CALL FOR PROPOSALS:

ORGANIZERS

  • Harvey Thorleifson, Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • Carrie Jennings, Vice Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • David Bush, Technical Program Chair
    University of West Georgia
  • Jim Miller, Field Trip Chair
    University of Minnesota Duluth
  • Curtis M. Hudak, Sponsorship Chair
    Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC

 

Session No. 129
Monday, 10 October 2011: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 211AB (Minneapolis Convention Center)

T29. Microbial Mediation of Authigenic Minerals: From Precipitation to Dissolution

GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division

 

Jake V. Bailey, Advocate
Paper #
Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:35 PM
ARCHITECTS OF RUST: MINERAL PRECIPITATION AND EVASION STRATEGIES OF FE-OXIDIZING MICROBES
CHAN, Clara S.1, SAINI, Gaurav2, KREPSKI, Sean T.3, HREDZAK-SHOWALTER, Patricia L.4 and LUTHER III, George W.4, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, (2)Geological Sciences, University of Delaware, Penny Hall room 106, 255 Academy St, Newark, DE 19716, (3)Geological Sciences, University of Delaware, Penny Hall room 207, Penny Hall 207, Newark, DE 19716, (4)School of Marine Science and Policy, University of Delaware, Lewes, DE 19958, cschan@udel.edu, cschan@udel.edu
2
1:55 PM
LITHOTROPHIC OXIDATION OF FE(II)-SILICATES AS THE BASIS FOR A DEEP GRANITIC BIOSPHERE
SHELOBOLINA, Evgenya1, XU, Huifang2, KONISHI, Hiromi3, WU, Tao4 and RODEN, Eric E.3, (1)Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, (2)Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W. Dayton street, Madison, WI 53706, (3)Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, (4)Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin, 1215 W Dayton Street, Madison, WI 53706, shelobolina@wisc.edu, shelobolina@wisc.edu
3
2:10 PM
IRON MINERAL FORMATION IN MICROBIAL MATS FORMED FROM SHIELD BRINES ALONG AN OXIDATION-REDUCTION GRADIENT
BRISCOE, Lindsey J., Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, 108 Pillsbury Hall, 310 Pillsbury Drive SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, ALEXANDER Jr., E. Calvin, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Dr. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, ALEXANDER, Scott C., Earth Sciences, Univ of Minnesota, 108 Pillsbury Hall, 310 Pillsbury Dr. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, BERQUÓ, Thelma, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN 56562, GRALNICK, Jeffrey, Department of Microbiology, Biotechnology Institute, University of Minnesota, 356 Gortner Laboratory, 1479 Gortner Ave, St. Paul, MN 55108, MICHEL, F. Marc, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24060, MOSKOWITZ, Bruce, Institute for Rock Magnetism, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, SALOMON, Christine E., Center for Drug Design, University of Minnesota, 7-146 Phillips Wangensteen, 516 Delaware St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 and TONER, Brandy M., Soil, Water, and Climate, University of Minnesota, 439 Borlaug Hall, 1991 Upper Buford Circle, Saint Paul, MN 55104, hatz0006@umn.edu, hatz0006@umn.edu
4
2:25 PM
EQUILIBRIUM IRON ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION BETWEEN AQUEOUS FE(II) AND MODEL ARCHEAN OCEAN FE-SI COPRECIPITATES
WU, Lingling, PERCAK-DENNETT, Elizabeth M., BEARD, Brian L., RODEN, Eric E. and JOHNSON, Clark M., Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, NASA Astrobiology Institute, 1215 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, lwu@geology.wisc.edu, lwu@geology.wisc.edu
5
2:40 PM
THE CO-EVOLUTION OF FE-,TI-OXIDES AND MICROBIAL FOSSILIZATION DURING EARLY DIAGENESIS IN SANDY SEDIMENTS: ESTABLISHING POTENTIAL MINERAL BIOSIGNATURES
BOWER, Dina M.1, HUMMER, Daniel1, KYONO, Atsushi2 and STEELE, Andrew3, (1)Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5251 Broad Branch Rd, Washington, DC 20015, (2)Division of Earth Evolution Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, 305-8572, Japan, (3)Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5251 Broad Branch Road, Washington, DC 20015, dbower@ciw.edu, dbower@ciw.edu
6
2:55 PM
PHOSPHATIZED FILAMENTOUS SULFUR BACTERIA IN MODERN AND ANCIENT PHOSPHORITES
BAILEY, Jake V.1, CORSETTI, Frank A.2, GREENE, Sarah E.2 and ORPHAN, Victoria J.3, (1)Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, 310 Pillsbury Drive SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, (3)Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, MC 100-2, Pasadena, 91125, baileyj@umn.edu, baileyj@umn.edu
 
