Sara Pruss
Smith College, Northampton, MA
Activity
2024
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INTERROGATING PALEOENVIRONMENTAL AND EVOLUTIONARY PATTERNS IN BIOTURBATION IN UPPER CAMBRIAN AND LOWER ORDOVICIAN STRATA OF THE GREAT BASIN, USA
T239 Evolution of Marine Life in the Cambrian I: Biotic, Biogeochemical, and Stratigraphic ContextsWednesday, 25 September 20248:00 AM - 12:00 PM204C
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WHY THE LONG FACIES? FACTORS CONTROLLING THE EXPRESSION OF THE CAMBRIAN SPICE EVENT IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS
T239 Evolution of Marine Life in the Cambrian I: Biotic, Biogeochemical, and Stratigraphic ContextsWednesday, 25 September 20248:00 AM - 12:00 PM204C
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DIVERSE MICROFOSSILS AND TAPHONOMIC WINDOWS IN THE CRYOGENIAN NON-GLACIAL INTERLUDE IKIAKPUK GROUP OF THE BROOKS RANGE, ALASKA
T2 New Voices in GeobiologySunday, 22 September 20248:00 AM - 12:00 PM208A
2023
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ANIMAL ABUNDANCE IN LATE ORDOVICIAN REEF ENVIRONMENTS: NEW INSIGHTS FROM THE UPPER ORDOVICIAN LOURDES FORMATION, WESTERN NEWFOUNDLAND
T238 The Early Paleozoic: Radiations, Extinctions, and Environment (Posters)Wednesday, 18 October 20238:00 AM - 5:30 PMHall B
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THE DEAD CLADE IS STILL WALKING: ARCHAEOCYATHS FROM UPPER STAGE 4 STRATA OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES
T238 The Early Paleozoic: Radiations, Extinctions, and Environment (Posters)Wednesday, 18 October 20238:00 AM - 5:30 PMHall B
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CRYOGENIAN-EDIACARAN EARTH HISTORY WITH INTERCONTINENTAL DRILLING
T267 Time Machine: Earth’s Deep-Time Geography—Data, Reconstructions, ChallengesWednesday, 18 October 20231:30 PM - 5:30 PM320
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PRESERVATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF OPHIUROIDS IN THE LOWER TRIASSIC VIRGIN LIMESTONE MEMBER, MOENKOPI FORMATION, SOUTHERN NEVADA
T171 Mass Extinctions as Natural Experiments in Earth System Perturbations (Posters)Tuesday, 17 October 20238:00 AM - 5:30 PMHall B
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BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL ASSEMBLAGES AND TAPHONOMY FROM THE LOWER TRIASSIC VIRGIN LIMESTONE FORMATION, WESTERN UNITED STATES
T171 Mass Extinctions as Natural Experiments in Earth System Perturbations (Posters)Tuesday, 17 October 20238:00 AM - 5:30 PMHall B
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EVALUATING THE DIVERSITY, AFFINITY, AND CONSTRUCTION OF TERMINAL EDIACARAN TUBIFORM FOSSILS FROM THE LA CIÉNEGA FORMATION, SONORA, MEXICO
T148 Recent Advancements in Understanding of Ediacaran Multicellular Life and Related Insights into Paleobiology and PhylogenyTuesday, 17 October 20238:00 AM - 12:00 PM304 / 305
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LIFE ON THE EDGE IN THE CAMBRIAN: LESSONS FROM TAPHONOMY, REDOX, AND EXTINCTION
T125 Temperature, Oxygen, and Their Synergistic Effects on Animal EcosystemsMonday, 16 October 20231:30 PM - 5:30 PM303
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UNUSUAL IRON CYCLING AND REDOX CONDITIONS IN THE LOWER CAMBRIAN HARKLESS FORMATION
T9 The Early Paleozoic I: Radiations, Extinctions, and EnvironmentSunday, 15 October 20238:00 AM - 12:00 PM304 / 305
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MICROBIAL FACIES IN THE NEOPROTEROZOIC LOWER BECK SPRING FORMATION
