Session: Geobiology and Biomineralization: From the Origins of Life to the Origins of Cities (2008 Joint Annual Meeting (5-9 Oct. 2008))

Oral Session

Overarching Sessions

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

George R. Brown Convention Center, Ballroom C

Presiding:

H. Curtis Monger

8:00 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:05 AM

7-1

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; Timothy D. Raub, California Institute of Technology; Robert E. Kopp, Princeton University; Cody Z. Nash, California Institute of Technology

8:30 AM

7-2

Toward a Mechanism-Based Understanding of Skeletal Formation: Toolbox for Biomineralization
Patricia M. Dove, Virginia Tech; Allison E. Stephenson, Virginia Tech; Laura Hamm, Virginia Tech; Dongbo Wang, Virginia Tech; James J. DeYoreo, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

8:55 AM

7-3

Mobilization of Silica in Terrestrial Grassland Ecosystems and the Potential Impact on the Global Silica Cycle
Eugene Kelly, Colorado State University; S.E. Melzer, Colorado State University; A.K. Knapp; S.W. Blecker; Oliver Chadwick

9:20 AM

7-4

Construction Practice in Complex Urban Systems
Ke Li; John Crittenden, Arizona State University

9:45 AM

Discussion

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