calendar Add meeting dates to your calendar.

 

Session No. 161
Tuesday, 2 November 2010: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 207 (Colorado Convention Center)

T76. Understanding High-Amplitude Stable Isotope Variations in Proterozoic Strata

Geochemical Society; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division

 

Louis A. Derry and Timothy W. Lyons, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
1
8:00 AM
THE SHURAM EXCURSION: ENIGMATIC CARBON CYCLING
GROTZINGER, John, Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, FISCHER, Woodward W., Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 and FIKE, David A., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, grotz@gps.caltech.edu, grotz@gps.caltech.edu
2
8:15 AM
NEW INSIGHT INTO THE CHARACTER OF THE NEOPROTEROZOIC CARBON CYCLE
JOHNSTON, David T.1, MACDONALD, Francis A.2, PETACH, Trevor1, HOFFMAN, Paul F.3, HALLMANN, Christian4, SUMMONS, Roger E.5 and SCHRAG, Daniel P.1, (1)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, (2)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, (3)3271 Wicklow St, Victoria, BC V8X 1E1, Canada, (4)Eaps, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, (5)Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, E25-633, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, johnston@eps.harvard.edu, johnston@eps.harvard.edu
3
8:30 AM
MODELLING EARTH SYSTEM CHANGES THROUGH THE SHURUM-WONOKA ANOMALY
BJERRUM, Christian J., Nordic Center for Earth Evolution, and Department of Geography and Geology, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 10, Copenhagen K, DK-1350, Denmark and CANFIELD, Donald E., Nordic Center for Earth Evolution, Univerisity of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, Odense, 5230, Denmark, cjb@geo.ku.dk, cjb@geo.ku.dk
4
8:45 AM
LIMITS OF THE ISOTOPIC RECORD: THE IMPORTANCE OF RESERVOIR SIZE IN INTERPRETING GEOCHEMICAL EVENTS IN THE PROTEROZOIC
KAH, Linda C., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, lckah@utk.edu, lckah@utk.edu
5
9:00 AM
WHAT IS SO FORBIDDING ABOUT THE “FORBIDDEN ZONE”?
KAUFMAN, Alan J.1, CORSETTI, Frank A.2, TAHATA, Miyuki3, UENO, Yuichro4, ISHIKAWA, Tomoko5, SAWAKI, Yusuke6, MURAKAMI, Kazuki4, KOMIYA, Tsuyoshi7 and YOSHIDA, Naohiro8, (1)Geology Department, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, (3)Dept. Earth & Planet. Sci, Tokyo Inst. Tech, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8551, Japan, (4)Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, 152-8551, Japan, (5)Tokyo, 152-8551, Japan, (6)Dept. Earth & Planet Sci, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8551, Japan, (7)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, 152-8551, Japan, (8)Yokohama, 226-8502, Japan, kaufman@geol.umd.edu, kaufman@geol.umd.edu
6
9:15 AM
A COMPARISON OF THE TREZONA CARBON ANOMALY WITH THE PLIO-PLEISTOCENE
SWART, Peter K., Marine Geology and Geophysics, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmopsheric Sciences, University of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149 and KENNEDY, Martin, School of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 5005, Australia, pswart@rsmas.miami.edu, pswart@rsmas.miami.edu
7
9:30 AM
DECOUPLED CARBONATE AND ORGANIC CARBON ISOTOPE RECORD: AN ENVIRONMENTALLY CONTROLLED PHENOMENON
JIANG, Ganqing1, WANG, Xinqiang2, SHI, Xiaoying2, ZHANG, Shihong2 and XIAO, Shuhai3, (1)Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, (2)School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, China, (3)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, wxqiang307@yahoo.com.cn, wxqiang307@yahoo.com.cn
8
9:45 AM
EVALUATING THE ORIGIN OF HIGH-AMPLITUDE CARBON ISOTOPE EXCURSIONS IN TONIAN TO CRYOGENIAN CARBONATES OF AUSTRALIA
SWANSON-HYSELL, Nicholas, Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Guyot Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, MALOOF, Adam, Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, ROSE, Catherine V., Dept of Geosciences, Princeton University, Guyot Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, HALVERSON, Galen P., Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill University, 3450 University St, Montreal, QC H3A0E8, Canada and HURTGEN, Matthew T., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Rd, Evanston, IL 60208, nswanson@princeton.edu, nswanson@princeton.edu
