GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 60
Sunday, 22 October 2017: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 602/603 (Washington State Convention Center)

T249. New Voices in Geobiology II

GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division; GSA Karst Division
Victoria A. Petryshyn, Marc Laflamme, Lydia S. Tackett, Rowan C. Martindale, Simon A.F. Darroch, Carie M. Frantz, John R. Spear and Blake W. Stamps, Advocates
1:30 PM
RECONSTRUCTION THE WEATHERING INTENSITY DURING THE EARLY EVOLUTION OF VASCULAR LAND PLANTS
HUANG, Tianzheng1, SUN, Yuanlin1, ZHAO, Zhouqiao1, LI, Chao2, ZHAO, Hong2, NIE, Ting1, XUE, Jinzhuang1 and SHEN, Bing1, (1)School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China, (2)Chinese-Academy of Geological Sciences, Key Laboratory of Rhenium-Osmium Isotopic Geochemistry, Beijing, 100037, China, tzhuang@pku.edu.cn
1:45 PM
FOSSIL ATMOSPHERES: AN ELEVATED CO2 EXPERIMENT UTILIZING OPEN-TOP CHAMBERS TO EVALUATE THE GINKGO PALEO-CO2 BAROMETER
BARCLAY, Richard S.1, SOUL, Laura C.2, BOLTON, Amy3, WILSON, Jonathan P.4, MEGONIGAL, J. Patrick5 and WING, S.L.1, (1)Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20530-7012, (2)Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20530-7012, (3)Office of Education and Outreach, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, (4)Department of Biology, Haverford College, 370 Lancaster Ave., Haverford, PA 19041, (5)Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, P.O. Box 28, Edgewater, MD 21037, barclayrs@si.edu
2:00 PM
IDENTIFICATION OF EXTREME RAINFALL EVENTS USING HIGH-RESOLUTION CARBON ISOTOPE MEASUREMENTS ACROSS TREE-RINGS
TELUS, Rose G., University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 11831 S. Little John cir., Houston, TX 77071 and SCHUBERT, Brian A., School of Geosciences, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 611 McKinley St 44530, Hamilton Hall #323, Lafayette, LA 70504, guensly@gmail.com
2:15 PM
EFFECT OF MOLYBDENUM AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ON ABUNDANCE AND TAXONOMIC AFFILIATION OF GENES THAT TRANSPORT OR USE MO
SRIVASTAVA, Shreya1, DONG, Hailiang1 and BRIGGS, Brandon R.2, (1)Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, 118 Shideler Hall, 250 S. Patterson Ave., Oxford, OH 45056, (2)Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska, Anchorage, 3211 Providence Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508, srivass3@miamioh.edu
2:30 PM
CONTROLS ON IRON- AND MANGANESE-MINERAL SOLUBILITY IN FERRUGINOUS LAKES
WITTKOP, Chad1, SWANNER, Elizabeth2, LAMBRECHT, Nicholas2, KATSEV, Sergei3, GRENGS, Ashley1 and WIDMAN, Duncan1, (1)Department of Chemistry and Geology, Minnesota State University, Ford Hall 241, Mankato, MN 56001, (2)Department of Geological & Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University, 2237 Osborn Drive, 253 Science I, Ames, IA 50011-1027, (3)University of Minnesota - Duluth, Large Lakes Observatory (LLO), 2205 E. 5th St., Research Laboratory Building 230, Duluth, MN 55812, chad.wittkop@mnsu.edu
2:45 PM
ESTABLISHING STRATIGRAPHIC PRINCIPLES OF MICROBIAL GENOME EVOLUTIONARNY HISTORY
FOURNIER, Gregory P., Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, g4nier@mit.edu
3:00 PM
MEASURING N2 PRESSURE USING CYANOBACTERIA
SILVERMAN, Shaelyn N., Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, KOPF, Sebastian, Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, SOM, Sanjoy, Blue Marble Space Institute of Science, Seattle, WA 98154, BEBOUT, Brad M., Exobiology Branch, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035 and GORDON, Richard, Gulf Specimen Aquarium & Marine Laboratory, USA & Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, silverman.shaelyn@gmail.com
3:15 PM
SPIES AND BLOGGERS: NEW SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY TOOLS TO UNDERSTAND MICROBIAL PROCESSES IN THE EARTH SYSTEM
MASIELLO, Caroline A.1, SILBERG, Jonathan J.2, CHENG, Hsiao-Ying3, DEL VALLE, Ilenne4, FULK, Emily4, GAO, Xiaodong1 and BENNETT, George5, (1)Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Rice University, 6100 Main St. MS 126, Houston, TX 77005, (2)BioSciences, Rice University, 6100 Main St, MS 140, Houston, TX 77005, (3)Bioengineering, MS 142, Rice University, 6100 Main St, Houston, TX 77005, (4)Systems, Synthetic, and Physical Biology Program, Rice University, 6100 Main St, MS 180, Houston, TX 77005, (5)BioSciences, Rice University, 6100 Main St, Keck Hall 201, Houston, TX 77005, masiello@rice.edu
 
