T106 New Perspectives in Karst Geomicrobiology and Redox Geochemistry

Monday, 8 November 2004
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Presentations

• 1:40 PM
  TINY STARS ON THE PLANET MARS: WHERE GEOMICROBIOLOGY IS LEADING THE SEARCH FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE
  Penelope J. Boston, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM
  75508 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:00 PM
  POOL MERINGUE: A NEW SPELEOTHEM FROM CARLSBAD CAVERNS OF POSSIBLE BIOLOGIC ORIGIN
  Leslie A. Melim, Western Illinois Univ, Macomb, IL and Ginny Rust, Western Illinois Univ, Macomb, IL and Neil Shannon, Western Illinois Univ, Macomb, IL and Diana E. Northup, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
  78466 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  THE MICROBE-MINERAL INTERFACE IN CAVES: A MOONMILK PERSPECTIVE
  Jodie L. van de Kamp, Univ of New Mexico, Alberquerque, NM and David S. Nichols, Univ of Tasmania, Hobart, N/A and Kevin Sanderson, Univ of Tasmania, Hobart, N/A
  78590 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  HOW DOES FRESH AND SALT WATER MIXING INFLUENCE CALCITE SATURATION IN AN ISOTOPE SUBSTAGE 5E FLANK MARGIN CAVE? AN EXAMPLE FROM MAJORS CAVE, SAN SALVADOR ISLAND, BAHAMAS
  Paul J. Moore, Univ of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Jonathan B. Martin, Univ of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Douglas W. Gamble, Univ of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, NC
  75387 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:45 PM
  BACTERIALLY INDUCED PRECIPITATES IN HOT SPRING SETTINGS
  Henry S. Chafetz, Univ of Houston, Houston, TX
  78793 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:05 PM
  MANGANESE OXIDE MINERALS IN CAVES: MICROBIALLY DRIVEN HEAVY METAL SCAVENGERS
  William B. White, The Pennsylvania State Univ, University Park, PA
  73813 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:35 PM
  MICROBIAL STUDIES OF SEDIMENTS FROM PUBLIC CAVE LANDS: BASELINE DATA FOR MANAGEMENT
  Megan L. Porter, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT and Ryan Peterson, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT and Andre Bennin, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT and Halim Marrujo, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT and Keith A. Crandall, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
  80489 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:50 PM
  THE INFLUENCE OF ORGANIC LOAD ON SUBTERRANEAN GEOMICROBIAL ACTIVITY AND SECONDARY SPELEOGENESIS
  Michael P. Kreate, Northern Kentucky Univ, Highland Heights, KY and R. Scott Hayes, Northern Kentucky Univ, Highland Heights, KY and Janet L. Bertog, Northern Kentucky Univ, Highland Heights, KY and Hazel A. Barton, Northern Kentucky Univ, Highland Heights, KY
  78510 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:05 PM
  A COUPLED BIOGEOCHEMICAL/HYDROLOGICAL APPROACH FOR ELUCIDATING TRANSPORT AND CYCLING OF NITROGEN WITHIN MANTLED KARST WATERSHEDS
  Jozef Laincz, Univ of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR and Byron Winston, Univ of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR and Susan Ziegler and Phillip D. Hays, Univ of Arkansas - Fayetteville, Fayetteville, AR
  80449 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:20 PM
  HYDROLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL PROCESSES IN GROUNDWATER WITHIN YUCATAN KARST
  Ronald K. Stoessell, Univ New Orleans, New Orleans, LA and James G. Coke, The Woodlands, TX
  75112 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:40 PM
  WATER, GAS, AND PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSES FROM SULFUR SPRINGS IN CUEVA DE VILLA LUZ, TABASCO, MEXICO
  Michael N. Spilde, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM and Tobias P. Fischer, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM and Diana E. Northup, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM and H.J. Turin, Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos, NM and Penelope J. Boston, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, Socorro, NM
  76492 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:55 PM
  SULFUR DYNAMICS DURING SULFURIC ACID SPELEOGENESIS WITHIN LOWER KANE CAVE, WYOMING
  Katrina E. Mabin, The Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Philip C. Bennett, The Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Annette Engel, Louisiana State Univ, Baton Rouge, LA and Libby Stern, The Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
  78008 (Technical Sessions)
• 5:10 PM
  PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF MICROBIAL HABITATS AND GEOCHEMICAL ENVIRONMENTS OF SISTEMA ZACATÓN, MEXICO
  Marcus O. Gary, The Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX
  80848 (Technical Sessions)