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

Session No. 158
Monday, 20 October 2014: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
114/115 (Vancouver Convention Centre-West)

T131. Critical Earth-Life Transitions: The Marine Perspective

Paleontological Society

 

Christopher T. Reinhard, Noah Planavsky, Timothy W. Lyons and Gordon D. Love, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
1:00 PM
DEATH METAL IN THE EARLY PALEOZOIC
VANDENBROUCKE, Thijs R.A., UMR 8217 du CNRS: Géosystèmes, Lille1 University, Villeneuve d'Ascq, 59655, France, EMSBO, Poul, USGS, Central Mineral and Environmental Resources Science Center, P.O. Box 25046, MS 973, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225 and MUNNECKE, Axel, GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Fachgruppe Paläoumwelt, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Loewenichstrasse 28, Erlangen, D-91054, Germany
1:15 PM
SIZE MATTERED IN THE ARCHEAN
AWRAMIK, Stanley M., Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 and CHAPMAN, David, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106
1:30 PM
ACCELERATING NEOPROTEROZOIC RESEARCH THROUGH SCIENTIFIC DRILLING
CONDON, Daniel, NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG, United Kingdom
1:45 PM
PROTRACTED DEVELOPMENT OF BIOTURBATION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR GLOBAL SULFUR CYCLING IN EARLY PALEOZOIC MARINE SHELFAL ENVIRONMENTS
TARHAN, Lidya G., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, 210 Whitney Ave, New Haven, CT 06511 and DROSER, Mary L., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521
2:00 PM
CALCIUM ISOTOPES IN EVAPORITES CONSTRAIN RELATIVE SULFATE, CALCIUM, AND DIC LEVELS IN PHANEROZOIC AND PROTEROZOIC SEAWATER
BLÄTTLER, Clara L., Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Guyot Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, KAH, Linda C., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1412 Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996, KUMP, Lee R., Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 and HIGGINS, John A., Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544
2:15 PM
GRAPTOLITE COMMUNITY RESPONSES TO LATE ORDOVICIAN CLIMATE CHANGE, THRESHOLD EFFECTS AND THE HIRNANTIAN MASS EXTINCTION
SHEETS, H. David, Dept of Physics, Canisius College, Buffalo, NY 14208, MITCHELL, Charles E., Geology, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY 14260, MELCHIN, Michael, Department of Earth Sciences, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS B2G 2V5, Canada, LOXTON, Jason, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H4J1, Canada and ŠTORCH, Petr, Institute of Geology AS CR, Rozvojova 269, Praha 6, 165 00, Czech Republic
2:30 PM
EARLY OXIDATION EVENTS IN THE NEOARCHEAN AS DETERMINED BY WHOLE ROCK GEOCHEMISTRY, LA-ICPMS AND S ISOTOPES
GREGORY, Daniel David1, LARGE, Ross R.1, HALPIN, Jacqueline A.2, HICKMAN, Arthur3, IRELAND, Trevor4 and HOLDEN, Peter5, (1)Codes, University of Tasmania, CODES ARC Centre of Excellence in Ore Deposits, Private Bag 79, University of Tasmania, Hobart, 7001, Australia, (2)Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 129, Hobart, 7001, Australia, (3)Department of Mines and Petroleum, 100 Plain St, East Perth 6004, East Perth, 6004, Australia, (4)Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Building 61 Mills Rd, Canberra, 0200, Australia, (5)Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Mills Road, Acton ACT, 0200, Australia
2:45 PM
THE NATURE AND DURATION OF THE STURTIAN GLACIAL EPOCH
MACDONALD, Francis A., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, CONDON, Daniel, NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG, United Kingdom and SCHMITZ, Mark D., Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725-1535
3:00 PM
BIOSIGNATURES IN METABASALTIC GLASS: HAS THE SUBSEAFLOOR BEEN A HABITAT FOR MICROBIAL LIFE ACROSS EARTH HISTORY?
MCLOUGHLIN, Nicola and GROSCH, Eugene G., Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen, Allegaten 41, Bergen, N-5007, Norway
3:15 PM
TRANSITIONS IN PALEOARCHEAN GEODYNAMIC AND EARLY LIFE ENVIRONMENTS, BARBERTON GREENSTONE BELT, SOUTH AFRICA
GROSCH, E. and MCLOUGHLIN, Nicola, Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen, Allegaten 41, Bergen, N-5007, Norway
3:30 PM
THE RISE OF FISHES AFTER THE FALL OF THE ORDOVICIAN WORLD
SALLAN, Lauren, Earth and Environmental Science & Evolution Cluster, University of Pennsylvania, 154B Hayden Hall, 240 S. 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 and CARLTON, Tyler, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
3:45 PM
MASSIVE VOLCANISM, EVAPORITE DEPOSITION AND THE CHEMICAL EVOLUTION OF THE CRETACEOUS OCEAN
HURTGEN, Matthew T., MILLS, Jennifer, GOMES, Maya, KRISTALL, Brian, SAGEMAN, Bradley B. and JACOBSON, Andrew D., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Rd, Evanston, IL 60208
4:00 PM
HIGH RESOLUTION PALEOECOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY ACROSS THE TRIASSIC/JURASSIC MASS EXTINCTION INTERVAL AND THE IMPORTANCE OF BIOSILICEOUS “GLASS RAMPS”
RITTERBUSH, Kathleen A.1, CORSETTI, Frank A.2, BERELSON, William M.2, WEST, A. Joshua2, ROSAS, Silvia3, BOTTJER, David2 and YAGER, Joyce Ann4, (1)Department of the Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, (3)Departamento de Ingenieria, Pontifica Universidad Catolica del Peru, Av. Universitaria 1801, San Miguel, Lima, 32, Peru, (4)Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 70089
4:15 PM
CA ISOTOPE CONSTRAINTS ON THE ORIGIN OF EARTH'S DEEPEST δ13C EXCURSION
HUSSON, Jon, Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Guyot Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, HIGGINS, John A., Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, MALOOF, Adam C., Geosciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544 and SCHOENE, Blair, Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, 208 Guyot Hall, Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08544-1003
4:30 PM
PELAGIC PHOTOFERROTROPHS DEPOSIT BIF WITHOUT BIOMASS
THOMPSON, Katharine J., Microbiology & Immunology, University of British Columbia, 2455-2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada, LLIROS, Marc, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, MICHIELS, Celine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, KENWARD, Paul, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada and CROWE, Sean, Microbiology & Immunology; Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
4:45 PM
MODELING DYNAMICS OF THE RISE OF OXYGEN DURING THE PALEOPROTEROZOIC: DEEP-WATER OXYGENATION AND SULFATE ACCUMULATION IN THE POST-SNOWBALL OCEAN
HARADA, Mariko, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, 277-8561, Japan, OZAKI, Kazumi, University of Tokyo, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, 5-1-5, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8561, Japan, TAJIKA, Eiichi, Department of Complexity Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, 5-1-5, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8561, Japan and SEKINE, Yasuhito, Complexity Science and Engineering, Univ. of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo,Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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