Geological Society of America

8:00 AM

INTERDISCIPLINARY FRAMEWORKS AND DATA DEFRAGMENTATION IN ANALYSES OF BIOTAS AND STRATIGRAPHIC BASINS

Theodore J. Fremd, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Kimberly, OR and Scott E. Foss, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Kimberly, OR

35255 (THEME SESSIONS)

8:15 AM

PINUS BAILEYI AND ITS BEARING ON THE HISTORY OF HARD PINES (SYLVESTRES) IN THE PALEOGENE OF WESTERN NORTH AMERICA

Diane M. Erwin, Univ of California, Berkeley, CA and Howard E. Schorn, Univ of California, Berkeley, CA

35207 (THEME SESSIONS)

8:30 AM

THE MCABEE FLORA AND ITS RELATION TO THE PROPOSED MIDDLE EOCENE “OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS” FLORA OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

Richard Dillhoff, Univ of Washington, Sammamish, WA and Leopold Estella, N/A and Manchester Steven, N/A

35161 (THEME SESSIONS)

8:45 AM

COMPARISON OF MIDDLE EOCENE FLORAS FROM THE PACIFIC WEST AND EUROPE: A NEW APPROACH

Volker Wilde, Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Frankfurt am Main, N/A and Jeff Myers, Western Oregon Univ, Monmouth, N/A and Birgit Nickel, Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Frankfurt am Main, N/A and Diane M. Erwin, Univ of California, Berkeley, CA, N/A and Howard E. Schorn, Univ of California, Berkeley, CA, N/A

34085 (THEME SESSIONS)

9:00 AM

SIGNIFICANCE OF EOCENE-OLIGOCENE FLORAS OF THE PACIFIC COAST TO MODELS OF PALEOELEVATION AND PLANT COMMUNITY DYNAMICS

Herbert W. Meyer, Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Florissant, CO

34649 (THEME SESSIONS)

9:15 AM

CLAMP ANALYSIS AND MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE EARLY PALEOGENE CHUCKANUT FORMATION OF NORTHWEST WASHINGTON

Linda L. Donohoo, Western Washington Univ, Bellingham, WA and Bernie Housen, Western Washignton Univ, Bellingham, WA and George Mustoe, Western Washington Univ, Bellingham, WA

35159 (THEME SESSIONS)

9:30 AM

GRADUAL RATHER THAN ABRUPT EARLY OLIGOCENE COOLING

Nathan D. Sheldon, Univ of Oregon, Eugene, OR and Gregory J. Retallack, Univ Oregon, Eugene, OR

34977 (THEME SESSIONS)

9:45 AM

PALEOCLIMATIC INTERPRETATION FROM THE EARLY OLIGOCENE WILLAMETTE FLORA, EUGENE, OREGON

Paul R. Kester, Univ of Washington, Seattle, WA and Jeff Myers, Western Oregon Univ, Monmouth, N/A and Liz Nesbitt, Univ of Washington, Seattle, WA

35191 (THEME SESSIONS)

10:00 AM

THE CLARKIA FLORA: ITS DIVERSITY AND STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION RELATIVE TO OTHER MIOCENE FLORAS OF THE COLUMBIA PLATEAU

William Rember, Univ. of Idaho, Moscow, ID

35038 (THEME SESSIONS)

10:15 AM

DATA FROM FOSSIL WOODS

Elisabeth Wheeler, N.C. State Univ, Raleigh, NC and Steven Manchester, Univ of Florida, Gainesville, FL

33862 (THEME SESSIONS)

10:30 AM

PLANTS OF THE MIDDLE MIOCENE COLUMBIA RIVER BASALTS IN CENTRAL WASHINGTON STATE: THE PERMINERALIZED "BOG" FLORA AND PETRIFIED WOODS FROM YAKIMA CANYON AND GINKGO PETRIFIED FOREST

Kathleen B. Pigg, Arizona State Univ, Tempe, AZ and Elisabeth A. Wheeler, North Carolina State Univ, Raleigh, NC and Maria Tcherepova, Arizona State Univ, Tempe, AZ and Wesley C. Wehr, Univ of Washington, Seattle, WA

35066 (THEME SESSIONS)

10:45 AM

IMPORTANT OUTCOMES FROM STUDIES OF THE SUCCOR CREEK FLORA OF THE MIDDLE MIOCENE SUCKER CREEK FORMATION, IDAHO/OREGON

Patrick F. Fields, Michigan State Univ, East Lansing, MI

34999 (THEME SESSIONS)

11:00 AM

PALEOCLIMATE AND PALEOECOLOGICAL FEATURES OF THE EARLY TO MIDDLE MIOCENE MOHAWK VALLEY FLORA, NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA

Julie D. Broughton, N/A, Santa Barbara, CA

33426 (THEME SESSIONS)

11:15 AM

MIOCENE STEWART VALLEY, NEVADA: THE BEST LITTLE TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM IN THE NEOGENE OF NORTH AMERICA

Howard E. Schorn, Univ of California, Berkeley, CA and Diane M. Erwin, Univ of California, Berkeley, CA