GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 287
Wednesday, 28 September 2016: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 504 (Colorado Convention Center)

T135. Timing, Drivers, and Marine and Terrestrial Ecosystem Responses to the Cretaceous-Paleogene Extinction Event

Paleontological Society; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Soils and Soil Processes Interdisciplinary Interest Group; Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
Andrew Flynn, Caitlin E. Leslie and Daniel J. Peppe, Advocates
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:10 AM
SIMULATING THE K-PG WITH AN EARTH SYSTEM MODEL
TABOR, Clay R.1, BARDEEN, Charles2, OTTO-BLIESNER, Bette1, GARCIA, Rolando2, TOON, Owen B.3 and POULSEN, Christopher J.4, (1)Climate and Global Dynamics, National Center for Atmospheric Research, 1850 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder, CO 80305, (2)Atmospheric Chemistry Observations & Modeling Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, 3450 Mitchell Lane, Boulder, CO 80301, (3)Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, (4)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 C.C. Little Building, 1100 N. University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, crtabor@ucar.edu
8:25 AM
USING PALEOENM TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTS OF AVAILABLE ECOLOGICAL NICHE SIZE ON EXTINCTION SUSCEPTIBILITY ACROSS THE K/PG EXTINCTION IN THE MISSISSIPPI EMBAYEMENT
ROVELLI, Remy, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 and MYERS, Corinne, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87108, remyrovelli@gmail.com
8:40 AM
COMPARING EXTINCTION CONFIDENCE INTERVALS FROM INDEPENDENT K-PG FOSSIL DATA SETS FROM SEYMOUR ISLAND, ANTARCTICA
TOBIN, Thomas S., Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, 201 7th Avenue, Room 2003 Bevill Building, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0268, ttobin@ua.edu
8:55 AM
HIGH-RESOLUTION CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY AND MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE TERRESTRIAL CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE BOUNDARY TRANSITION IN THE HELL CREEK REGION, MONTANA
SPRAIN, Courtney J., University of California Berkeley, 307 McCone Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, RENNE, Paul R., Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Rd., Berkeley, CA 94709, CLEMENS, William A., UCB Museum, University of California-Berkeley, 1101 Valley Life Sciences Building, Berkeley, CA 94720 and WILSON, Gregory P., Department of Biology, University of Washington, 24 Kincaid Hall, Box 351800, Seattle, WA 98195-1800, spra0111@berkeley.edu
9:10 AM
MERCURY CONCENTRATION AS AN INDICATOR OF DECCAN TRAPS VOLCANISM IN LATE CRETACEOUS AND EARLIEST PALEOGENE SEDIMENTS FROM THE HELL CREEK REGION, MONTANA
FENDLEY, Isabel1, SPRAIN, Courtney J.1, MARVIN-DIPASQUALE, Mark2 and RENNE, Paul3, (1)University of California Berkeley, 307 McCone Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, Mailstop 480, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (3)Berkeley Geochronology Ctr, 2455 Ridge Rd, Berkeley, CA 94709-1211; University of California Berkeley, 307 McCone Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, isabel.fendley@berkeley.edu
9:25 AM
PARSING THE TIMING OF EVENTS AT THE CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE BOUNDARY (Invited Presentation)
RENNE, Paul R., Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Rd., Berkeley, CA 94709; Earth and Planetary Science, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 and SPRAIN, Courtney J., Earth and Planetary Science, UC Berkeley, 307 McCone Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, prenne@bgc.org
 
