Tuesday, 7 October 2008: 8:00 AM

George R. Brown Convention Center, 310BE

Presiding:

Stephen E. Grasby and Penny Morris

8:00 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:10 AM

238-1

Microbial Sulfur Fractionation in Natural Springs - Implications for Archean Seawater Chemistry

Stephen E. Grasby, Natural Resources Canada; H. Roy Krouse, Univ of Calgary; Marie Eve Caron, University of Calgary; M.C. Ryan, Univ of Calgary

8:25 AM

238-2

Microbial Diversity in Cold Saline Perennial Sulfur Springs of the Canadian High Arctic

Thomas Niederberger, McGill University, Macdonald Campus; N.N. Perreault; J. Nadeau; R.E. Mielke; C.W. Greer; D.T. Andersen; W.H. Pollard; L.G. Whyte, McGill University, Macdonald Campus

8:40 AM

238-3

Extremophile Microorganism Communities In Sulfates and Other Sulfur Minerals: Models for Mars and Other Solar System Bodies

Penelope J. Boston, New Mexico Tech; Michael Spilde, University of New Mexico; Diana E. Northup, Univ of New Mexico

9:00 AM

238-4

Sulfur, Sulfates, and Fossils In Acid Saline Deposits In Western Australia and Chile: Clues for Understanding Mars

Kathleen C. Benison, Central Michigan University; Brenda Beitler Bowen, Purdue University

9:15 AM

238-5

Comparison of Evaporite Microbial Films from the Bahamas and the Dead Sea

Penny Morris, Univ of Houston Downtown; Robin L. Brigmon; Garriet W. Smith

9:35 AM

238-6

Evaporite Environments on Earth as a Potential Mars Analogue

P.A. Morris, University of Houston-Downtown; Robin Brigmon, Westinghouse Savannah River Co; G. Smith, University of South Carolina

9:50 AM

238-7

Petrography Reveals That Acid-Precipitated Halite and Gypsum Preserve Small Fossils Well

Kathleen C. Benison, Central Michigan University

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