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. 806
Tuesday, 7 October 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

GC2. Applied Micropaleontology: Tools and Techniques for the 21st Century

Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research; Paleontological Society; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies; Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM); Paleontological Research Institute

 

Brian J. O'Neill, Alicia C.M. Kahn, Jere H. Lipps and Andrew Bowman, Conveners/Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:05 AM
Petrography and Biostratigraphy of #101 Las Cañas and Mesita #1 cores, Golden Lane/Poza Rica Trend, Mexico
KRUTAK, Paul R., P. Krutak Geoservices Intl, PO Box 369, Rye, CO 81069-0369, pkrutakgeos@hotmail.com, pkrutakgeos@hotmail.com
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8:35 AM
Comparison of Two Planktonic:Benthonic (P:B) Curves from the Yazoo Clay (Eocene; Priabonian) of Mississippi
FLUEGEMAN, Richard H.1, BALAKRISHNAN, Aneesha1, BANSER, Christopher J.1, MCGUIRE, Kelli A.1, TIEDEMANN, Nicholas S.1, WOLFE, Davina M.2, CRUME, Michelle A.1, THURBER, Daniel C.1 and FUNK, Bradley A.1, (1)Dept. of Geology, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306, (2)Dept. of Geology, Ball State University, Dept. of Geology, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306-0475, rfluegem@bsu.edu, rfluegem@bsu.edu
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8:50 AM
Kerogen and Palynomorph Analyses of the Mid-Cretaceous Bahariya Formation and Abu Roash “G” Member, North Western Desert, Egypt
ZOBAA, Mohamed1, SANCHEZ BOTERO, Carlos1, BROWNE, Cassandra1, OBOH-IKUENOBE, Francisca E.1 and IBRAHIM, Mohamed I.2, (1)Geological Sciences and Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 129 McNutt Hall, Rolla, MO 65409, (2)Environmental Sciences, Alexandria University, Moharam Bek, Alexandria, 21511, Egypt, mkzb79@mst.edu, mkzb79@mst.edu
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9:05 AM
Permian Radiolarian Faunal Variations Correlated to Stable Carbon and Oxygen Isotopes in the Lamar Limestone, Delaware Basin, West Texas: Implications for Radiolarian Paleoecology
JIN, Yuxi1, NOBLE, Paula J.1 and POULSON, Simon R.2, (1)Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, Mail Stop 172, 1664 N Virginia St, Reno, NV 89557, (2)Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, MS 172, 1664 N Virginia St, Reno, NV 89557, yuxij@unr.edu, yuxij@unr.edu
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9:20 AM
Middle Miocene Biostratigraphy of the McMurdo Sound Region, Antarctica: The First Diatom Perspective from the ANDRILL Southern McMurdo Sound Project
TUZZI, Eva, Dept. of Geosciences, University of Nebrska-Lincoln, Bessey Hall, PO Box 880340, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, OLNEY, Matthew, Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620-8100, RIESSELMAN, Christina, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Braun Hall, Bldg. 320, Stanford, CA 94305-2115 and HARWOOD, David M., Dept. of Geosciences, University of Nebrska-Lincoln, Bessey Hall, PO Box 880340, Lincoln, NE 68588, evatuzzi@libero.it, evatuzzi@libero.it
 
9:35 AM
Break
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10:00 AM
High Planktonic Foraminiferal Species Turnover, Enhanced Vertical Ocean Mixing and “Coolhouse” Climatic Conditions across the Aptian-Albian Boundary Interval
HUBER, Brian T., Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, NHB-121, Washington, DC 20013-7012, LECKIE, R. Mark, Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003 and MACLEOD, Kenneth G., Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, huberb@si.edu, huberb@si.edu
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10:15 AM
From Martyrdom to Resurrection for St. Lucie: Revival of a Meiofauna
JAIN, Sreepat1, HAYEK, Lee-Ann C.2 and BUZAS, Martin A.1, (1)Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560, (2)Chief Mathematical Statistician, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, MRC-121, Washington, DC 20560-0121, jains@si.edu, jains@si.edu
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10:30 AM
The Last Global Extinction In the Deep Sea
HAYWARD, Bruce W.1, KAWAGATA, Shungo2, GRENFELL, Hugh R.3, SABAA, Ashwaq T.3 and O'NEILL, Tanya4, (1)Geomarine Research, 49 Swainston Rd, St Johns, Auckland, New Zealand, (2)Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan, (3)Geomarine Research, 49 Swainston Rd, Auckland, New Zealand, (4)Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand, b.hayward@geomarine.org.nz, b.hayward@geomarine.org.nz
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10:45 AM
Biogeographic Comparisons of Neogene Benthic Foraminifera of Venezuela, Panama and Ecuador
SMITH, Carly J., Department of Earth Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, COLLINS, Laurel S., Dept. of Earth and Environment, and Dept. of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, JARAMILLO, Carlos, Center for Tropical Paleoecology and Archeology, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancon, 0843-03092, Panama and QUIROZ, Luis I., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, S7N 5E2, Canada, carly.smith@fiu.edu, carly.smith@fiu.edu
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11:00 AM
Paleo-Hazard recognition in coastal settings—microfossil determinations of the history and precursors of major catastrophic events
SCOTT, David B., Centre for Environmental and Marine Geology, Dalhousie Univ, Halifax, NS B3H 3J5, Canada and LIPPS, Jere H., Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, dbscott@is.dal.ca, dbscott@is.dal.ca
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11:15 AM
An Experimental Approach to Understanding the Response of Benthic Foraminifera to Cd, Hg, Pb and Zn
BROUILLETTE, Ellen R. and GOLDSTEIN, Susan T., Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, ellen.brouillette@gmail.com, ellen.brouillette@gmail.com
 
11:30 AM
Concluding Remarks