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Session No. 216
Tuesday, 2 November 2010: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 607 (Colorado Convention Center)

T123. Deciphering Paleozoic Paleoenvironmental Changes Using Stable and Radiogenic Isotope Proxies

 

Maya Elrick and James R. Wheeley, Advocates
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1:30 PM
EVALUATING CO2 AS A PRIMARY DRIVER OF PALEOZOIC-MESOZOIC CLIMATE CHANGE
PRICE, Gregory D., School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Plymouth University, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, United Kingdom, TWITCHETT, Richard J., School of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, United Kingdom and BUONO, Giuseppe, School of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Plymouth, Fitzroy, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, United Kingdom, G.Price@plymouth.ac.uk, G.Price@plymouth.ac.uk
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1:45 PM
SOIL CO2 MEASUREMENTS IN MODERN VERTISOLS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR ESTIMATIONS OF PALEOATMOSPHERIC CO2 FROM PEDOGENIC CARBONATES
BREECKER, Dan O., Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, MICHEL, Lauren, Baylor Department of Geology, One Bear Place 397354, Waco, TX 76798, MINTZ, Jason S., Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, DRIESE, Steven G., Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Dept. of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354 and NORDT, Lee C., Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798, Lauren_Michel@baylor.edu, Lauren_Michel@baylor.edu
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2:00 PM
THE ROLE OF SULFUR IN REGULATING THE EXOGENIC CARBON AND OXYGEN CYCLES
HURTGEN, Matthew T., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Rd, Evanston, IL 60208, matt@earth.northwestern.edu, matt@earth.northwestern.edu
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2:15 PM
SULFUR CYCLING IN THE LATE MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN: IMPLICATIONS FOR OCEAN CIRCULATION AND THE ONSET OF LATE ORDOVICIAN GLACIATION
THOMPSON, Cara K., Earth Science Department, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA 90405, KAH, Linda C., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996 and KAUFMAN, Alan J., Geology Department, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, cara.k.thompson@gmail.com, cara.k.thompson@gmail.com
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2:30 PM
THE OXYGEN ISOTOPE RECORD FOR THE PALEOZOIC: THE CASE FOR CONSTANT SEAWATER δ18O AND WARM EARLY-MID PALEOZOIC OCEANS
GROSSMAN, Ethan L., Department of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M Univ, College Station, TX 77843-3115, grossman@geo.tamu.edu, grossman@geo.tamu.edu
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2:45 PM
NEW CONSTRAINTS ON THE DURATION AND MAGNITUDE OF LATE ORDOVICIAN-EARLY SILURIAN GLACIATION FROM CARBONATE “CLUMPED” ISOTOPE PALEOTHERMOMETRY
FINNEGAN, Seth1, BERGMANN, Kristin D.2, EILER, John M.1, JONES, David S.3, FIKE, David A.3, TRIPATI, Aradhna4, HUGHES, Nigel C.5, EISENMAN, Ian1 and FISCHER, Woodward W.6, (1)Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 51 Botanical Museum, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, (3)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, (4)Department of Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, (5)Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, (6)Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, sethf@caltech.edu, sethf@caltech.edu
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3:00 PM
ICEHOUSE-GREENHOUSE CLIMATE IMPACTS on THE PHANEROZOIC MARINE NITROGEN CYCLE
ALGEO, Thomas J., Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, MEYERS, Philip A., Geological Sciences, The University of Michigan, 1100 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005 and ROWE, Harry, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas at Arlington, Box 19049, 500 Yates Street, Arlington, TX 76019, Thomas.Algeo@uc.edu, Thomas.Algeo@uc.edu
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3:15 PM
URANIUM ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS OF CARBONATE SEDIMENTS AS A POTENTIAL REDOX PROXY
HERRMANN, Achim D., Geology & Geophysics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, WASYLENKI, Laura E., Dept. of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 East Tenth Street, Bloomington, IN 47405 and ANBAR, A.D., School of Earth and Space Exploration and Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, aherrmann@lsu.edu, aherrmann@lsu.edu
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3:30 PM
