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

Session No. 275
Wednesday, 21 October 2009: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Portland Ballroom 256 (Oregon Convention Center)

T86. Fossil Preservation and Climate Change: Trends from Polar to Tropical Regions

Paleontological Society

 

Sally E. Walker, Samuel S. Bowser and Karla Parsons-Hubbard, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:45 PM
POLAR OPHIUROID TAPHONOMY: DISINTEGRATION AND OSSICLE DESTRUCTION OF OPHIONOTUS VICTORIAE IN EXPLORERS COVE, ANTARCTICA
MILLER, Molly F., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, PMB 351805, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37235, RICHARDSON, Ellery R., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, RATLIFF, Katherine M., Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC 22708, MEAD, Kimberly A., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Siences, University of Houston, 312 Science and Research 1, Houston, TX 77204-5007, BOWSER, Samuel S., Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY 12201 and WALKER, Sally E., Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, molly.miller@vanderbilt.edu, molly.miller@vanderbilt.edu
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2:00 PM
OBSERVED VS. MODELED ABUNDANCE OF THE ANTARCTIC SCALLOP ADAMUSSIUM COLBECKI IN THE RECENT SEDIMENTARY RECORD, EXPLORERS COVE ANTARCTICA
BROACH, Kyle H.1, MILLER, Molly F.2, MEAD, Kimberly A.2, RICHARDSON, Ellery R.2, MURRAY, Katherine T.2, FURBISH, David J.2, ROSEBERRY, John C.2, WALKER, Sally E.3 and BOWSER, Samuel S.4, (1)Earth and Planetary Sciences Department, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1156 High ST, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, (2)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, (3)Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, (4)Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY 12201, kbroach@uscs.edu, kbroach@uscs.edu
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2:15 PM
BIOTURBATION ON ANTARCTICA'S EXPLORERS COVE SEAFLOOR: WHY ANIMAL ACTIVITY HAS A GREATER IMPACT ON THE SEDIMENTARY RECORD THAN ANIMAL ABUNDANCE
MEAD, Kimberly A.1, MILLER, Molly F.1, BROACH, Kyle H.1, WALKER, Sally E.2 and BOWSER, Samuel S.3, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, (2)Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, (3)Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY 12201, kimberly.a.mead@vanderbilt.edu, kimberly.a.mead@vanderbilt.edu
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2:30 PM
PRESERVATION POTENTIAL AND CARBONATE BIOMASS OF EPIBIOTA: PROTIST COMMUNITIES FROM SUBTROPICAL AND POLAR SHELLY HABITATS
WALKER, Sally E.1, PARSONS-HUBBARD, Karla2, BOWSER, Samuel S.3 and WHITE, Suzanne Richardson1, (1)Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, (2)Geology Dept, Oberlin College, 52 W. Lorain St, Oberlin, OH 44074, (3)Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY 12201, swalker@gly.uga.edu, swalker@gly.uga.edu
 
2:45 PM
Break
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3:00 PM
POLAR PRESERVATION: EXCEPTIONAL BUT SELECTIVE PRESERVATION OF FOSSILS IN UPPER CRETACEOUS MARINE SEDIMENTS FROM DEVON ISLAND IN THE CANADIAN HIGH ARCTIC
CHIN, Karen, University of Colorado Museum and Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, UCB 265, Boulder, CO 80309, HARWOOD, David, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340 and WITKOWSKI, Jakub, Department of Historical and Regional Geology, Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw, al. Zwirki i Wigury 93, Warszawa, 00-927, Poland, Karen.Chin@colorado.edu, Karen.Chin@colorado.edu
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3:15 PM
CLIMATIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS ON BONE WEATHERING: TIME-AVERAGING, ACCUMULATION HISTORIES, AND ECOLOGICAL INSIGHT
MILLER, Joshua H., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, josh.miller@uc.edu, josh.miller@uc.edu
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3:30 PM
PREDATION RATES IN A MODERN CARBONATE SETTING, SAN SALVADOR ISLAND, BAHAMAS
PRUSS, Sara B., DUFFEY, Siobhan and STEVENSON, Marquela, Department of Geosciences, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, spruss@smith.edu, spruss@smith.edu
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3:45 PM
LATITUDINAL PATTERNS IN PREDATION BY SHELL-DRILLING GASTROPODS: ARE DIFFERENCES IN PRESERVATION POTENTIAL RESPONSIBLE?
KELLEY, Patricia H., Department of Geography and Geology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 601 South College Road, Wilmington, NC 28403-5944 and VISAGGI, Christy, Biology and Marine Biology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 601 South College Road, Wilmington, NC 28403, kelleyp@uncw.edu, kelleyp@uncw.edu
 
4:00 PM
Discussion
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4:15 PM
WILL GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES INFLUENCE PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF LARGER BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL SHELLS IN CARBONATE SEDIMENTS?
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
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4:30 PM
TAPHONOMIC RESPONSE OF CRUSTACEAN CARCASSES PLACED AT THE SEDIMENT WATER INTERFACE AT SHALLOW TO MID-SLOPE DEPTHS IN CARBONATE AND SILICICLASTIC ENVIRONMENTS
PARSONS-HUBBARD, Karla, Geology Dept, Oberlin College, 52 W. Lorain St, Oberlin, OH 44074, KRAUSE Jr, Richard A., Department of Geology & Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520 and WALKER, Sally E., Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, karla.hubbard@oberlin.edu, karla.hubbard@oberlin.edu
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4:45 PM
LATE PLEISTOCENE CLIMATIC INFLUENCES ON THE SEDIMENTARY ARCHITECTURE OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY: IMPLICATIONS FOR FOSSIL PRESERVATION AND PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION
KUCHTA, Matthew, Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin - Stout, 184 Micheels Hall, 410 10th Ave E, Menomonie, WI 54751, mk@geology.wisc.edu, mk@geology.wisc.edu
 
5:00 PM
Concluding Remarks
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