T45 New Advances in the Study of Microbialites (Posters)Sunday, 15 October 20238:00 AM - 5:30 PMHall B
2022
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IODINE TO CALCIUM RATIOS (I/CA) SUGGEST INCREASED SHALLOW WATER DEOXYGENATION DURING THE LATER CAMBRIAN SPICE EVENT
T260 Cambrian–Ordovician Faunas and Events: A Session in Honor of John F. Taylor and John E. RepetskiWednesday, 12 October 20221:30 PM - 5:30 PMMile High Ballroom 4A
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DEAD CLADE WALKING: SMALL ARCHAEOCYATHAN REEF MOUNDS IN THE LOWER CAMBRIAN (UPPER STAGE 4) MULE SPRING LIMESTONE, SPLIT MOUNTAIN, NEVADA
T241 Cambrian–Ordovician Faunas and Events (Posters): A Session in Honor of John F. Taylor and John E. RepetskiWednesday, 12 October 20229:00 AM - 1:00 PMExhibit Hall F
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THE RISE OF SKELETONS PRECEDING THE GREAT ORDOVICIAN BIODIVERSIFICATION EVENT: EVIDENCE FROM WESTERN NEWFOUNDLAND AND WESTERN UTAH
133 D26. Paleontology: Diversity, Extinction, and Origination (Posters)Monday, 10 October 20222:00 PM - 6:00 PMExhibit Hall F
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SKELETAL ABUNDANCE DURING THE CAMBRIAN SPICE EVENT, WESTERN UTAH
133 D26. Paleontology: Diversity, Extinction, and Origination (Posters)Monday, 10 October 20222:00 PM - 6:00 PMExhibit Hall F
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TUBULAR MICROFOSSILS FROM CAP CARBONATES OF KYRGYZSTAN
T125 New Voices in Geobiology (Posters)Monday, 10 October 20222:00 PM - 6:00 PMExhibit Hall F
2021
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SKELETAL ABUNDANCE AND EARLY ANIMAL REEFS: HOW REEF OCCURRENCES INFLUENCED SKELETONS IN EARLY PALEOZOIC SEAS
T141 The Evolution of Early Phanerozoic Oceans: A Geobiological PerspectiveTuesday, 12 October 20218:00 AM - 12:00 PME145
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DESCRIPTION OF A PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN PHOSPHATIZED OPHIUROID GENUS AND SPECIES FROM THE LOWER TRIASSIC VIRGIN LIMESTONE MEMBER, MOENKOPI FORMATION, WESTERN UNITED STATES
T156 Community Ecology and the Fossil Record: Diversity, Ecological Structure, and Paleoenvironmental Responses (Posters)Tuesday, 12 October 20219:00 AM - 1:00 PMExhibit Hall A
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SEDIMENTARY MERCURY AS A PROXY FOR REDOX OSCILLATIONS DURING THE CAMBRIAN SPICE EVENT IN WESTERN NEWFOUNDLAND
T141 The Evolution of Early Phanerozoic Oceans: A Geobiological PerspectiveTuesday, 12 October 20218:00 AM - 12:00 PME145
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TUBULAR FOSSILS FROM THE LATE EDIACARAN LA CIÉNEGA FORMATION, SONORA, MEXICO
T158 Life's Innovations from the Early Earth to the Search on Modern Mars: Honoring the Career of Andrew H. Knoll (Posters)Tuesday, 12 October 20219:00 AM - 1:00 PMExhibit Hall A
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EVIDENCE FOR BIOLOGICALLY INFLUENCED PRECIPITATION IN OOIDS FROM SHARK BAY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
T87 New Advances in Geobiology (Posters)Monday, 11 October 20219:00 AM - 1:00 PMExhibit Hall A
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ANIMAL ABUNDANCE AND CHANGING REDOX CONDITIONS DURING THE FURONGIAN CAMBRIAN SPICE EVENT, WESTERN UTAH
T122 New Perspectives on Phanerozoic Mass Extinctions and Environmental Perturbations (Posters)Monday, 11 October 20212:30 PM - 6:30 PMExhibit Hall A
2020
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SMALL SHELLY FOSSIL-STYLE PRESERVATION FROM THE LOWER TRIASSIC VIRGIN LIMESTONE MEMBER OF THE MOENKOPI FORMATION, LOST CABIN SPRINGS LOCALITY, WESTERN UNITED STATES
