Session: Whole Earth Systems Science: New Perspectives on the “Rock Cycle” from the Deep Earth to the Atmosphere to Life (Posters) (2008 Joint Annual Meeting (5-9 Oct. 2008))

Topical Sessions

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Monday, 6 October 2008: 8:00 AM-6:00 PM

George R. Brown Convention Center, Exhibit Hall E

Presiding:

Cin-Ty Lee , Andreas Luttge , Adrian Lenardic and Gerald Dickens

Poster #150

Whole Rock Geochemistry of Lavas from Bela Ophiolite, Western Pakistan
Yingqian Xiong, University of Houston; Shuhab Khan, University of Houston; Khalid Mahmood, University of Balochistan

Poster #151

Plate Boundary Processes on the Eoarchean Earth
Stephen J. Mojzsis, Univ of Colorado; Nicole L. Cates, Univ of Colorado

Poster #152

The Effect of Volatile Content of Mantle on Planetary Thermal Evolution
Constantin Sandu, Rice University; Adrian Lenardic, Rice University; Cin-Ty Lee, Rice Univ

Poster #153

Global Anoxia and Mass Extinction at the Cenomanian-Turonian Boundary Triggered by Subduction Zone Volcanism
Bing Shen, Rice University; Cin-Ty Lee, Rice Univ

Poster #154

Heterogeneity and Stratification of the Mantle: What Do We Mean by Layered?
Richard J. O'Connell, Harvard University

Poster #155

Resolving the Ar Paradox within the Framework of Whole Mantle Convection
Sujoy Mukhopadhyay, Harvard University; Helge Gonnermann, University of Hawaii

Poster #156

Chemostatic Modes of the Phanerozoic: Calcite-Dolomite Versus Aragonite Seas and Their Control by Weathering, Carbonate Precipitation, and Basalt-Seawater Reactions
Rolf S. Arvidson, Rice University; Michael Guidry, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Fred T. Mackenzie, University of Hawaii

Poster #157

Super-Earths: Properties and Tectonics
Diana Valencia, Harvard University; Richard J. O'Connell, Harvard University

Poster #158

Implications for a Magma Ocean from in Situ High Pressure-Temperature Melting Experiments on the Allende Meteorite and Peridotite
Lisa Danielson, NASA JSC; Kevin Righter, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston; Kurt Leinenweber, Arizona State University; Yanbin Wang, University of Chicago

200 Whole Earth Systems Science: New Perspectives on the “Rock Cycle” from the Deep Earth to the Atmosphere to Life (Posters)