GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 331
Wednesday, 25 October 2017: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 607 (Washington State Convention Center)

T57. Mercury in the Geologic Record

GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division
Stephen E. Grasby, Advocates
1:30 PM
HG ISOTOPES AS TRACERS OF DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS IN MARINE SEDIMENTS FROM THE PRECAMBRIAN TO THE PHANEROZOIC
THIBODEAU, Alyson M.1, BERGQUIST, Bridget A.2, CORSETTI, Frank A.3, YAGER, Joyce A.3, WEST, A. Joshua3, BOTTJER, David J.3, BERELSON, William M.3, KAH, Linda C.4, HAZEN, Robert M.5 and ONO, Shuhei6, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA 17013, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3B1, Canada, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, (4)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, (5)Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5251 Broad Branch Road, NW, Washington DC, 20015, (6)Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, thibodea@dickinson.edu
1:45 PM
MERCURY STABLE ISOTOPES AS A NOVEL PROXY FOR PHOTIC ZONE EUXINIA
ZHENG, Wang1, GILLEAUDEAU, Geoffrey J.1, KAH, Linda C.2 and ANBAR, Ariel D.1, (1)School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, 550 E Tyler Mall, Tempe, AZ 85287, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, wzheng27@asu.edu
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2:00 PM
Withdrawn
2:15 PM
MERCURY ENRICHMENTS COINCIDENT WITH TRILOBITE EXTINCTION AT THE CAMBRIAN SERIES 2 – 3 BOUNDARY; AN IMPRINT OF THE KALKARINDJI LIP? (Invited Presentation)
FAGGETTER, Luke E.1, WIGNALL, Paul B.1, PRUSS, Sara B.2, JONES, David S.3 and GRASBY, Stephen E.4, (1)School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom, (2)Department of Geosciences, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, (3)Geology Department, Amherst College, 11 Barrett Hill Road, Amherst, MA 01002, (4)Geological Survey of Canada, 3303 33 St NW, Calgary, AB T2L 2A7, Canada, ee08lef@leeds.ac.uk
2:30 PM
MERCURY SPIKES SUGGEST VOLCANIC DRIVER OF THE ORDOVICIAN-SILURIAN MASS EXTINCTION
GONG, Qing1, ZHAO, Laishi2, WANG, Xiangdong2, CHEN, Zhong Qiang3, GRASBY, Stephen E.4 and LYU, Zhengyi1, (1)State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral resources, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Lumo Road 388, Hongshan District, Wuhan, 430074, China, (2)State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral resources, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan, 430074, China, (3)State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan, 430074, China, (4)Geological Survey of Canada, 3303 33 St NW, Calgary, AB T2L 2A7, Canada, gongqingcug@sina.com
2:45 PM
REEF ECOSYSTEM COLLAPSE AND BIOTIC EXTINCTION COINCIDE WITH VOLATILE VOLCANISMS AND ANOXIA OVER GUADALUPIAN-LOPINGIAN (PERMIAN) TRANSITION
HUANG, Yuangeng1, CHEN, Zhong Qiang1, WIGNALL, Paul B.2, GRASBY, Stephen E.3, ZHAO, Laishi4, WANG, Xiangdong4 and KAIHO, Kunio5, (1)State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan, 430074, China, (2)School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom, (3)Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, 3303 33rd Street NW, Calgary, AB T2L 2A7, Canada, (4)State Key Laboratory GPMR, China University of Geosciences, Lumo Road 388, Wuhan, 430074, China, (5)Geology, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8578, Japan, yg-huang@foxmail.com
3:00 PM
MERCURY ANOMALIES SHOW PRECISE COINCIDENCE OF SIBERIAN AND THE END-PERMIAN MASS EXTINCTION IN SOUTH CHINA
WANG, Xiangdong1, ZHAO, Laishi1, CHEN, ZhongQiang2, GRASBY, Stephen E.3 and CAWOOD, Peter A.4, (1)State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral resources, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan, 430074, China, (2)State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan, 430074, China, (3)Geological Survey of Canada, 3303 33 St NW, Calgary, AB T2L 2A7, Canada, (4)Earth Sciences, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, KY16 9AL, United Kingdom, wangdongxiang@163.com
 
3:15 PM
Break
3:30 PM
GLOBAL MERCURY SPIKE INDICATES ONE VOLATILE PULSE OF THE SIBERIAN TRAPS CORRESPONDING TO THE END-PERMIAN MASS EXTINCTION
ZHAO, Laishi1, WANG, Xiangdong1, CAWOOD, Peter A.2, CHEN, Zhong Qiang3, LV, Zhengyi1 and LIU, Shijie1, (1)State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral resources, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan, 430074, China, (2)Earth Sciences, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, KY16 9AL, United Kingdom; Department of Earth Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University, Australia, Melbourne, VIC 3000, (3)State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan, 430074, China, zlscug@163.com
3:45 PM
MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS AND ISOTOPES FROM THE TRIASSIC-JURASSIC BOUNDARY: A LITHOLOGIC AND DEPOSITIONAL DISCUSSION
YAGER, Joyce1, WEST, A. Joshua1, BERGQUIST, Bridget A.2, THIBODEAU, Alyson M.3, CORSETTI, Frank A.1, BERELSON, William M.1 and BOTTJER, David J.1, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3B1, Canada, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA 17013, joyceyag@usc.edu
4:00 PM
MERCURY AS A PROXY FOR LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE VOLCANISM: A COMPARISON OF MESOZOIC EVENTS
PERCIVAL, Lawrence M.E.1, JENKYNS, Hugh C.1, MATHER, Tamsin A.1, HESSELBO, Stephen P.2, RUHL, Micha1, WHITESIDE, Jessica H.3, DICKSON, Alex J.1, BARCLAY, Richard S.4 and JARVIS, Ian5, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3AN, United Kingdom, (2)Camborne School of Mines and Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Tremough Campus, Penryn, TR10 9EZ, United Kingdom, (3)Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom, (4)Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20530-7012, (5)School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, Kingston University, London, Penrhyn Road, Kingston-Upon-Thames, KT12EE, United Kingdom, lawrence.percival@unil.ch
4:15 PM
MERCURY CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY THROUGH THE CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE BOUNDARY IN THE HELL CREEK REGION OF MONTANA AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO DECCAN VOLCANISM
FENDLEY, Isabel1, SPRAIN, Courtney J.2, MARVIN-DIPASQUALE, Mark3, RENNE, Paul1, TOBIN, Thomas S.4 and WEAVER, Lucas N.5, (1)University of California Berkeley, 307 McCone Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, (2)University of California Berkeley, 2329 Browning Street, Berkeley, CA 94702, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, Mailstop 480, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (4)Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, 201 7th Avenue, Room 2003 Bevill Building, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0268, (5)Biology, University of Washington, 24 Kincaid Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, isabel.fendley@berkeley.edu
4:30 PM
MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS AND MERCURY STABLE ISOTOPE VARIATIONS AT THE PETM: VOLCANIC LOADING SIGNAL OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC IGNEOUS PROVINCE?
MEYER, Kyle W., PETERSEN, Sierra V., BLUM, Joel D., LOHMANN, Kyger C., WASHBURN, Spencer J., GLEASON, James D. and GEHRKE, Gretchen, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 C.C. Little Building, 1100 N. University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, meyerkw@umich.edu
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