CALL FOR PROPOSALS:

ORGANIZERS

  • Harvey Thorleifson, Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • Carrie Jennings, Vice Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • David Bush, Technical Program Chair
    University of West Georgia
  • Jim Miller, Field Trip Chair
    University of Minnesota Duluth
  • Curtis M. Hudak, Sponsorship Chair
    Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC

 

Session No. 224
Wednesday, 12 October 2011: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 200FG (Minneapolis Convention Center)

Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography

 

Philip Lane and Samuel Matson, Chairs
Paper #
Start Time
1
8:00 AM
INTEGRATED ANALYSIS OF SHELL GROWTH, MICRO-STRUCTURE, AND OXYGEN ISOTOPE COMPOSITION IN CAMBRIAN LINGULID BRACHIOPOD SHELLS FROM THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, WISCONSIN
ROBLES, Matthew R. and HUGHES, Nigel C., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, matthew.robles@email.ucr.edu, matthew.robles@email.ucr.edu
2
8:15 AM
INVESTIGATING THE ORIGIN OF MARINE SR-ISOTOPE CHANGE IN THE ORDOVICIAN: EVIDENCE FROM PARTITIONING OF MAGNESIUM AND STRONTIUM INTO MARINE CALCITE
KAH, Linda C., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996 and THOMPSON, Cara K., Department of Geosciences, SUNY Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, lckah@utk.edu, lckah@utk.edu
3
8:30 AM
UPPER SILURIAN LOESS-LIKE SEDIMENTS – A CASE OF EXCEPTIONAL PRESERVATION OR INDEED A CLIMATIC RECORD?
JAROCHOWSKA, Emilia, College of Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Warsaw, Al. Zwirki i Wigury 93, Warsaw, 02-089, Poland, e.jarochowska@student.uw.edu.pl, e.jarochowska@student.uw.edu.pl
4
8:45 AM
ND ISOTOPIC EVIDENCE FOR NORTHERN COMPONENT WATER FORMATION IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC AT THE END OF THE CRETACEOUS GREENHOUSE CLIMATE
MACLEOD, Kenneth G.1, ISAZA LONDOÑO, Carolina1, MARTIN, Ellen E.2, JIMÉNEZ BERROCOSO, Álvaro3 and BASAK, Chandranath4, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, (2)Geological Sciences, University of Florida, 241 Williamson Hall, P.O. Box 112120, Gainesville, FL 32611-2120, (3)School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom, (4)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, 241 Williamson Hall, P.O. Box 112120, Gainesville, FL 32611-2120, macleodk@missouri.edu, macleodk@missouri.edu
5
9:00 AM
WET CLIMATE IN SOUTHEAST SPAIN DURING THE MESSINIAN SALINITY CRISIS
MATSON, Samuel D., Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725-1535, GIBERT BEOTAS, Lluís, Departament de Geoquímica, Petrologia, i Prospecció Geològica, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal Sud, Facultat de Geologia, Martí i Franques, S/N, Barcelona, 08028, Spain, FOX, David L., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Drive SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0219 and SCOTT, Gary R., Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Rd, Berkeley, CA 94709, sammatson@boisestate.edu, sammatson@boisestate.edu
6
9:15 AM
AN ISOTOPE-BASED PALEOTEMPERATURE RECORD FOR THE PALEOGENE SUBTROPICS DERIVED FROM SHELF MACROFAUNA, US GULF COASTAL PLAIN
IVANY, Linda C., Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244 and SESSA, Jocelyn A., Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th St, New York, NY 10024, lcivany@syr.edu, lcivany@syr.edu
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9:30 AM
SOLAR CYCLES IN LATE MIOCENE LAKE SEDIMENTS AND THEIR IMPACT ON LAKE-RELATED ENVIRONMENTS
KERN, Andrea K.1, HARZHAUSER, Mathias2, PILLER, Werner E.3, MANDIC, Oleg2 and SOLIMAN, Ali4, (1)Natural History Museum Vienna, Geology-Paleontology, Burgring 7, Vienna, 1010, Austria, (2)Geological-Paleontological Department, Natural History Museum Vienna, Burgring 7, Vienna, 1010, Austria, (3)Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 26, Graz, 8010, Austria, (4)Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 26, Graz, A-8010, Austria, andrea.kern@nhm-wien.ac.at, andrea.kern@nhm-wien.ac.at
 
