GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 128
Monday, 23 October 2017: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 609 (Washington State Convention Center)

T38. Cenozoic Paleoclimates and Ecosystems II

Paleontological Society; Geochemical Society; Paleontological Research Institution; Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Limnogeology Division
Alexis Licht, Caroline Stromberg, Gerard H. Roe, Guillaume Dupont-Nivet, Yannick Donnadieu and K. Christopher Beard, Advocates
1:30 PM
THE FOSSIL RECORD AND AVIAN INTERCONTINENTAL DISPERSALS DURING PERIODS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE CENOZOIC
STIDHAM, Thomas A., Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 142 Xi Zhi Men Wai Da Jie, Beijing, 100044, China, presbyornis@gmail.com
1:45 PM
ORBITAL FORCING OF EARLY CENOZOIC CLIMATE AND NEW ASTRONOMICAL SOLUTIONS
ZEEBE, Richard, Oceanography, University of Hawaii, 1000 Pope Rd MSB 629, Honolulu, HI 96822, zeebe@hawaii.edu
2:00 PM
CHANGES IN GLOBAL MEAN SEA LEVEL DETERMINED FROM DEEP-SEA BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL δ18O AND MG/CA RECORDS OVER THE PAST 40 MYR: IMPLICATIONS FOR MARGIN AND PLATFORM DEPOSITION
MILLER, Kenneth G., WRIGHT, James D. and BROWNING, James V., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, kgm@rci.rutgers.edu
2:15 PM
STEPWISE ONSET OF THE ICEHOUSE WORLD AND ITS IMPACT ON OLIGO- MIOCENE CENTRAL ASIAN MAMMALS
PILLER, Werner E., Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Graz, NAWI Graz Geocenter, Heinrichstrasse 26, Graz, 8010, Austria, HARZHAUSER, Mathias, Geological-Paleontological Department, Natural History Museum Vienna, Burgring 7, Vienna, 1010, Austria, RICHOZ, Sylvain, Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Graz, Heinrichstraße 26, Graz, 8010, Austria, BALDERMANN, Andre, Institute of Applied Geosciences, Graz University of Technology, Rechbauerstraße 12, Graz, 8010, Austria, ERBAJEVA, Margarita A., Geological Institute, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Sahianova Str., 6a, Ulan-Ude, 670047, Russian Federation and DAXNER-HOECK, Gudrun, Rupertusstrasse 16, Seekirchen, 5201, Austria, werner.piller@uni-graz.at
2:30 PM
FLOW REVERSAL IN THE CENTRAL AMERICAN SEAWAY DURING OR AFTER THE OLIGOCENE MIOCENE TRANSITION
FRAASS, Andrew Jeffrey, Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, 10th St. & Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC, DC 20560, LECKIE, R. Mark, Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 611 N. Pleasant St, 233 Morrill Science Center, Amherst, MA 01003, LOWERY, Christopher M., Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas, JJ Pickle Research Campus, Bldg 196, 10100 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX 78758 and DECONTO, Robert, Geosciences, Univ of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, FraassA@si.edu
2:45 PM
PALEOCLIMATE AND PALEOECOLOGY OF THE LATE EOCENE FLORISSANT FLORA USING DIGITAL LEAF PHYSIOGNOMY
ALLEN, Sarah E.1, LOWE, Alexander J.2, PEPPE, Daniel J.3 and MEYER, Herbert W.1, (1)National Park Service, Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, PO Box 185, Florissant, CO 80816, (2)Masters of Science in Environmental and Life Science, Brandon University, Brandon, MB R7A0A1, Canada, (3)Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Department of Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798, sarah_allen@partner.nps.gov
3:00 PM
ASSEMBLY OF AN ENDEMIC ISLAND BIOTA ON THE EOCENE PONTIDE TERRANE (NORTHERN ANATOLIA): PALEOGEOGRAPHIC AND PALEOCLIMATIC IMPLICATIONS
BEARD, K. Christopher, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, MÉTAIS, Grégoire, Centre de recherche sur la paleobiodiversite et les paleoenvironnements, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, UMR7207, 8 rue Buffon, Paris, 75005, France, COSTER, Pauline, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard, Lawrence, KS 66045, OCAKOĞLU, Faruk, Geological Engineering, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, 26480, Turkey, LICHT, Alexis, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98103 and TAYLOR, Michael H., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045, chris.beard@ku.edu
 