T163 Surf to Sea, Small to Large, Bottom to Top: Ecosystem Perspectives on the Marine Fossil Record IIWednesday, 28 October 20205:30 PM - 8:00 PMMeeting Rooms
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EVALUATING REDOX CONDITIONS DURING THE CAMBRIAN SPICE EVENT, WESTERN NEWFOUNDLAND, CANADA
T113 Trends and Patterns in Neoproterozoic–Cambrian Biodiversity and Evolutionary Originations IIWednesday, 28 October 202010:00 AM - 12:00 PMMeeting Rooms
2019
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DECLINING SKELETAL ANIMAL ABUNDANCE DURING AND AFTER THE ARCHAEOCYATH EXTINCTION IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES
T222 Extinction Selectivity and Climate Change: How Are Patterns across Time, Space, Taxa, and Habitat Similar, and How Are They Different?Tuesday, 24 September 20191:30 PM - 5:30 PMRoom 227ABC, North Building
2018
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THE ABUNDANCE OF ANIMALS IN LOWER CAMBRIAN CARBONATES OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES: THE EFFECTS OF THE ARCHAEOCYATHAN EXTINCTION ON BENTHIC COMMUNITIES
257 D16. Paleontology, Macroevolution and Biogeography (Posters)Wednesday, 7 November 20189:00 AM - 6:30 PMHalls J-K
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EDIACARAN-LIKE TEXTURED ORGANIC SURFACES FROM THE BOREAL EARLY TRIASSIC: MICROBIAL MATS THRIVED IN THE ABSENCE OF GRAZING AFTER THE PERMIAN-TRIASSIC MASS EXTINCTION
T80 Global Change: Evolution and Extinctions in the TriassicMonday, 5 November 20188:00 AM - 12:00 PMRoom 136-137
2017
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A POST-EXTINCTION CACO3 SATURATION STATE CRISIS IN THE EARLIEST PALEOGENE
T305 Impact of Extinction Events on the Ecological and Geochemical Functioning of Marine EcosystemsWednesday, 25 October 20178:00 AM - 12:00 PMRoom 608
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MERCURY ENRICHMENTS COINCIDENT WITH TRILOBITE EXTINCTION AT THE CAMBRIAN SERIES 2 – 3 BOUNDARY; AN IMPRINT OF THE KALKARINDJI LIP?
T331 Mercury in the Geologic RecordWednesday, 25 October 20171:30 PM - 5:30 PMRoom 607
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SMALL SHELLY-STYLE PRESERVATION OF FOSSILS IN LOWER TRIASSIC CARBONATES OF THE WESTERN US
272 D17. Paleontology, Paleoecology/Taphonomy (Posters)Tuesday, 24 October 20179:00 AM - 6:30 PMHalls 4EF
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TUBULAR MICROFOSSILS PRESERVED BY AL-SI CLAY IN SHALLOW WATER CARBONATE FACIES OF THE POST-STURTIAN RASTHOF FORMATION (~660 MA), NORTHERN NAMIBIA
272 D17. Paleontology, Paleoecology/Taphonomy (Posters)Tuesday, 24 October 20179:00 AM - 6:30 PMHalls 4EF
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I CAN’T QUIT YOU, DAVE: NEW TAPHONOMIC INSIGHTS FROM THE LOWER TRIASSIC VIRGIN LIMESTONE FORMATION, WESTERN UNITED STATES
T131 Studies in Paleobiology and Paleoecology II: In Honor of Professor David J. BottjerMonday, 23 October 20171:30 PM - 5:30 PMRoom 607
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FOSSILS PRESERVED BY IRON-BEARING MINERALS IN THE LOWER-MIDDLE CAMBRIAN CARRARA FORMATION
T83 Life and Times in the Early Paleozoic (Posters)Sunday, 22 October 20179:00 AM - 5:30 PMHalls 4EF
2016
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EXTINCTION INTENSITY, SELECTIVITY, AND THEIR COMBINED MACROEVOLUTIONARY INFLUENCE IN THE FOSSIL RECORD
T137 Past and Present Global Biotic Crises: From Microbes to MegafaunaMonday, 26 September 20161:30 PM - 5:30 PMMile High Ballroom 3C
