Joint 52nd Northeastern Annual Section / 51st North-Central Annual Section Meeting - 2017

Session No. 54
Tuesday, 21 March 2017: 9:35 AM-12:00 PM
Frick, Conference Level (Omni William Penn Hotel)

T30. Application of Organic Geochemical Proxies to (Paleo)Environmental Studies

GSA Limnogeology Division

 

Dervla Kumar and Josef P. Werne, Advocates
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9:35 AM
STUDY THE INTERFACIAL INTERACTIONS OF SELF-HEALING POLYMER-CEMENT COMPOSITES EXPOSED TO CO2 AND H2SO4 USING SYNCHROTRON XRF, XANES AND CT STUDIES
ELBAKHSHWAN, Mohamed1, GILL, Simerjeet1, ZHAO, Chonghang1, ECKER, Lynne1, CHILDERS, M. Ian2, LOPANO, Christina L.3, KUTCHKO, Barbara4 and FERNANDEZ, Carlos2, (1)Nuclear Science and Technology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, PO BOX 46, Upton, NY 11973, (2)Pacific Northwestern National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99354, (3)U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, PA 15236, (4)U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory, 626 Cochrans Mill Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15236, bakhshwan@bnl.gov, bakhshwan@bnl.gov
9:55 AM
IDENTIFYING BASIN-SPECIFIC CONTROLS ON LEAF WAX RECORDS IN LAKE SEDIMENTS OF THE ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS, NEW YORK
FREIMUTH, Erika J.1, DIEFENDORF, Aaron F.2, LOWELL, Thomas V.1, BATES, Benjamin1 and STEWART, Alexander K.3, (1)Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, PO Box 210013, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, (2)Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Building, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, (3)Department of Geology, St Lawrence University, Canton, NY 13617, FREIMUEJ@MAIL.UC.EDU, FREIMUEJ@MAIL.UC.EDU
10:15 AM
LEAF WAX CARBON AND HYDROGEN ISOTOPIC EVIDENCE OF HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS IN MIDCONTINENT NORTH AMERICA SINCE THE LAST INTERGLACIAL
SUH, Yeon Jee, Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45220 and DIEFENDORF, Aaron F., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Building, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, suhye@mail.uc.edu, suhye@mail.uc.edu
10:35 AM
A CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT FOR HOMINID EVOLUTION: PRELIMINARY BIOMARKER AND COMPOUND SPECIFIC ISOTOPE DATA FROM LAKE MAGADI, KENYA
FERLAND, Troy, Geology & Environmental Science, University of Pittsburgh, 4107 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, tmf39@pitt.edu, tmf39@pitt.edu
10:55 AM
MOLECULAR EVIDENCE FOR FIRE AND FOREST CLEARING ASSOCIATED WITH C4 GRASSLAND EXPANSION IN THE LATE MIOCENE
KARP, Allison T. and FREEMAN, Katherine H., Geoscience Department, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16801, amk6331@psu.edu, amk6331@psu.edu
11:15 AM
ANALYZING FORCED AND INTERNAL VARIABILITY IN LAST MILLENNIUM SUBTROPICAL EASTERN PACIFIC CLIMATE USING AN ALKENONE-DERIVED RECORD OF SST AND PRODUCTIVITY VARIABILITY
O'MARA, Nicholas A.1, KELLY, Christopher S.1, HERBERT, Timothy D.1 and HERGUERA, Juan Carlos2, (1)Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, 324 Brook Street, Providence, RI 02912, (2)Department of Marine Ecology, CICESE (El Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Baja California), Carretera Ensenada-Tijuana No. 3918, Zona Playitas, C.P. 22860,, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, nicholas_omara@brown.edu, nicholas_omara@brown.edu
11:35 AM
THE PETM IN THE COASTAL OCEAN: LINKING TERRESTRIAL DESTABILIZATION AND COASTAL PRODUCTIVITY IN MID-ATLANTIC SEDIMENTS
LYONS, Shelby L.1, BACZYNSKI, Allison A.1, VORNLOCHER, Jamie R.2 and FREEMAN, Katherine H.1, (1)Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 218 Deike Bldg, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, (2)Geology, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY, SLYONS@PSU.EDU, SLYONS@PSU.EDU
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