GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 43
Sunday, 25 September 2016: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 507 (Colorado Convention Center)

T127. Geoscience Applications of Diatom Micropaleontology: Celebrating the Career of John A. Barron

Paleontological Society; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Limnogeology Division
Scott W. Starratt and Jason Addison, Advocates
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:40 PM
BIOSTRATIGRAPHY AND IMPACT STRATIGRAPHY (Invited Presentation)
KELLER, Gerta, Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Guyot Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, gkeller@princeton.edu
2:00 PM
NEOGENE DEEP SEA HIATUSES: 33+ YEARS OF OBSERVATION
BARRON, John A., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, MS 910, Menlo Park, CA 94025, jbarron@usgs.gov
Handouts
  • BarronGSATalk-43.2.pptx (5.6 MB)
  • 2:15 PM
    PALEOGENE PALEOENVIRONMENTS OF THE WEST ANTARCTIC INTERIOR
    COENEN, Jason1, SCHERER, Reed P.1, WARNY, Sophie2 and BAUDOIN, Patrick F.2, (1)Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Northern Illinois University, University Davis Hall 312, Normal Rd, DeKalb, IL 60115, (2)Department of Geology and Geophysics, and Museum of Natural Science Baton Rouge, USA, Louisiana State University, E235 Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, JCoenen@niu.edu
    2:30 PM
    SUBGLACIAL DIATOMS REVEAL MIOCENE TO PLEISTOCENE HISTORY OF THE WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET
    SCHERER, Reed P. and COENEN, Jason, Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Northern Illinois University, University Davis Hall 312, Normal Rd, DeKalb, IL 60115, reed@niu.edu
    2:45 PM
    CRYOGENIC BRINE FORMATION IN THE ROSS SEA RECORDED BY DIATOM SILICA OXYGEN ISOTOPE VALUES FROM A PLIOCENE MARINE SEDIMENT CORE
    ABBOTT, Tirzah, DODD, Justin P., FINDLAY, Meghanne and SCHERER, Reed P., Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL 60115, abbottt2@gmail.com
    3:20 PM
    WINDBLOWN CRETACEOUS DIATOMS IN UPPER MIDWESTERN QUATERNARY SEDIMENT
    LORD, Elaine L., Geology, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL 60115, SCHERER, Reed P., Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Northern Illinois University, University Davis Hall 312, Normal Rd, DeKalb, IL 60115, CARSON, Eric C., Department of Environmental Sciences, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, 3817 Mineral Point Road, Madison, WI 53705 and WINSBOROUGH, Barbara, Winsborough Consulting, 23606 Round Mountain Circle, Leander, TX 78641, z1775430@students.niu.edu
    3:35 PM
    RECONSTRUCTION OF HISTORIC WATER QUALITY IN THE TIDAL CHRISTINA RIVER FROM PRE-EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT THROUGH THE PRESENT
    CHRISTIE, Margaret A.1, CHARLES, Don F.2, MARTIN, Ronald E.1, MCLAUGHLIN Jr., Peter P.3 and PIZZUTO, James E.1, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, (2)Patrick Center for Environmental Research, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19103, (3)Delaware Geological Survey, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, machri@udel.edu
    Handouts
  • GSA_Talk_MChristie2016.pptx (23.5 MB)
  • 3:50 PM
    CALIFORNIA MARGIN PRODUCTIVITY RESPONSE TO EARLY PLIOCENE WARMTH
    SCHWARTZ, Valerie1, DEKENS, Petra2, ADDISON, Jason1 and BARRON, John A.1, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, MS 910, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (2)Department of Geosciences, San Francisco State Univ, 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco, CA 94132, vschwartz@usgs.gov
    4:05 PM
    SEA ICE EXTENT AND PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY ON THE UMNAK PLATEAU, BERING SEA, DURING MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE 11
    THOMPSON, Natalie, Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University, 253 Science 1, Ames, IA 50011 and CAISSIE, Beth, Dept. of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University, 253 Science I, Ames, IA 50011, nst27@iastate.edu
    4:20 PM
    JOHN BARRON IN THE HOLOCENE (Invited Presentation)
    ANDERSON, Lesleigh, U.S. Geological Survey, PO Box 25046, MS980, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, land@usgs.gov
    4:40 PM
    A HOLOCENE RECORD OF TERRIGENOUS SEDIMENT PROVENANCE AND ANOXIA FOR THE GUAYMAS BASIN IN THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA
    ADDISON, Jason1, BARRON, John A.1, BUKRY, David2, SCHWARTZ, Valerie1, MCCLYMONT, Erin3 and GANESHRAM, Raja S.4, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, MS 910, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, MS 910, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (3)Department of Geography, Durham University, Lower Mountjoy, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom, (4)School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, jaddison@usgs.gov
    4:55 PM
    5:10 PM
    PALEOBOTANICAL EVIDENCE FOR THE COMPLEXITY OF HOLOCENE CLIMATIC VARIABILITY WITH ELEVATION IN THE INTERIOR WESTERN UNITED STATES
    THOMPSON, Robert S., U.S. Geological Survey, Geoscience and Environmental Change Science Center, Box 25046, MS 980, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, rthompson@usgs.gov
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