9:45 AM
Break
8
10:00 AM
PALEOELEVATION OF THE PUNA PLATEAU (NORTHWESTERN ARGENTINA) INFERRED FROM GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSES OF VOLCANIC GLASS
CANAVAN, Robin R.1, CLEMENTZ, Mark T.2, CARRAPA, B.3, QUADE, J.3, DECELLES, Peter3 and SCHOENBOHM, Lindsay M.4, (1)Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, 1000 E. University Ave, Laramie, WY 82071, (2)Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, 1000 University Ave. University of Wyoming, Dept. 3006, Laramie, WY 82071, (3)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (4)Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6, Canada, rcanavan@uwyo.edu, rcanavan@uwyo.edu
9
10:15 AM
INVESTIGATION OF GROWTH PATTERNS AND CLIMATE SIGNALS USING ISOTOPE SCLEROCHRONOLOGY IN SHELLS OF TWO PLIOCENE MARINE BIVALVES:
HUDLEY, Joel W., Department of Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 and SURGE, Donna, Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 104 South Road, CB #3315, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, jhudley@unc.edu, jhudley@unc.edu
10
10:30 AM
ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION ARCHIVED IN THE δ18O TIME SERIES OF A LATE HOLOCENE STALAGMITE FROM DESOTO CAVERNS, ALABAMA, USA
ALDRIDGE, David E., Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, 2003 Bevill Building, 7th Avenue P.O. Box 870338, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0338 and AHARON, Paul, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, 2003 Bevill Building, 7th Avenue P.O. Box 870338, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0338, aldridgede@gmail.com, aldridgede@gmail.com
11
10:45 AM
MODERN AND HOLOCENE SST RECORDS FROM THE CORAL MONTASTRAEA FAVEOLATA, DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK
FLANNERY, Jennifer A., United States Geological Survey, 600 4th St. South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701 and POORE, Richard Z., U.S. Geol Survey, 600 Fourth St, South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, jflannery@usgs.gov, jflannery@usgs.gov
12
11:00 AM
SIGNIFICANT VARIABILITY IN NORTHERN GULF COAST HURRICANE ACTIVITY ARCHIVED IN THE LATE HOLOCENE SEDIMENTS OF A FLORIDA SINKHOLE
LANE, Philip, Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 360 Woods Hole Rd., MS #2, Woods Hole, MA 02118, DONNELLY, J., Geology & Geophysics Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MS #22, 360 Woods Hole Rd, Woods Hole, MA 02543, WOODRUFF, Jonathan, Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts - Amherst, 611 N. Pleasant Street, 233 Morril Science Center, Amherst, MA 01003 and HAWKES, Andrea D., Geography and Geology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC 02543, plane@mit.edu, plane@mit.edu
13
11:15 AM
A PUERTO RICO SPELEOTHEM AND INFERRED DRYING OF THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN CLIMATE IN THE PAST 800 YEARS
MILLER, Thomas E.1, WINTER, A.2, STOTT, Lowell3, KUSHNIR, Yochanan4, SINHA, Ashish5, TIMMERMANN, Axel6, JURY, Mark2, GALLUP, C.7, CHENG, Hai8 and EDWARDS, R. Lawrence8, (1)Department of Geology, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR 00681, (2)Department of Marine Sciences, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, Mayagüez, PR 00681, (3)Earth Science, Univ of southern california, 3651 Trousdale Pkwy, Los Angeles, CA 90089, (4)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964, (5)Dept. of Earth System Science, California State University, Dominguez Hills, 1000 E Victoria St, Carson, CA 90747, (6)International Pacific Research Center, SOEST, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, (7)Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN 55812, (8)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Dr. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, thomase.miller@upr.edu, thomase.miller@upr.edu
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11:30 AM
LONG-TERM VEGETATIONAL CHANGE IN A NEW YORK CITY FRESHWATER WETLAND
MILLER, Argie James, New York City Research Initiative, NASA/Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, 2880 Broadway, Dorothy Peteet PhD, New York, NY 10025 and PETEET, Dorothy, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964, argie@hoofconnection.com, argie@hoofconnection.com
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