Francesca Smith

Publications

Smith, F.A., Wing, S.L. and K.H. Freeman. 2007. Magnitude of the carbon isotope excursion at the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum: The role of plant community change . Earth and Planetary Science Letters 262: 50–65 .
Smith, F.A., and K.H. Freeman. 2006. Influence of physiology and climate on d D of leaf wax n-alkanes from C 3 and C 4 grasses. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 70: 1172-1187.
Wing S.L., G.J. Harrington, F.A. Smith, J.I. Bloch, D.M. Boyer, and K.H. Freeman. 2005. Transient Floral Change and Rapid Global Warming at the Paleocene-Eocene Boundary. Science 310: 993-996.
Smith, F.A., and J.W.C. White. 2004. Modern calibration of phytolith carbon isotope signatures for C 3/C 4 paleograssland reconstruction. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 207: 277-304.
Smith, F.A. and K.B. Anderson. 2001. Characterization of organic compounds in phytoliths: Improving the resolving power of phytolith d 13 C as a tool for paleoecological reconstruction of C 3 and C 4 grasses. In: Phytoliths: Applications in Earth Science and Human History, J.D., Meunier, F. Colin, Eds. A.A. Balkema Publishers, Rotterdam, Netherlands. pp. 317-327.
Abstracts

Smith, F.A., Wing, S.L. and K.H. Freeman. 2007. Plant community change and the magnitude of the carbon isotope excursion at the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 39 ( Denver, CO).
Smith, F.A., S.L. Wing, and K.H. Freeman. 2007. How large was the “true” carbon isotope excursion at the PETM? 23 rd International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry ( Torquay, England).
Smith, F.A., K.H. Freeman and B. Helliker. 2007. Hydrologic and taxonomic controls on leaf wax lipid hydrogen isotope ratios. Invited Keynote address at the American Chemical Society meeting ( Boston MA).
Smith, F.A., S. Wing, and K.H. Freeman. 2006. Plant biomarker signatures of floral change across the PETM. Oral presentation. Climates and Biota of the Early Paleogene ( Bilbao, Spain).
Smith, F.A., S. Wing, and K.H. Freeman. 2005. Increased carbon isotope discrimination by plants during the PETM: Reconciling terrestrial and marine carbon isotope excursion. Oral presentation. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 37 ( Salt Lake City, UT).
Smith, F.A., S. Wing, and K.H. Freeman. 2005. Using carbon and hydrogen isotope ratios of terrestrial organic matter to understand climate change at the PETM. Invited talk. Goldschmidt Geochemistry Conference ( Moscow, ID).
Smith F.A., K.H. Freeman, B. Helliker, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2004. Hydrogen Isotope Ratios of Leaf Waxes in C3 and C4 Grasses Record Meteoric Water and Aridity Signatures. Oral presentation. Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union ( San Francisco, CA).
Freeman, K H., F. A. Smith, P.P. Polissar, C.A. Turich and N. Pedentchouk. 2004. Molecular Proxy Approaches for Paleohydrology. Oral presentation by K.H. Freeman at Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union ( San Francisco, CA).
Wing, S. L., G.J. Harrington, J.I. Bloch, D.M. Boyer, and F. Smith. 2004. Major Transient Floral Change During the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum. Oral presentation by S. Wing. Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union ( San Francisco, CA).
Smith, F.A. and K.H. Freeman. 2004. Compound-specific hydrogen isotope ratios of leaf wax n-alkanes from C 3 and C 4 grasses. Invited “Hot Topic” oral presentation. Organic Geochemistry Gordon Research Conference( Holderness School, NH).
Smith, F.A. and K.H. Freeman. 2003. Rainfall and the Miocene expansion of C 4 grasses: A leaf wax hydrogen isotope paleohydrologic proxy. Oral presentation. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 35 ( Seattle, WA).
Smith, F.A., N. Pedentchouk and K.H. Freeman. 2003. Hydrogen isotope ratios of lipid biomarkers (n-alkanes) as paleohydrologic proxies: Aquatic vs. terrestrial archives. Oral presentation. Joint Assembly of EGS-AGU-EUG (Nice, France).
Smith, F.A. 2002. Miocene and Pliocene Grasslands: Relative Abundance of C 3 and C 4 Grasses Recorded in the Carbon Isotope Signature of Fossil Phytoliths. Oral presentation. Paleograsslands-2002 ( St. Cloud, MN).
Smith, F.A. 2001. The Neogene Record of Grass Photosynthetic Pathway from the Carbon Isotope Signature of Fossil Phytoliths. Poster presentation. A History of Atmospheric CO 2 and Its Effects on Plant, Animals and Ecosystems (Snowbird, UT).
Smith, F.A. 2001. Phytolith Carbon Isotope Records of Neogene Grasses. Oral presentation. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 33:68 ( Boston, MA).
Smith, F.A. 2001. Fossil phytolith carbon isotope records of grass photosynthetic pathways. Oral presentation. North American Paleontological Convention 2001 ( Berkeley, CA).
Smith, F.A. and J.W.C. White. 2000. Reconstructing Neogene Grasslands Using Carbon Isotope Ratios of Fossil Phytoliths. Oral Presentation. Paleo-Grassland Research 2000 ( Westbrook, CT).
Smith, F.A. and J.W.C. White. 2000. Carbon Isotope Ratios of Phytoliths: Modern versus Fossil. Oral presentation. Third International Meeting on Phytolith Research ( Brussels, Belgium).
Smith, F.A. and J.W.C. White. 2000. Phytolith carbon isotope evidence of Neogene grassland composition, climate and CO 2. Oral presentation. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 32: 196 ( Reno, NV).
Smith, F.A. and J.W.C. White. 1999. Carbon Isotope Signatures of Fossil Phytoliths: Exploring the Influence of CO 2 and Temperature on C 3/C 4 Grass Biogeography. Poster Presentation. Eos, Transactions, AGU Vol. 80, Number 46, p. F99 ( San Francisco, CA).
Smith, F.A., and K.B. Anderson. 1998. Characterization of Organic Material in Phytoliths from a C 3 and a C 4 grass. Oral presentation. Second International Meeting on Phytolith Research (Aix en Provence, France).
Smith, F.A. and K.B. Anderson. 1998. Characterization of organic compounds in phytoliths: toward a reconstruction of C 3 and C 4 grasses in Neogene grasslands of the Great Plains. Oral presentation. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 30: 37 ( Toronto, Canada).
Smith, F.A. 1998. Paleoecological reconstructions of Neogene grasslands. Poster presentation. Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Graduate Fellowship Program Technical Conference ( Arlington VA).
Smith, F.A. 1996. Carbon Isotopic values of Miocene grass phytoliths and the origin of hypsodonty in North American horses. Oral presentation. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 28: 106 ( Denver, CO).
Smith, F.A. 1996. The carbon isotope signature of fossil grass phytoliths: C 3 grasslands and horses with tall teeth. Expo: a Student Conference at the Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago ( Chicago, IL).

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