2006 Philadelphia Annual Meeting (22–25 October 2006)

Session No. 161
Tuesday, 24 October 2006: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

T27. Better Living Through Geochemistry: Fostering an Understanding of Terrestrial Paleoenvironments and Paleoclimates

GSA Sedimentology Division; Society for Sedimentary Geology; Geochemical Society

 

Aisha H. Al-Suwaidi, Franciszek Hasiuk and Julie B. Retrum, Advocates
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1:30 PM
USING TERRESTRIAL CARBON-ISOTOPE STRATIGRAPHY IN UNDERSTANDING CLIMATES AND ENVIRONMENTS
GROCKE, Darren R., Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom, d.r.grocke@durham.ac.uk, d.r.grocke@durham.ac.uk
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1:50 PM
OXYGEN ISOTOPE ESTIMATES OF MEAN ANNUAL TEMPERATURE FOR AN EARLY EOCENE, TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT IN THE CANADIAN HIGH ARCTIC
EBERLE, Jaelyn J., University of Colorado Museum, University of Colorado, Dept. of Geosciences, Boulder, CO 80309, HUMPHREY, John, Colorado School of Mines, 1516 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401 and HACKETT, Logan, Dept. of Geology, Colorado School of Mines, 1516 Illinois St, Golden, CO 80401, jaelyn.eberle@colorado.edu, jaelyn.eberle@colorado.edu
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2:05 PM
HIGH-RESOLUTION CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATIONS OF MID-CRETACEOUS STRATA DEPOSITED FROM THE EASTERN MARGIN TO THE FOREDEEP OF THE WESTERN INTERIOR BASIN, NORTHWESTERN IOWA TO NORTHEASTERN WYOMING
MORATH, Philip, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 441 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, WHITE, Timothy S., Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 and WITZKE, Brian, Iowa Geological Survey, Iowa Dept. Nat Rscs, 109 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242-1319, pjm246@psu.edu, pjm246@psu.edu
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2:20 PM
PETROGRAPHIC AND ISOTOPIC INVESTIGATION OF DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS IN THE EARLY CRETACEOUS (APTIAN-ALBIAN) TLAYÚA QUARRY, MEXICO
SUAREZ, Marina1, GONZÁLEZ, Luis A.1, VEGA-VERA, Francisco J.2 and LUDVIGSON, Greg A.3, (1)Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lindley Hall Room 120, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, (2)Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Delegación Coyoacán, D.F., México, 04510, Mexico, (3)Kansas Geological Survey, The University of Kansas, 1930 Constant Ave, Lawrence, KS 66047-3726, msuarez@ku.edu, msuarez@ku.edu
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2:35 PM
GEOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE FOR REDOX VARIATIONS ACROSS THE TRIASSIC-JURASSIC BOUNDARY IN THE TETHYS SEA
QUAN, Tracy M., Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, 71 Dudley Rd, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, VAN DE SCHOOTBRUGGE, Bas, Geological and Paleontological Institute, Johann-Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt, Senckenberganlage 32-34, Frankfurt, 60054, Germany, ROSENTHAL, Yair, Imcs, Rutgers University, 71 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 and FALKOWSKI, Paul G., Marine Science and Geological Science, Rutgers Universtiy, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8521, quan@marine.rutgers.edu, quan@marine.rutgers.edu
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2:50 PM
ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY OF 2.7 GA CHERT AND CARBONATE, TUMBIANA FORMATION, AUSTRALIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR LATE ARCHEAN CLIMATIC TEMPERATURES AND EARLY EVOLUTION OF LIFE
KNAUTH, L. Paul, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, AWRAMIK, S.M., Department of Earth Science, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 and BUCHHEIM, H. Paul, Earth and Biological Sciences, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92350, Knauth@asu.edu, Knauth@asu.edu
 
3:05 PM
Break
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3:20 PM
LATE QUATERNARY EVOLUTION OF NORTH AMERICAN GRASSLANDS INFERRED FROM STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES OF BURIED SOIL ORGANIC MATTER
NORDT, Lee, Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798, VON FISCHER, Joseph, Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 and TIESZEN, Larry, EROS, U.S. Geological Survey, Sioux Falls, SD 57198, lee_nordt@baylor.edu, lee_nordt@baylor.edu
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3:40 PM
C4 EXPANSION IN INNER MONGOLIA DURING THE LATEST MIOCENE AND EARLY PLIOCENE
ZHANG, Chunfu1, WANG, Yang1, BIASATTI, Dana1, DENG, Tao2, QIU, Zhuding3, LI, Qiang3 and WANG, Xiaoming4, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Florida State Univ and National High Magnetic Field Lab, 108 Carraway Bldg, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4100, (2)Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 643, Beijing, 100044, (3)Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 643, Beijing, 100044, China, (4)Vertebrate Paleontology, Nat History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90007, cz05d@fsu.edu, cz05d@fsu.edu
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3:55 PM
PALEOENVIRONMENT OF A LATE PLIOCENE FAUNA OF NORTHERN TIBETAN PLATEAU
WANG, Yang1, XU, Yingfeng1, ZHANG, Chunfu1, WANG, Xiaoming2, DENG, Tao3, QIU, Zhuding3 and LI, Qiang3, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Florida State Univ and National High Magnetic Field Lab, 108 Carraway Bldg, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4100, (2)Vertebrate Paleontology, Nat History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90007, (3)Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 643, Beijing, 100044, China, ywang@magnet.fsu.edu, ywang@magnet.fsu.edu
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4:10 PM
PALEOENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE ON WRANGEL ISLAND, NE SIBERIA, RECORDED IN 87SR/86SR OF HERBIVORE SKELETAL REMAINS
ARPPE, Laura M.1, KARHU, J.A.1 and VARTANYAN, S.2, (1)Department of Geology, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 64, Helsinki, 00014, Finland, (2)Wrangel Island State Reserve, Ushakovskoye, 686870, Russia, laura.arppe@helsinki.fi, laura.arppe@helsinki.fi
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4:25 PM
PRELIMINARY GEOCHEMICAL TAPHONOMY OF BONE BED SITES IN THE YELLOW CAT MEMBER OF THE CEDAR MOUNTAIN FORMATION, UTAH
SUAREZ, Celina A.1, MACPHERSON, Gwen1, GONZALEZ, Luis A.1 and KIRKLAND, James I.2, (1)Department of Geology, The University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045, (2)Utah Geological Survey, 1594 West North Temple, Suite 3110, P.O. Box 146100, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6100, csuarez@ku.edu, csuarez@ku.edu
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4:40 PM
FRESHWATER TAPHONOMY: EXPLORING THE EFFECT OF TIME ON THE TRACE ELEMENT AND STABLE ISOTOPE RECORD IN UNIONID SHELLS
CARROLL, Monica, Dept.artment of Geology, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, University of Georgia, Drawer E, Aiken, SC 29808 and ROMANEK, Christopher S., Dept. of Geology and Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Drawer E, Aiken, SC 29802, monicabc@uga.edu, monicabc@uga.edu
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