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    Minnesota Geological Survey
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    Minnesota Geological Survey
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    University of West Georgia
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    University of Minnesota Duluth
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Session No. 55
Sunday, 9 October 2011: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 200H-J (Minneapolis Convention Center)

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

Paleontological Society

 

Marc Laflamme and Simon A.F. Darroch, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1
1:40 PM
RECOVERY OF BRACHIOPOD AND AMMONOID FAUNAS FOLLOWING THE END-PERMIAN CRISIS: ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE FROM THE LOWER TRIASSIC OF THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST AND KAZAKHSTAN
ZAKHAROV, Yuri D., Russian Academy of Sciences (Far Eastern Branch), Far Eastern Geological Institute, Prospect Stoletiya 159, Vladivostok, 690022, Russia and POPOV, Alexander M., Russian Academy of Sciences (Far Eastern Branch), Far Eastern Geological Institute, Prospect Stoletiya 159, Vladivostok, 690022, Russia, Vladivostok, 690022, Russia, yurizakh@mail.ru, yurizakh@mail.ru
2
1:55 PM
THE END-PERMIAN MASS EXTINCTION – A TEMPLATE FOR CO2-DRIVEN BIOTIC CRISES
CLAPHAM, Matthew E., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 and PAYNE, Jonathan L., Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Bldg 320, Stanford, CA 94305, mclapham@ucsc.edu, mclapham@ucsc.edu
3
2:15 PM
COUPLED ORGANIC AND CARBONATE δ13C RECORDS OF THE LATE TRIASSIC AND EARLY JURASSIC IN NORTHERN ITALY: IMPLICATIONS FOR CARBON CYCLING DURING THE AFTERMATH OF THE END-TRIASSIC MASS EXTINCTION
BACHAN, Aviv1, VAN DE SCHOOTBRUGGE, Bas2 and PAYNE, Jonathan L.1, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Stanford, CA 94305, (2)Institute of Geosciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Altenhoeferallee 1, Frankfurt am Main, 60438, Germany, avivbd@stanford.edu, avivbd@stanford.edu
4
2:30 PM
CONSTRAINTS ON TRIASSIC-JURASSIC BOUNDARY EVENTS FROM GEOCHEMISTRY AND MINERALOGY OF THE KENDLBACHGRABEN SECTION (NORTHERN CALCAREOUS ALPS, AUSTRIA)
PÁLFY, József, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, H-1431, Hungary and ZAJZON, Norbert, Institute of Mineralogy and Geology, University of Miskolc, Miskolc, Hungary, palfy@nhmus.hu, palfy@nhmus.hu
5
2:45 PM
BIOGEOGRAPHY OF THE NORTH AMERICAN PLEISTOCENE MEGAFAUNAL EXTINCTION
MILLER, Joshua H. and BAHN, Volker, Department of Biological Sciences, Wright State University, 3640 Colonel Glenn HWY, Dayton, OH 45435, josh.miller@wright.edu, josh.miller@wright.edu
6
3:00 PM
NEW STATISTICAL METHODS SUGGEST GREATER SEVERITY OF THE CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE MASS EXTINCTION AND FASTER RECOVERIES FROM IT
ALROY, John, Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Room E8A 320, Sydney, 2109, Australia, john.alroy@mq.edu.au, john.alroy@mq.edu.au
7
3:15 PM
NEW JERSEY AS A MICROCOSM OF THE CRETACEOUS/PALEOGENE BOUNDARY EVENT: MASS EXTINCTION, RECOVERY AND MOBILE IRIDIUM
ESMERAY-SENLET, Selen1, OLSSON, Richard K.1, MILLER, Kenneth G.2, SHERRELL, Robert M.3, BROWNING, James V.1, FIELD, Paul M.3, GALLAGHER, William B.4, SUGARMAN, Peter J.5, TUORTO, Steven3 and WAHYUDI, Hendra1, (1)Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, Wright Laboratories, 610 Taylor Rd, Piscataway, NJ 08854, (2)Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, (3)Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, (4)Geological, Environmental and Marine Sciences, Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648, (5)New Jersey Geological Survey, P.O. Box 427, Trenton, NJ 08625, esmeray@eden.rutgers.edu, esmeray@eden.rutgers.edu
8
3:30 PM
AN OXYGEN ISOTOPE TEMPERATURE RECORD OF THE HELL CREEK FORMATION OF NORTH DAKOTA/MONTANA AND ITS APPLICATION TO TURTLE PALEOECOLOGY ACROSS THE K-P BOUNDARY
HSIANG, Allison Y., Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, allison.hsiang@yale.edu, allison.hsiang@yale.edu
 
