GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 228
Tuesday, 24 October 2017: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 608 (Washington State Convention Center)

T56. Mass Extinctions II: Past, Present, and Future?

Paleontological Research Institution; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research; Paleontological Society; Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group
David P.G. Bond, Thierry Adatte, Gerta Keller and Dougal A. Jerram, Advocates
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1:30 PM
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1:45 PM
SULFUR PARTITIONING BETWEEN CLINOPYROXENE AND MELT: TACKLING GAS LOADS FROM LIP MAGMAS (Invited Presentation)
CALLEGARO, Sara1, BAKER, Don R.2, MARZOLI, Andrea3, WHITEHOUSE, Martin J.4, DE MIN, Angelo5, RENNE, Paul R.6 and SVENSEN, Henrik1, (1)CEED - Centre for Earth Evolution ad Dynamics, University of Oslo, Sem Sælands vei 2A, Oslo, 0371, Norway, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill, 3450 rue University, Montreal, QC H4A0E8, Canada, (3)Geoscienze, Università di Padova, via Gradenigo 6, Padova, 35100, Italy, (4)Department of Geosciences, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, SE-104 05, Sweden, (5)Department of Geosciences, University of Trieste, via E. Weiss 8, Trieste, 34127, Italy, (6)Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Rd., Berkeley, CA 94709, sara.callegaro@geo.uio.no
2:00 PM
THE K–PG BOUNDARY: GEOLOGICAL EVENTS, MARINE ACIDIFICATION AND COLLAPSE OF PRIMARY PRODUCERS
LE HIR, Guillaume1, FLUTEAU, Frederic1 and GODDERIS, Yves2, (1)Institut de physique du globe de Paris, 1 rue jussieu, Paris, 75005, France, (2)CNRS, GET, Toulouse, 31400, France, lehir@ipgp.fr
2:15 PM
SILL INDUCED HYDROTHERMAL VENTING AS A CLIMATE TRIGGER: A SUMMARY OF OUR CURRENT UNDERSTANDING
JERRAM, Dougal A.1, SVENSEN, Henrik H.1, PLANKE, Sverre2, MILLETT, John2 and REYNOLDS, Peter3, (1)Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics (CEED), University of Oslo, Postbox 1028 Blindern, Oslo, 0315, Norway, (2)VBPR ASA, Olso Research Park, Oslo, 3133, Norway, (3)Australian School of Petroleum, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia, dougal@dougalearth.com
2:30 PM
THE ROLE OF VOLCANISM (NORTH ATLANTIC IGNEOUS PROVINCE) IN THE PETM EVENTS REVEALED BY MERCURY ANOMALIES
KHOZYEM, Hassan1, ADATTE, Thierry2, MBABI BITCHONG, André3, MOHAMED, Abdallah1 and KELLER, Gerta4, (1)Department of Geology, University of Aswan, Aswan, 81528, Egypt, (2)Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Lausanne, Géopolis, Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Yaounde 1, Yaounde Cameroon, P.O.Box 812, Cameroon; Department of Petroleum and Gas Exploration, Institute of Mines and Petroleum Industries,, University of Maroua, Kaele, P.O.Box 08, Cameroon, (4)Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Guyot Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, hkhozyem@gmail.com
2:45 PM
COMBINED CLIMATE AND ECOLOGICAL NICHE MODELING PREDICTS THE RELATIVE SEVERITY OF MARINE EXTINCTIONS DURING THREE PHANEROZOIC GREENHOUSE-ICEHOUSE TRANSITIONS
SAUPE, Erin E., Department of Earth Science, Oxford University, S Parks Rd, Oxford, OX1 3AN, United Kingdom, QIAO, Huijie, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 Beichen W Rd, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101, China, FARNSWORTH, Alex, School of Geographical Sciences and Cabot Institute, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1SS, United Kingdom, DONNADIEU, Yannick, Cnrs, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE), L'Orme des Merisiers, Batiment 701, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91191, France, LUNT, Dan