GSA Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, USA - 2019

Session No. 223
Tuesday, 24 September 2019: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 228AB, North Building (Phoenix Convention Center)

T123. Cushman Foundation Symposium: Addressing Coastal Concerns with Micropaleontological Applications to Environmental Proxies, Reconstructions, and Deep-Time Analogs

Cushman Foundation; Paleontological Society

 

Laurel S. Collins, Zoë R.F. Verlaak and Maria N. Sider, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:40 PM
SHELF FORAMINIFERA AS INDICATORS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES IN COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS: LINKAGES BETWEEN PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE? (Invited Presentation)
THOMAS, Ellen, Geology and Geophysics and Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Yale University and Wesleyan University, P O Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109
1:55 PM
INCORPORATION OF HEAVY METALS IN EXPERIMENTALLY GROWN FORAMINIFERA FROM SAPELO ISLAND, GEORGIA AND LITTLE DUCK KEY, FLORIDA, USA
SMITH, Christopher W., Department of Geology, University of Georgia, 210 Field St, Athens, GA 30602, FEHRENBACHER, Jennifer S., Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR 97331 and GOLDSTEIN, Susan T., Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602
2:10 PM
PRISTINE TO MODERN: A COMPARISON OF SHALLOW-WATER MODERN AND MID-HOLOCENE BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL ASSEMBLAGES FROM COASTAL BOCAS DEL TORO, PANAMA
SIDER, Maria N. Gudnitz, Department of Earth and Environment, Florida International University, 11200 S.W. 8th Street, AHC5 360, Miami, FL 33199 and COLLINS, Laurel S., Dept. Earth and Environment, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199
2:25 PM
ON REPLICATES FOR COMPARING SPECIES DENSITIES IN SPACE AND TIME
BUZAS, Martin A., Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, BUZAS-STEPHENS, Pamela, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, HAYEK, Lee-Ann C., Chief Mathematical Statistician, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, MRC-121, Washington, DC 20560-0121 and BUZAS, Jeffrey S., Mathematics and Statistics, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05401
2:40 PM
WHAT EXACTLY ARE LARGER BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA? WHY DEFINITIONS MATTER
HALLOCK, Pamela, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, 140 7th Ave South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
2:55 PM
CALIBRATING LIVE-DEAD MISMATCH IN EPIPHYTIC FORAMINIFERAL ASSEMBLAGES
RICHARDSON, Susan L., Wilkes Honors College, Florida Atlantic University, 5353 Parkside Drive, Jupiter, FL 33458
 
3:10 PM
Break
3:25 PM
MICROPALEONTOLOGIC INDICATORS OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND GEOMORPHOLOGIC CHANGE ON THE MID-ATLANTIC SHELF ACROSS THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM (Invited Presentation)
ROBINSON, Marci M., Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, USGS, MS 926A NATIONAL CENTER, US Geological Survey, Reston, VA 20192-0001, SELF-TRAIL, Jean M., Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA 20192, BRALOWER, Timothy J., Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 and SPIVEY, Whittney E., U.S. Geological Survey, Florence Bascom Geoscience Ceter, MS 926A, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192
3:40 PM
SHIFTING DOMINANT BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA IN GRAND BAY, MISSISSIPPI OVER THE LAST 100 YEARS INDICATES ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
ELLIS, Alisha M. and SMITH, Christopher G., St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 600 Fourth St. South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
3:55 PM
THE HISTORY AND PROSPECTS OF HABITAT CHANGE DUE TO SEA LEVEL RISE FOR FLORIDA’S COASTAL EVERGLADES USING BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL ASSEMBLAGES
VERLAAK, Zoë R.F., Department of Earth and Environment, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199 and COLLINS, Laurel S., Dept. Earth and Environment, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199
4:10 PM
QUANTIFYING THE IMPACTS OF THE MID-MIOCENE CLIMATE OPTIMUM AND MID-MIOCENE CLIMATE TRANSITION ON THE BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL COMMUNITIES OF THE CHESAPEAKE GROUP, CALVERT CLIFFS, MD
SUTTON, Seth R.1, CULVER, Stephen1, MALLINSON, David J.2, ROBINSON, Marci M.3, DOWSETT, Harry J.4 and BUZAS, Martin A.5, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, East Carolina University, East 5th Street, Greenville, NC 27858, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, East Carolina University, 101 Graham Building, Greenville, NC 27858, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, MS 926A, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, (4)U.S. Geological Survey, Florence Bascom Geoscience Ceter, MS 926A, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, (5)Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560
4:25 PM
TRANSFORMATION IN PHYTOPLANKTON ECOSYSTEMS CAUSED BY RAPID WARMING AND SEA LEVEL RISE IN THE PLEISTOCENE CARIACO BASIN (MIS 9-7)
RIZZO, Adriana I.1, BRALOWER, Timothy J.2, VACHULA, Richard S.3, HUANG, Yongsong3 and FREEMAN, Katherine H.2, (1)Department of Geoscience, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802; Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Geology Bldg., 900 University Dr., Riverside, CA 92521, (2)Department of Geoscience, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, (3)Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, 324 Brook Street, Providence, RI 02912
4:40 PM
COASTAL AND NERITIC FORAMINIFERA OF UTAH: A RECORD OF OCEANIC ANOXIC EVENT 2 (~94-93 MA) IN THE US WESTERN INTERIOR SEA (Invited Presentation)
LECKIE, R. Mark1, PARKER, Amanda L.2, BOUDINOT, F. Garrett3, SEPÚLVEDA, Julio3, JONES, Matthew M.4, SAGEMAN, Bradley B.5, BRALOWER, Timothy J.6 and OAKES, Rosie7, (1)Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 627 North Pleasant Street, 233 Morrill Science Center, Amherst, MA 01003, (2)University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Geosciences UMass, 611 N. Pleasant St, Amherst, MA 01003, (3)Department of Geological Sciences & Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, (4)Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, (5)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Rd, Evanston, IL 60208, (6)Department of Geoscience, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 1680, (7)Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
 
4:55 PM
Concluding Remarks
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