GSA Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, USA - 2019

Session No. 8
Sunday, 22 September 2019: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 225AB, North Building (Phoenix Convention Center)

T41. New Voices in Geobiology I

GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division

 

Trinity L. Hamilton, Rowan C. Martindale, Victoria Petryshyn, Simon A.F. Darroch, Lydia S. Tackett, David Gold, Andrew D. Putt, Amanda Lynn Godbold, Daniel S. Jones, Kathryn Hobart and Joshua Feinberg, Advocates
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Start Time
8-1
8:00 AM
FIRST FINDINGS OF HORODYSKIA IN THE MESOPROTEROZOIC ROCKS OF ARCTIC SIBERIA
MAKSIMENKO, Vadim1, BYKOVA, Natalia2, GRAZHDANKIN, Dmitriy3 and NAGOVITSIN, Konstantin3, (1)Department of Geology and Geophysics, Novosibirsk State University, 1 Pirogova st, Novosibirsk, 63090, Russian Federation, (2)Trofimuk Insitute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics SB RAS, 3 Prospekt Koptyuga, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation; Research and Education center "Evolution of the Earth", Novosibirsk State University, 1 Pirogova st, Novosibirsk, 63090, Russian Federation, (3)Trofimuk Insitute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics SB RAS, 3 Prospekt Koptyuga, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation; Department of Geology and Geophysics, Novosibirsk State University, 1 Pirogova st, Novosibirsk, 63090, Russian Federation
8-2
8:15 AM
SPECTRAL ARCHIVE AND REMOTE CHARACTERIZATION OF TERRESTRIAL MICROBIAL MATS IN THE FRYXELL BASIN OF TAYLOR VALLEY, ANTARCTICA
BORGES, Schuyler1, SALVATORE, Mark1, POWER, Sarah2, SOKOL, Eric3, STANISH, Lee3 and BARRETT, John2, (1)Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, (2)Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (3)National Ecological Observatory Network, Battelle Memorial Institute, Boulder, CO 80301
8-3
8:30 AM
PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONING OF SEASONALLY DRY-ADAPTED FLORAS IN RESPONSE TO CHANGES IN LATE PALEOZOIC ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND ARIDITY
RICHEY, Jon D.1, WHITE, Joseph D.2, MONTAÑEZ, Isabel P.1, MATTHAEUS, William J.2, WILSON, Jonathan P.3 and DIMICHELE, William A.4, (1)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave., Davis, CA 95616, (2)Department of Biology, Baylor University, 1301 S. University Parks Dr., Waco, TX 76798, (3)Department of Biology, Haverford College, 370 Lancaster Ave., Haverford, PA 19041, (4)Dept. of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560
8-4
8:45 AM
CARBON CYCLE DYNAMICS AND ECOLOGY REVEALED BY THE CARBON ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION OF SINGLE ORGANIC MICROFOSSILS DURING THE DEVONIAN FRASNIAN-FAMENNIAN BIOTIC CRISIS
JUNIUM, Christopher K.1, COHEN, Phoebe2, KING PHILLIPS, Ezekiel J.2 and UVEGES, Benjamin Thornton Iglar3, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244, (2)Geosciences, Williams College, 947 Main Street, Williamstown, MA 01267, (3)Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
8-5
9:00 AM
FAUNAL COMPOSITION OF MICROBIALITES FOLLOWING THE END-PERMIAN MASS EXTINCTION
FOSTER, William J.1, HEINDEL, Katrin2, RICHOZ, Sylvain3, LEHRMANN, Daniel J.4, BAUD, Aymon5, KOLAR-JURKOVŠEK, Tea6, ALJINOVIC, Dunja7, JURKOVŠEK, Bogdan6, GLIWA, Jana8, KORN, Dieter9, MARTINDALE, Rowan C.10 and PECKMANN, Jörn11, (1)School of Earth Sciences, University College Dublin, Science Centre Belfield, Dublin, 4, Ireland, (2)Department of Geodynamics and Sedimentology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, Vienna, 1090, Austria, (3)Institute of Earth Sciences, Lund University, Lund, 22100, Sweden, (4)Trinity University, Geosciences, One Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX 78212, (5)BGC, Parc de la Rouvraie 28, Lausanne, CH-1018, Switzerland, (6)Geological Survey of Slovenia, Ljubljana, SI-1000, Slovenia, (7)Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, 6, Croatia, (8)Leibniz Institute for Biodiversity and Evolution Research, Museum fur Naturkunde, Berlin, 10115, Germany, (9)Museum fuer Naturkunde, Invalidenstr. 43, Berlin, 10115, Germany, (10)Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, 2275 Speedway, Austin, TX 78712, (11)Institut für Geologie, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, 20146, Germany
8-6
9:15 AM
MACROFOSSIL ASSESSMENT OF THE CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE (K-PG) BOUNDARY DEPOSITS BRAZOS RIVER, TEXAS: IMPLICATIONS FOR DEPOSITIONAL PROCESSES AND MASS EXTINCTION
IRIZARRY, Kayla M.1, WITTS, James D.2, GARB, Matthew P.3, LANDMAN, Neil H.4 and DANILOVA, Anastasia3, (1)Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 201 Old Main, University Park, PA 16802, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, 221 Yale Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (3)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Brooklyn College, 2900 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11210, (4)Division of Paleontology (Invertebrates), American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024-5192
8-7
9:30 AM
LEVERAGING THE COMBINED POWER OF PHYLOGENIES AND PALEOECOLOGY TO UNDERSTAND PATTERNS AND PROCESSES OF EVOLUTION IN THE FOSSIL RECORD (Invited Presentation)
LAMSDELL, James C., Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, 98 Beechurst Avenue, Brooks Hall, Morgantown, WV 26506
 
