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

Session No. 19
Sunday, 1 November 2015: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 310 (Baltimore Convention Center)

T153. Mass Extinction Causality: Records of Anoxia, Acidification, and Global Warming during Earth's Greatest Crises I

GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; Paleontological Society; Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group; Mineralogical Society of America; Geological Society of London
David P.G. Bond, Paul B. Wignall and Mike Widdowson, Session Chairs
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8:00 AM
THE STRATIGRAPHY OF MASS EXTINCTION
HOLLAND, Steven M., Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-2501 and PATZKOWSKY, Mark E., Pennsylvania State University, 503 Deike Bldg, University Park, PA 16802-2714, stratum@uga.edu
8:30 AM
THE SEARCH FOR ROECE IN NORTHWEST SCOTLAND
FAGGETTER, Luke E.1, WIGNALL, Paul B.1, SUN, Yadong2 and PRUSS, Sara B.3, (1)School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom, (2)State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), 388 Lumo Road, Wuhan, 430074, China, (3)Department of Geosciences, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, ee08lef@leeds.ac.uk
8:45 AM
MASS EXTINCTION AND DIACHRONISM: RECONCILING THE END ORDOVICIAN ROCK RECORD
MCLAUGHLIN, Patrick, Wisconsin Geological Survey, University of Wisconsin - Extension, 3817 Mineral Point Rd, Madison, WI 53705, EMSBO, Poul, USGS, P.O. Box 25046, MS 973, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, BRETT, Carlton E., Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Bldg, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, VANDENBROUCKE, Thijs, UMR 8217 du CNRS: Géosystèmes, Lille University, Avenue Paul Langevin - bâtiment SN5, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq cedex, Lille, France and SALTZMAN, Matt, Department of Geological Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, pimclaughlin@wisc.edu
9:00 AM
FACIES ANALYSIS AND δ13CORG RECORDS ACROSS THE LOWER KELLWASSER EQUIVALENT (UPPER DEVONIAN) IN NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA
BEARD, J. Andrew, Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, 354 Mansfield Road U-1045, Storrs, CT 06269, BUSH, Andrew M., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, 75 N. Eagleville Road, Unit 3043, Storrs, CT 06269 and HREN, Michael T., Center for Integrative Geosciences, Dept. Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, james.beard@uconn.edu
9:15 AM
TIMING OF THE LOWER KELLWASSER EXTINCTION (LATE DEVONIAN) RELATIVE TO DARK SHALE DEPOSITION IN THE APPALACHIAN BASIN
BUSH, Andrew M., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, 75 N. Eagleville Road, Unit 3043, Storrs, CT 06269, BEARD, J. Andrew, Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, 354 Mansfield Road U-1045, Storrs, CT 06269 and HREN, Michael T., Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, 354 Mansfield Road, Storrs, CT 06269, andrew.bush@uconn.edu
9:30 AM
THE FRASNIAN-FAMENNIAN MASS EXTINCTION: UNDER THE VOLCANO BUT WITHOUT THE BURP
MARSHALL, John E.A., Ocean & Earth Science, University of Southampton, Ocean & Earth Science, NOC, European Way, Southampton (Old Hampshire), SO14 3ZH, United Kingdom, TEL'NOVA, Olga, Institute of Geology, Komi Scientific Center, Ural Branch, RAS, Syktyvkar, 167982, Russia and ASTIN, Tim, Church of England, The Vicarage, Vicarage Gardens, Scunthorpe, DN15 7AZ, United Kingdom, jeam@noc.soton.ac.uk
9:45 AM
OPEN-OCEAN NITROGEN LIMITATION PRECEDED THE END-TRIASSIC MASS EXTINCTION: EVIDENCE FROM HAIDA GWAII, BRITISH COLUMBIA
SCHOEPFER, Shane D., Geoscience, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, WA T2N 1N4, ALGEO, Thomas J., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology-Physics Building, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, WILLIFORD, Kenneth H., Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 and WARD, Peter D., Departments of Biology and Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Kincaid Hall, Seattle, WA 98125, shane.schoepfer@ucalgary.ca
10:00 AM
VOLCANIC INDUCED ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS DURING THE END-TRIASSIC EVENT
