2006 Philadelphia Annual Meeting (22–25 October 2006)

CHONG, Guillermo¹, DEMERGASSO, Cecilia² and ECHEVERRÍA, Elex², (1)Departamento de Ciencias Geologicas, Universidad Catolica del Norte, Angamos 0610, Antofagasta, Chile, (2)Centro de Biotecnología A. Ruiz, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile, gchong@ucn.cl, gchong@ucn.cl

JORDAN, Teresa E.¹, BLANCO, Nicolás², DÁVILA, Federico³, HOKE, Gregory D.⁴, MPODOZIS, Constantino⁵, NESTER, Peter¹ and TOMLINSON, Andrew⁶, (1)Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Snee Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-1504, (2)SERNAGEOMIN, Santa María 0104, Casilla 10465, Santiago, Chile, (3)Cátedra de Estratigrafía y Geología Histórica, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Av. Velez Sarsfield 1611, Córdoba, 5000, Argentina, (4)Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Rochester, 227 Hutchinson Hall, Rochester, NY 14627, (5)SIPETROL SA, Vitacura 2736, Santiago, 6760421, Chile, (6)Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería, Avda. Santa María 0104, Santiago, Chile, tej1@cornell.edu, tej1@cornell.edu

LATORRE, Claudio, CASEB/Departmento de Ecologia, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, & Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, Casilla 653, Santiago, 6513677, Chile, MALDONADO, Antonio, CEAZA, Universidad de la Serena, Colina del Pino s/n, La Serena, Casilla 599, Chile and BETANCOURT, Julio L., Desert Laboratory, U.S. Geol Survey, 1675 W. Anklam Rd, Tucson, AZ 85745, clatorre@bio.puc.cl, clatorre@bio.puc.cl

NESTER, Peter L.¹, LATORRE, Claudio H.², GAYO, Eugenia M.³, JORDAN, Teresa E.¹ and BLANCO, Nicolás⁴, (1)Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Snee Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-1504, (2)Departmento de Ecologia, Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, 114-D, Chile, (3)Departmento de Ecologia, Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, (4)SERNAGEOMIN, Santa María 0104, Casilla 10465, Santiago, Chile, pn21@cornell.edu, pn21@cornell.edu

DIETRICH, William E.¹, OWEN, Justine², AMUNDSON, Ronald³, NISHIIZUMI, Kuni⁴, CHONG, Guillermo⁵ and EWING, Stephanie², (1)Earth & Planetary Science, Univ of California, Berkeley, 307 McCone Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, (2)Div. of Ecosytem Sciences, Univ. of California, 151 Hilgard Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-3110, (3)Division of Ecosytem Sciences, University of California, 137 Mulford Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, (4)Space Scienes Laboratory, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, (5)Departamento de Ciencias Geologicas, Universidad Catolica del Norte, Angamos 0610, Antofagasta, Chile, bill@eps.berkeley.edu, bill@eps.berkeley.edu

HOKE, Gregory D., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester, 227 Hutchinson Hall, Rochester, NY 14627, ISACKS, Bryan L., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Snee Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853 and JORDAN, Teresa E., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Snee Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-1504, gdhoke@earth.rochester.edu, gdhoke@earth.rochester.edu

KOBER, Florian¹, IVY-OCHS, Susan², SCHLUNEGGER, Fritz³, ZEILINGER, Gerold⁴, KUBIK, Peter W.⁵, BAUR, Heinrich⁶ and WIELER, Rainer⁶, (1)Geology, ETH Zurich, Haldenbachstr. 44, Zurich, 8092, Switzerland, (2)Particle Physics/Institute of Geography, ETH Zurich/University of Zurich, Hoenggerberg, HPK, Zurich, 8093, Switzerland, (3)Geological Sciences, University of Bern, Baltzerstrasse 1, Bern, 3012, Switzerland, (4)Geowissenschaften, University of Potsdam, Postfach 60 15 53, Potsdam, 14415, Germany, (5)Paul Scherrer Institute c/o Institute of Particle Physics, HPH H30, ETH Hoenggerberg, Zurich, CH-8093, Switzerland, (6)Institute for Isotope Geology and Mineral Resources, ETH, Zurich, 8092, Switzerland, kober@erdw.ethz.ch, kober@erdw.ethz.ch

AMUNDSON, Ronald¹, EWING, Stephanie², OWEN, Justine², DIETRICH, William³, NISHIIZUMI, Kunihiko⁴, CHONG, Guillermo⁵ and MCKAY, Chris⁶, (1)Division of Ecosytem Sciences, University of California, 137 Mulford Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, (2)Div. of Ecosytem Sciences, Univ. of California, 151 Hilgard Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-3110, (3)Earth & Planetary Science, Univ of California, Berkeley, 307 McCone Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, (4)Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, 7 Gauss Way, Berkeley, CA 94720, (5)Departamento de Ciencias Geologicas, Universidad Catolica del Norte, Angamos 0610, Antofagasta, Chile, (6)Space Science Division, NASA Ames Research Center, MS245-3, Moffett Field, CA 94035, earthy@nature.berkeley.edu, earthy@nature.berkeley.edu