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Session No. 288
Wednesday, 3 November 2010: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 607 (Colorado Convention Center)

T122. Cenozoic Terrestrial Environmental Change in North America: From Paleosols to Paleobotany

GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division

 

Nathan D. Sheldon, Selena Y. Smith and Caroline A.E. Stromberg, Advocates
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1:30 PM
CHARACTERIZATION OF PALEOSOLS ACROSS THE K-T BOUNDARY USING PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTIONS: A CASE STUDY FROM BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, U.S.A., INTEGRATING BIOGEOCHEMICAL AND CLIMATE CONTROLS on EVOLVING TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
NORDT, Lee1, DWORKIN, Steve I.2 and ATCHLEY, Stacy1, (1)Department of Geology, Baylor University, PO #97354, Waco, TX 76798, (2)Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Division, Dept. of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, lee_nordt@baylor.edu, lee_nordt@baylor.edu
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1:45 PM
A CLUMPED ISOTOPE HYDROCLIMATOLOGIC RECORD THROUGH THE PALEOCENE EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA
VANDEVELDE, Justin H., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Dr, West Lafayette, IN 47907, BOWEN, Gabriel J., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907 and PASSEY, Benjamin, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 129 Olin Hall, 3400 N. Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21218, jhvandev@purdue.edu, jhvandev@purdue.edu
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2:00 PM
BIOTIC AND SEDIMENTARY CHANGE DURING THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM IN WESTERN NORTH AMERICA
WING, S.L., Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, BACZYNSKI, A., Dept. Earth & Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, 1850 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208, BLOCH, Jonathan I., Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-7800, BOYER, Doug M., Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5245, KRAUS, Mary J., Dept of Geological Sciences, Univ. of Colorado, 399 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309, SECORD, Ross, Department of Geosciences, The University of Nebraska, 200 Bessey Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588 and MCINERNEY, Francesca A., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, 1850 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208, wings@si.edu, wings@si.edu
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2:20 PM
CONTINENTAL EXPRESSION OF POST-PETM HYPERTHERMALS IN THE BIGHORN BASIN, WY
CLYDE, William C., Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, FRICKE, Henry, Geology, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, BATAILLE, Clement, Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Frederick Albert Sutton Building 115 S 1460 E Room 383, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 and BOWEN, Gabriel, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Dr, West Lafayette, IN 47907, will.clyde@unh.edu, will.clyde@unh.edu
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2:40 PM
LONG-TERM STABLE ISOTOPIC RECORD OF CENOZOIC PALEOENVIRONMENTS IN THE GREAT PLAINS FROM PEDOGENIC AND SEDIMENTARY CARBONATES
FOX, David L., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Drive SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0219, dlfox@umn.edu, dlfox@umn.edu
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3:00 PM
ECOLOGICAL PREFERENCES FOR LARGE DINOCERATANS FROM WASHAKIE BASIN, WYOMING BASED ON ENAMEL STABLE ISOTOPE VALUES
CLEMENTZ, Mark T., Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, 1000 University Ave. University of Wyoming, Dept. 3006, Laramie, WY 82071, mclemen1@uwyo.edu, mclemen1@uwyo.edu
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3:15 PM
IDENTIFYING THE EARLY EOCENE CLIMATIC OPTIMUM AT RAVEN RIDGE, NORTHEASTERN UINTA BASIN, COLORADO-UTAH, USING TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON DATA FROM SEDIMENT FOR CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION
DUTCHAK, Alex R., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G2E3, Canada, dutchak@colorado.edu, dutchak@colorado.edu
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3:30 PM
CLIMATIC, TOPOGRAPHIC AND ECOSYSTEM CONSTRAINTS IN THE NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA DURING THE MIDDLE EOCENE (~40 MA)
HREN, Michael T.1, SHELDON, Nathan D.2, SMITH, Selena Y.3 and MILLER, Lauren A.1, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, 1100 N. University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, (2)Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 CC Little Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, (3)Museum of Paleontology and Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 CC Little, 1100 N. University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, mhren@umich.edu, mhren@umich.edu
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3:45 PM
THE USE OF PHYTOLITHS IN CREATING A HIGH-RESOLUTION RECORD OF DEEP-TIME VEGETATION DYNAMICS: A CASE STUDY FROM THE EOCENE OF MONTANA
MILLER, Lauren A., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, 1100 N. University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, SMITH, Selena Y., Museum of Paleontology and Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 CC Little, 1100 N. University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, SHELDON, Nathan D., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 CC Little Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 and STROMBERG, Caroline A.E., Department of Biology, University of Washington, 24 Kincaid Hall, Box 351800, Seattle, WA 98195-1800, sysmith@umich.edu, sysmith@umich.edu
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4:00 PM
DETRITAL ZIRCONS AS A METHOD FOR CONSTRAINING THE AGE OF EOCENE FOSSIL FLORAS, NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA, USA
LOVELOCK, Elizabeth Clare, National Park Service, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, 32651 Hwy 19, Kimberly, OR 97848, TIFFNEY, Bruce H., Department of Earth Science and College of Creative Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 and KYLANDER-CLARK, Andrew, Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, liz_lovelock@nps.gov, liz_lovelock@nps.gov
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4:15 PM
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE MIOCENE RECORDED IN COLUMBIA RIVER BASALT-HOSTED PALEOSOLS
HOBBS, Kevin M., Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Idaho, PO Box 443022, Moscow, ID 83844-3022 and PARRISH, Judith Totman, Dept. of Geological Sciences, Univ of Idaho, P.O. Box 443022, Moscow, ID 83844, hobb9170@vandals.uidaho.edu, hobb9170@vandals.uidaho.edu
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4:30 PM
PALEOHYDROLOGY DURING THE MIDDLE MIOCENE WARM PERIOD: INSIGHTS FROM MOLECULAR δD VALUES OF IN SITU PLANT LIPIDS
YANG, Hong, Science and Technology, Bryant University, 1150 Douglas Pike, Faculy Suite J, Smithfield, RI 02917, WILLIAMS, Christopher J., Earth and Environment, Franklin and Marshall College, 415 Harrisburg Ave, Lancaster, PA 17603 and LENG, Qin, Department of Science and Technology, Bryant University & LPS, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Science, Smithfield, RI 02917, hyang@bryant.edu, hyang@bryant.edu
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4:45 PM
DERIVATION OF A NEW SOIL RESPIRED CO2 PROXY AND APPLICATION TO PALEO-CO2 RECONSTRUCTION OF THE LATE MIOCENE
COTTON, Jennifer M., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 1100 N. University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 and SHELDON, Nathan D., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 CC Little Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, jcot@umich.edu, jcot@umich.edu
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5:00 PM
PALEO-WETLAND FACIES OF STONEWALL FLAT, NEVADA, DURING THE PLEISTOCENE/HOLOCENE CLIMATE SHIFT
DICKERSON, Robert P., Broomfield, CO 80021 and MALCZYK, Nicholas, S.M.Stoller Corp, 105 Technology Drive, Suite 190, Broomfield, CO 80021, rdickerson@stoller.com, rdickerson@stoller.com
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5:15 PM
LINKING HOLOCENE ABUNDANCE DYNAMICS AND CLIMATE FOR WESTERN SMALL MAMMALS
TERRY, Rebecca C., LI, Cheng and HADLY, Elizabeth A., Department of Biology, Stanford University, 371 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, rcterry@stanford.edu, rcterry@stanford.edu
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