GSA Connects 2021 in Portland, Oregon

Session No. 76
Monday, 11 October 2021: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
E141/E142 (Hybrid Room) (Oregon Convention Center)

T94. The Neoproterozoic Earth-Life System

GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division; Paleontological Society; SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology)

 

Qing Tang, Morrison Nolan, Junyao Kang and Scott D. Evans, Advocates
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Start Time
8:00 AM
ORGANIC-WALLED MICROFOSSILS OF THE PALEOPROTEROZOIC AND MESOPROTEROZOIC MCARTHUR AND BIRRINDUDU BASINS, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA (Invited Presentation)
RIEDMAN, Leigh Anne, Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, PORTER, Susannah, Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Babara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, LECHTE, Maxwell A., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill University, 3450 University St, Montreal, QC H3A 0E8, Canada and HALVERSON, Galen P., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0E8, Canada
8:15 AM
CO-EVOLUTION OF PLATE TECTONICS AND LIFE: THE BIOGEODYNAMIC PERSPECTIVE ON THE MESOPROTEROZOIC-NEOPROTEROZOIC TRANSITIONS
STERN, Robert, Univ Texas - Dallas Dept Geosciences- MS ROC-21, PO Box 830688, Richardson, TX 75083-0688 and GERYA, Taras, Institute of Geophysics, ETH Zentrum, Sonneggstrasse 5, Zürich, 8092, Switzerland
8:30 AM
ONE-BILLION-YEAR-OLD EUKARYOTIC EPIBIONTS IN NORTH CHINA
TANG, Qing, PhD1, PANG, Ke2, LI, Guangjin2, CHEN, Lei3, YUAN, Xunlai2 and XIAO, Shuhai4, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, 999077, Hong Kong, (2)State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China, (3)Colleage of Earth Science and Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266590, China, (4)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061
8:45 AM
EXTENSIVE DENITRIFICATION AND NITRATE LIMITATION IN AN EARLY TONIAN MARINE BASIN
KANG, Junyao1, XIAO, Shuhai2, GILL, Benjamin3, ZHANG, Feifei4 and REID, Rachel3, (1)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (2)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061; Global Change Center, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (3)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 926 West Campus Drive, Blacksburg, VA 24061; Global Change Center, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (4)School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, AZ 210023, China
9:00 AM
NEW RE-OS AGES FROM THE NEOPROTEROZOIC HECLA HOEK SUCCESSION, SVALBARD, NORWAY
MILLIKIN, Alexie1, STRAUSS, Justin2, HALVERSON, Galen P.3, BERGMANN, Kristin D.4, TOSCA, Nicholas J.5 and ROONEY, Alan1, (1)Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Yale University, 210 Whitney Ave., New Haven, CT 06511, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, (3)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0E8, Canada, (4)Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, (5)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EQ, United Kingdom
9:15 AM
DYNAMIC EVOLUTION OF MARINE CHEMISTRY LINKED TO WAX AND WANE OF THE GLACIATIONS IN A RESTRICTED CRYOGENIAN BASIN
TU, Chenyi1, DIAMOND, Charles W.2, STUEEKEN, Eva3 and LYONS, Timothy2, (1)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave, RIVERSIDE, CA 92521, (2)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, (3)School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, KY16 9AL, UNITED KINGDOM
9:30 AM
MICROBIAL-MEDIATED FOSSILIZATION IN SANDSTONES: AN EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH
SLAGTER, Silvina, Yale UniversityDept. Earth and Planetary Sciences, PO Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, HAO, Weiduo, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, PLANAVSKY, Noah, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, KONHAUSER, Kurt, Earth and Atmospheric Science, University of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada and TARHAN, Lidya, Yale University Dept. Earth and Planetary Sciences, PO Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109
9:45 AM
COUPLED CARBON, SULFUR, AND BARIUM CYCLES DURING THE EDIACARAN SHURAM EXCURSION: A SYNTHESIS (Invited Presentation)
CUI, Huan, Ph.D.1, KAUFMAN, Alan2, XIAO, Shuhai3, ZHOU, Chuanming4, ZHU, Maoyan5, CAO, Mengchun6, LOYD, Sean7, CROCKFORD, Peter W.8, LIU, Xiao-Ming9, GODERIS, Steven10, WEI, Wang11 and GUAN, Chengguo11, (1)Equipe Géomicrobiologie, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP), Université de Paris, Paris, 75005, FRANCE; Stable Isotope Laboratory, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON ON M5S, Canada, (2)Department of Geology and Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, (3)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (4)State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, and Center for Excellence in Life and Palaeoenvironment,Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China; Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China, (5)State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China; Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China; College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China, (6)School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China, (7)Department of Geological Sciences, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92831, (8)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138; Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 76100, Israel, (9)Department of Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3315, (10)Analytical, Environmental, and Geo- Chemistry Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, BE-1050, Belgium, (11)State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China; Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China
