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

XIONG, Yingqian¹, KHAN, Shuhab¹ and MAHMOOD, Khalid², (1)Department of Geosciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, (2)National Center of Excellence in Mineralogy, University of Balochistan, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan, yxiong2@uh.edu, yxiong2@uh.edu

MOJZSIS, Stephen J. and CATES, Nicole L., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Colorado, UCB 399, 2200 Colorado Avenue, Boulder, CO 80309-0399, mojzsis@colorado.edu, mojzsis@colorado.edu

SANDU, Constantin, Earth Science, Rice University, 6100 Main St, MS 126, Houston, TX 77005, LENARDIC, Adrian, Keith Wiess School of Earth Science, Rice University, P.O. Box 1892, Houston, TX 77251-1892 and LEE, Cin-Ty, Earth Science, Rice Univ, MS 126, 6100 Main St, Houston, TX 77005, csandu@rice.edu, csandu@rice.edu

SHEN, Bing, Earth Sciences, Rice University, 6100 Main St. Ms. 126, Houston, TX 77005 and LEE, Cin-Ty, Earth Science, Rice Univ, MS 126, 6100 Main St, Houston, TX 77005, bs9@rice.edu, bs9@rice.edu

O'CONNELL, Richard J., Dept. Earth & Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138, oconnell@geophysics.harvard.edu, oconnell@geophysics.harvard.edu

MUKHOPADHYAY, Sujoy, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 and GONNERMANN, Helge, Department of Geology and Geophysics, SOEST, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822, sujoy@eps.harvard.edu, sujoy@eps.harvard.edu

ARVIDSON, Rolf S., Department of Earth Science MS-126, Rice University, 6100 S Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, GUIDRY, Michael, Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1000 Pope Road MSB R204, Honolulu, HI 96822 and MACKENZIE, Fred T., Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii, 1000 Pope Rd, Honolulu, HI 96822, rsa4046@ruf.rice.edu, rsa4046@ruf.rice.edu

VALENCIA, Diana, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138 and O'CONNELL, Richard J., Dept. Earth & Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138, oconnell@geophysics.harvard.edu, oconnell@geophysics.harvard.edu

DANIELSON, Lisa, Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science, NASA JSC, Jacobs Engineering, Mail Code JE23, Houston, TX 77058, RIGHTER, Kevin, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Houston, TX 77058, LEINENWEBER, Kurt, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Mail Code 1604, Tempe, AZ 85287-1604 and WANG, Yanbin, Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, Building 434A, 9700 South Cass Ave, Argonne, IL 60439, lisa.r.danielson@nasa.gov, lisa.r.danielson@nasa.gov