Session: Geochemistry and Mineralogy of Fossils (2010 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (31 October

T70. Geochemistry and Mineralogy of Fossils

Geochemical Society; Mineralogical Society of America; Paleontological Society; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division

M.J. Kohn, Dennis O. Terry Jr and David Grandstaff, Advocates

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Start Time

1:30 PM

Introductory Remarks

1:35 PM

TIMESCALES OF REE AND ELEMENT UPTAKE INTO FOSSIL BONES – IMPLICATIONS FOR PALEOENVIRONMENTAL AND TAPHONOMIC RECONSTRUCTIONS

TÜTKEN, Thomas and HERWARTZ, Daniel, Emmy Noether-Group „Bone Geochemistry“, Steinmann-Institut für Geologie, Mineralogie und Paläontologie, Universität Bonn, Poppelsdorfer Schloss, Bonn, 53115, Germany, tuetken@uni-bonn.de, tuetken@uni-bonn.de

1:50 PM

USING GEOCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES TO ASSESS DIFFERENCES IN CRYSTALLINITY BETWEEN NORMAL AND PATHOLOGIC BONE IN MODERN AND FOSSIL SPECIMENS

ANNÉ, Jennifer¹, TUMARKIN-DERATZIAN, Allison R.¹, TERRY Jr, Dennis² and GRANDSTAFF, David², (1)Earth and Environmental Science, Temple University, 326 Beury Hall, 1901 N. 13th St, Philadelphia, PA 19122, (2)Earth and Environmental Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, jeanne.3817@temple.edu, jeanne.3817@temple.edu

2:05 PM

INFLUENCE OF BIOMECHANICAL FUNCTION AND BONE HISTOLOGY ON THE PROCESSES OF FOSSILIZATION IN LATE EOCENE BRONTOTHERES

DREWICZ, Amanda E.¹, ASH, Richard², GRANDSTAFF, David E.³ and TERRY Jr, Dennis O.³, (1)Geosciences, Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725, (2)Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, (3)Earth and Environmental Science, Temple University, 326 Beury Hall, 1901 N. 13th St, Philadelphia, PA 19122, amandadrewicz@u.boisestate.edu, amandadrewicz@u.boisestate.edu

2:20 PM

REFINEMENT OF RARE EARTH ELEMENT (REE) AND TRACE ELEMENT (TE) SIGNATURE APPLICATIONS IN FOSSIL VERTEBRATES AND ASSOCIATED SEDIMENT FRACTIONS:FOSSIL LAKE, OREGON

PATRICK, Doreena, Geology, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, PO Box 195, Pomona, NJ 08240 and MARTIN, James E., Museum of Geology, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 E. St. Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD 57701, Doreena.Patrick@stockton.edu, Doreena.Patrick@stockton.edu

2:35 PM

RESOLVING DEPTH MIGRATION IN NAUTILUS MACROMPHALUS BY ION MICROPROBE ANALYSIS OF δ¹⁸O

LINZMEIER, Benjamin J.¹, PETERS, Shanan E.¹, KOZDON, Reinhard², MAPES, Royal H.³ and VALLEY, John W.¹, (1)Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, (2)Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, (3)Dept of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701, blinzmei@geology.wisc.edu, blinzmei@geology.wisc.edu

2:50 PM

ULTRASTRUCTURE AND MINERALOGY OF MODERN AND FOSSIL BONE

MCNALLY, Elizabeth A., Materials Science and Engineering, McMaster University, 1280 Main St. W, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada, SCHWARCZ, Henry P., School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada, BOTTON, Gianluigi, Material Science and Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada and LEBON, Matthieu, Département de Préhistoire, Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, CNRS, UMR5198, 1, rue René Panhard, Paris, 75013, France, schwarcz@mcmaster.ca, schwarcz@mcmaster.ca

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