GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 226
Tuesday, 24 October 2017: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 611 (Washington State Convention Center)

T39. Cushman Foundation Symposium: Microfossil Mayhem—Murder, Misfortune, and More

Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research; Paleontological Research Institution; GSA Limnogeology Division; Paleontological Society; Geochemical Society; GSA Archaeological Geology Division
Miriam E. Katz, Francine M.G. McCarthy and Michelle F. Goman, Advocates
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
PROXY FORAMINIFERAL RECORD OF HUMAN IMPACT ON NEW ZEALAND’S COASTAL MARINE ENVIRONMENT (Invited Presentation)
HAYWARD, Bruce W., Geomarine Research, 19 Debron Ave, Remuera, Auckland, 1050, New Zealand and GRENFELL, Hugh R., Geomarine Research, 19 Debron Ave, Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand, b.hayward@geomarine.org.nz
1:55 PM
USING TESTATE AMOEBAE TO ANALYZE WATER QUALITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES IN THE CLINCH AND POWELL RIVER WATERSHED, VIRGINIA OVER THE LAST 100 YEARS (Invited Presentation)
LOBEGEIER, Melissa K., Department of Geosciences, Middle Tennessee State University, Box 9, Murfreesboro, TN 37132, Melissa.Lobegeier@mtsu.edu
2:15 PM
CALIBRATING PALEO-BIOMONITORS IN LAKE GEORGE, NY SEDIMENTS WITH MODERN GEOCHEMICAL AND LIMNOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS
KORNECKI, Krystyna1, KATZ, Miriam1, MCCARTHY, Francine M.G.2, SCHALLER, Morgan F.1, GILLIKIN, David P.3 and STAGER, Jay Curt4, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th Street, Troy, NY 12180, (2)Earth Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada, (3)Department of Geology, Union College, 807 Union St, Schenectady, NY 12308, (4)Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 601 S. College Road, Wilmington, NC 28403, krysia.kornecki@gmail.com
2:30 PM
CANARIES IN THE COAL MINE: BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA IN THE ASSESSMENT OF PUGET SOUND, WASHINGTON STATE, BENTHIC ENVIRONMENTS
MARTIN, Ruth A., Burke Museum, University of Washington, Box 353010, Seattle, WA 98195-3010 and NESBITT, Elizabeth A., Burke Museum, University of Washington, Box 353010, Seattle, WA 89195-3010, ruthm2@u.washington.edu
2:45 PM
A ~3,800-YEAR RECORD OF SEAGRASS COVERAGE IN SOUTH FLORIDA, BASED ON FORAMINIFERA
COLLINS, Laurel S., Dept. Earth and Environment, and Dept. Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, CHENG, Jie, Dept. of Earth and Environment, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, HAYEK, Lee-Ann C., Chief Mathematical Statistician, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, MRC-121, Washington, DC 20560-0121, FOURQUREAN, James W., Dept. Biological Sciences and Southeast Environmental Research Center, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199 and BUZAS, Martin A., Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20024, collinsl@fiu.edu
 
3:00 PM
Break
3:15 PM
FORENSIC PALYNOLOGY IN CANADA - FROM DELGAMUUKW TO HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION (Invited Presentation)
MATHEWES, Rolf W., Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada, mathewes@sfu.ca
3:35 PM
THE UTILITY OF NON-POLLEN PALYNOMORPHS AS PALEOENVIRONMENTAL PROXIES IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
PERROTTI, Angelina G., Anthropology, Texas A&M University, 340 Spence Street, College Station, TX 77840 and FENERTY, B., Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1040 E. 4th Street, Gould-Simpson Building, Tucson, AZ 85721, angelina.perrotti@tamu.edu
3:50 PM
RECONSTRUCTION OF LATE HOLOCENE HYDROCLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE IN SOUTHERN CENTRAL AMERICA WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE TERMINAL CLASSIC DROUGHT (TCD)
WU, Jiaying, Geography, The University of Georgia, 210 Field Street, Geography Department Room 120E, athens, GA 30602 and PORINCHU, David, Department of Geography, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, wu1092@uga.edu
 
4:05 PM
Break
4:20 PM
RECONSTRUCTING COMMON ERA RELATIVE SEA-LEVEL CHANGE ON THE GULF COAST OF FLORIDA
GERLACH, Matthew J., Geosciences, University of Rhode Island, 9 East Alumni Ave, Kingston, RI 02881, ENGELHART, Simon E., Department of Geosciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, KEMP, Andrew C., Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, MOYER, Ryan P., Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, 100 Eighth Avenue SE, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, SMOAK, Joseph M., Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Geography, University of South Florida, 140 7th Ave S, St. Petersburg, FL 33701 and CAHILL, Niamh, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, engelhart@uri.edu
4:35 PM
A BASELINE STUDY FOR ASSESSING LAND-USE CHANGES ALONG THE CARIBBEAN COAST OF PANAMA
SIDER, Maria N., Earth and Environment, Florida International University, 11200 S.W. 8th Street, Miami, FL 33199, COLLINS, Laurel S., Dept. Earth and Environment, and Dept. Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199 and O'DEA, Aaron, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa Ancon, Panama, 2072, Panama, mnsider@gmail.com
4:50 PM
HOLOCENE BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL ASSEMBLAGES OF TIDAL-INLET DEPOSITS ALONG CEDAR ISLAND, VA, USA: INSIGHTS INTO STORM IMPACTS, BREACH DYNAMICS, AND INLET EVOLUTION
WOOD, Elizabeth Tedder, Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, 6924 Fairfax Dr Unit 140, Arlington, VA 22213 and MCBRIDE, Randolph A., Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, & Earth Sciences, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030, etedder@gmu.edu
5:05 PM
FORAMINIFERA FROM COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS AS INDICATORS OF PALEOSTORMS AND TSUNAMIS
PILARCZYK, Jessica E., KOSCIUCH, Thomas J. and GRIFFIS, Anne M., Division of Marine Science, University of Southern Mississippi, 1020 Balch Blvd., Stennis Space Center, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529, Jessica.Pilarczyk@usm.edu
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