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  • Harvey Thorleifson, Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • Carrie Jennings, Vice Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • David Bush, Technical Program Chair
    University of West Georgia
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    University of Minnesota Duluth
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    Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC

 

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Session No. 14
Sunday, 9 October 2011: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 200H-J (Minneapolis Convention Center)

T54. Multidisciplinary Approaches to Studying the Causes and Consequences of Mass Extinction: Geochemistry, Paleoecology, and Paleoenvironments I

Paleontological Society

 

Marc Laflamme and Simon A.F. Darroch, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
1
8:10 AM
MACROSTRATIGRAPHY: A QUANTITATIVE FRAMEWORK FOR TESTING THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF MASS EXTINCTIONS
PETERS, Shanan E., Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, peters@geology.wisc.edu, peters@geology.wisc.edu
2
8:30 AM
MACROSTRATIGRAPHY AND THE NON-MARINE FOSSIL RECORD OF NORTH AMERICA
HEIM, Noel A.1, ROOK, Deborah2 and PETERS, Shanan E.2, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Stanford, CA 94305, (2)Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, naheim@sedpaleo.org, naheim@sedpaleo.org
3
8:45 AM
PHANEROZOIC EARTH SYSTEM EVOLUTION AND MARINE BIODIVERSITY
HANNISDAL, Bjarte, Department of Earth Science, Centre for Geobiology, University of Bergen, Allegaten 41, Bergen, N-5007, Norway and PETERS, Shanan E., Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, bjarte.hannisdal@geo.uib.no, bjarte.hannisdal@geo.uib.no
4
9:00 AM
HOTHOUSE CLIMATE PULSES AS DRIVERS OF MULTIPLE, SYSTEMICALLY-LINKED EXTINCTION-FAVORING FACTORS
KIDDER, David L. and WORSLEY, Thomas R., Geological Sciences, Ohio Univ, Athens, OH 45701-2979, kidder@ohio.edu, kidder@ohio.edu
5
9:15 AM
ASTROPHYSICS AND EXTINCTIONS: NEW RATE ESTIMATES FOR POTENTIALLY LETHAL IONIZING RADIATION EVENTS
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
6
9:30 AM
EXTINCTION OF THE EDIACARA BIOTA
LAFLAMME, Marc1, TWEEDT, Sarah1, DARROCH, Simon A.F.2 and ERWIN, Douglas H.1, (1)Dept. of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013-7012, (2)Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, PO Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, laflammem@si.edu, laflammem@si.edu
 
9:45 AM
Break
7
10:00 AM
THE MEEK SHELL INHERITS THE EARTH: PHYSIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS ON EARLY PALEOZOIC EXTINCTION AND RADIATION
PRUSS, Sara B., Department of Geosciences, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063 and BUSH, Andrew M., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, 75 N. Eagleville Road, Unit 3043, Storrs, CT 06269, spruss@smith.edu, spruss@smith.edu
8
10:20 AM
MACROSTRATIGRAPHIC AND MACROECOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS OF EXTINCTION RISK DURING THE LATE ORDOVICIAN MASS EXTINCTION
FINNEGAN, Seth, Division of Geological and Planetry Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, PETERS, Shanan E., Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, HEIM, Noel A., Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706 and FISCHER, Woodward W., Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, sethf@caltech.edu, sethf@caltech.edu
9
10:35 AM
WHAT'S IN A NAME: EXTINCTIONS, EXCURSIONS, EVENTS AND EPIBOLES (OR WAS THIS HYPERBOLE?)
CRAMER, Bradley D.1, CONDON, Daniel2, SÖDERLUND, Ulf3, MARSHALL, Carly4, WORTON, Graham5, THOMAS, Alan4, CALNER, Mikael6, RAY, David C.7, PERRIER, Vincent8 and PATCHETT, P. Jonathan9, (1)Kansas Geological Survey/Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1930 Constant Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66047, (2)NERC Isotope Geoscience Laboratory, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG, United Kingdom, (3)Department of Geology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, Lund, 22362, Sweden, (4)School of Geography, Earth, and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom, (5)Dudley Museum and Art Gallery, Dudley, DY1 1HZ, United Kingdom, (6)GeoBioSphere Science Centre, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, Lund, SE-223 62, Sweden, (7)Neftex Petroleum Consultants, Abingdon, OX14 4RY, United Kingdom, (8)Department of Geology, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu, 50411, Estonia, (9)Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1040 E 4th Street, Tucson, AZ 85721, cramerbd@gmail.com, cramerbd@gmail.com
10
10:50 AM
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES AND EXTINCTION ON A REGIONAL SCALE: PALEOECOLOGY, ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY, AND SEDIMENTOLOGY OF THE MIDDLE DEVONIAN TAGHANIC BIOCRISIS IN ITS TYPE REGION
ZAMBITO IV, James J., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Building, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, BRETT, Carlton E., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013 and BAIRD, Gordon C., Geosciences, S.U.N.Y. Fredonia, Fredonia, NY 14063, zambitjj@mail.uc.edu, zambitjj@mail.uc.edu
11
11:05 AM
GEOCHRONOLOGY AND EXTINCTION IN THE FRASNIAN/FAMENNIAN BOUNDARY INTERVAL (LATE DEVONIAN) IN SHALLOW-MARINE PALEOENVIRONMENTS OF NEW YORK
BUSH, Andrew M., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, 75 N. Eagleville Road, Unit 3043, Storrs, CT 06269, CSONKA, Jayme, Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, 354 Mansfield Rd U-2045, Storrs, CT 06269, DIRENZO, Graziella V., Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, TUITE Jr, Michael L., Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Clark Hall, Charlottesville, VA 22903 and OVER, D. Jeffrey, Department of Geological Sciences, SUNY-Geneseo, Geneseo, NY 14454-1401, andrew.bush@uconn.edu, andrew.bush@uconn.edu
12
11:20 AM
MASS EXTINCTION AS REGIME SHIFT WRIT LARGE: GEOCHEMICAL AND PALYNOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FROM THE FRASNIAN/FAMENNIAN BOUNDARY
TUITE Jr, Michael L.1, DE LA RUE, Sarah R.2 and MACKO, Stephen1, (1)Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Clark Hall, Charlottesville, VA 22903, (2)Geological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-3022, mtuite@virginia.edu, mtuite@virginia.edu
13
11:35 AM
BIOMARKER AND PALEONTOLOGIC INVESTIGATION OF THE UPPER AND LOWER WOODFORD SHALE, SOUTH-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
NOWACZEWSKI, Vincent Stephen, Geology, University of Kansas, Department of Geology, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd. Room 120, Lawrence, KS 66045 and OLCOTT MARSHALL, Alison, Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd. Rm. 120, Lawrence, KS 66045, vsnowaczewski@gmail.com, vsnowaczewski@gmail.com
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