3:30 PM
Break
3:45 PM
NITROGEN FIXATION IN DEEP-SEA SEDIMENTS (Invited Presentation)
DEKAS, Anne E., Earth System Science, Stanford University, 473 Via Ortega, Y2E2, Room 140, Stanford, CA 94305-4216, dekas@stanford.edu
4:05 PM
MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES IN OIL AND GAS PRODUCED WATER OF THE POWDER RIVER AND GREEN RIVER BASINS IN WYOMING
WAWROUSEK, Karen1, DROGOS, Donna2, URYNOWICZ, Michael2, NYE, Charles3 and QUILLINAN, Scott3, (1)Chemical Engineering, University of Wyoming, 1000 E. University Ave, Dept. 3295, Laramie, WY 82071, (2)Civil Engineering, University of Wyoming, 1000 E. University Ave, Dept. 3295, Laramie, WY 82071, (3)Carbon Management Institute, University of Wyoming, Dept. 4902, 1000 E. University Ave., Laramie, WY 82071, kwawrous@uwyo.edu
4:20 PM
SIMULATED HYDROGEN CONCENTRATIONS IN LOW-TEMPERATURE TYPE I AND TYPE II SERPENTINIZED FLUIDS PREDICTED FROM MEASURED SOURCE WATERS AT THE OMANI OPHIOLITE
SOM, Sanjoy, Blue Marble Space Institute of Science, Seattle, WA 98154, REMPFERT, Kaitlin, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, HOEHLER, Tori M., Exobiology Branch, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035 and TEMPLETON, Alexis S., Geological Sciences, University of Colorado - Boulder, UCB 399, Boulder, CO 80309, sanjoy@bmsis.org
4:35 PM
LONG-RANGE TIME DOMAIN CORRELATION: AN EMERGING BIOGEOCHEMICAL SYSTEM MEASUREMENT ELUCIDATES CHANGES IN DOMINANT GEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
ENRIGHT, Allison, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University - Newark, 101 Warren St, Room 135, Newark, NJ 07102, PARSONS, Chris, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada and GLAMOCLIJA, Mihaela, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, 101 Warren Street, Newark, NJ 07102, ae344@scarletmail.rutgers.edu
4:50 PM
EFFECTS OF METAZOAN GRAZING ON MODERN HYPERSALINE LAKE MICROBIALITE MORPHOLOGY USING BULK SAMPLING AND PHOTOGRAMMETRY, STORR’S LAKE, SAN SALVADOR ISLAND, THE BAHAMAS
JOHNSON, Claire M, Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, 3651 Trousdale Pkwy, Los Angeles, CA 90089 and BOTTJER, David J., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, clairejo@usc.edu
5:05 PM
EFFECTS OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS ON THE PRECIPITATION AND STABILIZATION OF VATERITE
WOOD, R. Seth, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1621 Cumberland Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37996, PRACHEIL, Brenda M., Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6036, CHAKOUMAKOS, Bryan C., Quantum Condensed Matter Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6475 and KAH, Linda C., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1621 Cumberland Avenue, 602 Strong Hall, Knoxville, TN 37996, rwood19@vols.utk.edu
 
5:20 PM
Concluding Remarks
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