Kathleen C. Benison
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
Activity
2024
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GYPSUM IS AN OVERLOOKED REPOSITORY FOR MICROFOSSILS
T168 Sulfates on Earth, Mars, and BeyondTuesday, 24 September 20248:00 AM - 12:00 PM213A
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EPHEMERAL SALINE LAKES AND MUDFLATS FROM THE PERMIAN CLOUD CHIEF FORMATION, TEXAS: EVIDENCE FROM TEXTURES IN GYPSUM
T168 Sulfates on Earth, Mars, and BeyondTuesday, 24 September 20248:00 AM - 12:00 PM213A
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INVESTIGATING GYPSUM SAND TEXTURES TO IMPROVE THE SUITABILITY OF EOLIAN MATHEMATICAL MODELS
T168 Sulfates on Earth, Mars, and BeyondTuesday, 24 September 20248:00 AM - 12:00 PM213A
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ILLUMINATING EQUATORIAL ENVIRONMENTS, CLIMATE, AND LIFE OF THE PERMIAN: THE DEEP DUST DRILLING PROJECT
T207 Investigating Earth’s Past, Present, and Future with Continental Scientific DrillingTuesday, 24 September 20241:30 PM - 5:30 PM212A
2023
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DEPOSITIONAL, DIAGENETIC, AND HABITABILITY CLUES FROM PETROGRAPHY OF SULFATE-RICH CLASTIC ROCKS AT JEZERO CRATER, MARS
T264 Latest Science Results and Updates in Planetary Science Research, Programs and Flight ProjectsWednesday, 18 October 20231:30 PM - 5:30 PM323
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LASER RAMAN SPECTROSCOPIC MINERAL IDENTIFICATIONS OF ACCIDENTAL DAUGHTER CRYSTALS IN BEDDED HALITE: IMPLICATIONS FOR REFINING PARENT WATER CHEMISTRY ON EARTH AND MARS
T225 Transforming the Mineral Sciences with Raman SpectroscopyWednesday, 18 October 20238:00 AM - 12:00 PM334
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PETROGRAPHY OF AN ANOMALOUS CARBONATE FROM THE PERMIAN GOOSE EGG FORMATION OF WYOMING
T158 Lakes of the World through Time and Space I: Archives of Climate Variability, Paleoenvironment, Geohazards, and Economic ResourcesTuesday, 17 October 20238:00 AM - 12:00 PM334
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EXCELLENT PRESERVATION OF ORGANIC AND FOSSIL PLANT MATERIALS IN BEDDED HALITE FROM MODERN WESTERN AUSTRALIAN LAKES AND THE PERMIAN NIPPEWALLA GROUP OF KANSAS
T155 New Voices in GeobiologyTuesday, 17 October 20238:00 AM - 12:00 PM335
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INVESTIGATING TRENDS IN PLANT SPECIES AND SOIL CHARACTER IN THE BIGHORN
BASIN OF WYOMING
T176 Recent Advances in Soil and Paleosol Science (Posters)Tuesday, 17 October 20238:00 AM - 5:30 PMHall B
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LITHOLOGIC CONTROLS ON BEDROCK CHANNEL FORM FROM THE MICRON TO METER SCALE
T151 Geomorphic Evolution of River Corridors in the Eastern United States, Pleistocene to AnthropoceneTuesday, 17 October 20238:00 AM - 12:00 PM315 / 316
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CONSIDERATIONS FOR DETECTING AND PRESERVING BIOSIGNATURES IN UNSTABLE SULFATE MINERALS
69 Are We Alone in the Universe? The Science and Strategies to Search for Evidence of Past Life on Earth, in the Solar System, and Beyond: In Memory of Jack Farmer—Father of Exopaleontology, Face of Astrobiology, Teacher to Thousands Around the WorldSunday, 15 October 20231:30 PM - 5:30 PM335
2022
