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Session No. 406
Wednesday, 30 October 2013: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Room 607 (Colorado Convention Center)

T241. Ancient Polar Ecosystems and Climate History in Deep Time

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

 

Anthony R. Fiorillo, Paul J. McCarthy and Edith L. Taylor, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:00 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:15 PM
ICHNOFOSSILS AS PROXIES FOR POLAR ECOSYSTEMS AND CLIMATES: AN EXAMPLE OF A HYDROCLIMATE SHIFT IN PERMIAN-TRIASSIC CONTINENTAL DEPOSITS OF THE BEARDMORE GLACIER REGION OF ANTARCTICA
HASIOTIS, Stephen T.1, FLAIG, Peter P.2, ISBELL, John L.3, GULBRANSON, Erik L.3 and SIEGER, Danielle N.4, (1)Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, (2)Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences, 10100 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX 78758, (3)Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, (4)Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, hasiotis@ku.edu
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1:30 PM
SEDIMENTOLOGY AND ICHNOLOGY OF PERMO-TRIASSIC STRATA AT LAMPING PEAK, CENTRAL TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS, ANTARCTICA: PALEOPOLAR FORESTS, LAKES AND BRAIDED RIVERS IN A GREENHOUSE WORLD
FLAIG, Peter P., Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences, 10100 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX 78758, HASIOTIS, Stephen T., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, ISBELL, John L., Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201 and SIEGER, Danielle, N., Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, peter.flaig@beg.utexas.edu
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1:45 PM
ABUNDANT IN SITU STUMPS IN HIGH PALEOLATITUDE ANTARCTIC DEPOSITS DOCUMENT HIGH PRODUCTIVITY OF LATE PERMIAN POLAR FORESTS AND TEMPERATE POLAR CLIMATE
MILLER, Molly F., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, PMB 351805, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37235, KNEPPRATH, Nichole, US Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, MS 917, Menlo Park, CA 94025 and ISBELL, John L., Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, molly.miller@vanderbilt.edu
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2:00 PM
ANTARCTIC FOSSIL WOOD: PROVIDING UNIQUE DATA TO DETERMINE PERMIAN AND TRIASSIC ANTARCTIC ENVIRONMENTS
RYBERG, Patricia E., Dept. of Biology, Park University, 8700 NW Riverpark Dr, Parkville, MO 64152 and GULBRANSON, Erik L., Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, patricia.ryberg@park.edu
 
2:15 PM
Break
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2:30 PM
NEW DINOSAURS FROM THE EARLY JURASSIC HANSON FORMATION OF ANTARCTICA, AND PATTERNS OF DIVERSITY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY IN EARLY JURASSIC SAUROPODOMORPHS
SMITH, Nathan D., The Dinosaur Institute, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA 90007, HAMMER, William R., Geology, Augustana College, 639 38th St, Rock Island, IL 61201 and MAKOVICKY, Peter J., Geology, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IN 60605, nathan.smith@howard.edu
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2:45 PM
LATE CRETACEOUS WOOD FROM SOUTHERN PATAGONIA AND PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHIC IMPLICATIONS FOR SOUTH AMERICA AND ANTARCTICA
EGERTON, Victoria M., School of Earth, Atmospheric & Environmental Science, University of Manchester, Williamson Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M139PL, United Kingdom, WILLIAMS, Christopher J., Earth and Environment, Franklin and Marshall College, 415 Harrisburg Ave, Lancaster, PA 17603 and LACOVARA, Kenneth J., Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, victoria.egerton@manchester.ac.uk
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3:00 PM
RESPONSE OF AUSTRAL, HIGH-LATITUDE (ODP SITE 1135) PLANKTIC FORAMINIFERA TO THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM AS REVEALED BY STABLE ISOTOPE SIGNALS FROM INDIVIDUAL SHELLS
SHANKS, Lindsey V., Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, KELLY, D. Clay, Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W. Dayton Street, Madison, WI 53706 and JIANG, Shijun, Institute of Hydrobiology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China, lshanks@wisc.edu
 
3:15 PM
Break
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3:30 PM
EXPLORING THE ROLE OF THE HYDROLOGIC CYCLE IN ARCTIC AMPLIFICATION DURING THE GREENHOUSE WORLDS OF THE CRETACEOUS AND PALEOGENE
LUDVIGSON, G.a., Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66047, GONZALEZ, Luis A., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, SUAREZ, Celina, Geosciences, University of Arkansas, 216 Ozark Hall, Fayetteville, AR 72701, FIORILLO, Anthony R., Perot Museum of Nature and Science, 2201 N. Field St, Dallas, TX 75201, MCCARTHY, Paul, Geology and Geophysics, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, P.O. Box 755780, Fairbanks, AK 99775 and FLAIG, Peter P., Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences, 10100 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX 78758, gludvigson@kgs.ku.edu
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3:45 PM
PALEOBOTANY AND CRETACEOUS ARCTIC WARMING: A COMBINED EMPIRICAL AND MECHANISTIC PERSPECTIVE
UPCHURCH Jr, Garland R., Biology, Texas State University, 601 University Drive, San Marcos, TX 78666, gu01@txstate.edu
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4:00 PM
CRAYFISH BURROWS FROM THE LATEST CRETACEOUS LOWER CANTWELL FORMATION (DENALI NATIONAL PARK, ALASKA): THEIR MORPHOLOGY AND PALEOCLIMATIC SIGNIFICANCE
FIORILLO, Anthony R., Perot Museum of Nature and Science, 2201 N. Field St, Dallas, TX 75201, MCCARTHY, Paul J., Dept.of Geology & Geophysics, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK 997705 and HASIOTIS, Stephen T., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, anthony.fiorillo@perotmuseum.org
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4:15 PM
LATE CRETACEOUS ARCTIC PALEOENVIRONMENTS FROM THE LOWER CANTWELL AND PRINCE CREEK FORMATIONS, ALASKA, USA
MCCARTHY, Paul1, FIORILLO, Anthony R.2, TOMSICH, Carla Susanne3, SALAZAR, Susana4 and WRIGHT, T. Colby4, (1)Dept. of Geosciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, PO Box 755780, 900 Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775, (2)Perot Museum of Nature and Science, 2201 N. Field St, Dallas, TX 75201, (3)Geology and Geophysics, University of Alaska, PO Box 755780, Fairbanks, AK 99775-5780, (4)Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 755780, Fairbanks, AK 99775-5780, pjmccarthy@alaska.edu
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4:30 PM
EVIDENCE FOR A SAND TIGER SHARK NURSERY IN THE EOCENE ARCTIC OCEAN
KIM, Sora L.1, EBERLE, Jaelyn J.2, BELL, David M.3 and PADILLA, Aspen2, (1)Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, 1000 University Ave. #3006, Laramie, WY 82071, (2)CU Museum and Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, 265 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309, (3)Botany, University of Wyoming, 1000 University Ave. #3165, Laramie, WY 82071, skim11@uwyo.edu
 
4:45 PM
Discussion
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