2007 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (28–31 October 2007)

Session No. 165
Tuesday, 30 October 2007: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

T99. Environmental Change and Evolution: Micropaleontological Case Studies

Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research

 

R. Mark Leckie and B. Huber, Advocates
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1:30 PM
MICROFOSSIL EVIDENCE FOR 600 MILLION YEARS OF BACTERIALLY-MEDIATED PHOSPHOGENESIS
BAILEY, Jake1, SALMAN, Verena2, GREENE, Sarah1, JOYE, Samantha B.3, SCHULZ-VOGT, Heide2 and CORSETTI, Frank A.4, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, (2)University of Hannover, Hannover, D-30167, Germany, (3)Department of Marine Sciences, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 3060-3636, (4)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, jvbailey@usc.edu, jvbailey@usc.edu
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1:45 PM
FORMATION OF MODERN CYANOBACTERIA CALCIFIED-MICROFOSSILS, BAHAMAS
PLANAVSKY, Noah, Marine Geology and Geophysics, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149 and REID, R. Pamela, Marine Geology and Geophysics, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149, preid@rsmas.miami.edu, preid@rsmas.miami.edu
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2:00 PM
LATE PERMIAN CONODONT FAUNAL CHANGES SIGNIFY RAPID OCEANIC WARMING IN NORTHWEST PANGEA
BEATTY, Tyler W., Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive N.W, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, HENDERSON, Charles M., Consortia for Applied Basin Studies, Dept. of Geoscience, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive N.W, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4 and BEAUCHAMP, Benoit, Geoscience, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. NW, Calgary, AB T2N1N4, Canada, charles.henderson@ucalgary.ca, charles.henderson@ucalgary.ca
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2:15 PM
EVALUATING THE EVIDENCE ON THE OPENING OF THE EQUATORIAL ATLANTIC GATEWAY AND ITS GLOBAL IMPACT
KOUTSOUKOS, Eduardo A.M., PETROBRAS-CENPES, Cidade Universitária, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21941-915, Brazil and BENGTSON, Peter, Geologisch-Paläontologisches Institut, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 234, Heidelberg, DE-69120, Germany, ekoutsoukos@gmail.com, ekoutsoukos@gmail.com
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2:30 PM
EVOLUTION DURING THE MID-CRETACEOUS: THREE EXAMPLES OF RAPID TURNOVER
HUBER, Brian T., Smithsonian Inst, NHB-121, Washington, DC 20560-0121 and LECKIE, R. Mark, Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, huberb@si.edu, huberb@si.edu
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2:45 PM
EFFECTS OF GEOLOGICALLY SHORT-LIVED SURFACE WATER DISRUPTIONS ON THE EVOLUTION OF CALCAREOUS NANNOPLANKTON AS EXEMPLIFIED BY OCEANIC ANOXIC EVENT OAE-1D AND THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM
WATKINS, David K., Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska, 214 Bessey Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340 and BRALOWER, Timothy J., Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 503A Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, dwatkins1@unl.edu, dwatkins1@unl.edu
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3:00 PM
HIGHER PALEOPRODUCTIVITY LINKED TO INOCERAMID EXTINCTION AT BLAKE NOSE
JAIN, Sreepat, Paleobiology, MRC-121, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, HUBER, Brian T., Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, 10th and Constitution Ave, Washington, DC 20013-7012 and MACLEOD, Kenneth G., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, 101 Geological Sciences Bldg, Columbia, MO 65211, jains@si.edu, jains@si.edu
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3:15 PM
FORAMINIFERA OF THE LATEST CRETACEOUS OIL SHALE SEQUENCE, NEGEV ISRAEL: A CASE STUDY OF THE SOUTHERN TETHYAN UPWELLING SYSTEM
ASHCKENAZI-POLIVODA, Sarit1, SCHNEIDER-MOR, Aya2, ABRAMOVICH, Sigal1, ALMOGI-LABIN, Ahuva3 and FEINSTEIN, Shimon2, (1)Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P.O.Box 653, Beer sheva, 84105, Israel, (2)Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P.O.Box 653, Beer Sheva, 84105, Israel, (3)Geol Survey of Israel, Malkhei Yisrael 30, Jerusalem, 95011, Israel, ashcenaz@bgu.ac.il, ashcenaz@bgu.ac.il
