2003 Seattle Annual Meeting (November 2–5, 2003)
Session No. 195 Tuesday, November 4, 2003
1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Washington State Convention and Trade Center: Hall 4-F

T88. The Hunt for Precambrian Life: An Integrated Approach (Posters)

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195-2164DETERMINING THE BIOGENICITY OF RESIDUAL CARBON WITHIN THE APEX CHERT: SHARP, Thomas G. and DE GREGORIO, Bradley T., Geological Sciences, Arizona State Univ, P.O Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, degregorio@asu.edu
195-3165PALEOSOL EVIDENCE FOR THE PHOSPHORUS BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE IN THE PRECAMBRIAN: SHELDON, Nathan D., Geological Sciences, Univ of Oregon, 1272 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, nsheldon@darkwing.uoregon.edu.
195-4166EVIDENCE FOR BIOALTERATION IN PILLOW LAVAS OF PRECAMBRIAN OPHIOLITES: FURNES, H.1, BANERJEE, N.R.1, MUEHLENBACHS, K.2, STAUDIGEL, H.3, DE WIT, M.4, and KONTINEN, A.5, (1) Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen, Allegt. 41, Bergen, 5007, Norway, harald.furnes@geol.uib.no, (2) Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, (3) Scripps Insitution of Oceanography, University of California, La Jolla, CA 92093-0225, (4) Department of Geological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7700, South Africa, (5) Geological Survey of Finland, P. O. Box 1237, Kuopio, FIN-70211, Finland
195-5167IDENTIFICATION OF FENESTRATE MICROBIALITES FROM THE NEOARCHEAN CARAWINE FORMATION, WESTERN AUSTRALIA: MURPHY, Megan A., Geology, Univ of California, 1 Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616-5270, megmurphy@geology.ucdavis.edu and SUMNER, Dawn Y., Univ of California - Davis, 1 Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616-5270
195-6168GEOCHEMISTRY OF MOLAR TOOTH STRUCTURE MICROSPAR FROM THE NEOARCHEAN MONTEVILLE FORMATION, SOUTH AFRICA: BISHOP, James W. and SUMNER, Dawn, Geology Department, Univ of California at Davis, Davis, CA 95616, bishop@geology.ucdavis.edu
195-7169LOW SULFATE AND ANOXIA IN A MID-PROTEROZOIC MARINE BASIN: SHEN, Yanan1, KNOLL, Andrew1, and WALTER, Malcolm2, (1) Botanical Museum, Harvard Univ, 26 Oxford Street, cambridge, MA 02138, yshen@oeb.harvard.edu, (2) Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Macquarie Univ, NSW 2109, Australia
195-8170THE HUNT FOR EARLY EUKARYOTES IN ARCHEAN AND PROTEROZOIC OCEANS: JAVAUX, Emmanuelle J.1, KNOLL, Andrew H.1, MARSHALL, Craig P.2, and WALTER, Malcolm R.2, (1) Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard Univ, 26 Oxford street, Cambridge, MA 02138, ejavaux@aol.com, (2) Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Australian Centre for Astrobiology, Macquarie Univ, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia
195-9171DIVERSITY OF ANIMAL LIFE IN THE DOUSHANTUO FORMATION OF SOUTHWEST CHINA: OLIVERI, Paola1, GAO, Feng1, DORNBOS, Stephen Q.2, CHEN, Jun-Yuan3, LI, Chia-Wei4, BOTTJER, David J.5, and DAVIDSON, Eric H.1, (1) Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, poliveri@its.caltech.edu, (2) Department of Earth Sciences, Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, (3) Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Nanjing, 210008, China, (4) Life Science, National Tsing Hua Univ, Hsinchu, 300, Taiwan, (5) Earth Sciences, Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740
