2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM

Session No. 271
Tuesday, 7 October 2008: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

T133. Microbialites: A 3.5-Billion-Year Record of Microbe-Sediment Interactions

GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies

 

Jack D. Farmer, Advocates
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Start Time
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1:30 PM
Early Archaean Stromatolites: Microbe-Sediment Interactions on the Early Earth
ALLWOOD, Abigail C., Jet Propulsion Laboratory, M/S 183-301, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 and ANDERSON, Mark S., Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, Pasadena, CA 91109, abigail.c.allwood@jpl.nasa.gov, abigail.c.allwood@jpl.nasa.gov
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1:50 PM
Turbulent lifestyle: Benthic cyanobacteria forming ichnofossils from the Archean to today
NOFFKE, Nora, Ocean, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Old Dominion University, 4600, Elkhorn Ave, Norfolk, VA 23529, nnoffke@odu.edu, nnoffke@odu.edu
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2:05 PM
Environmental controls on photosynthetic microbial mat morphogenesis on a 3.42 Ga clastic-starved platform
TICE, Michael M., Department of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, 3115 TAMUS, College Station, TX 77843, tice@geo.tamu.edu, tice@geo.tamu.edu
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2:20 PM
Phanerozoic Stromatolites: Decline during the Radiation of Multicellur Animals with Brief Revivals after Extinction Events
SHEEHAN, Peter M., Geology, Milwaukee Public Museum, 800 W. Wells St, Milwaukee, WI 53233 and BONADURER, Robert J., Milwaukee Public Museum, 800 W. Wells St, Milwaukee, WI 53233, sheehan@uwm.edu, sheehan@uwm.edu
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2:40 PM
Modern Microbialites: A Lesson for the 3.5-Billion-Year Record of Microbe-Sediment Interactions?
VISSCHER, Pieter T., Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, 354 Mansfield Rd U-2045, Storrs, CT 06269 and DUPRAZ, Christophe, Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius väg 8, Stockholm, 06269, Sweden, pieter.visscher@uconn.edu, pieter.visscher@uconn.edu
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3:00 PM
Lagoon Microbialites on Isla Angel De La Guarda, Gulf of California, Mexico
JOHNSON, Markes E., Geosciences Dept, Williams College, 947 Main Street, Williamstown, MA 01267, LEDESMA-VAZQUEZ, Jorge, Facultad de Ciencias Marinas, Univ. Autonoma de Baja California, Ensenada, CA 22800, Mexico, BACKUS, David H., Geosciences Dept, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267 and GONZÁLEZ, Maria R., Facultad de Ciencias Marinas, Esc. de Biología, Universidad Autonóma de Baja California, Baja California, Mexico, Ensenada, CP 22860, Markes.E.Johnson@williams.edu, Markes.E.Johnson@williams.edu
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3:15 PM
Morphogenesis and Taphonomy of Oncoid Microbialites, Cuatro Cienegas Basin, Coahuila, Mexico
ROUTT, Valeria T. and FARMER, Jack D., School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, PO Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, routt@asu.edu, routt@asu.edu
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3:30 PM
Isotopic Constraints on the Formation of Microbialites in Pavilion Lake, B.C
SLATER, Greg F., School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main St. West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada, BRADY, Allyson L., School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilon, ON L8S4K1, LAVAL, Bernard, Civil Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada and LIM, Darlene S.S., Space Science and Astrobiology, NASA Ames Research Center, Mail-Stop 245-3, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000, gslater@mcmaster.ca, gslater@mcmaster.ca
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3:45 PM
Microbial Community Composition in Modern Thrombolites: A Comparison of Open Marine and Freshwater Systems Using Molecular Techniques
MYSHRALL, Kristen L., Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, 354 Mansfield Rd, U-2045, Storrs, CT 06269, NORMAN, R. Sean, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of South Carolina, 921 Assembly Street, Columbia, SC 29208, THOMPSON, Joel B., Marine Science, Eckerd College, 4200 54th Ave S, Saint Petersburg, FL 33711-4700 and VISSCHER, Pieter T., Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, 354 Mansfield Rd U-2045, Storrs, CT 06269, kristen.myshrall@uconn.edu, kristen.myshrall@uconn.edu
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4:00 PM
Microbialite Biofacies of Hydrothermal Springs
FARMER, Jack D., School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, PO Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, jfarmer@asu.edu, jfarmer@asu.edu
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4:15 PM
Microbial Structures in An Early Cryogenian Cap Carbonate, Northern Namibia
PRUSS, Sara B.1, MCLANE, Marie1 and HOFFMAN, Paul2, (1)Department of Geology, Smith College, Clark Science Center, Northampton, MA 01063, (2)Earth & Planetary Sciences, Harvard Univ, 20 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138, spruss@email.smith.edu, spruss@email.smith.edu
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4:30 PM
Depositional Fabrics and Dolomitization In Microbial Reef Reservoirs at Little Cedar Creek Field, Conecuh County, Alabama
KORALEGEDARA, Ganganath and PARCELL, William C., Department of Geology, Wichita State University, 1845 Fairmount Ave, Campus Box 27, Wichita, KS 67260, gxkoralegedara@wichita.edu, gxkoralegedara@wichita.edu
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4:45 PM
Stromatolites as Facies Indicators in Iron-Formation (Paleoproterozoic, Minnesota)
SHAPIRO, Russell, Geological and Environmental Sciences, California State University, Chico, Box 205, Chico, CA 95929-0205 and PLANAVSKY, Noah, Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, rsshapiro@csuchico.edu, rsshapiro@csuchico.edu
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5:00 PM
Petrography and Geochemistry of Organic Matter in Neoarchean Abitibi BIFs Closely Associated with Hydrothermal Vents
PAPINEAU, Dominic, Geophysical Laboratory and NASA Astrobiology Institute, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5251 Broad Branch rd NW, Washington, DC 20015, FOGEL, Marilyn, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC 20015, MUELLER, Wulf, Centre d’étude sur les Ressources minérales, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Chicoutimi, QC G7H 2B1, Canada, STEELE, Andrew, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5251 Broad Branch Road NW, Washington, DC 20015 and WANG, Jianhua, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, 5241 Broad Branch Road, Washington, DC 20015, dpapineau@ciw.edu, dpapineau@ciw.edu
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5:15 PM
A Tale of Two Stromatolites
CORSETTI, Frank A.1, BERELSON, William M.1 and SPEAR, John R.2, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, (2)Division of Environmental Science and Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401-1887, fcorsett@usc.edu, fcorsett@usc.edu
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