Earth System Processes 2 (8–11 August 2005)
Session No. 16 Tuesday, August 9, 2005
1:30 PM-4:30 PM, Westin Hotel: Mayfair

T11. Oxygen and Evolution on Early Earth II

David C. Catling and Ariel Anbar, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
16-11:30 PM INVITED: THE USE OF BIOMARKERS FROM OIL INCLUSIONS TO CONSTRAIN PALEOPROTEROZOIC ECOSYSTEMS AND ENVIRONMENTS: GEORGE, Simon C.1, DUTKIEWICZ, Adriana2, VOLK, Herbert1, RIDLEY, John3, and BUICK, Roger4, (1) CSIRO Petroleum, P.O. Box 136, North Ryde, Sydney, NSW 1670, Australia, Simon.George@csiro.au, (2) School of Geosciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia, (3) Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1482, (4) Department of Earth and Space Sciences & Astrobiology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1310
16-22:10 PM THE ROLE OF MICROBIAL INDUCED OXYGENATION IN THE DEPOSITION OF NEOARCHEAN IRON FORMATION: EXAMPLES FROM WESTERN SUPERIOR PROVINCE CANADA: FRALICK, Philip W., Geology Department, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5E1, Canada, philip.fralick@lakeheadu.ca and PUFAHL, Peir K., Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
16-32:30 PM DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON AND MARINE SNOW IN THE PROKARYOTE DOMINATED PRECAMBRIAN OCEANS: BJERRUM, Christian J., Geological Institute, University of Copenhagen, Oster Voldgade 10, Copenhagen K, DK-1350, Denmark, cjb@geol.ku.dk, CANFIELD, Donald E., Danish Center for Earth System Science, Univ of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, Odense M, 5230, Denmark, KIØRBOE, Thomas, Danish Institute for Fisheries Research, Kavalergården 6, Charlottenlund, DK- 2920, and JACKSON, George A., Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843
 2:50 PM Break
16-43:10 PM METAL LIMITATION OF NITROGEN-FIXING CYANOBACTERIA THROUGH TIME AND RESULTING ISOTOPIC TRENDS: ZERKLE, Aubrey L., Dept. Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 207 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, azerkle@geosc.psu.edu, COX, Raymond P., Dept. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, JUNIUM, Christopher K., Dept. Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, HOUSE, Christopher H., Pennsylvania State Univ, 208 Deike Bldg, University Park, PA 16802-2711, and CANFIELD, Donald E., Danish Center for Earth System Science, Univ of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, Odense M, 5230, Denmark
16-53:30 PM MODELING THE RISE OF ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN: CLAIRE, Mark W., Astronomy, University of Washington, Box 351580, Seattle, WA 98195, mclaire@astro.washington.edu, CATLING, David C., Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Willis Memorial Building, Oueen's Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, United Kingdom, and ZAHNLE, Kevin J., Space Science Division, NASA Ames Research Center, 3MS 245-3 Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA, Moffett Field, CA 94035
16-63:50 PM MULTIPLE EXTREME GLACIATIONS IN THE PALAEOPROTEROZOIC: COUPLED CLIMATE BIOGEOCHEMICAL DYNAMICS: GOLDBLATT, Colin, WATSON, Andrew J., and LENTON, Timothy M., School of Environmental Science, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, c.goldblatt@uea.ac.uk
 4:10 PM Discussion

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