Session No. 121
Monday, 28 October 2013: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 507 (Colorado Convention Center)

T230. Quantitative Reconstructions of the Large-Scale Cenozoic Terrestrial Climate Change

Paleontological Society; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division

 

Yusheng Liu and Torsten Utescher, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:15 AM
MULTI-PROXY TERRESTRIAL PALEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE EOCENE-OLIGOCENE TRANSITION IN EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA
SHELDON, Nathan D., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 CC Little Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, nsheldon@umich.edu
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8:30 AM
CONTINENTAL CLIMATE AND VEGETATION PATTERNS IN NORTH AMERICA AND WESTERN EURASIA BEFORE AND AFTER THE CLOSURE OF THE CENTRAL AMERICAN SEAWAY
UTESCHER, Torsten, Senckenberg Research Institute, Frankfurt am Main, 60225, Germany, BOEHME, Madelaine, Institute for Geoscience, Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen, 72076, Germany, HICKLER, Thomas, Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (LOEWE BiK-F), Senckenberganlage 25, Frankfurt M, 60325, Germany, LIU, Yu-Sheng, Department of Biological Sciences, East Tennessee State University, 807 Parkway, Box 70703, Johnson City, TN 37614, MOSBRUGGER, Volker, 1Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum / Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (LOEWE BiK-F), Senckenberanlage 25, Frankfurt M, 60325, Germany and PORTMANN, Felix, Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (LOEWE BiK-F), Senckenberganlage 25, Frankfurt am Main, 60325, Germany, t.utescher@uni-bonn.de
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8:45 AM
CALENDAR-YEAR DATING OF THE GISP2 ICE CORE USING HISTORICAL, ION AND PARTICULATE DATA: IMPLICATIONS FOR COSMIC DUST FLUXES AND CLIMATE DOWNTURNS
ABBOTT, Dallas H.1, BREGER, Dee2, BISCAYE, Pierre E.1 and JUHL, Robert A.3, (1)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY 10964, (2)Micrographic Arts, Greenfield, NY 19104, (3)Independent Researcher, Tokyo, Japan, dallas@ldeo.columbia.edu
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9:00 AM
LATE PLIOCENE TEMPERATURE RECONSTRUCTIONS IN THE SE TIBETAN PLATEAU
HUANG, Yongjiang, Biological Department, East Tennessee State University, PO Box 70703, Johnson City, TN 37614, JACQUES, Frédéric M.B., Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, 666303, China, LIU, Yusheng, Biological Sciences, East Tennessee State University, 100 CR Drive, Johnson City, TN 37614, UTESCHER, Torsten, Steinmann Institute of Geology / Senckenberg Research Inst, Bonn University, Nussallee 8, Bonn, D-53115, Germany, SU, Tao, Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS, Menglun, Mengla, 666303, China and ZHOU, Zhekun, Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Biogeography, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650204, China, huangy1@etsu.edu
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9:15 AM
ABRUPT CHANGE OF LATE-HOLOCENE FORESTS IN NORTHEASTERN USA DRIVEN BY DROUGHT AND FIRE
CLIFFORD, Michael1, LEBOEUF, Katharine1 and BOOTH, Robert K.2, (1)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, 1 W. Packer, Bethlehem, PA 18015, (2)Earth & Environmental Science, Lehigh University, 1 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA 18015, mjc709@lehigh.edu
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9:30 AM
HOLOCENE CLIMATE CONTROLS ON FIRE AND VEGETATION IN NEOTROPICAL CERRADO SAVANNA ECOSYSTEMS
MAEZUMI, S. Yoshi1, POWER, Mitchell J.1, MAYLE, Francis2 and IRIARTE, Jose3, (1)Department of Geography, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-9155, (2)Ecosystem Ecology, University of Reading, PO Box 217, Reading, RG6 6AH, United Kingdom, (3)Archaeology, University of Exeter, Laver Building North Park Road, Exeter, EX4 4QE, United Kingdom, shira.maezumi@gmail.com
 
9:45 AM
Break
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10:00 AM
PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE MIDDLE MIOCENE HONDA GROUP (LA VENTA FAUNA) OF COLOMBIA USING STABLE ISOTOPE PROXIES
HOERNER, Marie Elizebeth1, JARAMILLO, Carlos2, FRICKE, Henry3, WALDECK, Anna1, OLACK, Gerard1 and COLMAN, Albert1, (1)Department of the Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, (2)Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Unit 0948, APO AA 34002, Balboa, Ancon, 0843-03092, Panama, (3)Geology, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, mhoerner@uchicago.edu
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10:15 AM
LATE NEOGENE DRY CLIMATE CONDITION IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS
LIU, Yusheng (Christopher), Biological Sciences, East Tennessee State University, 100 CR Drive, Johnson City, TN 37614 and QUAN, Cheng, Research Center of Paleontology & Stratigraphy, Jilin University, China, 938, Xi-minzhu Str, Changchun, 130026, China, liuc@etsu.edu
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10:30 AM
SEDIMENTOLOGICAL AND GEOCHRONOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FOR LARGE-MAGNITUDE PALEOFLOODS IN THE DESERT REGION OF BAJA CALFORNIA SUR, MEXICO
BROWN, Nathan D.1, RHODES, Edward J.1, ANTINAO, José Luis2, MCDONALD, Eric2 and BARRERA, Wendy1, (1)Earth and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, 595 Charles Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095, (2)Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio Pkwy, Reno, NV 89512, nathan.david.brown@ucla.edu
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10:45 AM
PALEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTIONS OF THREE MID-ATLANTIC MIOCENE SITES
BAUMGARTNER, Kyrie A., Biological Sciences, East Tennessee State University, P.O. Box 11060, Johnson City, TN 37614, baumgartnerk@goldmail.etsu.edu
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11:00 AM
SINO-INDIAN BIOGEOGRAPHIC AFFINITIES AS INDICATED BY A TROPICAL RAINFOREST OF THE MIDDLE MIOCENE OF FUJIAN (SE CHINA)
JACQUES, Frédéric M.B.1, SHI, Gong-Le2, SU, Tao1 and ZHOU, Zhe-Kun1, (1)Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS, Menglun, Mengla, 666303, China, (2)State Key Laborator of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, CAS, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjng, 210008, China, jacques@xtbg.org.cn
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11:15 AM
RECONSTRUCTION OF OLIGOCENE VEGETATION PATTERNS OF THE NORTH HEMISPHERE BASED ON THE CENOZOIC ANGIOSPERM DATABASE
XING, Yaowu, Institute of Systematic Botany, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, Zurich, 8008, Switzerland, JACQUES, Frédéric M.B., Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, 666303, China, ZHOU, Zhe-Kun, Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS, Menglun, Mengla, 666303, China and LINDER, H. Peter, Institute of systematic botany, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, Zurich, 8008, Switzerland, yaowu.xing@systbot.uzh.ch
 
11:30 AM
Discussion
 
11:45 AM
Concluding Remarks
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