LINDSTRÖM, Sofie1, SANEI, Hamed2, VAN DE SCHOOTBRUGGE, Bas3, PEDERSEN, Gunver4, DYBKJÆR, Karen4, BJERRUM, Christian J.5 and HANSEN, Katrine Hovedskov6, (1)Stratigraphy Department, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Øster Voldgade 10, Copenhagen, DK-1350, Denmark, (2)Geological Survey of Canada, Calgary, 3303-33rd Street N.W, Calgary, AB T2L 2A7, Canada, (3)Institute for Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Budapestlaan 4, Utrecht, 3584 CD, Netherlands, (4)Stratigraphy Department, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Øster Voldgade 10, Copenhagen, DK-1350, Denmark, (5)Nordic Center for Earth Evolution, and Department of Geography and Geology, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 10, Copenhagen K, DK-1350, Denmark, (6)Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Copenhagen University, Øster Voldgade 10, Copenhagen, DK-1350, Denmark, sli@geus.dk
10:15 AM
A GRADUAL INCREASE IN PCO2 ACROSS THE ABRUPT END-TRIASSIC EXTINCTION
SCHALLER, Morgan F., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th St, Troy, NY 12180, OLSEN, Paul E., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964-1000, WRIGHT, James D., Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854 and KENT, Dennis V., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, schall@rpi.edu
10:30 AM
MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS AND ISOTOPES AS TRACERS OF CAMP IN TRIASSIC-JURASSIC STRATA FROM MULLER CANYON, NEVADA
THIBODEAU, Alyson M.1, CORSETTI, Frank A.2, RITTERBUSH, Kathleen A.3, YAGER, Joyce Ann2, WEST, A. Joshua2, IBARRA, Yadira4, BOTTJER, David J.2, BERELSON, Will2 and BERGQUIST, Bridget A.5, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA 17013, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, (3)Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, (4)Department of Earth and Environmental System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, (5)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3B1, Canada, thibodea@dickinson.edu
10:45 AM
TIMING OF CARBON ISOTOPE EXCURSIONS DURING THE LATE TRIASSIC AND EARLY JURASSIC: NEW MODELING CONSTRAINTS FOR CARBON CYCLE PERTURBATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE EMPLACEMENT OF THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC MAGMATIC PROVINCE
YAGER, Joyce A.1, WEST, A. Joshua1, CORSETTI, Frank A.1, BERELSON, William M.1, BOTTJER, David J.1 and ROSAS, Silvia2, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, (2)Departamento de Ingenieria, Pontifica Universidad Catolica del Peru, Av. Universitaria 1801, San Miguel, Lima, 32, Peru, joyce.yager@usc.edu
11:00 AM
FIRE AND ICE: SUPER-ERUPTIONS, VOLCANIC WINTERS, THE END-TRIASSIC EXTINCTION, AND THE RISE OF DINOSAUR-DOMINANCE
OLSEN, Paul E., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964-1000, polsen@ldeo.columbia.edu
11:15 AM
RESPONSE OF SHALLOW-WATER CARBONATES AND REEF SYSTEMS TO THE TOARCIAN OCEAN ANOXIC EVENT (183 MA) ON THE DINARIC CARBONATE PLATFORM (SLOVENIA)
MARTINDALE, Rowan C., Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712 and KOŠIR, Adrijan, Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Arts and Sciences, Ivan Rakovec Institute of Palaeontology, Novi trg 2,, Ljubljana, SI-1000, Slovenia, martindale@jsg.utexas.edu
11:30 AM
PALEOECOLOGY AND PALEOCLIMATOLOGY OF AN EARLY JURASSIC (TOARCIAN) VOLCANIC LAKE SYSTEM, ANTARCTICA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ROLE OF FERRAR MAGMATIC INTRUSION ON THE TOARCIAN CARBON CYCLE
GULBRANSON, Erik L., Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, HARPER, Carla J., Department für Geo- und Umweltwissenschaften, Paläontologie und Geobiologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität and Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie, Richard-Wagner-Strasse 10, Munich, 80333, Germany, SERBET, Rudolph, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, 1200 Sunnyside Ave, Haworth Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045-7534, HIEGER, Timothy J, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, P.O. Box 874501, Tempe, AZ 85287, TAYLOR, Edith L., Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, 1200 Sunnyside Ave., Haworth Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045-7534 and TAYLOR, Thomas N., Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, 1200 Sunnyside Ave, Haworth Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045, gulbrans@uwm.edu
11:45 AM
MACROEVOLUTIONARY TRENDS AND PALAEOENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES DURING THE EARLY TOARCIAN MASS EXTINCTION IN BULGARIA
PUGH, Autumn C.1, LITTLE, Crispin T.S.1, METODIEV, Lubomir S.2, WIGNALL, Paul B.1, NEWTON, Robert J.1, SAVOV, Ivan1 and RIDING, James B.3, (1)School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom, (2)Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str. Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria, (3)Climate Change, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG, United Kingdom, ee11acp@leeds.ac.uk
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