GSA Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA - 2018

Session No. 87
Monday, 5 November 2018: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 143-144 (Indiana Convention Center)

T126. Earth and Life Co-Evolution in the Early to Middle Neoproterozoic (1000 to ca. 635 Ma)

GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division; AASP - The Palynological Society; Paleontological Society; Paleontological Research Institution; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division

 

Qing Tang, Heda Agic and Leigh Anne Riedman, Advocates
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Start Time
8:00 AM
A NEW MODEL FOR TWO-SIDED RODINIA SUPERCONTINENT ASSEMBLY AS YOUNG AS 900-850 MA
EVANS, David A.D.1, WEN, Bin1, BRADLEY, Dwight C.2 and EGLINGTON, B.M.3, (1)Geology & Geophysics, Yale University, 210 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, (2)USGS, 11 Coldbrook Rd, Randolph, NH 03593, (3)Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 114 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada
8:15 AM
PHOTOSYNTHETIC GREEN ALGAE FROM THE EARLY TONIAN NANFEN FORMATION IN NORTH CHINA
TANG, Qing1, PANG, Ke2, XIAO, Shuhai3 and YUAN, Xunlai2, (1)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (2)State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China, (3)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061
8:30 AM
SIZE DISTRIBUTION CONSTRAINS AFFINITY OF CHUARIA FROM EARLY NEOPROTEROZOIC SUCCESSIONS IN NORTH CHINA
QIN, Shujian, DONG, Lin and SHEN, Bing, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
8:45 AM
IT’S A PROTIST-EAT-PROTIST WORLD: RECALCITRANCE, PREDATION, AND EVOLUTION IN THE TONIAN–CRYOGENIAN OCEAN (Invited Presentation)
COHEN, Phoebe, Department of Geosciences, Williams College, 203 Clark Hall, Williamstown, MA 01267 and RIEDMAN, Leigh Anne, Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1006 Webb Hall, Department of Earth Science, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA 93106
9:05 AM
GLOBALLY WIDESPREAD APATITIC SCALE MICROFOSSILS OF THE MID-TONIAN
RIEDMAN, Leigh Anne, Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, Webb Hall, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, PORTER, Susannah M., Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1006 Webb Hall, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 and CZAJA, Andrew D., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013
9:20 AM
TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON AND THE PRESERVATION OF PRECAMBRIAN ORGANIC-WALLED MICROFOSSILS IN SHALES
WOLTZ, Christina R.1, PORTER, Susannah M.1, DEHLER, Carol M.2, JUNIUM, Christopher K.3, HODGSKISS, Malcolm S.W.4, WÖRNDLE, Sarah5 and HALVERSON, Galen P.5, (1)Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1006 Webb Hall, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, (2)Department of Geology, Utah State University, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244, (4)Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Standford University, 450 Serra Mall, Standford, CA 94305, (5)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill University, 3450 University St, Montreal, QC H3A 0E8, Canada
 
9:35 AM
Break
9:50 AM
TONIAN AND CRYOGENIAN BASIN FORMATION IN DEATH VALLEY, CALIFORNIA AND THE PALEOENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT OF THE PAHRUMP GROUP (Invited Presentation)
SMITH, Emily F.1, NELSON, Lyle L.1, HODGIN, Eben Blake2, CROWLEY, James L.3 and MACDONALD, Francis A.4, (1)Earth & Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles Street, Olin Hall, Baltimore, MD 21218, (2)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, (3)Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725-1535, (4)Department of Earth Science, University of California, 1006 Webb Hall, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9630
10:10 AM
GERMANIUM/SILICA RATIO AND RARE EARTH ELEMENT COMPOSITION OF SILICA-FILLING IN SHEET CRACKS OF THE DOUSHANTUO CAP CARBONATES, SOUTH CHINA: CONSTRAINING HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY IN THE MARINOAN SNOWBALL EARTH GLACIATION
CUI, Yixin1, LANG, Xianguo2, LI, Fangbing1, HUANG, Kang-Jun3, MA, Haoran1, PEI, Haoxiang4, ZHOU, Chuanming2 and SHEN, Bing1, (1)School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China, (2)CAS Key Laboratory of Economic Stratigraphy and Palaeogeography,Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China, (3)Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China, (4)Institute of Mineral Resource, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing, 100037, China
10:25 AM
CRYOGENIAN ASPIDELLA FROM NORTHWESTERN CANADA
BURZYNSKI, Greg, Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen's University, 36 Union Street, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada, NARBONNE, Guy M., Queens University, Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, 36 Union Street, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada, DECECCHI, Thomas Alexander, Department of Biology, University of Pittsburgh Johnstown, 450 Schoolhouse Road, Johnstown, PA 15904; Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen's University, 36 Union Street, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada and DALRYMPLE, Robert W., Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
10:40 AM
LIFE THROUGH THE 'VARANGER ICE AGES': MICROFOSSIL RECORD OF LATE NEOPROTEROZOIC GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL UNITS FROM ARCTIC NORWAY
AGIĆ, Heda1, HÖGSTRÖM, Anette E.S.2, JENSEN, Sören3, EBBESTAD, Jan Ove4, MEINHOLD, Guido5, TAYLOR, Wendy L.6, PALACIOS, Teodoro3 and HØYBERGET, Magne7, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, (2)Tromsø University Museum, UiT, the Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, N-9036, Norway, (3)Área de Paleontología, Universidad de Extremadura, Avenida de Elvas s/n, Badajoz, 06006, Spain, (4)Museum of Evolution, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 16, Uppsala, SE 752 36, Sweden, (5)School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, Keele University, Staffordshire, Keele, ST5 5BG, United Kingdom, (6)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Cape Town, 13 University Ave, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa, (7)Rennesveien 14, Mandal, N-4513, Norway
10:55 AM
THE TEMPORAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT OF EARLY ANIMAL EVOLUTION: CONSIDERING ALL THE INGREDIENTS OF AN ‘EXPLOSION’ (Invited Presentation)
SPERLING, Erik A. and STOCKEY, Richard G., Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
11:15 AM
THE ORIGIN OF ANIMALS AS MICROBIAL HOST VOLUMES IN NUTRIENT-LIMITED NEOPROTEROZOIC SEAS
ADAM, Zachary R., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Room 51, Cambridge, MA 02138; Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721
 
11:30 AM
Discussion
 
11:45 AM
Concluding Remarks
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