Session No. 120
Monday, 28 October 2013: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 601 (Colorado Convention Center)

T225. Climate of the Late Paleozoic—Earth's Last Icehouse and Icehouse Collapse I

SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology); Paleontological Society; GSA Coal Geology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division

 

Gerilyn S. Soreghan and William A. DiMichele, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:15 AM
EARLY CARBONIFEROUS (MISSISSIPPIAN) CLIMATE CHANGE IN SOUTHERN EURAMERICA
CECIL, C. Blaine, USGS National Center (emeritus), Reston, VA 20192 and BREZINSKI, David K., Maryland Geological Survey, 2300 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, cecilblaine@gmail.com
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8:30 AM
TRANSITION FROM COLD CLIMATE ENDEMIC FAUNAS AND GLACIATION TO GLACIATION-PROXY CARBONATES (DEVONIAN-PERMIAN), CENTRAL ANDES
ISAACSON, Peter E., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-3022, DIPASQUO, Mercedes M., Laboratorio de Palinoestratigrafía y Paleobotánica, CICYTTP-CONICET, Dr. Matteri y España s/n, Diamante, E3105BWA, Argentina, GRADER Jr, George W., PRISEM Geoscience Consulting, 823 W 25th Ave, Spokane, WA 99203, DÍAZ-MARTÍNEZ, E., Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME), Ríos Rosas 23, Madrid, 28003, Spain and ANDERSON, Heidi, Environmental Sciences, University of Montana Western, 710 S. Atlantic St, Dillon, MT 59725, isaacson@uidaho.edu
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8:45 AM
NEW INSIGHTS INTO FAR-FIELD RESPONSE TO THE ONSET OF LATE PALEOZOIC GLACIATION: DATA FROM THE UPPER MISSISSIPPIAN SUCCESSION OF EAST FIFE, SCOTLAND
FIELDING, Christopher R., Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 214 Bessey Hall, P.O. Box 880340, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340 and FRANK, Tracy D., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 214 Bessey Hall, P.O. Box 880340, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, cfielding2@unl.edu
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9:00 AM
THE BASHKIRIAN GLACIATION OF THE SAN RAFAEL BASIN AND OTHER DIACHRONOUS GLACIAL EVENTS ACROSS WESTERN ARGENTINA
HENRY, Lindsey C., Geological Sciences, University of Miami, 43 Cox Science Building, Coral Gables, FL 33124, ISBELL, John L., Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201 and LIMARINO, Carlos, Geology, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, 1428, Argentina, l.henry@miami.edu
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9:15 AM
CLIMATE CHANGE ACROSS THE ATOKAN-DESMOINESIAN TRANSITION (MIDDLE PENNSYLVANIAN) IN EQUATORIAL EURAMERICA
DIMICHELE, William, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, CECIL, C. Blaine, USGS National Center (emeritus), Reston, VA 20192, ELRICK, Scott D., Illinois State Geological Survey, 615 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820, NELSON, W. John, Illinois State Geological Survey, 615 E Peabody Drive, Champaign, IL 61820, EBLE, Cortland F., Kentucky Geological Survey, University of Kentucky, 228 Mining and Mineral Resources Building, Lexington, KY 40506-0107 and BASHFORTH, Arden R., Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, MRC 121, Washington, DC 20013-7012, DIMICHEL@si.edu
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9:30 AM
MIDDLE DESMOINESIAN TIDAL CHANNEL LOG JAMS AND ROOF FLORA INDICATE COAL SWAMP-TERMINAL VEGETATION DOMINATED BY SIGILLARIA, TREE AND SEED FERNS – A MISSOURIAN ASSEMBLAGE
ELRICK, Scott D., Illinois State Geological Survey, 615 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820, DIMICHELE, William A., Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, NHB MRC 121, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, NELSON, W. John, Illinois State Geological Survey, 615 E Peabody Drive, Champaign, IL 61820 and AMES, Philip R., Peabody Energy, 701 Market St, St. Louis, MO 63101, elrick@illinois.edu
 
9:45 AM
Break
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10:00 AM
SEDIMENTOLOGY AND PALEOECOLOGY OF LATE PALEOZOIC HIGH-LATITUDE, GLACIOGENIC DEPOSITS IN THE TEPUEL BASIN, PATAGONIA, ARGENTINA
PAULS, Kathryn N., Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3209 N. Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53201, FRAISER, Margaret L., Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3209 N. Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53201, ISBELL, John L., Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, PAGANI, M. Alejandra, Museo Paleontológico, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Trelew, U9100, Argentina and TABOADA, Arturo C., Laboratorio de Investigaciones en Evolucion y Biodiversidad (LIEB), Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia, Esquel, U9200, Argentina, kpauls@uwm.edu
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10:15 AM
FLUVIAL SEDIMENTOLOGY OF THE EARLY PERMIAN CLEAR FORK GROUP OF NORTH-CENTRAL TEXAS: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PALEOCLIMATE OF EQUATORIAL PANGEA
SIMON, Sharane S.T. and GIBLING, Martin, Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, 1459 Oxford Street, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada, sharane.simon@dal.ca
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10:45 AM
FLUVIAL STYLE AND VEGETATION ABUNDANCE AS A PALEOCLIMATE PROXY IN THE PENNSYLVANIAN AND EARLY PERMIAN: AN EVALUATION OF PRESERVATIONAL ISSUES
GIBLING, Martin R.1, DAVIES, Neil S.2, IELPI, Alessandro3, SIMON, Sharane S.T.1, BASHFORTH, Arden R.4 and RYGEL, Michael5, (1)Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, 1459 Oxford Street, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada, (2)Churchill College, University of Cambridge, Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS, United Kingdom, (3)Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth St, Ottawa, ON J9B1S3, Canada, (4)Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, MRC 121, Washington, DC 20013-7012, (5)Department of Geology, State University of New York, College at Potsdam, 44 Pierrepont Ave, Potsdam, NY 13676, mgibling@dal.ca
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11:00 AM
REEVALUATION OF PERMIAN GLACIATION IN SIBERIA DURING THE LATE PALEOZOIC ICE AGE: PRELIMINARY ANALYSES ON THE ORIGIN OF CAPITANIAN DIAMICTITES IN THE ATKAN FORMATION, OKHOTSK REGION, RUSSIA
ISBELL, John L.1, BIAKOV, Alexander S.2, VEDERNIKOV, Igor L.2, DAVYDOV, Vladimir I.3, GULBRANSON, Erik L.1, FEDORCHUK, Nicholas D.1, KOLESOV, Evgeny V.2 and IVANOV, Yury Yu2, (1)Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, (2)North-East Interdisciplinary Scientific Research Institute n. a. N.A. Shilo, Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 16 Portovaya, Magadan, 685000, Russia, (3)Geosciences, Boise State University, 1910 University Dr, Boise, ID 83725, jisbell@uwm.edu
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11:15 AM
THE CASE FOR UPLAND ICE IN LOW-LATITUDE LATE PALEOZOIC PANGAEA
SOREGHAN, Gerilyn S., School of Geology and Geophysics, Univ. of Oklahoma, 100 E. Boyd Street, Norman, OK 73019 and SWEET, D.E., Department of Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Science Building Rm. 125, Lubbock, TX 79409, lsoreg@ou.edu
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