GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 255
Tuesday, 27 September 2016: 9:00 AM-6:30 PM
Exhibit Hall E/F (Colorado Convention Center)

T129. Mineralogical Evidence for the Co-Evolution of the Geosphere and Biosphere (Posters): 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
Authors will be present from 4:30 to 6:30 PM.
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DUST TO DUST: FORMATION OF HEMATITE “DUST” BY REPLACEMENT OF FERROUS SILICATE “DUST” IN LATE ARCHEAN BANDED IRON FORMATIONS
RASMUSSEN, Birger1, MUHLING, Janet1, SUVOROVA, Alexandra2 and KRAPEZ, Bryan1, (1)Department of Applied Geology, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia, (2)Centre for Microscopy, Analysis and Characterisation, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Nedlands, 6009, Australia, b.rasmussen@curtin.edu.au
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SHOWING CO-RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ELEMENTS AND MINERALS IN A THREE-DIMENSIONAL MATRIX
MA, Xiaogang1, HUMMER, Daniel2, HAZEN, Robert M.3, GOLDEN, Joshua J.4, FOX, Peter1 and MEYER, Michael3, (1)Department of Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 Eighth Street, Troy, NY 12180, (2)Department of Geology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901, (3)Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, DC 20015, (4)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, max7@rpi.edu
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THE CO-EVOLUTION OF THE GEO- AND BIOSPHERES: AN INTEGRATED PROGRAM FOR DATA-DRIVEN, ABDUCTIVE DISCOVERY IN THE EARTH SCIENCES
MEYER, Michael1, DOWNS, Robert T.2, FALKOWSKI, Paul G.3, FOX, Peter4, HAZEN, Robert M.5, KNOLL, Andrew H.6, SVERJENSKY, Dimitri A.7, GOLDEN, Joshua J.2, HAO, Jihua7, HYSTAD, Grethe8, HUMMER, Daniel1, JELEN, Benjamin3, KOLANKOWSKI, Sophia4, LIU, Chao1, MA, Xiaogang9, MOORE, Elisha K.3, MORRISON, Shaunna M.2, MUSCENTE, A. Drew10, PIRES, Alexander J.11, ZEDNIK, Stephan4 and ZHONG, Hao4, (1)Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Science, 5251 Broad Branch Rd. NW, Washington, DC, DC 20015, (2)Geosciences, University of Arizona, 209 Gould-Simpson Building, Arizona, AZ 85721-0077, (3)Earth and Planetary Sciences and Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University, 71 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, (4)Earth and Environmental Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 Eighth Street, Troy, NY 12180, (5)Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5251 Broad Branch Road, NW, Washington DC, 20015, (6)Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, (7)Earth & Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, (8)Department of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Statistics, Purdue University Northwest, Hammond, IN 46323, (9)Department of Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 Eighth Street, Troy, NY 12180, (10)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, (11)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, mmeyer@carnegiescience.edu
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BUILDING THE MINERAL EVOLUTION DATABASE: IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE BIG DATA ANALYSIS
GOLDEN, Joshua J.1, PIRES, Alexander J.1, HAZEN, Robert M.2, DOWNS, Robert T.1, RALPH, Jolyon3 and MEYER, Michael2, (1)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (2)Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, DC 20015, (3)mindat.org, Surrey, CR4 4FD, United Kingdom, jgolden@email.arizona.edu
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MINERAL ECOLOGY: SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS AND SOCIOGRAMS OF MINERAL CONNECTIONS, DISTRIBUTIONS, AND SEGMENTATION
MORRISON, Shaunna M.1, DOWNS, Robert T.1, GOLDEN, Joshua J.1, PIRES, Alexander J.2, FOX, Peter3, MA, Xiaogang4, ZEDNIK, Stephan3, ELEISH, Ahmed3, KOLANKOWSKI, Sophia3, LIU, Chao5, HUMMER, Daniel5, MEYER, Michael5, RALPH, Jolyon6, HYSTAD, Grethe7 and HAZEN, Robert M.8, (1)Geosciences, University of Arizona, 209 Gould-Simpson Building, Arizona, AZ 85721-0077, (2)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (3)Earth and Environmental Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 Eighth Street, Troy, NY 12180, (4)Department of Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 Eighth Street, Troy, NY 12180, (5)Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Science, 5251 Broad Branch Rd. NW, Washington, DC, DC 20015, (6)mindat.org, Surrey, CR4 4FD, United Kingdom, (7)Department of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Statistics, Purdue University Northwest, Hammond, IN 46323, (8)Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, DC 20015, shaunnamm@email.arizona.edu
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USING TEM TO HELP UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ARAGONITIC CRYSTAL GROWTH AND ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
TESTA, Maurice P., Mississippi State University, 108 Hilbun Hall, Mississippi State, MS 39762 and KIRKLAND, Brenda L., Department of Geosciences, Mississippi State University, P.O. Box 5448, Mississippi State, MS 39762, mpt94@msstate.edu
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