GSA Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA - 2018

Session No. 216
Tuesday, 6 November 2018: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 242 (Indiana Convention Center)

T157. Evolving Perspectives of the Precambrian World: Using Combined Theoretical and Applied Approaches to Tackle Problems at the Intersection of Geology, Geobiology, and Geochemistry

Paleontological Society; GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division

 

Latisha Ashley Brengman and Geoffrey J. Gilleaudeau, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
THE ROLE OF ROTATION RATE IN EARTH'S CLIMATE UNDER A FAINT EARLY SUN
SPALDING, Christopher, Department of Astronomy, Yale University, 52 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511 and FISCHER, Woodward W., Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125
1:50 PM
GEOCHEMISTRY OF MULTIPLE CARBONATE UNITS FROM THE ~3.7 GA ISUA GREENSTONE BELT, SW GREENLAND
FEDO, Christopher M., Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1621 Cumberland Avenue, 602 Strong Hall, Knoxville, TN 37996-1526 and BRENGMAN, Latisha Ashley, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota, Duluth, 229 Heller Hall, 1114 Kirby Drive, Duluth, MN 55812
2:05 PM
MAGNETIZATION, REMAGNETIZATION, AND COMPLICATION IN SINGHBHUM CRATON, INDIA
PIVARUNAS, Anthony F.1, KATUSIN, Karastin D.1, MEERT, Joseph G.1, CRAVER, Aubrey1, MILLER, Scott R.1, RODERUS, Kelli1, PANDIT, M.K.2 and SINHA, Anup K.3, (1)Geological Sciences, University of Florida, 241 Williamson Hall, Gainesville, NY 32601, (2)Department of Geology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, 302004, India, (3)Indian Institute Of Geomagnetism, Dr. K.S. Krishnan Geomagnetic Research Laboratory, Chamanganj Bazaar, Jhunsi, PO-Hanumanganj, Via-Hetapur, Allahabad, 221505, India
2:20 PM
AEOLIAN SILICICLASTIC DEPOSITIONAL HYPOTHESIS FOR PRECAMBRIAN EARTH AND NOACHIAN MARS
LAGESON, David, Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, 226 Traphagen Hall, P.O. Box 173480, Bozeman, MT 59717 and BOWEN, David, Earth Sciences, Montana State University, 226 Traphagen Hall, P.O. Box 173480, Bozeman, MT 59717
2:35 PM
EXPERIMENTAL INSIGHTS INTO THE FORMATION OF IRON SILICATES IN BANDED IRON FORMATIONS (Invited Presentation)
JOHNSON, Jena E.1, HINZ, Isaac L.1, ELLISON, Eric T.2 and TEMPLETON, Alexis S.2, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 1100 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48109, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado - Boulder, 2200 Colorado Ave, Boulder, CO 80309
2:55 PM
GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF THE BOLIVIAN PRECAMBRIAN SHIELD, SW AMAZONIAN CRATON: U-PB ISOTOPIC CONSTRAINTS
MATOS, Ramiro, Universidad Mayor de San Andres, Instituto de Investigacones Geologicas y del medio Ambiente (IGEMA), Calle 27, Campus Universitario Cota Cota, La Paz, 00000, Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
3:10 PM
PALEOPROTEROZOIC CONDITIONS INITIATING DEPOSITION OF IRON FORMATION
EYSTER, Athena, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, RAMEZANI, Jahandar, EAPS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, GROVE, Timothy, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139 and BERGMANN, Kristin, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139
 
3:25 PM
Break
3:40 PM
REVISITING PRECAMBRIAN CARBONATE MUD PRODUCTION: EVIDENCE THAT ABRASION PLAYED A KEY ROLE (Invited Presentation)
TROWER, Elizabeth J.1, CANTINE, Marjorie2, BERGMANN, Kristin2, LAMB, Michael P.3 and FISCHER, Woodward W.4, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, 2200 Colorado Ave, Boulder, CO 80309, (2)Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, (3)Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, (4)Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125
4:00 PM
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE ORGANIC CHEMISTRY WITHIN THE 1.0 GA SILICIFIED MICROBIAL MATS OF THE ANGMAAT FORMATION, BYLOT SUPERGROUP NORTHERN BAFFIN ISLAND
MANNING-BERG, Ashley R., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996; Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, TUITE Jr., M.L., Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, WILLIFORD, K.H., Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA 91109 and KAH, Linda C., Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1621 Cumberland Av., Knoxville, TN 37996
4:15 PM
CRYSTALLIZATION OF OPAL TO LENGTH-FAST CHALCEDONY WITHIN PROTEROZOIC MICROFOSSILIFEROUS CHERT
DUNHAM, J.I. and KAH, L.C., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996
4:30 PM
A TERMINAL MESOPROTEROZOIC RECORD OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND BIOLOGICAL DISRUPTION TO THE BORING BILLION FROM THE BYLOT SUPERGROUP, ARCTIC CANADA (Invited Presentation)
GIBSON, Timothy M.1, WÖRNDLE, Sarah2, AGIĆ, Heda3, CROCKFORD, Peter4, BUI, Thi Hao2, HODGSKISS, Malcolm S.W.5 and HALVERSON, Galen P.2, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, HB6105 Fairchild Hall, Hanover, NH 03755, (2)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill University, 3450 University St, Montreal, QC H3A 0E8, Canada, (3)Department of Earth Science, University of California Santa Barbara, 1006 Webb Hall, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, (4)Earth and Planetary Geolgoy, Weizmann Institute of Science, 234 Herzl Street POB 26,, 7610001, Israel, (5)Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Bldg. 320, Stanford, CA 94305
 
4:50 PM
Discussion
5:00 PM
TESTING THE PRIMARY EXPRESSION OF THE SHURAM ISOTOPE EXCURSION ACROSS A BASIN TRANSECT OF THE SAN JUAN FORMATION, SOUTHERN PERU
HODGIN, Eben Blake, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 and MACDONALD, Francis A., Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106
5:15 PM
TERMINAL EDIACARAN MICROBIAL MATS CREATE SEAFLOOR O2 OASES FOR EARLY ANIMAL EVOLUTION FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF NEW PROXY, FECARB
DING, Weiming, DONG, Lin, SUN, Yuanlin and SHEN, Bing, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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