41 Traces of Life: Micro- to Macroscopic Evidence of Past and Present Biogenic Activity and Their Implications for Marine and Continental Settings

Friday, 13 April 2007
1:20 PM - 5:00 PM

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  MICROBIAL BIOMASS AND COMMUNITY STRUCTURE OF A STROMATOLITE FROM AN ACID MINE DRAINAGE SYSTEM AS DETERMINED BY LIPID ANALYSIS
  Jiasong Fang, Iowa State Univ, Ames, IA and Stephen Hasiotis, Univ KansasDept Geology, 116 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS and Shamik Das Gupta, Iowa State University, Ames, IA and Sandra S. Brake, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN and Dennis Bazylinski, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
  120103 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:50 PM
  SLOW BORING LIFE IN HAWAIIAN HYALOCLASTITE: A COMMENT ON THE DEEP BIOSPHERE
  Anthony W. Walton, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
  120240 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 2:10 PM
  ENDOLITHIC MICROBORINGS IN BASALT GLASS FRAGMENTS IN HYALOCLASTITES: EXTENDING THE ICHNOFABRIC INDEX TO MICROBIOEROSION
  Kimberly E. Montague, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS and Stephen Hasiotis, Univ KansasDept Geology, 116 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS and Anthony W. Walton, Univ of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
  120263 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 2:30 PM
  NUCLEATION AND PRECIPITATION OF LOW-TEMPERATURE DOLOMITE BY METHANOGENS
  Paul A. Kenward, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS and David A. Fowle, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS and Robert H. Goldstein, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS and Luis González, Univ of Kansas, Lawrence, KS and Jennifer A. Roberts, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
  120290 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 2:50 PM
  METHANOBACTIN-PROMOTED DISSOLUTION OF CU-SUBSTITUTED BOROSILICATE GLASS
  Ezra Kulczycki, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS and David A. Fowle, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS and Charles Knapp, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS and David W. Graham, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS and Jennifer A. Roberts, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
  120250 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 3:30 PM
  A PALEOCLIMATIC RECONSTRUCTION OF FOSSIL LAKE, OREGON USING MICROPALEONTOLOGY
  Julie B. Retrum, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS and Steven R. Bozarth, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS and James E. Martin, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD and Luis A. González, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
  120405 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 3:50 PM
  USING TRACE FOSSILS TO RECOGNIZE MARINE TRANSGRESSION: TIME DOES MATTER
  Ronald R. McDowell, West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey, Morgantown, WV
  119590 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 4:10 PM
  NEOICHNOLOGIC TRACKWAY EXPERIMENTS USING THE FRESHWATER CRAYFISH ORCONECTES
  Justin M. Fairchild, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS and Stephen T. Hasiotis, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
  120187 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 4:30 PM
  PRELIMINARY REPORT ON NEW VERTEBRATE BURROW LOCALITIES IN THE LOWER JURASSIC NAVAJO SANDSTONE, MOAB AREA, SOUTHEASTERN UTAH: ARCHITECTURAL AND SURFICIAL BURROW MORPHOLOGIES INDICATIVE OF MAMMALS OR THERAPSIDS, AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
  Stephen T. Hasiotis, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS and Georges Odier, Moab, UT and Don Rasmussen, Plateau Exploration Inc, Longmont, CO and Tamsin McCormick, Plateau Restoration, Moab, UT
  120400 (THEME SESSIONS)