2007 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (28–31 October 2007)
Session No. 154 Tuesday, 30 October 2007
1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Colorado Convention Center: 501

Sediments, Carbonates

Adam Woods and Pedro J. Marenco, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
154-11:30 PM FORAMINIFERS AS INDICATORS OF PHOTO-OXIDATIVE STRESS: COMPARING BLEACHING PREVALENCE IN FORAMINIFERS WITH RATES OF DECLINE IN CORAL COVER IN THE FLORIDA KEYS, USA: RAMIREZ, Alexa, AYOUB, Lore M., DUNCAN BAKER, Rebekah, and HALLOCK, Pamela, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, 140 7th Ave. S, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, aramirez@marine.usf.edu
154-21:45 PM SEDIMENT DYNAMICS AND STRATIGRAPHIC ARCHITECTURE OF A MIXED CARBONATE-SILICICLASTIC RAMP: THE UPPER ORDOVICIAN (HIRNANTIAN) ELLIS BAY FORMATION, ANTICOSTI ISLAND, QUÉBEC, CANADA: FARLEY, Claude and DESROCHERS, André, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada, cfarl080@uottawa.ca
154-32:00 PM IMPLICATIONS OF AN ALTERNATIVE INTERPRETATION OF THE LOWERMOST BRASSFIELD FORMATION, SOUTHWESTERN OHIO: A RECORD OF FALLING SEA LEVEL DURING THE EARLY SILURIAN: ZALEHA, Michael J., Department of Geology, Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH 45501-0720, mzaleha@wittenberg.edu
154-42:15 PM MODERN ELEMENTAL AND ISOTOPIC CHEMISTRY OF ECHINODERM SKELETAL CARBONATE: HASIUK, Franciszek Józef and LOHMANN, Kyger C., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 CC Little Bldg, 1100 N University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, franek@umich.edu
154-52:30 PM GEOCHEMISTRY AND THE ORIGIN OF DOLOMITES OF THE UPPER JURASSIC SMACKOVER FORMATION IN THE MISSISSIPPI SALT BASIN: HEYDARI, Ezat, Department of Physics, Atmospheric Sciences, and Geoscience, Jackson State University, P.O. Box 17660, 1400 Lynch Street, Jackson, MS 39217, ezat.heydari@jsums.edu
154-62:45 PM RESTRICTED PALEOPROTEROZIC BASIN: A CANDIDATE ENVIRONMENT FOR SYNSEDIMENTARY DOLOMITE PRECIPITATION?: ZENTMYER, Rebecca A., Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7K1S9, Canada, zentmyer@students.geol.queensu.ca, JAMES, Noel P., Department of Geological Science and Geological Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada, PUFAHL, Peir K., Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Acadia University, 12 University Blvd, Huggins Science Hall, Wolfville, NS B4P 2R6, Canada, and HIATT, Eric E., Geology Department, Univ of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 800 Algoma Blvd, Oshkosh, WI 54901
154-73:00 PM CARBONATE ASSOCIATED SULFATE, EUXINIA, THE SIBERIAN TRAPS AND THE END PERMIAN MASS EXTINCTION: MARENCO, Pedro J., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, marenco@earth.usc.edu, CORSETTI, Frank A., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, KAUFMAN, Alan J., Geology Department, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, and BOTTJER, David J., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Zumberge Hall 117, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740
154-83:15 PM DELAYED BIOTIC RECOVERY FROM THE PERMIAN-TRIASSIC EXTINCTION MAY HAVE BEEN INFLUENCED BY A REDOX-DRIVEN REORGANIZATION OF THE MARINE CARBONATE SYSTEM: FISCHER, Woodward William1, HIGGINS, John Andrew1, and PRUSS, Sara2, (1) Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, wfischer@fas.harvard.edu, (2) Department of Geology, Smith College, Northampton, 01063
154-93:30 PM CALCIUM CARBONATE CYCLING IN ANOXIC OCEANS: HIGGINS, John Andrew, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, jhiggins@fas.harvard.edu and SCHRAG, Daniel P., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
154-103:45 PM REASSESSING FORMATION OF PRECAMBRIAN MOLAR-TOOTH MICROSPAR: CONSTRAINTS FROM CARBONATE PRECIPITATION EXPERIMENTS: GOODMAN, Emily E. and KAH, Linda C., Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, egoodman@utk.edu
154-114:00 PM UNUSUAL CARBONATE MICROSPAR ASSOCIATED WITH “FLUIDIZED” BEDS: A GEOLOGIC SNAPSHOT OF SPONTANEOUS WATER-COLUMN NUCLEATION AND FORMATION OF A VISCOUS COLLOID: BARTLEY, Julie K., Department of Geosciences, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA 30118, jbartley@westga.edu and KAH, Linda C., Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996
154-124:15 PM BACTERIAL ACTIVITY WITHIN THE VADOSE AND PHREATIC ZONES IN LIMESTONES: THE SOURCE OF CO2-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT OF SECONDARY POROSITY: SCHWABE, Stephanie1, CAREW, James1, and HERBERT, Rodney2, (1) Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, College of Charleston, 66 George Street, Charleston, SC 29424, schwabes@cofc.edu, (2) Division of Environmental and Applied Biology, Biological Institute, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 4Hn, United Kingdom
154-134:30 PM MICROBIAL AND INORGANIC “CAVE DEPOSITS” FROM AN ABANDONED GOLD MINE, SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS, CA: WOODS, Adam D., California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92834, awoods@fullerton.edu
154-144:45 PM ON THE “SMALLNESS OF LIFE”: NEW TEM EVIDENCE FROM BIOFILM IN HOT SPRINGS, VITERBO, ITALY: FOLK, Robert L., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX 78712, rlfolk@mail.utexas.edu and KIRKLAND, Brenda L., Department of Geosciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762
154-155:00 PM BAHAMIAN SUBMARINE HARDGROUNDS ARE A RESEARCH FRONTIER: GINSBURG, Robert N., Division of Marine Geology and Geophysics, University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, 4600 Rickenbacker Cswy, Miami, FL 33149, rginsburg@rsmas.miami.edu, PLANAVSKY, Noah, Marine Geology and Geophysics, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149, PALMER, Mark S., St. Anslem Exploration, 1200 Seventeenth St. Suite 2100, Denver, CO 80202, and JAMES, Megan, Department of Marine Science 0411, University Of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33134
154-165:15 PM THE MYSTERY OF THE SAHUL SHOALS: A DIFFERENT CARBONATE DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT: OPDYKE, Bradley N.1, BRUNSKILL, Gregg2, BYRNE, Helen1, and BAILEY, Rikki1, (1) Department of Earth and Marine Science, The Australian National University, Canberra, Canberra, ACT, 0200, Bradley.Opdyke@anu.edu.au, (2) Australian Institute of Marine Science, PMB No 3, Townsville, QLD, 4810

Back to the 2007 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (28–31 October 2007)
General Information for this Meeting