2014 GSA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia (19–22 October 2014)

Session No. 256
Tuesday, 21 October 2014: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
220 (Vancouver Convention Centre-West)

T202. The Tonian-Cryogenian World

Paleontological Society; Geochemical Society; GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division

 

Leigh Anne Riedman, Erik A. Sperling, Phoebe Cohen and Susannah M. Porter, Advocates
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Start Time
1:00 PM
THE TECTONIC CONTEXT OF TONIAN TO CRYOGENIAN ENVIRONMENTAL AND EVOLUTIONARY CHANGE: INSIGHTS FROM RE-OS GEOCHRONOLOGY AND WEATHERING PROXIES
ROONEY, Alan D.1, STRAUSS, Justin V.1, BRANDON, Alan2, KARLSTROM, Karl E.3 and MACDONALD, Francis A.1, (1)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, (2)Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, 312 Science and Research Building 1, Houston, TX 77004, (3)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131
1:15 PM
CHUMP (CHUAR-UINTA MOUNTAIN-PAHRUMP) STRATA OF THE WESTERN U.S. RECORD CRETACEOUS – LIKE OCEAN ANOXIC EVENTS (OAES) BEFORE SNOWBALL EARTH
DEHLER, Carol M.1, GEHRELS, George2, PORTER, Susannah M.3, COX, Grant4, HEIZLER, Matthew T.5, KARLSTROM, Karl E.6, CROSSEY, Laura J.7 and TIMMONS, J. Michael5, (1)Department of Geology, Utah State University, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322-4505, (2)Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1040 E. 4th Street, Tucson, AZ 85721, (3)Earth Science, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, (4)Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill University, 3450 University St, Montreal, QC H3A 0E8, Canada, (5)New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM 87801, (6)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (7)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131
1:30 PM
GEOCHRONOLOGY REVEALS MULTI-MILLION YEAR DURATION OF THE END-CRYOGENIAN (MARINOAN) GLACIATION, NAMIBIA
HOFFMANN, Karl Heinz, Geological Survey of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia, CONDON, Daniel, NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG, United Kingdom, PRAVE, A.R., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of St Andrews, Sy Andrews, KY16 9AL, United Kingdom and TAPSTER, Simon, NERC Isotope Geoscience Laboratory, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG, United Kingdom
1:45 PM
SEA-LEVEL CHANGE FOLLOWING THE MARINOAN SNOWBALL EARTH DEGLACIATION
CREVELING, Jessica R., Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125 and MITROVICA, Jerry X., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
2:00 PM
STRENGTHENING NEOPROTEROZOIC CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATIONS WITH CARBON AND STRONTIUM ISOTOPES OF THE TAMBIEN GROUP, NORTHERN ETHIOPIA
TREMBLAY, Marissa M.1, SWANSON-HYSELL, Nicholas L.1, MALOOF, Adam C.2, CONDON, Daniel3, BEROFF, Sara E.1, TESEMA, Tadele4, HAILEAB, Bereket5, ALENE, Mulugeta4 and JENKIN, Gawen6, (1)Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, (2)Geosciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, (3)NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG, United Kingdom, (4)School of Earth Sciences, Addis Ababa University, P.O.B. 1176, Addis Ababa, 1000, Ethiopia, (5)Geology, Carleton College, One North College Street, Northfield, MN 55057, (6)Department of Geology, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, United Kingdom
 
2:15 PM
Break
2:30 PM
A CONTINENTAL FLOOD BASALT DRIVER FOR NEOPROTEROZOIC CLIMATE AND OXYGENATION
HALVERSON, Galen P.1, COX, Grant2, HURTGEN, Matthew T.3, SANSJOFRE, Pierre4, KUNZMANN, Marcus1, STRAUSS, Justin V.5 and MACDONALD, Francis A.5, (1)Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill University, 3450 University St, Montreal, QC H3A0E8, Canada, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill University, 3450 University St, Montreal, QC H3A 0E8, Canada, (3)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Rd, Evanston, IL 60208, (4)Laboratoire Domaines Océaniques, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Place Copernic, Plouzane, 29280, France, (5)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
2:45 PM
DID MANTLE-DERIVED PHOSPHORUS FERTILIZE THE CRYOGENIAN OCEAN?
HORTON, Forrest, Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93016
Handouts
  • Pages from GSA_Phosphorus.pdf (1.0 MB)
  • 3:00 PM
    OCEAN REDOX CONTROL ON NUTRIENT CYCLING IN THE EARLY NEOPROTEROZOIC
    POULTON, Simon W.1, GUILBAUD, Romain1, ZHU, Maoyan2 and SHIELDS-ZHOU, Graham A.3, (1)School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom, (2)State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing, 210008, China, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT
    3:15 PM
    SULFIDE STRESS ON ANIMALS IN NEOPROTEROZOIC OCEANS
    SPERLING, Erik A., Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, JOHNSTON, David T., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, KNOLL, Andrew H., Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 and GIRGUIS, Peter R., Dept of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138
     
    3:30 PM
    Break
    3:45 PM
    CONTROLS ON EUKARYOTIC FOSSIL DIVERSITY IN THE TONIAN AND CRYOGENIAN PERIODS
    COHEN, Phoebe, Geosciences, Williams College, 947 Main Street, Williamstown, MA 01267 and MACDONALD, Francis A., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
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    4:00 PM
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    4:15 PM
    CARBON ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION OF ORGANIC FOSSILS ACROSS ISOTOPIC EXTREMES IN CRYOGENIAN CARBONATES
    MATYS, Emily D., Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, MIT, Cambridge, MA 01239, FREEMAN, Katherine H., Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, MACDONALD, Francis A., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, BIRD, Laurence, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 235 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, MORAN, James J., Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99354 and BOSAK, Tanja, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139
    4:30 PM
    COULD PHOTOSYNTHETIC EUKARYOTES HAVE SURVIVED IN NEARLY ENCLOSED SEAS DURING THE SNOWBALL EARTH EVENTS?
    CAMPBELL, Adam J.1, WADDINGTON, Edwin D.1 and WARREN, Stephen G.2, (1)Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Dept of Earth and Space Science Box 3513, Seattle, WA 98195, (2)Astrobiology Program, University of Washington, Box 351640, Seattle, WA 98195
    Handouts
  • Narrow_Inland_Seas_AJC.pptx (28.3 MB)
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