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. 235
Tuesday, 7 October 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T80. Antarctic Science in the International Polar Year—Geologic Evolution of the Antarctic Peninsula: Changes in Tectonics, Biota, and Climate over Time

Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies

 

Eugene W. Domack and Amy Leventer, Advocates
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Start Time
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8:00 AM
A Detrital-Zircon Perspective of Antarctic Peninsula - South America Kinematics & Paleogeography – Results from Scotia
BARBEAU Jr, David L., Department of Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, OLIVERO, Eduardo B., Laboratorio de Geología Andina, Centro Austral de Investigaciones Cientificas (CADIC-CONICET), Houssay 200, Ushuaia, (9410), Argentina, MURRAY, Kendra E., Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, ZAHID, Khandaker M., Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina, 701 Sumter St. EWS 617, Columbia, SC 29208, SWANSON-HYSELL, Nicholas, Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Guyot Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544 and GEHRELS, George E., Arizona LaserChron Center, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, dbarbeau@geol.sc.edu, dbarbeau@geol.sc.edu
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8:20 AM
Cenozoic Exhumation of the Western Antarctic Peninsula: Thermochronologic Results from Northern and Southern Graham Land
GUENTHNER, William R.1, REINERS, Peter W.1, THOMSON, Stuart N.2 and BARBEAU, David L.3, (1)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (2)Geology & Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, wrg@email.arizona.edu, wrg@email.arizona.edu
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8:35 AM
Austral Portals and the Paleobiogeography of Antarctic Land Mammals
MACPHEE, Ross D.E., Vertebrate Zoology (Mammalogy), American Museum of Nat History, Central Park West at 79th St, New York, NY 10024, macphee@amnh.org, macphee@amnh.org
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8:55 AM
Antarctic Dinosaur Paleobiology: Inferences from Paleobotany and Climate
CASE, Judd A., College of Science, Health & Engineering, Eastern Washington University, 138 Communications Bldg, Cheney, WA 99004, jcase@mail.ewu.edu, jcase@mail.ewu.edu
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9:10 AM
Plesiosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Deposits of Antarctica
MARTIN, James E., Museum of Geology, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 E. St. Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD 57701, James.Martin@sdsmt.edu, James.Martin@sdsmt.edu
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9:25 AM
Geochemical and ε Nd Results from Larsen-B Ice Shelf and Marie Byrd Land Sediments: Implications for Provenance Tracing
DALE, Cathleen, Deptartment of Earth and Environmental Studies, Montclair State University, 1 Normal Ave, Montclair, NJ 07043, BRACHFELD, Stefanie, Earth and Environmental Studies, Montclair State Univ, 252 Mallory Hall, Upper Montclair, NJ 07043, HEMMING, Sidney R., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964 and VAN DE FLIERDT, Tina, Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom, cathleen.dale@gmail.com, cathleen.dale@gmail.com
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9:40 AM
Seven Million Year History of the Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet Revealed by Coupled Glaciovolcanic and Climate Modelling Studies
SMELLIE, John L., Geological Sciences Division, British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, United Kingdom, jlsm@bas.ac.uk, jlsm@bas.ac.uk
 
