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

Session No. 111
Monday, 29 October 2007: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography (Posters)

Authors will be present from 2:30 to 4:30 PM.

 

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MICROHABITAT PREFERENCES OF LIVING (STAINED) BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA FROM EXPERIMENTAL BANKS IN THE VENICE LAGOON
GRAY, Cassie1, RATHBURN, Anthony2, BROUILLETTE, Ellen1, WAGGONER, Jason1, KLUESNER, Jared1, PÉREZ, Elena1 and GIESKES, Joris3, (1)Geology Program, Indiana State University, Science Building 159, Terre Haute, IN 47809, (2)Earth and Environmental Systems, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN 47809, (3)Integrative Oceanography Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093-0236, cgray10@mymail.indstate.edu, cgray10@mymail.indstate.edu
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ROSE BENGAL STAINED BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA FROM A CONTAMINATION GRADIENT IN THE VENICE LAGOON, ITALY
WAGGONER, Jason1, RATHBURN, Anthony E.1, PÉREZ, Elena2, BROUILLETTE, Ellen1, GRAY, Cassie1, KLUESNER, Jared1 and GIESKES, Joris3, (1)Geology Program, Indiana State University, Science Building 159, Terre Haute, IN 47809, (2)Geology Program, Indiana State Univ, Science Building 159, Terre Haute, IN 47809, (3)Integrative Oceanography Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093-0236, wagg8@mchsi.com, wagg8@mchsi.com
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SYNCHRONOUS BARIUM PEAKS IN HIGH-RESOLUTION PROFILES OF CALCITE AND ARAGONITE MARINE BIVALVE SHELLS
GILLIKIN, David P., Department of Earth Science and Geography, Vassar College, Box 475, Poughkeepsie, NY 12604, LORRAIN, Anne, IRD UR THETIS, Centre de Recherche Halieutique Méditerranéenne et Tropicale (CRH), Avenue Jean Monnet - BP 171, Sete, 34203, France, PAULET, Yves-Marie, Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin (LEMAR), Institut Universitaire, UMR 6539 CNRS, Plouzane´, 29 280, France, ANDRE, Luc, Section of Mineralogy and Petrography, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Leuvensesteenweg 13, Tervuren, B-3080, Belgium and DEHAIRS, Frank, Department of Analytical and Environmental Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, B-1050, Belgium, dagillikin@vassar.edu, dagillikin@vassar.edu
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EVALUATION OF THE PLATYGYRIAN CORAL AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL RECORDER IN TEMPERATE REGIONS
SHIMAMURA, Michiyo1, HYEONG, Kiseong2, WATANABE, Tsuyoshi3, IRINO, Tomohisa4, YOO, Chanmin2 and KIM, Woong-Seo1, (1)Marine Resources Research Department, Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute, Ansan P.O.Box 29, Seoul, 425-600, (2)Deep-sea Research Center, Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute, Ansan P.O.Box 29, Seoul, 425-600, (3)Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, N10W8 Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan, (4)Environmental Earth Science, University of Hokkaido, Hokkaido, Japan, michiyo@kordi.re.kr, michiyo@kordi.re.kr
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CARBON-14 RECORD IN DEEP-SEA CORALS FROM THE ATLANTIC AND GULF OF MEXICO
HOLMES, Charles W., St. Petersburg, FL 33701, BUSTER, Noreen A., U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, 600 4th St. S, Saint Petersburg, FL 33701 and ROSS, Steve A., Willmington, NC 28409, Cholmes@usgs.gov, Cholmes@usgs.gov
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VARIABILITY OF CORAL SKELETAL TIN, COPPER, ZINC AND CADMIUM IN PORITES LOBATA CORALS FROM KONA, HAWAII
GRAY, Sarah C., COLELLA, Michael, WARD, Jamie and DALY, Geoff, University of San Diego, 5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, CA 92110, sgray@sandiego.edu, sgray@sandiego.edu
