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

Session No. 281
Wednesday, 22 October 2014: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
304/305 (Vancouver Convention Centre-West)

T135. New Developments in Microbialites

GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Limnogeology Division; Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM); Paleontological Society

 

Frank A. Corsetti, Victoria A. Petryshyn and Yadira Ibarra, Advocates
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Start Time
8:00 AM
FEEDBACKS BETWEEN FLOW, SEDIMENT MOTION AND MICROBIAL GROWTH ON SAND BARS INITIATE AND SHAPE ELONGATED STROMATOLITE MOUNDS
MARIOTTI, Giulio, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, PERRON, J. Taylor, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusets Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139 and BOSAK, Tanja, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
8:15 AM
EVIDENCE OF MICROBIAL BIOTURBATION AND ITS UNIQUE RECORDS IN CLASTIC SEDIMENTS
GONG, Jian, ZENG, Zhirui and TICE, Michael M., Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843
8:30 AM
TRAPPING AND BINDING OF GRAINS BY MICROBIAL MATS: EXPERIMENTS WITH LIVING MATS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE STROMATOLITE FOSSIL RECORD
FRANTZ, Carie M., Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105, PETRYSHYN, Victoria A., Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095 and CORSETTI, Frank A., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089
8:45 AM
DEVELOPING AN ACTUALISTIC STROMATOLITE FACIES MODEL: EXAMPLE FROM THE PALEOPROTEROZOIC
SHAPIRO, Russell S., Geological and Environmental Sciences, CSU Chico, Chico, CA 95929 and GREENE, Todd J., Geological and Environmental Sciences, California State University-Chico, 400 W. 1st Street, Chico, CA 95929-0205
9:00 AM
LATERAL CONTINUITY OF STROMATOLITE LAMINAE: IMPLICATIONS FOR ASSESSING THE DOMINANT SCALES OF CONTROL
IBARRA, Yadira, Department of Earth and Environmental System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 and CORSETTI, Frank A., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089
9:15 AM
HELIOMORPHIC GROWTH OF BIWABIK (1.85 GA) STROMATOLITES, MINNESOTA: CONSEQUENCES OF STRONG DEPENDENCE OF GROWTH RATE ON SOLAR IRRADIANCE
OJAKANGAS, Gregory, Department of Physics, Drury University, 900 N Benton Ave, Springfield, MO 65802
9:30 AM
MESOSCALE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE (XRF) MAPPING OF STROMATOLITES REVEALS GROWTH PROCESSES FOR AN NSUZE GROUP STROMATOLITE
QUEZERGUE, Kimbra, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, 3115 TAMUS, College Station, TX 77843, TICE, Michael M., Department of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, MS 3115, College Station, TX 77843 and POPE, Michael C., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843
9:45 AM
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS ON MICROBIALITE BUILD-UPS IN THE LOWER FILLMORE FORMATION, UTAH
MARENCO, Pedro J.1, PHILLIPS, Danyelle E.2 and MARENCO, Katherine N.1, (1)Department of Geology, Bryn Mawr College, 101 N. Merion Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010, (2)Geology, Bryn Mawr College, 101 N. Merion Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
10:00 AM
MICROBIALITES AND MICROBIAL MATS IN ANTARCTIC LAKES AS MODELS FOR PRECAMBRIAN ECOSYSTEMS
SUMNER, Dawn Y.1, HAWES, Ian2, JUNGBLUT, Anne3, ANDERSEN, Dale T.4, MACKEY, Tyler J.1, KRUSOR, Megan1 and WALL, Kate5, (1)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, (2)Gateway Antarctica, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, 8140, New Zealand, (3)Natural History Museum, London, London, SW7 5BD, England, (4)Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in the Universe, 189 Bernardo Ave, Suite 100, Mountain View, CA 94043, (5)Microbiology Graduate Group, UC Davis, Davis, CA 95616
10:15 AM
RECONSTRUCTION OF LIMNOLOGY AND MICROBIALITE FORMATION CONDITIONS FROM CARBONATE CLUMPED ISOTOPE PALEOTHERMOMETRY: A TEST CASE FROM PAVILION AND KELLY LAKES
PETRYSHYN, Victoria A., Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, LIM, Darlene S.S., Space Science and Astrobiology, NASA Ames Research Center, MS 245-3, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000, LAVAL, Bernard, Civil Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada, BRADY, Allyson L., School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilon, ON L8S4K1, SLATER, Gregory F., School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada and TRIPATI, Aradhna, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, 595 Charles Young Drive East, Box 951567, Los Angeles, CA CA 90095-156
10:30 AM
ARE SIDERITE VARVES DEEPWATER MICROBIALITES?
WITTKOP, Chad and TORGESON, Joshua M., Chemistry and Geology, Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN 56001
10:45 AM
QUANTIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION OF SPRINGS EMERGING THROUGH THE THROMBOLITES OF LAKE CLIFTON, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
WARDEN, John G.1, BREECKER, Daniel O.2 and BENNETT, Philip C.1, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712
11:00 AM
CLUES TO THE ORIGIN OF SUBAQUEOUS CAVE MICROBIALITES: THE LIVING POOL FINGERS OF THE HERBSTLABYRINTH/ADVENTHÖHLE CAVE SYSTEM, HESSE, GERMANY
MELIM, Leslie A., Geology Department, Western Illinois Univ, 1 University Circle, Macomb, IL 61455, NORTHUP, Diana E., Biology Department, University of New Mexico, MSC03-2020, Albuquerque, NM 87131, SPILDE, Michael N., Institute of Meteoritics, University of New Mexico, MSC03-2050, Albuquerque, NM 87131 and MISCHEL, Simon, Institute for Geoscience, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, J.-J.-Becherweg 21, Mainz, 55128, Germany
11:15 AM
TUBULAR FOSSILS IN THE PALAEOPROTEROZOIC LOWER VINDHYAN OF INDIA
BENGTSON, Stefan, Department of Palaeobiology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, Stockholm, SE-104 05, Sweden
11:30 AM
THE ROLE OF ARSENIC CYCLING IN CARBONATE PRECIPITATION IN MICROBIALITES THROUGH TIME
VISSCHER, Pieter1, FARIAS, Maria E.2, CONTRERAS, Manuel A.3, NOVOA-CORTEZ, Fernando3, RASUK, Cecillia2, PATTERSON, Molly M.4, PHILIPPOT, Pascal5, SFORNA, Marie C.6, GALLAGHER, Kimberley L.7 and DUPRAZ, Christophe8, (1)Dept. Marine Sciences, Univ of Connecticut, 1080 Shennecossett Road, Groton, CT 06340, (2)LIMLA PROIMI CONICET, Tucuman, Argentina, (3)Centro de Ecología Aplicada, Santiago, Chile, (4)Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, 354 Mansfield Rd U-2045, Storrs, CT 06269, (5)GAP, IPGP, Case 89, 4 place Jussieu, Paris, 75252, France, (6)IPGP, Case 89, 4 place Jussieu, Paris, 75252, France, (7)Earth System Science, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, (8)Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius väg 8, Stockholm, 06269, Sweden
11:45 AM
SILVER IN MICROBIAL MATS OF THE MIDDLE CAMBRIAN RAVENS THROAT RIVER DEPOSIT: AN ENVIRONMENTAL AND PRESERVATION FACTOR?
KIMMIG, Julien, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 114 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N5E2, Canada and PRATT, Brian R., Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 114 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada
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