PP23E
Demystifying the Miocene-Pliocene: Exploring the Couplings and Evolution of Climatic, Biologic, Biogeochemical, and Oceanic Systems II

Tuesday, 15 December 2015: 13:40-15:40
2012 (Moscone West)
Primary Conveners:  Heather M Stoll, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
Conveners:  Kira T Lawrence, Lafayette College, Easton, PA, United States
Chairs:  Heather M Stoll, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain and Kira T Lawrence, Lafayette College, Easton, PA, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Heather M Stoll, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
13:40
Did the Mid-Pliocene warmth bring the Northern Hemisphere Chill? (Invited) (63366)
Yair Rosenthal1, Stella C Woodard2, David AD Evans3, Laura Haynes4, Sindia M Sosdian5, Caroline H Lear6, Baerbel Hoenisch4 and Jonathan Erez7, (1)Rutgers Univ, New Brunswick, NJ, United States, (2)Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Brunswick, NJ, United States, (3)Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States, (4)Columbia University of New York, Palisades, NY, United States, (5)Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom, (6)Cardiff Univ, Cardiff, United Kingdom, (7)Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Earth Sciences, Jerusalem, Israel
13:55
Tightly linked oceanic meridional and zonal temperature gradients - a fundamental climate constraint for the Miocene, Pliocene and other epochs (68443)
Alexey V Fedorov, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States, Natalie Burls, George Mason University Fairfax, Fairfax, VA, United States, Kira T Lawrence, Lafayette College, Easton, PA, United States and Laura Peterson, Luther College, Decorah, IA, United States
14:10
Late Miocene Global Ocean Cooling Linked to Terrestrial Aridification and Evolutionary Events (Invited) (69618)
Timothy Herbert, Brown Univ, Providence, RI, United States, Kira T Lawrence, Lafayette College, Easton, PA, United States, Alexandrina Tzanova, Brown University, Earth, Environmental and Planetary Science, Providence, RI, United States, Christopher Sean Kelly, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States and Laura Peterson, Luther College, Decorah, IA, United States
14:40
Indus-wide C4 expansion between 7-6 Ma: an IODP Expedition 355 discovery (Invited) (74315)
Hannah Liddy1, Sarah J Feakins1, Lisa Tauxe2, Giancarlo Scardia3, Sergio Andò4, James A Bendle5, Peter Dominic Clift6 and IODP Expedition 355 Science Party , (1)University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (2)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, (3)Sao Paulo State University (UNESP), Rio Claro, SP, Brazil, (4)University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Milan, Italy, (5)University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, United Kingdom, (6)Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
14:55
The Late Miocene Rise of C4 Vegetation in Eastern Africa Documented by Terrestrial Plant Waxes in Marine Cores (85600)
Kevin T Uno1, Pratigya J Polissar1, Kevin Jackson2 and Peter B deMenocal1,3, (1)Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States, (2)Lafayette College, Easton, PA, United States, (3)Columbia University of New York, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science, Palisades, NY, United States
15:10
New insights into the relationship between mid latitude North Atlantic hydrography and productivity during the intensification of northern hemisphere glaciation (72524)
Clara T Bolton1, Oliver Friedrich2,3, Mirjam C Koch3, Ian Bailey4, Thibault de Garidel-Thoron1, Kazuyo Tachikawa1, Magali Ermini1, Laurence Vidal1, Corinne Sonzogni1, Matthew J Cooper5 and Paul A Wilson5, (1)CEREGE, Aix en Provence, France, (2)University of Heidelberg, Institute of Geosciences, Heidelberg, Germany, (3)Goethe University Frankfurt, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Frankfurt, Germany, (4)University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom, (5)University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
15:25
Fire in the Pliocene: a Record from the Southwest Pacific Ocean (72567)
A Rosell1, Nuria Moraleda1, Laura Peterson2 and Kira T Lawrence3, (1)Autonomous University of Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Val, Spain, (2)Luther College, Decorah, IA, United States, (3)Lafayette College, Easton, PA, United States