GSA Connects 2024 Meeting in Anaheim, California

Session No. 56
Sunday, 22 September 2024: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
208A (Anaheim Convention Center)

T29. New Advances in Geobiology

GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division

 

John Spear, Nagissa Mahmoudi, Dylan Wilmeth, Lucy Webb, Victoria A. Petryshyn and Trinity Hamilton, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
UPDATING THE TAPHONOMIC WINDOW OF WRINKLE STRUCTURE FORMATION; MICROBIALLY-INDUCED SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES IN JURASSIC TURBIDITES FROM MOROCCO
MARTINDALE, Rowan, Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 2305 Speedway, Stop C1160, Austin, TX 78712-1692, BODIN, Stéphane, Department of Geoscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, SINHA, Sinjini, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, KRENCKER, François-Nicolas, Institut für Geologie, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Hannover 30167, Germany, STONE, Travis, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 2305 Speedway, Stop C1160, Austin, TX 78712-1692, FONVILLE, Tanner, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, LITTLE, Crispin T., School of Earth & Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom, GIRGUIS, Peter, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138 and KABIRI, Lahcen, Department of Geological Sciences, University Moulay Ismail, Errachidia, Morocco
1:50 PM
THE 13C SUESS EFFECT EXPLAINS ELEVATED CARBON ISOTOPE RATIOS OF SEDIMENT ON MODERN CARBONATE PLATFORMS
TROWER, Lizzy1, HIBNER, Brianna1, LINCOLN, Tyler1, DODD, Jacqueline E.2, HAGEN, Cedric1, CANTINE, Marjorie D.3 and GOMES, Maya2, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, (2)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, (3)Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195
2:05 PM
THE SHURAM EXCURSION: NOVEL ISOTOPIC AND BIOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS ON AN ENDURING EDIACARAN ENIGMA (Invited Presentation)
KAUFMAN, Alan J., Department of Geology and Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, 8000 Regents Dr, College Park, MD 20742, GAN, Tian, Department of Geology, University of Maryland, 8000 Regents Dr, College Park, MD 20742; Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Earth Sciences, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030, PEDERSEN, Matthew, Geology Department, University of Maryland, College Park, 8000 Regents Drive, College Park, MD 20742, DOERRLER, Andrew, Department of Geology, University of Maryland, 8000 Regents Dr, College Park, MD 20742, PICCOLI, Philip M., Geology, University of Maryland-College Park, College Park, MD 20740, GILLEAUDEAU, Geoffrey, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Earth Sciences, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030, NANA YOBO, Lucien, Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, 3115 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843, BYKOVA, Natalia, Geological Sciences, Columbia, MO 65211, XIAO, Shuhai, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, MAXIMENKO, Vadim, Trofimuk Institue of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation and GRAZHDANKIN, Dmitriy, Russian Academy of Science, Novosibirsk Branch, Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
2:25 PM
DISTRIBUTION OF GLOEOBACTERALES AND VAMPIROVIBRIONIA AND THE POTENTIAL HABITATS INHABITED BY THE EARLIEST CYANOBACTERIIA
GRETTENBERGER, Christen, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616; Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, GOLD, David A., Earth & Planetary Sciences, UC, Davis, 2119 Earth and Physical Sciences, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616 and BROWN, C. Titus, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616
2:40 PM
NEW EVIDENCE FROM THE PALEOPROTEROZOIC GUNFLINT IRON FORMATION FOR MICROBIALLY-DRIVEN, EARLY DIAGENETIC PRECIPITATION OF SIDERITE
HUROWITZ, Joel1, HENKES, Gregory1, HOLME, Ella1, RASBURY, E. Troy2 and FRALICK, Philip3, (1)Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, (2)Geosciences, SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794-2100, (3)Department of Geology, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, ON P7B5E1, Canada
 
