Northeastern Section - 51st Annual Meeting - 2016

Session No. 32
Tuesday, 22 March 2016: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Meeting Room 5 (Empire State Plaza Convention Center)

T22. Organic Geochemistry in the Geosciences

 

Isla Castañeda and Elizabeth Thomas, Advocates
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Start Time
8:00 AM
EXPLORING PLIO-PLEISTOCENE OCEAN SURFACE CONDITIONS USING THE ALKENONE ORGANIC PROXIES
LAWRENCE, Kira T., Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Lafayette College, 102 Van Wickle Hall, Easton, PA 18042, lawrenck@lafayette.edu, lawrenck@lafayette.edu
8:20 AM
HYDROCLIMATE VARIABILITY IN CENTRAL NORTH AFRICA DURING THE PLIO-PLEISTOCENE
CASTAÑEDA, Isla S.1, KEISLING, Benjamin Andrew2 and SALACUP, Jeffrey M.1, (1)Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 611 N. Pleasant St, Morrill Science Center II, Amherst, MA 01003, (2)Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 611 N. Pleasant St, Morrill Science Center II, Amherst, MA 01002, isla@geo.umass.edu, isla@geo.umass.edu
8:40 AM
RECONSTRUCTING ARCTIC HYDROLOGY USING THE HYDROGEN ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION OF LEAF WAXES
KEISLING, Benjamin Andrew1, BRIGHAM-GRETTE, Julie2, SALACUP, Jeffrey M.3 and CASTAÑEDA, Isla S.3, (1)Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 611 N. Pleasant St, Morrill Science Center II, Amherst, MA 01002, (2)Department of Geosciences, Univ of Massachusetts, 611 N. Pleasant St, Morrill Science Center II, Amherst, MA 01003, (3)Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 611 N. Pleasant St, Morrill Science Center II, Amherst, MA 01003, bkeisling@geo.umass.edu, bkeisling@geo.umass.edu
9:00 AM
DISTINGUISHING ABIOTIC FROM BIOLOGICAL CARBON SOURCES IN THE DEEP BIOSPHERE
MCDERMOTT, Jill1, HEUER, Verena2, TILLE, Steffi1, MORAN, James3, SLATER, Gregory F.3, GLEIN, Christopher1, WATT, Patrick1, UWE-HINRICHS, Kai2 and SHERWOOD LOLLAR, Barbara1, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, M4C 4C6, Germany, (2)University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany, (3)School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada, jillmmcdermott@alum.mit.edu, jillmmcdermott@alum.mit.edu
9:40 AM
SEARCHING FOR THE MID-BRUNHES EVENT IN THE TERRESTRIAL ARCTIC: AN ORGANIC GEOCHEMICAL PALEOCLIMATE RECORD FROM LAKE EL’GYGYTGYN, RUSSIA
HABICHT, Helen1, CASTAÑEDA, Isla2, BRIGHAM-GRETTE, Julie3, SMALL, Geoffrey1, CHESSIA, Julie1 and LUKAS, Stephen1, (1)Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 611 N. Pleasant St, Morrill Science Center II, Amherst, MA 01003, (2)Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, 611 N. Pleasant St, Morrill Science Center II, Amherst, MA 01003, (3)Department of Geosciences, Univ of Massachusetts, 611 N. Pleasant St, Morrill Science Center II, Amherst, MA 01003, mhabicht@geo.umass.edu, mhabicht@geo.umass.edu
 
10:00 AM
Break
10:20 AM
TRACKING PEAT SUBSIDENCE AND AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM CHANGE IN THE DISCONTINUOUS SPORADIC PERMAFROST ZONE (NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, CANADA) USING ORGANIC BIOMARKERS PRESERVED IN LAKE SEDIMENT CORES
KOROSI, Jennifer1, MCDONALD, Jamylynn2, COLEMAN, Kristen3, PALMER, Michael4, SMOL, John P.5, SIMPSON, Myrna2 and BLAIS, Jules1, (1)Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K2J0V4, Canada, (2)Physical and Environmental Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON M1C 1A4, Canada, (3)Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada, (4)Cumulative Impact Monitoring Program, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, 500-5102-50TH AVENUE, Yellowknife, NT X1A 3S8, Canada, (5)Department of Biology, Queen's University, 116 Barrie Street, Kingston, ON K7L 2N6, Canada, jennifer.korosi@gmail.com, jennifer.korosi@gmail.com
10:40 AM
GREENLAND VIKING COLLAPSE: AN ORGANIC GEOCHEMICAL EXPOSITION
BARRASSO, Thomas J., Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, DE WET, Greg A., Geosciences, Univ. of Massachusetts, 611 N. Pleasant St, Morrill Science Center, Amherst, MA 01003, BRADLEY, Raymond S., Department of Geosciences, Univ of Massachusetts, Morrill Science Center, 611 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003-9297 and CASTAÑEDA, Isla S., Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, 611 N. Pleasant St, Morrill Science Center II, Amherst, MA 01003, tbarrass@umass.edu, tbarrass@umass.edu
11:00 AM
BIOMARKER BASED PALEOTEMPERATURES FROM AN ARCTIC SUPER INTERGLACIAL: MARINE ISOTOPE STAGES 33-31 AT LAKE EL'GYGYTGYN
DE WET, Gregory A., Geosciences, Univ. of Massachusetts, 611 N. Pleasant St, Morrill Science Center, Amherst, MA 01003, CASTAÑEDA, Isla S., Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 611 N. Pleasant St, Morrill Science Center II, Amherst, MA 01003, DECONTO, Robert, Geosciences, Univ of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003 and BRIGHAM-GRETTE, Julie, Department of Geosciences, Univ of Massachusetts, 611 N. Pleasant St, Morrill Science Center II, Amherst, MA 01003, gdewet89@gmail.com, gdewet89@gmail.com
11:20 AM
DECADALLY-RESOLVED EARLY HOLOCENE TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION RECONSTRUCTIONS FROM THE EASTERN AND WESTERN COASTS OF BAFFIN BAY
THOMAS, Elizabeth K.1, CASTAÑEDA, Isla S.2, BRINER, Jason P.3, NGUYEN, Kevin Q.4, SALACUP, Jeffrey M.2 and SCHWEINSBERG, Avriel D.5, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, University at Buffalo, 126 Cooke Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260; Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 639 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, (2)Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 611 N. Pleasant St, Morrill Science Center II, Amherst, MA 01003, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, University at Buffalo, 126 Cooke Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260, (4)Department of Geosciences, Univ. of Massachusetts, 611 N. Pleasant St, Morrill Science Center II, Amherst, MA 01003, (5)Department of Geology, University at Buffalo, 126 Cooke Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260, ekthomas@buffalo.edu, ekthomas@buffalo.edu
11:40 AM
THE EFFECT OF ATMOSPHERIC CO2 AND O2 CONCENTRATION ON HYDROGEN ISOTOPE VALUES OF EPICUTICULAR PLANT WAX COMPOUNDS
BRITTINGHAM, Alex, Department of Anthropology, Univeristy of Connecticut, Unit 1176, 354 Mansfield Road, Storrs, CT 06269, HREN, Michael T., Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, 354 Mansfield Road, Storrs, CT 06269, PORTER, Amanda, University College Dublin, School of Biology and Environmental Science, Dublin, Ireland and MCELWAIN, Jennifer C., School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, 4, Ireland, alexander.brittingham@uconn.edu, alexander.brittingham@uconn.edu
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