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Hi Dear Ben, my student, Eric Wysong will be sending an abstract in for "b" section that you mention in your email for your topical session! Thank you kindly! Hope all is well with you! Sally Ben Greenstein wrote: > I'd like to draw list members' attention to the following PS-sponsored > Topical Session held at the Geological Society of America annual meeting > in Philadelphia 22-25 October 2006. Abstract deadline is 11 July. If you > have research results that are appropriate to the the description below, > please consider submitting an abstract. > > Topical Session T113: Applied Reef Coral Paleoecology > > Topic: Application of paleoecological studies of fossil coral reefs to > sedimentologic and ecologic problems. > > Possible Subject Areas to be Included: > > a) Response of reef coral communities to climate change. > > b) Comparative taphonomy and sedimentology of fossil reef coral assemblages. > > c) Taphonomic approaches to discriminating between reef subfacies. > > d) Paleoecological evidence for rapid (sub-orbital scale) fluctuations > in sea level. > > e) Mechanics of the radiation of the modern reef coral fauna. > > Rationale: Studies of Tertiary and Quaternary reef coral communities > have increasingly been applied to issues related to the modern reef > system. Reef coral assemblages from these time intervals are often > remarkably preserved; hence paleoecological studies that reveal their > long-term ecological dynamics are especially robust. A fuller > understanding of the response of reef coral communities to changes in > climate, ocean circulation patterns and origination and extinction > events is beginning to emerge from recent paleoecologic, sedimentologic > and taphonomic research. The goal of the session is bring workers in > these and related fields together to share their results and discuss how > they may be used to predict responses of modern reef communities to the > spectrum of disturbances observed today. > > Format: Oral > > > > > ********************************** > > Benjamin J. Greenstein Ph.D. > > Professor of Geology > > Cornell College > > 600 First St. West > > Mt. Vernon, IA 52314 > > USA > > > PH: 319-895-4307 > > FAX: 319-895-5667 > > WEB: http://www.cornellcollege.edu/geology/greenstein > > >
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