2015
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FORMATION AND PRESERVATION OF MICROBIAL TEXTURES IN SILICICLASTIC SEDIMENTS
T338 Geobiology of Critical Transitions: Integrating Fossils, Proxies, and Models IIIWednesday, 4 November 20151:30 PM - 5:30 PMRoom 325/326
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PHOSPHATIC AND GLAUCONITIC FOSSIL PRESERVATION LINKED TO REDOX OSCILLATIONS IN CAMBRIAN OCEANS
T250 Geobiology of Critical Transitions: Integrating Fossils, Proxies, and Models ITuesday, 3 November 20151:30 PM - 5:30 PMRoom 325/326
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NEW ARCHAEOCYATHAN REEFS AND CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE LOWER CAMBRIAN WOOD CANYON FORMATION, DEATH VALLEY, USA
T225 Geobiology of Critical Transitions: Integrating Fossils, Proxies, and Models (Posters)Tuesday, 3 November 20159:00 AM - 6:30 PMExhibit Hall
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THE ADVENT OF THE CORAL REEF: ANIMAL ABUNDANCE IN UPPER ORDOVICIAN LOURDES FORMATION REEFS, WESTERN NEWFOUNDLAND
T130 Topics in Paleoecology: Modern Analogues and Ancient Systems (Posters)Monday, 2 November 20159:00 AM - 6:30 PMExhibit Hall
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A SEDIMENTARY FINGERPRINT OF OSCILLATING REDOX THROUGH THE CAMBRIAN PERIOD
T94 Mineralogy of Diagenesis on Earth and Mars: In Honor of Nicholas J. Tosca, 2015 MSA AwardeeMonday, 2 November 20158:00 AM - 12:00 PMRoom 342
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THE SEARCH FOR ROECE IN NORTHWEST SCOTLAND
T19 Mass Extinction Causality: Records of Anoxia, Acidification, and Global Warming during Earth's Greatest Crises ISunday, 1 November 20158:00 AM - 12:00 PMRoom 310
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MICROFOSSIL ASSEMBLAGES IN THE CRYOGENIAN NONGLACIAL INTERLUDE (~660-640 MA) OF NAMIBIA, ZAMBIA, MONGOLIA AND ARCTIC ALASKA
T69 Timing of the Origins and Evolution of Unicellular EukaryotesSunday, 1 November 20151:30 PM - 5:30 PMRoom 316
2014
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TAPHONOMIC BIAS OF SELECTIVE SILICIFICATION REVEALED BY PAIRED PETROGRAPHIC AND INSOLUBLE RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF THE LOWER TRIASSIC VIRGIN LIMESTONE MEMBER, WESTERN US
238 Paleontology: Trace Fossils, Taphonomy, and Exceptional PreservationTuesday, 21 October 20141:00 PM - 5:00 PM221/222
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MASS EXTINCTIONS AS DRIVERS OF PREDICTABILITY IN THE HISTORY OF MARINE LIFE
T259 Ecosystem Paleobiology and Geobiology: Energy, Nutrients, and Food Webs in Deep TimeTuesday, 21 October 20141:00 PM - 5:00 PM219
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PRODUCTION OF WRINKLE STRUCTURES AND LINEAR TRAILS BY MOVING MICROBIAL AGGREGATES
174 Paleontology: Paleoecology and Paleoenvironmental ReconstructionsTuesday, 21 October 20148:00 AM - 12:00 PM219
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MICROFOSSIL ASSEMBLAGES IN CRYOGENIAN CAP CARBONATES OF NAMIBIA, ZAMBIA AND MONGOLIA
T232 The Tonian-Cryogenian World (Posters)Tuesday, 21 October 20149:00 AM - 6:30 PMExhibition Hall C
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EARLY CAMBRIAN PHOSPHATIZED ARCHAEOCYATHANS AND SMALL SHELLY FOSSILS (SSFS) OF SOUTHWESTERN MONGOLIA
30 Paleontology: The Ediacaran to Early Paleozoic World (Posters)Sunday, 19 October 20149:00 AM - 5:00 PMExhibition Hall C
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DO MASS EXTINCTIONS IMPART PREDICTABILITY OR CONTINGENCY TO THE HISTORY OF LIFE?