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PALEOPRODUCTIVITY VARIATIONS IN THE EASTERN CENTRAL EQUATORIAL PACIFIC OCEAN ON GLACIAL TIMESCALES
HALE, Sarah and FILIPPELLI, Gabriel M., Department of Earth Sciences, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), 723 W. Michigan St, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5132, ssutor@iupui.edu, ssutor@iupui.edu
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WEST AFRICAN MONSOON FLUCTUATIONS AS INFERRED FROM THERMOCLINE SHIFTS IN THE TROPICAL EAST ATLANTIC
MÜLLEGGER, Stefan and PILLER, Werner E., Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 26, Graz, 8010, Austria, stefan.muellegger@uni-graz.at, stefan.muellegger@uni-graz.at
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TIMING AND SOURCES OF ABRUPT GLACIAL EVENTS ON THE LABRADOR SHELF
JENNINGS, Anne E.1, FREEMAN, Wendy2, ANDREWS, John T.2, LAJEUNESSE, Patrick3 and ST-ONGE, Guillaume4, (1)INSTAAR and Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0450, (2)INSTAAR, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0450, (3)Centre d’Études Nordiques, Laval University, Quebec City, QC G1K 7P4, Canada, (4)ISMER, University of Quebec at Rimouski, Rimouski, QC G5L 3A1, Canada, Anne.Jennings@colorado.edu, Anne.Jennings@colorado.edu
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AN EAST GREENLAND PROVENANCE FOR LATE QUATERNARY ICE-RAFTED SEDIMENTS IN THE NORTHERNMOST NORTH ATLANTIC
VERPLANCK, Emily P., Dept. of Geological Sciences and CIRES, University of Colorado, Campus Box 399, Boulder, CO 80309, FARMER, G. Lang, Dept. of Geological Sciences and CIRES, University of Colorado, Campus Box 399, Boulder, CO 80309-0399, ANDREWS, John T., INSTAAR and Dept. of Geological Sciences, Univ. of Colorado, Box 450, Boulder, CO 80309-0450 and MILLO, Christian, Lab. Geochimie des Isotopes Stables, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, 2, place Jussieu, Paris, 75251, France, Emily.Verplanck@Colorado.EDU, Emily.Verplanck@Colorado.EDU
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EAST ASIAN MONSOON VARIABILITY AND GROUNDWATER RECHARGE IN NORTHERN CHINA
GATES, John B.1, EDMUNDS, W. Mike1, SHEPPARD, Paul R.2 and MA, Jinzhu3, (1)Oxford University Centre for the Environment, Oxford University, Dyson Perrins Building, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1-3QY, United Kingdom, (2)Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona, 105 West Stadium, Tucson, AZ 85721, (3)College of Earth & Environmental Science, Lanzhou University, No.298, Tianshui R, Lanzhou, 730000, China, john.gates@ouce.ox.ac.uk, john.gates@ouce.ox.ac.uk
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ANALYSIS OF SOME PROCESSES OCCURRED IN THE BLACK SEA AND BOSPORUS STRAIT DURING HOLOCENE
YESIN, Nikolai Vasilievich and KUKLEVA, Olga Nikolajevna, Russian Academy of Sciences, Southern Brunch of P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Krasnodar region, Oceanologia, Gelendzhik-7, Gelendzhik, 353467, Russia, kuklev@coastdyn.ru, kuklev@coastdyn.ru
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MULTI-PROXY EVIDENCE FOR CHANGES IN LATE GLACIAL/EARLY HOLOCENE CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN SURFACE WATERS
BRIGHT, Camomilia, Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University, 253 Science I, Ames, IA 50011 and CERVATO, Cinzia, Dept. of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State Univ, 253 Science I, Ames, IA 50011, cabright@iastate.edu, cabright@iastate.edu
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MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF LATE HOLOCENE LAMINATED SEDIMENTS FROM CARMEN BASIN, GULF OF CALIFORNIA: THEIR PALEOCLIMATIC AND PALEOCEANOGRAPHIC IMPLICATIONS
