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T122. Fossils Plants as Paleoenvironmental Recorders I

 
Introductory Remarks
 
PLANT LEAF WAXES: MOLECULAR AND ISOTOPIC INDICATORS OF PALEOENVIRONMENTS
HREN, Michael T., Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, 354 Mansfield Road, U-2045, Storrs, CT 06269, mhren@uconn.edu
 
A DEGLACIAL AND HOLOCENE RECORD OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY IN SOUTH-CENTRAL ALASKA FROM STABLE ISOTOPES AND PLANT MACROFOSSILS IN PEAT
JONES, Miriam C., U.S Geological Survey, Eastern Geology and Paleoclimate Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr, MS 926A, Reston, VA 20192, miriamjones@usgs.gov, WOOLLER, Matthew, Alaska Stable Isotope Facility, Water and Environmental Research Center, Univ of Alaska Fairbanks, 441 Duckering Building, Box 755860, Fairbanks, AK 99775, and PETEET, Dorothy, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964
 
DO PLANT N-ALKANE DISTRIBUTIONS RECORD CLIMATE MORE THAN PLANT TYPE?
BUSH, Rosemary T.1, MCINERNEY, Francesca A.1, and CHEN, Debra2, (1) Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, 1850 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208-2150, rosemarybush@gmail.com, (2) Biological Sciences, Northwestern University, 2205 Tech Drive, Evanston, IL 60208
 
INCORPORATING THE EFFECT OF CHANGING ATMOSPHERIC CO2 CONCENTRATION ON TERRESTRIAL CARBON ISOTOPE RECORDS
SCHUBERT, Brian A. and JAHREN, A. Hope, Geology and Geophysics, University of Hawaii, 1680 East-West Road, POST 701, Honolulu, HI 96822, bschube@hawaii.edu
 
STABLE CARBON ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION OF FOSSIL LAND PLANTS: AN INDICATOR OF DEVONIAN PALEOCLIMATE CHANGE
WAN, Zhenzhu, Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Building, Cincinnati, OH 45221, wanzu@mail.uc.edu, ALGEO, Thomas J., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, GENSEL, Patricia, Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, SCHECKLER, Stephen, Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, STEIN, William E., Dept. Biological Sciences, SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton, NY 13902, ROWE, Harold, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 77019, and SAUER, Peter E., Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 E 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405-1405
 
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A MIDDLE EOCENE ATMOSPHERIC CO2 RECONSTRUCTION FROM FOSSIL METASEQUOIA, AXEL HEIBERG ISLAND (NUNAVUT, CANADA)
MAXBAUER, Daniel P., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459, dmaxbauer@wesleyan.edu and ROYER, Dana L., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459
 
CARBONIFEROUS ATMOSPHERIC CO2 AND CLIMATE: AN INTEGRATED FOSSIL CUTICLE AND PALEOSOL CARBONATE ANALYSIS
GARELLO, Dominique1, MONTANEZ, Isabel P.2, BARCLAY, Richard S.3, MCELWAIN, Jennifer C.4, BYRD, Asha5, and DIMICHELE, William A.3, (1) School of Earth & Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Bateman Physical Sciences, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, dgarello@asu.edu, (2) Department of Geology, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, (3) Dept. of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Constitution Ave NW, Washington DC, DC 20530, (4) School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland, (5) Davis Senior High School, 315 West 14th St, Davis, CA 95616
 
LEAF SIZE REFLECTS SEASONAL PRECIPITATION IN AUSTRALIAN, FIJIAN AND SOUTH AFRICAN TROPICAL SEASONAL FORESTS AND RAINFORESTS
GREENWOOD, David R.1, FENSHAM, Roderick2, GREENWOOD, Cathy L.1, STEART, David C.3, and KEPPEL, Gunnar4, (1) Biology Dept, Brandon University, Brandon, MB R7A 6A9, Canada, greenwoodd@brandonu.ca, (2) Queensland Herbarium, Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt Coot-tha, Toowong, QLD, 4066, Australia, (3) Palaeontology Dept, Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, (4) School of Natural and Built Environments, University of South Australia, Adelaide, 5001, Australia
 
GREENLAND CRETACEOUS PALEOCLIMATE FROM FLORAL STUDY
BOYD, Austin, Earth Science Department, Univ. Arkansas at Ft Smith, 5210 Grand Avenue, Ft Smith, AR 72913, aboyd@uafs.edu
 
FILLING A PALEOLATITUDINAL GAP IN THE RECORD OF PALEOCENE/EOCENE FORESTED ECOSYSTEMS: THE CHICKALOON AND ARKOSE RIDGE FORMATIONS, ALASKA
SUNDERLIN, David, Geology & Environmental Geosciences, Lafayette College, Van Wickle Hall, Easton, PA 18042, sunderld@lafayette.edu and WILLIAMS, Christopher J., Earth and Environment, Franklin and Marshall College, 415 Harrisburg Ave, Lancaster, PA 17603
 
LEAF PHYSIOGNOMIC VARIATIONS AS A PROXY FOR ELEVATED ATMOSPHERIC SO2 ACROSS THE TRIASSIC–JURASSIC BOUNDARY
BACON, Karen L., School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, D4, Ireland, karenl.bacon@gmail.com, BELCHER, Claire M., College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Prince of Wales Road, Exeter, EX4 4PS, United Kingdom, HAWORTH, Matthew, CNR – Istituto di Biometeorologia (IBIMET), CNR – Istituto di Biometeorologia (IBIMET, Via Giovanni, Firenze, 50145, Italy, and MCELWAIN, Jennifer, Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Bellfield, Dublin 4, Dublin, D4, Ireland
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