2014 GSA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia (19–22 October 2014)

Session No. 168
Monday, 20 October 2014: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
219 (Vancouver Convention Centre-West)

T212. Co-Evolution on Earth’s Surface: Terrestrial Ecosystem and Environmental Interactions II

Paleontological Society; GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division

 

Jonathan P. Wilson and Ellen D. Currano, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
1:00 PM
A NEW PROXY FOR ESTIMATING LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI) IN THE FOSSIL RECORD
DUNN, Regan E., Burke Museum, University of Washington, Box 353010, Seattle, WA 98195 and STROMBERG, Caroline A.E., Department of Biology, University of Washington, 24 Kincaid Hall, Box 351800, Seattle, WA 98195-1800
1:15 PM
EARLY PALEOCENE TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS IN THE SAN JUAN BASIN, NEW MEXICO, USA
PEPPE, Daniel J., Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, FLYNN, Andrew, Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Dept. of Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, WILLIAMSON, Thomas, New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road N.W, Albuquerque, NM 87104, SECORD, Ross, Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, HEIZLER, Matthew, New Mexico Geochronology Research Laboratory, New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, 801 Leroy Place, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM 87801 and BRUSATTE, Stephen, School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3JW, United Kingdom
1:30 PM
ENDEMISM IN FOREST ECOSYSTEMS DURING THE EARLY EOCENE CLIMATIC OPTIMUM IN WYOMING
CURRANO, Ellen D., Department of Botany, University of Wyoming, Department of Botany, 3165, 1000 E. University Ave, Laramie, WY 82071, DIEFENDORF, Aaron F., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, PO Box 210013, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013 and WING, Scott L., Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012
1:45 PM
TESTING LINKS BETWEEN CAMPANIAN IGNIMBRITE VOLCANISM, CLIMATE, AND THE DECLINE OF THE NEANDERTHALS
BLACK, Benjamin Alexander, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, UC Berkeley, 355 McCone Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, MANGA, Michael, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, 307 McCone Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-4767 and NEELY, Ryan, NCAR, Boulder, CO 80305
 
2:00 PM
Break
2:15 PM
CAN FOSSIL PLANT TRAITS TELL US ANYTHING ABOUT PALEOFIRE REGIMES?
BELCHER, Claire M., Department of Geography, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4PS, United Kingdom
2:30 PM
NATURAL HISTORY OF A PLANT TRAIT: BRANCH-SYSTEM ABSCISSION IN PALEOZOIC CONIFERS
LOOY, Cindy V., Integrative Biology, Museum of Paleontology, University and Jepson Herbaria, University of California, Berkeley, 3040 Valley Life Sciences Building #3140, Berkeley, CA 94720
2:45 PM
CARBON OXIDATION IN A GREENHOUSE WORLD: EXAMINING POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS) ACROSS THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM (PETM)
DENIS, Elizabeth H., Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, FOREMAN, Brady Z., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55414, MAIBAUER, Bianca J., Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, BOWEN, Gabriel J., Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, COLLINSON, Margaret E., Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom, BELCHER, Claire M., Department of Geography, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4PS, United Kingdom and FREEMAN, Katherine H., Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
3:00 PM
TO WHAT EXTENT DOES DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT AFFECT PARTICLE MORPHOLOGY IN CHARCOAL ASSEMBLAGES?
CRAWFORD, A.J., Department of Geography, University of Exeter, Level 7 Laver Building, North Park Road, Exeter, EX4 4QE, United Kingdom and BELCHER, Claire M., Department of Geography, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4PS, United Kingdom
3:15 PM
LATE PLEISTOCENE AND HOLOCENE FIRE HISTORY OF THE CALIFORNIA CHANNEL ISLANDS
SCOTT, Andrew C., Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom, HARDIMAN, Mark, Department of Geography, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, PO1 3HE, United Kingdom, PINTER, Nicholas, Geology Department, Southern Illinois University, SIU Parkinson Lab 203, Mailcode: 4325, Carbondale, IL 62901-4325, ANDERSON, R. Scott, School of Earth and Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011 and CARTER-CHAMPION, Alice, Department of Geography, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
3:30 PM
EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF FIRE BEHAVIOR DURING PRESCRIBED FIRES IN NEW JERSEY
SIMEONI, Albert1, MUELLER, Eric1, SKOWRONSKI, Nicholas2, CLARK, Kenneth3, KREMENS, Robert4, GALLAGHER, Michael3, THOMAS, Jan1, EL HOUSSAMI, Mohamad1, FILKOV, Alexander5 and BUTLER, Bret6, (1)BRE Centre for Fire Safety Engineering, University of Edinburgh, School of Engineering, King's Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JL, United Kingdom, (2)USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Morgantown, WV 26505, (3)USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Silas Little Experimental Forest, New Lisbon, NJ 08064, (4)Rochester Institute of Technology, Center for Imaging Science, 54 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623, (5)National Research Tomsk State University, Department of Physical and Computational Mechanics, 36, Lenin av, Tomsk, 634050, Russia, (6)USDA Forest Service, RMRS Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory, 5775 US Hwy 10, West Missoula, MT 59808
Handouts
  • Presentation GSA_Simeoni.pdf (48.0 MB)
  • 3:45 PM
    POST-FIRE ASSESSMENT OF A RAISED BOG IN CENTRAL IRELAND
    HUDSPITH, Victoria, Department of Geography, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4QE, United Kingdom, BELCHER, Claire M., Department of Geography, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4PS, United Kingdom and YEARSLEY, Jonathan M., School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
    4:00 PM
    MAPPING FUTURE FIRE THREATS ASSOCIATED WITH CLIMATE-DRIVEN BIOME SHIFTS IN NORTH AMERICA
    WALDING, Nicholas G. and BELCHER, Claire M., Department of Geography, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4PS, United Kingdom
     
    4:15 PM
    Concluding Remarks
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