GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 51
Sunday, 25 September 2016: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 501 (Colorado Convention Center)

T196. The Other Red Planet: Terrestrial Environments and Climates from the Permian and Triassic

GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Soils and Soil Processes Interdisciplinary Interest Group; SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology)
Kathleen C. Benison and Jonathan Knapp, Advocates
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:45 PM
RESPONSE OF SOILS AND SOIL ECOSYSTEMS TO THE PENNSYLVANIAN-PERMIAN CLIMATE TRANSITION IN THE UPPER FLUVIAL PLAIN OF THE DUNKARD BASIN, SOUTHEASTERN OHIO, USA
CARNES, Jennifer L., Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701-2979 and HEMBREE, Daniel I., Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701, jc458707@ohio.edu
2:00 PM
SEDIMENTARY AND ORGANIC GEOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE ON CONTINENTAL CLIMATE VARIABILITY IN MID-LATITUDE NORTHERN PANGEA, LOWER PERMIAN LUCAOGOU AND HONGYANCHI LOW-ORDER CYCLES, SOUTHERN BOGDA MOUNTAINS, GREATER TURPAN-JUNGGAR BASIN, NW CHINA
YANG, Wan1, ZHAN, Xin1, FENG, Qiao2, LU, Hong3, DUAN, Jing1, WANG, Bingkai2 and WANG, Taoli3, (1)Geology and Geophysics Program, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65409, (2)College of Geoengineering and Geoinformatics, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 310003, China, (3)State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, China, xz793@mst.edu
2:15 PM
FINE-GRAINED MEANDERING CHANNELS AND TABULAR SANDSTONES IN THE LOWER PERMIAN CLEAR FORK FORMATION OF NORTH-CENTRAL TEXAS, USA
SIMON, Sharane and GIBLING, Martin, Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, 1355 Oxford Street, Rm 3006, 3rd Floor Life Sciences Centre (Biology/Earth Sciences Wing), Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada, sharane.simon@dal.ca
2:30 PM
FINE-GRAINED DEBRIS FLOWS IN COARSE-GRAINED ALLUVIAL SYSTEMS: PALEOENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE FOUNTAIN AND CUTLER FORMATIONS, COLORADO
SWEET, Dustin E., Department of Geosciences, Texas Tech University, MS 1053, Science Building 125, Lubbock, TX 79409, dustin.sweet@ttu.edu
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2:45 PM
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3:00 PM
PRESERVATION POTENTIAL OF BIOMARKERS FOR PALEOENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS OF PERMIAN RED-BED EVAPORITES
LOCKAMY, Dru and OLCOTT MARSHALL, Alison, Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Lindley Hall Rm 120, Lawrence, KS 66045, dlockamy@ku.edu
3:15 PM
ACID FLUID INCLUSIONS IN BEDDED HALITE OF THE TRIASSIC MERCIA MUDSTONE, NORTHERN IRELAND
EICHENLAUB, Lynnette A., BENISON, Kathleen C. and ANDESKIE, Anna Sofia, Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-6300, laeichenlaub@mix.wvu.edu
 
3:30 PM
Break
3:45 PM
THE PERMIAN-TRIASSIC OF EASTERN COLORADO: REDBEDS, SLIME, SALT, DUNES, AND POSSIBLY AN EXTINCTION?
HAGADORN, James W.1, WHITELEY, Karen R.1, LAHEY, Bonita L.1, HOLM-DENOMA, Christopher S.2 and HENDERSON, Charles M.3, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Central Mineral and Environmental Resources Science Center, Box 25046 Denver Federal Center, MS-973, Denver, CO 80225, (3)Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada, rockhoundgal@outlook.com
4:00 PM
REDBEDS IN WYOMING: READING LATE PERMIAN-EARLY TRIASSIC ENVIRONMENTS AND CLIMATES FROM THE RED PEAK AND CROW MOUNTAIN FORMATIONS
KNAPP, Jonathan P.1, BENISON, Kathleen C.2 and ANDESKIE, Anna Sofia2, (1)Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-6300; National Park Service, White Sands National Monument, 19955 Highway 70 West, Alamogordo, NM 88310, (2)Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-6300, knapp1jp@gmail.com
4:15 PM
FLORAL, BACTERIAL AND ORGANIC CARBON ISOTOPE CHANGES ACROSS THE NON-MARINE PERMO-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY AT WYBUNG HEAD, AUSTRALIA AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE
STEBBINS, Alan G., School for the Environment, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey BLVD, Boston, MA 02125, BROOKFIELD, Michael, School for the Environment, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125, JHA, Neerja, Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow, 226007, India and HANNIGAN, Robyn, School for the Environment, University of Massachusetts, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125, alan.stebbins001@umb.edu
4:30 PM
PETROGRAPHY, MINERALOGY, AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF GREENISH- AND REDDISH-GRAY SILTSTONES STRADDLING THE VERTEBRATE-DEFINED PERMIAN–TRIASSIC BOUNDARY IN SOUTH AFRICA (Invited Presentation)
LI, Jiawen, Geology, Colby College, 8005 Mayflower Hill, Waterville, ME 04901, GASTALDO, Robert A., Department of Geology, Colby College, 5807 Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME 04901 and NEVELING, Johann, Council for Geosciences, Private Bag x112, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa, jwli@colby.edu
4:50 PM
STABLE CARBON ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY OF PALEOSOLS, MEAN ANNUAL RAINFALL ESTIMATES AND ITS CORRELATION WITH TETRAPOD DIVERSITY IN PERMO-TRIASSIC STRATA OF THE AFRICAN CONTINENT (Invited Presentation)
TABOR, Neil J.1, MYERS, Timothy S.1 and SIDOR, Christian A.2, (1)Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275-0395, (2)Dept. of Biology and Burke Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1800, ntabor@smu.edu
5:10 PM
MARS ON EARTH: THE PERMIAN DUST BOWL OF THE WESTERN PANGAEAN TROPICS (Invited Presentation)
SOREGHAN, Gerilyn S.1, SOREGHAN, Michael J.1, HEAVENS, Nicholas G.2 and HINNOV, Linda A.3, (1)School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 100 E. Boyd Street, Norman, OK 73019, (2)Department of Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Hampton University, Hampton, VA 23668, (3)Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030, lsoreg@ou.edu
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