GSA Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, USA - 2019

Session No. 221
Tuesday, 24 September 2019: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 102AB, West Building (Phoenix Convention Center)

T108. Understanding the Neoproterozoic Earth-Life System

Paleontological Research Institution; Paleontological Society

 

Qing Tang, Huan Cui and Feifei Zhang, Advocates
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Start Time
1:30 PM
GEOCHRONOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON NEOPROTEROZOIC RIFTING OF RODINIA: INSIGHTS FROM NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA (Invited Presentation)
EYSTER, Athena, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, FERRI, Filippo, British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, PO Box 9323 Stn Prov Govt, Victoria, BC V8W, Canada, SCHMITZ, Mark D., Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725 and MACDONALD, Francis A., Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9630
1:50 PM
AEROBIC FE-OXIDIZING BACTERIA IN THE TONIAN PERIOD
TANG, Qing and XIAO, Shuhai, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061
2:05 PM
DEEP-WATER FIRST OCCURRENCES OF EDIACARA BIOTA PRIOR TO THE SHURAM CARBON ISOTOPE EXCURSION IN THE WERNECKE MOUNTAINS, YUKON, CANADA
BOAG, Thomas H., Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall Bldg. 320, Stanford, CA 94305, BUSCH, James F., Department of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, HB6105 Fairchild Hall, Hanover, NH 03755, GOOLEY, Jared T., Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Bldg. 320, Stanford, CA 94305-2115, STRAUSS, Justin V., Department of Earth Science, Dartmouth College, HB 6105 Fairchild Hall, Hanover, NH 03755 and SPERLING, Erik A., Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
2:20 PM
EDIACARAN TEST TUBES: EARTH'S EARLIEST EXPERIMENTS IN MULTICELLULARITY RECORDED IN THE MORPHOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF THREE TUBULAR TAXA FROM THE EDIACARA MEMBER, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
SURPRENANT, Rachel L., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California at Riverside, 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521, DROSER, Mary L., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave., Riverside, CA 92521 and GEHLING, James G., South Australian Museum, Adelaide, 5000, Australia
2:35 PM
FORCEFUL RESPONSES: CONSTRAINING THE BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF DICKINSONIA
EVANS, Scott D., Geology, University of California at Riverside, Riverside, CA 92501, HUANG, Wei, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California at Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, GEHLING, James G., South Australian Museum, Adelaide, 5000, Australia, KISAILUS, David, Bourns College of Engineering, University of California, Riverside, Bourns Hall, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521 and DROSER, Mary L., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave., Riverside, CA 92521
2:50 PM
TRI-AL AND ERROR: THREE-FOLD SYMMETRY IN THE EDIACARAN OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
HALL, Christine M.S., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521, DROSER, Mary L., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave., Riverside, CA 92521 and GEHLING, James G., South Australian Museum, Adelaide, 5000, Australia
3:05 PM
TUBES, SCAFFOLDS AND CRUSTS: EDIACARAN METAZOAN BIOMINERALIZERS
WOOD, Rachel A.1, SHORE, Amy1 and PORTER, Susannah M.2, (1)School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Grant Institute, King's Buildings, James Hutton Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FE, United Kingdom, (2)Department of Earth Science, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106
 
3:20 PM
Break
3:35 PM
THE CHANGING OF THE ECOLOGICAL GUARD AT THE EDIACARAN–CAMBRIAN TRANSITION (Invited Presentation)
SCHIFFBAUER, James D., X-ray Microanalysis Core, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211
3:55 PM
MULTIPLE NEGATIVE MOLYBDENUM ISOTOPE EXCURSIONS IN THE DOUSHANTUO FORMATION (SOUTH CHINA) FINGERPRINT COMPLEX REDOX-RELATED PROCESSES IN THE EDIACARAN NANHUA BASIN
OSTRANDER, Chadlin M., School of Earth and Space Exploration,, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, SAHOO, Swapan K., Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV 89154, KENDALL, Brian, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave W, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada, JIANG, Ganqing, Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, PLANAVSKY, Noah J., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, LYONS, Timothy W., Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521-0423, NIELSEN, Sune G., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, OWENS, Jeremy D., Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, ROMANIELLO, Stephen J., School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287 and ANBAR, Ariel D., School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404
4:10 PM
NEW FE SPECIATION EVIDENCE FOR WIDESPREAD EUXINIA DURING THE EDIACARAN SHURAM/DOUNCE ANOMALY IN SOUTH CHINA (Invited Presentation)
ZHOU, Ying1, POULTON, Simon W.2, SHIELDS, Graham1 and ZHU, Maoyan3, (1)Earth Sciences, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom, (2)School of Earth and Environment, Univ. of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom, (3)State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing, 210008, China
4:30 PM
LIFE IN OXYGEN OASES DURING THE TERMINAL EDIACARAN EXPANSION OF MARINE ANOXIA
KANG, Junyao1, XIAO, Shuhai1, ZHANG, Feifei2 and ANBAR, Ariel D.3, (1)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (2)School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Avenue, Nanjing, 210023, China; The Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-1350 Copenhagen K, Copenhagen, Denmark, (3)School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, 550 E Tyler Mall, Tempe, AZ 85287
4:45 PM
TRACKING SUBTLE VARIATIONS OF NEOPROTEROZOIC OCEANIC OXYGENATION USING VANADIUM ISOTOPES: IMPLICATIONS FOR EARLY ANIMALS
CHEN, Xinming1, WU, Fei2, LI, Siqi1, SPERLING, Erik A.3, KENDALL, Brian4, DAHL, Tais W.5 and OWENS, Jeremy D.6, (1)Department of Earth, Oceans and Atmospheric Sciences, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32310, (2)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, (4)Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave W, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada, (5)Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Oster Voldgade 5-7, Copenhagen K, 1350, Denmark, (6)Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Science, Florida State University, 1017 Academic Way, Tallahassee, FL 32306
5:00 PM
CALIBRATING THE EDIACARAN–CAMBRIAN TRANSITION IN SOUTH AFRICA
NELSON, L.L.1, RAMEZANI, J.2, ALMOND, J.E.3, TAYLOR, W.L.4, BRENNER, D.C.5 and SMITH, E.F.5, (1)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, (2)Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, (3)Natura Viva cc, PO Box 12410 Mill Street, Cape Town, 8010, South Africa, (4)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa, (5)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218
5:15 PM
THE FORMATION OF THE BEDDED CHERT IN THE LIUCHAPO FORMATION DURING THE EDIACARAN-CAMBRIAN TRANSITION IN SOUTH CHINA
DONG, Lin1, LI, Chenqing1, LI, Chao2, PEI, Haoxiang2 and SHEN, Bing1, (1)School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China, (2)Institute of Mineral Resources, China Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing, 100037, China
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