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PICOs BG8.1

BG8.1

Evidence and Habitats for Life on the Archean-Proterozoic Earth
Convener: Nicola McLoughlin  | Co-Convener: Emmanuelle J. Javaux 
PICOs
 / Fri, 02 May, 15:30–17:00

Friday, 02 May 2014
PICO Spot 1
Chairperson: Nicola McLoughlin, Emmanuelle J. Javaux, Dan Asael, Noah Planavsky
15:30–15:32
PICO1.1
EGU2014-13587
Is there life left in Akilia - novel approaches to an old controversy
Martin Whitehouse, Chris Fedo, Tony Kemp, Balz Kamber, Ronny Schoenberg, and Jeff Vervoort
Chairperson: Nicola McLoughlin, Emmanuelle J. Javaux, Dan Asael, Noah Planavsky
15:32–15:34
PICO1.2
EGU2014-11726
The Hf-Nd isotope record of Archean seawater: potential and pitfalls
Sebastian Viehmann, Michael Bau, Carsten Münker, J. Elis Hoffmann, and J. Eduardo Marquez
Chairperson: Nicola McLoughlin, Emmanuelle J. Javaux, Dan Asael, Noah Planavsky
15:34–15:36
PICO1.3
EGU2014-4118
Investigating traces of early life in the oldest tectono-sedimentary basin of the 3.5 - 3.1 Ga Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa (solicited)
Eugene Grosch
Chairperson: Nicola McLoughlin, Emmanuelle J. Javaux, Dan Asael, Noah Planavsky
15:36–15:38
PICO1.4
EGU2014-7421
Carbonaceous matter and putative microfossils of the mid-Archean Kromberg type-section re-visited, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa
Nicola McLoughlin and Eugene Grosch
Chairperson: Nicola McLoughlin, Emmanuelle J. Javaux, Dan Asael, Noah Planavsky
15:38–15:40
PICO1.5
EGU2014-14036
Mass-dependent and Mass-independent Sulphur Isotope Fractionation Accompanying Thermal- and Photo-chemical Decomposition of Sulphur Bearing Organic Compounds
Harry Oduro, Gareth Izon, and Shuhei Ono
Chairperson: Nicola McLoughlin, Emmanuelle J. Javaux, Dan Asael, Noah Planavsky
15:40–15:50
PICO1.6
EGU2014-9595
Dynamic oxygenation of the early atmosphere and oceans
Timothy W. Lyons, Noah J. Planavsky, and Christopher T. Reinhard
Chairperson: Nicola McLoughlin, Emmanuelle J. Javaux, Dan Asael, Noah Planavsky
15:50–15:52
PICO1.7
EGU2014-15589
Evidence for Oxygenic Photosynthesis Half a Billion Years Before the Great Oxidation Event
Noah Planavsky, Chris Reinhard, Dan Asael, Tim Lyons, Axel Hofmann, and Olivier Rouxel
Chairperson: Nicola McLoughlin, Emmanuelle J. Javaux, Dan Asael, Noah Planavsky
15:52–15:54
PICO1.8
EGU2014-8475
Mo isotope record of shales points to deep ocean oxygenation in the early Paleoproterozoic
Dan Asael, Clint Scott, Olivier Rouxel, Simon Poulton, Timothy Lyons, Emmanuelle Javaux, and Andrey Bekker
Chairperson: Nicola McLoughlin, Emmanuelle J. Javaux, Dan Asael, Noah Planavsky
15:54–15:56
PICO1.9
EGU2014-8439
Evolution of Oxidative Continental Weathering (solicited)
Kurt Konhauser and Stefan Lalonde
Chairperson: Nicola McLoughlin, Emmanuelle J. Javaux, Dan Asael, Noah Planavsky
15:56–15:58
PICO1.10
EGU2014-470
Microfossils' diversity from the Proterozoic Taoudeni Basin, Mauritania
Jérémie Beghin, Jean-Pierre Houzay, Christian Blanpied, and Emmanuelle Javaux
Chairperson: Nicola McLoughlin, Emmanuelle J. Javaux, Dan Asael, Noah Planavsky
15:58–16:00
PICO1.11
EGU2014-16938
Micropaleontology and chemostratigraphy of the Neoproterozoic Mbuji-Mayi Supergroup, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Blaise Baludikay, Andrey Bekker, Daniel Baudet, Dan Asael, Jean-Yves Storme, and Emmanuelle Javaux
Chairperson: Nicola McLoughlin, Emmanuelle J. Javaux, Dan Asael, Noah Planavsky
16:00–16:02
PICO1.12
EGU2014-3307
Fossilization of bacteria: Insights from field and experimental studies of modern microorganisms (solicited) (withdrawn)
Karim Benzerara, Jinhua Li, Sylvain Bernard, Julie Cosmidis, Nina Zeyen, and Olivier Beyssac