GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 191
Tuesday, 27 September 2016: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 207 (Colorado Convention Center)

T129. Mineralogical Evidence for the Co-Evolution of the Geosphere and Biosphere: In Honor of Robert M. Hazen, 2016 Roebling Medalist

Mineralogical Society of America; Deep Carbon Observatory; GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; Geochemical Society
Edward S. Grew, Nancy L. Ross and Daniel Hummer, Advocates
8:00 AM
DETERMINATION OF VALENCE STATES FOR THE MINERALS
DOWNS, Robert1, HILLEMEYER, Nicholas G.2, LINDSAY, Jackson K.2 and THOMPSON, Richard3, (1)1040 E 4th St, Geosciences, Tucson, AZ 85721-0077; Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1040 East 4th Street, Tucson, AZ 85721, (2)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1040 East 4th Street, Tucson, AZ 85721, (3)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1040 E 4th St, Tucson, AZ 85721, rdowns@u.arizona.edu
8:15 AM
EMPIRICALLY TESTING VATERITE STRUCTURAL MODELS USING NEUTRON DIFFRACTION AND THERMAL ANALYSIS
CHAKOUMAKOS, Bryan C.1, PRACHEIL, Brenda M.2, KOENIGS, Ryan P.3, BRUCH, Ronald M.3 and FEYGENSON, Mikhail4, (1)Quantum Condensed Matter Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6475, (2)Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6036, (3)Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Division of Fish, Wildlife & Parks, Oshkosh, WI 54091, (4)Institute of Complex Systems (ICS-1), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, 52425, Germany, chakoumakobc@ornl.gov
8:30 AM
UNUSUAL CARBONATE CRYSTAL FABRICS AS INDICATORS OF OCEAN CHEMICAL EVOLUTION (Invited Presentation)
KAH, Linda C., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1412 Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996, lckah@utk.edu
8:50 AM
MINERALS WITH METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORK STRUCTURES (Invited Presentation)
KRIVOVICHEV, Sergey V.1, HUSKIĆ, Igor2, PEKOV, Igor V.3 and FRIŠČIĆ, Tomislav2, (1)Institute of Earth Sciences, Saint-Petersburg State University, University Emb. 7/9, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russian Federation, (2)Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke St. W., Montreal, QC H3A 0B8, Canada, (3)Faculty of Geology, Moscow State University, Vorobievy Gory, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation, s.krivovichev@spbu.ru
9:10 AM
QUANTIFYING AND VISUALIZING EARTH’S MINERAL CHEMISTRY THROUGH GEOLOGIC TIME
HUMMER, Daniel R.1, HAZEN, Robert M.2, MA, Xiaogang3, GOLDEN, Joshua J.4, DOWNS, Robert T.4, LIU, Chao2, MORRISON, Shaunna M.4 and MEYER, Michael2, (1)Department of Geology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901, (2)Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, DC 20015, (3)Department of Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 Eighth Street, Troy, NY 12180, (4)Geosciences, University of Arizona, 209 Gould-Simpson Building, Arizona, AZ 85721-0077, dhummer@ciw.edu
9:25 AM
MINERAL DIVERSITY THROUGH TECTONIC CYCLES: THE ROLE OF ALKALINE INTRUSIONS
HOFFMAN, Derek R.1, GOLDEN, Joshua J.2, DUCEA, Mihai N.1 and DOWNS, Robert T.3, (1)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1040 E 4th St, Tucson, AZ 85721, (2)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (3)Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5251 Broad Branch Road, NW, Washington DC, 20015, mantis@email.arizona.edu
9:40 AM
SOCIAL NETWORK OF COPPER MINERALS: A MINERAL ECOLOGY STUDY
MORRISON, Shaunna M.1, DOWNS, Robert T.1, GOLDEN, Joshua J.1, PIRES, Alexander J.1, FOX, Peter2, MA, Xiaogang3, ZEDNIK, Stephan2, ELEISH, Ahmed2, KOLANKOWSKI, Sophia2, HUMMER, Daniel R.4, LIU, Chao4, MEYER, Michael4, RALPH, Jolyon5, HYSTAD, Grethe6 and HAZEN, Robert M.7, (1)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (2)Earth and Environmental Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 Eighth Street, Troy, NY 12180, (3)Department of Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 Eighth Street, Troy, NY 12180, (4)Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Science, 5251 Broad Branch Rd. NW, Washington, DC, DC 20015, (5)mindat.org, Surrey, CR4 4FD, United Kingdom, (6)Department of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Statistics, Purdue University Northwest, Hammond, IN 46323, (7)Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, DC 20015, shaunnamm@email.arizona.edu
 
