Geological Society of America

8:00 AM

A QUANTITATIVE NULL MODEL OF EXPECTED CHANGES IN ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE FOLLOWING AN EXTINCTION

Karen M. Layou, Univ of Georgia, Athens, GA and Steven M. Holland, Univ of Georgia, Athens, GA

75638 (Technical Sessions)

8:15 AM

ALPHA, BETA, AND GAMMA: DIVERSITY PARTITIONING DURING A MARINE BIOTIC INVASION, UPPER ORDOVICIAN, CINCINNATI ARCH

Mark E. Patzkowsky, Pennsylvania State Univ, University Park, PA and Steven M. Holland, Univ of Georgia, Athens, GA

75547 (Technical Sessions)

8:30 AM

A NEW METHOD FOR COMPARING SPECIES ECOLOGY IN TIME AND SPACE: EVALUATING FAUNAL STABILITY DURING THE LATE ORDOVICIAN, CINCINNATI ARCH

Steven M. Holland, Univ of Georgia, Athens, GA and Mark E. Patzkowsky, Pennsylvania State Univ, University Park, PA

75484 (Technical Sessions)

8:45 AM

COMMUNITIES FALL APART: MEASURING EXTINCTION POTENTIAL IN PALEOCOMMUNITIES

Peter D. Roopnarine, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA and Erin Conel, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA and Geerat J. Vermeij, Univ of California Davis, Davis, CA

79009 (Technical Sessions)

9:00 AM

IMPACT OF AN IMPACT: BENTHIC RECOVERY IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE LATE DEVONIAN ALAMO EVENT

Leif M. Tapanila, Univ of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT and A.A. Ekdale, Univ of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

76688 (Technical Sessions)

9:15 AM

IDENTIFYING THE PRIMARY FACTOR IN PALEOCOMMUNITY STRUCTURE: A CASE-STUDY OF LATERAL VARIATION IN THE IMPERIAL FORMATION OF THE COYOTE MOUNTAINS IN IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

Cory M. Redman, San Diego State Univ, San Diego, CA and Christopher N. Gale, San Diego State Univ, San Diego, CA and Lindsey R. Leighton, San Diego State Univ, San Diego, CA

80580 (Technical Sessions)

9:30 AM

BATHYMETRIC SIGNATURES AND SEQUENCE OVERPRINT OF MOLLUSK ASSOCIATIONS FROM LATE QUATERNARY SEQUENCES OF THE PO PLAIN (ITALY)

Michal Kowalewski, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ, Blacksburg, VA and Daniele Scarponi, Univ of Bologna, Bologna, N/A

75202 (Technical Sessions)

10:00 AM

A COMPARISON OF GRADIENTS IN REEF CORAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION BETWEEN LATE PLEISTOCENE AND MODERN CORAL REEFS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Benjamin J. Greenstein, Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, IA and John M. Pandolfi, Univ of Queensland, Brisbane, N/A

77628 (Technical Sessions)

10:15 AM

DEVELOPMENT, DECLINE, AND TRANSITION IN A MID-HOLOCENE FRINGING CORAL REEF COMPLEX, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

H. Allen Curran, Smith College, Northampton, MA and Lisa Greer, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA and Bosiljka Glumac, Smith College, Northampton, MA and Gala M.M. Guerard, Smith College, Northampton, MA and Peter K. Swart, RSMAS, Key Biscayne, FL

76488 (Technical Sessions)

10:30 AM

A PRELIMINARY MODEL OF HOLOCENE CORAL-REEF DEVELOPMENT IN THE ENRIQUILLO VALLEY, SW DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Dennis K. Hubbard, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH and Wilson Ramirez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR and Allicia Davis, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH and Gregory R. Lawson, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH and Jessica Oram, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH and Karla Parsons-Hubbard, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH and Lisa Greer, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA and David Cuevas, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR and Monica Del Coro, Univ of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR

77510 (Technical Sessions)

10:45 AM

SPATIAL AND STRATIGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF FOSSILS FROM DIFFUSE SEEPS IN A PLIOCENE SHELF SETTING, CASCADIA CONVERGENT MARGIN

Elizabeth A. Nesbitt, Univ of Washington, Seattle, WA and Kathleen A. Campbell, Univ of Auckland, Auckland, N/A

79016 (Technical Sessions)

11:00 AM

PALEOECOLOGY AND TAPHONOMY OF FOUR SEQUENTIAL EARLY PERMIAN FLORAS AND LANDSCAPES FROM INNER MONGOLIA, CHINA

Hermann W. Pfefferkorn, Univ Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA and Jun Wang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, N/A

77203 (Technical Sessions)

11:15 AM

PALEOECOLOGICAL PATTERNS AT THE COAL-ROOF SHALE TRANSITION

Ivana M. Stevanovic-Walls, Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA