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and sea ice systems and Cenozoic paleoceanography of the Arctic, T59. “Curse Your Sudden but Inevitable Betrayal”:
Antarctica, and the Southern Ocean. Advances and Challenges in Terrestrial Paleoclimate
Cosponsors: GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Soils and
T55. Insights from Microfossils and Their Modern Soil Processes Division; GSA Continental Scientific Drilling
Analogs: From Traditional to Emerging Approaches Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division
(Posters) Disciplines: Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography, Geochemistry
Cosponsors: Cushman Foundation; Paleontological Society; Advocates: David Colwyn; Robin R. Dawson; Gerard A. Otiniano
Geochemical Society; GSA Marine and Coastal Geoscience Preparations for a warmer future rest heavily on records of the
Division; GSA Limnogeology Division past. Studying Cretaceous to recent terrestrial paleoclimate is
Disciplines: Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography, Paleontology, important for understanding future change to the terrestrial
Biogeography/Biostratigraphy, Geochemistry environments and ecosystems where we live.
Advocates: Vanessa Londoño; Maria N. Gudnitz
Traditional applications of microfossils are central to many T60. Women in American Paleontology: The Past as
studies, while novel approaches (especially geochemistry) utiliz- Prologue
ing microfossils have recently expanded. This session highlights Cosponsors: Paleontological Research Institution;
traditional and innovative microfossil applications in terrestrial Paleontological Society; Association for Women Geoscientists;
and marine environments, including modern analogs. GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division; Cushman
Foundation; GSA History and Philosophy of Geology Division
T56. Co-Evolution of Earth’s Surface Environment Disciplines: Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography, History and
and Eukaryotic Life from the Mid-Proterozoic to Philosophy of Geology
Early Paleozoic Advocates: Warren D. Allmon; Robert M. Ross
Cosponsors: GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division; This session will survey the historical contributions of women
GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; SEPM (Society for paleontologists, especially in the U.S., including biographical
Sedimentary Geology); GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, studies, historical and disciplinary summaries, and analyses of
Petrology, and Volcanology Division; Geochemical Society; historical data on females in the profession.
Paleontological Society
Disciplines: Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography, Paleontology, T61. Climatic and Biotic Processes through the
Diversity, Extinction, Origination, Geochemistry Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic as Reconstructed
Advocates: Xinze Lyu; Alex Kunert from Microfossil Records
This session will focus on multidisciplinary (e.g., organic and Cosponsors: Cushman Foundation; Micropalaeontological
inorganic geochemistry, sedimentology, paleontology, numerical Society; Paleontological Society
modeling) approaches of reconstructing the co-evolutionary path of Disciplines: Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography, Paleontology,
Earth’s environment and eukaryotic life from the mid-Proterozoic to Biogeography/Biostratigraphy, Paleontology, Diversity,
the Early Paleozoic. Extinction, Origination
Advocates: Anieke Brombacher; Adriane R. Lam
T57. Salinity Analysis of Ancient Depositional Systems This session will provide an overview of microfossil contribu-
Cosponsors: GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; Geochemical tions to the understanding of past climates and biotas. We wel-
Society; International Association of Sedimentologists; GSA come contributions from all microfossil groups aiding Paleozoic,
Limnogeology Division Mesozoic, and/or Cenozoic climatic and biotic reconstructions.
Disciplines: Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography, Sediments,
Clastic, Geochemistry PALEONTOLOGY, BIOGEOGRAPHY/
Advocates: Thomas J. Algeo; Wei Wei BIOSTRATIGRAPHY
Salinity is an important characteristic of aqueous depositional
systems but has proven challenging to reconstruct from sedimen- T62. The Co-Evolution of Phanerozoic Climate,
tary records. New tools and techniques for paleosalinity analysis Landscapes, and Terrestrial Ecosystems
will be explored in this session. Cosponsors: Geochemical Society; Paleontological Society
Disciplines: Paleontology, Biogeography/Biostratigraphy,
T58. Integrative Approaches to Understanding Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography, Paleontology, Paleoecology/
Mesozoic Environmental and Biologic Perturbations Taphonomy
Cosponsor: GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division Advocates: Tyler Kukla; Sandra Schachat; Jeremy K. Caves
Disciplines: Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography, Paleontology, Rugenstein; Mairin Balisi
Diversity, Extinction, Origination, Geochemistry This session explores recent interdisciplinary approaches to
Advocates: Selva M. Marroquin; Benjamin C. Gill elucidating complex deep-time interactions among climate, land-
This session highlights integrative approaches to understanding scapes, and terrestrial life, with an emphasis on major biotic and
Mesozoic biotic, environmental, and climatic change. The goal is abiotic events that shaped the evolution of ecosystems on land.
to foster interactions between specialists to provide a more holistic
understanding to outstanding questions about Mesozoic Earth
System dynamics.

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