Session: The Other Red Planet: Terrestrial Environments and Climates from the Permian and Triassic (GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA

Introductory Remarks
Abstract ID#: 288243

51-51-1

RESPONSE OF SOILS AND SOIL ECOSYSTEMS TO THE PENNSYLVANIAN-PERMIAN CLIMATE TRANSITION IN THE UPPER FLUVIAL PLAIN OF THE DUNKARD BASIN, SOUTHEASTERN OHIO, USA
Abstract ID#: 285105

CARNES, Jennifer L., Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701-2979 and HEMBREE, Daniel I., Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701, jc458707@ohio.edu

51-51-2

SEDIMENTARY AND ORGANIC GEOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE ON CONTINENTAL CLIMATE VARIABILITY IN MID-LATITUDE NORTHERN PANGEA, LOWER PERMIAN LUCAOGOU AND HONGYANCHI LOW-ORDER CYCLES, SOUTHERN BOGDA MOUNTAINS, GREATER TURPAN-JUNGGAR BASIN, NW CHINA
Abstract ID#: 284560

YANG, Wan¹, ZHAN, Xin¹, FENG, Qiao², LU, Hong³, DUAN, Jing¹, WANG, Bingkai² and WANG, Taoli³, (1)Geology and Geophysics Program, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65409, (2)College of Geoengineering and Geoinformatics, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 310003, China, (3)State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, China, xz793@mst.edu

51-51-3

FINE-GRAINED MEANDERING CHANNELS AND TABULAR SANDSTONES IN THE LOWER PERMIAN CLEAR FORK FORMATION OF NORTH-CENTRAL TEXAS, USA
Abstract ID#: 284127

SIMON, Sharane and GIBLING, Martin, Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, 1355 Oxford Street, Rm 3006, 3rd Floor Life Sciences Centre (Biology/Earth Sciences Wing), Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada, sharane.simon@dal.ca

51-51-4

FINE-GRAINED DEBRIS FLOWS IN COARSE-GRAINED ALLUVIAL SYSTEMS: PALEOENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE FOUNTAIN AND CUTLER FORMATIONS, COLORADO
Abstract ID#: 281952

SWEET, Dustin E., Department of Geosciences, Texas Tech University, MS 1053, Science Building 125, Lubbock, TX 79409, dustin.sweet@ttu.edu

51-51-5

PRESERVED ORGANIC MOLECULES IN THE OPECHE SHALE
Abstract ID#: 283545

GOLDSTEIN, Aaron, MARSHALL, Craig P. and OLCOTT MARSHALL, Alison, Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Lindley Hall Rm 120, Lawrence, KS 66045, aarongoldstein7@ku.edu

51-51-6

PRESERVATION POTENTIAL OF BIOMARKERS FOR PALEOENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS OF PERMIAN RED-BED EVAPORITES
Abstract ID#: 283578

LOCKAMY, Dru and OLCOTT MARSHALL, Alison, Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Lindley Hall Rm 120, Lawrence, KS 66045, dlockamy@ku.edu

51-51-7

ACID FLUID INCLUSIONS IN BEDDED HALITE OF THE TRIASSIC MERCIA MUDSTONE, NORTHERN IRELAND
Abstract ID#: 282533

EICHENLAUB, Lynnette A., BENISON, Kathleen C. and ANDESKIE, Anna Sofia, Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-6300, laeichenlaub@mix.wvu.edu

Break
Abstract ID#: 288244

51-51-8

THE PERMIAN-TRIASSIC OF EASTERN COLORADO: REDBEDS, SLIME, SALT, DUNES, AND POSSIBLY AN EXTINCTION?
Abstract ID#: 287701

HAGADORN, James W.¹, WHITELEY, Karen R.¹, LAHEY, Bonita L.¹, HOLM-DENOMA, Christopher S.² and HENDERSON, Charles M.³, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Central Mineral and Environmental Resources Science Center, Box 25046 Denver Federal Center, MS-973, Denver, CO 80225, (3)Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada, rockhoundgal@outlook.com

51-51-9

REDBEDS IN WYOMING: READING LATE PERMIAN-EARLY TRIASSIC ENVIRONMENTS AND CLIMATES FROM THE RED PEAK AND CROW MOUNTAIN FORMATIONS
Abstract ID#: 285060

KNAPP, Jonathan P.¹, BENISON, Kathleen C.² and ANDESKIE, Anna Sofia², (1)Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-6300; National Park Service, White Sands National Monument, 19955 Highway 70 West, Alamogordo, NM 88310, (2)Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-6300, knapp1jp@gmail.com

51-51-10

FLORAL, BACTERIAL AND ORGANIC CARBON ISOTOPE CHANGES ACROSS THE NON-MARINE PERMO-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY AT WYBUNG HEAD, AUSTRALIA AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE
Abstract ID#: 283961

STEBBINS, Alan G., School for the Environment, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey BLVD, Boston, MA 02125, BROOKFIELD, Michael, School for the Environment, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125, JHA, Neerja, Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow, 226007, India and HANNIGAN, Robyn, School for the Environment, University of Massachusetts, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125, alan.stebbins001@umb.edu

51-51-11

PETROGRAPHY, MINERALOGY, AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF GREENISH- AND REDDISH-GRAY SILTSTONES STRADDLING THE VERTEBRATE-DEFINED PERMIAN–TRIASSIC BOUNDARY IN SOUTH AFRICA
Abstract ID#: 277899

LI, Jiawen, Geology, Colby College, 8005 Mayflower Hill, Waterville, ME 04901, GASTALDO, Robert A., Department of Geology, Colby College, 5807 Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME 04901 and NEVELING, Johann, Council for Geosciences, Private Bag x112, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa, jwli@colby.edu

51-51-12

STABLE CARBON ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY OF PALEOSOLS, MEAN ANNUAL RAINFALL ESTIMATES AND ITS CORRELATION WITH TETRAPOD DIVERSITY IN PERMO-TRIASSIC STRATA OF THE AFRICAN CONTINENT
Abstract ID#: 280023

TABOR, Neil J.¹, MYERS, Timothy S.¹ and SIDOR, Christian A.², (1)Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275-0395, (2)Dept. of Biology and Burke Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1800, ntabor@smu.edu

51-51-13

MARS ON EARTH: THE PERMIAN DUST BOWL OF THE WESTERN PANGAEAN TROPICS
Abstract ID#: 282219

SOREGHAN, Gerilyn S.¹, SOREGHAN, Michael J.¹, HEAVENS, Nicholas G.² and HINNOV, Linda A.³, (1)School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 100 E. Boyd Street, Norman, OK 73019, (2)Department of Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Hampton University, Hampton, VA 23668, (3)Dept. Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences, George Mason University, 4400 University Avenue, Fairfax, VA 22030, lsoreg@ou.edu

GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

T196. The Other Red Planet: Terrestrial Environments and Climates from the Permian and Triassic