T91 Wetlands Paleoecology Through Time

Monday, 28 October 2002
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  EVIDENCE FOR PRE-TRACHEOPHYTE TERRESTRIAL COMMUNITIES FROM THE EARLY SILURIAN OF VIRGINIA
  Alexandru Mihail Florian Tomescu, Ohio Univ, Athens, OH and Gar W. Rothwell, Ohio Univ, Athens, OH
  40880 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:45 PM
  WETLANDS PALEOECOLOGY OF THE MIDDLE AND LATE DEVONIAN
  Walter L. Cressler, West Chester Univ, West Chester, PA and Stephen E. Scheckler, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State Univ, Blacksburg, VA and James F. Basinger, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK and Donna Lindsay-Postnikoff, Univ of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
  44310 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:00 PM
  THE FAYETTEVILLE FLORA OF ARKANSAS (USA): STRUCTURALLY MODERN WETLAND COMMUNITIES FROM THE UPPER MISSISSIPPIAN (MIDDLE CHESTERIAN/LOWER NAMURIAN A)
  Michael T. Dunn, Ohio Univ - Athens, Athens, OH
  37307 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  THE HANCOCK COUNTY TETRAPOD FAUNA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ORIGIN OF TERRESTRIALITY
  William J. Garcia, Univ of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
  42851 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  THE CLASSIC PENNSYLVANIAN LOCALITY OF JOGGINS, NOVA SCOTIA: PALEOECOLOGY OF A DISTURBANCE-PRONE WETLAND ECOSYSTEM
  John H. Calder, NS Dept Nat Rscs, Halifax, NS and Howard Falcon-Lang, Univ of Bristol, Bristol, N/A
  38839 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:45 PM
  THE BLUE CREEK COAL MIRE: A POLAROID PICTURE IN TIME
  Robert A. Gastaldo, Colby College, Waterville, ME and Ivana M. Stevanovic-Walls, Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA and William N. Ware, Dunwoody, GA
  44116 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:00 PM
  DESMOINESIAN COAL BEDS OF THE ILLINOIS BASIN AND MIDCONTINENT--THE BROADEST AND THICKEST TROPICAL PEATLANDS IN EARTH HISTORY
  Stephen F. Greb, Univ of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and William M. Andrews, Univ of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and Cortland F. Eble, Univ of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and William A. DiMichele, National Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C, N/A and C. Blaine Cecil, U.S. Geol Survey, Reston, VA and James C. Hower, Univ Kentucky, Lexington, KY
  45335 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:15 PM
  PARADISE (AND HERRIN) LOST: MARGINAL DEPOSITIONAL SETTINGS OF THE HERRIN AND PARADISE COALS, WESTERN KENTUCKY COALFIELD
  Michael G. Shultz, Univ of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and Jennifer M. Klein, Univ of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and Fiona M. McKenzie, Univ of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and James C. Hower, Univ of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and Susan M. Rimmer, Univ of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and John T. Popp, Alliance Coal LLC, Lexington, KY
  41961 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:30 PM
  PALEOECOLOGY OF PITTSBURGH FORMATION COAL BEDS (MONONGAHELA GROUP, LATE PENNSYLVANIAN) IN THE NORTHERN APPALACHIAN BASIN
  William C. Grady, West Virginia Geol and Economic Survey, Morgantown, WV and Cortland F. Eble, Kentucky Geol Survey, Lexington, KY and Brenda S. Pierce, US Geol Survey, Reston, VA
  43335 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:45 PM
  LATE PENNSYLVANIAN WETLANDS: PATTERNS OF DISTRIBUTION REFLECT CLIMATIC SUBTLETIES
  William A. DiMichele, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC and C. Blaine Cecil, U.S. Geol Survey, Reston, VA and Dan S. Chaney, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC and Spencer G. Lucas, New Mexico Museum of Nat History, Albuquerque, NM
  41386 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:00 PM
  FROM WETLANDS TO WET SPOTS: THE FATE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF CARBONIFEROUS ELEMENTS IN EARLY PERMIAN COASTAL PLAIN FLORAS OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
  Dan Chaney, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C, DC and William A. DiMichele, National Museum of Nat History, Washington, DC and Neil J. Tabor, Univ of California, Davis, CA and Robert W. Hook, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C, DC
  41426 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:15 PM
  BURROWS OF THE LUNGFISH GNATHORHIZA WITHIN PALEOSOLS OF THE LOWER PERMIAN (WOLFCAMPIAN) OF EASTERN KANSAS: A UNIQUE PALEOENVIRONMENTAL SETTING AND JUSTIFICATION FOR A NEW ICHNOTAXON
  Stephen T. Hasiotis, The Univ of Kansas, Lawrence, KS and Keith B. Miller, Kansas State Univ, Manhattan, KS and Thomas J. McCahon, Kansas State Univ, Manhattan, KS
  37651 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:30 PM
  ENVIRONMENTAL DISTRIBUTION OF BOTTOM-DWELLING ANIMALS IN A PERMIAN FRESHWATER SYSTEM, ANTARCTICA
  Molly Fritz Miller, Vanderbilt Univ, Nashville, TN and John L. Isbell, Univ of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI and Keri L. Wolfe, Univ of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
  41651 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:45 PM
  METHANE FLUXES FROM MID-CRETACEOUS WETLAND SOILS: INSIGHTS GAINED FROM CARBON AND OXYGEN ISOTOPIC STUDIES OF SPHAEROSIDERITES IN PALEOSOLS
  Greg A. Ludvigson, Iowa Dept. Nat Rscs, Iowa City, IA and Luis A. Gonzalez, Univ of Iowa, Iowa City, IA and David F. Ufnar, Univ of Iowa, Iowa City, IA and Brian J. Witzke, Iowa Dept. Nat Rscs, Iowa City, IA and Robert L. Brenner, Univ of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
  41891 (Technical Sessions)
• 5:00 PM
  THE PALEO-ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF THE ST. JONES ESTUARY, DE: PRE-HOLOCENE TO PRESENT
  Bartholomew Daniel Wilson, Univ of Delaware, Newark, DE and John A. Madsen, Univ of Delaware, Newark, DE and Ronald E. Martin, Univ of Delaware, Newark, DE and Robert W. Scarborough, Department of Nat Rscs and Environmental Control, Dover, DE
  39691 (Technical Sessions)