Geological Society of America

8:00 AM

WHEN DID GONDWANA GLACIATION OCCUR IN ANTARCTICA, AND HOW LARGE WERE THE GLACIERS? THE STRATIGRAPHIC AND PALEOGEOGRAPHIC IMPLICATIONS OF GLACIOTECTONIC DEFORMATION WITHIN PERMIAN STRATA, SOUTHERN VICTORIA LAND AND DARWIN GLACIER REGIONS, ANTARCTICA

John L. Isbell, Univ of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI and Paul A. Lenaker, Acadis G&M, Inc, Milwaukee, WI and Rosemary A. Askin, The Ohio State Univ, Columbus, OH

50620 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)

8:20 AM

FLORAL PROVINCIALISM DURING THE LOWER MISSISSIPPIAN: EVIDENCE FROM THE BORDEN DELTA OF KENTUCKY AND INDIANA, U.S.A

Jeffrey G Richardson, The Ohio State Univ, Columbus, OH

49462 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)

8:40 AM

THE ENIGMA OF POLAR WARMTH IN GREENHOUSE WORLDS: INSIGHTS FROM THE MID-CRETACEOUS TERRESTRIAL PALEOCLIMATOLOGY OF NORTH AMERICA

Greg A. Ludvigson, Iowa Dept. Nat Rscs, Iowa City, IA and Luis A. Gonzalez, Univ of Iowa, Iowa City, IA and David F. Ufnar, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

48814 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)

9:00 AM

PRELIMINARY LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE CRETACEOUS AND PALEOGENE DEPOSITS IN THE NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI EMBAYMENT OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI: PALYNOLOGY AND BIOSTRATIGRAPHY

Tambra L. Eifert, Univ of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO and Francisca E. Oboh-Ikuenobe, Univ of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO

49805 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)

9:20 AM

SEA LEVEL CHANGE, ICE SHEET FLUCTUATIONS AND GLOBAL WARMING: PAST AND PRESENT

Matthew A. Andresen, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL and Lori M. McGuire, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL and James A. Clark, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL

49561 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)

9:40 AM

THE USE OF PALYNOMORPHS AS A PROXY FOR RECONSTRUCTING THE PALEOCEANOGRAPHIC CHANGES IN THE MIDDLE CAPE BASIN (ODP LEG 175)

Chioma U. Udeze, Univ of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO and Francisca E. Oboh-Ikuenobe, Univ of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO

49340 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)

10:00 AM

CAN BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA BE USED AS INDICATORS OF CLATHRATE DISSOCIATION?

David Williams, Indiana State Univ, Terre Haute, IN and Chris Mahn, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA and Scott Shepherd, Indiana State Univ, Terre Haute, IN and Amanda Duncan, Indiana State Univ, Terre Haute, IN and Aaron Backherms, Indiana State Univ, Terre Haute, IN and Elena Pérez, Indiana State Univ, Terre Haute, IN and Tony Rathburn, Indiana State Univ, Terre Haute, IN and Jon Martin, Univ of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Shelley Day, Univ of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Joris Gieskes, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA

49881 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)

10:20 AM

EVIDENCE FOR THE PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE TRANSITION FROM A 20.8M CORE OBTAINED FROM THE VEDANTA MARSH, OLEMA CA

Shari Generaux, Univ of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO and Roger Byrne, Univ California - Berkeley, Berkeley, CA and Liam Reidy, Univ California - Berkeley, Berkeley, CA and Tina Niemi, Univ of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO

49150 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)

10:40 AM

IMPACT OF IRRIGATION ON WARM SEASON CLIMATE IN THE U.S. HIGH PLAINS

Jimmy Adegoke, Univ of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO

49420 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)

11:00 AM

SEDIMENTARY AND GEOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS FROM THE YEMEN HIGHLANDS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE

Caroline Davies, Univ of Missouri, Kansas City, MO

49714 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)

11:20 AM

INFLUENCE OF URBAN AREAS ON DIURNAL RAINFALL PATTERNS

Steven J. Burian, Univ of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR and J. Marshall Shepherd, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD

49224 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)

11:40 AM

RECENT BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL DISTRIBUTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLLAPSE OF THE LARSEN-B ICE SHELF

Scott D. McCallum, Southern Illinois Univ at Carbondale, Carbondale, IL and Scott E. Ishman, Southern Illinois Univ at Carbondale, Carbondale, IL and Eugene W. Domack, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY

49879 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)

18 Climate Variability and Change: Past, Present and Future

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