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

Session No. 17
Sunday, 23 March 2014: 1:30 PM-4:10 PM
Heritage Salon E (Lancaster Marriott at Penn Square)

T14. An Interdisciplinary Approach to Taphonomy: The Impact of Morphological, Molecular, and Isotopic Changes on Environmental Proxies

Eastern Section of SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology); Paleontological Society

 

Qin Leng, Christopher J. Williams and Hong Yang, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:35 PM
TAPHONOMY, PHYTOPLANKTON EVOLUTION, AND THE FOSSIL RECORD OF MARINE BIODIVERSITY
MARTIN, Ronald E., Geological Sciences, University of Delaware, 255 Academy St, 103 Penny Hall, Newark, DE 19350 and QUIGG, Antonietta, Marine Biology and Oceanography, Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston Campus, Building 3029, Office 261, Galveston, TX 77553, daddy@udel.edu, daddy@udel.edu
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1:55 PM
HOW DECAY AND DIAGENESIS INFLUENCE ISOTOPE SIGNALS FROM PLANT FOSSILS?
YANG, Hong, Laboratory for Terrestrial Environments, Bryant University, 1150 Douglas Pike, Smithfield, RI 02917 and LENG, Qin, Department of Science and Technology, Bryant University, 1150 Douglas Pike, Smithfield, RI 02917, hyang@bryant.edu, hyang@bryant.edu
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2:15 PM
DECAY AND EARLY DIAGENESIS OF METASEQUOIA LEAVES: IMPLICATIONS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRESERVATION AND BULK ISOTOPE SIGNALS IN PLANT FOSSIL LAGERSTäTTEN
WITKOWSKI, Caitlyn1, LENG, Qin1, BLAIS, Brian1, FENG, Liang2, REID, Christopher1, WANG, Hongmei2 and YANG, Hong3, (1)Department of Science and Technology, Bryant University, 1150 Douglas Pike, Smithfield, RI 02917, (2)Department of Microbiology, China University of Geosciences, 388 Lumo Rd, Hongshan, Wuhan, 430072, China, (3)Laboratory for Terrestrial Environments, Bryant University, 1150 Douglas Pike, Smithfield, RI 02917, cwitkows@bryant.edu, cwitkows@bryant.edu
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2:35 PM
QUANTITATIVE RECONSTRUCTION OF ANCIENT CLIMATIC PARAMETERS FOR MIOCENE CLARKIA FOSSIL LAGERSTäTTE
LENG, Qin1, RIVAS, Nathan1, VICKERS, Jessica May1 and YANG, Hong2, (1)Department of Science and Technology, Bryant University, 1150 Douglas Pike, Smithfield, RI 02917, (2)Laboratory for Terrestrial Environments, Bryant University, 1150 Douglas Pike, Smithfield, RI 02917, qleng@bryant.edu, qleng@bryant.edu
 
2:55 PM
Break
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3:10 PM
THE CHEMISTRY OF FOSSIL COLOUR: THE ROLE OF CUTICULAR LIPIDS IN FOSSILISATION OF INSECT STRUCTURAL COLOURS
GUPTA, Neal S., Department of Science and Technology, Bryant University, 1150 Douglas Pike Smithfield RI, Smithfield, RI 02917, MCNAMARA, Maria E., School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Distillery Fields, North Mall, Cork, xxx, Ireland, YANG, Hong, Laboratory for Terrestrial Environments, Bryant University, 1150 Douglas Pike, Smithfield, RI 02917, BRIGGS, Derek E.G., Dept. of Geology and Geophysics & Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, 210 Whitney Avenue, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520, CODY, George D., Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5251 Broad Branch Rd, NW, Washington, DC 20015 and ORR, Patrick J., UCD School of Geological Sciences, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, 4, Ireland, sgupta3@bryant.edu, sgupta3@bryant.edu
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3:30 PM
A NEW PYROLYSIS BASED METHOD TO ASSESS MOLECULAR PRESERVATION OF ANCIENT SILK PRODUCTS
WITKOWSKI, Caitlyn1, MAKEPEACE, Conor2, LENG, Qin1, ZHOU, Yang3 and YANG, Hong4, (1)Department of Science and Technology, Bryant University, 1150 Douglas Pike, Smithfield, RI 02917, (2)Laboratory for Terrestrial Environments, Department of Science and Technology, College of Arts and Sciences, Bryant University, 1150 Douglas Pike, Smithfield, RI 02917, (3)Technology, China National Silk Museum, 73-1 Yuhuangshan Road, Hangzhou, 310002, China, (4)Laboratory for Terrestrial Environments, Bryant University, 1150 Douglas Pike, Smithfield, RI 02917, cmakepeace@bryant.edu, cmakepeace@bryant.edu
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3:50 PM
DIFFERENTIAL PRESERVATION AND PERMINERALIZATION OF FOSSIL WOOD IN THE EARLY EOCENE CHICKALOON FORMATION
WILLIAMS, Christopher J., Dept. of Earth and Environment, Franklin and Marshall College, 415 Harrisburg Ave, Lancaster, PA 17603 and TROSTLE, Kyle D., Earth and Atmospheric Science, Cornell University, 112 Hollister Ave, Ithaca, NY 14853, chris.williams@fandm.edu, chris.williams@fandm.edu
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