2009 Portland GSA Annual Meeting (18-21 October 2009)

Session No. 141
Monday, 19 October 2009: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
C124 (Oregon Convention Center)

T141. What Does Biology Have to Do With It? Biota in Weathering, Nutrient Cycling, Mineral Surface Interactions, and Mineral Precipitation

GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division

 

Marjorie Schulz, Zsuzsanna Balogh-Brunstad and C. Kent Keller, Advocates
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Start Time
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1:30 PM
EXPLORING INTER-RELATIONSHIPS AMONG CHEMICAL, PHYSICAL, AND BIOLOGICAL WEATHERING
BRANTLEY, Susan, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, 2217 Earth and Engineering Building, University Park, PA 16802 and LEBEDEVA, Marina, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Penn State University, 2217 Earth-Engineering Science Building, University Park, PA 16802, brantley@essc.psu.edu, brantley@essc.psu.edu
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1:45 PM
SOME APPROACHES TO DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN LITHOGENIC AND BIOGENIC PROCESSES IN SOILS
WHITE, Art, U. S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, MS 420, Menlo Park, CA 94025, SCHULZ, Marjorie S., US Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, BULLEN, Tom, US Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road MS 420, Menlo Park, CA 94025 and TIPPER, Edward T., Erdwissenschaft, ETH Zurich, Clausiusstrasse 25, Zurich, 8092, Switzerland, afwhite@usgs.gov, afwhite@usgs.gov
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2:00 PM
PLANTS, CLIMATE AND SOIL AGE: INTERACTIONS THAT SHAPE NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY AND RETENTION
PORDER, Stephen, Environmental Change Initiative, Brown University, Box 1951 - 167 Thayer Street, 214 Macmillan Hall, Providence, RI 02912 and CHADWICK, Oliver A., Department of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93016, stephen_porder@brown.edu, stephen_porder@brown.edu
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2:15 PM
INTERACTIONS BETWEEN NUTRIENT DYNAMICS AND CHEMICAL WEATHERING AT SHALE HILLS CATCHMENT, A CRITICAL ZONE OBSERVATORY IN PENNSYLVANIA, USA
JIN, Lixin, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, the Pennsylvania State Universtiy, 2217 Earth Engineering Science Building, University Park, PA 16802, ANDREWS, Danielle, Ecosystem Science and Management, The Pennsylvania State University, 215 ASI Building, University Park, PA 16802, KAISER, Nicholas, Gannon University, Erie, PA 16541, KAYE, Jason, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Penn State University, 116 ASI Bldg, State College, PA 16802, LIN, Henry, Department of Crop and Soil Sceince, The Pennsylvania State University, 415 Agricultural Sciences and Industries, University Park, PA 16802 and BRANTLEY, Sue, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, 2217 Earth-Engineering Sciences Building, University Park, PA 16802-6813, luj10@psu.edu, luj10@psu.edu
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2:30 PM
THE EFFECT OF PLANTS ON GROUNDWATER CARBONATE CHEMISTRY IN EXPERIMENTAL SAND ECOSYSTEMS
O'BRIEN, Rachel, Department of Geology, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA 16335, KELLER, C. Kent, School of the Environment, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164 and BALOGH-BRUNSTAD, Zsuzsanna, Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences, Hartwick College, 1 Hartwick Drive, Oneonta, NY 13820, robrien@allegheny.edu, robrien@allegheny.edu
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2:45 PM
DISSOLUTION KINETICS OF ANDESITIC VOLCANICS
WELCH, Susan A.1, GOLDSMITH, Steven T.2 and CAREY, Anne E.2, (1)School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210-1398, (2)School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 S Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, carey@geology.ohio-state.edu, carey@geology.ohio-state.edu
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3:00 PM
EFFECTS OF BIOTA ON BIOTITE WEATHERING AND POTASSIUM FLUXES: A MULTI-SCALE APPROACH
BALOGH-BRUNSTAD, Zsuzsanna1, KELLER, C.K.2, BORMANN, B.T.3, GILL, R.A.4 and DICKINSON, J.T.2, (1)Environmental Chemistry, Hartwick College, Johnstone Science Center, Oneonta, NY 13820, (2)Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, (3)Forest Service PNW, Corvallis, OR 97331, (4)Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, balogh_brunz@hartwick.edu, balogh_brunz@hartwick.edu
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3:15 PM
EVIDENCE OF FUNGAL WEATHERING OF PRIMARY MINERALS IN A MARINE TERRACE CHRONOSEQUENCE, SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA
SCHULZ, Marjorie, U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road MS420, Menlo Park, CA 94025, mschulz@usgs.gov, mschulz@usgs.gov
 
