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

Session No. 255
Tuesday, 3 November 2015: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 319/320 (Baltimore Convention Center)

T192. Lawrence A. Hardie Commemorative Session II

GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division
Tim K. Lowenstein, Robert V. Demicco and Linda Hinnov, Session Chairs
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
2:05 PM
FORAM FARMING: CALIBRATING BENTHIC FORAM MG/CA FOR SECULAR VARIATION IN SEAWATER MG/CA THROUGH CULTURE EXPERIMENTS
HASIUK, Franciszek, Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State Unversity, 253 Science I, Ames, IA 50011 and JENNINGS, Deserae, Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University, 253 Science I, Ames, IA 50011, franek@iastate.edu
2:20 PM
ARE THE MESSINIAN SPAGHETTI-LIKE STRUCTURES FOSSIL COLORLESS SULFUR-OXIDIZING BACTERIA? IMPLICATIONS FOR GYPSUM DEPOSITION
DELA PIERRE, Francesco1, NATALICCHIO, Marcello2, FERRANDO, Simona1, GIUSTETTO, Roberto2, BIRGEL, Daniel3, CARNEVALE, Giorgio2, GIER, Susanne4, LOZAR, Francesca2 and PECKMANN, Jörn5, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Torino, Via Valperga Caluso 35, Torino, 10125, Italy, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Torino, Via Valperga Caluso, 35, Torino, 10125, Italy, (3)Department of Geodynamics and Sedimentology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, Vienna, 1090, Austria, (4)Department of Geodynamics and Sedimentology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, Vienna, 10090, Austria, (5)Department of Geodynamics and Sedimentology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, Vienna, 1090, Austria; Institute of Geology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, 20146, Germany, francesco.delapierre@unito.it
2:35 PM
POSSIBLE (OR NOT) MICROBIAL STRUCTURES IN THE < 3.7GA GILLESPIE LAKE MEMBER, MARS
NOFFKE, Nora, Ocean, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Old Dominion University, 4600, Elkhorn Avenue, Norfolk, VA 23529, nnoffke@odu.edu
 
2:50 PM
Break
3:05 PM
ONE SEA LEVEL RISE - TWO CYCLES: IMPLICATIONS FOR ANALYSIS OF ANCIENT STACKED CARBONATE TIDAL FLAT CYCLES
DEMICCO, Robert V., Department of Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902, demicco@binghamton.edu
3:20 PM
THE PRECAMBRIAN WUMISHAN CYCLOTHEMS OF CHINA: A 60+ MILLION YEAR LONG PERITIDAL CARBONATE RECORD OF MULTIPLE-SCALE SEA LEVEL OSCILLATIONS, STROMATOLITE EVOLUTION AND AN ARAGONITE-CALCITE SEA TRANSITION
HINNOV, Linda A., Dept. Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences, George Mason University, 4400 University Avenue, Fairfax, VA 22030, MEI, Mingxiang, State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, 100083, China, WU, Huaichun, School of Ocean Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China and ZHANG, Shihong, School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, China, lhinnov@gmu.edu
3:35 PM
PERITIDAL M-SCALE CYCLES OF THE DACHSTEIN LIMESTONE IN THE JULIAN ALPS (NE ITALY): NEW INSIGHTS ON THE LOFER CYCLOTHEM CONTROVERSY
COZZI, Andrea, Eni S.p.A., Via Emilia 1, San Donato Milanese, 20097, Italy and HARDIE, Lawrence A., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, andrea.cozzi@eni.com
3:50 PM
DEPOSITIONAL CONTROLS ON FACIES DISTRIBUTION AND CYCLICITY OF THE UPPER CRETACEOUS COLLADES DE BASTURS RUDIST PLATFORM, SOUTH-CENTRAL PYRENEES, SPAIN
DRZEWIECKI, Peter and MARKLEY, Laura, Department of Environmental Earth Science, Eastern Connecticut State University, 83 Windham Street, Willimantic, CT 06226, drzewieckip@easternct.edu
4:05 PM
C, CA, AND MG ISOTOPE STUDY OF CO-EXISTING LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE OF THE CRYOGENIAN TO EARLY EDIACARAN TSAGAAN-OLOM GROUP, ZAVKHAN TERRANE, MONGOLIA
BOLD, Uyanga, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, MACDONALD, Francis A., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 2, Cambridge, MA 02138, HIGGINS, John A., Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544 and SCHRAG, Daniel P., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA 02138, ubold@fas.harvard.edu
4:20 PM
TOWARDS A COMPREHENSIVE GLOBAL MID-PROTEROZOIC CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK: CONTRIBUTIONS FROM NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA 
BELLEFROID, Eric J.1, PLANAVSKY, Noah J.2, HALVERSON, Galen P.3, SPOKAS, Kasparas4 and ASEAL, Dan2, (1)Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, 210 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511, (2)Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, (3)Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill University, 3450 University St, Montreal, QC H3A0E8, Canada, (4)Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill University, 3450 University St, Montreal, QC H3A0E8, Canada; Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, eric.bellefroid@yale.edu
4:35 PM
EARLY PERMIAN CHERT RECORDED HYDROTHERMAL EVENT ON A CARBONATE PLATFORM IN NORTH CHINA
YAO, Xu, Department of Geology, School of Geosciences, China University of Petroleum (East China), No. 66 Changjiang West Rd. Building C709, Economic Development Zone, Qingdao, 266580, China and ZHOU, Yaoqi, Department of Geology, School of Geosciences, China University of petroleum, No.66 West Changjiang Road, Economic and Technological Development Zone, Qingdao, 266580, China, yaoxu.cup@gmail.com
4:50 PM
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