2007 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (28–31 October 2007)
Session No. 47 Sunday, 28 October 2007
1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Colorado Convention Center: 501

T102. The Solar Stew: The Search for Ingredients of Life and Biomarkers in Our Solar System: Past or Present

Penny A. Morris and Steve Grasby, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
 1:30 PM Introductory Remarks
47-11:40 PM ELEMENTS OF LIFE: ANBAR, Ariel D., School of Earth & Space Exploration and Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Arizona State Univ, Tempe, AZ 85287, anbar@asu.edu, WOLFE-SIMON, Felisa, Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, and ELSER, James, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287
47-22:00 PM SULFUR AND OXYGEN ISOTOPES OF SULFATE PRODUCED BY SULFIDE OXIDATION BY THE PURPLE SULFUR BACTERIUM ALLOCHROMATIUM VINOSUM: BRABEC, Michelle Y.1, MANDERNACK, Kevin1, and LYONS, Tim2, (1) Chemistry and Geochemistry, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinios St, Golden, CO 80401, mknapman@mines.edu, (2) Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521
47-32:15 PM EXPLORING EUROPA: PAPPALARDO, Robert T., Science Division, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, M/S 183-301, Pasadena, CA 91109, robert.t.pappalardo@jpl.nasa.gov
47-42:35 PM THE UREY INSTRUMENT SUITE - STATUS AND FUTURE IMPLEMENTATION: AUBREY, Andrew D.1, CHALMERS, John H.1, BADA, Jeffrey L.1, GRUNTHANER, Frank J.2, MATHIES, Richard A.3, QUINN, Richard C.4, ZENT, Aaron P.5, and EHRENFREUND, Pascale6, (1) Geoscience Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Sverdrup Hall, 8615 Discovery Way, La Jolla, CA 92037, aaubrey@ucsd.edu, (2) In Situ Exploration Technology Group, JPL-California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109-8099, (3) Mathies Research Group, Berkeley Department of Chemistry, 306 Lewis Hall, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, (4) SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA 94035, (5) NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, (6) Astrobiology Group, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Einsteinweg 55, 2300 RA, Leiden, Netherlands
47-52:50 PM MID-CONTINENT MARINE ECOSYSTEMS? - HYPERSALINE SPRINGS AS A POTENTIAL ANALOGUE FOR MARS: GRASBY, Stephen E., Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, 3303 33rd Street NW, Calgary, AB T2L 2A7, Canada, sgrasby@nrcan.gc.ca and LONDRY, Kathleen L., Microbiology Department, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T2N2
 3:05 PM Break
47-63:20 PM ASTROBIOLOGY INVESTIGATIONS IN AND AROUND THE HAUGHTON IMPACT STRUCTURE: LEVEILLE, Richard J. and LACELLE, Denis, Space Science, Canadian Space Agency, 6767 route de l'Aeroport, St-Hubert, QC J3Y 8Y9, Canada, richard.leveille@space.gc.ca
47-73:40 PM PRESERVATION OF FLORAL AND FAUNAL REMAINS IN IMPACT MELTS: HARRIS, R. Scott and SCHULTZ, Peter H., Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, scott_harris@brown.edu
47-83:55 PM Paper Withdrawn
47-94:10 PM MICROBIALLY INDUCED SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES (MISS) - BIOSIGNATURES IN SANDS AND SANDSTONES: NOFFKE, Nora1, BOWER, Dina1, and HAZEN, Robert2, (1) Ocean, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Old Dominion University, 4600, Elkhorn Ave, Norfolk, VA 23529, nnoffke@odu.edu, (2) Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5251 Broad Branch Road, NW, Washington DC, 20015
47-104:30 PM SAHARAN BIOFABRIC: A BIOMARKER FOR PLANETARY SOILS?: JOHNSON, Donald L., Geography, Univ of Illinois, 220 Davenport Hall, 607 So. Mathews, Urbana, IL 61801, dljohns@uiuc.edu, MAXWELL, Ted A., Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, Smithsonian Institution, 6th St and Independence Ave, SW, NASM-MRC-310, Washington, DC 20560-0310, HAYNES, Vance Jr, Anthropology and Geosciences, University of Arizona, P.O. Box 210030, Tucson, AZ 85721, and JOHNSON, Diana N., Geosciences Consultants, 713 So. Lynn St, Champaign, IL 61820
47-114:45 PM A GEOMICROBIOLOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF THE BIOGENICITY OF MOONMILK CAVE FORMATIONS: POTENTIAL AS BIOSIGNATURES: CURRY, Megan D., Department of Earth & Environmental Studies, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801, mcurry@nmt.edu, BOSTON, Penelope J., Dept of Earth & Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, Socorro, NM 87801, NORTHUP, Diana E., Biology Department, Univ of New Mexico, 1 University of New Mexico, MSC03 2020, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, SPILDE, Michael N., Institute of Meteoritics, Univ of New Mexico, MSC03-2050, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, LITTLEJOHN, Erica L., Microbiology Department, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52240, NIEVES CINTRON, Irevis, Department of Science and Technology, Universidad Metropolitana, San Juan, PR 00928, and STEVEN, Blaire, Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, 21, 111 Lakeshore, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Montreal, QC H9X 3V9, Canada
47-125:00 PM A BIOMARKER SUITE FROM CAVE POOL PRECIPITATES, COTTONWOOD CAVE, NEW MEXICO: MELIM, Leslie A., Geology Department, Western Illinois Univ, 1 University Circle, Macomb, IL 61455, LA-Melim@wiu.edu, NORTHUP, Diana, Biology Department, Univ of New Mexico, 1 University of New Mexico, MSC03 2020, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, SPILDE, Michael N., Institute of Meteoritics, Univ of New Mexico, MSC03-2050, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, QUEEN, J. Michael, Guadalupe Mountain Institute, 814 North Canal Street, Carlsbad, NM 88220, and BOSTON, Penelope, National Cave and Karst Research Institute, c/o New Mexico Tech/Earth&Env Dp, 801 Leroy Place, Sororro, NM 87801
 5:15 PM Discussion

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