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GETTING IT “WRITE”: KEY INGREDIENTS FOR PROMISING MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS TO GEOSCIENCE JOURNALS
213 D11. Recent Advances in Geoscience EducationWednesday, 12 October 20228:00 AM - 12:00 PM405
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GYPSUM TEXTURAL RECORDS OF CONTINENTAL SALINE ENVIRONMENTS FROM THE TRIASSIC RED PEAK FORMATION, WY
69 D31. Recent Advances in Sediments, ClasticMonday, 10 October 20228:00 AM - 12:00 PMMile High Ballroom 4D
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PETROGRAPHY AND LASER RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY OF ACCIDENTAL DAUGHTER CRYSTALS IN FLUID INCLUSIONS IN MARS-ANALOG HALITE
T99 Sedimentary Geology Division/SEPM Student Research Poster Competition: Dynamics of Stratigraphy and Sedimentation (Posters)Monday, 10 October 20229:00 AM - 1:00 PMExhibit Hall F
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IT’S A TRAP! THE PRESERVATION POTENTIAL OF ANCIENT HALITE
T49 New Advances in GeobiologySunday, 9 October 20221:30 PM - 5:30 PMMile High Ballroom 2C
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SAMPLING POTENTIAL BIOSIGNATURES WITH THE MARS 2020 PERSEVERANCE ROVER
41 Astrobiology: What’s the Latest on the Search for Life, Past or Present, Outside of Earth?Friday, 8 April 20221:30 PM - 5:30 PMNorth Meeting Room 206
2021
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IRON DIAGENESIS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA ACID SALINE SEDIMENTS: OBSERVATIONS FROM REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY AND MICROSCOPY
T236 Out of This World LakesWednesday, 13 October 20211:30 PM - 5:30 PMD135
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SALINE LAKE SYSTEMS OF THE TRIASSIC MERCIA MUDSTONE OF NORTHERN IRELAND: LESSONS FROM TWO CORES
T172 Lacustrine Systems around the World II: In Honor of Michael RosenTuesday, 12 October 20211:30 PM - 5:30 PMPortland Ballroom 252 (Hybrid Room)
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LAKE SYSTEMS OF PANGEA: THE DEPOSITIONAL AND DIAGENETIC HISTORY OF THE PERMIAN BLAINE FORMATION FROM THE REBECCA K. BOUNDS CORE OF KANSAS
T172 Lacustrine Systems around the World II: In Honor of Michael RosenTuesday, 12 October 20211:30 PM - 5:30 PMPortland Ballroom 252 (Hybrid Room)
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SAMPLES AND NOTIONAL CACHES FROM JEZERO CRATER AND BEYOND FOR MARS SAMPLE RETURN
T14 Perseverance at Jezero Crater—Characterizing an Ancient Crater Lake Basin on MarsSunday, 10 October 20218:00 AM - 12:00 PMPortland Ballroom 256 (Hybrid Room)
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ROCK TEXTURES: UNDERSTANDING THE JEZERO CRATER FLOOR IN THE REGION OF THE PERSEVERANCE ROVER LANDING SITE
T14 Perseverance at Jezero Crater—Characterizing an Ancient Crater Lake Basin on MarsSunday, 10 October 20218:00 AM - 12:00 PMPortland Ballroom 256 (Hybrid Room)
2020
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STRONTIUM ISOTOPE RATIOS AND BORON ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION OF PERMIAN STRATA IN THE U.S. MID-CONTINENT: INTERPRETING A MARINE GEOCHEMICAL SIGNATURE IN NON-MARINE ENVIRONMENTS OF THE BLAINE FORMATION
2 Permian of the South-Central U.S.: Land and SeaMonday, 9 March 20208:00 AM - 12:00 PMMeeting Room 202CD
2019
