

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11:15 AM

HIGH-RESOLUTION DELTA¹³C VARIATIONS IN C₃ AND C₄ PLANTS ON THE CHINESE LOESS PLATEAU - A COMPARISON OF COMPOUND SPECIFIC AND BULK ORGANIC CARBON ISOTOPIC ANALYSES

FINKELSTEIN, David B., Geological Sciences, Indiana Univ, 1001 East Tenth Street, Bloomington, IN 47405-1405, MONTANEZ, Isabel P., Dept. of Geology, Univ. of California, Davis, CA 95616, BRASSELL, Simon Christopher, Geological Sciences, Indiana Univ, 1001 E. Tenth Street, Bloomington, IN 47405 and VIDIC, Natasa J., Biotechnical Faculty, Agronomy Department, Univ of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, Ljubljana, 1111, Slovenia, dafinkel@indiana.edu, dafinkel@indiana.edu

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11:30 AM

A 12,000 YEAR TEMPERATURE RECORD OF THE NORTH AMERICAN GREAT PLAINS BASED ON THE STABLE CARBON ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION OF PALEOSOL ORGANIC MATTER

NORDT, Lee C.¹, TIESZEN, Larry L.² and TIESZEN, Larry L.², (1)Geology, Baylor Univ, Waco, TX 76798-7354, (2)EROS Data Center, USGS, Sioux Falls, SD 57198, lee_nordt@baylor.edu, lee_nordt@baylor.edu

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11:45 AM

LATE PLEISTOCENE TO HOLOCENE CLIMATE RECORD BASED UPON STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES MEASURED IN SOIL ORGANIC MATTER, FIELD AND MICROMORPHOLOGIC FEATURES, AND POLLEN, FROM FLOODPLAIN SOILS AND PALEOSOLS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S

DRIESE, Steven G., Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, LI, Zheng-Hua, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, NORDT, Lee C., Geology, Baylor Univ, Waco, TX 76798-7354 and HORN, Sally P., Geography, Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-0925, Steven_Driese@baylor.edu, Steven_Driese@baylor.edu

2004 Denver Annual Meeting (November 7–10, 2004)

T49. Stable Isotopes in Fossils and Paleosols: Records of Late Cenozoic Environmental Change