2018 GSC ANNUAL MEETING
Arctic Ice and the Ecological Rise of Dinosaurs
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Coelophysis and trithelodont by Larry Felder, from the book In the Presence of Dinosaurs, by John Colagrande and Larry Felder, copyright 2000, TIME/LIFE Books, used with permission of the artist.”
WHERE: Trinity College, Hartford
WHEN: Friday, November 9th, 2018
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Paul E. Olsen, Storke Professor of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY
"Despite extreme levels of atmospheric CO 2 in the Late Triassic and earliest Jurassic, and an absence of glaciers, new evidence of abundant lake-ice-rafted debris in the paleo-Arctic Junggar Basin of northwestern China indicates that freezing winter temperatures typified at least some of the forested Arctic at this time. Analysis of the evolutionary history of dinosaurs shows that the dinosaurs at this time were insulated with hair-like feathers, and therefore could take advantage of the rich Arctic deciduous and evergreen vegetation, even under freezing winter conditions.
The transient but intense volcanic winters that occurred during the mega-eruptions of the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province led to the mass extinction on land at the end of the Triassic that decimating all large non-dinosaurian, uninsulated continental reptiles. In contrast, the insulated dinosaurs, being already adapted to cold temperatures, not only survived but underwent a massive ecological expansion in the Jurassic, taking over regions formerly dominated by naked reptiles."
Along with a cocktail hour, catered dinner, and lecture by Dr. Paul E. Olsen, entitled Arctic Ice and the Ecological Rise of Dinosaurs, we will hold our annual business meeting, including announcing the election results for the GSC Board of Directors.
SCHEDULE:
Check-In at Hamlin Hall
4:00-4:30 Campus Geologic Site Visit
4:30-6:00 Reception [Academic Lounge @ Hamlin Hall]
6:00-7:15 Dinner [Hamlin Hall]
6:45-7:15 Business Meeting [Hamlin Hall]
7:30-8:30 Keynote [McCook Auditorium]
COST: $45 (Members), $ 25 (Students, includes 2019 membership), $65 (Non-Members)
WHEN: Friday, November 9th, 2018
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Paul E. Olsen, Storke Professor of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY
"Despite extreme levels of atmospheric CO 2 in the Late Triassic and earliest Jurassic, and an absence of glaciers, new evidence of abundant lake-ice-rafted debris in the paleo-Arctic Junggar Basin of northwestern China indicates that freezing winter temperatures typified at least some of the forested Arctic at this time. Analysis of the evolutionary history of dinosaurs shows that the dinosaurs at this time were insulated with hair-like feathers, and therefore could take advantage of the rich Arctic deciduous and evergreen vegetation, even under freezing winter conditions.
The transient but intense volcanic winters that occurred during the mega-eruptions of the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province led to the mass extinction on land at the end of the Triassic that decimating all large non-dinosaurian, uninsulated continental reptiles. In contrast, the insulated dinosaurs, being already adapted to cold temperatures, not only survived but underwent a massive ecological expansion in the Jurassic, taking over regions formerly dominated by naked reptiles."
Along with a cocktail hour, catered dinner, and lecture by Dr. Paul E. Olsen, entitled Arctic Ice and the Ecological Rise of Dinosaurs, we will hold our annual business meeting, including announcing the election results for the GSC Board of Directors.
SCHEDULE:
Check-In at Hamlin Hall
4:00-4:30 Campus Geologic Site Visit
4:30-6:00 Reception [Academic Lounge @ Hamlin Hall]
6:00-7:15 Dinner [Hamlin Hall]
6:45-7:15 Business Meeting [Hamlin Hall]
7:30-8:30 Keynote [McCook Auditorium]
COST: $45 (Members), $ 25 (Students, includes 2019 membership), $65 (Non-Members)
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