10:00 AM
Break
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10:15 AM
Palynology as a Tool to Reconstruct Past Climatic Variation Recorded in Four Major Stratigraphic Intervals Sampled by the Antarctic 2006 SHALDRIL Campaign
WARNY, Sophie1, ASKIN, Rosemary2, ANDERSON, John3, WELLNER, Julia4, WISE, Woody5, BOHATY, Steve6 and SMITH, Tyler3, (1)Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, (2)Consultant, Jackson, WY 83001, (3)Earth Science, Rice University, PO Box 1892, Houston, TX 77251-1892, (4)Department of Geosciences, University of Houston, 312 Science & Research Building 1, Houston, TX 77204-5007, (5)FSU, Tallahassee, 32306, (6)School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, United Kingdom, swarny@lsu.edu, swarny@lsu.edu
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10:30 AM
A High-Resolution Record of Glacial and Climate History of the Firth of Tay, Northeastern Antarctic Peninsula
MICHALCHUK, Bradley, Earth Science, Rice University, 6100 Main ST, PO Box 1892, Houston, TX 77025, ANDERSON, John, Earth Sciences, Rice University, PO Box 1892, Houston, TX 77251-1892, WELLNER, Julia, Department of Geosciences, University of Houston, 312 Science & Research Building 1, Houston, TX 77204-5007, MANLEY, Patricia, Geology Department, Middlebury College, 427 Bicentennial Hall, Middlebury, VT 05753, BOHATY, Steven, School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, United Kingdom and MAJEWSKI, Wojciech, Department of Environmental Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland, bm1@rice.edu, bm1@rice.edu
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10:45 AM
Holocene DIATOMS Recovered from Shaldril I Cores, Maxwell
GEARY, Lindsey E., Geology, Florida State University, 108 carraway bldg, florida state universtiy, tallahassee, FL 32306 and WISE, Sherwood W., Geology, Florida State University, 108 Carraway Bldg, Tallahassee, FL 32306, Linz1st@aol.com, Linz1st@aol.com
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11:00 AM
Quantitative X-Ray Diffraction (QXRD) Proxy for Determining Biogenic Content
MANLEY, Patricia1, KLEIN, Allison1, MICHALCHUK, Bradley2, DAWSON, Emily1, FREDSTON-HERMANN, Kelsey1, MILLIKEN, K.T.2, ANDERSON, John2 and WELLNER, Julia3, (1)Geology Department, Middlebury College, Bicentennial Hall, Middlebury, VT 05753, (2)Earth Science, Rice University, PO Box 1892, Houston, TX 77251-1892, (3)Department of Geosciences, University of Houston, 312 Science & Research Building 1, Houston, TX 77204-5007, manley@middlebury.edu, manley@middlebury.edu
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11:15 AM
Ross Sea Sediment Chronologies Based on Compound-Class (sterol) and Pyrolysis Radiocarbon Dating
ROSENHEIM, B.E., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, Blessey 210, 6823 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70118, VILLINSKI, Jennifer, Egypt Exploration, BP Egypt, PO Box 4381, Houston, TX 77210, DUNBAR, Robert, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford Univ, 325 Braun Hall (bldg. 320), Stanford, CA 94305-211, DOMACK, Eugene, Department of Geosciences, Hamilton College, 198 College Hill Rd, Clinton, NY 13323 and HAYES, John, Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst, Woods Hole, MA 02543, brosenhe@tulane.edu, brosenhe@tulane.edu
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11:30 AM
Interdisciplinary Investigation of the LARsen Ice Shelf System, Antarctica (LARISSA): A New IPY Program
DOMACK, Eugene, Department of Geosciences, Hamilton College, 198 College Hill Rd, Clinton, NY 13323, LEVENTER, Amy, Geology, Colgate University, 13 Oak Drive, Hamilton, NY 13346, BRACHFELD, Stefanie, Earth and Environmental Studies, Montclair State Univ, 252 Mallory Hall, Upper Montclair, NJ 07043, ISHMAN, Scott, Department of Geology, Southern Illinois Univ, 1259 Lincoln Drive, Carbondale, IL 62901-4324, WELLNER, Julia, Department of Geosciences, University of Houston, 312 Science & Research Building 1, Houston, TX 77204-5007 and BALCO, Greg, Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709, edomack@hamilton.edu, edomack@hamilton.edu
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11:45 AM
Seasonal Ecological Analysis of Seafloor Organic Nutrient Supplies (SEASONS) on the Western Antarctic Peninsula Margin
ISHMAN, Scott, Dept. of Geology & Center for Ecology, Southern Illinois Univ, 1259 Lincoln Drive, Carbondale, IL 62901-4324, RATHBURN, Anthony E., Geology Program, Indiana State University, Science Building 159, Terre Haute, IN 47809 and MARTIN, Jonathan B., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, 241 Williamson Hall, P.O. Box 112120, Gainesville, FL 32611-2120, sishman@siu.edu, sishman@siu.edu
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