2006 Philadelphia Annual Meeting (22–25 October 2006)

BRASIER, Martin D.¹, MCLOUGHLIN, Nicola² and WACEY, David¹, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Oxford University, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PR, United Kingdom, (2)Earth Sciences, Oxford Univ, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PR, martin.brasier@earth.ox.ac.uk, martin.brasier@earth.ox.ac.uk

VAN ZUILEN, Mark A., Equipe Géobiosphère Actuelle et Primitive, IPGP, Case 89, 4 Place Jussieu, Paris, 75252, France, vanzuilen@ipgp.jussieu.fr, vanzuilen@ipgp.jussieu.fr

WING, Boswell A., ESSIC and Dept. of Geology/Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Maryland/McGill University, Montreal, QC H2S 2C3, Canada, BAKER, Margaret A., Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, BEKKER, Andrey, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5251 Broad Branch Rd., N.W, Washington, DC 20015-1305, KAUFMAN, Alan J., Geology Department, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 and FARQUHAR, James, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center and Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, wing@eps.mcgill.ca, wing@eps.mcgill.ca

STERN, Robert¹, AVIGAD, Dov², MILLER, Nathan R.¹ and BEYTH, Michael³, (1)Geosciences Dept, U Texas at Dallas, Box 830688, Richardson, TX 75083-0688, (2)Institute of Earth Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 95501, Israel, (3)Geological Survey of Israel, Malkhei Yisrael St. 30, Jerusalem, 95501, Israel, rjstern@utdallas.edu, rjstern@utdallas.edu

FURNES, Harald, Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen, Allegt. 41, 5007, Bergen, Norway, BANERJEE, Neil R., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5B7, STAUDIGEL, Hubert, Scripps Insitution of Oceanography, Univ of California, UCSD-0225, La Jolla, CA 9209309 0225, MUEHLENBACHS, Karlis, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, 1-26 ESB, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, DE WIT, Maarten, Geological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 77058, South Africa and DILEK, Yildirim, Geology, Miami University, 116 Shideler Hall, Oxford, OH 45056, harald.furnes@geo.uib.no, harald.furnes@geo.uib.no

NOFFKE, Nora, Ocean, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Old Dominion University, 4600, Elkhorn Ave, Norfolk, VA 23529, nnoffke@odu.edu, nnoffke@odu.edu

GINSBURG, Robert N.¹, PLANAVSKY, Noah J.¹ and PETERS, Henning², (1)Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Univ of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149, (2)Dept. of Geobiology, University of Bremen, Research Center for Ocean Margins (RCOM), Post Box 330 440, Bremen, D-28334, Germany, rginsburg@rsmas.miami.edu, rginsburg@rsmas.miami.edu

PARKES, R. John, School of Earth, Ocean and Planetary Sciences, Cardiff University, Main Building, Cardiff, CF10 3YE, United Kingdom, J.Parkes@earth.cf.ac.uk, J.Parkes@earth.cf.ac.uk

D'HONDT, Steven, SPIVACK, Arthur J. and WANG, Guizhi, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett Bay Campus, South Ferry Rd, Narragansett, RI 02882, dhondt@gso.uri.edu, dhondt@gso.uri.edu

WATANABE, Yumiko, NASA Astrobiology Institute and Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, 434 Deike Bldg, University Park, PA 16802, OHMOTO, Hiroshi, NASA Astrobiology Institute and Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, 435 Deike Bldg, University Park, PA 16802 and NARAOKA, Hiroshi, Department of Geosciences, Okayama Univeristy, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan, yumiko@geosc.psu.edu, yumiko@geosc.psu.edu

BLUMENBERG, Martin¹, SEIFERT, Richard¹, KRÜGER, Martin² and MICHAELIS, Walter¹, (1)Institute of Biogeochemistry and Marine Chemistry, Univ Hamburg, Bundesstr.55, Hamburg, 20146, Germany, (2)Section Geomicrobiology, Federal Institute for Geosciences and Resources, Stilleweg 2, Hannover, 30655, Germany, blumenberg@geowiss.uni-hamburg.de, blumenberg@geowiss.uni-hamburg.de

DONG, Hailiang, Department of Geology, Miami University, 114 Shideler Hall, Oxford, OH 45056, dongh@muohio.edu, dongh@muohio.edu