GSA Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA - 2018

Session No. 150
Tuesday, 6 November 2018: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 243 (Indiana Convention Center)

T29. New Voices in Geobiology I

GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division

 

Victoria A. Petryshyn, Lydia S. Tackett, Rowan C. Martindale, Simon A.F. Darroch, Amanda Lynn Godbold and Anna M. Weiss, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM
HOW TO IDENTIFY BIOGENICITY OF SEDIMENARTY STRUCTURES ON TERRESTRIAL PLANETS – EXAMPLES FROM > 3.7 GA SANDSTONES ON MARS
NOFFKE, Nora, Ocean, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Old Dominion University, 4600, Elkhorn Avenue, Norfolk, VA 23529
8:20 AM
PALEOSOL FROM THE 3.7 GA ISUA GREENSTONE BELT, SOUTHWEST GREENLAND
RETALLACK, Gregory J., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403 and NOFFKE, Nora, Ocean, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Old Dominion University, 4600, Elkhorn Avenue, Norfolk, VA 23529
8:35 AM
EVIDENCE FOR RAPID RATES OF OXYGENIC PHOTOSYNTHESIS WITHIN NEOARCHEAN STROMATOLITES
WILMETH, Dylan T.1, CORSETTI, Frank A.1, BERELSON, William M.1, BEUKES, Nicolas J.2, AWRAMIK, Stanley M.3, PETRYSHYN, Victoria A.4, SPEAR, John R.5 and CELESTIAN, Aaron J.1, (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, (5)Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401-1887
8:50 AM
THE BIAS OF SILICIFICATION IN THE PRESERVATION OF PROTEROZOIC MICROBIAL MATS
KAH, L.C.1, MANNING-BERG, A.R.1, DUNHAM, J.I.1 and WILLIFORD, K.H.2, (1)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, (2)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA 91109
9:05 AM
COMPLEX MULTICELLULARITY AS AN EVOLUTIONARY RESPONSE TO VISCOUS SNOWBALL EARTH OCEANS
SIMPSON, Carl, Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Campus Box 265, Boulder, CO 80309
9:20 AM
TEMPORALLY AND SPATIALLY CONSTRAINING A DOUSHANTUO-STYLE MICROFOSSIL-BEARING PHOSPHORITE, KHUBSUGUL GROUP, MONGOLIA
ANTTILA, Eliel S.C., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138
9:35 AM
MICROBIALLY MEDIATED DISSOLUTION OF DETRITAL SANIDINE AND ITS REPRECIPITATION AS AUTHIGENIC ALBITE AND QUARTZ WITHIN EDIACARAN STROMATOLITES—UNIFYING MICROBIAL DISSOLUTION AND PRECIPITATION PROCESSES
STRANGE, Michael A., REN, Minghua and ROWLAND, Stephen M., Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154
 
9:50 AM
Break
10:05 AM
THREE DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION AND MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF NAMAPOIKIA, A PUTATIVE EDIACARAN SPONGE FOSSIL, USING SERIAL GRINDING AND IMAGING
MEHRA, Akshay and MALOOF, Adam, Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544
10:20 AM
SOFT-BODIED EDIACARAN MACROFOSSILS OR STRANGE SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES? DECIPHERING THREE-DIMENSIONAL CORRUGATED TUBES FROM THE GREAT BASIN, CALIFORNIA
NELSON, Lyle L. and SMITH, Emily F., Earth & Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles Street, Olin Hall, Baltimore, MD 21218
10:35 AM
NEW DATA ON CLOUDINIDS FROM THE TERMINAL EDIACARAN OF NEVADA: POSSIBLE SOFT-TISSUE PRESERVATION MAY PROVIDE CLUES ONTO PHYLOGENETIC POSITION (Invited Presentation)
SCHIFFBAUER, James D.1, SELLY, Tara1, JACQUET, Sarah M.2, STRANGE, Michael A.3, ANDREASEN, Brock D.4, CAI, Yaoping5, NELSON, Lyle L.6 and SMITH, Emily F.6, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211; X-ray Microanalysis Core, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211, (3)Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, MO 89154-4010, (4)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211; College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211, (5)Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Early Life and Environment, Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China, (6)Earth & Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles Street, Olin Hall, Baltimore, MD 21218
10:55 AM
DIVERSITY AND POPULATION DYNAMICS OF RESTING TRACES ACROSS THE PRECAMBRIAN-CAMBRIAN BOUNDARY: COMPLEX INTERACTIONS BETWEEN SURFICIAL BIOTURBATORS AND SESSILE ANIMALS
O'NEIL, Gretchen R. and TACKETT, Lydia S., Department of Geosciences, North Dakota State University, NDSU Dept. 2745, P.O. Box 6050, Fargo, ND 58108-6050
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11:10 AM
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11:25 AM
NEW EXCEPTIONALLY PRESERVED CRETACEOUS CRUSTACEAN ASSEMBLAGES FROM TROPICAL SOUTH AMERICA
LUQUE, Javier, Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, MEYER, Michael, Earth and Environmental Science, Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, 326 Market St., Harrisburg, PA 17101, CARDENAS, Andres L., Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad EAFIT, Carrera 49 N° 7 Sur-50, Medellin, Colombia and BRIGGS, Derek, Geology & Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8109
11:40 AM
CLUMPED-ISOTOPE TEMPERATURES FROM GAR SCALES, WITH AN APPLICATION TO A TERRESTRIAL K-PG SECTION
GRAY, Katelyn E., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, 210 Whitney Ave, New Haven, CT 06511 and BRANDON, Mark T., Geology & Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520
 
11:55 AM
Concluding Remarks
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