3:30 PM
Break
9
3:45 PM
PLANT–FUNGUS–ARTHROPOD INTERACTIONS IN WETLAND ECOSYSTEMS FROM THE LATE CARBONIFEROUS CALHOUN AND EARLY PERMIAN SHANXI COALS
WU, Wenying, Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, MRC 121, PO Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, LABANDEIRA, Conrad C., Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013-7012 and HILTON, Jason, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom, wuw@si.edu, wuw@si.edu
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4:00 PM
BACTERIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES ARE SPATIALLY DISTINCT IN TROPICAL SAPROLITE NEAR THE GRANODIORITE WEATHERING FRONT
MINYARD, Morgan L., Crop and Soil Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, 116 Ag. Sci. and Indust. Bldg, University Park, PA 16802, BRUNS, Mary Ann, Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences, Pennsylvania State Univ, Agricultural Sciences Building, University Park, PA 16802, LIERMANN, Laura, Geosciences, Penn State, Univ Pk, PA 16802, BUSS, Heather, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA 94025 and BRANTLEY, Susan, Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, 2217 Earth and Engineering Building, University Park, PA 16802, mlm503@psu.edu, mlm503@psu.edu
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4:15 PM
NUTRIENT SPECIATION AND MOBILITY GOVERNED BY REDOX CHANGES OF IRON OXYHYDROXIDE MINERALS CONTROLLED BY SEDIMENT MICROORGANISMS IN SHALLOW, EUTROPHIC, MISSISQUOI BAY, LAKE CHAMPLAIN
SMITH, Lydia G., Department of Geology, University of Vermont, 180 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05405, WATZIN, Mary, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont, 324 Aiken Center, Burlington, VT 05405, HILL, Jane, College of Engineering and Mathematical Science, The University of Vermont, Votey Hall, room 213B, 33 Colchester Avenue, Burlington, VT 05405, CADE-MENUN, Barbara, SPARC, Box 1030, Gate 3 Airport Road, Swift Current, SK S9H 3X2, Canada and DRUSCHEL, Gregory, Department of Geology, University of Vermont, Delehanty Hall, 180 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05405, lydiagsmith@gmail.com, lydiagsmith@gmail.com
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4:30 PM
METAGENOMIC ANALYSIS OF MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES IN DEEP KARST SINKHOLES IN YUCATAN PENINSULA, MEXICO
MOORE, Anni, Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115, LENCZEWSKI, Melissa, Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Northern Illinois University, Davis Hall 312, DeKalb, IL 60115, PERRY, Eugene, Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115 and DUVALL, Melvin, Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115, anni.moore@yahoo.com, anni.moore@yahoo.com
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4:45 PM
EVAPORITE DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEMS ECOLOGY: MICROBIOLOGICAL, MINERALOGICAL AND GEOCHEMISTRY CONSTRAINTS
MORRIS, Penny, Department of Natural Sciences, University of Houston-Downtown, One Main Street, Houston, TX 77002 and BRIGMON, Robin L., Aiken, SC 29808, penny.morris-smith-1@nasa.gov, penny.morris-smith-1@nasa.gov
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5:00 PM
NUTRIENT AND PIGMENT SIGNATURES OF MICROBIAL LIFE FROM ARID ENVIRONMENT OF WHITE SANDS NATIONAL MONUMENT, NEW MEXICO
GLAMOCLIJA, Mihaela1, FOGEL, Marilyn2, KISH, Adrienne1 and STEELE, Andrew3, (1)Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5251 Broad Branch Rd, NW, Washington, DC 20015, (2)Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC 20015, (3)Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5251 Broad Branch Road NW, Washington, DC 20015, mglamoclija@ciw.edu, mglamoclija@ciw.edu
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5:15 PM
ACTIVELY SERPENTINIZING SEEPS IN THE BAY OF ISLANDS OPHIOLITE, WESTERN NEWFOUNDLAND: A WINDOW INTO THE DEEP BIOSPHERE
CARDACE, Dawn, Exobiology Branch, NASA Ames Research Center, MS 239-4, Moffett Field, CA 94035, HOEHLER, Tori M., Exobiology Branch, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, ROBERTS, Bruce A., Pigugunnatunik Kaujisatik amma katimattisiji, Torngat Wildlife & Plants Co-management Board, P. O. Box 5729, St. John's, NF A1C 5X3, Canada and FOSTER, Andrea L., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd., MS 901, Menlo Park, CA 94025, dawn.cardace-1@nasa.gov, dawn.cardace-1@nasa.gov
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