Session No. 292
Tuesday, 29 October 2013: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Room 301 (Colorado Convention Center)

T193. Continental Carbonates

SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology); GSA Limnogeology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division

 

Elizabeth Gierlowski-Kordesch and David B. Finkelstein, Advocates
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1:00 PM
CLASSIFICATION OF CONTINENTAL CARBONATES
GIERLOWSKI-KORDESCH, Elizabeth H., Geological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701-2979 and FINKELSTEIN, David B., Department of Geoscience, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY 14456, gierlows@ohio.edu
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OOID FORMATION IN THE GREAT SALT LAKE, UTAH: INSIGHTS FROM CLUMPED ISOTOPE PALEOTHERMOMETRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
CORSETTI, Frank A., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, ANDERSON, Ross Peter, Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, Kline Geology Laboratory, 210 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511, BIRD, Jordan, Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, MENESKE, Maryem, Molecular Biology Genetics and Biotechnology, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, 34381, Turkey, STEFURAK, Elizabeth JT, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-2115, PETRYSHYN, Victoria A., Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, TRIPATI, Aradhna, Department of Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, STAMPS, Blake W., Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, STEVENSON, Bradley S., Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73072 and SPEAR, John R., Division of Environmental Science and Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401-1887, fcorsett@usc.edu
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ROLE OF EXTRACELLULAR POLYSACCHARIDES IN REGULATING CALCITE NUCLEATION KINETICS AND INSIGHTS TO THE BIOGEOCHEMISTRY OF MICROBIALITES
GIUFFRE, Anthony J.1, HAMM, Laura M.2, HAN, Nizhou1, DE YOREO, James J.3 and DOVE, Patricia M.1, (1)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (2)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, One Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, (3)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, giuffre@vt.edu
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TIME-SERIES ISOTOPIC AND ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS OF MINERALIZED MICROBIALITES WITHIN A HIGH-ALTITUDE ANDEAN LAKE (LAGUNA NEGRA, CATAMARCA PROVINCE, NW ARGENTINA)
BUONGIORNO, Joy, Microbiology, University of Tennessee, M409 Walters Life Sciences, Knoxville, TN 37996, KAH, Linda C., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996 and GOMEZ, Fernando J., LAC-Laboratorio de Analisis de Cuencas, CICTERRA-Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Tierra, FFEFyN-Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina, jbuongior21@gmail.com
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EVIDENCE FOR LIQUID-LIQUID SEPARATION AT THE ONSET OF CACO3 MINERALIZATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR CARBONATE DEPOSITION IN NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS
WALLACE, Adam F.1, HEDGES, Lester2, FERNANDEZ-MARTINEZ, Alejandro3, RAITERI, Paolo4, GALE, Julian4, WAYCHUNAS, Glenn A.5, WHITELAM, Steve2, BANFIELD, Jillian F.6 and DEYOREO, James J.7, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Delaware, 103 Penny Hall, Newark, DE 19716, (2)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Molecular Foundry, 1 Cyclotron Rd, Berkeley, CA 94721, (3)Institut des Sciences de la Terre, 1381 Maison des Geosciences, 38400 St Martin d’Heres, Grenoble, France, (4)Department of Chemistry, Nanochemistry Research Institute, Curtain University, Perth, Australia, (5)Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, One Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, (6)Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, Berekley, CA 94720, (7)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, afw@udel.edu
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EFFECT OF SOLUTION CHEMISTRY AND MINERALIZATION PATHWAY ON CALCIUM CARBONATE POLYMORPH SELECTION AND COMPOSITION: IMPLICATIONS FOR CARBONATE SEDIMENTS
BLUE, Christina R. and DOVE, Patricia M., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, cblue@vt.edu
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FORMATION OF HIGH MAGNESIUM CALCITE FROM AMORPHOUS CALCIUM CARBONATE IN INORGANIC AND CARBOXYL-RICH ENVIRONMENTS
HAN, Nizhou, BLUE, Christina R. and DOVE, Patricia M., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, nhan@vt.edu
 
