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

 

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Session No. 228
Wednesday, 12 October 2011: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 101A-C (Minneapolis Convention Center)

P7. Earth’s Early Atmosphere and Surface Environment

 

Robert O. Pepin and George H. Shaw, Conveners
Paper #
Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
1
8:05 AM
EVIDENCE AND ARGUMENTS FOR EARLY METHANE AND AMMONIA IN EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE, AND AN ORGANIC-COMPOUND-RICH EARLY OCEAN
SHAW, George H., Geology, Union College, Union College, Schenectady, NY 12308, shawg@union.edu, shawg@union.edu
2
8:55 AM
ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION ON THE HADEAN/EARLY ARCHEAN EARTH: THE IMPORTANCE OF CO
KASTING, James F., Penn State, 443 Deike, University Park, PA 16802, jfk4@psu.edu, jfk4@psu.edu
 
9:45 AM
Break
3
10:00 AM
WAITING FOR O2: THE ROLE OF HYDROGEN ESCAPE IN THE OXIDATION OF EARTH
ZAHNLE, Kevin, NASA, Ames Research Center, Mail Stop 245-3, By the Runway, Moffett Field, CA 94035, Kevin.J.Zahnle@NASA.gov, Kevin.J.Zahnle@NASA.gov
4
10:50 AM
EVIDENCE FOR THE FULLY-OXYGENATED OCEANS AND ATMOSPHERE DURING THE ARCHEAN EON
OHMOTO, Hiroshi, NASA Astrobiology Institute and Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, 435 Deike Bldg, University Park, PA 16803, LASAGA, Antonio C., Geokinetics, State College, PA 16801, WATANABE, Yumiko, NASA Astrobiology Institute and Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, 434 Deike Bldg, University Park, PA 16802 and YAMAGUCHI, Kosei E., Department of Chemistry, Toho University, 2-2-1 Miyama, Funabashi, Chiba, 274-8510, Japan, hqo@psu.edu, hqo@psu.edu
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