2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM

Session No. 337
Thursday, 9 October 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T28. Permian and Triassic Terrestrial Biotic Responses to Global Perturbations

GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; The Paleontological Society; Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM); Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies

 

Robert A. Gastaldo, Isabel Montanez, Neil Tabor and William A. DiMichele, Advocates
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8:00 AM
Permian Record of Gondwanan Environmental Change: From Severe Icehouse to Hothouse and Biotic Crisis
FIELDING, Christopher R., Dept. of Geosciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, cfielding2@unl.edu, cfielding2@unl.edu
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8:20 AM
Paleotropical Climate and Vegetation Linkages to Southern Gondwanan Glaciation: Extending the Early Permian Record into the Late Mississippian
MONTANEZ, Isabel1, TABOR, Neil J.2, DIMICHELE, William3, CECIL, Blaine4, EROS, James M.5, GULBRANSON, Erik L.5 and POULSEN, Chris6, (1)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis, One Shields Dr., Davis, CA 95616, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, Southern Methodist University, P.O. Box 750395, Dallas, TX 75275-0395, (3)Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, (4)US Geological Survey, National Center (Emeritus), Reston, VA 20192, (5)Department of Geology, Univ of California, Davis, CA 95616, (6)Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 C.C. Little Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, ipmontanez@ucdavis.edu, ipmontanez@ucdavis.edu
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8:40 AM
The Permian(?) of the Central Appalachian Basin
CECIL, C. Blaine, Smithsonian Institution and US Geol Survey (Emeritus), Reston, VA 20192, DIMICHELE, William, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560 and SKEMA, Viktoras, Pennsylvania Geological Survey - retired, Harrisburg, PA 17111, bcecil@usgs.gov, bcecil@usgs.gov
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8:55 AM
Fluvial Instability In the Paleoequatorial Realm of Atlantic Canada during the Late Carboniferous to Early Permian. A Record of Global Climate Variation?
ALLEN, Jonathan P., Department of Geosciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 214 Bessey Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, FIELDING, Christopher R., Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 214 Bessey Hall, P.O. Box 880340, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, RYGEL, Michael C., Department of Geology, State University of New York at Potsdam, 44 Pierrepont Ave, Potsdam, NY 13676 and GIBLING, Martin R., Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada, jallen19@bigred.unl.edu, jallen19@bigred.unl.edu
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9:10 AM
Permian-Pennsylvanian Climate from Paleosols in North-Central New Mexico, USA
MILLESON, Mary E., Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, PO Box 750395, Dallas, TX 75275 and TABOR, Neil J., Department of Geological Sciences, Southern Methodist University, P.O. Box 750395, Dallas, TX 75275-0395, mmilleso@smu.edu, mmilleso@smu.edu
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9:25 AM
Early Permian Vegetational Patterns across Equatorial Pangea and Climatic Implications
DIMICHELE, William A., Department of Paleobiology, NMNH Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, TABOR, Neil J., Department of Geological Sciences, Southern Methodist University, P.O. Box 750395, Dallas, TX 75275-0395, MONTANEZ, Isabel, Geology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 and KERP, Hans, Forschungsstelle für Paläobotanik, Geologisch-Paläontologisches Institut, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Hindenburgplatz 57, Münster, 48143, Germany, dimichel@si.edu, dimichel@si.edu
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9:40 AM
Permian and Triassic Plate Tectonic, Paleogeographic and Paleoclimatic Reconstructions and Animation
SCOTESE, Christopher1, BAMMEL, Brandon2, CROWLEY, Clinton2 and VERSOVA, Ludmilla2, (1)PALEOMAP Project, University of Texas at Arlington, 700 Tanglewood Lane, Arlington, TX 76012, (2)Earth and Environmental Science, University of Texas at Arlington, Box 19049, 500 Yates St, Arlington, TX 76019, chris@scotese.com, chris@scotese.com
 
9:55 AM
Break
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10:10 AM
Assessing the Impact of the End-Permian Mass-Extinction on the Vertebrate Faunas of the Karoo
NEVELING, Johann, Council for Geosciences, Private Bag x112, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa, jneveling@geoscience.org.za, jneveling@geoscience.org.za
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10:30 AM
An Assessment of Terrestrial Ecosystem Response to the End Permian Crisis, Karoo Basin, South Africa
GASTALDO, Robert A., Department of Geology, Colby College, 5800 Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME 04901, KAMO, Sandra L., Jack Satterly Geochronology Laboratory, Univ of Toronto, 22 Russell Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3B1, Canada, NEVELING, Johann, Council for Geosciences, Private Bag x112, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa, PREVEC, Rose, Albany Museum, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6410, South Africa, PREVEC, Steve, Department of Geology, Rhodes University, P.O. Box 94, Grahamstown, 6410, South Africa and REID, Samuel B., Department of Geology, Department of Geology, Colby College, 5800 Mayflower Hill, Waterville, ME 04901, ragastal@colby.edu, ragastal@colby.edu
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10:45 AM
Patterns of Terrestrial Herbivory from the Permian to the TRIASSIC In Euramerica and Gondwana
LABANDEIRA, Conrad C., Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013-7012, labandec@si.edu, labandec@si.edu
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11:00 AM
A Permo-Triassic Meteorite Impact and Its Effects on the Carbon Isotope Record
TOHVER, Eric1, CAWOOD, Peter2, ESTRADA, Beatriz1, SHERLOCK, Sarah3, LANA, Cristiano4, TRINDADE, Ricardo5, MARANGONI, Yara5 and SOUZA, Carlos Roberto6, (1)School of Earth and Geographical Sciences, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, 6009, Australia, (2)School of Earth and Geographical Sciences, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, 6009, (3)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, United Kingdom, (4)Department of Geology, Stellenbosch Universiteit, Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602, South Africa, (5)Departamento de Geofisica, Instituto de Astronomia e Geofisica, Rua do Matão, 1226, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, 05508-090, (6)Instituto de Geociencias, UNICAMP, Rua Pandiá Calógeras, No. 51, Campinas, 13983-970, etohver@cyllene.uwa.edu.au, etohver@cyllene.uwa.edu.au
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11:15 AM
Tentative Correlation Between Floral Succession In the Brazilian Paraná Basin and Global Climatic Changes during the Permian Times
IANNUZZI, Roberto, Departamento de Paleontologia e Estratigrafia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500, Porto Alegre, RS, 91.509-900, Brazil, roberto.iannuzzi@ufrgs.br, roberto.iannuzzi@ufrgs.br
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