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. 168
Sunday, 5 October 2008: 1:30 PM-4:45 PM

T52. Paleontological and Sedimentological Consequences of Calcite and Aragonite Sea Dynamics

Paleontological Society; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies

 

Paul D. Taylor, Mark A. Wilson and Noel P. James, Advocates
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Start Time
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1:30 PM
Aragonite and Calcite Seas and the Evolution of Carbonate Skeletons
PORTER, Susannah M., Department of Earth Science, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, porter@geol.ucsb.edu, porter@geol.ucsb.edu
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1:50 PM
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2:05 PM
The Mineralogy of Biocalcifying Marine Organisms: Biological Control Versus the Influence of Seawater Chemistry
STANLEY, Steven M., Geology and Geophysics, University of Hawaii, Post Bldg. 701, 1680 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, stevenst@hawaii.edu, stevenst@hawaii.edu
4
2:20 PM
Goldilocks and the Three Biogenic Carbonate Minerals: What Determines 'Just Right'?
HALLOCK, Pamela, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, 140 7th Ave. S, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, pmuller@marine.usf.edu, pmuller@marine.usf.edu
5
2:35 PM
Did Organisms with Calcitic Skeletons Become Hypercalcified during Times of Calcite Seas? a Test Using Paleozoic Trepostome Bryozoans
TAYLOR, Paul D., Department of Palaeontology, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, p.taylor@nhm.ac.uk, p.taylor@nhm.ac.uk
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2:50 PM
Evolving Mineralogy of Cheilostome Bryozoans in Calcite and Aragonite Seas
JAMES, Noel P.1, TAYLOR, Paul D.2, BONE, Yvonne3, KUKLINSKI, Piotr2 and KYSER, T. Kurtis4, (1)Department of Geological Science and Geological Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada, (2)Department of Palaeontology, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, (3)School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Univ of Adelaide, Adelaide, 5005, Australia, (4)Geological Sciences & Geological Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada, james@geol.queensu.ca, james@geol.queensu.ca
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3:05 PM
Calcitic Scleractinian Corals: When, Where and Why?
STOLARSKI, Jaroslaw, Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda 51/55, Warsaw, PL-00-818, Poland, MEIBOM, Anders, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Laboratoire d'Etude de la Matiere Extraterrestre, USM 0205 (LEME), Case Postale 52, 61, rue Buffon, Paris, 75005, France, MAZUR, Maciej, Department of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 1, Warsaw, PL-02-093, Poland and PHILLIPS, George E., Paleontology, Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, 2148 Riverside Drive, Jackson, MS 39202-1353, stolacy@twarda.pan.pl, stolacy@twarda.pan.pl
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3:25 PM
Sea Chemistry Changes and Biotic Consequences among Mesozoic Reef Ecosystems: Insight and Paradox
STANLEY Jr, George D., Department of Geosciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, george.stanley@umontana.edu, george.stanley@umontana.edu
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3:40 PM
Reconciled: Secular Variation in Ocean Mg/Ca and Mg/Ca Paleothermometry in Foraminifera
HASIUK, Franciszek Józef, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 CC Little Building, 1100 N University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005 and LOHMANN, Kyger C., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 CC Little Bldg, 1100 N University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, franek@umich.edu, franek@umich.edu
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3:55 PM
Mid-Cretaceous Perturbations in Carbonate-Platform Sediment Production: Effects of Seawater Composition, Oceanic Anoxia, and Climate Change
STEUBER, Thomas, Petroleum Geosciences, The Petroleum Institute, P.O. Box 2533, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, PARENTE, Mariano, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università Federico II, Napoli, 80138, Italy, KORBAR, Tvrtko, Croatian Geological Survey, Zagreb, 10000, Croatia and STROHMENGER, Christian, ADCO, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, tsteuber@pi.ac.ae, tsteuber@pi.ac.ae
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4:10 PM
Mg Content of Calcite Enhanced by Peptides: Insights to Interpreting Paleoenvironment from Biominerals
STEPHENSON, Allison E.1, DOVE, Patricia M.2, DEYOREO, James J.3, WU, Ligang4, WU, Kuang Jen3 and HOYER, John R.5, (1)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24060, (2)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (3)Chemistry and Materials Science Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Livermore, CA 94551, (4)Department of Applied Science, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA 95616, (5)Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, aestephe@vt.edu, aestephe@vt.edu
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4:25 PM
The Upper Ordovician of the Cincinnati, Ohio, Region: A Natural Laboratory for Studying the Sedimentological and Biological Effects of Calcite Sea Chemistry
WILSON, Mark A., Department of Geology, College of Wooster, Wooster, OH 44691-2363 and PALMER, Tim, The Palaeontological Association, IGES, Llandinam Building, University of Aberystwyth, Aberystwyth, Wales, SY23 4QF, United Kingdom, mwilson@wooster.edu, mwilson@wooster.edu
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