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THE NECESSITY OF SCIENTIFIC DRILLING FOR RECOGNITION OF PERMO-TRIASSIC CONTINENTAL ECOSYSTEMS OF EQUATORIAL PANGEA
T297 Lakes of the World through Time and Space IIWednesday, 25 September 20191:30 PM - 5:30 PMRoom 222BC, North Building
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USING MINERALOGY TO ADDRESS THE HYPERSALINE MARINE VERSUS SALINE LAKE DILEMMA OF THE PERMIAN HUTCHINSON SALT MEMBER OF KANSAS
T297 Lakes of the World through Time and Space IIWednesday, 25 September 20191:30 PM - 5:30 PMRoom 222BC, North Building
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HIDDEN BENEATH THE SURFACE: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC DIFFERENCES IN SURFICIAL AND BURIED PERMIAN STRATA ARE KEY TO UNDERSTANDING EVAPORITE KARST PROCESSES IN KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA
T225 Evaporite Karst in the Greater Permian Evaporite Basin of Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, and ColoradoTuesday, 24 September 20191:30 PM - 5:30 PMRoom 224B, North Building
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PERMIAN ENVIRONMENTAL AND BIOLOGICAL CLUES FROM FLUID INCLUSIONS IN HALITE IN THE SALT PLAIN FORMATION FORMATION AND THE CEDAR HILLS SANDSTONE OF KANSAS
T123 GSA Sedimentary Geology Division/SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) Student Research Poster Competition: Dynamics of Stratigraphy and Sedimentation (Posters)Monday, 23 September 20199:00 AM - 6:30 PMHall AB, North Building
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ANALYSIS OF MAJOR IONS IN DENSE BRINES USING PORTABLE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY
T66 Best Practices and Exciting Discoveries in Identifying, Mapping, and Analyzing Planetary Landforms and Terrestrial AnaloguesSunday, 22 September 20191:30 PM - 5:30 PMRoom 232BC, North Building
2018
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DID PANGEAN SALT, WIND, AND ACID CONTRIBUTE TO THE PERMO-TRIASSIC MARINE BIOTIC CRISIS?
T217 Permian-Triassic Biotic Crisis: New Insights through Integrative Studies of Earth, Ocean, and AtmosphereTuesday, 6 November 20181:30 PM - 5:30 PMSagamore Ballroom 7
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THE PERMIAN HUTCHINSON SALT MEMBER OF KANSAS: MARINE, CONTINENTAL, OR TRANSITIONAL?
T121 Sedimentary Geology Division/SEPM Student Research Competition: Dynamics of Stratigraphy and Sedimentation (Posters)Monday, 5 November 20189:00 AM - 6:30 PMHalls J-K
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TESTING THE PLEISTOCENE LAKE OTERO HYPOTHESIS: PRELIMINARY FINDINGS FROM A WHITE SANDS CORE
T9 Lakes through Space and Time ISunday, 4 November 20188:00 AM - 12:00 PMRoom 134
2017
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THICK PERMO-TRIASSIC REDBEDS AND EVAPORITES IN PANGEA: BUILDING CONCEPTUAL BRIDGES FROM NORTHERN IRELAND TO KANSAS
T182 The Dynamics of Stratigraphy and Sedimentation (Posters)Monday, 23 October 20179:00 AM - 6:30 PMHalls 4EF
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MICROORGANISMS IN THE NEOPROTEROZOIC BROWNE FORMATION HALITE OF AUSTRALIA?
T30 New Voices in Geobiology ISunday, 22 October 20178:00 AM - 12:00 PMRoom 602/603
2016
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CAN FLUID INCLUSIONS IN EOLIAN GYPSUM BE USED TO INTERPRET PAST LAKE CONDITIONS, CHEMISTRY, AND MICROBIOLOGY?
