7 Geobiology and Biomineralization: From the Origins of Life to the Origins of Cities

Wednesday, 8 October 2008
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Presentations

• 8:05 AM
  The Grand Unified Theory of Biomineralization: New Evidence from the Great Oxygenation Event Suggests That “Iron Is Master of Them All.”
  Joseph L. Kirschvink, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA and Timothy D. Raub, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA and Robert E. Kopp, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ and Cody Z. Nash, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
  144777 (Overarching Sessions)
• 8:30 AM
  Toward a Mechanism-Based Understanding of Skeletal Formation: Toolbox for Biomineralization
  Patricia M. Dove, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA and Allison E. Stephenson, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA and Laura Hamm, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA and Dongbo Wang, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA and James J. DeYoreo, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA
  144776 (Overarching Sessions)
• 8:55 AM
  Mobilization of Silica in Terrestrial Grassland Ecosystems and the Potential Impact on the Global Silica Cycle
  E.F. Kelly, Colorado State University, Ft Collins, CO and S.E. Melzer, Colorado State University, Ft Collins, CO and A.K. Knapp, N/A and S.W. Blecker, N/A and O.A. Chadwick, N/A
  144778 (Overarching Sessions)
• 9:20 AM
  Construction Practice in Complex Urban Systems
  Ke Li, N/A, N/A and John Crittenden, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
  146531 (Overarching Sessions)