10:00 AM
FORTUNIAN SOFT-BODIED FOSSILS AND PLUG-SHAPED BURROWS FROM THE SYHARGALAKH FORMATION, NE SIBERIAN PLATFORM
MARUSIN, Vasiliy, Geology and Geophysics department, Novosibirsk State University, 1 Pirogova street, Novosibirsk, 620090, Russian Federation; Trofimuk Insitute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics SB RAS, 3 Prospekt Koptyuga, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation and BYKOVA, Natalia, PhD, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Novosibirsk State University, 1 Pirogova st, Novosibirsk, 63090, Russian Federation; Trofimuk Insitute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics SB RAS, 3 Prospekt Koptyuga, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation
10:15 AM
MERCURY CONTENT AND STABLE ISOTOPE DATA AS A TOOL FOR STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL INTERPRETATION: A CASE STUDY OF EDIACARAN BLACK SHALES OF THE DOUSHANTUO FORMATION, SOUTH CHINA
NOLAN, Morrison1, XIAO, Shuhai1, GILL, Benjamin1, REID, Rachel1, ZHOU, Chuanming2, JONES, David S.3, ZHOU, Anwen4, CHEN, Jiubin4, ZHENG, Wang4 and SAHOO, Swapan K.5, (1)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 926 West Campus Drive, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (2)State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, and Center for Excellence in Life and Palaeoenvironment,Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China, (3)Geology Department, Amherst College, 11 Barrett Hill Road, Amherst, MA 01002, (4)Institute of Surface-Earth System Science, School of Earth System Science, Tianjin University, 92 Weijin Road, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China, (5)Equinor US, 2107 City West Blvd Suite 100, Houston, TX 77042
10:30 AM
A DIVERSE EDIACARA ASSEMBLAGE SURVIVED UNDER ANOXIC CONDITIONS
CHERRY, Lucas1, GILLEAUDEAU, Geoffrey J.1, GRAZHDANKIN, Dmitriy2, ROMANIELLO, Stephen J.3 and KAUFMAN, Alan4, (1)Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Earth Sciences, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030, (2)Department of Geology and Geophysics, Novosibirsk State University, 1 Pirogova st, Novosibirsk, 63090, Russian Federation, (3)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee Knoxville, Knoxville, TN 37916, (4)Department of Geology and Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
10:45 AM
PROTEROZOIC OXYGENATIONS AND CARBON ISOTOPE EXCURSIONS DRIVEN BY COUPLED SURFACE-INTERIOR CARBON CYCLING (Invited Presentation)
EGUCHI, James, DIAMOND, Charles W. and LYONS, Timothy, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521
11:00 AM
SPATIAL POINT PATTERN ANALYSIS OF OBAMUS CORONATUS FROM NILPENA EDIACARA NATIONAL PARK, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
BOAN, Phillip, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Geology 1242, 900 University Ave., Riverside, CA 92521, EVANS, Scott, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 926 West Campus Drive, Blacksburg, VA 24061, HUGHES, Ian V., Section of Ecology, Behavior and Evolution, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, HUGHES, Emily B., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA 30332, DZAUGIS, Peter W., Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549 and DROSER, Mary, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521
11:15 AM
LOST IN TRANSITION: EXAMINING CAUSES OF BIOTIC TURNOVER IN THE EDIACARAN
EVANS, Scott1, XIAO, Shuhai1, BOAN, Phillip2, SURPRENANT, Rachel3, MCCANDLESS, Heather4, RIZZO, Adriana4, MARSHALL, Nathan5, TU, Chenyi6 and DROSER, Mary7, (1)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 926 West Campus Drive, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (2)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Geology 1242, 900 University Ave., Riverside, CA 92521, (3)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave., Riverside, CA 92521; Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Geology 1242, 900 University Ave., Riverside, CA 92521, (4)Earth ad Planetary Sciences, University of California - Riverside, 16171 Brimhall Ln, Huntington Beach, CA 92647-3345, (5)Department of Earth Sciences, University of California–Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, (6)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave, RIVERSIDE, CA 92521, (7)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521
11:30 AM
RIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER: INVESTIGATING THE LIFE HABIT OF ATTENBORITES JANAE
MCCANDLESS, Heather and DROSER, Mary, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521
11:45 AM
FACIES DISTRIBUTION IN BASAL EDIACARAN CAP CARBONATE SEQUENCE, NAUKLUFT MOUNTAINS, NAMIBIA
MORRIS, Dustin and GROTZINGER, John P., Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125
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