GSA Connects 2023 Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Session No. 155
Tuesday, 17 October 2023: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
335 (David L Lawrence Convention Center)

T132. New Voices in Geobiology

GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division; GSA Limnogeology Division

 

Trinity Hamilton, Victoria A. Petryshyn, Emily F. Smith, Lydia Schiavo Tackett, John Spear, Dylan Wilmeth, Nagissa Mahmoudi, Lucy Webb, Zoe Havlena and Brandt M. Gibson, Advocates
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8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM
DECIPHERING DIAGENETIC INFLUENCES AND LOCAL CONDITIONS IN LATE EDIACARAN STRATA, CENTRAL OMAN (Invited Presentation)
BERGMANN, Kristin1, GOMEZ-PEREZ, Irene2, ANDERSON, Noah1, CANTINE, Marjorie D.3, WILCOTS, Julia4, JOST, Adam B.1, OSBURN, Magdalena5 and GERDES, Axel6, (1)Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, (2)Independent Consultant, Muscat, Oman, (3)Frankfurt Isotope & Element Research Center, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, 60438, Germany, (4)Geosciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, (5)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, Technological Institute, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, (6)Institut für Geowissenschaften, Goethe Universität, Altenhöferallee 1, Frankfurt am Main, D-60438, Germany
8:25 AM
CONFLICTING BODY-SIZE TRENDS ACROSS THE PLIO–PLEISTOCENE MOLLUSCAN TURNOVER EVENT IN THE WESTERN ATLANTIC DESPITE SUBSEQUENT NUTRIENT LIMITATION
ANDERSON, Brendan, PhD1, BEHN, Jessica R.2, BETZ, Amy3, PETSIOS, Elizabeth4, ALLMON, Warren D.1, LIEBERMAN, Bruce5 and HENDRICKS, Jonathan1, (1)Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, (2)Department of Biological Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, (3)Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Haworth Hall, 1200 Sunnyside Ave, Lawrence, KS 66045, (4)Geosciences Department, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798, (5)Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, 1345 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS 66045
8:40 AM
EXCELLENT PRESERVATION OF ORGANIC AND FOSSIL PLANT MATERIALS IN BEDDED HALITE FROM MODERN WESTERN AUSTRALIAN LAKES AND THE PERMIAN NIPPEWALLA GROUP OF KANSAS
TITTA, Sarah, Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, GIBSON, Martha, Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, 98 Beechurst Ave, Morgantown, WV 26506; Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506 and BENISON, Kathleen, Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506; Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, 98 Beechurst Ave, Morgantown, WV 26506; Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, 98 Beechurst Ave, Morgantown, WV 26506
8:55 AM
PRIMARY MICROFOSSILIFEROUS CHERT IN THE APTIAN BARRA VELHA FORMATION
MOORE, Kelsey1, CRÉMIÈRE, Antoine2, PRESENT, Theodore M.3, BARNETT, Andrew4, BERGMANN, Kristin5, AMTHOR, Joachim4 and GROTZINGER, John P.6, (1)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Olin Hall, 3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218; Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, (2)Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, (3)Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, (4)Shell, 20 York Road, London, SE1 7NA, United Kingdom, (5)Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, (6)Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Caltech, 1200 E California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125
9:10 AM
MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES INHABITING AGING SECONDARY MINERAL DEPOSITS IN A FORMER SULFIDIC STREAM PASSAGE FROM A MODERATELY THERMAL CAVE
HAVLENA, Zoe, Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801, BEST, Mackenzie, Department of Earth and Evironmental Sciences, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, MAINIERO, Maurizio, Gruppo Speleologico Marchigiano, Ancona, Italy; Federazione Speleologica Marchigiana, Ancona, Italy, RECANATINI, Stefano, Gruppo Speleologico Marchigiano, Ancona, Italy and JONES, Daniel, Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801; National Cave and Karst Research Institute, Carlsbad, NM 88220
9:25 AM
EXTREMELY ACIDOPHILIC MICROORGANISMS ACROSS PH AND TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS IN VALLES CALDERA NATIONAL PRESERVE
BROWN, Abigail1, HUFF, Calyssa2, SWIFT, Jimmy3, BALOUN, Anika4, HOBERG, Joseph3 and JONES, Daniel S.5, (1)Scientists in the Parks (SIP), National Cave and Karst Research Institute/National Parks Service, Carlsbad, NM 88220; Department of Biology, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801, (2)Department of Biology, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801, (3)Scientists in the Parks (SIP), National Cave and Karst Research Institute/National Parks Service, Carlsbad, NM 88220; Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Pl, Socorro, NM 87801, (4)Scientists in the Parks (SIP), National Cave and Karst Research Institute/National Parks Service, Carlsbad, NM 88220, (5)Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Pl, Socorro, NM 87801
 
9:40 AM
Break
9:55 AM
S-LAYER REACTIVITY OF A HYPERTHERMOPHLIC DEEP SEA METHANOGEN IN A COMPLEX ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION
DOWNEY, Autum and GORMAN-LEWIS, Drew, Earth and Space Science, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195
10:10 AM
GLUCOSE-ENHANCED PHOSPHATE BIOMINERALIZATION BY ESCHERICHIA COLI IN A SYNTHETIC URINE
SHAUGHNESSY, Claire, Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 and COSMIDIS, Julie, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3AN, United Kingdom
10:25 AM
NITROGEN CYCLING NETWORKS OF LAKE SUPERIOR SEDIMENTS
SAUER, Hailey1, SHEIK, Cody2 and HAMILTON, Trinity1, (1)University of Minnesota Plant and Microbial Biology, 1500 Gortner Ave, Saint Paul, MN 55108-1023, (2)Department of Biology and Large Lakes Observatory, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN 55812
10:40 AM
BACTERIAL NITRATE REDUCTION CONTRIBUTES TO THE GEOCHEMICAL OXIDATION OF IRON AND SUBSEQUENT REMEDIATION OF ACIDIC ABANDONED MINE DRAINAGE
VIETMEIER, Anna, Biological Sciences, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15317, GULLIVER, Djuna, Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory, 1032 Welfer St, Pittsburgh, PA 15217 and TRUN, Nancy, Biological Sciences, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Ave, 258 Mellon Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15282
10:55 AM
NALED IT: SEASONAL EVOLUTION OF SUBGLACIAL ECOSYSTEMS BENEATH OUTLETS OF THE GREENLAND ICE SHEET
HANSEN, Christopher, College of Biological Sciences, University of Minnesota Plant and Microbial Biology, 1500 Gortner Ave, Saint Paul, MN 55108-1023, BARKER, Joel, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 and HAMILTON, Trinity, University of Minnesota Plant and Microbial Biology, 1500 Gortner Ave, Saint Paul, MN 55108-1023
11:10 AM
APPLYING GEOCHEMICAL PROXIES IN TEASING APART THE GENETIC HISTORY OF THE FLINDERS UNCONFORMITY AND RED CRUST, FLINDERS RANGES, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
WONG, Clara, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211
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