2015 GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA (1-4 November 2015)

Session No. 247
Tuesday, 3 November 2015: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 342 (Baltimore Convention Center)

T140. Late Paleocene and Early Eocene Hyperthermal Events in Terrestrial and Marine Systems

International Nannoplankton Association; Geochemical Society
Jean M. Self-Trail and Marci M. Robinson, Session Chairs
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Start Time
1:30 PM
DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVEL EMPIRICAL FRAMEWORK FOR INTERPRETING GEOLOGICAL CARBON ISOTOPE EXCURSIONS, WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR THE RATE OF CARBON INJECTION ACROSS THE PETM
KIRTLAND TURNER, Sandra, Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave., Riverside, CA 92521 and RIDGWELL, Andy, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, University Road, Bristol, BS8 1SS, United Kingdom; Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave., Riverside, CA 92521, sandra.kirtlandturner@ucr.edu
1:45 PM
TERRESTRIAL FLORAL CHANGE DURING THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM
WING, Scott L., Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 37012 MRC 121, Washington, DC 20013, wings@si.edu
2:00 PM
ESTIMATES OF ATMOSPHERIC CO2 ACROSS THE PETM HYPERTHERMAL USING STOMATAL INDEX VALUES FROM GINKGO ADIANTOIDES AND PLATANITES RAYNOLDSII
BARCLAY, Richard S., Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20530-7012 and WING, Scott L., Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 37012 MRC 121, Washington, DC 20013; Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, barclay.rich@gmail.com
2:15 PM
IMPROVING THE RECORD OF CENOZOIC ATMOSPHERIC CO2 WITH STOMATAL INDEX OF FOSSIL GINKGO LEAVES FROM NORTH AMERICA
CONDE, Giselle D., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, 1272 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403 and RETALLACK, Gregory J., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, gconde@uoregon.edu
2:30 PM
BUILDING A FOREST FROM THE LEAVES: ISOTOPIC METHODS FOR RECONSTRUCTING FOREST STRUCTURE OF THE PAST 
GRAHAM, Heather V., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Planetary Environments Laboratory, W160B Bldg 34, Greenbelt, MD 20771, WING, Scott L., Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560 and FREEMAN, Katherine H., Geosciences, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802, heather.v.graham@nasa.gov
2:45 PM
MAMMAL BODY SIZE CHANGE IN THE ZONE OF THE EARLY EOCENE HYPERTHERMALS ETM2 AND H2
CHEW, Amy E., Department of Anatomy, Western University of Health Sciences, 309 E. Second Street, Pomona, CA 91766, achew@westernu.edu
3:00 PM
TEMPERATURE SEASONALITY IN CONTINENTAL NORTH AMERICA DURING THE EARLY EOCENE CLIMATIC OPTIMUM
HYLAND, Ethan G., Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Johnson Hall Rm 070, 4000 15th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98195, HUNTINGTON, Katharine W., Dept. Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1310 and SHELDON, Nathan D., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 CC Little Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, hylande@uw.edu
 
3:15 PM
Break
3:30 PM
MALFORMATION IN NANNOPLANKTON SPECIES FROM THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM: A STUDY OF EXPANDED RECORDS FROM SHELF SECTIONS IN MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY
BRALOWER, Timothy J., Department of Geosciences, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802, SELF-TRAIL, Jean M., U.S. Geological Survey, MS 926A, Reston, VA 20192 and KUMP, Lee R., Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, bralower@psu.edu
3:45 PM
UTILIZING THE MOLLUSK FAUNA OF THE ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN TO RECONSTRUCT ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM (PETM)
SESSA, Jocelyn A., Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th St, New York, NY 10024, SELF-TRAIL, Jean M., U.S. Geological Survey, MS 926A, Reston, VA 20192, ROBINSON, Marci M., Eastern Geology and Paleoclimate Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, MS 926A, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, SPIVEY, Whittney E., U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA 20192, BRALOWER, Timothy J., Department of Geosciences, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802 and THOMAS, Ellen, Geology and Geophysics and Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Yale University and Wesleyan University, P O Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, jsessa@amnh.org
4:00 PM
PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM LITHOFACIES ACROSS THE MID-ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN: SEDIMENTALOGICAL ANALYSIS OF 100’S OF STACKED TURBIDITE PACKAGES
POWARS, David S., U.S. Geological Survey, National Center, Reston, VA 20192 and EDWARDS, Lucy E., U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, dspowars@usgs.gov
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4:15 PM
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4:30 PM
CALCAREOUS NANNOFOSSILS FROM THE PETM INTERVAL OF A SHELF SECTION IN JORDAN
GIRALDO GÓMEZ, Victor Manuel, Institute for Geology, Mineralogy and Geophysics, Ruhr-University Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, NA 4/127, Bochum, 44801, Germany, LINNERT, Christian, Institute for Geology, Mineralogy and Geophysics, Ruhr-University Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, NA4/129, Bochum, 44801, Germany and MUTTERLOSE, Jörg, Institute for Geology, Mineralogy and Geophysics, Ruhr-University Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, NA2/156, Bochum, 44801, Germany, victor.giraldogomez@rub.de
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4:45 PM
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5:00 PM
BIOTIC RESPONSE TO EARLY EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM 3 AT WALVIS RIDGE, SE ATLANTIC OCEAN
THOMAS, Ellen, Geology and Geophysics and Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Yale University and Wesleyan University, P O Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, BALESTRA, Barbara, Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, MONECHI, Simonetta, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Universita degli Studi Firenze, Via La Pira 4, Firenze, 50121, Italy and ROEHL, Ursula, DFG Research Center for Ocean Margins (RCOM), Bremen University, Leobener Strasse, Bremen, 28359, Germany, ellen.thomas@yale.edu
5:15 PM
CALCAREOUS NANNOPLANKTON POPULATION DYNAMICS AND EVOLUTION AT THE MIDDLE EOCENE CLIMATIC OPTIMUM IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC (IODP SITE U1408)
NEWSAM, Cherry and BOWN, Paul, Department of Earth Sciences, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom, cherry.newsam.11@ucl.ac.uk
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