2:50 PM
Break
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3:05 PM
THE CARBON ISOTOPE RECORD AND EARLY DIAGENESIS OF MARL LAKE SEDIMENTS, LOUGH CARRA, IRELAND
KU, Timothy C.W., Earth & Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan Univ, 265 Church Street, 455 Science Tower, Middletown, CT 06459, SHACKLETON, Sarah, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan University, 265 Church Street, 455 Science Tower, Middletown, CT 06459, MARTINI, Anna M., Geology Department, Amherst College, 11 Barrett Hill Road, Amherst, MA 01002, HAYNES, Laura L., Geology, Columbia University, 110 Morningside dr, Apt. 8, New York, NY 10027, GAFFEY, Robert, Department of Geology, Amherst College, Amherst, MA 01002 and DONOVAN, Alyssa, Geology, Amherst College, Amherst College, Keefe Campus Center AC133, Amherst, MA 01002, tcku@wesleyan.edu
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MACRO- TO MICROFACIES ANALYSES OF COLD-WATER, SPRING-ASSOCIATED CARBONATES FROM SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA:  IMPLICATIONS FOR A TERRESTRIAL RECORD OF LOCAL WET EVENTS DURING THE LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM AND THE HOLOCENE
IBARRA, Yadira, Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, CORSETTI, Frank A., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, FEAKINS, Sarah J., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, 3501 Trousdale Pkwy, Los Angeles, CA 90889-0740 and RHODES, Edward J., Earth and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, 595 Charles Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095, yibarra@usc.edu
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3:35 PM
FRESHWATER LIMESTONE IN AN ARID RIFT BASIN, A GOLDILOCKS EFFECT
ASHLEY, Gail M.1, DEWET, Carol2, KARIS, Alyssa M.1, O'REILLY, Theresa2 and BALUYOT, Roni Dell1, (1)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8066, (2)Earth & Environment, Franklin & Marshall College, 415 Harrisburg Ave, Lancaster, PA 17604-3003, gmashley@rci.rutgers.edu
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LOWER PAHRANAGAT LAKE: MODERN ANALOGUE FOR LACUSTRINE CARBONATE MICROBIAL FACIES OF THE HORSE SPRING FORMATION?
HICKSON, Thomas1, THEISSEN, Kevin M.2, LAMB, Melissa1, FRAHM, Jacob Y.2, POMERLEAU, Crystal3, EDWARDS, Conor L.2 and CHATMAS, Emily4, (1)Geology, Univ of St. Thomas, 2115 Summit Ave, St. Paul, MN 55105, (2)Geology, University of St. Thomas, Mail# OWS 153, 2115 Summit Ave, Saint Paul, MN 55105, (3)Geology Department, University of St. Thomas, 2115 Summit Ave, St. Paul, MN 55105, (4)Department of Geology, University of St. Thomas, Mail 5485, 2115 Summit Ave, St. Paul, MN 55105, tahickson@stthomas.edu
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SR ISOTOPE RECORDS FROM LACUSTRINE CARBONATES; FIDELITY FROM MASS BALANCE MODELS
DOEBBERT, Amalia C., BP America, 1015 Aurora Street, Houston, TX 77009, JOHNSON, Clark M., Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, NASA Astrobiology Institute, 1215 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, CARROLL, Alan R., Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1215 West Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, BEARD, Brian L., Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, PIETRAS, Jeffrey T., Department of Geological Sciences, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902, RHODES-CARSON, Meredith, Geofuels, LLC, Madison, WI 53706, NORSTED, Brooke, Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, WI 53706 and THROCKMORTON, Lauren A., Houston, TX 77079, acdoebbert@gmail.com
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ECCENTRICITY-DRIVEN CARBONATE-SILICICLASTIC ALTERNATION WITHIN THE EARLY EOCENE WILKINS PEAK MEMBER OF THE GREEN RIVER FORMATION IN WYOMING
SMITH, M. Elliot, Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, CARROLL, Alan R., Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 West Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706 and SCOTT, Jennifer J., Department of Earth Sciences, Mount Royal University, 4825 Mount Royal Gate SW, Calgary, AB T3E 6K6, msmith205@gmail.com
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TESTING THE BIOGENICITY OF MESOPROTEROZOIC LACUSTRINE STROMATOLITES FROM THE COPPER HARBOR CONGLOMERATE, UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN
FEDORCHUK, Nicholas D.1, DORNBOS, Stephen Q.1, PETRYSHYN, Victoria A.2, WILMETH, Dylan T.3, CORSETTI, Frank A.3 and ISBELL, John L.1, (1)Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, (2)Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, fedorch2@uwm.edu
 
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Discussion
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