2:55 PM
Donath Medal Introduction
3:00 PM
2024 GSA DONATH MEDAL: CASE STUDIES IN THE COEVOLUTION OF THE DEEP EARTH WITH THE SURFACE EARTH SYSTEM
KELLER, C. Brenhin, Department of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755
3:20 PM
QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SPATIAL ORGANIZATION OF ~1.9 BILLION-YEAR-OLD MICROBIAL BUILDUPS
MEHRA, Akshay1, LARSON TEVIS, A. Anders1, WELLS, Jade1, BARNES, Benjamin2, METHLEY, Peter3 and KING, Meghan1, (1)Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
3:35 PM
A MID-SNOWBALL CAP CARBONATE? THE STURTIAN WARCOWIE DOLOMITE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
HOOD, Ashleigh and WALLACE, Malcolm W., School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
3:50 PM
GLOBAL RECORDS REVEAL A STEEP OCEANIC DIC δ13C DEPTH GRADIENT DURING THE HIRNANTIAN GLACIATION
YANG, Shengchao, State Key Laboratory for Mineral Deposits Research, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China; Frontiers Science Center for Critical Earth Material Cycling, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China, FAN, Junxuan, Frontiers Science Center for Critical Earth Material Cycling, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China; State Key Laboratory for Mineral Deposits Research, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China; Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, Beijing 100029, China, ALGEO, Thomas, Department of Geosciences, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Building, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0001; State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China; State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China and LI, Chao, State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation & Institute of Sedimentary Geology, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, Sichuan 610059, China; Key Laboratory of Deep-time Geography and Environment Reconstruction and Applications of Ministry of Natural Resources & International Center for Sedimentary Geochemistry and Biogeochemistry Research, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, Sichuan 610059, China
4:05 PM
TRIASSIC METAZOAN-ALGAL REEFS ORIGINATED IN A MESOPHOTIC TO DYSPHOTIC SLOPE SETTING BEFORE MIGRATING INTO SHALLOW, PLATFORM-MARGIN ENVIRONMENTS
KELLEY, Brian, Department of Geosciences, Penn State University, Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, LI, Xiaowei, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China, YU, Meiyi, Resource and Environment Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550025, China, PAYNE, Jonathan, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305, ALTINER, Demir, Department of Geological Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, 06800, Turkey, LEHRMANN, Daniel, Department of Geosciences, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX 78212, SHERMAN, Clark, Department of Marine Sciences, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus, Mayagüez, PR 00681 and MINZONI, Marcello, Geological Sciences, The University of Alabama, 1038 Bevill Building, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
4:20 PM
ANCIENT TO MODERN GEOLOGIC AND HYDROLOGIC FORCINGS DRIVE DEEP BIOSPHERE ACROSS COLORADO PLATEAU
MCINTOSH, Jennifer1, DRAKE, Henrik2, KIM, Ji-Hyun3, OSBURN, Magdalena4, STEVENSON, Bradley5, REINERS, Peter6, ROBERTS, Nick M.W.7, FISCHER, Mark8, HIETT, Coleman9, AUSTIN, Sarah10, TIKOFF, Basil10, MARTINI, Anna11 and FERGUSON, Grant12, (1)Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (2)Department of Biology and Environmental Science, Linnæus University, Kalmar, 39182, Sweden, (3)Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, Daejeon, 34132, Korea, Republic of (South), (4)Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60201, (5)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, 3651 Trousdale Pkwy, ZHS 119, Los Angeles, CA 90089, (6)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (7)Geochronology and Tracers Facility, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, NG12 5GG, United Kingdom, (8)Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115, (9)Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1040 E 4th Street, Tucson, AZ 85721, (10)Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53703, (11)Geology Department, Amherst College, 11 Barrett Hill Rd, Amherst, MA 01002, (12)Department of Hydrology & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721
4:35 PM
MICROBIAL OXIDATION OF METHANE IN KARST CAVES: ISOTOPIC EVIDENCE
LIU, Xiaoyan1, CHENG, Xiaoyu2, ZHANG, Yiming2, WANG, Weiqi1, CHEN, Zhong Qiang2, QIU, Xincheng2, ZHAO, Rui3, TUOVINEN, Olli H.4, BULL, Ian D.5, EVERSHED, Richard P.5 and WANG, Hongmei2, (1)School of Environmental Studies, No 388 Lumo Road, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China, (2)State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan, Hubei 430078, China, (3)Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 43210, (4)Department of Microbiology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, (5)School of Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Bristo, United Kingdom
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