PP11C
Biomarkers in Paleoclimate: Development, Applications, and Interpretations I

Monday, 14 December 2015: 08:00-10:00
2003 (Moscone West)
Primary Conveners:  Sarah J Feakins, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Conveners:  Jessica E Tierney, University of Arizona, Geosciences, Tucson, AZ, United States
Chairs:  Sarah J Feakins, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States and Jessica E Tierney, University of Arizona, Geosciences, Tucson, AZ, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Sarah J Feakins, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
08:00
The Clumped Isotope Composition of Biogenic Methane. (Invited) (71114)
Alex L Sessions, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
08:15
Isotopic Controls of Rainwater and Water Vapor on Mangrove Leaf Water and Lipid Biomarkers (Invited) (83238)
Nemiah Ladd, EAWAG Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Surface Waters Research and Management, Kastanienbaum, Switzerland; University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States, Marta Wolfshorndl, University of Washington, School of Oceanography, Seattle, WA, United States and Julian P Sachs, University of Washington Seattle Campus, Seattle, WA, United States
08:30
Alkanes, Alcohols, and Fatty Acids Record Complementary Signals in Fluvial Sediments: Insights From a Three Year Congo River Time Series (61063)
Jordon Dennis Hemingway, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Science, Cambridge, MA, United States, Enno Schefuß, MARUM - University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany, Bienvenu Jean Dinga, Délégation Générale à la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique, Brazzaville, People's Republic Of Congo, Helena VALERIE Pryer, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States and Valier Galy, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry, Woods Hole, MA, United States
08:45
The Influence of Source Biases on Sedimentary Leaf Waxes and Their Stable Isotope Compositions (Invited) (60508)
Aaron F Diefendorf, University of Cincinnati, Department of Geology, Cincinnati, OH, United States
09:00
Plant wax isotope records of spatial and temporal change to climate and hydrology in western North America during the Miocene and Middle Miocene Climatic Optimum (80802)
Michael T Hren, University of Connecticut, Center for Integrative Geosciences, Groton, CT, United States
09:15
Late Oligocene to Late Miocene Antarctic Climate Reconstructions Using Molecular and Isotopic Biomarker Proxies (85428)
Bella Duncan, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
09:30
Biomarker Approaches to Greenhouse Gas Estimations Through the Cenozoic – Recent Developments and Future Directions (78501)
Marcus Peter Sebastian Badger, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8, United Kingdom
09:45
Environmental and Physiological Influences on the TEX86 Proxy: Results from Continuous Culture Studies and Stable Carbon Isotope Analyses (Invited) (80790)
Ann Pearson1, Sarah Hurley1, Felix Elling2, Martin Koenneke2, Alyson E Santoro3, Carolyn Buchwald4, Scott D Wankel5, Kai-Uwe Hinrichs2, Yige Zhang1 and Sunita R Shah Walter5, (1)Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States, (2)MARUM - University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany, (3)University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Appalachian Laboratory, Frostburg, MD, United States, (4)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (5)WHOI, Woods Hole, MA, United States