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. 302
Wednesday, 8 October 2008: 8:00 AM-6:00 PM

Paleontology (Posters) III - Sclerochronology: Geoarchaeology, Climate and Environment

Authors will be present from 4 to 6 PM.

 

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Rangia Cuneata Shells as An Environmental Proxy: Variations in Elemental Concentrations within Populations
COBB, Robin M., Marine Science, University of Alabama, 240 Bevill, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 and ANDRUS, C. Fred T., Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, 2003 Bevill, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, rmcobb@crimson.ua.edu, rmcobb@crimson.ua.edu
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Freshwater Mussel Shells as a Proxy for Stream Salinization from Road Salt
WINNICK, Matthew J.1, GILLIKIN, David P.1, GOODWIN, David2 and KESLER, David H.3, (1)Department of Earth Science and Geography, Vassar College, 124 Raymond Ave, Poughkeepsie, NY 12604, (2)Department of Geosciences, Denison University, FW Olin Science Hall, 100 Sunset Hill Drive, Granville, OH 43023, (3)Department of Biology, Rhodes College, 2000 N. Parkway, Memphis, TN 38112, mawinnick@vassar.edu, mawinnick@vassar.edu
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Isotopic Evidence for Climate Change during the Vandal Minimum, Southwest Florida, US
WANG, Ting, Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina, 104 South Road, CB #3315, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, SURGE, Donna, Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 104 South Road, CB #3315, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 and WALKER, Karen Jo, Florida Musem of Natural History, Univ of Florida, Museum Road & Newell Drive, PO Box 117800, Gainesville, FL 32611-7800, twang@email.unc.edu, twang@email.unc.edu
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Mid-latitude seasonality during the Middle Pliocene Warm Interval recorded in the extinct hard clam, Mercenaria corrugata, from the US Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain
MONTANARI, Shaena, Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina, 104 South Road, CB #3315, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 and SURGE, Donna, Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 104 South Road, CB #3315, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, shaena@email.unc.edu, shaena@email.unc.edu
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Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction of a Prehistoric Shell Fishing Camp along a North Shore Long Island Estuary
KENNEDY Jr, Michael1, CHRISTENSEN, Beth A.1, DECOTA, Kenneth2 and VETTER, John1, (1)Environmental Studies Program, Adelphi University, Science 103, 1 South Ave, Garden City, NY 11530, (2)Anthropology, Adelphi University, Blodgett 102, 1 South Ave, Garden City, NY 11530, michaelkennedy@adelphi.edu, michaelkennedy@adelphi.edu
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Reconstruction of Environmental Condition Based on Stable Oxygen Isotope Records of Tridacna Maxima Shells
LIN, Yi-Mei, Department of Earth Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University, 88, Sec. 4, Ting-chou Rd, Taipei, 11677, Taiwan, MII, Horng-sheng, Department of Earth Sciences, National Taiwan Normal Univ, No. 88, Section 4, Ting-Chou Road, Taipei, 11677, Taiwan, LI, Kuang-ti, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, 128, Sec. 2, Academia Rd.,Nankang, Taipei, 115 and BURR, George S., NSF Arizona AMS Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, yamay@ms48.url.com.tw, yamay@ms48.url.com.tw
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Tracking Ocean-Atmosphere Conditions in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific: Shell Preservation and the Record
CUMPSTON, Jennifer L., Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115 and LOUBERE, Paul, Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Northern Illinois Univ, Davis Hall, DeKalb, IL 60115, jennifer.lucille@yahoo.com, jennifer.lucille@yahoo.com