9:45 AM
Break
10:00 AM
CLIMATIC AND DEPOSITIONAL HISTORY OF THE LOWER PALEOCENE UPPER NACIMIENTO FORMATION, SAN JUAN BASIN, NEW MEXICO
LESLIE, Caitlin E., Department of Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, SECORD, Ross, Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, PEPPE, Daniel J., Department of Geology, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798, ATCHLEY, Stacy, Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798, WILLIAMSON, Thomas E., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104, NORDT, Lee C., Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Dept. of Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354 and BRUSATTE, Stephen, School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3JW, United Kingdom, Caitlin_Leslie@baylor.edu
10:15 AM
EARLY PALEOCENE PLANT COMMUNITIES FROM THE LOWER NACIMIENTO FORMATION (SAN JUAN BASIN, NEW MEXICO, USA) DOCUMENT RELATIVELY LONG-TERM ECOSYSTEM INSTABILITY FOLLOWING THE CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE EXTINCTION EVENT
FLYNN, Andrew1, PEPPE, Daniel J.1, ABBUHL, Brittany2 and WILLIAMSON, Thomas E.3, (1)Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Dept. of Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, (2)Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Dept. of Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354; Colorado School of Mines, Department of Geology and Geologic Engineering, 1516 Illinois St., Golden, CO 80401, (3)New Mexico Museum of Nature and Science, 1801 Mountain Road N.W, Albuquerque, NM 87104, andrew_flynn@baylor.edu
10:30 AM
EARLY PALEOCENE ENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION USING THE ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION OF LEAF COMPRESSIONS FROM THE SAN JUAN BASIN
DWORKIN, Steve I., EVANS, Zach, FLYNN, Andrew and PEPPE, Daniel J., Department of Geology, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798, Steve_Dworkin@Baylor.edu
10:45 AM
STABLE ISOTOPE INVESTIGATION OF EARLY ONTOGENY IN UPPER CRETACEOUS OWL CREEK FORMATION AMMONITES
LINZMEIER, Benjamin J.1, SESSA, Jocelyn A.2, ORLAND, I.J.3, LANDMAN, Neil H.2, PETERS, Shanan E.1 and VALLEY, John W.3, (1)Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, (2)Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th St, New York, NY 10024, (3)Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706; WiscSIMS, Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W Dayton Street, Madison, WI 53706, blinzmeier@wisc.edu
11:00 AM
HELL CREEK AMBER: A NEW FOSSIL ARCHIVE FOR LATEST CRETACEOUS TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS PRIOR TO THE K-PG BOUNDARY
CARROLL, Nathan, Earth Science, University of Southern California, 3651 Trousdale Pkwy, Los Angeles, CA 90089, nrcarrol@usc.edu
11:15 AM
EVIDENCE FOR DISASTER FAUNA, TWO PHASES OF DIVERSIFICATION OF PELAGIC FISH IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE K/PG MASS EXTINCTION
SIBERT, Elizabeth C., Harvard Society of Fellows, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138; Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive MC 0208, La Jolla, CA 92093, FRIEDMAN, Matt, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3AN, United Kingdom, HULL, Pincelli M., Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, HUNT, Gene, Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, NHB MRC 121, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012 and NORRIS, Richard D., Scripps Institution of Oceanography/UCSD, MS-0244, 427 Vaughan Hall, La Jolla, CA 92093-0244, esibert@fas.harvard.edu
11:30 AM
USING GIS TO MAP, INTERPOLATE, AND VISUALIZE THE TERRESTRIAL CRETACEOUS/PALEOGENE EXTINCTION EVENT IN THE WILLISTON BASIN’S CEDAR CREEK ANTICLINE
ROSSETTO, Gabriella1, LYSON, Tyler R.1, EVANS, Erica S.J.2, BERCOVICI, Antoine3, PEARSON, Dean4 and JOHNSON, Kirk R.5, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO 80205, (2)Department of Geology, Colorado College, 14 East Cache La Poudre St, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, (3)Department of Paleobiology MRC-121, National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian institution, 10th Street and Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20560, (4)Pioneer Trails Regional Museum, 12 First Street NE, P.O. Box 78, Bowman, ND 58623, (5)Department of Paleobiology MRC-121, National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian institution, 10th Street and Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20001, gabriella.rossetto@dmns.org
 
11:45 AM
Concluding Remarks
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