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

Session No. 254
Tuesday, 3 November 2015: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 341 (Baltimore Convention Center)

T187. Geology, Geomorphology, and Biogeography of the Amazon: Integrating Approaches and Disciplines to Understand the Evolution of a Unique Ecosystem

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division
Carlos Henrique Grohmann and John M. Bates, Session Chairs
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:45 PM
GEOLOGICAL MYSTERIES OF AMAZONIA:  COINCIDENCE OR CORRELATION
CAMPBELL, Kenneth, Vertebrate Zoology Department, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90007, kcampbell@nhm.org
2:00 PM
EVIDENCE FOR AN ANCIENT AREA OF ENDEMISM?  THE POTENTIAL INFLUENCE OF LAGO AMAZONAS ON MODERN AMAZONIAN BIRD DIVERSITY
BATES, John M., Integrative Research Center, The Field Museum, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605-2496 and CAPURUCHO, Joao, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Illinois, Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, jbates@fieldmuseum.org
2:15 PM
USING BIOTIC HISTORY TO INFER ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY IN AMAZONIA
CRACRAFT, Joel, Ornithology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th St., New York, NY 10024, jlc@amnh.org
2:35 PM
BIOGEOGRAPHY OF THE BRAZIL NUT FAMILY
MORI, Scott A., Institute of Systematic Botany, The New York Botanical Garden, 2900 Southern Blvd., Bronx, NY 10458, smori@nybg.org
2:50 PM
EXPLORING THE GEOMORPHOLOGY OF THE AMAZON’S PLANALTO WITH NASA UAVSAR DATASETS
MCDONALD, Kyle C.1, CAMPBELL, Kenneth2, ISLAM, Rehnuma1, AZARDERAKHSH, Marzi3 and CRACRAFT, Joel4, (1)Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, City College of New York, Marshak 925, 160 Convent Ave, New York, NY 10031, (2)Vertebrate Zoology Department, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90007, (3)Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ; Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, City College of New York, Marshak 925, 160 Convent Ave, New York, NY 10031, (4)Ornithology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th St., New York, NY 10024, kmcdonald2@ccny.cuny.edu
3:05 PM
NEW HIGH-RESOLUTION DSM/DTM DATA FOR THE AMAZON - PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS WITH SRTM, ASTER GDEM
GROHMANN, Carlos Henrique, Institute of Energy and Environment, University of São Paulo, Av. Prof. Luciano Gualberto, 1289, São Paulo, 05508-010, Brazil, guano@usp.br
 
3:20 PM
Break
3:35 PM
MOUNTAIN UPLIFT, CLIMATE, DRAINAGES AND BIODIVERSITY IN THE ANDES-AMAZONIAN SYSTEM
HOORN, Carina, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, 1090 GE, Amsterdam, 94248, Netherlands, BOGOTA-ANGEL, Giovanni, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, 1090 GE, Amsterdam, 94248, Netherlands; Facultad del Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Bogota, 111321, Colombia, ROMERO-BAEZ, Millerlandy, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, CTPA, Panama City, 0843-03092, Panama, CHEMALE JUNIOR, Farid, Instituto de Geociências, Universidade de Brasília, Brasilia, 70910-900, Brazil and DINO, Rodolfo, Petrobras/Cenpes/PDEDS/AMA, Rio de Janeiro, 21949-900, Brazil, M.C.Hoorn@uva.nl
3:55 PM
RECONSTRUCTING LAST MILLENNIUM VARIABILITY IN THE SOUTH AMERICAN MONSOON USING SPELEOTHEM δ18O VALUES FROM THE AMAZON BASIN
WONG, Corinne I.1, WORTHAM, Barbara E.1, MCGEE, David2 and CRUZ Jr., Francisco W.3, (1)Earth and Environmental Science, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Ave, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, (2)Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT, 45 Carleton St, E25-625, Cambridge, MA 02142, (3)Instituto de Geociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, wongcw@bc.edu
4:10 PM
PALEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTION FROM SOUTH AMAZONIA BASED ON SPELEOTHEMS
NOVELLO Sr., Valdir Felipe, Instituto de Geociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, vfnovello@gmail.com
4:25 PM
THE GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF THE ANDES AND AMAZON: CONSTRAINING PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSES
BAKER, Paul A., School of Geological Sciences and Engineering, Yachay Tech University, Urcuqui, Ecuador; Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Duke University, Old Chemistry Building Room 103, Durham, NC 27708, FRITZ, Sherilyn C., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588, DICK, Chris W., University of Michigan, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 2019 Kraus Nat. Sci. Bldg., 830 North University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1048 and RIGSBY, Catherine A., Department of Geological Sciences, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858; School of Geological Sciences and Engineering, Yachay Tech University, Urcuqui, Ecuador, pbaker@duke.edu
4:45 PM
UTILITY OR FUTILITY? ASSESSING THE VALIDITY OF PALEOCURRENT ANALYSIS IN THE AMAZONIAN ROCK RECORD
WHEATLEY, Alexander A., Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, 450 Research Drive, Durham, NC 27708, RIGSBY, Catherine A., Department of Geological Sciences, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858 and BAKER, Paul A., Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Duke University, Old Chemistry Building Room 103, Durham, NC 27708, alexander.wheatley@duke.edu
5:00 PM
PRELIMINARY SEDIMENTOLOGICAL, PALEONTOLOGICAL, AND GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSES OF THE CENOZOIC SUB-ANDEAN ZONE, MADRE DE DIOS, PERU
SALENBIEN, Wout1, WHEATLEY, Alexander A.2, GONZALES, Lauren3, VALDIVIA, Luis Angel4, ORTEGA, Miguel4, MARTINEZ, Jean-Noel4, KAY, Richard F.5, RIGSBY, Catherine A.6 and BAKER, Paul A.6, (1)Earth and Ocean Sciences, Duke University, Box 90227, Durham, NC 27708, (2)Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, 450 Research Drive, Durham, NC 27708, (3)Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, (4)Universidad Nacional de Piura, Instituto de Paleontología, Piura, 295, Peru, (5)Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, (6)School of Geological Sciences and Engineering, Yachay Tech University, Urcuqui, Ecuador, wout.salenbien@duke.edu
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5:15 PM
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