GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 249
Tuesday, 24 October 2017: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Skagit 5 (The Conference Center)

T256. The Co-Evolution of Life and Its Environment during the Precambrian: The Rise of Oxygenic Photosynthesis and the Great Oxidation Event

GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division
Joshua Krissansen-Totton, Stephanie Olson and David C Catling, Advocates
249-1
1:30 PM
Withdrawn
1:45 PM
GAS PRODUCTION WITHIN ARCHEAN STROMATOLITES: EVIDENCE FOR ANCIENT MICROBIAL METABOLISMS
WILMETH, Dylan T.1, CORSETTI, Frank A.1, BERELSON, William M.1, BEUKES, Nicolas J.2, AWRAMIK, Stanley M.3 and PETRYSHYN, Victoria A.4, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, (2)Department of Geology, University of Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Auckland Park, Johannesburg, 2006, South Africa, (3)Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, (4)Environmental Studies Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, dwilmeth@usc.edu
2:00 PM
QUANTIFYING ARCHEAN OXYGENATION - INSIGHTS FROM SULFIDE OXIDATION EXPERIMENTS AT LOW PO2
JOHNSON, Aleisha C.1, REINHARD, Christopher T.2, ROMANIELLO, Stephen J.1, GREANEY, Allison T.3, GARCIA-ROBLEDO, Emilio4, REVSBECH, Niels Peter4, CANFIELD, Donald E.5, LYONS, Timothy W.6 and ANBAR, Ariel D.7, (1)School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, (2)School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0340, (3)Department of Earth Science, University of California - Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, (4)Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, DK-8000, Denmark, (5)Nordic Center for Earth Evolution, Univeristy of Southern Denmark, Odense, 5230, Denmark, (6)Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, (7)School of Earth & Space Exploration and School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, acjohn29@asu.edu
2:15 PM
PHOTOFERROTROPHY, CONTINENTAL GROWTH, AND THE HAZY NEOARCHEAN ATMOSPHERE (Invited Presentation)
CROWE, Sean A., Microbiology & Immunology, and Earth Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, 2457-2350 Health Sciences Mall, Life Sciences Center, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada and THOMPSON, Katharine J., Microbiology & Immunology, University of British Columbia, 2455-2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada, sean.crowe@ubc.ca
2:30 PM
PHYSICAL FEEDBACKS ON STRATUS CLOUD AMOUNT RESOLVE THE FAINT YOUNG SUN PARADOX
GOLDBLATT, Colin1, MCDONALD, Victoria1 and MCCUSKER, Kelly2, (1)School of Earth and Ocean Sceinces, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada, (2)Atmospheric Sceinces, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, czg@uvic.ca
2:45 PM
THE OLDEST AGE LIMIT OF THE LOMAGUNDI-JATULI EVENT: ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE PALEOPROTEROZOIC MAGONDI SUPERGROUP IN ZIMBABWE
SAWADA, Hikaru1, ISOZAKI, Yukio2, SAWAKI, Yusuke3, FUJISAKI, Wataru4, SAKATA, Shuhei5, MARUYAMA, Shigenori6, UEDA, Hisahiro7, SAITO, Takuya6 and SATO, Tomohiko6, (1)Department of General System Studies, the University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo, 153-8902, Japan, (2)Department of General System Studies, University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo, 153-8902, Japan, (3)Department of Earth Science and Astronomy, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo, Tokyo, 153-8902, Japan, (4)Yokohama Institute for Earth Sciences, JAMSTEC, 3173-25, Showa-machi, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, 236-0001, Japan, (5)Department of Chemistry, Gakushuin University, Tokyo, 171-0031, Japan, (6)Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro, Tokyo, 152-8551, Japan, (7)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1, O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8551, Japan, hsawada@ea.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp
3:00 PM
PRIMITIVE MAFIC CONTINENTS IMPEDED OXYGENATION DURING THE ARCHEAN
SMIT, Matthijs A., Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, 2020-2207 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada and MEZGER, Klaus, Institut für Geologie, Universität Bern, Baltzerstrasse 1-3, Bern, 3012, Switzerland, msmit@eoas.ubc.ca
 
3:15 PM
Break
3:30 PM
GENOMIC APPROACHES TO EXPLORING THE GOE
SUMMONS, Roger E.1, GOLD, David A.2, CARON, Abigail M.1, MOMPER, Lily1 and FOURNIER, Gregory P.3, (1)Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, E25-633, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, (2)Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, (3)Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, rsummons@mit.edu
3:45 PM
CALIBRATING THE MOLECULAR RECORD OF CYANOBACTERIAL EVOLUTION (Invited Presentation)
BOSAK, Tanja1, MOORE, Kelsey R1, FOURNIER, Gregory P.2, MOMPER, Lily3 and MAGNABOSCO, Cara4, (1)Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, (2)Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, (3)Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, E25-633, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, (4)Flatiron Institute Center for Computational Biology, Simons Foundation, New York, NY 10010, tbosak@MIT.EDU
4:00 PM
STABLE ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY OF A LATE ARCHEAN MICROBIAL ECOSYSTEM: DIVERSITY IN THE PRE-GOE OCEANS
OSTERHOUT, Jeffrey T., Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California-Los Angeles, 595 Charles E Young Dr E, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567 and CZAJA, Andrew D., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology-Physics Bldg, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, osterhout@ucla.edu
4:15 PM
TRACING OF THE COUPLED SI AND FE CYCLE IN THE ARCHEAN OCEAN
ZHENG, Xin-Yuan1, SATKOSKI, Aaron M.2, BEARD, Brian L.1, REDDY, Thiruchelvi R.2, BEUKES, Nicolas J.3 and JOHNSON, Clark M.2, (1)Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison; NASA Astrobiology Institute, 1215 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, (2)Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, NASA Astrobiology Institute, 1215 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, (3)Department of Geology, University of Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Auckland Park, Johannesburg, 2006, South Africa, xzheng75@wisc.edu
4:30 PM
DESIGNING AN INTEGRATED THEORY OF EARTH SYSTEM OXYGENATION (Invited Presentation)
ANBAR, Ariel D., School of Earth & Space Exploration and School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, anbar@asu.edu
4:45 PM
REDOX LANDSCAPE OF THE PALEOPROTEROZOIC OCEANS: IMPLICATIONS FOR EARLY EUKARYOTIC EVOLUTION
KIPP, Michael1, STÜEKEN, Eva E.2, BEKKER, Andrey3 and BUICK, Roger1, (1)Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, (2)School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, KY16 9AL, United Kingdom, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521, kipp@uw.edu
5:00 PM
CONSTRAINING THE MOLYBDENUM ISOTOPE BUDGET OF 2.63 – 2.50 GA OCEANS
OSTRANDER, Chadlin M.1, KENDALL, Brian2, ROMANIELLO, Stephen J.3, GORDON, Gwyneth W.4, OLSON, Stephanie5, LYONS, Timothy W.6, NIELSEN, Sune G.7, ZHENG, Wang4 and ANBAR, Ariel D.8, (1)School of Earth and Space Exploration,, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, (2)Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave W, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada, (3)School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, (4)School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, (5)Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, (6)Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, (7)Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, (8)School of Earth & Space Exploration and School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, cmostran@asu.edu
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