PEREZ-DRAGO, Guillermo, División de Ciencias de la Tierra, Facultad de Ingenieria, UNAM, Circuito Exterior de Cd. Universitaria, Coyocan, Mexico, D.F, 04510, Mexico, PEREZ-CRUZ, Ligia, Geomagnetismo y Exploracion, Instituto de Geofisica, UNAM, Circuito exterior de Cd. Universitarias S/N, Coyoacan, Mexico D.F, 04510, Mexico and URRUTIA-FUCUGAUCHI, Jaime, Geomagnetismo y Exploracion, Instituto de Geofisica, UNAM, Circuito Exterior de Cd. Universitaria S/N, Coyocan, Mexico, D.F, 04510, Mexico, gp_drago@hotmail.com, gp_drago@hotmail.com
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THE EARLY-MIDDLE EOCENE TRANSITION IN THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN: STUDIES FROM CUBA, JAMAICA, AND THE CAYMAN RISE
FLUEGEMAN, Richard H., Dept. of Geology, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306-0475, rfluegem@bsu.edu, rfluegem@bsu.edu
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USING THE PRECESSION METHODOLOGY TO TIME PAST GLACIAL AND INTERGLACIAL CLIMATES
SHARPE, Saxon E., Desert Rsch Institute, 2215 Raggio Pkwy, Reno, NV 89512-1095, saxon.sharpe@dri.edu, saxon.sharpe@dri.edu
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HISTORICAL RECORDS OF STOMATAL INDICES FOR QUERCUS AND NYSSA FROM THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S
CANTOR, Bradford M. and GASTALDO, Robert A., Department of Geology, Colby College, 5800 Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME 04901, bmcantor@colby.edu, bmcantor@colby.edu
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THE EFFECT ON STOMATAL PROXIES AS A FUNCTION OF GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION RELATIVE TO GROWING SEASON SUNLIGHT
DALY, Rachel G., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83843 and GASTALDO, Robert A., Department of Geology, Colby College, 5800 Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME 04901, daly6823@vandals.uidaho.edu, daly6823@vandals.uidaho.edu
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A NEW DENDROCLIMATIC NETWORK OF TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE, TREE-RING SERIES FROM GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, ALASKA
TRUTKO, Alexander A., Department of Geology, The College of Wooster, 1189 Beall Ave, Wooster, OH 44691, ERLANGER, Erica D., Geology, Union College, 807 Union St, Schenectady, NY 12308, PLOURDE, Adam J., Geology, 902 North Cascade Ave, Clorado Springs, CO 80946, WILES, Gregory C., Geology, The College of Wooster, 1189 Beall Ave, Wooster, OH 44691 and LAWSON, Daniel, CRREL, 72 Lyme Rd, Hanover, NH 03755, atrutko@gmail.com, atrutko@gmail.com
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HOLOCENE ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE ON VANCOUVER ISLAND: THE KARST RECORD
FORD, Derek C., BEDDOWS, Patricia A., ZHANG, Ren and SCHWARCZ, Henry P., School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main St. West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada, dford@mcmaster.ca, dford@mcmaster.ca
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CAVE DRIP WATERS ASSOCIATED WITH SPELEOTHEM FORMATION: INTRA AND INTER-SITE COMPARISON
BEDDOWS, Patricia A., ZHANG, Ren, SCHWARCZ, Henry P. and FORD, Derek C., School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main St. West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada, beddows@mcmaster.ca, beddows@mcmaster.ca
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SPELEOTHEM-BASED PALEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTION FOR PUERTO RICO, CARIBBEAN REGION
SOTO, Limaris R.1, ONAC, Bogdan1, MILLER, Thomas2 and BOJAR, Ana-Voica3, (1)Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Ave., SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620, (2)Department of Geology, University of Puerto Rico, PO Box 9017, Mayaguez, PR 00681, (3)Institute for Earth Sciences, Geology and Paleontology, Karl-Franzens University Graz, Heinrichstr. 26, A-8010, Graz, Austria, lsoto@cas.usf.edu, lsoto@cas.usf.edu
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SIDERITE SPHERULES AND CEMENTS AS PROXIES FOR PALEOGROUNDWATER EVOLUTION AND PALAEOCLIMATIC CHANGES: A COMPARISON OF APPLES AND ORANGES?