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3:30 PM
MORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE OF PLANKTIC FORAMINIFERA TO A TRANSIENT RISE IN PCO2 DURING THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM
KELLY, D. Clay, Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Wisconsin - Madison, 1215 W. Dayton Street, Madison, WI 53706, ckelly@geology.wisc.edu, ckelly@geology.wisc.edu
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3:45 PM
THE CASE STUDY OF PALEOCENE-EOCENE PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA IN A NEAR SHORE ENVIRONMENT (JAISALMER BASIN, RAJASTHAN, INDIA)
RABHA, Swapna and KALIA, Prabha, Department of Geology, University of Delhi, Delhi, 110007, India, swapnarabha@gmail.com, swapnarabha@gmail.com
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4:00 PM
UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF PALEOCEANOGRAPHY IN DIVERSIFICATION AND EXTINCTION IN PERFORATE LARGER BENTHIC FORAMINIFERS USING MORPHOLOGIC EVIDENCE FOR ALGAL SYMBIOSIS
HALLOCK, Pamela, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, 140 7th Ave. S, St. Petersburg, FL 33701 and POMAR, Luis, Departament de Ciencies de la Terra, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Ctra. Valldemossa km 7.5, Palma de Mallorca, E-07122, Spain, pmuller@marine.usf.edu, pmuller@marine.usf.edu
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4:15 PM
RESPONSE OF RADIOLARIAN BIOMINERALIZATION TO THE INCREASING ROLE OF DIATOMS IN THE CENOZOIC SILICA CYCLE
KOTRC, Benjamin1, LAZARUS, David2, SCHMIDT, Daniela N.3 and WULF, Gerwin2, (1)Botanical Museum and Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, (2)Institut für Paläontologie, Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, Berlin, D-10115, Germany, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queen’s Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, United Kingdom, kotrc@fas.harvard.edu, kotrc@fas.harvard.edu
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4:30 PM
SOUTHERN OCEAN DIATOM DIVERSITY AND NEOGENE CLIMATE CHANGE
CODY, Rosemary D., Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand, CRAMPTON, James S., Institute of Geol & Nuclear Sciences, P.O. Box 30-368, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, HARWOOD, David M., Geosciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588 and LEVY, Richard H., Nebraska Earth Science Education Network, Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln, 113 NH, Lincoln, NE 68588-0517, rockyrose@gmail.com, rockyrose@gmail.com
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4:45 PM
DIVERSIFICATION OF CRYPTIC GENETIC TYPES IN PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA: RELATIONSHIP TO GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES OF THE PAST 15 MA
LIPPS, Jere H., Museum of Paleontology and Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 and UJIIE, Yurika, Department of Zoology and Animal Biology, University of Geneva, Quai Ernest-Ansermet 30, Genève, 1211, Switzerland, jlipps@berkeley.edu, jlipps@berkeley.edu
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5:00 PM
FORAMINIFERAL POPULATION RESPONSE TO FLUCTUATING INFLOW INTO NUECES BAY, TEXAS
BUZAS-STEPHENS, Pamela, Geosciences, Midwestern State University, 3410 Taft Blvd, Wichita Falls, TX 76308 and BUZAS, Martin A., Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, MRC-121, Washington, DC 20560-0121, pamela.stephens@mwsu.edu, pamela.stephens@mwsu.edu
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5:15 PM
STUDIES OF LIVING MARSH FORAMINIFERA TO ENHANCE THEIR USEFULNESS AS PALEOENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS
FRAIL-GAUTHIER, Jennifer L.1, SCOTT, David B.1 and BATT, John H.2, (1)Centre for Environmental and Marine Geology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H3J5, Canada, (2)Aquatron Facility, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H3J5, Canada, JFRAIL@DAL.CA, JFRAIL@DAL.CA
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