Northeastern Section - 44th Annual Meeting (22–24 March 2009)

Session No. 24
Monday, 23 March 2009: 8:00 AM-11:00 AM

S4. Climatic Change: Perspectives and Insights from Hothouse and Icehouse Climates in Deep Time (CC)

Paleontological Society

 

David Sunderlin and Kira T. Lawrence, Conveners
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8:00 AM
MEGAFLORAL PERTURBATION ACROSS THE ENNA MARINE ZONE IN THE UPPER SILESIAN BASIN ATTESTS TO LATE MISSISSIPPIAN (SERPUKHOVIAN ) DEGLACIATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE
GASTALDO, Robert A., Department of Geology, Colby College, 5800 Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME 04901, ragastal@colby.edu, ragastal@colby.edu
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8:20 AM
DETERMINING TERRESTRIAL BIOME STRUCTURE AND PALEOCLIMATE IN THE NORTHERN NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA USING FOSSIL PLANTS: COMPARING COMPARATIVE METHODS IN PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY
SUNDERLIN, David, Geology & Environmental Geosciences, Lafayette College, Van Wickle Hall, Easton, PA 18042, sunderld@lafayette.edu, sunderld@lafayette.edu
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8:40 AM
INTERPRETATION OF A PLAYA SYSTEM FROM A JURASSIC HOTHOUSE CLIMATE, EAST BERLIN AND LOWER PORTLAND FORMATIONS, HARTFORD BASIN, CONNECTICUT
DRZEWIECKI, Peter, Environmental Earth Science Department, Eastern Connecticut State University, 83 Windham Street, Willimantic, CT 06226, drzewieckip@easternct.edu, drzewieckip@easternct.edu
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9:00 AM
A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF MIDDLE- AND HIGH-LATITUDE EARLY EOCENE REDWOOD WETLAND FORESTS
WILLIAMS, Christopher J., Earth and Environment, Franklin and Marshall College, 415 Harrisburg Ave, Lancaster, PA 17603, chris.williams@fandm.edu, chris.williams@fandm.edu
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9:20 AM
HOW WARM WAS THE EARLY EOCENE? PALEOTEMPERATURE RECONSTRUCTIONS FROM US GULF COAST VENERICARDIA
KEATING-BITONTI, Caitlin, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Room 118, Stanford, CA 94305 and IVANY, Linda, Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, crkeatin@stanford.edu, crkeatin@stanford.edu
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9:40 AM
RARE EARTH ELEMENTS IN FOSSIL VERTEBRATES AS A POTENTIAL ARCHIVE OF PALEOCLIMATIC FLUCTUATION DURING THE HOTHOUSE-ICEHOUSE TRANSITION OF THE PALEOGENE WHITE RIVER GROUP, NORTHWEST NEBRASKA
TERRY Jr, Dennis O., Earth and Environmental Science, Temple University, 326 Beury Hall, 1901 N. 13th St, Philadelphia, PA 19122 and GRANDSTAFF, David, Earth and Environmental Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, doterry@temple.edu, doterry@temple.edu
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10:00 AM
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY FOR PALEOCLIMATE
PEARSON, Ann, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard Univ, Cambridge, MA 02138 and LAWRENCE, Kira T., Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Lafayette College, 102 Van Wickle Hall, Easton, PA 18042, pearson@eps.harvard.edu, pearson@eps.harvard.edu
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10:20 AM
TEMPERATURE AND PRODUCTIVITY RECORDS FROM THE LATE MIOCENE NORTH ATLANTIC
POHLMAN, Emily E.1, LAWRENCE, Kira2 and HERBERT, Timothy1, (1)Geological Sciences, Brown University, 324 Brook St, Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912, (2)Lafayette College, Easton, PA 18042, emily_pohlman@brown.edu, emily_pohlman@brown.edu
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10:40 AM
SHIFTING OCEAN PRODUCTIVITY PATTERNS DURING THE INTENSIFICATION OF NORTHERN HEMISPHERE GLACIATION
LAWRENCE, Kira, Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Lafayette College, 102 Van Wickle Hall, Easton, PA 18042, HERBERT, Timothy, Geological Sciences, Brown University, 324 Brook St, Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912, CLEAVELAND, Laura C., Environmental Studies Program, Luther College, Decorah, IA 52101 and LIU, Zhonghui, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, 210 Whitney Ave, New Haven, CT 06511, lawrenck@lafayette.edu, lawrenck@lafayette.edu
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