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. 7 Wednesday, 8 October 2008
8:00 AM-10:00 AM, George R. Brown Convention Center: Ballroom C

Geobiology and Biomineralization: From the Origins of Life to the Origins of Cities

H. Curtis Monger, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
 8:00 AM Introductory Remarks
7-18:05 AM The Grand Unified Theory of Biomineralization: New Evidence from the Great Oxygenation Event Suggests That “Iron Is Master of Them All.”: KIRSCHVINK, Joseph L.1, RAUB, Timothy D.1, KOPP, Robert E.2, and NASH, Cody Z.1, (1) Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, MC 170-25, Pasadena, CA 91125, kirschvink@caltech.edu, (2) Geosciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544
7-28:30 AM Toward a Mechanism-Based Understanding of Skeletal Formation: Toolbox for Biomineralization: DOVE, Patricia M.1, STEPHENSON, Allison E.1, HAMM, Laura1, WANG, Dongbo1, and DEYOREO, James J.2, (1) Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, dove@vt.edu, (2) Deputy Director for Research, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Mail Stop: 67R3207, One Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720
7-38:55 AM Mobilization of Silica in Terrestrial Grassland Ecosystems and the Potential Impact on the Global Silica Cycle: KELLY, E.F., MELZER, S.E., KNAPP, A.K., BLECKER, S.W., and CHADWICK, O.A., Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University, Ft Collins, CO 80523, eugene.kelly@colostate.edu
7-49:20 AM Construction Practice in Complex Urban Systems: LI, Ke, , Ke.Li.2@asu.edu and CRITTENDEN, John, Civil and Envinronmental Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-5306
 9:45 AM Discussion

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