GSA Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, USA - 2019

Session No. 15
Sunday, 22 September 2019: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 228AB, North Building (Phoenix Convention Center)

T121. Landscape Responses to Neogene Climate Change

GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Soils and Soil Processes Division; SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology); GSA Limnogeology Division

 

William E. Lukens, Anthony L. Layzell and Tara M. Smiley, Advocates
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Start Time
8:00 AM
PALYNOLOGY AND TEPHROCHRONOLOGY: AN OLIGOCENE (~26 MA) TO PLIOCENE (~3.8 MA) RECORD OF FLORA CHANGE FROM THE EASTERN ALASKA RANGE FRAMED BY HIGH PRECISION RADIOMETRIC DATES OF NEIGHBORING TEPHRA LAYERS
BENOWITZ, Jeffrey A.1, ALLEN, Wai K.2, DAVIES, Joshua H.F.L.3, FITZGERALD, Paul G.4, GILLIS, Robert J.5, PORTER, Trevor J.6, OTINIANO, Gerard A.6 and RIDGWAY, Kenneth D.2, (1)Geophysical Institute and Geochronology Laboratory, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775, (2)Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Geneva, rue des Maraîchers 13, Geneva, 1205, Switzerland, (4)Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, (5)Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS), 3354 College Rd, Fairbanks, AK 99709-3707, (6)Geography, University of Toronto, 3359 Mississauga Road, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6, Canada
8:15 AM
THE EFFECTS OF GLOBAL COOLING AFTER THE MID-MIOCENE CLIMATIC OPTIMUM ON THE TESUQUE FORMATION WITHIN THE ESPAÑOLA BASIN IN NORTH-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
WILLIAMSON, Garrett, Geosciences, Texas Tech University, 2209 20th Street, Lubbock, TX 79411, GREEN, Hunter, Department of Geosciences, Texas Tech University, 1200 Memorial Circle, Lubbock, TX 79409 and WALSH, Tim R., Geology, Wayland Baptist University, 1900 W. 7th Street, Plainview, TX 79072
8:30 AM
THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT OF CHANGING MAMMAL DIVERSITY THROUGH THE MIDDLE MIOCENE CLIMATIC OPTIMUM IN THE BARSTOW FORMATION, MOJAVE DESERT, CALIFORNIA (Invited Presentation)
LOUGHNEY, Katharine M., Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, HREN, Michael T., Center for Integrative Geosciences & Dept. of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, 354 Mansfield Road, Storrs, CT 06269, SMITH, Selena Y., Museum of Paleontology and Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 CC Little, 1100 N. University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, PAPPAS, Janice L., Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan, 530 Church St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079 and HARKNESS, Anna, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 1100 North University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48109
8:50 AM
LATE MIOCENE-PLIOCENE PALEOENVIRONMENTAL EVOLUTION OF THE LAUCA BASIN, ALTIPLANO, CHILE
MENTZER, Carlie1, GARZIONE, Carmala1, GLADE, Nataly2, GOMEZ, Sebastian3, RODRIGUEZ, Alejandra3, JARAMILLO, Carlos3, HINOJOSA, Luis F.2, ESCOBAR, Jaime4 and LONDONO, Liliana2, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, (2)Departamento de Ciencias Ecológicas, Universidad de Chile & Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad, Santiago, Chile, (3)Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancón, Panama, (4)Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia
9:05 AM
PLIOCENE PALEOENVIRONMENTS IN THE MEADE BASIN, SOUTHWEST KANSAS
LUKENS, William E.1, FOX, David L.2, SNELL, Kathryn E.3, WIEST, Logan A.4, LAYZELL, Anthony L.5, UNO, Kevin T.6, POLISSAR, Pratigya J.6, MARTIN, Robert A.7, FOX-DOBBS, Kena8 and PELÁEZ-CAMPOMANES, Pablo9, (1)Department of Geology and Environmental Science, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, (4)Department of Geosciences, Mansfield University of Pennsylvania, Mansfield, PA 16933, (5)Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas, 1930 Constant Ave, Lawrence, KS 66047, (6)Biology and Paleoenvironment, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, 61 Route 9W, PO Box 1000, Palisades, NY 10964-8000, (7)Department of Biology, Murray State University, Murray, KY 42071, (8)Department of Geology, University of Puget Sound, 1500 N Warner St, Tacoma, WA 98416, (9)Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Madrid, 28006, Spain
9:20 AM
PALEOENVIRONMENTS ACROSS THE PLIO-PLEISTOCENE TRANSITION IN THE MEADE BASIN, SOUTHWEST KANSAS
LAYZELL, Anthony L., Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas, 1930 Constant Ave, Lawrence, KS 66047, LUKENS, William E., Department of Geology and Environmental Science, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, FOX, David L., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, SNELL, Kathryn E., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, GOSSE, John C., Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada, SMITH, Jon J., Kansas Geological Survey, The University of Kansas, 1930 Constant Ave, Lawrence, KS 66047-3726 and UNO, Kevin T., Biology and Paleoenvironment, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, 61 Route 9W, PO Box 1000, Palisades, NY 10964-8000
9:35 AM
NO CHANGE IN CLUMPED ISOTOPE TEMPERATURES DURING C4 GRASSLAND EXPANSION IN THE MEADE BASIN, KANSAS, DURING THE PLIOCENE (Invited Presentation)
SNELL, Kathryn E.1, UNO, Kevin T.2, LUKENS, William E.3, FETROW, Anne C.1, FOX, David L.4, LAYZELL, Anthony L.5, BURGESS, Crystal S.6, FOX-DOBBS, Kena7, HAVELES, Andrew W.8, POLISSAR, Pratigya J.2 and MARTIN, Robert A.9, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, (2)Biology and Paleoenvironment, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, 61 Route 9W, PO Box 1000, Palisades, NY 10964-8000, (3)School of Geosciences, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA 70504, (4)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, (5)Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas, 1930 Constant Ave, Lawrence, KS 66047, (6)Department of Earth Sciences*, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244, (7)Department of Geology, University of Puget Sound, 1500 N Warner St, Tacoma, WA 98416, (8)Science Education Resource Center, Carleton College, 1 North College Street, Northfield, MN 55057, (9)Department of Biology, Murray State University, Murray, KY 42071
 
