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Session No. 219
Tuesday, 29 October 2013: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 603 (Colorado Convention Center)

T232. Using the Past to Look to the Future: Reconstructing Terrestrial Paleoenvironments and Paleoecosystems of Past Warm Worlds

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

 

Nathan D. Sheldon and Selena Y. Smith, Advocates
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8:00 AM
PALEOECOSYSTEM OF THE EARLY CRETACEOUS LANZHOU-MINHE BASIN, NW CHINA REVEALED FROM TOOTH ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION OF LANZHOUSAURUS MAGNIDENS
SUAREZ, Celina1, TRIESCHMANN, Ben1, YOU, Hailu2 and LI, Da-Qing3, (1)Geosciences, University of Arkansas, 216 Ozark Hall, Fayetteville, AR 72701, (2)Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 142 Xizhimenwai Street, Beijing, 100044, China, (3)Third Geology and Mineral Resources Exploration Academy, Gansu Provincial Bureau of Geo-exploration and Mineral Development, 121 Langongping Street, Lanzhou, 730050, China, casuarez@uark.edu
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8:15 AM
ADVANCED ANGIOSPERM-LIKE FRUITS FROM THE EARLY CRETACEOUS WEST GREENLAND
BOYD, Austin, Earth Science Department, Univ. Arkansas at Ft Smith, 5210 Grand Avenue, Ft Smith, AR 72913, aboyd@uafs.edu
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8:30 AM
EXPLORING THE ROLE OF MID-CRETACEOUS CARBON CYCLING ON FLOWERING PLANT RADIATION: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH FROM THE NON-MARINE SEDIMENTS OF WEST GREENLAND
FAY, Corinne A.1, ROBINSON, Stuart2, MCELWAIN, Jennifer C.3, HESSELBO, Stephen P.4, BARCLAY, Richard S.5, PEDERSEN, Gunver6, AMOR, Ken2 and BOWN, Paul1, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom, (2)Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3AN, United Kingdom, (3)School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, 4, Ireland, (4)Cambourne School of Mines, University of Exeter, Tremough Campus, Penryn, TR10 9EZ, United Kingdom, (5)Dept. of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, 10th & Constitution Ave NW, Washington DC, DC 20530, (6)Stratigraphy Department, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Øster Voldgade 10, Copenhagen, DK-1350, Denmark, Corinne.Fay.10@ucl.ac.uk
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8:45 AM
LATE CRETACEOUS CLIMATE CHANGES RECORDED IN EASTERN ASIAN LACUSTRINE DEPOSITS AND NORTH AMERICAN EPIERIC SEA STRATA
WANG, Chengshan1, SCOTT, Robert W.2, WAN, Xiaoqiao3, GRAHAM, Stephan A.4, HUANG, Yongjian1, WANG, Pujun5, WU, Huaichun6, DEAN, Walter E.7 and ZHANG, Laiming1, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China, (2)Geosciences Department, The University of Tulsa, 800 S Tucker Dr, Tulsa, OK 74104, (3)State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, 100083, China, (4)Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Bldg. 320, Stanford, CA 94305-2115, (5)School of Earth Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, 130061, China, (6)School of Ocean Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China, (7)U.S. Geological Survey, Geology and Environmental Change Science Center, MS980 Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, chshwang@cugb.edu.cn
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9:00 AM
STABLE ISOTOPE PALEOECOLOGY AND VEGETATION STRUCTURE DURING THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM FROM MAMMALIAN TOOTH ENAMEL
SECORD, Ross1, BLOCH, Jonathan I.2, BOYER, Doug M.3, CHESTER, Stephen G.B.4, MORSE, Paul2 and KRIGBAUM, John5, (1)University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, 200 Bessey Hall, Lincoln, NE 68583, (2)Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-7800, (3)Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University, 130 Science Drive, Durham, NC 27708, (4)Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, Brooklyn College, 3301 James Hall, Brooklyn, NY 11210, (5)Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, rsecord2@unl.edu
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9:20 AM
WAS THE EOCENE ARCTIC MONSOONAL?
GREENWOOD, David R., Brandon Univ, Brandon, MB R7A 6A9, Canada, greenwoodd@brandonu.ca
 
9:40 AM
Break
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9:55 AM
WAS THE ARCTIC EOCENE 'RAINFOREST' MONSOONAL? ESTIMATES OF SEASONAL PRECIPITATION FROM EARLY EOCENE MACROFLORAS FROM ELLESMERE ISLAND, NUNAVUT
WEST, Christopher K.1, GREENWOOD, David R.2 and BASINGER, James F.1, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada, (2)Biology Dept, Brandon University, JR Brodie Science Bldg, 210-18th Street, Brandon, MB R7A 6A9, Canada, christopher.west@usask.ca
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10:10 AM
SIZING UP THE LEAVES OF AN EOCENE PATAGONIAN PALEORAINFOREST AND ITS AUSTRALIAN ANALOGS
MERKHOFER, Lisa, Dept. of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, Lmerkhofer@psu.edu
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10:25 AM
PALEOSOL RECORDS OF MIDDLE MIOCENE CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE SANTA CRUZ FORMATION, PATAGONIA, ARGENTINA: A PALEO-ANALOG FOR FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE?
METZGER, Christine, Critical Studies, California College of the Arts, 1111 8th Ave, San Francisco, CA 94103, cmetzger@cca.edu
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10:40 AM
SIMULATING THE MID-PLIOCENE WARM PERIOD WITH CCSM4
ROSENBLOOM, Nan, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Climate and Global Dynamics Division, Boulder, CO 80305 and OTTO-BLIESNER, Bette, Climate and Global Dynamics Division, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO 80307, nanr@ucar.edu
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10:55 AM
PLIOCENE WARMTH AND ECOSYSTEM CHANGE IN EASTERN AFRICA
LEVIN, Naomi E., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, BEDASO, Zelalem K., Department of Geology, University of Dayton, 300 college park, Dayton, OH 45469-2364, PASSEY, Benjamin H., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 301 Olin Hall, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218 and QUADE, Jay, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, nlevin3@jhu.edu
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