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

Session No. 159
Tuesday, 20 October 2009: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Portland Ballroom 253 (Oregon Convention Center)

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

Paleontological Society; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division

 

Gerta Keller, Thierry Adatte and Paul Wignall, Advocates
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8:00 AM
A SERIES OF BIOTIC CRISES MARK THE MID-PHANEROZOIC TRANSITION FROM PALEOZOIC TO MODERN MARINE FAUNAS
BOTTJER, David, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, dbottjer@usc.edu, dbottjer@usc.edu
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8:20 AM
Withdrawn
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8:35 AM
UNDERSTANDING THE ONSET OF FLOOD VOLCANISM; VOLCANIC FACIES AND THE SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS PRESERVED
JERRAM, Dougal A., Earth Sciences, Durham University, South Rd, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom, WIGNALL, Paul B., School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom and WIDDOWSON, Mike, Earth Sciences, Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, United Kingdom, d.a.jerram@dur.ac.uk, d.a.jerram@dur.ac.uk
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8:50 AM
AGE DATING MAPCIS (MASSIVE AUSTRALIAN PRECAMBRIAN/CAMBRIAN IMPACT STRUCTURE) A MULTI-MODAL INDIRECT APPROACH
CONNELLY, Daniel, MAPCIS Research Project, 4815 Covered Bridge Rd, Millville, NJ 08332, danielconnelly@comcast.net, danielconnelly@comcast.net
 
9:05 AM
Discussion
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9:15 AM
THE LATE ORDOVICIAN GLACIATION AND MASS EXTINCTION: RELATION TO BASALTIC WEATHERING AND VOLCANIC DEGASSING?
SALTZMAN, Matthew R., School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, YOUNG, Seth A., Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 E. 10th St, Bloomington, IN 47405, KUMP, Lee R., Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, FOLAND, Kenneth A., Department of Geological Sciences, The Ohio State Univ, 275 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210 and LESLIE, Stephen A., Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences, James Madison University, MSC 6903, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, saltzman.11@osu.edu, saltzman.11@osu.edu
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9:30 AM
LATE ORDOVICIAN GEOGRAPHIC PATTERNS OF EXTINCTION COMPARED WITH SIMULATIONS OF ASTROPHYSICAL IONIZING RADIATION DAMAGE
THOMAS, Brian C., Physics and Astronomy, Washburn University, 1700 SW College Ave, Topeka, KS 66621 and MELOTT, Adrian L., Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, 1251 Wescoe Hall Drive #1082, Lawrence, KS 66046, brian.thomas@washburn.edu, brian.thomas@washburn.edu
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9:45 AM
PHANEROZOIC TEPHROSTRATIGRAPHY: ABUNDANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF ASH-FALL BEDS
SELL, Bryan K., Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244, bksell@syr.edu, bksell@syr.edu
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10:00 AM
TERMINAL SKULLROCKIAN AND TERMINAL STAIRSIAN (LOWER ORDOVICIAN) LAURENTIAN MASS EXTINCTIONS: THE LAST "BIOMERES"
ADRAIN, Jonathan M., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 115 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242 and WESTROP, Stephen R., Oklahoma Museum of Natural History and School of Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73072, jonathan-adrain@uiowa.edu, jonathan-adrain@uiowa.edu
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10:15 AM
DID A VOLCANIC MEGA-ERUPTION CAUSE GLOBAL COOLING DURING THE LATE ORDOVICIAN?
HERRMANN, Achim D., Barrett Honors College and School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, MACLEOD, Kenneth G., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, 101 Geological Sciences Bldg, Columbia, MO 65211 and LESLIE, Stephen A., Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences, James Madison University, MSC 6903, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, achim@asu.edu, achim@asu.edu
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10:30 AM
THE IMPACT OF THE DEVONIAN BIOGEOCHEMICAL TRANSITION ON MARINE FAUNAL DIVERSITY
TUITE Jr, Michael L. and MACKO, Stephen, Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Clark Hall, Charlottesville, VA 22903, mtuite@virginia.edu, mtuite@virginia.edu
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10:45 AM
LATE DEVONIAN CONODONTS AND ASSOCIATED ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY FROM NORTHWESTERN THAILAND
SAVAGE, Norman M., Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, 1272 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, RACKI, Grzegorz, Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda St. 51/55, Warsaw, PL 00-818, Poland, LUTAT, Petra, Palaeontological Research and Education Centre, Mahasarakham University, Mahasarakham 44150, Mahasarakham, 44150, Thailand and SARDSUD, Apsorn, Bureau of Fossil Research and Geological Museum, Department of Mineral Resources, Rama VI Rd., Ratchathewee, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand, nmsavage@uoregon.edu, nmsavage@uoregon.edu
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11:00 AM
STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK OF THE PILLARA FORMATION AT GUPPY HILLS PROVIDES NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE MIDDLE DEVONIAN (GIVETIAN) REEF COMPLEXES OF THE CANNING BASIN, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
HILLBUN, Kelly, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Johnson Hall, 4000 15th Avenue NE, Seattle, WA 98195, WARD, Peter D., Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Kincaid Hall, Seattle, WA 98125, PLAYTON, Ted E., Chevron, San Ramon, CA 94583, HAINES, Peter, Geological Society of Western Australia, Perth, 6004, Australia and HOCKING, Roger, Geological Survey of Western Australia, Perth, 6004, Australia, khillbun@u.washington.edu, khillbun@u.washington.edu
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11:15 AM
INCREASED FIRE RISK ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRIASSIC-JURASSIC BOUNDARY GLOBAL WARMING EVENT
BELCHER, Claire M.1, MANDER, Luke1, REIN, Guillermo2, JERVIS, Freddy X.2, HAWORTH, Matthew1 and MCELWAIN, Jennifer C.1, (1)School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland, (2)BRE Centre for Fire Safety Engineering, The University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JL, United Kingdom, claire.belcher@ucd.ie, claire.belcher@ucd.ie
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11:30 AM
EXTREME HEAT STRESS ASSOCIATED WITH CARBON CYCLE PERTURBATION ACROSS THE TRIASSIC-JURASSIC BOUNDARY AS INDICATED BY TERRESTRIAL PLANT BIOMARKERS AND THEIR COMPOUND SPECIFIC STABLE HYDROGEN AND CARBON ISOTOPES
WILLIFORD, Kenneth H., Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, MCELWAIN, Jennifer C., School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland and GRICE, Kliti, Department of Chemistry, Curtin University of Technology, Kent St, Bentley, 6845, Australia, Kenneth.H.Williford@jpl.nasa.gov, Kenneth.H.Williford@jpl.nasa.gov
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11:45 AM
DO MASS EXTINCTIONS HAVE DIAGENETIC CONSEQUENCES?
GREENE, Sarah E.1, BOTTJER, David1, CORSETTI, Frank A.1, BERELSON, William M.1, MARENCO, Pedro J.2 and ZONNEVELD, John-Paul3, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, (2)Earth Sciences, UC Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, (3)Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, sgreene@usc.edu, sgreene@usc.edu
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