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. 208
Tuesday, 11 October 2011: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 205AB (Minneapolis Convention Center)

T60. Lessons from the Living: Paleontological Investigations Using Modern Analogs II

Paleontological Society

 

Daniel I. Hembree, Jon J. Smith and Brian F. Platt, Advocates
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1:30 PM
WERE PROTISTS THE BEGINNING OF THE END FOR STROMATOLITES?
BERNHARD, Joan M.1, EDGCOMB, Virginia P.1, SUMMONS, Roger E.2, VISSCHER, Pieter T.3 and MCINTYRE-WRESSNIG, Anna1, (1)Department of Geology & Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, (2)Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, E25-633, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, (3)Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, 354 Mansfield Rd U-2045, Storrs, CT 06269, jbernhard@whoi.edu, jbernhard@whoi.edu
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1:45 PM
PATTERNS IN MICROBIALITES THROUGHOUT GEOLOGIC TIME: IS THE PRESENT REALLY THE KEY TO THE PAST?
MYSHRALL, Kristen L., STORK, Natalie J., VISSCHER, Pieter T. and DUPRAZ, Christophe, Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, 354 Mansfield Rd U-2045, Storrs, CT 06269, kristen.myshrall@uconn.edu, kristen.myshrall@uconn.edu
3
2:00 PM
INFLUENCES OF MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES ON CARBONATE FABRICS IN RECENT LACUSTRINE MICROBIALITES, PAVILION LAKE, BRITISH COLUMBIA
HARWOOD, Cara L.1, SUMNER, Dawn Y.1, MACKEY, Tyler J.1, BRADY, Allyson L.2, SLATER, Greg F.3 and LIM, Darlene S.S.4, (1)Geology Department, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, (2)Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive N.W, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada, (3)School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main St. West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada, (4)Space Science and Astrobiology, NASA Ames Research Center, MS 245-3, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000, clharwood@ucdavis.edu, clharwood@ucdavis.edu
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2:15 PM
CHANGES IN MICROBIAL ECOLOGY ASSOCIATED WITH A TRANSITION FROM CONOPHYTON TO JACUTOPHYTON IN MODERN LAKE JOYCE, ANTARCTICA
MACKEY, Tyler J., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California-Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, SUMNER, Dawn Y., Geology Department, University of California-Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, HAWES, Ian, Gateway Antarctica, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, 8140, New Zealand and ANDERSEN, Dale T., Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in the Universe, 189 Bernardo Ave, Suite 100, Mountain View, CA 94043, tjmackey@ucdavis.edu, tjmackey@ucdavis.edu
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2:30 PM
EXPERIMENTAL SILICIFICATION OF BIVALVES: UNDERSTANDING TAPHONOMIC BIAS
BUTTS, Susan H., Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, 170 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06520-8118, KRAUSE Jr, Richard A., Department of Geology & Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520 and BRIGGS, Derek E.G., Dept. of Geology and Geophysics & Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, 210 Whitney Avenue, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520, Susan.Butts@yale.edu, Susan.Butts@yale.edu
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2:45 PM
EXPERIMENTAL FORMATION OF EDIACARAN-STYLE DEATH MASK
DARROCH, Simon A.F., Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, PO Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, LAFLAMME, Marc, Dept. of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, 10th & Constitution, Washington, DC 20560-0121, SCHIFFBAUER, James D., ICTAS Nanoscale Characterization and Fabrication Laboratory, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061 and BRIGGS, Derek E.G., Dept. of Geology and Geophysics & Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, 210 Whitney Avenue, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520, simon.darroch@yale.edu, simon.darroch@yale.edu
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3:00 PM
LIVE-DEAD FIDELITY OF MULTI-TAXIC ASSEMBLAGES: RELATIVE TAPHONOMIC BIASES ACROSS MAJOR GROUPS OF MARINE BENTHOS (NORTH CAROLINA, USA)
TYLER, Carrie L., Natural History, University of Florida, 1659 Museum Rd, PO Box 117800, Gainesville, FL 32611 and KOWALEWSKI, Michal, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, 1659 Museum Road, PO Box 117800, Gainesville, FL 32611, ctylersa@flmnh.ufl.edu, ctylersa@flmnh.ufl.edu
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3:15 PM
THE USE OF MODERN DEATH ASSEMBLAGES TO TEST THE GEOGRAPHIC MOSAIC THEORY OF COEVOLUTION
KOSLOSKI, Mary Elizabeth, Earth Science and Geography, Vassar College, 91 Raymond Avenue, Apartment 31, Poughkeepsie, NY 12603 and DIETL, Gregory, Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, mary.kosloski@gmail.com, mary.kosloski@gmail.com
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3:30 PM
REPRESENTATIONAL BIAS IN PHYTOLITHS FROM EXTANT SOILS
HYLAND, Ethan, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 CC Little, 1100 North University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, SMITH, Selena Y., Museum of Paleontology and Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 CC Little, 1100 N. University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 and SHELDON, Nathan D., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 CC Little Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, hylande@umich.edu, hylande@umich.edu
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3:45 PM
PHYTOLITH VARIABILITY IN ZINGIBERALES: A TOOL FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF PAST TROPICAL VEGETATION
CHEN, Stephanie T., Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences and Program in the Environment, University of Michigan, 2534 CC Little, 1100 N. University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 and SMITH, Selena Y., Museum of Paleontology and Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 CC Little, 1100 N. University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, stichen@umich.edu, stichen@umich.edu
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