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  • 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. 126
Monday, 10 October 2011: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 200H-J (Minneapolis Convention Center)

T2. The Ediacaran Period: Tectonic, Climatic, and Biological Enigmas

Precambrian [At Large]

 

Mercedes Belica, Advocate
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Start Time
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1:30 PM
‘GLACIAL LAKE HARLAND' AND THE CALCIUM ISOTOPE RECORD OF THE MARINOAN GLACIATION
HOFFMAN, Paul F., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 1216 Montrose Ave, Victoria, BC V8T 2K4, Canada, paulfhoffman@yahoo.com, paulfhoffman@yahoo.com
2
1:45 PM
SUTTON HOTSPOT: RESOLVING EDIACARAN-CAMBRIAN TECTONICS AND TRUE POLAR WANDER FOR LAURENTIA
MITCHELL, Ross N., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, 210 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511, KILIAN, Taylor M., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, RAUB, Timothy D., Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, Caltech 170-25, Pasadena, CA 91125, EVANS, David A.D., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven CT 06520-8109, USA, New Haven, CT 06520, BLEEKER, Wouter, Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, ON K1A0E8, Canada and MALOOF, Adam, Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, ross.mitchell@yale.edu, ross.mitchell@yale.edu
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2:00 PM
INITIAL PALEOMAGNETIC ANALYSIS OF THE MARWAR BASIN, RAJASTHAN, INDIA
DAVIS, Joshua Kane1, MEERT, Joseph G.1, PANDIT, M.K.2 and KAMENOV, G.D.3, (1)Geological Sciences, University of Florida, 241 Williamson Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611, (2)Department of Geology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, 302004, India, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, buddavisman@gmail.com, buddavisman@gmail.com
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2:15 PM
EDIACARAN PALEOMAGNETISM: REVIEW AND NEW DATA FROM BALTICA
MEERT, Joseph G.1, LEVASHOVA, Natalia M.2 and LIEBE, Kevin1, (1)Geological Sciences, University of Florida, 241 Williamson Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611, (2)Geological Institute, Academy of Science of Russia, Pyzhevsky Lane, 7, Moscow, 109017, Russia, jmeert@ufl.edu, jmeert@ufl.edu
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2:30 PM
A POSSIBLE COELOSCLERITOPHORAN/CHORDATE HYBRIDIZATION AND THE EDIACARAN ORIGIN OF TUNICATES
WERNER, John E., Physical Sciences, Seminole State College, 100 Weldon Blvd, Sanford, FL 32773, wernerj@seminolestate.edu, wernerj@seminolestate.edu
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2:45 PM
MICROFOSSILS FROM THE DOUSHANTUO FORMATION OF SOUTH CHINA: PETROGRAPHIC AND RAMAN HYPERSPECTRAL STUDIES
SHE, Zhenbing, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Boston College, 20 Lake St, Brighton, MA 02135 and PAPINEAU, Dominic, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Boston College, Devlin Hall 213, 140 Commonwealth av, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, zbsher@gmail.com, zbsher@gmail.com
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3:00 PM
SYMMETRY IN EDIACARAN STEM-GROUP CTENOPHORES
BENGTSON, Stefan, Department of Palaeobiology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, Stockholm, SE-104 05, Sweden, stefan.bengtson@nrm.se, stefan.bengtson@nrm.se
 
3:15 PM
Break
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3:30 PM
CANOPY FLOW MODELS IDENTIFY A SCALING ADVANTAGE FOR LARGE SIZE IN THE MISTAKEN POINT RANGEOMORPHS, THE WORLDS OLDEST COMMUNITY OF MULTICELLULAR EUKARYOTES
GHISALBERTI, Marco1, JACOBS, David K.2, GOLD, David A.2, LAFLAMME, Marc3, CLAPHAM, Matthew E.4, NARBONNE, Guy M.5, JOHNSTON, David T.6 and SUMMONS, Roger7, (1)School of Environmental Systems Engineering, University of Western Australia, Crawley, 6009, Australia, (2)Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1606, (3)Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, 10th & Constitution, NW Washington, DC, DC 20560-0121, (4)Dept of Earth Science, Univ. of Calif. Santa Cruz, 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA 95064-1077, (5)Geological Sciences & Geological Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada, (6)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, (7)Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02142, djacobs@ucla.edu, djacobs@ucla.edu
9
3:45 PM
TRACE FOSSILS AND TRACE FOSSIL-LIKE BODY FOSSILS OF THE EDIACARA MEMBER, RAWNSLEY QUARTZITE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
JOEL, Lucas V., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521, DROSER, Mary L., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521 and GEHLING, James, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, 5000, Australia, ljoel001@student.ucr.edu, ljoel001@student.ucr.edu
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4:00 PM
QUANTITATIVE MICROSTRUCTURAL AND DIAGENETIC COMPARISON OF CLOUDINA FROM NAMIBIA AND WESTERN NORTH AMERICA: INSIGHT FOR THE EDIACARAN BIOMINERALIZATION EVENT
DOMKE, Kirk, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, 3651 Trousdale Parkway, ZHS 117, Los Angeles, CA 90089, CORSETTI, Frank A., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Southern California, Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 and BOTTJER, David, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Zumberge Hall 117, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, domke@usc.edu, domke@usc.edu
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4:15 PM
PALEOSOL EVIDENCE FOR EDIACARAN GLACIATIONS NEAR BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, USA
RETALLACK, Gregory J., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, gregr@uoregon.edu, gregr@uoregon.edu
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4:30 PM
READING THE TRACE ELEMENT AND ISOTOPIC CODE RECORDED IN SLOPE FACIES EDIACARAN CARBONATES FROM THE YANGTZE PLATFORM (SOUTH CHINA)
BECKER, Harry, BAERO, Wiebke, QUIRING, Manuel, HAMMERSCHMIDT, Konrad and WIECHERT, Uwe, Institut für Geologische Wissenschaften, Freie Universität Berlin, Malteserstrasse 74-100, Berlin, 12249, Germany, hbecker@zedat.fu-berlin.de, hbecker@zedat.fu-berlin.de
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4:45 PM
MINERALOGICAL CONTROL ON CARBONATE CLUMPED ISOTOPE TEMPERATURES FROM A NEOPROTEROZOIC CAP CARBONATE IN BRAZIL
KAUFMAN, Alan J., Geology Department, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, PENG, Yongbo, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 and PASSEY, Benjamin, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 129 Olin Hall, 3400 N. Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21218, kaufman@geol.umd.edu, kaufman@geol.umd.edu
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5:00 PM
EDIACARAN OCEAN CHEMISTRY: INSIGHTS FROM MULTIPLE SULFUR ISOTOPE MEASUREMENTS OF PAIRED SULFATE- PYRITE IN THE HUQF SUPERGROUP, OMAN
WU, Nanping1, FARQUHAR, James1, FIKE, David2 and HARMS, Brian1, (1)Geology, university of Maryland, College Park, MD 20740, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University, St louis, MO 63130, npwu@glue.umd.edu, npwu@glue.umd.edu
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