Session: New Advances in the Study of Microbialites (Posters) (GSA Connects 2023 Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)

Session No. 45

Sunday, 15 October 2023: 8:00 AM-5:30 PM

Hall B (David L Lawrence Convention Center)

T133. New Advances in the Study of Microbialites (Posters)

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

Authors will be present from 3:30 to 5:30 PM.

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Booth #

45-1

279

MICROBIAL FACIES IN THE NEOPROTEROZOIC LOWER BECK SPRING FORMATION

CORCORAN, Erin¹, WENICK, Milla¹, PRUSS, Sara¹ and MOORE, Kelsey², (1)Department of Geosciences, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, (2)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218

45-2

280

LAB-CREATED ABIOTIC SILICA GELS: INSIGHTS INTO PROTEROZOIC SILICIFICATION PROCESSES

NEWBILLE, Amber and MANNING-BERG, Ashley R., Department of Biology, Geology, and Environmental Science, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 615 McCallie Ave, Chattanooga, TN 37403

45-3

281

CHARACTERIZING BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC MG CARBONATE MINERAL FORMATION IN POTENTIAL MARS ANALOGUE ENVIRONMENTS: ALKALINE LAKES AND PLAYAS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

LEAPALDT, Hanna, Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802 and INGALLS, Miquela, Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802

45-4

282

GENETIC ADAPTATIONS IN CYANOBACTERIA TO EXTREME COLD MAY INFLUENCE MICROBIALITE FORMATION IN ANTARCTIC LAKES

MARCELLO, Kaylah¹, SUMNER, Dawn Y.², GRETTENBERGER, Christen³, HOUTS, Hannah¹ and LUMIAN, Jessica¹, (1)Microbiology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis, One Shields Building, Davis, CA 95616, (3)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616

45-5

283

SELF-ORGANIZED PINNACLE PATTERNS IN ANTARCTIC LAKES: UNDERSTANDING MICROBIALITE MORPHOLOGY

KING, Sarah¹, SUMNER, Dawn Y.², DONG, Xiaoli³, MACKEY, Tyler⁴, PENG, Allison⁵, WILLIAMS, Caden² and GEE, David⁶, (1)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis, One Shields Building, Davis, CA 95616, (3)Environmental Science and Policy, UC Davis, Davis, CA 95616, (4)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (5)Statistics, UC Davis, Davis, CA 95616, (6)Mathematics, UC Davis, Davis, CA 95616

45-6

284

USING STRUCTURE-FROM-MOTION AND VIRTUAL REALITY TO CONSTRUCT AND ANALYZE MODELS OF MICROBIAL MAT MORPHOLOGY

WILLIAMS, Caden¹, KING, Sarah¹, SUMNER, Dawn Y.¹, DONG, Xiaoli², MACKEY, Tyler³, PENG, Allison⁴ and GEE, David⁵, (1)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis, One Shields Building, Davis, CA 95616, (2)Environmental Science and Policy, UC Davis, Davis, CA 95616, (3)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (4)Statistics, UC Davis, Davis, CA 95616, (5)Mathematics, UC Davis, Davis, CA 95616

45-7

285

IMPACT OF ASTRONOMICALLY-DRIVEN CLIMATIC AND OCEANOGRAPHIC CYCLICITY ON MICROBIAL CARBONATE SEDIMENT PRODUCTION AND FACIES DISTRIBUTION IN A SEMI-RESTRICTED BASIN: UPPER JURASSIC SMACKOVER FORMATION, ALABAMA

MINZONI, Marcello, Geological Sciences, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401, ATKINS, Carmen, Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35406, MORSILLI, Michele, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, 44100, Italy, PRATHER, Bradford E., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Bldv., Lawrence, KS 66045 and KOPASKA-MERKEL, David C., Retired, 10055 Goodwood Blvd, Baton Rouge, LA 70815

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