2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM
Session No. 238 Tuesday, 7 October 2008
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, George R. Brown Convention Center: 310BE

T136. Sulfates in the Solar System (GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Stephen E. Grasby and Penny Morris, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
 8:00 AM Introductory Remarks
238-18:10 AM Microbial Sulfur Fractionation in Natural Springs - Implications for Archean Seawater Chemistry: GRASBY, Stephen E., Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, 3303 33rd St. NW, Calgary, AB T2L 2A7, Canada, sgrasby@gsc.nrcan.gc.ca, KROUSE, H. Roy, Physics and Astronomy, Univ of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada, CARON, Marie Eve, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada, and RYAN, M.C., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Calgary, 2500 University Drive Northwest, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
238-28:25 AM Microbial Diversity in Cold Saline Perennial Sulfur Springs of the Canadian High Arctic: NIEDERBERGER, Thomas1, PERREAULT, N.N.2, NADEAU, J.3, MIELKE, R.E.4, GREER, C.W.2, ANDERSEN, D.T.5, POLLARD, W.H.6, and WHYTE, L.G.1, (1) Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Macdonald Campus, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC H9X 3V9, Canada, thomas.niederberger@mail.mcgill.ca, (2) Montreal, H4P 2R2, (3) Montreal, H3A 2B4, (4) Pasadena, CA 91109, (5) Mountain View, CA 94043, (6) Montreal, H3A 2K6
238-38:40 AM Extremophile Microorganism Communities In Sulfates and Other Sulfur Minerals: Models for Mars and Other Solar System Bodies: BOSTON, Penelope J., Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, pboston@nmt.edu, SPILDE, Michael, Institute of Meteoritics, University of New Mexico, MSC03-2050, Albuquerque, NM 87131, and NORTHUP, Diana E., Biology Department, Univ of New Mexico, 1 University of New Mexico, MSC03 2020, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
238-49:00 AM Sulfur, Sulfates, and Fossils In Acid Saline Deposits In Western Australia and Chile: Clues for Understanding Mars: BENISON, Kathleen C., Department of Geology, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859, benis1kc@cmich.edu and BOWEN, Brenda Beitler, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47906
238-59:15 AM Comparison of Evaporite Microbial Films from the Bahamas and the Dead Sea: MORRIS, Penny, Geology Department, Univ of Houston Downtown, Houston, TX 77002, penny.morris-smith-1@nasa.gov, BRIGMON, Robin L., Aiken, SC 29808, and SMITH, Garriet W., Aiken, SC 29801, smithres@usca.edu
238-69:35 AM Evaporite Environments on Earth as a Potential Mars Analogue: MORRIS, P.A., Natural Science, University of Houston-Downtown, 1 Main St, Houston, TX 77002, smithp@uhd.edu, BRIGMON, Robin, Westinghouse Savannah River Co, Aiken, SC 29808, and SMITH, G., University of South Carolina, Aikin, SC 29208
238-79:50 AM Petrography Reveals That Acid-Precipitated Halite and Gypsum Preserve Small Fossils Well: BENISON, Kathleen C., Department of Geology, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859, benis1kc@cmich.edu

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