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

KNAUTH, L. Paul, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404 and KENNEDY, Martin, Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521, Knauth@asu.edu, Knauth@asu.edu

BASU, Abhijit, Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana Univ, 1001 E 10 Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, basu@indiana.edu, basu@indiana.edu

NAGY, Robin M.¹, PORTER, Susannah M.¹, DEHLER, Carol M.² and SHEN, Yanan³, (1)Department of Earth Science, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, (2)Department of Geology, Utah State University, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322-4505, (3)Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Nanjing, 210008, China, porter@geol.ucsb.edu, porter@geol.ucsb.edu

SHEN, Yanan, University of Quebec at Montreal, CP 8888, succ. Centre-Ville, Montreal, QC H3C 3P8, Canada, TRELA, Wieslaw, Polish Geological Institute, Kielce, 25-953, Poland and ZHANG, Tonggang, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Nanjing, 210008, China, shen.yanan@uqam.ca, shen.yanan@uqam.ca

AUSICH, William I., School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 155 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, TAPANILA, Leif, Department of Geosciences, Idaho State University, Campus Box 8072, Pocatello, ID 83209-8072, JIN, Jisuo, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada and COPPER, Paul, Earth Sciences, Laurentian Univ, Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6, ausich.1@osu.edu, ausich.1@osu.edu

HILLBUN, Kelly, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Johnson Hall, 4000 15th Avenue NE, Seattle, WA 98195, WARD, Peter D., Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, KIRSCHVINK, Joe, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 and HOCKING, Roger, Geological Survey of Western Australia, Perth, 6004, Australia, khillbun@u.washington.edu, khillbun@u.washington.edu

RAYMOND, Anne, Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3115, SIMS, Hallie, Department of Geoscience, University of Iowa, 121 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, LAMBERT, Lance L., Dept. of Geological Sciences, Univ of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249 and MARCANTONIO, Franco, High Alpine and Arctic Research Program, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3115, raymond@geo.tamu.edu, raymond@geo.tamu.edu

CLAPHAM, Matthew E., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, FIELDING, Christopher R., Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 214 Bessey Hall, P.O. Box 880340, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, FRANK, Tracy, Department of Geosciences, Univ of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, MONTANEZ, Isabel, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis, One Shields Dr., Davis, CA 95616 and JAMES, Noel P., Department of Geological Science and Geological Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada, mclapham@ucsc.edu, mclapham@ucsc.edu

HEYDARI, Ezat, Department of Physics, Atmospheric Sciences, and Geoscience, Jackson State University, P.O. Box 17660, 1400 Lynch Street, Jackson, MS 39217, ARZANI, Nasser, Department of Geology, University of Payame-Nour, Kohandej Street, Esfahan, Iran and HASSANZADEH, Jamshid, Dept. of Geology, Univ. of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, ezat.heydari@jsums.edu, ezat.heydari@jsums.edu

BUCHER, Hugo¹, HOCHULI, Peter, A.², ESCARGUEL, Gilles³, HAUTMANN, Michael⁴, GOUDEMAND, Nicolas⁵, BRÜHWILER, Thomas⁵, BRAYARD, Arnaud⁶, HERMANN, Elke⁷, GALFETTI, Thomas⁵ and WARE, David⁵, (1)Paleontological Institute and Museum, University of Zürich, Karl Schmid-Strasse 4, Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zürich, Zürich, 8006, Switzerland, (2)Paleontological Institute and Museum, University of Zurich, Karl Schmid-Strasse 4, Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zürich, Zürich, 8006, Switzerland, (3)Umr 5125 Cnrs, Université Lyon 1, 2 rue Dubois, Villeurbanne, 69622, France, (4)Paläontologisches Institut und Museum, Universität Zürich, Karl Schmid-Strasse 4, 8006 Zürich, Zürich, 8006, Switzerland, (5)Paleontological Institute and Museum, University of Zurich, Karl Schmid-Strasse 4, Zurich, 8006, Switzerland, (6)LMTG, UMR 5563 CNRS, Université Toulouse, IRD, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, 14 Avenue Edouard Belin, Toulouse, 31400, France, (7)Paleontological Institute and Museum, University of Zurich, Karl Schmid-Strasse 4, Zurich, 8006, Hugo.FR.Bucher@pim.uzh.ch, Hugo.FR.Bucher@pim.uzh.ch

MANDER, Luke, Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 505 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, MCELWAIN, Jennifer C., School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland, KUERSCHNER, Wolfram M., Laboratory of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Utrecht Univ, Budapestlaan 4, Utrecht, 3584, Netherlands and HESSELBO, Stephen P., Cambourne School of Mines, University of Exeter, Tremough Campus, Penryn, TR10 9EZ, United Kingdom, luke.mander@gmail.com, luke.mander@gmail.com

MAGUIRE, Kaitlin Clare, Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Lab, Athens, OH 45701 and STIGALL, Alycia L., Department of Geological Sciences and Ohio Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Studies, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Lab, Athens, OH 45701, km197206@ohio.edu, km197206@ohio.edu

LANE, H. Richard, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA 22230, hlane@nsf.gov, hlane@nsf.gov