PHILLIPS, Preston Lee, Department of Geology and Geography, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Pembroke, NC 28372, UFNAR, David F., Department of Geography and Geology, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 39406, LUDVIGSON, Greg A., Kansas Geological Survey, The University of Kansas, 1930 Constant Ave, Lawrence, KS 66047-3726 and GONZÁLEZ, Luis A., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, lee.phillips@uncp.edu, lee.phillips@uncp.edu
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MAPPING AND STRATIGRAPHIC INVESTIGATIONS OF PLAYA BASINS ON THE HIGH PLAINS OF KANSAS
BOWEN, Mark W., Geography, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Rm 213, Lawrence, KS 66045 and JOHNSON, William C., Dept. of Geography, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, mwbowen@ku.edu, mwbowen@ku.edu
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FERROMAGNETIC RESONANCE STRATIGRAPHY AT THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE GSSP, DABABIYA, EGYPT: TESTING THE MAGNETOFOSSIL SPIKE HYPOTHESIS
TIKOO, Sonia M. and RAUB, Timothy D., Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Caltech 170-25, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, tikoo@caltech.edu, tikoo@caltech.edu
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PALEOHYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS ACROSS A LATE CRETACEOUS FORELAND BASIN INFERRED FROM OXYGEN ISOTOPE RECORDS, MONTANA, U.S.A
FOREMAN, Brady Z.1, LOHMANN, Kacey1, FRICKE, Henry2 and ROGERS, Raymond R.3, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 C.C. Little Building, 1100 N. University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48108, (2)Dept of Geology, Colorado College, 14 E. Cache La Poudre, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, (3)Geology Department, Macalester College, 1600 Grand Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55105, bradyf@umich.edu, bradyf@umich.edu
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GIS INTERPOLATION OF STRATIGRAPHIC CONTACT DATA TO RECONSTRUCT PALEOGEOGRAPHY: DERIVING A PALEOLANDSCAPE MODEL FOR THE BASE OF THE ZUNI SEQUENCE AND SUBSEQUENT CRETACEOUS ISLANDS IN CENTRAL TEXAS
PROCHNOW, Shane J., Center for Applied Geographic and Spatial Research, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798, Shane_J_Prochnow@Baylor.edu, Shane_J_Prochnow@Baylor.edu
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LIPID ANALYSIS OF THE MIDDLE TO LATE JURASSIC (BATHONIAN TO OXFORDIAN) SUNDANCE GROUP, SHELL, WY
CLELAND, Timothy Paul, Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80521 and CLEMENTZ, Mark T., Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Dept. 3006, 1000 E. University Ave, Laramie, WY 82071, tcleland27@gmail.com, tcleland27@gmail.com
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STRONTIUM ISOTOPE STRATIGRAPHY OF THE EARLY SILURIAN (LLANDOVERY): IMPLICATIONS FOR TECTONICS AND WEATHERING
GOULDEY, Jeremy C., SALTZMAN, Matthew R., FOLAND, Kenneth A. and LINDER, Jeff S., School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, gouldey.1@osu.edu, gouldey.1@osu.edu
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NO EVIDENCE FOR LARGE-SCALE THERMOGENIC METHANE RELEASE BY THE KAROO-FERRAR LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE
RIMMER, Susan M.1, GROCKE, Darren R.2, YOKSOULIAN, Lois E.1, CAIRNCROSS, Bruce3 and TSIKOS, Harilaos4, (1)Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, Slone Research Building, Lexington, KY 40506-0053, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom, (3)Geology, University of Johannesburg, PO Box 524, Aukland Park, 2006, South Africa, (4)Geology, Rhodes University, PO Box 94, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa, srimmer@email.uky.edu, srimmer@email.uky.edu
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CHARACTERISTICS OF METHANE-INFLUENCED FLUID-FLOW IN OLIGOCENE - MIOCENE SEDIMENTS OF THE CASCADIA MARGIN
MARTIN, Ruth A., Earth and Space Sciences Department/Burke Museum, Univ of Washington, Box 353010, Seattle, WA 98195-3010 and NESBITT, Elizabeth A., Burke Museum, Univ of Washington, Box 353010, Seattle, WA 98195-3010, ruthm2@u.washington.edu, ruthm2@u.washington.edu
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CONTACT METAMORPHISM OF COAL: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE LARGE-SCALE RELEASE OF 12C-ENRICHED METHANE
YOKSOULIAN, Lois E.1, RIMMER, Susan M.1, ROWE, Harry D.1 and MASTALERZ, Maria2, (1)Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, Slone Research Building, Lexington, KY 40506-0053, (2)Indiana Geological Survey, Indiana University, 611 North Walnut Grove, Bloomington, IN 47405, l.yo@uky.edu, l.yo@uky.edu
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A LATE CAMBRIAN OCEAN ANOXIC EVENT
GILL, Benjamin, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, LYONS, Timothy W., Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521-0423, KUMP, Lee, Geosciences, Penn State Univ, 0535 Deike Bldg, University Park, PA 16802, YOUNG, Seth, School of Earth Sciences, Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall Lab, Columbus, OH 43210 and SALTZMAN, Matt, Department of Geological Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, bgill003@ucr.edu, bgill003@ucr.edu