9
10:00 AM
STRATIGRAPHIC TESTS FOR THE ORIGIN OF THE DEEPEST CARBON-ISOTOPE ANOMALY IN EARTH HISTORY - THE WONOKA FORMATION OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
HUSSON, Jon, MALOOF, Adam and SCHOENE, Blair, Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Guyot Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, jhusson@princeton.edu, jhusson@princeton.edu
10
10:15 AM
THE SEDIMENTARY EXPRESSION OF A LARGE NEGATIVE EDIACARAN ISOTOPE EXCURSION USING HIGH-RESOLUTION ISOTOPE STRATIGRAPHY AND BASIN RECONSTRUCTION
BERGMANN, Kristin D., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 51 Botanical Museum, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 and FISCHER, Woodward W., Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, kbergmann@fas.harvard.edu, kbergmann@fas.harvard.edu
11
10:30 AM
PILOT STUDY USING CLUMPED ISOTOPE PALEOTHERMOMETRY TO ASSESS DIAGENETIC HISTORY OF CARBONATES, NEOPROTEROZOIC CLEMENTE FORMATION, CABORCA, MEXICO
CORSETTI, Frank A., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, LOYD, Sean J., Department of Geological Sciences, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92831, MARENCO, Pedro J., Department of Geology, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 and HAGADORN, James W., Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, fcorsett@usc.edu, fcorsett@usc.edu
12
10:45 AM
IN SITU SULFUR ISOTOPE EVIDENCE FOR LOW ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN AND HIGH SEAWATER SULFATE IN PROTEROZOIC GLACIOGENIC SEDIMENTS OF THE TUREE CREEK GROUP, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
WILLIFORD, Kenneth H., Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, USHIKUBO, Takayuki, Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin, 1215 West Dayton Street, Madison, WI 53706, KOZDON, Reinhard, Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, VAN KRANENDONK, Martin J., Geological Survey of Western Australia, 100 Plain St, East Perth, WA 6004, Australia and VALLEY, John W., Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, Kenneth.H.Williford@jpl.nasa.gov, Kenneth.H.Williford@jpl.nasa.gov
13
11:00 AM
A NON-DIAGENETIC ORIGIN OF THE LOMAGUNDI POSITIVE CARBON ISOTOPE EXCURSION
PLANAVSKY, Noah J., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521, LYONS, Timothy W., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521 and BEKKER, Andrey, Dept. of Geological Sciences, Univ. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada, planavsky@gmail.com, planavsky@gmail.com
14
11:15 AM
THE EARLIEST CAMBRIAN RECORD OF ANIMALS AND OCEAN GEOCHEMICAL CHANGE
MALOOF, Adam1, PORTER, Susannah M.2, MOORE, John L.2, BOWRING, Samuel A.3, DUDAS, Frank3, HIGGINS, John A.1 and FIKE, David A.4, (1)Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, (2)Earth Science, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, (3)Deptartment of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, (4)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, maloof@princeton.edu, maloof@princeton.edu
15
11:30 AM
CAMBRIAN SPICE (STEPTOEAN POSITIVE CARBON ISOTOPE EXCURSION) AS A MODEL FOR COMPARABLE PROTEROZOIC HIGH-AMPLITUDE ISOTOPIC EVENTS
RUNNEGAR, Bruce1, SALTZMAN, Matthew R.2, KOUCHINSKY, Artem3, YOUNG, Seth A.4, KUMP, Lee R.5, GILL, Benjamin6, LYONS, Timothy W.7 and YOUNG, Edward D.1, (1)Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences and Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, (2)School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, (3)Dept. of Palaeozoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, Stockholm, SE-104 05, Sweden, (4)Dept. of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, (5)Dept. of Geosciences and Astrobiology Research Center, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, (6)Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, (7)Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, runnegar@ucla.edu, runnegar@ucla.edu
16
11:45 AM
GEOCHEMICAL CONSTRAINTS on THE ORGIN OF C, O AND S ISOTOPIC VARIATIONS IN NEOPROTEROZOIC CARBONATES
DERRY, Louis A., Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Snee Hall, Ithaca, NY 14817, lad9@cornell.edu, lad9@cornell.edu
See more of: Technical Sessions
Meeting Home page GSA Home Page