GSA Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA - 2018

Session No. 204
Tuesday, 6 November 2018: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 243 (Indiana Convention Center)

T29. New Voices in Geobiology II

GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division

 

Victoria A. Petryshyn, Lydia S. Tackett, Rowan C. Martindale, Simon A.F. Darroch, Anna M. Weiss and Amanda Lynn Godbold, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
UNDERSTANDING EXTREME ISOTOPE ENRICHMENT CAUSED BY METHANE OXIDATION
CADIEUX, Sarah Beth, Environmental Science, Sweet Briar College, 134 Chapel Road, Sweet Briar, VA 24595, SCHUETTE, Ursel M.E., Ecology and Ecosystems, Institute of Arctic Biology, 311 Irving 1 Building, Fairbanks, AK 99775, WHITE, Jeffrey R., School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405 and PRATT, Lisa M., Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 East 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405
1:50 PM
SULFUR ISOTOPE HETEROGENEITY IN FRAMBOIDAL PYRITES FROM A STRATIFIED EUXINIC LAKE
MEYER, Katja M.1, WILLIAMS, Angus1, JOHNSON, Jamie1, JUNIUM, Christopher K.2 and JONES, Clive3, (1)Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Willamette University, 900 State Street, Salem, OR 97301, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244, (3)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University, St. Louise, MO 63130
2:05 PM
THE BIOGEOCHEMISTRY OF FERRUGINOUS LAKES, AND PAST FERRUGINOUS OCEANS (Invited Presentation)
SWANNER, Elizabeth1, LAMBRECHT, Nicholas2, WITTKOP, Chad3, KATSEV, Sergei4, FAKHRAEE, Mojtaba4 and SHEIK, Cody4, (1)Department of Geological & Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, (2)Department of Geological & Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University, 2237 Osborn Drive, 253 Science I, Ames, IA 50011-1027, (3)Chemistry and Geology, Minnesota State University, Ford Hall 241, Mankato, MN 56001, (4)University of Minnesota - Duluth, Large Lakes Observatory (LLO), 2205 E. 5th St., Research Laboratory Building 230, Duluth, MN 55812
2:25 PM
PH DEPENDENT INTERACTIONS BETWEEN IRON REDUCTION AND METHANOGENESIS SUGGEST A NEW MODEL FOR METHANOGENESIS
KIRK, Matthew F., Geology, Kansas State University, 108 Thompson Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506, JIN, Qusheng, Earth Sciences, University of Oregon, 1272 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1272, FLYNN, Theodore M., Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439 and ZEGLIN, Lydia H., Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506
2:40 PM
ASSESSING MICROBIAL INFLUENCE ON DEPOSITION OF FRONDOSE LACUSTRINE CARBONATE TUFAS FROM WINNEMUCCA DRY LAKE, NV, USA
DEMOTT, Laura M.1, NAPIERALSKI, Stephanie A.2, JUNIUM, Christopher K.1, TEECE, Mark3 and SCHOLZ, Christopher A.1, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244, (2)Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, (3)Chemistry, SUNY- Environmental Science and Forestry, 1 Forestry Drive, Syracuse, NY 13210
2:55 PM
IMAGING ORGANOMINERALISATION OF THE VERMELHA MICROBIAL ALGAL MAT
TESTA, Maurice P., Geosciences, University of Arkansas Fort Smith, 5210 Grand Ave, Fort Smith, AR 72913 and KIRKLAND, Brenda E., Geosciences, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS 39759
 
3:10 PM
Break
3:30 PM
CHARACTERIZATION OF MODERN STROMATOLITES BY MICROSCALE FEATURES: HAMELIN POOL, AUSTRALIA AND EXUMA CAYS, BAHAMAS
BRUIHLER, Sarah and BARTLEY, Julie K., Geology Department, Gustavus Adolphus College, 800 W. College Ave, St. Peter, MN 56082
3:45 PM
PLFA FROM MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATED WITH FRACTURE WATERS WITHIN THE PRECAMBRIAN DEEP SUBSURFACE
FORD, Sian Erin1, BRADY, Allyson L.2, WARR, Oliver3, LOLLAR, Garnet S.3, GIUNTA, Thomas3, MCKELVIE, Jennifer R.4, SHERWOOD LOLLAR, Barbara3 and SLATER, Greg F.5, (1)Geography and Earth Science, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada, (2)School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilon, ON L8S4K1, (3)Department of Geology, University of Toronto, 22 Russell Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3B1, Canada, (4)Geoscience, Nuclear Waste Management Organization, 22 St. Clair Avenue East, Toronto, ON M4T 2S3, Canada, (5)School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main St. West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada
4:00 PM
GEOCHEMICAL CYCLES REFLECT DIVERSITY IN MODERN BENTHIC MICROBIAL MATS
GRIM, Sharon L.1, KLATT, Judith M.2, DE BEER, Dirk3, CHENNU, Arjun3, WALDBAUER, Jacob4, DRUSCHEL, Gregory5 and DICK, Gregory J.1, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, (2)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109; Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, 28359, Germany, (3)Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, 28359, Germany, (4)Department of the Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, (5)Department of Earth Sciences, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 46202
4:15 PM
ASSESSING THE EFFECTS OF SAMPLING AND LONG-TERM STORAGE ON MICROBIAL LIPID BIOMARKER DISTRIBUTION IN DEEP SUBSURFACE MARCELLUS SHALE CORES
AKONDI, Rawlings and SHARMA, Shikha, Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, 330 Brooks Hall, 98 Beechurst Avenue, Morgantown, WV 26506
4:30 PM
CARBON ISOTOPES IN THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF SCYTONEMIN BY CYANOBACTERIA
FULTON, James M., Department of Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798 and VAN MOOY, Benjamin A.S., Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543
4:45 PM
BIOSYNTHESIS OF TETRAETHER MEMBRANE LIPIDS IN THE ARCHAEON SULFOLOBUS ACIDOCALDARIUS (Invited Presentation)
WELANDER, Paula V., Stanford University, 473 Via Ortega, Rm 140, Stanford, CA 94305, ZENG, Zhirui, Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94045, LIU, Xiaolei, School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 100 East Boyd St, Norman, OK 73019, WEI, Jeremy H., Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 and SUMMONS, Roger E., Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, E25-633, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139
 
5:05 PM
Concluding Remarks
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