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| | 8:00 AM | Introductory Remarks |
| 7-1 | 8:05 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 |
| 7-2 | 8:30 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 |
| 7-3 | 8:55 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 |
| 7-4 | 9:20 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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