GSA Connects 2021 in Portland, Oregon

Session No. 214
Wednesday, 13 October 2021: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Portland Ballroom 255 (Hybrid Room) (Oregon Convention Center)

T109. Life's Innovations from the Early Earth to the Search on Modern Mars II: Honoring the Career of Andrew H. Knoll

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

 

Julie K. Bartley, Charles Boyce, Linda Kah, Alan Kaufman, Shuhai Xiao and Nora Noffke, Advocates
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8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM
THE EOARCHEAN- PALEOARCHEAN BOUNDARY: THE CURRENT DISCUSSION
NOFFKE, Nora1, AWRAMIK, Stanley A.2, GALANTE, Douglas3, CALLEFO, Flavia3, HICKMAN-LEWIS, Keyron4, REIS, Humberto5, SANCHEZ, Evelyn6, WESTALL, Frances7 and WHITEHOUSE, Martin J.8, (1)Ocean & Earth Sciences, Old Dominion University, 4600 Elkhorn Avenue, Norfolk, 23529, (2)Earth Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, (3)NATIONAL SYNCHROTRON LIGHT LABORATORY, Campinas, Sao Paulo, 13083-100, Brazil, (4)Department of Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom, (5)School of Mines, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, CEP 35400-000, Brazil, (6)Institute of Science and Technology, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Minas Gerais, CEP 39100-000, Brazil, (7)Center for Molecular Biophysics, University of Orleans, Orleans, CS80054, France, (8)Department of Geosciences, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, SE-104 05, Sweden
8:20 AM
A BAYESIAN FRAMEWORK FOR SUBSIDENCE MODELING IN SEDIMENTARY BASINS: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PRECAMBRIAN
ZHANG, Tianran1, KELLER, C. Brenhin Brenhin1, HALVERSON, Galen P.2, HOGGARD, Mark J.3, ROONEY, Alan4, BERGMANN, Kristin D.5 and STRAUSS, Justin1, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, (2)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0E8, Canada, (3)Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, 142 Mills Rd, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia, (4)Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Yale University, 210 Whitney Ave., New Haven, CT 06511, (5)Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
8:35 AM
MARINE PHOSPHATE AVAILABILITY AND THE CHEMICAL ORIGINS OF LIFE ON EARTH (Invited Presentation)
TOSCA, Nicholas1, BRADY, Matthew P.1 and TOSTEVIN, Rosalie2, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EQ, United Kingdom, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa
8:55 AM
WERE MICROAEROPHILIC IRON-OXIDIZING BACTERIA RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEPOSITION OF CA. 1.88 GA GRANULAR IRON FORMATIONS?
KOVALICK, Francis1, BEKKER, Andrey1, HEARD, Andy2, JOHNSON, Aleisha2, DAUPHAS, Nicolas2, CHAN, Clara3 and OOTES, Luke4, (1)Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ. of California, Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521, (2)Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 9500 Gilman Drive, Mailcode 0212, Chicago, IL 60637, (3)University of DelawareGeological Sciences, Newark, DE 19716, (4)British Columbia Geological Survey, Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation, Victoria, BC V8W 9N3, Canada
 
9:10 AM
Break
9:25 AM
STABLE CA AND SR ISOTOPE MULTI-PROXY PROVIDES EVIDENCE FOR PRIMARY SIGNAL PRESERVATION IN MARINOAN CAP CARBONATES
WANG, Jiuyuan1, JACOBSON, Andrew D.2, SAGEMAN, Bradley B.2 and HURTGEN, Matthew T.2, (1)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Yale University, 210 Whitney Ave, New Haven, CT 06511; Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Rd, Evanston, IL 60208, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Rd, Evanston, IL 60208
9:40 AM
BIO- AND CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE KROL A FORMATION IN LESSER HIMALAYA, INDIA: EARLY EDIACARAN EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
XIAO, Shuhai, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, JIANG, Ganqing, Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, YE, Qin, State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China, OUYANG, Qing, 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, BANERJEE, Dhiraj M., Department of Geology, Chhatra Marg, University of Delhi, Delhi, 110007, India, SINGH, Birendra P., Center of Advanced Study in Geology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 160014, India, ZHOU, Chuanming, 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 and HUGHES, Nigel, Dept of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521
9:55 AM
URANIUM ISOTOPE EVIDENCE FOR REDOX COUPLING OF THE CARBON CYCLE
KAUFMAN, Alan1, GILLEAUDEAU, Geoffrey J.2, CHERRY, Lucas B.2, KULENGUSKI, Joseph T.2 and ELRICK, Maya3, (1)Department of Geology and Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, (2)Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Earth Sciences, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030, (3)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131
10:10 AM
BIOLOGICALLY ENHANCED WEATHERING AS A CAUSE FOR NEOPROTEROZOIC SNOWBALL EARTH
RETALLACK, Gregory, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oregon, 1275 E. 13th Ave, Eugene, OR 97403
10:25 AM
SOILS, PLANTS, AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE INORGANIC CARBON CYCLE ON LAND
SHELDON, Nathan and DZOMBAK, Rebecca, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 1100 N University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005
10:40 AM
UNDERSTANDING THE LATE ORDOVICIAN MASS EXTINCTION
SHEN, Yanan, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
10:55 AM
WAS THE END-PERMIAN MASS EXTINCTION UNUSUALLY SELECTIVE IN MARINE ANIMALS? A TEST OF THE KNOLL ET AL. MODEL
BUSH, Andrew, Department of Geosciences & Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, 354 Mansfield Road - Unit 1045, Storrs, CT 06269, PAYNE, Jonathan, Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 320, Stanford, CA 94305, WANG, Steve C., Mathematics and Statistics, Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave, Swarthmore, PA 19081 and HEIM, Noel A., Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 320, Stanford, CA 94305-2115
 
11:10 AM
Concluding Remarks
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