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South-Central - 38th Annual Meeting (March 15–16, 2004)

Session No. 2
Monday, 15 March 2004: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Paleoclimatology/Ecology

 

Anne Raymond, Chair
Paper #
Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Opening Remarks
1
8:20 AM
THE OXYGEN ISOTOPIC RECORD OF SEASONALITY IN CONUS SHELLS AND ITS APPLICATION TO UNDERSTANDING LATE MIDDLE EOCENE (38 MA) CLIMATE
GROSSMAN, Ethan L., Department of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M Univ, College Station, TX 77843-3115 and KOBASHI, Takuro, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0208, e-grossman@tamu.edu, e-grossman@tamu.edu
2
8:40 AM
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PACIFIC THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION AND THE EVOLUTION OF EARLY PALEOGENE CLIMATE
THOMAS, Deborah J., Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3146, dthomas1@email.unc.edu, dthomas1@email.unc.edu
3
9:00 AM
EARLY EOCENE RECORDS OF PALEOPRECIPITATION WITH INSIGHT INTO THE AMALGAMATION OF ALASKA
WHITE, Timothy S., USGS - Minerals Program, 4200 University Drive, Anchorage, AK 99507, twhite@usgs.gov, twhite@usgs.gov
4
9:20 AM
THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN MICROSTRUCTURE AND DISSOLUTION PATTERNS OBSERVED THROUGH SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY OF EXTANT EPITONIUM TINCTUM
LEONARD-PINGEL, Jill1, ANDERSON, Laurie C.2 and XIE, Xiaogang1, (1)Geology & Geophysics, Louisiana State Univ, Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-4101, (2)Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State Univ, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, pingel_j@bellsouth.net, pingel_j@bellsouth.net
5
9:40 AM
MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF ECHINOLAMPAS APPENDICULATA, RHYNCHOLAMPAS CAROLINENSIS AND EURHODIA RUGOSA OF THE CASTLE HAYNE (EOCENE) FORMATION
D'ORAZIO, Anthony E., Biology, Duke Univ, Box 99971, Durham, NC 27708 and CIAMPAGLIO, Charles N., Geology, Wright State Univ, 7600 State Route 703, Celina, OH 45822, aed6@duke.edu, aed6@duke.edu
 
10:00 AM
Break
6
10:20 AM
WAS TROPICAL CLIMATE CONSTANT IN THE PENNSYLVANIAN?
RAYMOND, Anne, Dept. of Gelogy & Geophysics, Texas A&M Univ, College Station, TX 77843-3115, raymond@geo.tamu.edu, raymond@geo.tamu.edu
7
10:40 AM
TROPICAL LATITUDINAL CLIMATIC GRADIENTS IN THE PENNSYLVANIAN OF NORTH AMERICA: EVIDENCE FROM SWAMP COMMUNITIES AND LEAF MORPHOLOGY
SLONE, Elizabeth D.J., Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, and Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 and RAYMOND, Anne, Dept. of Gelogy & Geophysics, Texas A&M Univ, College Station, TX 77843-3115, edjslone@yahoo.com, edjslone@yahoo.com
8
11:00 AM
INFLUENCE OF SEA LEVEL CHANGES ON DIVERISTY OF PERMIAN BRACHIOPOD COMMUNITIES (GLASS MTNS, TEXAS)
OLSZEWSKI, Thomas D., Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M Univ, 3115 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843 and ERWIN, Douglas H., Paleobiology, MRC-121, National Museum of Nat History, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013, tomo@geo.tamu.edu, tomo@geo.tamu.edu
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