3:15 PM
Break
3:30 PM
MARINE BIOTIC RESPONSE OF THE NORTHERN ATLANTIC OCEAN DURING GRADUAL AND ABRUPT WARMING EVENTS FROM THE LATE PALEOCENE TO THE EARLY-MIDDLE EOCENE
KELLER, Allison L., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521, KIRTLAND TURNER, Sandra, Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave., Riverside, CA 92521, PENMAN, Donald, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, SEXTON, Philip F., Earth Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall, Kents Hill, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, United Kingdom, NORRIS, Richard D., Scripps Institution of Oceanography/UCSD, MS-0244, 427 Vaughan Hall, La Jolla, CA 92093-0244 and PAYTAN, Adina, Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, akell002@ucr.edu
3:45 PM
AN INTEGRATED STUDY OF PALYNOMORPHS AND FORAMINIFERA TO RECORD THE CHANGES IN PALAEOVEGTATION AND PALAEODEPOSITIONAL CONDITIONS FROM EOCENE LIGNITE MINE SECTIONS IN WESTERN INDIA
KHANOLKAR, Sonal, Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016, India and SHARMA, Jyoti, Department of Geology, K. J. Somaiya College of Science and Commerce, Mumbai, 400077, India, sonal.k.12@gmail.com
4:00 PM
CARBON PRESERVATION IN DEEP MARINE SETTINGS: THE ROLE OF SEDIMENT TRANSPORT IN THE DEPOSITION OF ORGANIC-RICH CARBONATES IN THE EOCENE OF THE LEVANT BASIN
MEILIJSON, Aaron1, MAKOVSKY, Yizhaq2, WALDMANN, Nicolas2, BIALIK, Or M.2 and BENJAMINI, Chaim3, (1)Dr. Moses Strauss Department of Marine Geosciences, Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa, 31905, Israel; Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, (2)Dr. Moses Strauss Department of Marine Geosciences, Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa, 31905, Israel, (3)Geological and Environmental Sciences, Ben Gurion University, PO Box 653, Beer Sheva, 84105, Israel, chaim@bgu.ac.il
4:15 PM
MILLENNIAL-SCALE PLANT COMMUNITY AND CLIMATE DYNAMICS AT THE ONSET OF THE EARLY EOCENE CLIMATIC OPTIMUM, MCABEE FOSSIL BEDS, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
LOWE, Alexander J.1, WEST, Christopher K.2, SUDERMANN, Markus1 and GREENWOOD, David R.3, (1)Masters of Science in Environmental and Life Science, Brandon University, Brandon, MB R7A0A1, Canada, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada, (3)Dept. of Biology, Brandon University, J.R. Brodie Science Centre, 270-18th Street, Brandon, MB R7A 6A9, Canada, loweaj01@brandonu.ca
4:30 PM
LODO FORMATION AND THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MCDOUGALL, Kristin, U.S. Geological Survey, 2255 N. Gemini Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86001 and JOHN, Cedric M., Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, Prince Consort Road, London, SW7 2BP, United Kingdom, kris@usgs.gov
4:45 PM
WHY DO LEAF WAX N-ALKANE DISTRIBUTIONS CHANGE DURING THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM? (Invited Presentation)
MCINERNEY, Francesca A.1, BUSH, Rosemary T.2, BACZYNSKI, Allison A.3, ANDRAE, Jake W.1, BUNNEY, Ellyse1 and HOWARD, Sian1, (1)Sprigg Geobiology Centre, Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 5005, Australia, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208-3130, (3)Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 215 Circle Drive, State College, PA 16801, cesca.mcinerney@adelaide.edu.au
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