Northeastern Section - 49th Annual Meeting (23–25 March)

Session No. 59
Tuesday, 25 March 2014: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Heritage Salon D (Lancaster Marriott at Penn Square)

T2. Interpreting Sedimentary Records of Past Changes in Climate and Ecology

Eastern Section of SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology)

 

Kira Lawrence and David Sunderlin, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:05 AM
SEDIMENTARY RECONSTRUCTIONS OF FLOODING AND SHORELINE CHANGE OF STATEN ISLAND, NY: IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE MANAGEMENT OF NEW YORK HARBOR
BRANDON, Christine M., Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 611 North Pleasant St, 233 Morrill Science Center, Amherst, MA 01003, WOODRUFF, Jon, Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, 611 North Pleasant Street, 233 Morrill Science Center, Amherst, MA 01003 and DONNELLY, Jeffrey P., Geology & Geophysics Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MS #22, 266 Woods Hole Rd, Woods Hole, MA 02543, cbrandon@geo.umass.edu, cbrandon@geo.umass.edu
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8:25 AM
PUTTING HURRICANE IRENE SEDIMENTS IN A HISTORICAL CONTEXT - EVIDENCE FROM UPLANDS TO ESTUARY
YELLEN, Brian C., Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 611 North Pleasant St, 233 Morrill Science Center, Amherst, MA 01002, WOODRUFF, Jon, Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, 611 North Pleasant Street, 233 Morrill Science Center, Amherst, MA 01003, COOK, Timothy L., Department of Physical and Earth Sciences, Worcester State University, Worcester, MA 01602, FALLON, Andrew R., Virginia Institute of Marine Science, The College of William and Mary, 1208 Greate Rd, Gloucester Point, VA 23062, KRATZ, Laura N., Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 611 North Pleasant Street, 233 Morrill Science Center, Amherst, MA 01003 and MARTINI, Anna, Department of Geology, Amherst College, Amherst, MA 01002, brian.yellen@gmail.com, brian.yellen@gmail.com
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8:45 AM
SEDIMENTOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF LARGE SCALE INUNDATION EVENTS: RECORDS OF TSUNAMI AND TYPHOON FLOODING FROM LAKE RYUUOO, JAPAN
BARANES, Hannah E.1, WOODRUFF, Jonathan D.1, KANAMARU, Kinuyo1, WALLACE, Davin J.2 and COOK, Timothy L.3, (1)Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, (2)Department of Marine Science, The University of Southern Mississippi, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529, (3)Department of Physical and Earth Sciences, Worcester State University, Worcester, MA 01602, hbaranes@geo.umass.edu, hbaranes@geo.umass.edu
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9:05 AM
CARBON DYNAMICS OF DISTURBANCE IN THE EASTERN U.S. TEMPERATE FORESTS
FELZER, Benjamin, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, EES Department, 1 W. Packer Ave, Bethlehem, PA 18015, bsf208@lehigh.edu, bsf208@lehigh.edu
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9:25 AM
EVIDENCE OF NICHE CONSERVATISM OVER PLEISTOCENE GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLES FOR ANCIENT MAMMALS DURING THE PLEISTOCENE OF EUROPE
FERANEC, Robert, Research & Collections, New York State Museum, 3140 Cultural Education Center, Albany, NY 12230 and GARCIA, Nuria, Departamento de Paleontologia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas, Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, 28040, Spain, rferanec@mail.nysed.gov, rferanec@mail.nysed.gov
 
9:45 AM
Break
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10:00 AM
CLIMATIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SEDIMENTARY RECORD FROM LAKE EL’GYGYTGYN: A 3.6 MILLION YEAR LONG ARCHIVE OF ARCTIC CHANGE
BRIGHAM-GRETTE, Julie, Department of Geosciences, Univ of Massachusetts, 611 N. Pleasant St, Morrill Science Center II, Amherst, MA 01003, MELLES, Martin, Geology, University of Cologne, Cologne, 50674, Germany and MINYUK, Pavel, Northeast Interdisciplinary Scientific Research Institute, RAS, Magadan, 00, Russia, juliebg@geo.umass.edu, juliebg@geo.umass.edu
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10:20 AM
A PLIOCENE RECORD OF ICE-RAFTED DEBRIS FROM ICE-PROXIMAL SITE U1359 (IODP EXP. 318), WILKES LAND CONTINENTAL RISE, ANTARCTICA
HANSEN, Melissa, Earth and Environmental Studies, Montclair State University, Center for Environmental and Life Sciences 306, 1 Normal Ave, Montclair, NJ 07043, PASSCHIER, Sandra, Earth and Environmental Studies, Montclair State University, Center for Environmental and Life Sciences 324, 1 Normal Ave, Montclair, NJ 07043 and ROSENBERG, Jessica, Earth and Environmental Studies, Montclair State University, Mallory Hall 252, 1 Normal Ave, Montclair, NJ 07043, hansenm8@mail.montclair.edu, hansenm8@mail.montclair.edu
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10:40 AM
RECONSTRUCTING LATE MIOCENE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WESTERN PACIFIC WARM POOL AND THE EAST ASIAN MONSOON USING STABLE ISOTOPE PALEOECOLOGY
NATHAN, Stephen A., Department of Environmental Earth Science, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT 06226 and LECKIE, R. Mark, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Geosciences UMass, 611 N. Pleasant St, Amherst, MA 01003, nathans@easternct.edu, nathans@easternct.edu
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11:00 AM
THE ONSET OF THE ICEHOUSE: A GLIMPSE OF THE EOCENE-OLIGOCENE TRANSITION IN PRYDZ BAY, ANTARCTICA
CIARLETTA, Daniel J., Earth and Environmental Studies, Montclair State University, 1 Normal Ave, Mallory Hall, Montclair, NJ 07043, ciarlettad1@mail.montclair.edu, ciarlettad1@mail.montclair.edu
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11:20 AM
ORGANIC MOLECULAR BIOMARKER RECORDS OF PALEOENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: PITFALLS, UNCERTAINTY AND APPLICATION TO THE SE TIBETAN PLATEAU MARGIN
HREN, Michael T., Center for Integrative Geosciences, Dept. Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, HOKE, Gregory D., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester, 227 Hutchinson Hall, Rochester, NY 14627 and GARZIONE, Carmala N., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester, 227 Hutchison Hall, Rochester, NY 14627, mhren@uconn.edu, mhren@uconn.edu
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