GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 240
Tuesday, 27 September 2016: 9:00 AM-6:30 PM
Exhibit Hall E/F (Colorado Convention Center)

T37. Excursions, Extinctions, and Environmental Change: New Advances in Geochemical Tools Linked to Critical Intervals of Environmental and Biotic Change in Earth History (Posters)

GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division; SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology); Geochemical Society; Paleontological Society; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division
Authors will be present from 4:30 to 6:30 PM.
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NITROGEN/CARBON ISOTOPE RATIOS FROM THE EARLY TO MIDDLE PROTEROZOIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS, MCARTHUR BASIN, NORTHERN AUSTRALIA
YOSHIYA, Kazumi1, SAWAKI, Yusuke2, NISHIZAWA, Manabu3, MATSUI, Yohei3, KOMIYA, Tsuyoshi4 and MARUYAMA, Shigenori1, (1)Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8551, Japan, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1, O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8551, Japan, (3)JAMSTEC, Kanagawa, 237-0061, Japan, (4)Department of Earth Science & Astronomy, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-8902, Japan, yoshiya.k.aa@m.titech.ac.jp
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THE EFFECTS OF DOLOMITIZATION ON CARBON ISOTOPES WITHIN CRYOGENIAN NON-GLACIAL INTERLUDE STRATA IN THE PANAMINT RANGE, CALIFORNIA
NELSON, Lyle L.1, SMITH, Emily F.2 and MACDONALD, Francis A.1, (1)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, (2)Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, MRC 121, Washington, DC 20013-7012, lylelnelson@gmail.com
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WIDESPREAD OCEAN OXIDATION IN THE EDIACARAN YANGTZE PLATFORM: CARBON ISOTOPE AND FE GEOCHEMISTRY EVIDENCE FROM DEEP WATER SECTIONS
MA, Haoran1, SHEN, Bing2, LI, Chao3, PENG, Yongbo4, LANG, Xianguo5, KAUFMAN, Alan J.6, ZHOU, Chuanming5 and HUANG, Kangjun1, (1)School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Yifu NO.2 Buliding(New Geology Building), Peking University, No.5 Yiheyuan Road Haidian District, Beijing, 100871, China, (2)School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China, (3)State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China, (4)Geoscience, Louisiana State Universtiy, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, (5)Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China, (6)Department of Geology and Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, rhyshm@pku.edu.cn
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STRATIGRAPHIC VARIATION OF THE SPICE EVENT IN UPPER CAMBRIAN CARBONATES OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI
JEFFREY, Matthew Jarrell1, HUNTLEY, John Warren1, SCHIFFBAUER, James D.1, FIKE, David A.2 and SHELTON, Kevin L.1, (1)Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, One Brookings Drive, Campus Box 1169, St Louis, MO 63130, mjjc9d@mail.missouri.edu
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INCREASING OXYGENATION AND THE ORDOVICIAN RADIATION: AN INVESTIGATION USING TH/U IN THE LOWER-MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN OF UTAH, USA
MARENCO, Pedro J.1, MARTIN, Katherine R.1 and BARBER, Donald C.2, (1)Department of Geology, Bryn Mawr College, 101 N. Merion Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010, (2)Geology, Bryn Mawr College, 101 N. Merion Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010, pmarenco@brynmawr.edu
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AN OS ISOTOPE PROFILE FROM THE MID-DARRIWILIAN-LOWERMOST SANDBIAN (ORDOVICIAN) ALMELUND SHALE, SWEDEN
ROONEY, Alan D.1, SKARZYNSKI, Daniel T.1, SELBY, David2, AHLBERG, Per3 and MACDONALD, Francis A.1, (1)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, (2)Dept of Earth Sciences, University of Durham, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom, (3)Lund University, Department of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Sölvegatan 12, Lund, SE-223 62, Sweden, alanrooney@fas.harvard.edu
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INVESTIGATING THE LINKAGE OF INCREASING OXYGEN TO THE GREAT ORDOVICIAN BIODIVERSIFICATION EVENT USING GEOCHEMICAL FINGERPRINTS IN THE APPALACHIAN BASIN
KOZIK, Nevin P.1, YOUNG, Seth A.2 and OWENS, Jeremy D.2, (1)Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science, Florida State University, 1017 Academic Way, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4100; Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Science, Florida State University, 1017 Academic Way, Tallahassee, FL 32306, (2)Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Science, Florida State University, 1017 Academic Way, Tallahassee, FL 32306, nevin.kozik@gmail.com
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TESTING GLOBAL ANOXIA AS AN ALTERNATIVE CAUSE FOR THE HIRNANTIAN MASS EXTINCTION: NEW EVIDENCE FROM WESTERN ANTICOSTI ISLAND, CANADA
DE WEIRDT, Julie1, VANDENBROUCKE, Thijs R.A.1, EMSBO, Poul2, MCLAUGHLIN, Patrick I.3, DELABROYE, Aurélien4, MUNNECKE, Axel5 and DESROCHERS, André6, (1)Department of Geology, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281 / S8, Ghent, 9000, Belgium, (2)USGS, P.O. Box 25046, MS 973, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, (3)Indiana Geological Survey, Indiana University, 611 N. Walnut Grove, Bloomington, IN 47405, (4)Ichron Limited, Century House, Gadbrook Business Centre, Northwich, CW9 7TL, England, (5)Institut für Paläontologie, Universität Erlangen, Loewenichstrasse 28, Erlangen, D-91054, Germany, (6)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada, judweird.DeWeirdt@UGent.be