25 A Symposium in Honor of the Career of Richard BambachFriday, 11 April 20148:00 AM - 12:00 PMAssembly Hall
2013
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PALEOECOLOGICAL RECONSTRUCTION USING POINT COUNTS AND ANALYSIS OF SILICIFIED FAUNAS FROM LOWER TRIASSIC CARBONATES, MUDDY MOUNTAINS, SOUTHERN NEVADA
126 Paleoecology and Taphonomy (Posters)Monday, 28 October 20139:00 AM - 6:30 PMHall D
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EVIDENCE FOR A POST-STURTIAN EUKARYOTIC BIOSPHERE FROM CAP CARBONATES OF NORTHERN NAMIBIA AND ZAMBIA
66 Special Session: A Life in Earth History from Tectonics to Climate II: The Scientific Legacy of Paul F. HoffmanSunday, 27 October 20131:00 PM - 5:00 PMMile High Ballroom 4EF
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MICROBIAL SHAPING OF WRINKLE STRUCTURES IN SILICICLASTIC DEPOSITS
66 Special Session: A Life in Earth History from Tectonics to Climate II: The Scientific Legacy of Paul F. HoffmanSunday, 27 October 20131:00 PM - 5:00 PMMile High Ballroom 4EF
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MICROSCOPIC TEXTURES, MACROSCOPIC SHAPES AND DEPOSITION RATES OF PELOIDAL FACIES IN THE BASAL EDIACARAN CAP DOLOSTONE
66 Special Session: A Life in Earth History from Tectonics to Climate II: The Scientific Legacy of Paul F. HoffmanSunday, 27 October 20131:00 PM - 5:00 PMMile High Ballroom 4EF
2012
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DISTRIBUTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF OOLITIC SAND IN PIGEON CREEK, SAN SALVADOR ISLAND, THE BAHAMAS
T105 Surf’s Up: New Insights on the Geology, Karst, and Paleontology of Carbonate Systems of the Bahama Archipelago (Posters)Monday, 5 November 20129:00 AM - 6:00 PMHall B
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MACROSCOPIC ALGAL FOSSILS FROM THE CRYOGENIAN OF MONGOLIA
T84 Fossil Preservation, Biological Evolution, and Environmental Change at the Dawn of Animal Radiation: An Examination of Geobiological Events across the Ediacaran–Cambrian Transition IMonday, 5 November 20128:00 AM - 12:00 PM217D
2011
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SEDIMENTOLOGY, ICHNOLOGY, AND SOFT-BODIED PRESERVATION OF THE SERIES 3 CAMBRIAN MARCH POINT AND PETIT JARDIN FORMATIONS, WESTERN NEWFOUNDLAND
173 Paleontology (Posters) III: Biogeography, Biostratigraphy, and TaphonomyTuesday, 11 October 20119:00 AM - 6:00 PMHall C
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ENVIRONMENTAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF MICROFOSSIL ASSEMBLAGES PRESERVED IN A POST-STURTIAN CAP CARBONATE, THE RASTHOF FORMATION, NORTHERN NAMIBIA
101 Precambrian Geology (Posters)Monday, 10 October 20119:00 AM - 6:00 PMHall C
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THE MEEK SHELL INHERITS THE EARTH: PHYSIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS ON EARLY PALEOZOIC EXTINCTION AND RADIATION
T14 Multidisciplinary Approaches to Studying the Causes and Consequences of Mass Extinction: Geochemistry, Paleoecology, and Paleoenvironments ISunday, 9 October 20118:00 AM - 12:00 PMRoom 200H-J
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GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF THE CAMBRO-ORDOVICIAN COW HEAD GROUP, WESTERN NEWFOUNDLAND
