GSA Annual Meeting, November 5-8, 2001

Session No. 164
Thursday, 8 November 2001: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

P1. Geobiology: Applications to Sedimentary Geology

NASA Astrobiology Institute

 

Nora Noffke and Andrew H. Knoll, Conveners
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:05 AM
BIOSEDIMENTARY DYNAMICS OF SILICICLASTIC DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEMS
NOFFKE, Nora, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard Univ, 26, Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, nnoffke@oeb.harvard.edu, nnoffke@oeb.harvard.edu
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8:25 AM
MICROBIAL MATS AND SILICICLASTIC SUBSTRATES: INTERPLAY WITH EVOLVING METAZOANS
BOTTJER, David1, DORNBOS, Stephen Q.1 and HAGADORN, James W.2, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, (2)Division of Geological & Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, dbottjer@usc.edu, dbottjer@usc.edu
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8:45 AM
BENTHIC MARINE CYANOBACTERIAL MAT ECOSYSTEMS: BIOGEOCHEMISTRY AND BIOMARKERS
DES MARAIS, David J., NASA Astrobiology Institute, Mail Stop 239-4, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000, ddesmarais@mail.arc.nasa.gov, ddesmarais@mail.arc.nasa.gov
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9:05 AM
CARBONATE MINERALIZATION IN MODERN STROMATOLITES: RELATING MICROFABRIC TO MICROBIAL ACTIVITY
REID, R. Pamela, Univ Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Cswy, Miami, FL 33149-1098, preid@rsmas.miami.edu, preid@rsmas.miami.edu
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9:25 AM
GEOBIOLOGY: LIFE ON AND IN ROCKS
KRUMBEIN, Wolfgang Elisabeth, Geomicrobiology, ICBM, Univ of Oldenburg, POB 2503, Oldenburg, D-26111, Germany and GORBUSHINA, Anna A., Geomicrobiology, ICBM Carl von Ossietzky Univ, Oldenburg, 26111, Germany, wek@uni-oldenburg.de, wek@uni-oldenburg.de
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9:45 AM
MICROBIAL WEATHERING OF SEDIMENTARY ORGANIC MATTER
PETSCH, Steven T., Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 360 Woods Hole Rd, Woods Hole, MA 02543-1536, spetsch@whoi.edu, spetsch@whoi.edu
 
10:05 AM
Break
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10:20 AM
MOLECULAR AND ISOTOPIC MARKERS IN PETROLEUM SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
SUMMONS, Roger E., Earth Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT, E34, 42-44 Carleton St, Cambridge, MA 02139 and ZUMBERGE, John E., Geomark Rsch, 9748 Whithorn Drive, Houston, TX 77095, rsummons@mit.edu, rsummons@mit.edu
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10:40 AM
MICRITIC DOLOMITE: A GEOBIOLOGICAL SIGNATURE OF ANAEROBIC MICROBIAL ACTIVITY?
MCKENZIE, Judith A. and VASCONCELOS, Crisogono, ETH-Zentrum Geologisches Institut, Sonneggstrasse 5, Zurich, CH-8092, Switzerland, sediment@erdw.ethz.ch, sediment@erdw.ethz.ch
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11:00 AM
STABLE ISOTOPES AND THE SEDIMENTARY SULFUR CYCLE
CANFIELD, Donald E., Danish Center for Earth System Science, Univ of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, Odense M, 5230, Denmark, dec@biology.sdu.dk, dec@biology.sdu.dk
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11:20 AM
A GEOBIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON BIOSPHERIC EVOLUTION
KNOLL, Andrew H., Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, aknoll@oeb.harvard.edu, aknoll@oeb.harvard.edu
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11:40 AM
ROLE OF GEOBIOLOGY IN THE ASTROBIOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
FARMER, Jack D., Geological Sciences, Arizona State Univ, P.O. Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, jfarmer@asu.edu, jfarmer@asu.edu