Session No. 381
Wednesday, 30 October 2013: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Mile High Ballroom 4AB (Colorado Convention Center)

P7. Back to the Future: Eocene–Early Oligocene Climatic Response to Geological Processes and Implications for the Future Earth

GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology); GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; Mineralogical Society of America; Paleontological Society; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; Geochemical Society

 

Yildirim Dilek, Philippe Claeys and Christian Koeberl, Conveners
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1:00 PM
THE BLOOMING ICEHOUSE
WADE, Bridget S., Department of Earth Sciences, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom, KHALID, Abdul, School of Mathematics, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom and MOORE Jr, Ted C., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2334 C. C. Little Building, 1100 North University Blvd, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, b.wade@ucl.ac.uk
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1:25 PM
GLOBAL EOCENE TECTONICS, COLLISION-INDUCED VOLCANISM AND THEIR POTENTIAL EFFECTS ON CLIMATE
DILEK, Yildirim, Department of Geology & Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, Culler Hall, Spring Street, Oxford, Ohio, OH 45056, dileky@miamioh.edu
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1:45 PM
THE CONSEQUENCES OF RAPID EMISSIONS OF CARBON ON CLIMATE AND OCEAN CHEMISTRY: INSIGHTS FROM THE LATE PALEOCENE AND EARLY EOCENE
ZACHOS, James C., Earth & Planetary Sciences Dept, Univ California - Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064-1077, jzachos@ucsc.edu
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2:10 PM
EOCENE TO MIDDLE MIOCENE SEA-LEVEL CHANGES DERIVED FROM BACKSTRIPPING NEW JERSEY ONSHORE-OFFSHORE SEQUENCE AND DEEP-SEA OXYGEN ISOTOPIC AND MG/CA RECORDS
MILLER, Kenneth, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sci, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Rd, Piscataway, NJ 08854, WRIGHT, James D., Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, BROWNING, James V., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, KOMINZ, Michelle A., Department of Geosciences, Western Michigan University, 1903 W. Michigan Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49008 and BALUYOT, Ronidell, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sci, Rutgers University, Wright Laboratories, 610 Taylor Rd, Piscataway, NJ 08854, kgm@rci.rutgers.edu
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2:35 PM
THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL PUMP IN THE EOCENE: LESSONS FOR THE FUTURE?
PEARSON, Paul1, JOHN, Eleanor H.1, WILSON, Jamie1 and RIDGWELL, Andy2, (1)School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF10 3YE, United Kingdom, (2)School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, University Road, Bristol, BS8 1SS, United Kingdom, pearsonp@Cardiff.ac.uk
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3:00 PM
HIGH-LATITUDE WETLANDS AS A SOURCE OF METHANE AND DRIVER OF SHORT- AND LONG-TERM CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE EOCENE GREENHOUSE WORLD
FRICKE, Henry, Department of Geology, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, WILLIAMS, Christopher, Department of Earth and Environment, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA 17604 and YAVITT, Joseph, Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, hfricke@coloradocollege.edu
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3:20 PM
MULTIPLE PALEOCENE AND EARLY EOCENE HYPERTHERMALS RECORDED IN THE TERRESTRIAL WILLWOOD FORMATION, NORTHERN BIGHORN BASIN, WYOMING
ABELS, Hemmo A.1, LAURETANO, Vittoria1, ZIEGLER, Martin1, BOWEN, Gabriel2, LOURENS, Lucas J.1 and GINGERICH, Philip D.3, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Budapestlaan 4, Utrecht, 3584 CD, Netherlands, (2)Biology Department, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, (3)Museum of Paleontology and Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, h.a.abels@uu.nl
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3:40 PM
EFFECTS OF GLOBAL WARMING ON HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE AND CHEMICAL WEATHERING RATES; THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM PERSPECTIVE
PLINK-BJÖRKLUND, Piret1, JONES, Evan1 and BIRGENHEIER, Lauren P.2, (1)Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1516 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401, (2)Geology and Geophysics Department, University of Utah, 115 S 1460 E, Room 383, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0102, pplink@mines.edu
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4:00 PM
A TEMPERATURE REGULATED ORGANIC CARBON CAPACITOR ON EARTH’S SURFACE
DICKENS, Gerald R., Earth Science, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, MS 126, Houston, TX 77005, Jerry@rice.edu
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4:20 PM
WHAT CONTROLS THE GROWTH AND MORPHOLOGY OF THE HIMALAYAN OROGEN?
GRUJIC, Djordje and COUTAND, Isabelle, Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, 1459 Oxford street, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada, dgrujic@dal.ca
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4:40 PM
TECTONICS, TOPOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE OF THE SOUTHERN CENTRAL ANDES
STRECKER, Manfred R.1, ALONSO, Ricardo N.2, BOOKHAGEN, Bodo3, MULCH, Andreas4, PINGEL, Heiko5, ROHRMANN, Alexander5 and SACHSE, Dirk6, (1)Institut für Erd- und Umweltwissenschaften, Universitaet Potsdam, K.-Liebknecht-Str.24/25, Haus 27, Potsdam, 14476, Germany, (2)Universidad Nacional de Salta, Salta, 4400, Argentina, (3)Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1832 Ellison Hall, Department of Geography, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, (4)Biodiversität und Klima Forschungszentrum BiK-F, Senckenberganlage 25, Frankfurt, 60325, Germany, (5)Universitaet Potsdam, Potsdam, 14476, (6)Universität Potsdam, Institut für Erd- und Umweltwissenschaften, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, Haus 27, Potsdam, 14476, strecker@geo.uni-potsdam.de