30 Sediments, Carbonates (Posters)Sunday, 9 October 20119:00 AM - 6:00 PMHall C
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A MICROFOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE FROM POST-STURTIAN CAP CARBONATES OF THE RASTHOF FORMATION, NORTHERN NAMIBIA
13 Undergraduate Research I (Posters)Sunday, 20 March 20118:00 AM - 12:00 PMGrand Ballroom/Urban Room
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GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF THE CAMBRO-ORDOVICIAN COW HEAD GROUP, WESTERN NEWFOUNDLAND
26 Undergraduate Research II (Posters)Sunday, 20 March 20111:30 PM - 5:30 PMGrand Ballroom/Urban Room
2010
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THE ORIGIN OF ROLL-UP STRUCTURES AND SYNDEPOSITIONAL FOLDS IN A STURTIAN CAP CARBONATE, THE RASTHOF FORMATION, NORTHERN NAMIBIA
78 Recent Advances in Precambrian GeologyMonday, 1 November 20108:00 AM - 12:00 PMMile High Ballroom 1CD
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MICROFOSSILS IN THE POST-STURTIAN CAP CARBONATES OF THE RASTHOF FORMATION, NORTHERN NAMIBIA
102 Paleontology (Posters) III - Diversity and PaleoecologyMonday, 1 November 20108:00 AM - 6:00 PMHall D
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HIGH PREDATION RATES ON A CARBONATE TIDAL FLAT, CAT ISLAND, BAHAMAS
80 Paleontology II, Mesozoic and Cenozoic (Posters)Tuesday, 16 March 20101:30 PM - 5:35 PMInternational ABCDF
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POLYGONAL FRACTURES IN OOID GRAINSTONES OF CAT ISLAND, BAHAMAS: A UNIQUE SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE IN CARBONATE DEPOSITS
71 Ancient and Modern Carbonates of Eastern North America (Posters)Tuesday, 16 March 20108:00 AM - 12:05 PMInternational ABCDF
2009
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PREDATION RATES IN A MODERN CARBONATE SETTING, SAN SALVADOR ISLAND, BAHAMAS
T275 Fossil Preservation and Climate Change: Trends from Polar to Tropical RegionsWednesday, 21 October 20091:30 PM - 5:30 PMPortland Ballroom 256
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DIVERSE SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES OF A HOLOCENE CARBONATE EOLIANITE COMPLEX ON CAT ISLAND, BAHAMAS
34 Sediments, Carbonates: Modern and Ancient Examples (Posters)Sunday, 18 October 20099:00 AM - 6:00 PMHall A
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FORMATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF OOIDS ALONG A BEACH-TO-OFFSHORE TRANSECT AT PIGEON CAY, CAT ISLAND, BAHAMAS
34 Sediments, Carbonates: Modern and Ancient Examples (Posters)Sunday, 18 October 20099:00 AM - 6:00 PMHall A
2007
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DELAYED BIOTIC RECOVERY FROM THE PERMIAN-TRIASSIC EXTINCTION MAY HAVE BEEN INFLUENCED BY A REDOX-DRIVEN REORGANIZATION OF THE MARINE CARBONATE SYSTEM
154 Sediments, CarbonatesTuesday, 30 October 20071:30 PM - 5:30 PM
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One of These Beaches Is Not Like the Other: Drilling Frequencies in Modern Mollusc Shells, San Salvador Island, Bahamas
249 Paleontology (Posters) II - Paleoecology, Taphonomy, and Traces