Michael Melchin
St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS
Activity
2024
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ASSESSING EARLY LAND PLANT IMPACTS ON THE EVOLVING PALEOZOIC MARINE BIOSPHERE
T112 Oceans and Climates through Earth History: Modeling, Proxy, and Proxy Development Studies (Posters)Monday, 23 September 20248:00 AM - 5:30 PMHall D
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NEW INSIGHTS INTO EARLY VASCULAR LAND PLANTS AS GEOBIOLOGICAL AGENTS OF PHOSPHORUS WEATHERING
T2 New Voices in GeobiologySunday, 22 September 20248:00 AM - 12:00 PM208A
2023
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SELECTIVITY IN SPECIES TURNOVER DURING THE LATE ORDOVICIAN MASS EXTINCTION: TESTING THE INFLUENCE OF BIOTOPE AND GEOGRAPHIC RANGE ON GRAPTOLITE EXTINCTION AND ORIGINATION RISKS
T216 Mass Extinctions as Natural Experiments in Earth System Perturbations IWednesday, 18 October 20238:00 AM - 12:00 PM301 / 302
2022
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NEW CONSTRAINTS ON THE AGE OF THE ELLIS BAY FORMATION, ANTICOSTI ISLAND, CANADA: A REVISED FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING THE LATE ORDOVICIAN MASS EXTINCTION
T260 Cambrian–Ordovician Faunas and Events: A Session in Honor of John F. Taylor and John E. RepetskiWednesday, 12 October 20221:30 PM - 5:30 PMMile High Ballroom 4A
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A CHANGE IN SEDIMENTATION PATTERNS IN A PALEOZOIC REEF REVEALED VIA THREE-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION
T191 Stratigraphic Paleobiology: Working with the Nature of the Stratigraphic Record to Address Paleobiological QuestionsTuesday, 11 October 20221:30 PM - 5:30 PMMile High Ballroom 4B
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PATTERNS AND CHANGES OF GRAPTOLITE BIOTOPE AFFINITY DURING THE LATE ORDOVICIAN MASS EXTINCTION
T85 Modeling Ecological Niches and Species Distributions in the Fossil Record: Approaches and ApplicationsMonday, 10 October 20228:00 AM - 12:00 PMMile High Ballroom 4A
2021
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MULTIPLE HOST PHASES OF MERCURY IN THE EARLY PALEOZOIC ROAD RIVER GROUP OF NORTHERN YUKON, CANADA
T161 Sedimentary Geology Division/SEPM Student Research Poster Competition: Dynamics of Stratigraphy and Sedimentation (Posters)Tuesday, 12 October 20219:00 AM - 1:00 PMExhibit Hall A
2020
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THE ORDOVICIAN TIMESCALE, 2020
T244 The Ordovician Earth: New Insights to Environmental and Biotic Responses in the Fossil and Rock Record IIFriday, 30 October 202010:00 AM - 2:00 PMMeeting Rooms
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THE LATE ORDOVICIAN MASS EXTINCTION OF GRAPTOLITES: ONE HUMP OR TWO?
T179 The Ordovician Earth: New Insights to Environmental and Biotic Responses in the Fossil and Rock Record IThursday, 29 October 202010:00 AM - 12:00 PMMeeting Rooms
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AN EXCEPTIONAL RECORD OF EARLY TO MID-PALEOZOIC REDOX CHANGE FROM THE ROAD RIVER GROUP, YUKON, CANADA
T76 Co-Evolution of Earth’s Surface Environment and Eukaryotic Life from the Mid-Proterozoic to Early PaleozoicTuesday, 27 October 20201:30 PM - 5:30 PMMeeting Rooms
2019
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NEW RE-OS AGE AND OS GEOCHEMISTRY FROM THE ROAD RIVER GROUP: TEMPORAL CONSTRAINTS FOR THE REDOX STATE OF PALAEOZOIC OCEANS
T282 Chemostratigraphy: Physical and Temporal Applications (Posters)Wednesday, 25 September 20199:00 AM - 6:30 PMHall AB, North Building
2018
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REGIONAL AND GLOBAL CHRONO- AND BIO-CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHIC CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE SCHLAMER #1 CORE (SILURIAN, ILLINOIS BASIN)
T187 Integrated Biostratigraphy (Posters)Tuesday, 6 November 20189:00 AM - 6:30 PMHalls J-K
