Northeastern (46th Annual) and North-Central (45th Annual) Joint Meeting (20–22 March 2011)

Session No. 53
Tuesday, 22 March 2011: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Conference A (Omni William Penn Hotel)

S4. Devonian Climate and Paleoecology—Insight from Stratigraphic Studies II

 

David K. Brezinski, Convener
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8:00 AM
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF CONODONT APATITE OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIOS THROUGH THE LATE GIVETIAN GLOBAL TAGHANIC BIOCRISIS IN THE NORTHERN APPALACHIAN BASIN
ZAMBITO IV, James J., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Building, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, JOACHIMSKI, Michael, Institut für Geologie - Mineralogie, Universität Erlangen, Schlossgarten 5, Erlangen, 91056, Germany, BAIRD, Gordon, Dept. of Geoscience, SUNY Fredonia, Fredonia, NY 14063, BRETT, Carlton, Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Bldg, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, DAVIS Jr, William E., Boston University, 23 Knollwood Drive, East Falmouth, MA 02536 and OVER, D. Jeffrey, Department of Geological Sciences, SUNY-Geneseo, Geneseo, NY 14454-1401, zambitjj@mail.uc.edu, zambitjj@mail.uc.edu
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8:20 AM
MIDDLE DEVONIAN LANDSCAPES, CLIMATES AND THE CORRELATION OF CONTINENTAL STRATA IN THE NORTHERN APPALACHIAN BASIN
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, HARLOW, R. Hunter, Geology, Baylor University, Geology Department Baylor University One Bear Place #97354, Parker Hall Room 105, Waco, TX 76798, WRIGHT, Thomas Colby, Geology and Geophysics, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Reichardt Building Rm. 308, 900 Yukon Dr, Fairbanks, AK 99775-5780 and ATCHLEY, Stacy, Department of Geology, Baylor University, PO #97354, Waco, TX 76798, Jason_Mintz@Baylor.edu, Jason_Mintz@Baylor.edu
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8:40 AM
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF EROSIONAL FEATURES FOUND IN THE MIDDLE DEVONIAN GENESEO SHALE
WILSON, Ryan D. and SCHIEBER, Juergen, Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 East 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, rydawils@indiana.edu, rydawils@indiana.edu
 
9:00 AM
Break
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9:20 AM
PALEOENVIRONMENTAL SIGNALS RELATING TO RECOGNITION OF THE LATE DEVONIAN FRASNIAN-FAMENNIAN STAGE BOUNDARY IN THE FOREKNOBS FORMATION OF VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA
ROSSBACH, Thomas J., Department of Natural Sciences, Elizabeth City State University, Elizabeth City, NC 27909, tjrossbach@ecsu.edu, tjrossbach@ecsu.edu
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9:40 AM
EVIDENCE FOR FLUVIAL INCISION NEAR THE FRASNIAN-FAMENNIAN CONTACT (LATE DEVONIAN) IN THE CENTRAL APPLACHIAN BASIN OF MARYLAND
BREZINSKI, David K., Maryland Geological Survey, 2300 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, dbrezinski@dnr.state.md.us, dbrezinski@dnr.state.md.us
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10:00 AM
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10:20 AM
A STRATIGRAPHIC STUDY OF BENTHIC PALEOECOLOGY FROM THE FRASNIAN/FAMENNIAN TRANSITION (LATE DEVONIAN) IN 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, DIRENZO, Graziella V., Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, CHRISTIE, Max, Geology, Pennsylvania State University, 434 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802 and TUITE Jr, Michael L., Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Clark Hall, Charlottesville, VA 22903, andrew.bush@uconn.edu, andrew.bush@uconn.edu
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10:40 AM
POSSIBLE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LATE DEVONIAN ALPINE GLACIATION AND BLACK SHALES
ETTENSOHN, Frank R., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, 101 Slone Building, Lexington, KY 40506, LIERMAN, Robert Thomas, Department of Geography and Geology, Eastern Kentucky University, 521 Lancaster Ave, Roark 103, Richmond, KY 40475, MASON, Charles E., Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY 40351 and CLAYTON, Geoff, Department of Geology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, D2, Ireland, fettens@uky.edu, fettens@uky.edu
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