GSA Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA - 2018

Session No. 218
Tuesday, 6 November 2018: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 240-241 (Indiana Convention Center)

T181. Recent Advances and Future Directions in Paleoaltimetry and Paleoclimate

GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; GSA International Interdisciplinary Interest Group

 

Lily J. Jackson, Kurt E. Sundell and Miquela Ingalls, Advocates
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Start Time
1:30 PM
UPLIFT HISTORY OF THE CENTRAL APENNINES (ITALY): COMBINING STABLE ISOTOPES AND THERMOCHRONOLOGY
SAN JOSÉ, Malwina1, CAVES RUGENSTEIN, Jeremy K.2, FELLIN, Maria Giuditta2, COSENTINO, Domenico3, GHINASSI, Massimiliano4, MARTINI, Ivan5 and FACCENNA, Claudio6, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Università Roma Tre, Rome, 00154, Italy, (2)Geologisches Institut, ETH Zürich, Zürich, 8092, Switzerland, (3)Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Largo San Leonardo Murialdo, 1, Rome, 00146, Italy, (4)Department of Geosciences, University of Padova, Padova, 35122, Italy, (5)Università di Siena, Siena, Italy, (6)Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Università Roma Tre, Largo San Leonardo Murialdo 1, Roma, 00146, Italy
1:45 PM
THE SERIOUS CHALLENGE OF OBTAINING PRIMARY RECORDS OF PALEOALTITUDE IN TIBET (Invited Presentation)
QUADE, Jay, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721
2:05 PM
5-2 MA HIGH-RESOLUTION STABLE ISOTOPE RECORD FROM CARBONATES FORMED IN THE QINGHAI LAKE DURING OUTWARD GROWTH OF THE QILIAN SHAN-NAN SHAN OROGENIC BELT AND GLOBAL COOLING
RICHTER, Fabiana1, AN, Zhisheng2, LIU, Weiguo2, GARZIONE, Carmala N.1, QIANG, Xiaoke2, CHANG, Hong2 and LI, Xiangzhong2, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14620, (2)State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Science, No.97 Yangxiang Road, Xi'an, 710061, China
2:20 PM
AGES OF CENOZOIC STRATA DEPOSITED IN THE TUOTUOHE BASIN AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EARLY OLIGOCENE PALEOELEVATION OF THE NORTHERN TIBETAN PLATEAU
LI, Leyi1, CHANG, Hong2, NIEMI, Nathan A.3, QIANG, Xiaoke4, JIN, Chunsheng5, SUN, Jimin5, GUAN, Chong6, ZHANG, Peng2, MIAO, Yunfa7 and AN, Zhisheng2, (1)State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, 710075, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China, (2)State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, 710075, China, (3)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 North University Building, 1100 N. University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, (4)State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.97 Yangxiang Road, Xi'an, 710061, China, (5)Key Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China, (6)Institute of Tibetan Plateau research, Beijing, 100101, China, (7)Key Laboratory of Desert and Desertification, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China
2:35 PM
STABLE HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS OF PEDOGENIC MINERALS FROM OLIGOCENE (~32-27 MA) STRATA OF THE NORTHWESTERN ETHIOPIAN PLATEAU: IMPLICATIONS FOR PALEOTEMPERATURE, PALEOENVIRONMENT AND PALEOELEVATION
TABOR, Neil J., Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, 3225 Daniel Ave, Dallas, TX 75275-0395, KAPPELMAN, John, Department of Anthropology, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712 and JACOBS, Bonnie F., Department of Geological Sciences, Southern Methodist University, P.O. Box 750395, Dallas, TX 75275-0395
2:50 PM
VARIABLE LATE CENOZOIC SURFACE UPLIFT ACROSS THE PERUVIAN CENTRAL ANDES DOCUMENTS MULTIPLE UPLIFT MECHANISMS
SUNDELL, Kurt E.1, SAYLOR, Joel E.2, LAPEN, Thomas J.2 and HORTON, Brian K.3, (1)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (2)Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, (3)Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712 – 1722
3:05 PM
RECORDS FROM COAST TO COAST: NEW TOPOGRAPHIC INSIGHTS ACROSS THE PALEOGENE CORDILLERAN HINTERLAND PLATEAU
CASSEL, Elizabeth J., Geological Sciences, University of Idaho, 875 Perimeter Drive MS 3022, Moscow, ID 83844, SMITH, M. Elliot, School of Earth and Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, 625 Knoles Drive, Box 4099, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, FRICKE, Henry, Department of Geology, Colorado College, 14 East Cache La Poudre St, Colorado Springs, CO 80903 and JICHA, Brian R., Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706
 
3:20 PM
Break
3:35 PM
HOW MUCH DATA DO WE NEED TO RECONSTRUCT PALEOELEVATION FROM PALEOCLIMATE DATA? (Invited Presentation)
SNELL, Kathryn E., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309
4:10 PM
THE ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION OF RAINFALL FROM AN ENERGY BALANCE PERSPECTIVE
KUKLA, Tyler, Geological Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Bldng 320, Stanford, CA 94305, WINNICK, Matthew J., Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 627 North Pleasant Street, 233 Morrill Science Center, Amherst, MA 01003-9297 and CHAMBERLAIN, C. Page, Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Bldng 320, Stanford, CA 94305
4:25 PM
THE EFFECT OF TIME-AVERAGING ON PALEO-WATER ISOTOPE RECORDS
COLWYN, David, Geological Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, UCB 399, Benson Earth Sciences, Boulder, CO 80309, BRANDON, Mark T., Geology & Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520 and HREN, Michael T., Center for Integrative Geosciences & Dept. of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, 354 Mansfield Road, Storrs, CT 06269
4:40 PM
OPI: A FULL PROCESS-BASED MODEL FOR STUDYING PRECIPITATION ISOTOPES AS A FUNCTION OF OROGRAPHIC LIFTING AND CLIMATE
BRANDON, Mark T., Geology & Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520
4:55 PM
HOW ACCURATE ARE STABLE ISOTOPE BASED ESTIMATES OF PALEOALTIMETRY: RESULTS FROM ISOTOPE ENABLED CLIMATE MODELS
FARNSWORTH, Alexander1, VALDES, Paul1, SPICER, Robert2, SU, Tao3, LUNT, Dan J.1 and LIN, Ding4, (1)School of Geographical Sciences, Bristol University, University Road, Bristol, BS8 1SS, United Kingdom, (2)School of Environment, Earth & Ecosystem Sciences, Open University, Milton Keynes, MK76BJ, (3)Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS, Menglun, Mengla, Yunnan, 666303, China, (4)Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
5:10 PM
PAST TOPOGRAPHY AS KEY TO UNDERSTANDING THE EVOLUTION OF LANDSCAPES AND LIFE (Invited Presentation)
MULCH, Andreas, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), Senckenberganlage 25, Frankfurt am Main, 60325, Germany; Institute of Geosciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Altenhöferallee 1, Frankfurt am Main, 60438, Germany
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