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THE BLACK SHALE RECORD OF THE ORDOVICIAN RADIATION: NEW INSIGHTS INTO REDOX CHANGE FROM THE ROAD RIVER GROUP OF YUKON, CANADA
T170 New Voices in Geobiology (Posters)Tuesday, 6 November 20189:00 AM - 6:30 PMHalls J-K
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ON THE ORIGIN OF MORPHOSPECIES – USING BAYESIAN PHYLOGENETICS TO QUANTIFY THE MODE OF ANCESTOR DESCENDANT RELATIONSHIPS IN PALEOZOIC INVERTEBRATES
T13 Phylogenetic Paleobiology: Exploring Macroevolutionary Trends with Evolutionary Trees ISunday, 4 November 20188:00 AM - 12:00 PMRoom 142
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STRATIGRAPHIC REVISION AND HIGH-RESOLUTION CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION OF THE SILURIAN BAINBRIDGE GROUP, ILLINOIS BASIN
31 D6. Sedimentary Geology (Posters)Tuesday, 17 April 20188:00 AM - 5:30 PMFirst Floor Lobby
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CONODONT BIOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE SCHLAMER #1 CORE AND REVISIONS TO THE SILURIAN CONODONT ZONATION FOR THE GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE 2020
6 Current Developments in Paleozoic and Early Mesozoic Conodont Biostratigraphy, Systematics, and Paleoecology: The 51st Pander Society SymposiumMonday, 16 April 20188:00 AM - 12:00 PMRoom 299
2017
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EVIDENCE FOR A GRAPTOLITE EXTINCTION EVENT LINKED TO SEA-LEVEL FALL AT THE ORDOVICIAN-SILURIAN BOUNDARY
272 D17. Paleontology, Paleoecology/Taphonomy (Posters)Tuesday, 24 October 20179:00 AM - 6:30 PMHalls 4EF
2014
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ROAD-TESTING TWO LATE ORDOVICIAN-EARLY SILURIAN GSSPS USING HORIZON ANNEALING FOR QUANTITATIVE STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION
176 StratigraphyTuesday, 21 October 20148:00 AM - 12:00 PM221/222
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DISTINGUISHING SAMPLING AND ECOLOGIC EFFECTS ON GEOGRAPHIC RANGE AND DURATION IN GRAPTOLITES
T257 The Ordovician Revolution: Co-Evolution of Climate and the BiosphereTuesday, 21 October 20141:00 PM - 5:00 PM215/216
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GRAPTOLITE COMMUNITY RESPONSES TO LATE ORDOVICIAN CLIMATE CHANGE, THRESHOLD EFFECTS AND THE HIRNANTIAN MASS EXTINCTION
T160 Critical Earth-Life Transitions: The Marine PerspectiveMonday, 20 October 20141:00 PM - 5:00 PM114/115
2013
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CHANGING PLANKTON COMMUNITY STRUCTURE IN THE LATE KATIAN-EARLY HIRNANTIAN: EVIDENCE FROM GRAPTOLITES AND NITROGEN ISOTOPES
T90 Biological and Environmental Feedbacks in the Colonization of the Water ColumnSunday, 27 October 20131:00 PM - 5:00 PMRoom 603
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ANALYSIS OF EARLY PALEOZOIC ZOOPLANKTON (GRAPTOLOIDA) EXTINCTION RISK USING MODEL-CHOICE
T90 Biological and Environmental Feedbacks in the Colonization of the Water ColumnSunday, 27 October 20131:00 PM - 5:00 PMRoom 603
2012
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THE 2012 GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE FOR THE ORDOVICIAN AND SILURIAN SYSTEMS: ADVANCES AND CHALLENGES
T250 Geologic Timescale—Current Status, Future Enhancement, and Applications (Posters)Wednesday, 7 November 20129:00 AM - 6:00 PMHall B
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CHANGING OCEANIC CONDITIONS THROUGH THE LATE ORDOVICIAN GLACIATION INTO THE EARLIEST SILURIAN GLOBAL ANOXIC EVENT: EVIDENCE FROM BLACK SHALES AND NITROGEN ISOTOPES
6 SPECIAL SESSION: GSA BULLETIN: 125th Celebration Presentations ISunday, 4 November 20128:00 AM - 12:00 PMBallroom B
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AN ALTERNATIVE INTERNATIONAL CORRELATION OF THE LATE ORDOVICIAN CARBON ISOTOPE CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHIC RECORD: IMPLICATIONS FOR LATEST ORDOVICIAN TEMPERATURE HISTORY
