Session No. 73
Sunday, 27 October 2013: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Room 501 (Colorado Convention Center)

T66. New or Improved Proxy Methodology for Enhanced Resolution and Accuracy of Climatic and Paleoenvironmental Interpretations in Sedimentary Records

GSA Limnogeology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division

 

Michael Sperazza and Amy Myrbo, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:00 PM
Introductory Remarks
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METHODOLOGY: HIGH- RESOLUTION ANALYSIS OF NATURALLY OCCURING COARSE- GRAINED SEDIMENT THROUGH LASER DIFFRACTOMETRY
DIAS, Kara A. and SPERAZZA, Michael, Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook University, 340 Earth and Space Sciences Building, Stony Brook, NY 11794-2100, kara.dias@stonybrook.edu
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1:55 PM
GEOGRAPHIC CONTROL OF CAMBRIAN-ORDOVICIAN OCEAN CHEMISTRY: CONSTRAINTS FROM SHALE GEOCHRONOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY
TRIPATHY, Gyana R., AIRIE Program Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1482, HANNAH, Judith L., AIRIE Program, Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1482, USA, and CEED Centre of Excellence, University of Oslo, 0316 Oslo, P.O Box 1048, Norway, STEIN, Holly J., AIRIE Program, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1482 USA, Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics, University of Oslo, Oslo, 0316, Norway and YANG, Gang, AIRIE Program, Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1482, gyana.tripathy@colostate.edu
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2:10 PM
LATE-QUATERNARY HYDROLOGY AND PALEOCLIMATOLOGY OF LAKE TURKANA, KENYA FROM COMPOUND-SPECIFIC HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
MORRISSEY, Amy J., Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Laboratory, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Syracuse, NY 13210, SCHOLZ, Christopher A., Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244 and RUSSELL, James M., Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, amorriss@syr.edu
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APPLICATION OF SCYTONEMIN AS AN ORGANIC GEOCHEMICAL ARIDITY PROXY IN MARINE AND LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS
FULTON, James M.1, FREEMAN, Katherine H.2, ARTHUR, Michael A.2 and VAN MOOY, Benjamin A.S.3, (1)Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798, (2)Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, (3)Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, james_fulton@baylor.edu
 
2:40 PM
Discussion
 
2:55 PM
Break
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3:10 PM
INFLUENCE OF ORGANIC PROVENANCE AND PRESERVATION ON THE CARBON ISOTOPE VARIATIONS OF DISPERSED ORGANICS IN ANCIENT FLOODPLAIN SEDIMENTS
BATAILLE, Clement, Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Frederick Albert Sutton Building 115 S 1460 E Room 383, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, BOWEN, Gabriel, Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Frederick Albert Sutton Building 115 S 1460 E, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 and MASTALERZ, Maria D., Indiana Geological Survey, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, clement.bataille@gmail.com
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USING CRYPTOTEPHRA TO IMPROVE AGE MODELS OF SEDIMENTARY RECORDS: GEOCHEMICALLY FINGERPRINTING LAKE MALAWI TEPHRA
CHORN, Benjamin T., Large Lakes Observatory and Department of Geological Sciences, University of Minnesota Duluth, 3802 Slalom Dr, Apt. #324, Billings, MT 59102, chor0034@d.umn.edu
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3:40 PM
THE APPLICATION OF TEPHROCHRONOLOGY TO THE STUDY OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN MONTANE ENVIRONMENTS IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES
WAN, Elmira, U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, MS-975, Menlo Park, CA 94025 and STARRATT, Scott W., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, MS-910, Menlo Park, CA 94025-3591, ewan@usgs.gov
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3:55 PM
TOOL FOR MICROSCOPIC IDENTIFICATION (TMI) TEACHES YOU SMEAR SLIDES, PLANT MACROFOSSILS, MORE
MYRBO, Amy, LacCore/CSDCO, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, 500 Pillsbury Dr. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, MARTY, James, Quinney College of Natural Resources, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322, GRIVNA, Brian, LacCore/Limnological Research Center, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Dr. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 and MCEWAN, Reed, Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, amyrbo@umn.edu
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CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR PALEOBIOSCIENCES (C4P): BUILDING A COMMUNITY OF GEOSCIENTISTS AND CYBERSCIENTISTS FOR THE EARTH-LIFE SYSTEM
WILLIAMS, John W., Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin Madison, 550 N Park Street, Madison, WI 53706, LEHNERT, Kerstin A., Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964, ANDERSON, David M., Paleoclimate Branch, NOAA's National Climatic Data Center, Boulder, CO 80305, FILS, Douglas, Consortium for Ocean Leadership, 1201 New York Ave, NW, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, JENKINS, Chris, Instaar, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, LENHARDT, W. Christopher, RENCI, 100 Europa Drive Suite 540, Chapel Hill, NC 27517, NOREN, Anders, LacCore, University of Minnesota, 500 Pillsbury Dr SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, OLSZEWSKI, Thomas D., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3115 and UHEN, Mark, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences, George Mason University, Washington, DC 22030, jww@geography.wisc.edu
 
4:25 PM
Discussion
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