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

Session No. 174
Tuesday, 21 October 2014: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
219 (Vancouver Convention Centre-West)

Paleontology: Paleoecology and Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions

 

Katherine N. Marenco and Lisa D. Boucher, Chairs
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Start Time
8:00 AM
HIGH-RESOLUTION GEOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE FOR OXIC BOTTOM WATERS IN MULTIPLE CAMBRIAN BURGESS SHALE-TYPE DEPOSITS
DORNBOS, Stephen Q., Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3209 N. Maryland Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53201, KLOSS, Tristan J., Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201-0413, CHEN, Jun-Yuan, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Nanjing, 210008, China, MCHENRY, Lindsay J., Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, 3209 N Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53211 and MARENCO, Pedro J., Department of Geology, Bryn Mawr College, 101 N. Merion Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
8:15 AM
PALEOREDOX GEOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTURBATION LEVELS OF THE EARLY CAMBRIAN INDIAN SPRINGS LAGERSTÄTTE, POLETA FORMATION, NEVADA
NOVEK, Jonah M., Department of Geosciences, Univeristy of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, P.O. Box 413, Lapham Hall 366, Milwaukee, WI 53201, DORNBOS, Stephen Q., Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3209 N. Maryland Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53201 and MCHENRY, Lindsay J., Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, 3209 N Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53211
8:30 AM
THROMBOLITE-STROMATOLITE-SPONGE MOUNDS DURING THE CAMBRO-ORDOVICIAN MICROBIALITE RESURGENCE: INSIGHTS FROM THE LOWER ORDOVICIAN FILLMORE FORMATION, HOUSE RANGE, UTAH
MARENCO, Katherine N., JOHNSON, Claire M. and MARENCO, Pedro J., Department of Geology, Bryn Mawr College, 101 N. Merion Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
8:45 AM
PRODUCTION OF WRINKLE STRUCTURES AND LINEAR TRAILS BY MOVING MICROBIAL AGGREGATES
BOSAK, Tanja, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, MARIOTTI, Giulio, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, AI, Xuyuan, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, PRUSS, Sara B., Department of Geosciences, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063 and PERRON, J. Taylor, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusets Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139
 
9:00 AM
Break
9:15 AM
MARINE PALYNOLOGY: RECENT ADVANCES AND APPLICATIONS
POSPELOVA, Vera, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2, Canada
9:30 AM
POLLEN AND NON-POLLEN PALYNOMORPH ANALYSES OF PEAT: INFERRING HOLOCENE VEGETATION CHANGE AND BOG DEVELOPMENT ON NORTHERN VANCOUVER ISLAND
LACOURSE, Terri and DAVIES, Marissa A., Dept of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2, Canada
9:45 AM
ACCOUNTING FOR THE “KNOWN UNKNOWNS” IN A SERIES OF LATE PERMIAN PLANT PALEOCOMMUNITIES FROM THE KAROO BASIN OF SOUTH AFRICA
SIMS, Hallie, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 115 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242
10:00 AM
WOOD ASSEMBLAGES FROM WESTERN NORTH AMERICA: COMPOSITION AND PALEOECOLOGY OF EARLY CAMPANIAN PLANT COMMUNITIES FROM THE MENEFEE FORMATION
BOUCHER, Lisa D., Non-vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78758
10:15 AM
ECOLOGICAL CHANGE, FIRE HISTORY, AND CLIMATE: HOW LAND MANAGERS ARE USING PALEOECOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN THE ACTIVE MANAGEMENT OF ECOSYSTEMS
PELLATT, Marlow G., Parks Canada, Ecological Restoration, 300 - 300 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 6B4, Canada
Handouts
  • GSA 2014 Pellatt Environmental change southern bc.pdf (2.7 MB)
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    10:30 AM
    Break
    10:45 AM
    AMMONITE BIODIVERSITY DYNAMICS AND EVOLUTIONARY CONTROLS DURING THE JURASSIC TO LATEST CRETACEOUS
    SLATTERY, Joshua S., School of Geosciences, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., NES 107, Tampa, FL 33620, CÁRDENAS, Andrés L., Universidad EAFIT, Departamento Ciencias de la Tierra, Carrera 49 N. 7 Sur -50, Medellin, Colombia and HARRIES, Peter J., School of Geosciences, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Ave, NES 107, Tampa, FL 33620
    11:00 AM
    CEPHALOPOD DIVERSITY AND PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY DURING THE CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN INTERVAL OF THE LATE CRETACEOUS
    YACOBUCCI, Margaret M., School of Earth, Environment & Society, Bowling Green State University, 190 Overman Hall, Bowling Green, OH 43403
    11:15 AM
    DID CARIBBEAN GASTROPOD ASSEMBLAGES FUNCTIONALITY SHIFT AS A RESPONSE TO ECOLOGICAL CHANGE IN THE LATE NEOGENE?
    STEFANIC, Candice M. and LEONARD-PINGEL, Jill, Geology Department, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA 24450
    11:30 AM
    BIOGEOGRAPHIC CHANGES FROM THE PLIOCENE TO MODERN IN THE ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN
    CHRISTIE, Max, Geology, Pennsylvania State University, 434 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802 and PATZKOWSKY, Mark E., Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
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