2002 Denver Annual Meeting (October 27-30, 2002)

Session No. 226
Wednesday, 30 October 2002: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

T8. Evolution of the Early Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, and Biosphere II: Constraints from Ore Deposits

Society of Economic Geologists; Geochemical Society, NASA Astrobiology Division

 

Hiroshi Ohmoto and Stephen Kesler, Advocates
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1:30 PM
SECULAR DECREASE IN ATMOSPHERE d15N: ATMOSPHERE ORIGIN AND CRUSTAL CYCLING
JIA, Yiefei, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian Univ of Canberra, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia and KERRICH, Robert, Univ of Saskatchewan, 114 Science Pl, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada, robert.kerrich@usask.ca, robert.kerrich@usask.ca
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1:50 PM
SULFUR CYCLING, S ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION, AND THE RISE OF ATMOSPHERIC O2
KASTING, James F., Geosciences, Penn State Univ, 443 Deike, University Park, PA 16802, kasting@essc.psu.edu, kasting@essc.psu.edu
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2:05 PM
CONFIRMATION OF MASS-INDEPENDENT ISOTOPE EFFECTS IN ARCHEAN (2.5–3.8 GA) SEDIMENTARY SULFIDES AS DETERMINED BY ION MICROPROBE ANALYSIS
MOJZSIS, Stephen J., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Colorado, UCB 399, 2200 Colorado Avenue, Boulder, CO 80309-0399, COATH, Christopher D., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queen's Road, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, United Kingdom, GREENWOOD, James P., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale Univ, Kline Geological Laboratory, New Haven, CT 05611, MCKEEGAN, Kevin D., Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Univ of California, Box 1567, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567 and HARRISON, T. Mark, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National Univ, Canberra A.C.T, 0200, Australia, mojzsis@colorado.edu, mojzsis@colorado.edu
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2:20 PM
MASS-INDEPENDENT FRACTIONATIONS OF FOUR SULFUR ISOTOPES AS TRACERS OF ARCHEAN BASE METAL AND GOLD ORE-FORMING FLUIDS
RUNNEGAR, Bruce1, COATH, Christopher D.2, LYONS, James R.1, MANNING, Craig E.1 and MCKEEGAN, Kevin D.1, (1)Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences and IGPP Center for Astrobiology, NASA Astrobiology Institute, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, (2)Dept. of Earth Sciences, Univ. of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, United Kingdom, runnegar@ucla.edu, runnegar@ucla.edu
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2:35 PM
D33S EVIDENCE FROM SUPERIOR PROVINCE ORE DEPOSITS FOR A SULFATE-STRATIFIED OCEAN AT 2.7 GA
WING, Boswell A.1, FARQUHAR, James1, RUMBLE III, Douglas2 and VALLEY, John W.3, (1)Department of Geology and Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, Univ of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, (2)Geophysical Lab, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5251 Broad Branch Road, Washington, DC 20015, (3)Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, wing@essic.umd.edu, wing@essic.umd.edu
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2:50 PM
DIRECT MEASUREMENT OF HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS FROM ANCIENT SEAFLOOR VENTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE COMPOSITION OF ARCHEAN SEAWATER
DE RONDE, Cornel E.J.1, BRAY, Colin J.2, SPOONER, Edward T.C.2, CHANNER, Dominic M. deR3, DANN, Jesse C.4 and FAURE, Kevin1, (1)Geothermal and Minerals, Institute of Geol & Nuclear Sciences, 30 Gracefield Road, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, (2)Department of Geology, Univ of Toronto, 33 Russell Street, Toronto, Canada, (3)Toco Mining, 2170 SE 17th Street, Suite 202, Fort Lauderdale, FL, (4)Geology Department, Wellesley College, Boston, MA, c.deronde@gns.cri.nz, c.deronde@gns.cri.nz
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3:05 PM
THE DEPLETIONS AND ENRICHMENTS OF FE IN THE 2.7 GA "MT ROE PALEOSOLS" WERE CAUSED BY REDUCED HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS
NEDACHI, Yoko, Department of Earth and Environmental@Science, 1-21-35 Korimoto, Kagoshima, 890-0065, Japan, HIDAKA, Hiroshi, Department of Earth and Planetary Systems Science, Kagami-yama 1-3-1, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, 739, Japan, NEDACHI, Munetomo, Faculty of Science, Kagoshima Univ, Kagoshima, 890-0065, Japan and OHMOTO, Hiroshi, Astrobiology Research Center & Dept. of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State Univ, 435 Deike Bldg, University Park, PA 16802, nedachi@jundai.k-junshin.ac.jp, nedachi@jundai.k-junshin.ac.jp
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3:20 PM
2.76 GA SUBMARINE HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM ASSOCIATED WITH LIFE IN THE MT. ROE BASALT, PILBARA, AUSTRALIA
NEDACHI, Munetomo1, NOZAKI, Junpei1 and OHMOTO, Hiroshi2, (1)Faculty of Science, Kagoshima Univ, Kagoshima, 890-0065, Japan, (2)Astrobiology Research Center & Dept. of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State Univ, 435 Deike Bldg, University Park, PA 16802, nedachi@sci.kagoshima-u.ac.jp, nedachi@sci.kagoshima-u.ac.jp
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3:35 PM
PRECAMBRIAN BASIN-RELATED MVT DEPOSITS: POSSIBLE RELATION TO EARLY HYDROSPHERE AND ATMOSPHERE COMPOSITIONS
KESLER, Stephen E., Univ Michigan - Ann Arbor, 425 E University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1063, skesler@umich.edu, skesler@umich.edu
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3:50 PM
A SURVEY OF SULFUR ISOTOPE TRENDS IN PROTEROZOIC SEDEX DEPOSITS AND INFERRED LINKS TO GLOBAL OCEAN CHEMISTRY
LYONS, Timothy W. and GELLATLY, Anne M., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, lyonst@missouri.edu, lyonst@missouri.edu
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4:10 PM
SUPERHEAVY S ISOTOPES FROM GLACIAL-ASSOCIATED MN ORES OF THE NEOPROTEROZOIC OF SOUTH CHINA: OCEANIC ANOXIA OR SULFATE LIMITATION?
MAYNARD, J. Barry1, LIU, Tie-bing2 and ALTEN, John1, (1)Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, P.O. Box 210013, Cincinnati, OH 45221, (2)Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. O. Box 634, Beijing, 100029, China, maynarjb@uc.edu, maynarjb@uc.edu
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4:25 PM
THE RELATIONSHIP OF NEOPROTEROZOIC CLIMATE CHANGE AND ORE GENESIS
KAUFMAN, Alan Jay, Department of Geology, Univ of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD 20742, kaufman@geol.umd.edu, kaufman@geol.umd.edu
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4:40 PM
PALEOPLACER GOLD POTENTIAL IN THE EARLY PROTEROZOIC RORAIMA GROUP
MINTER, W.E.L.1, FRIMMEL, H.E.1, KIRK, J.2 and VENNEMANN, Torsten3, (1)Geological Sciences, Univ of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch, Cape Town, 7701, South Africa, (2)Dept. of Geosciences, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (3)Institute for Mineralogy, Petrography and Geochemistry, Univ of Tuebingen, Wilhelmstr.56, Tuebingen, D-72074, Germany, welm@geology.uct.ac.za, welm@geology.uct.ac.za
 
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Discussion
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