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

Session No. 70
Monday, 29 October 2007: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T53. Evidence for Paleoenvironmental Change during the Paleogene from the Interior Basins of Western North America

Paleontological Society

 

Cynthia A. Stiles, Alan R. Carroll and Michael E. Smith, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:05 AM
FAUNAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE ACROSS THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY IN THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENTAL INTERIOR: BIGHORN BASIN, WYOMING
GINGERICH, Philip D., 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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8:25 AM
DISCOVERY OF THE CARBON ISOTOPE EXCURSION (CIE) AT THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY IN THE PICEANCE CREEK BASIN, WESTERN COLORADO
BURGER, Benjamin John, Geology, Utah State University- Uintah Basin Regional Campus, Vernal, 320 North Aggie Blvd, Vernal, UT 84078, benjamin.burger@usu.edu, benjamin.burger@usu.edu
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8:40 AM
ELLESMERE ISLAND AS AN ARCTIC COUNTERPOINT TO THE MID-LATITUDES: ISOTOPIC SIMILARITIES, DIFFERENCES, AND THEIR RELEVANCE TO PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
EBERLE, Jaelyn J.1, FRICKE, Henry2, HUMPHREY, John3 and HACKETT, Logan3, (1)CU Museum and Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, 265 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309, (2)Department of Geology, Colorado College, 14 East Cache La Poudre St, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, (3)Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1516 Illinois St, Golden, CO 80401, Jaelyn.Eberle@Colorado.edu, Jaelyn.Eberle@Colorado.edu
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8:55 AM
FLORAL CHANGE IN THE NORTH AMERICAN PALEOCENE
PEPPE, Daniel J.1, HICKEY, Leo J.2 and EVANS, David A.D.2, (1)Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, (2)Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, daniel_peppe@baylor.edu, daniel_peppe@baylor.edu
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9:10 AM
RAPID GLOBAL WARMING AND FLORAL CHANGE AT THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY
WING, Scott L., Dept. Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, MRC121, Washington, DC 20560 and LOVELOCK, Elizabeth C., Earth Science, University of California Santa Barbara, Webb Hall, BLDG 526, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9630, wings@si.edu, wings@si.edu
 
9:30 AM
Break
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9:45 AM
ABRUPT PALEOENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE DURING THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM IN THE BIGHORN BASIN, WYOMING
WOODY, Daniel T.1, KRAUS, Mary J.1, SMITH, Jon J.2 and HASIOTIS, Stephen T.2, (1)Dept of Geological Sciences, Univ of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0399, (2)Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, mary.kraus@colorado.edu, mary.kraus@colorado.edu
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10:05 AM
EVIDENCE OF PALEOCENE-EOCENE PALEOENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE IN THE PALEOSOL RECORD OF THE WILLISTON BASIN OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA
STILES, Cynthia A.1, SHULLENBERGER, Eric D.2, BOLGER, Kathleen F.2 and KELLY, D. Clay3, (1)Soil Science, Univ of Wisconsin - Madison, 1525 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI 53706-1299, (2)Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1215 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, (3)Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin, 1215 W. Dayton Street, Madison, WI 53706, castiles@wisc.edu, castiles@wisc.edu
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10:20 AM
PLANT COMMUNITY CHANGE AND THE MAGNITUDE OF THE CARBON ISOTOPE EXCURSION AT THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM
SMITH, Francesca A., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, 1850 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208, WING, Scott L., Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560 and FREEMAN, Katherine H., Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 235 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, cesca@earth.northwestern.edu, cesca@earth.northwestern.edu
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10:35 AM
THE TERRESTRIAL RESPONSE TO THE POST EOCENE-OLIGOCENE CLIMATIC TRANSITION, POLESLIDE MEMBER, BRULE FORMATION, BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK, SOUTH DAKOTA
MINTZ, Jason S., Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, TERRY Jr, Dennis O., Geology, Temple University, 1901 N. 13th St, Philadelphia, PA 19122 and STINCHCOMB, Gary E., Department of Geology, Temple University, 303 Beury Hall, 1901 N. 13th St, Philadelphia, PA 19122-6081, Jason_Mintz@Baylor.edu, Jason_Mintz@Baylor.edu
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10:50 AM
PALEOSOL-BASED INTERPRETATIONS OF BASIN HISTORY AND PALEOCLIMATIC CHANGE: THE EOCENE-OLIGOCENE WHITE RIVER GROUP OF NEBRASKA AND SOUTH DAKOTA
TERRY Jr, Dennis O., Department of Geology, Temple University, 1901 N. 13th St, Philadelphia, PA 19122, doterry@temple.edu, doterry@temple.edu
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11:05 AM
PALEOCENE TO EOCENE CLIMATE CHANGE IN CENTRAL UTAH: CHEMO- AND LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE FLAGSTAFF FORMATION, CENTRAL UTAH
BOWEN, Gabriel and BOWEN, Brenda B., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Dr, West Lafayette, IN 47907, gabe@purdue.edu, gabe@purdue.edu
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11:20 AM
U-TH/HE AND FISSION-TRACK DETRITAL GRAIN DOUBLE DATING AS A PALEO-WILDFIRE INDICATOR: TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS FROM TWO WESTERN INTERIOR BASINS AND IMPLICATIONS TO THE PETM
TIPPLE, Brett J., Department of Biology, University of Utah, EHLERINGER LABORATORY 522 ALINE SKAGGS BIOLOGY BUILDING, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, REINERS, Peter, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, THOMSON, Stuart N., Geology & Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, WING, Scott L., Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560 and STEWART, Richard J., Department of Earth and Space Sciences - Quaternary Research Center, Univ Washington, Box 1310, Seattle, WA 98195, brett.tipple@utah.edu, brett.tipple@utah.edu
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11:35 AM
STROMATOLITES AS INDICATORS OF LAKE CLIMATE AND CHEMISTRY
BUCHHEIM, H. Paul1, AWRAMIK, Stanley2 and SHULTZ, Carol1, (1)Department of Earth and Biological Sciences, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92350, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, pbuchheim@llu.edu, pbuchheim@llu.edu
 
11:55 AM
Concluding Remarks
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