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GEOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH THE EARLY SILURIAN IREVIKEN EXTINCTION EVENT
KLEINBERG, Andrew, YOUNG, Seth A. and OWENS, Jeremy D., Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Science, Florida State University, 1017 Academic Way, Tallahassee, FL 32306, atk11c@my.fsu.edu
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OCEANOGRAPHIC REDOX CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH THE LATE SILURIAN LAU EVENT AS EVIDENCED FROM THE BROWNSPORT FORMATION, TENNESSEE
BOWMAN, Chelsie N.1, YOUNG, Seth A.2 and OWENS, Jeremy2, (1)Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Florida State University, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahassee, FL 32306, (2)Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Science, Florida State University, 1017 Academic Way, Tallahassee, FL 32306, cnb09@my.fsu.edu
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U-PB AGE OF THE OLDEST AIR-BREATHING LAND ANIMAL
SUAREZ, Stephanie Elaine1, BROOKFIELD, Michael2, CATLOS, E.J.1 and STOCKLI, Daniel F.3, (1)Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX 78712, (2)School for the Environment, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125, (3)Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 2305 Speedway, Stop C1160, Austin, TX 78712, suarez.steph@utexas.edu
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MICROFACIES AND TRACE ELEMENT VARIATION ACROSS THE FRASNIAN PUNCTATA EVENT WITHIN THE BEAR BILTMORE DRILL CORE (ALBERTA, CANADA)
LABOUNTY, Deirdre, Department of Geosciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 900 Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775 and WHALEN, Michael T., Department of Geosciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 755780, Fairbanks, AK 99775, djlabounty@alaska.edu
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DEPOSITIONAL CYCLICITY INDICATED BY MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY IN THE NEW ALBANY SHALE FRASNIAN (UPPER DEVONIAN) STRATA IN THE ILLINOIS BASIN OF WESTERN KENTUCKY
WALLACE, Jenelle, Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221 and OVER, D. Jeffrey, Department of Geological Sciences, SUNY College at Geneseo, Geneseo, NY 14454, walla2je@uc.edu
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SUSTAINED OCEANIC ANOXIA IN THE LATE DEVONIAN PHO HAN FORMATION, CAT BA ISLAND, VIETNAM
CARMICHAEL, Sarah K.1, WATERS, Johnny A.2, PASCHALL, Olivia C.2, KOENIGSHOF, Peter3, JOACHIMSKI, Michael M.4, TA, Phuong H.5 and KOMATSU, Toshifumi6, (1)Department of Geology, Appalachian State University, 287 Rivers St., Boone, NC 28608, (2)Department of Geology, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608, (3)Seckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, Senckenberganlage 25, Frankfurt am Main, 60325, Germany, (4)GeoZentrum Nordbayern, University of Erlangen, Schlossgarten 5, Erlangen, 91054, Germany, (5)College of Sciences, Vietnam National University, 334 Nguyen Trai, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi, 10000, Viet Nam, (6)Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1 Kurokami, Chuo Ward, Kumamoto Prefecture, 860-8555, Japan, paschalloc@appstate.edu
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MULTIPLE, SHORT-LIVED OCEAN ANOXIC EVENTS ACROSS THE LATE DEVONIAN MASS EXTINCTION DETECTED USING URANIUM ISOTOPES OF MARINE CARBONATES
WHITE, David A.1, ELRICK, Maya1, ROMANIELLO, Stephen2 and ZHANG, Feifei3, (1)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (2)Tempe, AZ 85287, (3)School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Room 686, PSF, 550 E Tyler Mall, Tempe, AZ 85287, dwhite2@unm.edu
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13C NMR CHARACTERIZATION AND STABLE ISOTOPE INVESTIGATION OF ORGANIC MATTER IN SILICIFIED WOOD, PETRIFIED FOREST NATIONAL PARK (ARIZONA, USA): EVIDENCE FOR LATE TRIASSIC CLIMATE CHANGE
JIN, Cong, DWORKIN, Steve I., HOCKADAY, William C. and LONGBOTTOM, Todd L., Department of Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798, Cong_Jin@baylor.edu
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CLIMATE INTERPRETATION OF THE PALEO-ARCTIC PRINCE CREEK FORMATION ALASKA DURING THE MIDDLE-MAASTRICHTIAN GLOBAL WARM PERIOD
SALAZAR-JARAMILLO, Susana, Departamento de Geociencias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Av. Carrera 30 # 45-03, Bogotá, 111321, Colombia, MCCARTHY, Paul, Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, University of Alaska Fairbanks, PO Box 755780, Fairbanks, AK 99775, FOWELL, Sarah J., Dept. of Geosciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, PO Box 755780, Fairbanks, AK 99775-5780 and OCHOA, Andrés, Facultad de Minas, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Minas Bloque M2, Medellin, 00574, Colombia, ssalazarj@unal.edu.co
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ISOTOPE SCLEROCHRONOLOGY OF MIOCENE MOLLUSCS FROM THE GUAJIRA PENINSULA, COLOMBIA
ESCOBAR, Jaime H., Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universidad del Norte, Apartados Aereos 1569, Barranquilla, 51820, Colombia, HENDY, Austin J.W., Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, 900 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 900007, JARAMILLO, Carlos, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Unit 0948, APO AA 34002, Balboa, Ancon, 0843-03092, Panama, CURTIS, Jason H., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, 241 Williamson Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611, MORENO, Federico, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester, 227 Hutchison Hall, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627 and ALLMON, Warren D., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, jhescobar@uninorte.edu.co
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