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

Session No. 300
Wednesday, 22 October 2014: 9:00 AM-6:30 PM
Exhibition Hall C (Vancouver Convention Centre-West)

T135. New Developments in Microbialites (Posters)

GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Limnogeology Division; Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM); Paleontological Society
Authors will be present from 2:00 to 4:00 PM, and 5:00 to 6:30 PM.

 

Paper #
Booth #
73
BIOGENICITY OF MIXED SILICA-CARBONATE ACCRETIONARY STRUCTURES FROM A HOT SPRING (LITTLE HOT CREEK, CA)
PIAZZA, Olivia1, DEMOTT, Laura M.2, BERTRAN, Emma3, BONIS, Ben4, FRANTZ, Carie M.5, CORSETTI, Frank A.1, LOYD, Sean J.6, STEVENSON, Bradley S.7, STAMPS, Blake W.8 and SPEAR, John R.9, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, (2)Department of Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 61820, (3)Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, (4)University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55455, (5)Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105, (6)Department of Geological Sciences, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92831, (7)Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73072, (8)Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, (9)Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401-1887
74
A COMPREHENSIVE BIOSEDIMENTOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF MICROTERRACETTES THAT FORMED IN THE PRESENCE OF CALOTHRIX-DOMINATED MATS IN QUEEN’S LAUNDRY, YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, USA
KENDALL, Shana L., Geology, Portland State University, 1721 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201 and CADY, Sherry, WR Wiley Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest Regional Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352
75
EVIDENCE FOR PUNCTUATED GROWTH OF MICROBIAL CONES WITHIN EARLY CAMBRIAN ONCOIDS, BAYAN GOL FORMATION, GOBI-ALTAI, MONGOLIA
WILMETH, Dylan T.1, CORSETTI, Frank A.1, BISENIC, Nemanja1, DORNBOS, Stephen Q.2, OJI, Tatsuo3 and SERSMAA, Gonchigdorj4, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, (2)Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3209 N. Maryland Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53201, (3)Nagoya University Museum, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan, (4)Mongolian University of Science and Technology, Ulaanbaatar, 46/520, Mongolia
76
LATERAL GROWTH OF LATE PLEISTOCENE STROMATOLITES FROM WALKER LAKE (NEVADA) AND PROXY CONSTRAINTS ON ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
AGIĆ, Heda, Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Villavägen 16, Uppsala, 752 36, Sweden, WARD, Lewis M., Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, MC 100-23, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, JUAREZ RIVERA, Marisol, Geology, University of California-Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, KERRIGAN, Zak, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, 215 South Ferry Road, Narragansett, RI RI 02882-119, PETRYSHYN, Victoria A., Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, CORSETTI, Frank A., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 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
77
NEW LACUSTRINE MICROBIALITE LOCALITY SURROUNDING UNIQUE SEDIMENTARY SPRING FEATURES, MIOCENE HORSE SPRING FORMATION, SOUTHERN NEVADA
BERNARDI, Francesca1, HICKSON, Thomas A.2, LAMB, Melissa A.1 and STEVENS, Eric3, (1)Geology Department, University 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, University of St. Thomas, 2115 Summit Ave, St. Paul, MN 55105
78
COMPOSITION, MICROTEXTURE AND MORPHOGENESIS OF MICROBIALITES IN A MODERN COLD SPRING AT CRYSTAL GEYSER, UTAH
ZALOUMIS, Jonathan and FARMER, Jack D., School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, PO Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404
79
USING CARBON ISOTOPES TO ASSESS BIOGENICITY OF MIXED-COMPOSITION ACCRETIONARY STRUCTURES FROM A THERMAL SPRING (LITTLE HOT CREEK, CALIFORNIA, USA)
DEMOTT, Laura M.1, PIAZZA, Olivia2, BERTRAN, Emma3, BONIS, Ben4, FRANTZ, Carie M.5, LOYD, Sean J.6, CORSETTI, Frank A.2 and SPEAR, John R.7, (1)Department of Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 61820, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, (3)Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, (4)University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55455, (5)Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105, (6)Department of Geological Sciences, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92831, (7)Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401-1887
80
MODERN AND ANCIENT MICROBIALITE DEPOSITS FROM A SHALLOW ALKALINE LAKE: LOWER PAHRANAGAT LAKE, CENTRAL NEVADA
STEVENS, Eric1, MCNAMARA, Sarah1, TERRES, April2, HICKSON, Thomas A.3 and THEISSEN, Kevin M.3, (1)Geology, University of St. Thomas, 2115 Summit Ave, St. Paul, MN 55105, (2)Environmental Science, University of St. Thomas, 2115 Summit Ave, St. Paul, MN 55105, (3)Geology, University of St. Thomas, Mail# OWS 153, 2115 Summit Ave, Saint Paul, MN 55105
300-9
81
Withdrawn
82
BIZARRE PATTERNS FOUND IN UPPER CAMBRIAN STROMATOLITES
COULSON, Ken P., Dept of Earth and Biological Sciences, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92350 and BRAND, Leonard R., Department of Earth and Biological Sciences, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92350
83
STRATIGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION AND DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS OF MICROBIAL FACIES IN AN ISOLATED CARBONIFEROUS CARBONATE BUILDUP CONSTRAINED BY BIOSTRATIGRAPHY, KASHAGAN FIELD, NORTH CASPIAN BASIN, OFFSHORE KAZAKHSTAN
COLLINS, Joel F., ExxonMobil Development Company, 10203 Chevy Chase Drive, Houston, TX 77042 and BRENCKLE, Paul L., Paleozoic Biostratigraphic Consultant, 1 Whistler Point Road, Westport, MA 02790
84
EARLY JURASSIC PARALIC TO SHALLOW MARINE MICROBIAL ENVIRONMENTS OF NEVADA: A UNIQUE RECORD OF THE TOARCIAN OCEANIC ANOXIC EVENT
GRÖCKE, Darren R.1, CARUTHERS, Andrew H.1, KATALINIC, Victor1, TRABUCHO-ALEXANDRE, João2, GILL, Benjamin C.3, THEM II, Theodore R.4 and SMITH, Paul L.5, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom, (2)Institute of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 2, Utrecht, 3584 CS, Netherlands, (3)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (4)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (5)Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, 2207 Main Mall, 4017 Earth Science Building, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, United Kingdom
85
A EUKARYOTIC STROMATOLITE ENGINEER: FROM CHEMICAL SEDIMENTS TO BOUND BIOSTRUCTURES
LATKA, Jeffrey A.1, MAGNIN, Benjamin P.2, DAVIS, Paul F.1, SHAWVER, Gavin L.1, BRAKE, Sandra S.1 and HASIOTIS, Stephen T.3, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Systems, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN 47809, (2)DePauw University, 602 South College Avenue, Greencastle, IN 46135, (3)Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613
See more of: Technical Sessions