9:55 AM
Break
10:10 AM
THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF CONTROLLED EUKARYOTIC BIOMINERALIZATION IN THE NEOPROTEROZOIC FOSSIL RECORD
COHEN, Phoebe, Geosciences, Williams College, 203 Clark Hall, Williamstown, MA 01267, STRAUSS, Justin V., Department of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, HB6105 Fairchild Hall, Hanover, NH 03755, ROONEY, Alan D., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, SHARMA, Mukul, Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, 6105 Fairchild Hall, Hanover, NH 03755 and TOSCA, Nicholas, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3AN, United Kingdom, Phoebe.A.Cohen@williams.edu
10:25 AM
THE CO-EVOLUTION OF MINERALS AND LIFE (Invited Presentation)
FALKOWSKI, Paul G., Earth and Planetary Sciences and Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University, 71 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, falko@marine.rutgers.edu
10:45 AM
CHROMIUM AND VANADIUM MINERAL ECOLOGY
LIU, Chao1, HAZEN, Robert M.1, HYSTAD, Grethe2, GOLDEN, Joshua J.3, HUMMER, Daniel R.1, DOWNS, Robert T.3, MORRISON, Shaunna M.3 and RALPH, Jolyon4, (1)Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5251 Broad Branch Road, NW, Washington DC, 20015, (2)Department of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Statistics, Purdue University Northwest, Hammond, IN 46323, (3)Geosciences, University of Arizona, 209 Gould-Simpson Building, Arizona, AZ 85721-0077, (4)mindat.org, Surrey, CR4 4FD, United Kingdom, cliu@carnegiescience.edu
11:00 AM
COUNTING BORON MINERALS IN EARTH'S CRUST: CAN CONTRADICTORY EVIDENCE BE RECONCILED?
GREW, Edward S.1, HYSTAD, Grethe2, HAZEN, Robert M.3, KRIVOVICHEV, Sergey V.4 and GORELOVA, Liudmila A.4, (1)School of Earth and Climate Sciences, University of Maine, 5790 Bryand Global Research Center, Orono, ME 04469, (2)Department of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Statistics, Purdue University Northwest, Hammond, IN 46323, (3)Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5251 Broad Branch Road, NW, Washington DC, 20015, (4)Crystallography, St.Petersburg State University, University Emb. 7/9, St.Petersburg, 199034, Russia, esgrew@maine.edu
11:15 AM
PREDICTION OF EARTH'S MISSING MINERALS AND THE RELATIVE ABUNDANCES FOR THE MINERAL SPECIES ON EARTH; A STATISTICAL MEASURE TO CHARACTERIZE EARTH-LIKE PLANETS
HYSTAD, Grethe1, HAZEN, Robert M.2, DOWNS, Robert T.3 and GOLDEN, Joshua J.3, (1)Department of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Statistics, Purdue University Northwest, Hammond, IN 46323, (2)Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5251 Broad Branch Road, NW, Washington, DC 20015, (3)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, Grethe.Hystad@purduecal.edu
 
11:30 AM
Key Opportunities for Data-Driven Discovery in the Geosciences: An Open Discussion with Roebling Medalist Robert Hazen
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