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. 164
Sunday, 5 October 2008: 1:30 PM-4:45 PM

T10. Ancient Polar Ecosystems and Environments: Proxies for Understanding Climate Change and Global Warming

Paleontological Society; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies

 

Anthony Fiorillo and Paul McCarthy, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:45 PM
A Possible Reincised Eocene Paleovalley and New Formation near Brooks Camp, Naknek Lake, Alaska
PARRISH, Judith Totman, Dept. of Geological Sciences, Univ of Idaho, P.O. Box 443022, Moscow, ID 83844, FIORILLO, Anthony R., Museum of Nature and Science, P.O. Box 151469, Dallas, TX 75315 and JACOBS, Bonnie F., Huffington Dept. Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, PO Box 750395, Dallas, TX 75275, jparrish@uidaho.edu, jparrish@uidaho.edu
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2:05 PM
Stable Isotope Proxies for Polar Paleoprecipitation in Ancient Greenhouse Worlds
LUDVIGSON, Greg A., Kansas Geological Survey, The University of Kansas, 1930 Constant Ave, Lawrence, KS 66047-3726, GONZÁLEZ, Luis A., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd., Room 120, Lawrence, KS 66045-7594 and PAGANI, Mark, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Yale Univ, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520, gludvigson@kgs.ku.edu, gludvigson@kgs.ku.edu
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2:25 PM
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2:45 PM
Tidally Influenced, High Latitude, Alluvial-Deltaic Deposits of the Dinosaur-Bearing Late Cretaceous Prince Creek Formation: North Slope, Alaska
FLAIG, Peter P.1, MCCARTHY, Paul J.1 and FIORILLO, Anthony R.2, (1)Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, and Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 755780, Fairbanks, AK 99775-5780, (2)Museum of Nature and Science, P.O. Box 151469, Dallas, TX 75315, fsppf1@uaf.edu, fsppf1@uaf.edu
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3:00 PM
Sedimentologic and Taphonomic Interpretations of the Dinosaur-Bearing Upper Cretaceous Prince Creek Formation, Alaska: Insights from An Ancient High-Latitude Terrestrial Ecosystem
FIORILLO, Anthony R., Museum of Nature and Science, PO Box 151469, Dallas, TX 75315 and MCCARTHY, Paul J., Dept.of Geology & Geophysics, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 997705, tfiorillo@natureandscience.org, tfiorillo@natureandscience.org
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3:15 PM
A Preliminary Analysis of Phytodebris Assemblages from the Liscomb Bone Bed Area, Prince Creek Formation, North Slope, Alaska
TAPP II, J.M., Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 755780, Fairbanks, AK 99775, UPCHURCH Jr, G.R., Department of Biology, Texas State University, 601 University Dr, San Marcos, TX 78666, FOWELL, S.J., Geology and Geophysics, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 900 Yukon Dr, Fairbanks, AK 99775, MCCARTHY, Paul, Geology and Geophysics, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, P.O. Box 755780, Fairbanks, AK 99775 and FIORILLO, Anthony, Museum of Nature and Science, P.O. Box 151469, Dallas, TX 75315, fsjmt2@uaf.edu, fsjmt2@uaf.edu
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3:30 PM
Toward a Basin-Scale Paleofloral Analysis of the Late Cretaceous Cantwell Formation In Denali National Park, Alaska: Tying Facies Analysis to Plant Fossil Occurrence
SUNDERLIN, David and RICCI, Eric S., Geology & Environmental Geosciences, Lafayette College, Van Wickle Hall, Easton, PA 18042, sunderld@lafayette.edu, sunderld@lafayette.edu
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3:45 PM
Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) Paleoenvironments from the Lower Cantwell Formation at Sable Mountain , Denali National Park , Alaska
TOMSICH, Carla Susanne, Geology and Geophysics, University of Alaska, PO Box 755780, Fairbanks, AK 99775-5780, MCCARTHY, Paul J., Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK 99775-5780, FOWELL, Sarah J., Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 755780, Fairbanks, AK 99775-5780, FIORILLO, Anthony R., Museum of Nature and Science, P.O. Box 151469, Dallas, TX 75315, SUNDERLIN, David, Geology & Environmental Geosciences, Lafayette College, Van Wickle Hall, Easton, PA 18042 and HASIOTIS, Stephen T., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lindley Hall, rm 120, Lawrence, KS 66045, fscst1@uaf.edu, fscst1@uaf.edu
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4:00 PM
Early to Late Cenozoic Changes in North American High-Latitude Lowland-Forest Biomass
WILLIAMS, Christopher J., Earth and Environment Dept, Franklin and Marshall College, 415 Harrisburg Ave, Lancaster, PA 17603, chris.williams@fandm.edu, chris.williams@fandm.edu
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4:15 PM
Palynomorphs Recovered from the ANDRILL SMS Sediment Cores Provide First Proximal Environmental Characterization of the Mid Miocene Climatic Optimum
WARNY, Sophie, Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, ASKIN, Rosemary, Consultant, Jackson, WY 83001, RAINE, J. Ian, GNS Science, Lower Hutt, 2526, New Zealand, HANNAH, Mike, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, 600, New Zealand, MOHR, Barbara, Museum H.U, Berlin, D10115, Germany and ANDRILL, SMS Science Team, ANDRILL Science Management Office, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 685880341, swarny@lsu.edu, swarny@lsu.edu
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4:30 PM
Fresh and Warm Arctic Ocean Surface Waters during Eocene Thermal Maximum 2
SLUIJS, Appy1, SCHOUTEN, Stefan2, ROEHL, Ursula3, REICHART, Gert-Jan4, SINNINGHE DAMSTÉ, Jaap S.2, SANGIORGI, Francesca1, KRISHNAN, Srinath5, PAGANI, Mark5 and BRINKHUIS, Henk1, (1)Palaeoecology; Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, Laboratory of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Budapestlaan 4, Utrecht, 3584CD, Netherlands, (2)Marine Organic Biogeochemistry, NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, P.O. Box 59, Den Burg, 1790AB, Netherlands, (3)DFG Research Center for Ocean Margins (RCOM), Bremen University, Leobener Strasse, Bremen, 28359, Germany, (4)Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Budapestlaan 4, Utrecht, 3584CD, Netherlands, (5)Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520, A.Sluijs@uu.nl, A.Sluijs@uu.nl
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