T122. Fossils Plants as Paleoenvironmental Recorders I

Session No. 15
Sunday, 4 November 2012: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
202AB (Charlotte Convention Center)

T122. Fossils Plants as Paleoenvironmental Recorders I

Paleontological Society; GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division

 

Dana L. Royer and Daniel J. Peppe, Advocates
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8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:10 AM
PLANT LEAF WAXES: MOLECULAR AND ISOTOPIC INDICATORS OF PALEOENVIRONMENTS (Invited Presentation)
HREN, Michael T., Center for Integrative Geosciences, Dept. Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, mhren@uconn.edu, mhren@uconn.edu
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8:30 AM
A DEGLACIAL AND HOLOCENE RECORD OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY IN SOUTH-CENTRAL ALASKA FROM STABLE ISOTOPES AND PLANT MACROFOSSILS IN PEAT
JONES, Miriam C., U.S Geological Survey, Eastern Geology and Paleoclimate Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr, MS 926A, Reston, VA 20192, WOOLLER, Matthew, Alaska Stable Isotope Facility, Water and Environmental Research Center, Univ of Alaska Fairbanks, 441 Duckering Building, Box 755860, Fairbanks, AK 99775 and PETEET, Dorothy, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964, miriamjones@usgs.gov, miriamjones@usgs.gov
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8:45 AM
DO PLANT N-ALKANE DISTRIBUTIONS RECORD CLIMATE MORE THAN PLANT TYPE?
BUSH, Rosemary T., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208-3130, MCINERNEY, Francesca A., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, 1850 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208 and CHEN, Debra, Biological Sciences, Northwestern University, 2205 Tech Drive, Evanston, IL 60208, rosemarybush@gmail.com, rosemarybush@gmail.com
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9:00 AM
INCORPORATING THE EFFECT OF CHANGING ATMOSPHERIC CO2 CONCENTRATION ON TERRESTRIAL CARBON ISOTOPE RECORDS
SCHUBERT, Brian A., School of Geosciences, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 611 McKinley St 44530, Hamilton Hall #323, Lafayette, LA 70504 and JAHREN, A. Hope, Geology and Geophysics, University of Hawaii, 1680 East-West Road, POST 701, Honolulu, HI 96822, schubert@louisiana.edu, schubert@louisiana.edu
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9:15 AM
STABLE CARBON ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION OF FOSSIL LAND PLANTS: AN INDICATOR OF DEVONIAN PALEOCLIMATE CHANGE
WAN, Zhenzhu, Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Building, Cincinnati, OH 45221, ALGEO, Thomas J., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, China, GENSEL, Patricia, Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, SCHECKLER, Stephen, Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, STEIN, William E., Dept. Biological Sciences, SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton, NY 13902, ROWE, Harold, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 77019 and SAUER, Peter E., Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 E 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405-1405, wanzu@mail.uc.edu, wanzu@mail.uc.edu
 
9:30 AM
Break
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9:45 AM
A MIDDLE EOCENE ATMOSPHERIC CO2 RECONSTRUCTION FROM FOSSIL METASEQUOIA, AXEL HEIBERG ISLAND (NUNAVUT, CANADA)
MAXBAUER, Daniel P., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459 and ROYER, Dana L., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan University, 265 Church St., Middletown, CT 06459, dmaxbauer@wesleyan.edu, dmaxbauer@wesleyan.edu
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10:00 AM
CARBONIFEROUS ATMOSPHERIC CO2 AND CLIMATE: AN INTEGRATED FOSSIL CUTICLE AND PALEOSOL CARBONATE ANALYSIS
GARELLO, Dominique, School of Earth & Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Bateman Physical Sciences, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, MONTANEZ, Isabel, Department of Geology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, BARCLAY, Richard S., Dept. of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, 10th & Constitution Ave NW, Washington DC, DC 20530, MCELWAIN, Jennifer C., School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, 4, Ireland, BYRD, Asha, Davis Senior High School, 315 West 14th St, Davis, CA 95616 and DIMICHELE, William A., Dept. of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Constitution Ave NW, Washington DC, DC 20530, dgarello@asu.edu, dgarello@asu.edu
10:15 AM
Withdrawn
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10:30 AM
GREENLAND CRETACEOUS PALEOCLIMATE FROM FLORAL STUDY
BOYD, Austin, Earth Science Department, Univ. Arkansas at Ft Smith, 5210 Grand Avenue, Ft Smith, AR 72913, aboyd@uafs.edu, aboyd@uafs.edu
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10:45 AM
FILLING A PALEOLATITUDINAL GAP IN THE RECORD OF PALEOCENE/EOCENE FORESTED ECOSYSTEMS: THE CHICKALOON AND ARKOSE RIDGE FORMATIONS, ALASKA
SUNDERLIN, David, Geology & Environmental Geosciences, Lafayette College, Van Wickle Hall, Easton, PA 18042 and WILLIAMS, Christopher J., Earth and Environment, Franklin and Marshall College, 415 Harrisburg Ave, Lancaster, PA 17603, sunderld@lafayette.edu, sunderld@lafayette.edu
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11:00 AM
LEAF PHYSIOGNOMIC VARIATIONS AS A PROXY FOR ELEVATED ATMOSPHERIC SO2 ACROSS THE TRIASSIC–JURASSIC BOUNDARY
BACON, Karen L., School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom, BELCHER, Claire M., Department of Geography, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4PS, United Kingdom, HAWORTH, Matthew, CNR – Istituto di Biometeorologia (IBIMET), CNR – Istituto di Biometeorologia (IBIMET, Via Giovanni, Firenze, 50145, Italy and MCELWAIN, Jennifer, Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Bellfield, Dublin, 4, Ireland, karenl.bacon@gmail.com, karenl.bacon@gmail.com
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