GSA Connects 2023 Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Session No. 223
Wednesday, 18 October 2023: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
335 (David L Lawrence Convention Center)

T133. New Advances in the Study of Microbialites

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

 

Victoria Cassady, Dylan Wilmeth, Hanna Leapaldt and Frank Corsetti, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM
A BIOFILM CHANNEL ORIGIN FOR VERMIFORM MICROSTRUCTURE IN CARBONATE MICROBIALITES (Invited Presentation)
IBARRA, Yadira, Earth and Climate Sciences, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Avenue, TH 509, San Francisco, CA 94132, MARENCO, Pedro, Department of Geology, Bryn Mawr College, 101 N Merion Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010, GREENE, Sarah E., School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UNITED KINGDOM, BOTTJER, David, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, 3651 Trousdale Pwky, ZHS 119, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740 and CORSETTI, Frank, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, 3651 Trousdale Pkwy, ZHS 119, Los Angeles, CA 90089
8:25 AM
A UNIQUE SNAPSHOT IN TIME OF AN ANCIENT LAKE: THE SPECTRUM OF LACUSTRINE CARBONATE MORPHOLOGIES AND TEXTURES FROM A SINGLE STRATUM
HICKSON, Thomas, Ph.D., Department of Earth, Environment and Society, University of St. Thomas, 2115 Summit Ave, St. Paul, MN 55105 and BARTLEY, Julie, Geology Department, Gustavus Adolphus College, 800 W. College Ave, St. Peter, MN 56082
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8:40 AM
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8:55 AM
VARIATIONS IN MICROBIALITE MORPHOLOGY AND PRESERVATION IN THE EOCENE GREEN RIVER BASIN
HOWARD, Cecilia, LOVEALL, Zachary and SHELDON, Nathan, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 1100 N University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005
9:10 AM
MICROBIAL AND MINERAL IMPACT ON TEXTURE IN INCIPIENT DENDROLITIC MICROBIALITES, LITTLE HOT CREEK, CA
CASSADY, Victoria1, PETRYSHYN, Victoria A.2, BERNHARD, Joan M.3, HOFMANN, Florian4, BERELSON, Will5, COOPERDOCK, Emily H.G.6 and CORSETTI, Frank1, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, 3651 Trousdale Pkwy, ZHS 119, Los Angeles, CA 90089, (2)Environmental Studies Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CO 90089, (3)Department of Geology & Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, (4)Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775-9702, (5)USCEarth Sciences, Los Angeles, CA 90089, (6)Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, 3651 Trousdale Pkwy, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740
9:25 AM
EXAMINING FE-CYCLING IN MICROBIAL MATS AS A LITHIFICATION MECHANISM
PETRYSHYN, Victoria1, BERELSON, Will2, SPEAR, John3, CASSADY, Victoria4, LEVENE, Dylan4, STEVENSON, Bradley5, RASMUSSEN, Kalen L.3, YANG, Shun-Chung6, JOHN, Seth6, CELESTIAN, Aaron7 and CORSETTI, Frank4, (1)3454 Trousdale Parkway, Cas 116, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0001, (2)USCEarth Sciences, Los Angeles, CA 90089, (3)Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401-1887, (4)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, 3651 Trousdale Pkwy, ZHS 119, Los Angeles, CA 90089, (5)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, Norman, OK 73019, (6)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, (7)Mineral Sciences, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90007
 
9:40 AM
Break
9:55 AM
DEEP UV RAMAN AND FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY WITH MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSES OF NEOARCHEAN MICROBIALITES TO INFORM THE SEARCH FOR LIFE ON MARS
CORPOLONGO, Andrea1, CZAJA, Andrew D.2, JAKUBEK, Ryan S.3, GEORGE, Abby2 and KOHL, Jove1, (1)University of Cincinnati, Department of Geology, 500 Geology-Physics Building, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, (2)Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, (3)Jacobs, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058
10:10 AM
A MESOARCHEAN OXYGEN OASIS EXPANDED: NEW TRACE ELEMENT AND STABLE ISOTOPE DATA FROM THE 2.8 GA MOSHER CARBONATE, STEEP ROCK LAKE, CANADA
WILMETH, Dylan1, FRALICK, Philip2, RIDING, Robert, PhD, DSc3, PATRY, Laureline4 and LALONDE, Stefan V.4, (1)Geology, Grand valley state university, 118 Padnos Hall, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI 49401, (2)Department of Geology, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, ON P7B5E1, Canada, (3)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1621 Cumberland Ave., Knoxville, TN 37996, (4)CNRS-UMR6538 Domaines Océaniques, European Institute for Marine Studies, Plouzane, 29280, France
10:25 AM
COMPLEX NEOPROTEROZOIC MICROBIAL REEFAL FRAMEWORKS IN THE CALLISON LAKE FORMATION OF YUKON
SPRUZEN, Charlotte1, LECHTE, Maxwell A.1, WALLACE, Malcolm W.2, HOOD, Ashleigh v.S.2, OCONNELL, Brennan3 and HALVERSON, Galen P.1, (1)Earth and Planetary Sciences/GEOTOP, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0E8, Canada, (2)School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EQ, United Kingdom
10:40 AM
INCREASED MICROBIAL CARBONATE ACCUMULATION FOLLOWING BIOTIC RECOVERY FROM THE END-PERMIAN MASS EXTINCTION SUGGESTS THAT THE CONTROLS GOVERNING MICROBIAL CARBONATE PRODUCTION SHOULD BE RECONSIDERED
KELLEY, Brian, Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, 503 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, LEHRMANN, Daniel, Geosciences Department, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX 78212, YU, Meiyi, Department of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Guizhou University, Caijiaguan, 550003, China, LAU, Kimberly, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, Deike Building, University Park, PA 16801, ALTINER, Demir, Department of Geological Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, 06800, Turkey, MINZONI, Marcello, Geological Sciences, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401, ENOS, Paul, University of Kansas, Department of Geology, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045, LI, Xiaowei, Geological Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305 and PAYNE, Jonathan, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
10:55 AM
THICK MICROBIAL ENCRUSTERS ON CORALS FROM PLEISTOCENE REEFS IN THE BAHAMAS
GLUMAC, Bosiljka1, CURRAN, H. Allen1 and GRIFFING, David2, (1)Department of Geosciences, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, (2)Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY 13820
11:10 AM
IMPACT OF SEA-WATER CHEMISTRY ON CARBONATE SEDIMENT PRODUCTION AND STRATIGRAPHIC ARCHITECTURE OF PROGRADATIONAL MICROBIAL-OOLITIC CARBONATE MARGINS
MINZONI, Marcello, Geological Sciences, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401, BHATTACHARJEE, Souvik, Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Alabama, 2006 Bevill Building, Box 870338, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, ATKINS, Carmen, Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35406 and PRATHER, Bradford E., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Bldv., Lawrence, KS 66045
 
11:25 AM
Discussion
 
11:40 AM
Concluding Remarks
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