9:55 AM
Break
10:10 AM
MOLECULAR INSIGHTS ON FIRE ECOLOGY AND CARBON CYCLING DURING THE NEOGENE CEXPANSION IN AUSTRALIA (Invited Presentation)
KARP, Allison T.1, ANDRAE, Jake W.2, MCINERNEY, Francesca A.2, POLISSAR, Pratigya J.3 and FREEMAN, Katherine H.4, (1)Geoscience Department, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16801, (2)Sprigg Geobiology Centre, Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 5005, Australia, (3)Biology and Paleoenvironment, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, 61 Route 9W, PO Box 1000, Palisades, NY 10964-8000, (4)Department of Geoscience, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16801
10:30 AM
PALEOCLIMATE AND PALEOECOLOGICAL RECONSTRUCTIONS OF THE EARLY MIOCENE HIWEGI FORMATION, RUSINGA ISLAND, LAKE VICTORIA, KENYA
BAUMGARTNER, Aly, Department of Geosciences, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76076, MCNULTY, Kieran P., Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota, 395 Hubert H. Humphrey Center, 301 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455, MICHEL, Lauren A., Department of Earth Sciences, Tennessee Tech University, Box 5062, Cookeville, TN 38505 and PEPPE, Daniel J., Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Department of Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798
10:45 AM
ASSESSING THE ROLE OF RIVER PROXIMITY AND/OR CLIMATE ON EARLY MIOCENE VEGETATION DISTRIBUTION AT LOPEROT (KENYA) USING PALEOSOL SEDIMENTOLOGY AND CHROMA
ANTHONY, Kait1, LIUTKUS-PIERCE, Cynthia M.2, ARMENGOLT, Oscar2 and TAKASHITA-BYNUM, Kevin K.3, (1)Southwestern Community College, Sylva, NC 28779, (2)Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Appalachian State University, 572 Rivers St., Boone, NC 28608, (3)Watershed Studies Institute, Murray State University, Murray, KY 42071
11:00 AM
SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY AND LAKE CYCLICITY IN THE TECTONICALLY ACTIVE PLIOCENE CENTRAL KENYA RIFT VALLEY, CHEMERON FORMATION, BARINGO
SCOTT, Jennifer J., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Mount Royal University, 4825 Mount Royal Gate SW, Calgary, AB T3E 6K6, Canada, CHUPIK, Daniel T., School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, DEINO, Alan L., Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709, WESTOVER, Karlyn S., Department of Earth and Environmental Systems, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN 47809, LUKENS, William E., Department of Geology and Environmental Science, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, KINGSTON, John D., Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, 101 West Hall, 1085 S. University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1107, STOCKHECKE, Mona, University of Minnesota Duluth, Large Lakes Observatory, Duluth, MN 55812; Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, 8200, Switzerland, MINKARA, Karim E., Department of Geosciences, Georgia State University, 24 Peachtree Center Ave, Atlanta, GA 30302, DEOCAMPO, Daniel M., Department of Geosciences, Georgia State University, 24 Peachtree Center Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30303 and COHEN, Andrew S., Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721
11:15 AM
TERRESTRIAL TRACE FOSSILS AS A TOOL FOR THE SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION OF THE PLIOCENE CHEMERON FORMATION, BARINGO, CENTRAL KENYA RIFT VALLEY
CHUPIK, Daniel T., School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, SCOTT, Jennifer J., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Mount Royal University, 4825 Mount Royal Gate SW, Calgary, AB T3E 6K6, Canada and LUKENS, William E., Department of Geology and Environmental Science, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807
11:30 AM
AN ASSESSMENT OF EAST ASIAN SUMMER MONSOON PRECIPITATION NEAR THE PALEOGENE-NEOGENE BOUNDARY USING FOSSIL WOOD SUBSTRATES
VORNLOCHER, Jamie R., School of Geosciences, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA 70503, SCHUBERT, Brian A., School of Geosciences, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA 70504 and QUAN, Cheng, School of Earth Science and Resources, Chang’an University, Xi'an, 710054, China
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