J., School of Geographical Sciences, Bristol University, University Road, Bristol, BS8 1SS, United Kingdom, POHL, Alexandre, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE), L'Orme des Merisiers, Batiment 701, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91191, France, SAGOO, Navjit, Geology & Geophysics, Yale University, 210 Whitney Ave, New Haven, CT 06511, VALDES, Paul J., School of Geographical Sciences, Bristol University, University of Bristol, University Road, Bristol, BS8 1SS, United Kingdom and FINNEGAN, Seth, Department of Integrative Biology & Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, 1005 Valley Life Sciences Building #3140, Berkeley, CA 94720, eesaupe@gmail.com
3:00 PM
CARBON CYCLE PERTURBATIONS ALONG AN ONSHORE-OFFSHORE GRADIENT DURING THE KELLWASSER MASS EXTINCTION EVENTS, UPPER DEVONIAN, NORTHERN APPALACHIAN BASIN
BEARD, J. Andrew, Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, 354 Mansfield Rd U-2045, Storrs, CT 06269, BUSH, Andrew M., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology & Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, 75 N. Eagleville Road, Unit 3043, Storrs, CT 06269, HREN, Michael T., Center for Integrative Geosciences, Dept. Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, BRISSON, Sarah, Center of Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269 and FERNANDES, Anjali, Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, Stores, CT 06269, james.beard@uconn.edu
3:15 PM
HOW COMPILED AND INCORRECT CORRELATIONS CAN “CREATE” A MASS EXTINCTION: THE CASE OF EARLY PERMIAN TETRAPODS
LUCAS, Spencer G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road N.W, Albuquerque, NM 87104, spencer.lucas@state.nm.us
3:30 PM
THE MIDDLE PERMIAN (CAPITANIAN) EXTINCTION RECORD IN THE BOREAL REALM (SPITSBERGEN AND ELLESMERE ISLAND): EVIDENCE FOR VOLCANICALLY-DRIVEN KILL MECHANISMS
BOND, David P.G., School of Environmental Sciences, University of Hull, Hull, HU6 7RX, United Kingdom, WIGNALL, Paul B., School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom and GRASBY, Stephen E., Geological Survey of Canada, 3303 33 St NW, Calgary, AB T2L 2A7, Canada, d.bond@hull.ac.uk
3:45 PM
PRE-MASS EXTINCTION DECLINE OF LATEST PERMIAN AMMONOIDS
KIESSLING, Wolfgang1, SCHOBBEN, Martin2, GHADERI, Abbas3, HAIRAPETIAN, Vachik4, LEDA, Lucyna5 and KORN, Dieter5, (1)GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Loewenichstraße 28, Erlangen, 91054, Germany, (2)School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom, (3)Department of Geology-Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran, (4)Department of Geology, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran (Islamic Republic of), (5)Museum fuer Naturkunde, Invalidenstr. 43, Berlin, 10115, Germany, wolfgang.kiessling@fau.de
4:00 PM
TETRAPOD DISPERSAL DURING THE PERMIAN-TRIASSIC MASS EXTINCTION
BERNARDI, Massimo, Section of Geology and Palaeontology, MUSE - Science Museum, Trento, Italy, 38122, Italy; School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TQ, United Kingdom, PETTI, Fabio Massimo, Section of Geology and Palaeontology, MUSE - Science Museum, Trento, Italy, 38122, Italy and BENTON, Michael J., School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TQ, United Kingdom, massimo.bernardi@muse.it
4:15 PM
THE MYTH OF MASS EXTINCTION AT THE END OF THE TRIASSIC
LUCAS, Spencer G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road N.W, Albuquerque, NM 87104 and TANNER, Lawrence H., Dept. Biological and Environmental Sciences, Le Moyne College, 1419 Salt Springs Rd, Syracuse, NY 13214, tannerlh@lemoyne.edu
Handouts
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