9:50 AM
Break
8-8
10:05 AM
WHY DO NO NON-PORIFERAN METAZOANS BUILD THEIR SKELETONS OUT OF SILICA?
WESTACOTT, Sophie1, SPALDING, Christopher2, SPERLING, Erik A.3 and HULL, Pincelli M.1, (1)Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, 210 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511, (2)Department of Astronomy, Yale University, 52 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
8-9
10:20 AM
METAZOAN BIOMOLECULE FOSSILIZATION PRODUCTS RECORD PHYLOGENY, PHYSIOLOGY, AND BIOMINERALIZATION
WIEMANN, Jasmina, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, NY 06520 and BRIGGS, Derek, Geology & Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8109
10:35 AM
MICROBIAL SIGNATURES OF DEEP SUBSURFACE SHALE BIOSPHERE
AKONDI, Rawlings and SHARMA, Shikha, Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, 330 Brooks Hall, 98 Beechurst Avenue, Morgantown, WV 26506
10:50 AM
HOW TO FABRICATE A MICROFOSSIL: NEW INSIGHTS ON THE FORMATION AND PRESERVATION OF FALSE MICROBIAL BIOSIGNATURES IN THE ROCK RECORD (Invited Presentation)
COSMIDIS, Julie, Department of Geosciences, Penn State University, 408 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, NIMS, Christine, Department of Geosciences, Penn State University, 410 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, LAFOND, Julia, Department of Geosciences, Penn State University, 303 Deike Building, Department of Geosciences, University Park, PA 16802, CRON, Brandi, Department of Geosciences, Penn State University, Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, MACALADY, Jennifer L., Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 and TEMPLETON, Alexis S., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado - Boulder, 2200 Colorado Ave, Boulder, CO 80309
11:10 AM
GEOLOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL CONTROLS ON NON-TUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIUM TRANSMISSION: EXAMPLES FROM HAWAII
ROBINSON, Schuyler1, NELSON, Stephen1, HONDA, Jennifer2, BICKMORE, Barry R.3, AANDERUD, Zachary T.4 and JONES, Norman5, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, (2)Department of Biomedical Research, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO 80206, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, S389 ESC, Provo, UT 84602, (4)Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences, Brigham Young University, 4125 LSB, Provo, UT 84602, (5)Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602
11:25 AM
HOW DO MICROBES MAKE MINERALS IN THE ENVIRONMENT? (Invited Presentation)
CHAN, Clara S.1, MCALLISTER, Sean2, VANDZURA, Rebecca2, HENRI, Pauline3, PAVIA, Michael4, POLSON, Shawn W.5 and MACALADY, Jennifer L.6, (1)Dept of Earth Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19711; School of Marine Science and Policy, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716; Delaware Biotechnology Institute, Newark, DE 19711, (2)School of Marine Science and Policy, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, (3)Dept of Earth Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19711, (4)Dept of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, (5)Delaware Biotechnology Institute, Newark, DE 19711; Dept. of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716; Dept of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, (6)Dept of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
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