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

Session No. 76
Sunday, 19 October 2014: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
215/216 (Vancouver Convention Centre-West)

T133. Critical Earth-Life Transitions: The Terrestrial Perspective

Paleontological Society

 

Nathan D. Sheldon, Noah Planavsky and Christopher T. Reinhard, Advocates
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Start Time
1:00 PM
CLIMATE, CO2 AND THE HISTORY OF C3 AND C4 GRASSES FROM THE LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM TO PRESENT ACROSS NORTH AMERICA
COTTON, Jennifer M., Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 115 South 1460 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, CERLING, Thure E., Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, HOPPE, Kathryn A., Geology Dept, Green River College, 12401 SE 320th St, Auburn, WA 98092, MOSIER, Thomas M., School of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Oregon State University, 204 Rogers Hall, Corvallis, OR 97330 and STILL, Christopher J., Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, 321 Richardson Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331
1:15 PM
THE POTENTIAL BIOLOGICAL IMPACT OF EOLIAN DELIVERY OF REACTIVE IRON TO LATE PALEOZOIC ICEHOUSE SEAS
SOREGHAN, Gerilyn S., School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 100 E. Boyd Street, Norman, OK 73019, SUR, Sohini, School of Geology and Geophysics, Univ. of Oklahoma, 100 E. Boyd Street, Norman, OK 73019, OWENS, Jeremy D., Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Science, Florida State University, 1017 Academic Way, Tallahassee, FL 32306, RAISWELL, Rob, Leeds University, School of Earth and Environment, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom, HEAVENS, Nicholas G., Department of Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Hampton University, Hampton, VA 23668, MAHOWALD, Natalie M., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 and LYONS, Timothy W., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521
1:30 PM
REDOX CONTROLS ON TERRESTRIAL CARBON BURIAL IN LATE MESOPROTEROZOIC RIFT BASIN LAKES
GALLAGHER, Timothy M., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 C.C. Little Building, 1100 North University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 and SHELDON, Nathan D., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 CC Little Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
1:45 PM
WAS THE MODERN PHOSPHORUS BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE ESTABLISHED BY THE PALEOPROTEROZOIC?
SHELDON, Nathan D., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 CC Little Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
2:00 PM
ASSESSING AEOLIAN INPUTS TO A LATE PALEOZOIC SHALLOW MARINE SECTION
ACIEGO, Sarah M., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 1100 N. University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005, WILTSE, Megan R., Glaciochemistry and Isotope Geochemistry Lab, University of Michigan, 1100 N. University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005, SOREGHAN, Gerilyn S., School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 100 E. Boyd Street, Norman, OK 73019, BAILEY, Amy, School of Geology and Geophysics, Univ. of Oklahoma, 100 E. Boyd Street, Norman, OK 73019, HEAVENS, Nicholas G., Department of Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Hampton University, Hampton, VA 23668, SIMPSON, Carl, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013 and HINNOV, Linda A., Dept. Earth & Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218
2:20 PM
RESOLVING VEGETATION-CO2-CLIMATE FEEDBACKS DURING THE LAST ICEHOUSE — AN ELT COLLABORATIVE APPROACH
MONTANEZ, Isabel, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, DIMICHELE, William, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, HREN, Michael T., Department of Geosciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, MCELWAIN, Jennifer, School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Bellfield, Dublin, 4, Ireland, POULSEN, Christopher J., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, WHITE, Joseph D., Department of Biology, Baylor University, 1301 S. University Parks Dr., Waco, TX 76798 and WILSON, Jonathan P., Department of Biology, Haverford College, 370 Lancaster Ave., Haverford, PA 19041
2:40 PM
MOVING FORWARD WITH MARINE ISOTOPIC RECORDS GOING BACK IN TIME - WHAT INSIGHTS INTO CENOZOIC CONTINENTAL WEATHERING?
WEST, A. Joshua, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, TORRES, Mark A., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, 3651 Trousdale Parkway - ZHS 117, Los Angeles, CA 90089 and LI, Gaojun, MOE Key Laboratory of Surficial Geochemistry, Department of Earth Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
2:55 PM
THE PAST 4.5 MILLION YEARS OF SMALL MAMMAL EVOLUTION IN THE GREAT PLAINS: USING MULTIPLE PROXIES TO TEST THE RELATIVE ROLES OF BIOTIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
FOX-DOBBS, Kena1, SNELL, Kathryn E.2, FOX, David L.3, HAVELES, Andrew W.3, MARTIN, Robert A.4, POLISSAR, Pratigya J.5, UNO, Kevin T.6 and FEINBERG, Joshua M.7, (1)Department of Geology, University of Puget Sound, 1500 N. Warner St, Tacoma, WA 98416-1048, (2)Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, MC 100-23, Pasadena, CA 91125, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, (4)Department of Biology, Murray State University, Murray, KY 42071, (5)Biology and Paleo Environment, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY 10964-8000, (6)Biology and Paleoenvironment, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, 61 Route 9W, PO Box 1000, Palisades, NY 10964-8000, (7)John T Tate Hall Rm. 150, John T Tate Hall Rm. 150, 116 Church St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455
 
3:15 PM
Break
3:30 PM
FUNGAL EVOLUTION IS NOT RELEVANT TO THE CARBONIFEROUS PEAK IN COAL DEPOSITION
BOYCE, C. Kevin, School of Earth, Energy, and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Bldg. 320, Stanford, CA 94305 and PETERS, Shanan E., Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1215 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706
3:45 PM
TERRESTRIAL BENTHIC MATS AS SITES OF O2 ACCUMULATION ON ARCHEAN EARTH
SUMNER, Dawn Y., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616
4:00 PM
A MODERN ANALOGUE FOR PRECAMBRIAN MICROBIAL JUNGLES
CROWE, Sean A., Microbiology & Immunology, and Earth Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, 2457-2350 Health Sciences Mall, Life Sciences Center, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada, FINKE, Niko, Microbiology & Immunology, and Earth Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, 2457-2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, V6T 1Z3, KONHAUSER, Kurt O., Earth and Atmospheric Science, University of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada and FOWLE, David A., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Multidisciplinary Research Building, 2030 Becker Dr, Lawrence, KS 66047
4:15 PM
CONFIRMATION OF MINIMAL POST-DEPOSITIONAL DISTURBANCE OF RHENIUM AND OSMIUM IN THE 2.50 GA MT. MCRAE SHALE AND OSMIUM ISOTOPE EVIDENCE FOR LATE ARCHEAN OXIDATIVE WEATHERING
KENDALL, Brian, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada, CREASER, Robert A., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2R3, Canada, REINHARD, Christopher T., Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91125 and ANBAR, Ariel D., School of Earth and Space Exploration and Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404
4:30 PM
COLLABORATION IN SUPPORT OF EARTH-LIFE TRANSITION RESEARCH, THE ROLE OF THE STEPPE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
BENHALLAM, Wassim, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 837 e 700 s, apt A6, Salt Lake City, UT 84102, BOWMAN, Lindsey, Department of Geology & Geography, West Virginia University, 330 Brooks Hall, National Energy Technology Laboratory-Regional University Alliance, Morgantown, WV 26506, LECKEY, Erin H., Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309 and NOLD, Kathryn D., Geological Sciences, Anthropology, Indiana University, 1001 E. 10th St, Bloomington, IN 47405
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