What was the timing and cause of the
Carboniferous icehouse?
- The
climate record
- Oxygen
and carbon isotopic evidence (Dan)
(Ethan)
- Evidence
from land plants (e.g., biogeography, coal inventories) (Rachel)
- Sedimentologic evidence (e.g., glacial sediments, sequence
stratigraphy) (Cory) (Tom O.)
- Marine
biogeography (e.g., faunal distributions) (Meaghan) (Tom O. and Anne
R.)
- Constraints
from climate models
- Paleogeography,
mountain-building, ocean gateways
- Paleogeographic and tectonic constraints (e.g., timing
of the closing of the Rheic Ocean, predicted
erosive power) (Brent) (Brent
M. and Dave W.)
- Global
geochemical cycles
- The
carbon cycle in the late Paleozoic (carbon isotopes, etc.) (Nanping)(Ethan)
- Global
changes in ocean chemistry (aragonite versus calcite seas, Sr isotopes, evaporites, trace elements) (Josiah)(Debbie and Ethan)
- Atmospheric
chemistry (pCO2 proxies and geochemical models) (Stella)(Ethan)
- Quality
of the geologic record
o
How well do epicontinental seas mirror the open
ocean? (circulation tracers)