T102 Lake Deposits on Earth and Mars: In Memory of Elizabeth H. Gierlowski-KoredeschMonday, 26 September 20168:00 AM - 12:00 PMRoom 207
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PRESERVATION OF BIOSIGNATURES IN HALITE AND GYPSUM FROM MARS-ANALOG ACID BRINE LAKES AND ASSOCIATED EOLIAN SEDIMENTS
T109 Past and Present Biosignature Recognition on Earth, Mars, and BeyondMonday, 26 September 20168:00 AM - 12:00 PMMile High Ballroom 2C
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A LACUSTRINE FACIES MODEL FOR WHITE SANDS NATIONAL MONUMENT, NEW MEXICO
T159 Lake Deposits on Earth and Mars (Posters): In Memory of Elizabeth H. Gierlowski-KoredeschMonday, 26 September 20169:00 AM - 6:30 PMExhibit Hall E/F
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AN ACID PERENNIAL SALINE LAKE SYSTEM FROM THE TRIASSIC MERCIA MUDSTONE GROUP IN THE CARNDUFF 02 CORE, NORTHERN IRELAND
T102 Lake Deposits on Earth and Mars: In Memory of Elizabeth H. Gierlowski-KoredeschMonday, 26 September 20168:00 AM - 12:00 PMRoom 207
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ACID FLUID INCLUSIONS IN BEDDED HALITE OF THE TRIASSIC MERCIA MUDSTONE, NORTHERN IRELAND
T51 The Other Red Planet: Terrestrial Environments and Climates from the Permian and TriassicSunday, 25 September 20161:30 PM - 5:30 PMRoom 501
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REDBEDS IN WYOMING: READING LATE PERMIAN-EARLY TRIASSIC ENVIRONMENTS AND CLIMATES FROM THE RED PEAK AND CROW MOUNTAIN FORMATIONS
T51 The Other Red Planet: Terrestrial Environments and Climates from the Permian and TriassicSunday, 25 September 20161:30 PM - 5:30 PMRoom 501
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ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CLUES FROM EARLY DIAGENETIC FEATURES IN THE TRIASSIC MERCIA MUDSTONE GROUP OF NORTHERN IRELAND
T73 A Celebration of Lakes-Past and Present (Posters): In Honor of Dan LivingstoneSunday, 25 September 20169:00 AM - 5:30 PMExhibit Hall E/F
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PRELIMINARY FLUID INCLUSION EVIDENCE OF ACID BRINES IN HALITE OF THE NEOPROTEROZOIC BROWNE FORMATION, CENTRAL AUSTRALIA
T82 New Insights to the Dynamics of Stratigraphy and Sedimentation (Posters)Sunday, 25 September 20169:00 AM - 5:30 PMExhibit Hall E/F
2015
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EXPANSION OF THE HARDIE-EUGSTER BRINE EVOLUTION MODEL INTO THE LOW PH REALM
T199 Lawrence A. Hardie Commemorative Session ITuesday, 3 November 20158:00 AM - 12:00 PMRoom 319/320
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TESTING IF THIN CARBONATE UNITS ARE MARINE OR NON-MARINE: APPLYING THE HARDIE APPROACH TO THE TRIASSIC ALCOVA LIMESTONE OF WYOMING
T199 Lawrence A. Hardie Commemorative Session ITuesday, 3 November 20158:00 AM - 12:00 PMRoom 319/320
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CAN TRACE FOSSILS OF ROCK-EATING FUNGI BE USED TO GUIDE FOREST RESTORATION IN CENTRAL APPALACHIA?
231 Soils (Posters)Tuesday, 3 November 20159:00 AM - 6:30 PMExhibit Hall
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DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS OF THE QUARTERMASTER GROUP: EVIDENCE OF ACID SALINE LAKES AND SOILS IN WEST-CENTRAL KANSAS DURING THE LATE PERMIAN?
T135 Sedimentary Environment and Process Studies: The Emerging Generation of Scientists (Posters)Monday, 2 November 20159:00 AM - 6:30 PMExhibit Hall
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PRELIMINARY EVIDENCE OF EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS OF PANGEA: RED BEDS AND EVAPORITES OF THE TRIASSIC MERCIA MUDSTONE OF NORTHERN IRELAND
T135 Sedimentary Environment and Process Studies: The Emerging Generation of Scientists (Posters)Monday, 2 November 20159:00 AM - 6:30 PMExhibit Hall
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USING PETROGRAPHY AND SPECTROSCOPY TO DETECT LIFE IN EVAPORITES AND IRON OXIDE CONCRETIONS: SUGGESTIONS FOR THE SEARCH FOR MODERN AND ANCIENT LIFE ON MARS
