2015 GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA (1-4 November 2015)

LABRADO, Amanda, Geoscience, The Pennsylvania State University, 208 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, TSAO, Leah, Geoscience, The Pennsylvania State University, Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, HAMILTON, Trinity, Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, 731F Rieveschl Hal, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0037 and MACALADY, Jennifer L., Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, allabrado719@gmail.com

SHARMA, Shikha and WILSON, Travis, Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, 330 Brooks Hall, 98 Beechurst Avenue, Morgantown, WV 26506, shikha.sharma@mail.wvu.edu

AKONDI, Rawlings¹, SHARMA, Shikha¹, PFIFFNER, Susan M.², MOUSER, Paula J.³, TREXLER, Ryan³ and WARRIER, Ajaya¹, (1)Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, 330 Brooks Hall, 98 Beechurst Avenue, Morgantown, WV 26506, (2)Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37932, (3)Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering, Ohio State University, 2070 Neil Ave, 470 Hitchcock Hall, Columbus, OH 43210, raakondinkerh@mix.wvu.edu

GHOSH, Suman, Collage of Humanities and Sciences, Southern California Campus, University of Phoenix, 3150 Bristol Street, Suite #100, Costa Mesa, CA 92646, THOMAS, W. Kelley, Dept. of Molecular, Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, University of New Hampshire, 448 Gregg Hall, 35 Colovos Road, Durham, NH 03824, HENDRIX, Eric, Earth Consultants International, Inc., 1642 East 4th Street, Santa Ana, CA 92701 and ROE, Joe, Leighton Consulting, Inc., 17781 Cowan, Irvine, CA 92614, Kelley.Thomas@unh.edu

ZINKE, Laura A., Marine Environmental Biology, University of Southern California, 3616 Trousdale Pkwy, AHF 107, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0371, BUONGIORNO, Joy, Microbiology, University of Tennessee, M409 Walters Life Sciences, Knoxville, TN 37996, CHOU, Luoth, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor St, SES/MC 186, Chicago, IL 60607, VAN MALDEGEM, Lennart, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Bremen, 28359, Germany, PETRYSHYN, Victoria, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, SHAPIRO, Russell S., California State University, Chico, Chico, CA 95929, STAMPS, Blake W., Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, STEVENSON, Bradley S., Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73072, SPEAR, John R., Division of Environmental Science and Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401-1887 and CORSETTI, Frank A., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, zinke@usc.edu

REMPFERT, Kaitlin¹, SANTIAGO RAMOS, Danielle², SANTILLI NASCIMENTO, Gabriela³, ZHANG, Feifei⁴, LOYD, Sean J.⁵, BERTRAN, Emma⁶, STAMPS, Blake W.⁷, STEVENSON, Bradley⁷, SPEAR, John R.⁸ and CORSETTI, Frank A.⁹, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, (2)Geosciences Department, Princeton University, Guyot Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Zurich, 8092, Switzerland, (4)School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Room 686, PSF, 550 E Tyler Mall, Tempe, AZ 85287, (5)Department of Geological Sciences, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92831, (6)Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, (7)Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, (8)Division of Environmental Science and Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401-1887, (9)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, fcorsett@usc.edu

DAILLE, Leslie¹, TRIVEDI, Christopher², BRADLEY, James³, BOJANOWSKI, Caitlin⁴, JOHNSON, Hope A.⁵, STAMPS, Blake W.⁶, STEVENSON, Bradley S.⁷, BERELSON, William M.⁸, CORSETTI, Frank A.⁸ and SPEAR, John R.⁹, (1)Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, 8331150, Chile, (2)Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, (3)School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1SS, United Kingdom, (4)Department of Biology, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH 45469, (5)Department of Biological Science (MH-282), California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92834-6850, (6)Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, (7)Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73072, (8)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, (9)Division of Environmental Science and Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401-1887, jspear@mines.edu

SMAGLIK, Suzanne M., Central Wyoming College, 2660 Peck Ave, Riverton, WY 82501 and VIETTI, Laura A., Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Dept. 3006, 1000 University Ave E., Laramie, WY 82071, ssmaglik@cwc.edu

SANTILLAN, Eugenio F.U.¹, CHOI, Wanjoo², BENNETT, Philip C.³ and LEYRIS, Juliette², (1)Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Smithsonian Institution, Edgewater, MD 21037, (2)Statoil, Houston, TX 77042, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, santillanj@si.edu

PIAZZA, Olivia¹, CORSETTI, Frank A.¹, SPEAR, John R.², STAMPS, Blake W.³, STEVENSON, Bradley³ and BERELSON, William M.¹, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, (2)Division of Environmental Science and Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401-1887, (3)Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, opiazza@usc.edu

DICKSON, Loretta D., Department of Geology and Physics, Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania, East Campus Science Center, Room 123, 301 W. Church Street, Lock Haven, PA 17745 and CALABRESE, Joseph, Department of Biological Sciences, Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania, 301 W. Church Street, Lock Haven, PA 17745, ldickson@lhup.edu

SCHMIDT, Jenna M. and STEEN, Andrew D., Earth & Planetary Sciences Department, University of Tennessee, 1412 Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996, jschmi22@vols.utk.edu

TREXLER, Ryan¹, PFIFFNER, Susan M.², AKONDI, Rawlings³, SHARMA, Shikha³ and MOUSER, Paula J.¹, (1)Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering, Ohio State University, 2070 Neil Ave, 470 Hitchcock Hall, Columbus, OH 43210, (2)Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37932, (3)Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, 330 Brooks Hall, 98 Beechurst Avenue, Morgantown, WV 26506, trexler.13@osu.edu

ZHANG, Li, Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, 133 Culler Hall, 620 E. Spring St., oxford, OH 45056, zhanglm@miamioh.edu

SMART, Saundra M.¹, MCDANIEL, Caleb¹, MCDANIEL, Kyle¹, BRAKE, Sandra¹ and HASIOTIS, Stephen T.², (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Systems, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN 47809, (2)Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lindley Hall, rm 120, Lawrence, KS 66045, ssmart1@sycamores.indstate.edu