ASSESSING THE UTILITY OF ION MICROPROBE ANALYSES OF CONODONTS FOR ANCIENT OCEAN PALAEOTHERMOMETRY
WHEELEY, James R., SMITH, M. Paul and BOOMER, Ian, Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, England, j.r.wheeley@bham.ac.uk, j.r.wheeley@bham.ac.uk
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3:45 PM
CONODONT APATITE OXYGEN ISOTOPES: CONSTRAINING THE FAR-FIELD PALEOENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF GLACIOEUSTATIC SEA-LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LATE PALEOZOIC ICE AGE DURING THE MIDDLE - LATE PENNSYLVANIAN (DESMOINESIAN – MISSOURIAN)
ROSENAU, Nicholas A., Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, 3225 Daniel Ave, Dallas, TX 75275-0395 and TABOR, Neil J., Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275, nrosenau@smu.edu, nrosenau@smu.edu
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4:00 PM
NEODYMIUM AND OXYGEN ISOTOPIC CONSTRAINTS ON UPPER ORDOVICIAN PALEOCEANOGRAPHIC EVOLUTION ACROSS THE DUBUQUE/MAQUOKETA CONTACT IN NE IOWA AND SE MINNESOTA
PUTMAN, Kelsey E., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, 101 Geological Sciences Bldg, Columbia, MO 65211-1380, MACLEOD, Kenneth G., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, ETHINGTON, Raymond L., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, 101 Geological Sciences Bldg, Columbia, MO 65211, MARTIN, Ellen E., Geological Sciences, University of Florida, 241 Williamson Hall, P.O. Box 112120, Gainesville, FL 32611-2120 and NEWKIRK, Derrick, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, 241 Williamson Hall, P.O. Box 112120, Gainesville, FL 32611-2120, kepd32@mail.missouri.edu, kepd32@mail.missouri.edu
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4:15 PM
USING OXYGEN AND NEODYMIUM ISOTOPES TO UNDERSTAND THE ORIGINS OF SILURIAN AND DEVONIAN GREENHOUSE CYCLES AND RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SEA-LEVEL CHANGE AND CONTINENTAL WEATHERING FLUX
THEILING, Bethany, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, ELRICK, Maya, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, GUTIERREZ, Danielle, Duranes and Tijeras Antigua Elementary Schools, Albuquerque Public School, Albuquerque, NM 87104, POLYAK, Victor J., Earth & Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, 200 Yale Blvd., Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131 and ASMEROM, Yemane, Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, btheili@unm.edu, btheili@unm.edu
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4:30 PM
EPEIRIC C13carb RECORD FROM THE MIDDLE AND UPPER DEVONIAN CEDAR VALLEY GROUP-IOWA BASIN OF CENTRAL NORTH AMERICA
DAY, Jed, Geography & Geology, Illinois State Univ, Normal, IL 61790-4400, WITZKE, Brian J., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 115 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, BUNKER, Billy, Iowa Geological Survey, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, 109 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, HOLMDEN, Chris, Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 114 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada and ROWE, Harry, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas at Arlington, Box 19049, 500 Yates Street, Arlington, TX 76019, jeday@ilstu.edu, jeday@ilstu.edu
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4:45 PM
A MULTI-PROXY GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF THE MIDDLE FRASNIAN PUNCTATA ZONE EVENT: PALEOENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS
WHALEN, Michael T., Department of Geosciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 755780, Fairbanks, AK 99775, ?LIWINSKI, Maciej G., Geology and Geophysics, Unviersity of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775, PAYNE, Joshua H., Geology and Geophysics, Shell Exploration and Production Co, 150-A North Dairy Ashford, Houston, TX 77079 and DAY II, James E., Geography-Geology, Illinois State University, Campus Box 4400, Normal, IL 61790-4400, mtwhalen@alaska.edu, mtwhalen@alaska.edu
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5:00 PM
THE RESPONSE OF MID-LATITUDE LATE PALEOZOIC TERRESTRIAL SYSTEMS TO DEGLACIATION AND FLORAL REORGANIZATION
GULBRANSON, Erik L., Department of Geology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, MONTANEZ, Isabel, Department Geology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, TABOR, Neil J., Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275 and LIMARINO, Carlos O., Departamento de Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Pabellón 2, Ciudad Universitaria, Buenos Aires, C1428EHA, Argentina, elgulbranson@ucdavis.edu, elgulbranson@ucdavis.edu
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