Session: Causes and Effects of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum and Other Paleogene Hyperthermal Events II (2005 Salt Lake City Annual Meeting (October 16

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A DETAILED CLIMATE STUDY OF THE EARLY PALEOGENE LARAMIDE FORELAND

SEWALL, Jacob O. and SLOAN, Lisa Cirbus, Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, jsewall@pmc.ucsc.edu, jsewall@pmc.ucsc.edu

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INCREASED CARBON ISOTOPE DISCRIMINATION BY PLANTS DURING THE PETM: RECONCILING TERRESTRIAL AND MARINE CARBON ISOTOPE EXCURSIONS

SMITH, Francesca A.¹, WING, Scott² and FREEMAN, Katherine H.¹, (1)Geosciences, Penn State University, 542 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, (2)Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, fsmith@geosc.psu.edu, fsmith@geosc.psu.edu

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CARBON AND HYDROGEN ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS OF DECIDUOUS CONIFERS UNDER A CONTINUOUS-LIGHT ENVIRONMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE INTERPRETATION OF THE HIGH-LATITUDINAL PLANT ISOTOPE RECORD AT PETM

YANG, Hong¹, EQUIZA, M. Alejandra², JAGELS, Richard², PAGANI, Mark³ and BRIGGS, Derek⁴, (1)Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, College of Arts and Sciences, Bryant University, Smithfield, RI 02917, (2)Department of Forest Ecosystem Science, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, (3)Department of Geology & Geophysics, Yale Univ, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520, (4)Geology & Geophysics, Yale Univ, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, hyang@bryant.edu, hyang@bryant.edu

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ESTIMATING _PCO₂ ACROSS THE PETM USING CARBON ISOTOPE RATIOS OF PALEOSOL CARBONATES AND ORGANIC MATTER FROM THE BIGHORN BASIN, WYOMING

FRICKE, Henry, Department of Geology, Colorado College, 14 E. Cache La Poudre, Colorado Springs, CO 80903 and BOWEN, Gabriel, Biology Department, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, hfricke@coloradocollege.edu, hfricke@coloradocollege.edu

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OCEAN ACIDIFICATION AND ITS ENSUING RECOVERY DURING THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM AS CHRONICLED BY SPATIAL/TEMPORAL PATTERNS OF CARBONATE SEDIMENTATION IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC AND SOUTHERN OCEANS

KELLY, D.C.¹, ZACHOS, J.C.², SCHELLENBERG, S.A.³, NIELSEN, T.M.¹ and MCCARREN, H.², (1)Geology & Geophysics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, (2)Earth Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, ckelly@geology.wisc.edu, ckelly@geology.wisc.edu

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BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA AND EARLY EOCENE HYPERTHERMAL EVENTS (SE ATLANTIC OCEAN)

THOMAS, Ellen, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan Univ, 265 Church Street, Middletown, CT 06459-0139 and MCCARREN, Heather, Exxon Mobil Corporation, 12450 Greenspoint Drive, Houston, TX 77060, ethomas@wesleyan.edu, ethomas@wesleyan.edu

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3:30 PM

MIDDLE EOCENE WARMING ON SEYMOUR ISLAND, ANTARCTICA: CONTINENTAL SHELF PALEOTEMPERATURES RECORDED IN MOLLUSCAN CARBONATES

IVANY, Linda C.¹, LOHMANN, Kyger C.² and HASIUK, Franciszek², (1)Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, (2)Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, lcivany@syr.edu, lcivany@syr.edu

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PALEOCENE-EOCENE CARBON ISOTOPE EXCURSION AND MAMMALIAN FAUNAL CHANGE IN THE HONEYCOMBS AREA OF THE SOUTHERN BIGHORN BASIN, WYOMING

YANS, Johan¹, STRAIT, Suzanne G.², SMITH, Thierry³, DUPUIS, Christian¹, STEURBAUT, Etienne⁴ and GINGERICH, Philip D.⁵, (1)Fundamental and Applied Geology, Mons Engineering, Rue de Houdain 9, Mons, B7000, Belgium, (2)Biological Sciences, Marshall University, Huntington, WV 25755, (3)Paleontology, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Rue Vautier 29, Brussels, B-1000, Belgium, (4)Department of Paleontology, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, Brussels, B-1000, Belgium, (5)Department of Geological Sciences and Museum of Paleontology, The Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079, gingeric@umich.edu, gingeric@umich.edu

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ABSENCE OF PRESERVED MANGANIFEROUS RHIZOLITHS WITHIN THE PETM INTERVAL AND ITS CLIMATIC IMPLICATIONS

WOODY, Daniel T., Geological Sciences, Univ of Colorado-Boulder, P.O. Box 399, Boulder, CO 80309, SMITH, Jon J., Department of Geology, The Univ of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, KRAUS, Mary J., Dept of Geological Sciences, Univ. of Colorado, 399 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309 and HASIOTIS, Stephen T., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lindley Hall, rm 120, Lawrence, KS 66045, Daniel.Woody@colorado.edu, Daniel.Woody@colorado.edu

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BIRDS (AVES) ACROSS THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY: EVIDENCE FROM WYOMING

STIDHAM, Thomas A., Department of Biology, Texas A&M Univ, 3258 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-3258, furcula@mail.bio.tamu.edu, furcula@mail.bio.tamu.edu

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LONG-TERM ORBITAL SCALE PALEOCEANOGRAPHIC VARIABILITY ACROSS THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY IN THE CENTRAL PACIFIC: INFERENCES FROM ISOTOPE AND GEOCHEMICAL CORE LOG DATA

MCCARREN, H.K.¹, ZACHOS, J.C.¹, ROEHL, U.² and WESTERHOLD, Thomas², (1)Earth Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, (2)Geosciences, Bremen Univ, DFG Research Center for Ocean Margins (RCOM), Bremen, 28334, Germany, mccarren@pmc.ucsc.edu, mccarren@pmc.ucsc.edu

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SEARCHING NEW ZEALAND OUTCROPS FOR ELMO

NICOLO, Micah J., Earth Science, Rice University, 6100 Main St, Houston, TX 77005, DICKENS, Gerald R., Earth Science, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, MS 126, Houston, TX 77005 and HOLLIS, Chris, Institute of Geol and Nuclear Sciences, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, micahn@rice.edu, micahn@rice.edu

2005 Salt Lake City Annual Meeting (October 16–19, 2005)

T116. Causes and Effects of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum and Other Paleogene Hyperthermal Events II