T21 When Water Meets Rock: Aqueous Alteration in the Solar SystemSunday, 1 November 20158:00 AM - 12:00 PMRoom 344
2014
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SEDIMENTOLOGICAL INDICATORS OF PALEOPRECIPITATION IN PERMIAN-TRIASSIC REDBEDS AND EVAPORITES
T253 Proxies for PaleoprecipitationTuesday, 21 October 20141:00 PM - 5:00 PM207
2013
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WHEN IS A LIMESTONE NOT A LIMESTONE?: CALCITE REPLACEMENT OF GYPSUM OF THE PERMIAN MINNEKAHTA LIMESTONE
T364 Continental Carbonates (Posters)Wednesday, 30 October 20139:00 AM - 6:30 PMHall D
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PERMIAN PALEOTEMPERATURES RECORDED IN MID-PALEOLATITUDE AND PALEOEQUATORIAL HALITE DEPOSITS
T185 Climate of the Late Paleozoic—Earth's Last Icehouse and Icehouse Collapse IIMonday, 28 October 20131:00 PM - 5:00 PMRoom 601
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FLUID INCLUSION STUDY OF GYPSUM PRECIPITATED IN ACID SALINE WATERS: PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM MARS-ANALOG SALAR IGNORADO, NORTHERN CHILE
T138 Lakes and Lake Deposits on Earth and Mars (Posters)Monday, 28 October 20139:00 AM - 6:30 PMHall D
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POSSIBLY UBIQUITOUS PRESERVATION OF MICROBES IN PERMIAN HALITE
126 Paleoecology and Taphonomy (Posters)Monday, 28 October 20139:00 AM - 6:30 PMHall D
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DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH: A NEW OUTCROP OF LATE DEVONIAN HAMPSHIRE FORMATION FLUVIAL AND PALEOSOL REDBEDS IN WEST VIRGINIA
40 Recent Advances in Clastic Sediment Research (Posters)Sunday, 27 October 20139:00 AM - 6:30 PMHall D
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RETHINKING DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS OF THE PERMO-TRIASSIC GOOSE EGG/CHUGWATER REDBEDS: PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM OUTCROPS NEAR RAWLINS, WYOMING
40 Recent Advances in Clastic Sediment Research (Posters)Sunday, 27 October 20139:00 AM - 6:30 PMHall D
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DETRITAL ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY OF PERMIAN STRATA FROM WESTERN KANSAS: IMPLICATIONS FOR PERMIAN PALEOGEOGRAPHY AND PALEOCLIMATE
15 Building Comprehensive Models of Epicratonic Paleoenvironments from Integrated, Basin-Scale, Lithostratigraphic and Chemostratigraphic DatasetsThursday, 4 April 20131:30 PM - 5:30 PMClassroom 102
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ENVIRONMENTS AND PROVENANCE OF REDBEDS OF THE DOG CREEK SHALE (MIDCONTINENT): IMPLICATIONS FOR MIDDLE PERMIAN PALEOCLIMATE IN WESTERN PANGAEA
15 Building Comprehensive Models of Epicratonic Paleoenvironments from Integrated, Basin-Scale, Lithostratigraphic and Chemostratigraphic DatasetsThursday, 4 April 20131:30 PM - 5:30 PMClassroom 102
2012
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PALEOCLIMATE TRENDS RECORDED IN EPHEMERAL LAKE HALITE DEPOSITS OF THE PERMIAN NIPPEWALLA GROUP OF WESTERN KANSAS
T147 Terrestrial Proxies of Paleoclimate and Paleoenvironment in Deep TimeTuesday, 6 November 20128:00 AM - 12:00 PM202AB
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PRESERVATION OF MICROBES IN HALITE: A COMPARISON OF PERMIAN AND MODERN EPHEMERAL ACID SALINE LAKE DEPOSITS
158 Paleontology: Taphonomy, Paleoecology, and Diversity Dynamics (Posters)Tuesday, 6 November 20129:00 AM - 6:00 PMHall B
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FRESHWATER PALYNOMORPHS IN ACID HYPERSALINE LAKE SEDIMENTS: EVIDENCE OF REWORKING IN LAKE BROWN, SOUTHERN WESTERN AUSTRALIA
T79 Modern and Ancient Saline LakesMonday, 5 November 20128:00 AM - 9:30 AM219AB
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SALT, WIND, AND ACID: EXTREME CONTINENTAL ENVIRONMENTS IN THE PERMIAN OF WESTERN PANGAEA AS PRECURSORS TO THE END PERMIAN MASS EXTINCTION
T18 The Big Kill: Paleobiological, Geochemical, and Modeling Studies of the Permian–Triassic Boundary Mass Extinction ISunday, 4 November 20128:00 AM - 12:00 PM217BC