Earth System Processes 2 (8–11 August 2005)

Session No. 46
Thursday, 11 August 2005: 9:00 AM-12:00 PM

T10. Phanerozoic O2: Animals, Plants, and Fires

 

Robert A. Berner and John VandenBrooks, Advocates
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9:00 AM
KEYNOTE: BIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF VARYING OXYGEN LEVELS DURING THE LATE PALEOZOIC THROUGH EARLY MESOZOIC
WARD, Peter D., Biology, University of Washington, Kincaid Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, argo@u.washington.edu, argo@u.washington.edu
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9:40 AM
INVITED: DOES ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN LEVEL LIMIT MAXIMAL INSECT SIZE?
HARRISON, Jon F.1, HENRY, Joanna R.1, KLOK, Cornelis J.1, GREENLEE, Kendra J.2 and KIRKTON, Scott D.3, (1)School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85284-4501, (2)Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, (3)Medicine, University of California at San Diego, Division of Physiology 0623A, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0623, j.harrison@asu.edu, j.harrison@asu.edu
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10:00 AM
PHANEROZOIC OXYGEN LEVELS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON MODERN VERTEBRATE DEVELOPMENT
VANDEN BROOKS, John M., Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, 210 Whitney Ave, New Haven, CT 06511, john.vandenbrooks@yale.edu, john.vandenbrooks@yale.edu
 
10:20 AM
Break
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10:40 AM
INVITED: THE DIVERSIFICATION OF FIRE SYSTEMS IN THE LATE PALEOZOIC: VEGETATION, CLIMATE OR ATMOSPHERE?
SCOTT, Andrew C., Dept of Geology, Royal Holloway Univ of London, Egham, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom, GLASSPOOL, Ian J., Department of Geology, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605 and FALCON-LANG, Howard, Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, United Kingdom, a.scott@gl.rhul.ac.uk, a.scott@gl.rhul.ac.uk
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11:00 AM
EXPERIMENTAL AND TEMPORAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE OCCURRENCE AND ABUNDANCE OF PYROGENIC PAH RELATIVE TO ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN LEVELS
SCHUNEMAN, Patrick J., Earth and Planetary Sciences, The University of Tennessee, 1412 Circle Drive, 306 EPS Bldg, Knoxville, TN 37996 and UHLE, Maria E., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of Tennessee, 1412 Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996, pschunem@utk.edu, pschunem@utk.edu
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11:20 AM
THE DYNAMICS AND ROLE OF SOIL AIR DURING THE PERMO-TRIASSIC INTERVAL
GAIDOS, Eric, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Hawaii, 1680 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, gaidos@hawaii.edu, gaidos@hawaii.edu
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11:40 AM
CARBON, SULFUR AND OXYGEN ACROSS THE PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY
BERNER, Robert A., Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, robert.berner@yale.edu, robert.berner@yale.edu
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