T37 Oceans and Climates through Earth History: From Proxy Reconstructions to Model Assessments (Posters)Sunday, 4 November 20129:00 AM - 6:30 PMHall B
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BIOGEOGRAPHY AND MASS EXTINCTION: EXTIRPATION AND RE-INVASION OF NORMALOGRAPTUS SPECIES (GRAPTOLITHINA) IN THE LATE ORDOVICIAN PALAEOTROPICS
10 Dimensions of Biodiversity: A Paleontological PerspectiveMonday, 23 April 20121:00 PM - 3:20 PMRoom 303
2011
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EVENNESS AND SPECIES ABUNDANCE IN GRAPTOLITE COMMUNITIES: A NEW PROXY FOR CLIMATE CHANGE DURING THE END ORDOVICIAN MASS EXTINCTION
27 Paleontology (Posters) I: Ecology and PhylogenySunday, 9 October 20119:00 AM - 6:00 PMHall C
2010
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NEW OBSERVATIONS ON THE BASAL STRUCTURE OF THE GRAPTOLITE GENUS APPENDISPINOGRAPTUS, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR BIODIVERSITY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
32 Paleontology (Posters) I - Morphology and Biotic InteractionsSunday, 31 October 20108:00 AM - 6:00 PMHall D
2008
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Ecological Reorganization of Graptolite Communities during the Hirnantian Mass Extinction
T285 Recoveries from Mass Extinction: Patterns, Processes, and Comparisons IWednesday, 8 October 20088:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Morphological Patterns in Late Ordovician and Early Silurian Graptolites
260 Paleontology II - Organismal and Morphological PaleontologyTuesday, 7 October 20081:30 PM - 5:30 PM
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EFFECTS OF VARYING METHODS OF COMPOSITE TIMESCALE FORMATION ON BIODIVERSITY ESTIMATES
38 Paleontology (Posters)Saturday, 29 March 20088:00 AM - 12:00 PM
2007
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SPECIES ABUNDANCE CHANGES DURING MASS EXTINCTION AND THE INVERSE SIGNOR-LIPPS EFFECT: APPARENTLY ABRUPT GRAPTOLITE MASS EXTINCTION AS AN ARTIFACT OF SAMPLING
4 Geologic Records of Biotic ChangeMonday, 12 March 20078:15 AM - 10:00 AM
2006
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SPECIES TURNOVER DYNAMICS DURING THE HIRNANTIAN (LATE ORDOVICIAN) MASS EXTINCTION: NEW GRAPTOLITE AND CARBON ISOTOPIC DATA FROM VININI CREEK, NEVADA (USA)
T137 Mass Extinctions: New Approaches Analyzing Process Links Between Land and SeaTuesday, 24 October 20068:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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POTENTIAL RESOLVING POWER OF CALIBRATED BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC TIME LINES FOR PALEOZOIC DEEP TIME
T18 The EARTHTIME Project ISunday, 22 October 20068:00 AM - 12:00 PM
2005
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GLACIOEUSTATIC CONTROL OF δ13C EXCURSIONS IN LATE ORDOVICIAN AND EARLY SILURIAN EPEIRIC SEAS: INFLUENCE OF CARBONATE PLATFORM WEATHERING
2 Influence of Epeiric Sea Dynamics on the Interpretation of Isotope Secular Curves IMonday, 8 August 20059:00 AM - 12:00 PM
2002
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CONTRASTING PATTERNS OF ORIGINATION AND EXTINCTION AMONG GRAPTOLITE SPECIES DURING THE END-ORDOVICIAN MASS EXTINCTION
161 Paleontology/Paleobotany V: Diversity Dynamics and ExtinctionsTuesday, 29 October 20021:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Date Unknown
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AN INITIAL APPROACH TO THE ESTIMATION OF UNCERTAINTY IN BIODIVERSITY ESTIMATES OBTAINED FROM COMPOSITE SECTIONS, WITH AN EXAMPLE FROM THE HIRNANTIAN MASS EXTINCTION
230 Paleontology/Paleobotany (Posters) II: Fossils in Time, Space, and Morphospace
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APPROACHES TO CHARACTERIZING AND COMPARING STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATIONS, AS APPLIED TO ESTIMATION OF BIODIVERSITY
208 Paleontology (Posters) III: Diversity, Evolution, and Turnover