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

Session No. 148
Tuesday, 20 October 2009: 8:15 AM-12:00 PM
Portland Ballroom 254 (Oregon Convention Center)

P3. Earth et al.—Our Planets from the Hadean to Today

GSA International Section; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Planetary Geology Division; Society for Sedimentary Geology [SEPM]; Paleontological Society; American Geological Institute; NASA Astrobiology Institute; Mineralogical Society of America; Geochemical Society

 

Nora Noffke and Kurt Konhauser, Conveners
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8:15 AM
COMBINED MICRO-ANALYSES OF CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL ASSOCIATED WITH APATITE IN AN EOARCHEAN BANDED IRON FORMATION FROM THE NUVVUAGITTUQ SUPRACRUSTAL BELT, QUEBEC, CANADA
PAPINEAU, Dominic1, DE GREGORIO, Bradley2, STROUD, Rhonda M.2, STEELE, Andrew3 and FOGEL, Marilyn4, (1)Geophysical Laboratory and NASA Astrobiology Institute, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5251 Broad Branch rd NW, Washington, DC 20015, (2)Materials Science and Technology, Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Ave, SW, Washington, DC 20375, (3)Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5251 Broad Branch Road, Washington, DC 20015, (4)Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC 20015, dpapineau@ciw.edu, dpapineau@ciw.edu
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8:30 AM
GEOLOGY OF 3830 MA FERRUGINOUS QUARTZ-PYROXENE (SUPRACRUSTAL) ROCKS FROM THE AKILIA ASSOCIATION, SOUTHERN WEST GREENLAND
MOJZSIS, Stephen, Geological Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2200 Colorado Ave, UCB 399, Boulder, CO 80309-0399, mojzsis@colorado.edu, mojzsis@colorado.edu
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8:45 AM
RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY IN GEOBIOLOGICAL STUDIES: MERGING MOLECULAR AND MINERALOGICAL INFORMATION WITH MORPHOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS
VAN ZUILEN, Mark1, LEPLAND, Aivo2, PHILIPPOT, Pascal3 and RIVIDI, Nicolas3, (1)Centre for Geobiology, University of Bergen, Allegaten 41, Bergen, 5007, Norway, (2)Geological Survey of Norway, Leiv Eirikssons vei 39, Trondheim, 7491, Norway, (3)GAP, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Case 89, 4 place Jussieu, Paris, 75252, France, Mark.Zuilen@geo.uib.no, Mark.Zuilen@geo.uib.no
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9:00 AM
ASTROBIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF EARLY ARCHEAN ROCKS, OUTER GODTHåBSFJORD, SW GREENLAND: STILL SEARCHING, AND WHAT ARE WE FINDING?
FEDO, Christopher M., Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1412 Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996 and WHITEHOUSE, Martin J., Department of Geosciences, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, SE-104 05, Sweden, cfedo@utk.edu, cfedo@utk.edu
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9:15 AM
SULFUR-BASED METABOLISMS DURING THE EARLY ARCHEAN
PHILIPPOT, Pascal, GAP, IPGP, Case 89, 4 place Jussieu, Paris, 75252, France, VAN ZUILEN, Mark A., Centre for Geobiology, University of Bergen, Allegaten 41, Bergen, 5007, Norway and RICHARD, Laurent, G2R, Département des Sciences de la Terre, Nancy-Université, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, 54506, philippot@ipgp.jussieu.fr, philippot@ipgp.jussieu.fr
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9:30 AM
A GLACIAL DIVIDE BETWEEN EDIACARAN EXTINCTION AND THE CAMBRIAN EXPLOSION OF LIFE
KAUFMAN, Alan J.1, GRAZHDANKIN, Dmitriy2, ROGOV, Vladimir2, PEEK, Sara1, KOCHNEV, Boris2, NAGOVITSIN, Konstantin2, BYKOVA, Natalia3 and XIAO, Shuhai4, (1)Geology Department, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, (2)Russian Academy of Science, Novosibirsk Branch, Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia, (3)Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (4)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, kaufman@geol.umd.edu, kaufman@geol.umd.edu
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9:45 AM
SIMS SULFUR ISOTOPE ANALYSIS OF PYRITES IN CHERT NODULES OF THE EDIACARAN DOUSHANTUO FORMATION: CONSTRAINTS ON EXEPTIONAL FOSSIL PRESERVATION
XIAO, Shuhai, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, SCHIFFBAUER, James D., ICTAS Nanoscale Characterization and Fabrication Laboratory, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061 and MCFADDEN, Kathleen A., ConocoPhillips, 600 N Dairy Ashford, Houston, TX 77077, xiao@vt.edu, xiao@vt.edu
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10:00 AM
A NEW AGE IN PALEOBIOLOGY: APPLICATIONS OF ADVANCED MICROBEAM INSTRUMENTATION IN FOSSIL ANALYSES
SCHIFFBAUER, James D., ICTAS Nanoscale Characterization and Fabrication Laboratory, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061 and XIAO, Shuhai, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, jdschiff@vt.edu, jdschiff@vt.edu
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10:15 AM
THE GREAT OXIDATION EVENT AND THE END-PERMIAN MASS EXTINCTION
NEW, Michael H., Planetary Science Division, NASA Headquarters, Mail Suite 3X63, 300 E St., SW, Washington, DC 20546, michael.h.new@nasa.gov, michael.h.new@nasa.gov
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10:30 AM
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT OF EARLY ARCHEAN STROMATOLITES: ANALOG FOR MARS?
RUNNEGAR, Bruce N., Department of Earth and Space Sciences and Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, runnegar@ucla.edu, runnegar@ucla.edu
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10:45 AM
EXTREMOPHILE ECOSYSTEM STUDIES: LINKS BETWEEN GEOBIOLOGY AND ASTROBIOLOGY
CADY, Sherry L., Department of Geology, Portland State University, 1721 SW Broadway, 17 Cramer Hall, Portland, OR 97201, cadys@pdx.edu, cadys@pdx.edu
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11:00 AM
THE SEDIMENTARY ECOLOGY OF BENTHIC CYANOBACTERIA IN MODERN AND ARCHEAN TIDAL FLATS
NOFFKE, Nora, Ocean, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Old Dominion University, 4600, Elkhorn Avenue, Norfolk, VA 23529, nnoffke@odu.edu, nnoffke@odu.edu
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11:15 AM
CO-EVOLUTIONARY IMPLICATIONS OF ALTERNATIVE MODELS OF PLATE TECTONICS IN EARTH HISTORY
KUMP, Lee R.1, CONDIE, Kent C.2 and ARTHUR, Michael A.1, (1)Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, (2)Dept of Earth & Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, MSEC 208, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, lrk4@psu.edu, lrk4@psu.edu
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11:30 AM
MINERALOGICAL CO-EVOLUTION OF THE GEOSPHERE AND BIOSPHERE
HAZEN, Robert M., Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5251 Broad Branch Road NW, Washington, DC 20015, rhazen@ciw.edu, rhazen@ciw.edu