195-10172PRESERVATION OF NEOPROTEROZOIC DOUSHANTUO PHOSPHATIZED MICROFOSSILS FROM SOUTHWESTERN CHINA: GAO, Feng1, DORNBOS, Stephen Q.2, OLIVERI, Paola3, DAVIDSON, Eric H.3, LI, C.-W.4, CHEN, J.Y.1, and BOTTJER, David5, (1) Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontolgy, Nanjing, 210008, gaofeng@its.caltech.edu, (2) Department of Earth Sciences, Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, (3) Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, (4) Department of Life Science, Tsing Hua Univ, Hsinchu, 300, Taiwan, (5) Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089
195-11173MARINE CHEMISTRY OF THE TERMINAL PROTEROZOIC DOUSHANTUO FORMATION: ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE PHOSPHATIZED EMBRYOS: KIMURA, Hiroto1, BOTTJER, David J.2, CHEN, Jun-Yuan3, DORNBOS, Stephen Q.2, GAO, Feng4, OLIVERI, Paola4, DAVIDSON, Eric H.4, and EILER, John M.1, (1) Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, MC 100-23, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, hkimura@gps.caltech.edu, (2) Earth Sciences, Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, (3) Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Nanjing, 210008, China, (4) Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125
195-12174STUDY OF THE OLDEST ANIMAL FOSSILS WITH COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY: TSAPIN, Alexandre, Earth and Space Science, Jet Propulsion Lab, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, Pasadena, CA 91109, tsapin@jpl.nasa.gov and BOTTJER, David, Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089
195-13175LOSSLESS COMPRESSION AS A COMPLEXITY INDEX IN PALEOGEOBIOLOGY: ICHNOFABRICS AND STROMATOLITES AS TWO EXAMPLES: STORRIE-LOMBARDI, Michael C.1, CORSETTI, Frank A.2, and BOTTJER, David J.2, (1) Kinohi Institute, Pasadena, CA 91101, mike@kinohi.org, (2) Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740
195-14176MICROBIALLY INDUCED SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES – A NEW WINDOW FOR THE UNDERSTANDING OF LIFE AND LIFE CONDITIONS IN THE PRECAMBRIAN: NOFFKE, Nora, Ocean, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Old Dominion Univ, 4600, Elkhorn Ave, Norfolk, VA 23529, nnoffke@odu.edu.
195-15177MICROBIAL SIGNATURES IN PRECAMBRIAN STROMATOLITES: BOSAK, Tanja, GEOLOGICAL AND PLANETARY SCIENCES, CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MC 100-23, 1200 E.CALIFORNIA BLVD, Pasadena, CA 91125, tanja@its.caltech.edu and NEWMAN, Dianne K., Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Mail Code 100-23, Pasadena, CA 91125
195-16178LIPID BIOMARKERS AND THEIR CARBON ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES FOR A HYPERSALINE MICROBIAL MAT COMMUNITY: JAHNKE, Linda L.1, ORPHAN, Victoria F.1, EMBAYE, Tsegereda2, TURK, Kendra A.3, KUBO, Mike2, and SUMMONS, Roger E.4, (1) Exobiology Branch, NASA Ames Rsch Ctr, M/S 239-4, Moffett Field, CA 94035, linda.l.jahnke@nasa.gov, (2) SETI Institute, Mtn. View, CA 94043, (3) Univ of California, Santa Cruz, CA, (4) Earth Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT, E34, 42-44 Carleton St, Cambridge, MA 02139
195-17179ENVIRONMENTS OF PREFERENTIAL, ABIOTIC CARBONATE PRECIPITATION IN HOLOCENE STROMATOLITES, A MODEL TO GUIDE THE SEARCH FOR PRECAMBRIAN MICROFOSSILS: GINSBURG, Robert N., Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Univ of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149, rginsburg@rsmas.miami.edu.
195-18180PRESERVATION OF BIOORGANIC MOLECULES IN AMORPHOUS SILICA IN NATURE: PERRY, Randall Stewart, Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Mail stop 351310, Seattle, WA 98195-1310, rsp@u.washington.edu and KOLB, Vera M., Chemistry, Univ of Wisconsin-Parkside, 900 Wood Rd, Kenosha, WI 53141-2000

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