3:10 PM
Break
7
3:25 PM
MECHANISMS FOR BIOEROSION IN EUENDOLITHIC CYANOBACTERIA: MINERALS, ENZYMES AND BUGS
GARCIA-PICHEL, Ferran, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, LSE 422, Tempe, AZ 85287, ferran@asu.edu, ferran@asu.edu
8
3:45 PM
BIOLOGICAL AND ABIOTIC CONTROLS ON SULFIDE OXIDATION, ACID PRODUCTION, AND CARBONATE DISSOLUTION IN THE FRASASSI CAVE SYSTEM, ITALY
JONES, Daniel S.1, POLERECKY, Lubos2, DEMPSEY, Brian A.3, GALDENZI, Sandro4 and MACALADY, Jennifer L.1, (1)Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, (2)Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Celsiusstrasse 1, Bremen, D-28359, Germany, (3)Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802, (4)Viale Verdi 10, Jesi, 60035, Italy, djones@psu.edu, djones@psu.edu
9
4:00 PM
AQUEOUS SULFIDE-CATALYZED NUCLEATION AND GROWTH OF DISORDERED DOLOMITE, A POTENTIAL PRECURSOR OF SEDIMENTARY DOLOMITE
ZHANG, Fangfu1, XU, Huifang1, KONISHI, Hiromi1, YAN, Chao2, TENG, H. Henry2 and RODEN, Eric E.1, (1)Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, (2)Department of Chemistry, the George Washington University, 725 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC 20052, fzhang9@wisc.edu, fzhang9@wisc.edu
10
4:15 PM
MODELING THE EFFECT OF DISSOLVED HYDROGEN SULFIDE ON Mg2+-WATER COMPLEX ON DOLOMITE {104} SURFACE
SHEN, Zhizhang1, LIU, Yun2, ZHANG, Fangfu1, KEMP, Joshua1, SZLUFARSKA, Izabela2 and XU, Huifang1, (1)NASA Astrobiology Institute and Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin, 1215 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, (2)Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin, 1509 University Ave, Madison, WI 53706, zshen5@wisc.edu, zshen5@wisc.edu
11
4:30 PM
EARLY STAGES OF CARBONATE MINERALIZATION REVEALED FROM MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS: IMPLICATIONS FOR AUTHOGENIC MINERAL FORMATION IN NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS
WALLACE, Adam F., Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd, Berkeley, CA 94720, DEYOREO, James J., Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352 and BANFIELD, Jill F., Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, 369 McCone Hall, Berkeley, 94720, afwallace@lbl.gov, afwallace@lbl.gov
12
4:45 PM
STABLE ISOTOPIC EVIDENCE FOR MICROBIAL PRECIPITATION OF CALCITE IN CAVE POOL FINGERS
MELIM, Leslie A., Geology Department, Western Illinois Univ, 1 University Circle, Macomb, IL 61455, SPILDE, Michael N., Institute of Meteoritics, University of New Mexico, MSC03-2050, Albuquerque, NM 87131 and NORTHUP, Diana E., Biology, University of New Mexico, MSC03-2020, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, LA-Melim@wiu.edu, LA-Melim@wiu.edu
13
5:00 PM
BIOMINERALIZATION OF CARBONATES IN MODERN MICROBIAL SEDIMENTS
PAUL, Varun G.1, WRONKIEWICZ, David J.1 and MORMILE, Melanie R.2, (1)Geological Sciences and Engineering, Missouri University of Science & Technology, 129 McNutt Hall, 1400 N. Bishop Ave, Rolla, MO 65409, (2)Department of Biological Sciences, Missouri University of Science & Technology, Rolla, MO 65409, vgpvy7@mst.edu, vgpvy7@mst.edu
14
5:15 PM
MICROBIAL PRECIPITATION OF PEDOGENIC CARBONATE
MONGER, H. Curtis and FENG, Yanhua, New Mexico State Univ, PO Box 30003, Las Cruces, NM 88003-8003, cmonger@nmsu.edu, cmonger@nmsu.edu
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