2003 Seattle Annual Meeting (November 2–5, 2003)

Session No. 205
Wednesday, 5 November 2003: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

P4. Neoproterozoic Geobiology: Fossils, Clocks, Isotopes, and Rocks

GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division; NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI); Paleontological Society; Geochemical Society; Precambrian (at large); GSA Sedimentary Geology Division

 

Shuhai Xiao and Alan J. Kaufman, Conveners
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8:00 AM
ASTROBIOLOGY OF THE NEOPROTEROZOIC
RUNNEGAR, Bruce N., NASA Astrobiology Institute, Ames Rsch Ctr, Moffett Field, CA 91035, runnegar@ucla.edu, runnegar@ucla.edu
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8:15 AM
GEOCHRONOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS ON NEOPROTEROZOIC GLACIATIONS AND THE RISE OF METAZOANS
BOWRING, Samuel A.1, MYROW, Paul M.2, LANDING, Ed3, RAMEZANI, Jahandar1, CONDON, Dan1 and HOFFMANN, K.H.4, (1)Earth Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, (2)Geology Department, Colorado College, 14 E Cache La Poudre St, Colorado Springs, CO 80903-3243, (3)New York State Museum, State Education Department, Albany, NY 12230, (4)Geological Survey of Namibia, Windhoek, sbowring@mit.edu, sbowring@mit.edu
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8:30 AM
LIFE AFTER SNOWBALL: THE MISTAKEN POINT BIOTA AND THE ORIGIN OF ANIMAL ECOSYSTEMS
NARBONNE, Guy M., Geological Sciences, Queen's Univ, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada, GEHLING, James G., South Australian Museum, Div of Nat Sciences, North Terrace, Adelaide, 5000, Australia and CLAPHAM, Matthew E., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, narbonne@geol.queensu.ca, narbonne@geol.queensu.ca
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8:45 AM
STRATIGRAPHIC AND RADIOMETRIC CONSTRAINTS ON RIFT-RELATED VOLCANISM, TERMINAL NEOPROTEROZOIC GLACIATION, AND ANIMAL EVOLUTION
KAUFMAN, Alan J. and HEBERT, Craig L., Geology Department, Univ of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-4211, kaufman@geol.umd.edu, kaufman@geol.umd.edu
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9:00 AM
NEOPROTEROZOIC GLACIATIONS AND EVOLUTION: NEW DATA FROM SOUTH CHINA
XIAO, Shuhai1, ZHOU, Chuanming2, TUCKER, Robert D.3, PENG, Zhanxiong3 and YUAN, Xunlai2, (1)Department of Geoological Sciences, Virginia Poltechnic Institute and State Univ, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (2)Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China, (3)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington Univ, St Louis, MO 63130, xiao@vt.edu, xiao@vt.edu
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9:15 AM
ALGAE AND THE LATE NEOPROTEROZOIC EVOLUTION OF MACROSCOPIC MULTICELLULARITY
KNOLL, A.H., Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard Univ, Cambridge, MA 02138 and XIAO, Shuhai, Department of Geoological Sciences, Virginia Poltechnic Institute and State Univ, Blacksburg, VA 24061, aknoll@oeb.harvard.edu, aknoll@oeb.harvard.edu
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9:30 AM
THE ROLES OF DEVELOPMENT, ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT IN EVOLUTIONARY INNOVATION: THE CAMBRIAN RADIATION
ERWIN, Douglas H., Department of Paleobiology, MRC-121, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, erwin.doug@nmnh.si.edu, erwin.doug@nmnh.si.edu
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9:45 AM
THE PHYLOGENETIC INTERRELATIONSHIPS AND TEMPORAL ORIGINATIONS OF METAZOAN PHYLA: INSIGHTS INTO THE ECOLOGY OF THE CAMBRIAN RADIATION
PETERSON, Kevin J. and MCPEEK, Mark A., Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, North College St, Hanover, NH 03755, kevin.peterson@dartmouth.edu, kevin.peterson@dartmouth.edu
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10:00 AM
GENOMIC CLOCKS AND THE NEOPROTEROZOIC ORIGIN OF ANIMALS
HEDGES, S. Blair, BLAIR, Jaime E. and PISANI, Davide, Department of Biology and Astrobiology Research Center, Pennsylvania State Univ, 208 Mueller Lab, University Park, PA 16802, sbh1@psu.edu, sbh1@psu.edu
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10:15 AM
TRUE POLAR WANDER, METHANE, AND MOLECULAR CLOCK COMPRESSION OF THE CAMBRIAN EXPLOSION
KIRSCHVINK, Joseph L.1, RAUB, Timothy D.2, EVANS, David A.D.2 and PEHL, Curtis W.3, (1)Geological and Planetary Sciences, Caltech, 170-25, Pasadena, CA 91125, (2)Department of Geology and Geophyics, Yale Univ, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT, 06520-8109, (3)Dept. of Integrative Biology & Museum of Paleontology, Univ of California at Berkeley, 4101 Valley Life Sciences Bldg, Berkeley, CA, kirschvink@caltech.edu, kirschvink@caltech.edu
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10:30 AM
TOWARDS A COMPOSITE D13C CURVE FOR THE NEOPROTEROZOIC
HALVERSON, Galen P., Dept. Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard Univ, 20 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138-2902, HOFFMAN, Paul F., Earth & Planetary Sciences, Harvard Univ, 20 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138 and MALOOF, Adam C., Harvard Univ, 20 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138-2902, halvers@fas.harvard.edu, halvers@fas.harvard.edu
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10:45 AM
BIOMARKERS OF NEOPROTEROZOIC BIOTA
SUMMONS, Roger E., Earth Atmospheric and Planetary Science, Massachusetts Insitiute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, rsummons@mit.edu, rsummons@mit.edu
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11:00 AM
NEOPROTEROZOIC BIOGEOCHEMISTRY AND THE TERMINAL PROTEROZOIC REORGANIZATION
HAYES, John M., Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 266 Woods Hole Road, Mail Stop #8, Woods Hole, MA 02543, jhayes@whoi.edu, jhayes@whoi.edu
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11:15 AM
DYNAMICS OF THE NEOPROTEROZOIC CARBON CYCLE
ROTHMAN, Daniel H., Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Mass. Ave, Rm 54-626, Cambridge, MA 02139, dan@segovia.mit.edu, dan@segovia.mit.edu
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11:30 AM
THE EVOLUTION OF THE EARTH SURFACE SULFUR RESERVOIR
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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11:45 AM
STRATIGRAPHIC CONSTRAINTS ON THE CHARACTER AND FREQUENCY OF EXTREME CLIMATE CHANGE DURING THE NEOPROTEROZOIC
CHRISTIE-BLICK, Nicholas1, JIANG, Ganqing2, SOHL, Linda E.1 and KENNEDY, Martin J.2, (1)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia Univ, Palisades, NY 10964, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of California, Riverside, CA 92521, ncb@ldeo.columbia.edu, ncb@ldeo.columbia.edu