South-Central Section - 51st Annual Meeting - 2017

Session No. 2
Monday, 13 March 2017: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Grand Ballroom F (Omni Colonnade San Antonio)

T2. Advances in the Application and Development of Terrestrial Paleoclimate Proxies

GSA Soils and Soil Processes Interdisciplinary Interest Group; GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division; GSA Karst Division

 

Marina B. Suarez, Steven G. Driese and Dan O. Breecker, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
2-1
8:05 AM
PETROGRAPHIC, XRD, AND CLUMPED ISOTOPE STUDY OF A CRETACEOUS DOLOMITIC LAKE IN NORTHWEST CHINA
SUAREZ, Marina B., Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249, LUDVIGSON, G., Kansas Geological Survey, 1930 Constant Avenue, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66047-3724, GONZALEZ, Luis A., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd., Rm. 120, Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045 and YOU, Hailu, Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology,Chinese Academy of Sciences, 142 Xizhimenwai Street, Beijing, 100044, China, marina.suarez@utsa.edu, marina.suarez@utsa.edu
2-2
8:25 AM
HOLOCENE PALEOCLIMATE INTERPRETED BY STABLE CARBON AND OXYGEN ISOTOPES OF OSTRACODS FROM XIADA CO LAKE ON THE TIBETAN PLATEAU
WEST, Matthew A.1, SUAREZ, Marina B.1, HOU, Juzhi2 and GAO, Yongli3, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249, (2)Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100083, China, (3)Center for Water Resources, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78249, matthew.west@my.utsa.edu, matthew.west@my.utsa.edu
2-3
8:45 AM
INVESTIGATING DRIVERS OF EROSION IN A TECTONICALLY-QUIESCENT MONSOONAL RIVER BASIN, SONG GIANH, CENTRAL VIETNAM
JONELL, Tara N.1, CLIFT, Peter D.2, HOANG, Long V.3, HOANG, Tina4, CARTER, Andrew5, WITTMANN, Hella6, BÖNING, Philipp7, PAHNKE, Katharina7 and RITTENOUR, Tammy8, (1)Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, E235 Howe-Russell-Kniffen Geoscience Complex, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, (2)Louisiana State University, E235 Howe-Russell-Kniffen Geoscience Complex, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, (3)Marine Geology, Hanoi University of Mining and Geology, Duc Thang, North Tu Liem District, Hanoi, Viet Nam, (4)School of Geosciences, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA 70504, (5)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London, Malet Street, London, WC1E 75x, United Kingdom, (6)Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, E 228, Potsdam, 14473, Germany, (7)Max-Planck Research Group for Marine Isotope Geochemistry, ICBM, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, 26129, Germany, (8)Department of Geology and Luminescence Laboratory, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322, tjonel1@lsu.edu, tjonel1@lsu.edu
2-4
9:05 AM
CLIMATE-TECTONIC INTERACTIONS RECORDED IN THE ARABIAN SEA: RESULTS FROM IODP EXPEDITION 355
ZHOU, Peng, Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, baton rouge, LA 70803, CLIFT, Peter D., Louisiana State University, E235 Howe-Russell-Kniffen Geoscience Complex, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, BLUSZTAJN, Jerzy S., Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 266 Woods Hole Rd., Woods Hole, MA 02543, PANDEY, Dhananjai K., Department of Marine Geophysics, National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR), Vasco da Gama, Goa, 403804, India and STOCKLI, Daniel F., Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, pzhou3@lsu.edu, pzhou3@lsu.edu
2-5
9:25 AM
Withdrawn
2-6
9:45 AM
NEAR ENTRANCE SPELEOTHEMS: ARCHIVES OF SEASONALITY?
SEKHON, Natasha1, BANNER, Jay2, BREECKER, Dan O.1 and CARLSON, Peter E.2, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, (2)Geological Sciences, the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, nsekhon@utexas.edu, nsekhon@utexas.edu
 
10:05 AM
Break
2-7
10:20 AM
INVESTIGATION OF DROUGHT INTENSITY AND PERIODICITY IN SOUTH TEXAS USING CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL RECORDS IN BAT GUANO CORES
STEPCHINSKI, Leanne, BERTETTI, F. Paul, GREEN, Ronald T., TOLL, Nathaniel J., NUNU, Rebecca R. and GULLIVER, Kirk D.H., Geosciences and Engineering Division, Southwest Research Institute, 6220 Culebra Road, San Antonio, TX 78238, lstepchinski@swri.org, lstepchinski@swri.org
2-8
10:40 AM
SEASONAL TEMPERATURES IN THE ARCTIC DURING THE LATE PLEISTOCENE DETERMINED USING HIGH-RESOLUTION OXYGEN ISOTOPE MEASUREMENTS ACROSS FOSSIL WOOD
MOORE, Collin Scott, School of Geosciences, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, 611 McKinley St, P.O. Box 44650, Hamilton Hall, Room #323, Lafayette, LA 70504 and SCHUBERT, Brian A., School of Geosciences, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 611 McKinley St 44530, Hamilton Hall #323, Lafayette, LA 70504, csm0129@louisiana.edu, csm0129@louisiana.edu
2-9
11:00 AM
APPLICATIONS OF τP2O5 AND τFE2O3 AS INDICATORS OF MICROBIAL BIOCYCLING AND REDOX PROCESSES IN PRECAMBRIAN PALEOSOLS AND PALEOSAPROLITES
DRIESE, Steven G., Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Dept. of Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, MEDARIS Jr., L. Gordon, Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin, 1215 W. Dayton St., Madison, WI 53706 and STINCHCOMB, Gary, Department of Geosciences & Watershed Studies Institute, Murray State University, 432 Blackburn Science Building, Murray, KY 42071, Steven_Driese@baylor.edu, Steven_Driese@baylor.edu
Handouts
  • Geochemical Constraints on Fe and P Cycling in Precambrian paleosols.pptx (6.3 MB)
  • 11:20 AM
    AN ICHNOLOGICAL PROXY FOR THE RESPONSE AND RECOVERY OF SOIL FAUNA ACROSS THE K-PG EXTINCTION INVERVAL: BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK
    WIEST, Logan A.1, LUKENS, William E.1, DRIESE, Steven G.1, TUBBS, Jack D.2, LETOURMY, Yohan1 and LESLIE, Caitlin E.1, (1)Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Department of Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798-7354, (2)Department of Statistical Science, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798, Logan_Wiest@baylor.edu, Logan_Wiest@baylor.edu
    11:40 AM
    THE LATE MIOCENE CRITICAL ZONE AT COFFEE RANCH, TX: PALEOCLIMATE, PALEOVEGETATION AND PALEOSOLS
    LUKENS, William E. and DRIESE, Steven G., Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Dept. of Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, bill_lukens@baylor.edu, bill_lukens@baylor.edu
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