Northeastern Section - 59th Annual Meeting - 2024

Session No. 36
Tuesday, 19 March 2024: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Contoocook Room (Doubletree by Hilton)

T15. Improvements to our Understanding of Past Climate and Environments through the Development of Proxies, the Generation of New Biomarker Records, and the Interpretation of Sedimentary Archives

GSA Energy Geology Division

 

Boyang Zhao and Emily Tibbett, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM
PLANT WAX BIOMARKER PALEO-ECOLOGICAL BASELINES ACROSS THE USAMBARA MOUNTAINS, TANZANIA
SYLVIA, Jillian1, ITAMBU, Makarius2, JONIEC, Acadia3, LYON, Jenavieve1, SMITH, Matt1, ROBERTS, Patrick4, LENG, Qin3, YANG, Hong3 and PATALANO, Robert5, (1)Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Bryant University, 1150 Douglas Pike, Smithfield, RI 02917, (2)Archaeology and Heritage Studies, University of Dar es Salaam, Ubungo District, Dar es Salaam Region 00000, Tanzania, United Republic of, (3)Laboratory for Terrestrial Environments, Bryant University, 1150 Douglas Pike, Smithfield, RI 02917, (4)Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology, Jena, D-07745, Germany, (5)Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Kahlaische Strasse 10, Jena, 07745, Germany
8:25 AM
EVALUATING CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND PALEOTEMPERATURE PROXIES IN TROPICAL EAST AFRICA DURING THE LATE PLEISTOCENE AND MIS 5E
WILK, Alexander, RAMIREZ, Briana, JOHNSON, Thomas, SALACUP, Jeff and CASTAÑEDA, Isla S., Department of Earth, Geographic, & Climate Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 627 N Pleasant St, Amherst, MA 01003
8:45 AM
TEMPERATURE AND HYDROCLIMATE VARIABILITY IN MID-LATITUDE ARID CENTRAL ASIA DURING THE PAST 13,600 YEARS: A MULTI-PROXY INVESTIGATION OF ISSYK-KUL (KYRGYZSTAN)
CASTAÑEDA, Isla S., Department of Earth, Geographic & Climate Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, SUN, Heeyeon, Department of Earth, Geographic & Climate Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 627 N Pleasant St, 233 Morrill Science Center 2, Amherst, MA 01003 and SALACUP, Jeff, Department of Earth, Geographic & Climate Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 627 N Pleasant Street, 233 Morrill Science Center 2, Amherst, MA 01003
9:05 AM
QUANTIFYING ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS ON ARCHAEAL LIPID HYDROGEN ISOTOPE SIGNATURES IN AN EXTREMOPHILIC ARCHAEON
HARRIS, Carolynn M.1, RHIM, Jeemin2, ZHANG, Yujiao1, COBBAN, Alec1, ZHOU, Alice3, MCFARLIN, Jamie4, WEBER, Yuki5, ELLING, Felix6, PEARSON, Anne5, KOPF, Sebastian7 and LEAVITT, William1, (1)Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, Fairchild Hall, Hanover, NH 03755, (2)Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, (3)Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, (4)Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, (5)Earth & Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, (6)Leibniz-Laboratory for Radiometric Dating and Isotope Research, Kiel University, Kiel, Kiel 24103, Germany, (7)Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309
9:25 AM
MACHINE LEARNING ANALYSIS OF N-ALKANES FROM WOODY AND GRASSY AFRICAN PLANTS
TWEEDY, Ruth, Earth & Planetary Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, SHI, Sarah C., Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY 10964-8000 and UNO, Kevin, Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138
9:45 AM
IMPACT OF LEAF VARIATION ON THE FRANKS MODEL FOR ANCIENT CO2 RECONSTRUCTION
TURNER, Joshua1, JONIEC, Acadia1, LIANG, Jiaqi2, NIU, Gao3, YANG, Hong1 and LENG, Qin1, (1)Laboratory for Terrestrial Environments, Bryant University, 1150 Douglas Pike, Smithfield, RI 02917, (2)Chang'an University, No.126 Yanta Street, Xi'an City, 710064, China, (3)Bryant University, 1150 Douglas Pike, Smithfield, RI 02917
 
10:05 AM
Break
10:20 AM
PALEOECOLOGY AND DIVERSITY OF BRACHIOPODS THROUGH THE UPPER KELLWASSER EXTINCTION EVENT (LATE DEVONIAN) AT TIOGA, PENNSYLVANIA
GALLAGHER, Brett, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Connecticut, Beach Hall Room 207, 354 Mansfield Road - Unit 1045, Storrs, CT 06269, BRISSON, Sarah, Earth and Oceanographic Sciences, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME 04011, FIELDING, Christopher, Earth Sciences, University of Connecticut, 207 Beach Hall, 354 Mansfield Road, Unit 1045, Storrs, CT 06269 and BUSH, Andrew, Department of Earth Sciences and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, 354 Mansfield Road, Unit 1045, Storrs, CT 06269
10:40 AM
BIOFACIES, PALEOENVIRONMENT ENVIRONMENT AND STRATIGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF EOCENE CARBONATES IN HAZARA BASIN, LESSER HIMALAYAS, PAKISTAN
KHAN, Emad Ullah1, SALEEM, Maryam1 and SAJJAD, Syed Muhammad Wasim2, (1)Geology, Geophysics & Environment Protection, AGH University, Józefa Rostafińskiego 11, Krakow, Malopolska 30-072, Poland, (2)Chemistry, Life Sciences & Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, parma, 43121, Italy
11:00 AM
ENVIRONMENT OF DEPOSITION AND CHARACTER OF SHELL HASHES AT TWO SECTIONS IN THE UPPER MOUNT MARION FORMATION (HAMILTON GROUP) IN EASTERN NEW YORK STATE
AHO, Tzevi1, AMATI, Lisa2 and MORSE, Sarita2, (1)Department of Geosciences, Skidmore College, 815 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866, (2)Invertebrate Paleontology, New York State Museum, 222 Madison Ave, Albany, NY 12230
11:20 AM
A PALEOENVIRONMENTAL REAPPRAISAL OF THE PENNSYLVANIAN (BASHKIRIAN-MOSCOVIAN) SOUTH BAR FORMATION AND LOWER SYDNEY MINES FORMATION OF CAPE BRETON, ATLANTIC CANADA
FIELDING, Christopher1, ONUOHA, Oluomachi I.2, FRANK, Tracy3, HREN, Michael T.1 and GIBLING, Martin R.4, (1)Earth Sciences, University of Connecticut, 207 Beach Hall, 354 Mansfield Road, Unit 1045, Storrs, CT 06269, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Connecticut, 180 Church street, Willimantic, CT, 02, Willimantic, CT 06226, (3)Earth Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, (4)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Dalhousie University, HALIFAX, NS NS B3H 4R2, Canada
11:40 AM
A MODEL OF SOIL DEVELOPMENT FOR LOESSIC SOILS SUGGESTS RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SOIL MAGNETIC PROPERTIES
CHEESMAN, Julia1, URBANO, Lensyl2 and GEISS, Christoph1, (1)Environmental Science Program, Trinity College, 300 Summit Street, Hartford, CT 06106, (2)The Fulton School, 1100 White Road, Chesterfield, MO 63017
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