3:45 PM
Break
9
4:00 PM
DECCAN TRAPS DIRECTLY LINKED TO KTB MASS EXTINCTION AND DELAYED RECOVERY
KELLER, Gerta1, ADATTE, Thierry2, REDDY, A.N.3, JAIPRAKASH, B.C.3, BHOWMICK, P.K.4, UPADHYAY, H.5 and DAVE, A.4, (1)Geosciences Department, Princeton University, Guyot Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, (2)Institute of Geology and Paleontology, University of Lausanne, Anthropole, Lausanne, CH-2000, Switzerland, (3)Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, Chennai, 600034, India, (4)KDMIPE ONGC, 9 Kaulagarh Road, Dehardun, 248195, India, (5)KDMIPE ONGC, 9 Kaulagarh Road, Dehradun, 248195, India, gkeller@princeton.edu, gkeller@princeton.edu
10
4:15 PM
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF DECCAN VOLCANISM ACROSS THE CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY TRANSITION IN MEGHALAYA, INDIA
GERTSCH, Brian, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Science Department, Massachussetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachussetts Avenue, 54-1126, Cambridge, MA 02139, KELLER, Gerta, Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Guyot Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544 and ADATTE, Thierry, Institute of Earth Sciences, Université de Lausanne, Géopolis, Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland, bgertsch@mit.edu, bgertsch@mit.edu
11
4:30 PM
AGE OF THE CHICXULUB IMPACT AND MASS EXTINCTION, BRAZOS RIVER, TEXAS, USA
ADATTE, Thierry, Institute of Geology and Paleontology, University of Lausanne, Anthropole, Lausanne, CH-2000, Switzerland and KELLER, Gerta, Geosciences Department, Princeton University, Guyot Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, thierry.adatte@unil.ch, thierry.adatte@unil.ch
12
4:45 PM
SINGLE K/PG IMPACT AT CHICXULUB: NEW EVIDENCE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO BASIN FLOOR
DENNE, Richard A., SCOTT, Erik D., KAISER, James S. and EICKHOFF, David P., Marathon Oil Corporation, 5555 San Felipe, Houston, TX 77056, radenne@marathonoil.com, radenne@marathonoil.com
13
5:00 PM
END-CRETACEOUS MARINE MASS EXTINCTION NOT CAUSED BY PRODUCTIVITY COLLAPSE
THOMAS, Ellen, Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, P O Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, ALEGRET, Laia, Dept. Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad Zaragoza, Zaragoza, 50.009, Spain and LOHMANN, Kyger C., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 CC Little Bldg, 1100 N University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, ellen.thomas@yale.edu, ellen.thomas@yale.edu
14
5:15 PM
TRACE FOSSIL EVIDENCE FOR SOME OF THE EARLIEST KNOWN ANIMAL ACTIVITY BY SURVIVORS OF THE CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE EXTINCTION EVENT, MUD BUTTES LOCALITY, SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA
CHIN, Karen, Geological Sciences & Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado at Boulder, UCB 265, Boulder, CO 80309, EKDALE, A.A., Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, FASB, 115S 1460E, Rm 383, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 and PEARSON, Dean, Pioneer Trails Regional Museum, 12 First Street NE, P.O. Box 78, Bowman, ND 58623, Karen.Chin@colorado.edu, Karen.Chin@colorado.edu
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