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

Session No. 199
Tuesday, 20 October 2009: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Portland Ballrooms 251/258 (Oregon Convention Center)

T41. High-Resolution Terrestrial and Marine Geochemical Proxies of Global Change: Progress, Problems, and Utility II

Paleontological Society; Geochemical Society; GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division

 

David P. Gillikin and Alan D. Wanamaker Jr, Advocates
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1:30 PM
TOWARD SEASONAL CLIMATE RECONSTRUCTIONS USING TROPICAL ISOTOPE DENDROCLIMATOLOGY
ANCHUKAITIS, Kevin J., Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964 and EVANS, Michael N., Department of Geology and ESSIC, University of Maryland, CSS 3239, College Park, MD 20742, kja@ldeo.columbia.edu, kja@ldeo.columbia.edu
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1:45 PM
AN EASY PATH FROM PRECIPITATION AMOUNT TO δ18O VALUES IN THE SPINES OF COLUMNAR CACTUSES, CARNEGIEA GIGANTEA
ENGLISH, Nathan B., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Los Alamos National Laboratory, EES-14, MSJ495, Los Alamos, NM 87545, BRONSON, Dustin, College of Agriculture, University of Wyoming, 1000 E. University Ave, Laramie, WY 82071, DETTMAN, David L., Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, TREES, Mark, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, 208 Gould-Simpson, Building #77, Tucson, AZ 85721 and WILLIAMS, David G., Department of Renewable Resources, University of Wyoming, 1000 E. University Ave, Laramie, WY 82071, nenglish@lanl.gov, nenglish@lanl.gov
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2:00 PM
UNDERSTANDING SPELEOTHEM δ13C VARIABILITY USING 14C AT MOANING CAVE, CALIFORNIA
OSTER, Jessica, Geology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, MONTANEZ, Isabel, Department Geology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, SHARP, Warren D., Berkeley Geochronology Center, Berkeley, CA 94709 and GUILDERSON, Thomas P., Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, L397, LIvermore, CA 94550, joster@ucdavis.edu, joster@ucdavis.edu
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2:15 PM
ASSESSING POTENTIAL SEASONAL PALEOCLIMATE SIGNALS IN A LATE PLEISTOCENE STALAGMITE FROM CENTRAL TEXAS
HAGEMANN, Mark W., Geology, Carleton College, 300 North College Street, Northfield, MN 55057, BANNER, Jay L., Department of Geological Sciences, the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712 and MUSGROVE, MaryLynn, U.S. Geological Survey, 1505 Ferguson Lane, Austin, TX 78754, hagemanm@carleton.edu, hagemanm@carleton.edu
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2:30 PM
OXYGEN ISOTOPE TRENDS AND INTERPRETED PALEOCLIMATE CHANGES ACROSS THE LATE CAMBRIAN POSITIVE CARBON ISOTOPE EXCURSION (SPICE EVENT)
ELRICK, Maya, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, MSC03 2040, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, RIEBOLDT, Sarah, Department of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL 60605, SALTZMAN, Matt, Department of Geological Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, MCKAY, Robert, Iowa Geological & Water Survey, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, 109 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242 and RUNKEL, Anthony C., Minnesota Geological Survey, 2642 University Ave W, Minneapolis, MN 55114, dolomite@unm.edu, dolomite@unm.edu
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2:45 PM
DIFFERENTIAL GEOCHEMICAL RESPONSE DURING TWO LATE DEVONIAN MASS EXTINCTION PULSES: IMPLICATIONS FOR GLOBAL CHANGE
PAYNE, Joshua H., Geology and Geophysics, Shell Exploration and Production Co, 150-A North Dairy Ashford, Houston, TX 77079, WHALEN, Michael T., Department of Geosciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 755780, Fairbanks, AK 99775 and DAY II, James E., Geography-Geology, Illinois State University, Campus Box 4400, Normal, IL 61790-4400, mtwhalen@alaska.edu, mtwhalen@alaska.edu
 
3:00 PM
Break
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3:15 PM
THE CENOMANIAN/TURONIAN OCEANIC ANOXIC EVENT IN THE RAZZAK #7 OIL WELL, NORTH WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT: PALYNOFACIES AND ISOTOPE ANALYSES
ZOBAA, Mohamed1, OBOH-IKUENOBE, Francisca E.1, IBRAHIM, Mohamed I.2, ARNESON, Kristen1, BROWNE, Cassandra1 and KHOLEIF, Suzan3, (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, (3)National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Qayed Bay, Alexandria, Egypt, ikuenobe@mst.edu, ikuenobe@mst.edu
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3:30 PM
HIGH RESOLUTION ISOTOPIC RECORD OF C4 PHOTOSYNTHESIS OF A MID-MIOCENE GRASSLAND
COTTON, Jennifer M., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 1100 N. University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 and SHELDON, Nathan D., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, 1100 N. University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, jcot@umich.edu, jcot@umich.edu
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3:45 PM
A 7 MA RECORD OF ATMOSPHERIC δ13CO2 DERIVED FROM ORGANIC MATTER IN LATE CRETACEOUS AND EARLY TERTIARY PAELOSOLS
DWORKIN, Steve I., Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, NORDT, Lee C., Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798 and ATCHLEY, Stacy, Department of Geology, Baylor University, PO #97354, Waco, TX 76798, Steve_Dworkin@Baylor.edu, Steve_Dworkin@Baylor.edu
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4:00 PM
GEOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE FOR LATE HOLOCENE MULTIDECADAL-CENTENNIAL PALEOCLIMATIC AND PALEOCEANOGRAPHIC VARIABILITY IN AN ANOXIC BASIN, COASTAL BRITISH COLUMBIA
BABALOLA, Lamidi Olabode1, PATTERSON, R. Timothy2 and PROKOPH, Andreas2, (1)Earth Sciences Department, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada, (2)Earth Sciences Department, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON KIS 5B6, Canada, lameed@yahoo.com, lameed@yahoo.com
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4:15 PM
USING MG/CA AS A TRACER FOR “OCEAN ACIDIFICATION” IN RECENT MARINE SEDIMENTS FROM THE GREAT BARRIER REEF
OPDYKE, Bradley N., NASH, Merinda and TYNAN, Sarah, Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 0200, Bradley.Opdyke@anu.edu.au, Bradley.Opdyke@anu.edu.au
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4:30 PM
CHARACTERIZATION OF NITROGEN IN GEOLOGICAL ORGANIC MATTER SAMPLES USING ADVANCED SOLID-STATE NMR SPECTROSCOPY
MAO, Jingdong, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529 and SCHMIDT-ROHR, Klaus, Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, jmao@odu.edu, jmao@odu.edu
 
4:45 PM
Discussion
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