2009 Portland GSA Annual Meeting (18-21 October 2009)

Session No. 86
Monday, 19 October 2009: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Portland Ballroom 253 (Oregon Convention Center)

T84. Volcanism, Impacts, Mass Extinctions, and Global Environmental Change I

Paleontological Society; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division

 

Gerta Keller, Thierry Adatte and Paul Wignall, Advocates
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8:00 AM
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF SUBAERIAL LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCES: THE LATEST ON THE CASE OF THE DECCAN TRAPS
COURTILLOT, Vincent, FLUTEAU, Frédéric, CHENET, Anne-Lise and MOULIN, Maud, Laboratoire de Paléomagnétisme, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, 4 place Jussieu, Paris, 75252, France, courtil@ipgp.jussieu.fr, courtil@ipgp.jussieu.fr
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8:15 AM
LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCES, THE HEATT (HALINE EUXINIC ACIDIC THERMAL TRANSGRESSION) MODEL, AND PHANEROZOIC EXTINCTIONS
KIDDER, David L. and WORSLEY, Thomas R., Geological Sciences, Ohio Univ, Athens, OH 45701-2979, kidder@ohio.edu, kidder@ohio.edu
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8:30 AM
PB ISOTOPES IN VALANGINIAN WEISSERT EVENT SEDIMENTS AT ODP SITE 1149B LINKED TO LARGE-VOLUME SILICIC ERUPTIONS IN THE PARANá-ETENDEKA LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE
PEATE, David W., Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 121 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, david-peate@uiowa.edu, david-peate@uiowa.edu
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8:45 AM
VOLCANIC ACTIVATION OF OCEANIC ANOXIC EVENT 2 AND THE ROLE SULFUR PLAYS IN REGULATING THE MARINE CARBON CYCLE
HURTGEN, Matthew T.1, ADAMS, Derek D.2 and SAGEMAN, Bradley B.2, (1)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Rd, Evanston, IL 60208, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, 1850 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208, matt@earth.northwestern.edu, matt@earth.northwestern.edu
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9:00 AM
DECCAN VOLCANISM, IMPACTS AND THE K-T MASS EXTINCITON
KELLER, Gerta1, REDDY, A.N.2, JAIPRAKASH, Bomma2, GERTSCH, Brian3, ADATTE, Thierry4, BAJPAI, Sunil5, UPADHYAY, Harinder6 and BHOWMICK, P.K.7, (1)Geosciences, Princeton University, Guyot Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, (2)Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, Chennai, 600034, India, (3)Geosciences Department, Princeton University, Guyot Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, (4)Geology and Paleontology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, CH-1015, Switzerland, (5)Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Uttaranchal, Roorkee, 247667, India, (6)KDMIPE ONGC, 9 Kaulagarh Road, Dehradun, 248195, India, (7)KDMIPE ONGC, 9 Kaulagarh Road, Dehardun, 248195, India, gkeller@princeton.edu, gkeller@princeton.edu
 
9:15 AM
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9:30 AM
ENVIRONMENTAL AND BIOTIC EFFECTS OF DECCAN VOLCANISM IN MEGHALAYA, NE INDIA
GERTSCH, Brian1, KELLER, Gerta2, ADATTE, Thierry3, GARG, Rahul4, FLEITMANN, Dominik5, PRASAD, Vandana4, BERNER, Zsolt6 and ATEEQUZZAMAN, Khowaja4, (1)Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Science Department, Massachussetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachussetts Avenue, 54-1126, Cambridge, MA 02139, (2)Geosciences Department, Princeton University, Guyot Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, (3)Geological and Paleontological Institute, University of Lausanne, Anthropole, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland, (4)Marine Micropalaeontology Group, Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53 University Road, Lucknow, 226007, India, (5)Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, Baltzerstrasse 1-3, Bern, 3012, Switzerland, (6)Institute for Mineralogy & Geochemistry, University of Karlsruhe, Adenauerring 20b, Geb. 50.40, Karlsruhe, 76128, Germany, bgertsch@mit.edu, bgertsch@mit.edu
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9:45 AM
MAIN DECCAN PULSE OCCURED CLOSE TO THE KTB : INCREASING MULTIPROXY EVIDENCE
ADATTE, Thierry, Geological and Paleontological Institute, IGP, University of Lausanne, Anthropole, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland and KELLER, Gerta, Geosciences Department, Princeton University, Guyot Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, thierry.adatte@unil.ch, thierry.adatte@unil.ch
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10:00 AM
CRETACEOUS–PALEOGENE BOUNDARY ISSUES AND CONTINENTAL MOLLUSKS IN INDIA AND NORTH AMERICA: FINE-TUNED TIMING AND OTHER ISSUES CRITICAL TO INTERPRETING LARGE SCALE EVENTS ON BENTHIC CRITTERS
HARTMAN, J.H., Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, University of North Dakota, 81 Cornell St. Stop 8358, Grand Forks, ND 58202, BINGLE, Marron, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, University of North Dakota, 81 Cornell Street Stop 8358, Grand Forks, ND 58202, SCHOLZ, Henning, Museum fur Naturkunde, Humbold-Universtat, Invaldenstrasse 43, Berlin, 10115, Germany, BAJPAI, Sunil, Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Uttaranchal, Roorkee, 247667, India and SHARMA, Ritu, Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, 247667, India, joseph.hartman@und.edu, joseph.hartman@und.edu
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10:15 AM
MARINE INVERTEBRATE EXTINCTION SELECTIVITY AT THE CRETACEOUS/PALEOGENE MASS EXTINCTION
JANEVSKI, G. Alex, Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Department of Geological Sciences, 2534 C. C. Little Building, 1100 North University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, galexski@umich.edu, galexski@umich.edu
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10:30 AM
ROLE OF TOXIN-PRODUCING ALGAE IN PHANEROZOIC MASS EXTINCTIONS: EVIDENCE FROM MODERN ENVIRONMENTS AND THE GEOLOGIC RECORD
CASTLE, James W., Dept. of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, Clemson University, 340 Brackett Hall, Clemson, SC 29634-0919 and RODGERS Jr, John H., School of Agricultural, Forest and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, 261 Lehotsky Hall, Clemson, SC 29634-0317, jcastle@clemson.edu, jcastle@clemson.edu
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10:45 AM
COMPARATIVE BENTHIC PALEOECOLOGY OF TWO LARGE BOLIDE IMPACT EVENTS: CHICXULUB AND MANICOUAGAN
TACKETT, Lydia S., Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, 3651 Trousdale Parkway, ZHS 233, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, BOTTJER, David, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Zumberge Hall 117, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, SHEEHAN, Peter M., Geology, Milwaukee Public Museum, 800 W. Wells St, Milwaukee, WI 53233 and FASTOVSKY, David, Department of Geosciences, Univ of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881-0807, Tackett@usc.edu, Tackett@usc.edu
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11:00 AM
PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERAL EXTINCTION AND ASSOCIATED PALEOCEANOGRAPHIC CHANGES ACROSS THE APTIAN-ALBIAN BOUNDARY
HUBER, Brian T., Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, NHB-121, Washington, DC 20013-7012, MACLEOD, Kenneth G., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, 101 Geological Sciences Bldg, Columbia, MO 65211 and LECKIE, R. Mark, Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, huberb@si.edu, huberb@si.edu
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11:15 AM
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