Southeastern Section–55th Annual Meeting (23–24 March 2006)
Session No. 16 Thursday, 23 March 2006
1:30 PM-3:45 PM, Marriott Hotel: William Blount North

T7. New Views on Old Rocks: Insights on Biospheric Evolution from the Precambrian Sedimentary Record

Linda C. Kah and Christopher M. Fedo, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
 1:30 PM Introductory Remarks
16-11:35 PM CRITICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE GEOLOGIC AND ISOTOPIC EVIDENCE CONCERNING EARTH'S OLDEST ENVIRONMENTS AND CLAIMS FOR LIFE ON AKILIA, SW GREENLAND: FEDO, Christopher M., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, cfedo@utk.edu and WHITEHOUSE, Martin J., LIG, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, SE-104 05, Sweden
16-21:55 PM LEAD ISOTOPES IN CA. 2.32 GA SHALES, SOUTH AFRICA: EVIDENCE FOR OXIDATIVE CONTINENTAL CRUST WEATHERING: POLLACK, Gerald D.1, KROGSTAD, Eirik J.1, and BEKKER, Andrey2, (1) Geosciences, Georgia State University, 24 Peachtree Center Avenue, SE, Atlanta, GA 30303, gpollack1@student.gsu.edu, (2) Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5251 Broad Branch Rd., N.W, Washington, DC 20015-1305
16-32:15 PM A BREATH OF FRESH AIR: HOW GREAT WAS THE GREAT OXIDATION EVENT?: KAH, Linda C., Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1412 Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996, lckah@utk.edu
16-42:35 PM ORIGIN OF PRECAMBRIAN MOLAR-TOOTH MICROSPAR: A NEW LOOK AT AN OLD PROBLEM: CRAWFORD, J.C., GOODMAN, Emily E., and KAH, Linda C., Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1412 Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996, curtcrawford@comcast.net
16-52:55 PM ORIGIN OF MIDDLE WALLACE BRECCIAS, MESOPROTEROZOIC BELT SUPERGROUP, MONTANA AND IDAHO: OVEROCKER, Quintin M. and KAH, Linda C., Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1412 Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996, qoverock@utk.edu
16-63:15 PM PALEOENVIRONMENTAL AND PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHIC IMPLICATIONS OF A SWARTPUNTIID FROM THE EDIACARAN PERIOD, CAROLINA TERRANE, STANLY COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: TACKER, R. Chris1, WEAVER, Patricia G.1, and MCMENAMIN, Mark A.S.2, (1) Geology/Paleontology, NC Museum of Natural Sciences, 11 West Jones St, Raleigh, NC 27601, christopher.tacker@ncmail.net, (2) Department of Earth and Environment, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 01075

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