Session No. 16
	Thursday, 23 March 2006: 1:30 PM-3:45 PM
	
	
	T7.  New Views on Old Rocks: Insights on Biospheric Evolution from the Precambrian Sedimentary Record
	
	
	
		
	
	
	
 
	
	
	
		
	
    
	
		
			Linda C. Kah and Christopher M. Fedo, Advocates
		
 
	 
  
	
	
	
	
	 
	
		
	
		
	
	
		1:35 PM 
		
		
	
	
		
			
				CRITICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE GEOLOGIC AND ISOTOPIC EVIDENCE CONCERNING EARTH'S OLDEST ENVIRONMENTS AND CLAIMS FOR LIFE ON AKILIA, SW GREENLAND
			
			
				
					FEDO, Christopher M., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996 and WHITEHOUSE, Martin J., LIG, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm,  SE-104 05, Sweden, cfedo@utk.edu, cfedo@utk.edu
 
			
			
				
			
		
	 
 
	
		
	
	
		1:55 PM 
		
		
	
	
		
			
				LEAD ISOTOPES IN CA. 2.32 GA SHALES, SOUTH AFRICA: EVIDENCE FOR OXIDATIVE CONTINENTAL CRUST WEATHERING
			
			
				
					POLLACK, Gerald D.1, KROGSTAD, Eirik J.
1 and BEKKER, Andrey
2, (1)Geosciences, Georgia State University, 24 Peachtree Center Avenue, SE, Atlanta, GA 30303, (2)Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5251 Broad Branch Rd., N.W, Washington, DC 20015-1305, gpollack1@student.gsu.edu, gpollack1@student.gsu.edu
 
			
			
				
			
		
	 
 
	
		
	
		
	
	
		2:35 PM 
		
		
	
	
		
			
				ORIGIN OF PRECAMBRIAN MOLAR-TOOTH MICROSPAR: A NEW LOOK AT AN OLD PROBLEM
			
			
				
					CRAWFORD, J.C., GOODMAN, Emily E. and KAH, Linda C., Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1412 Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996, curtcrawford@comcast.net, curtcrawford@comcast.net
 
			
			
				
			
		
	 
 
	
		
	
	
		2:55 PM 
		
		
	
	
		
			
				ORIGIN OF MIDDLE WALLACE BRECCIAS, MESOPROTEROZOIC BELT SUPERGROUP, MONTANA AND IDAHO
			
			
				
					OVEROCKER, Quintin M. and KAH, Linda C., Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1412 Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996, qoverock@utk.edu, qoverock@utk.edu
 
			
			
				
			
		
	 
 
	
		
	
	
		3:15 PM 
		
		
	
	
		
			
				PALEOENVIRONMENTAL AND PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHIC IMPLICATIONS OF A SWARTPUNTIID FROM THE EDIACARAN PERIOD, CAROLINA TERRANE, STANLY COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
			
			
				
					TACKER, R. Chris1, WEAVER, Patricia G.
1 and MCMENAMIN, Mark A.S.
2, (1)Geology/Paleontology, NC Museum of Natural Sciences, 11 West Jones St, Raleigh, NC 27601, (2)Department of Earth and Environment, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 01075, christopher.tacker@ncmail.net, christopher.tacker@ncmail.net