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T248. Unlocking Lilliput: New Approaches to Microscopy in Paleontology

 
NEW APPROACHES TO MICROSCOPY IN PALEONTOLOGY
Abstract ID#: 233497
PULLIN, K. Leo, Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1040 E. 4th Street, Tucson, AZ 85719, kleopullin@email.arizona.edu
 
SIGNAL TO NOISE: UNRAVELING BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION FROM PRESERVATIONAL OVERPRINTS IN EXCEPTIONAL FOSSILS
Abstract ID#: 225814
SCHIFFBAUER, James D.1, XIAO, Shuhai2, LODUCA, Steven T.3, PANG, Ke4, TANG, Qing4, and YUAN, Xunlai4, (1) Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geology Building, Columbia, MO 65211, schiffbauerj@missouri.edu, (2) Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (3) Department of Geography and Geology, Eastern Michigan University, 205 Strong Hall, Ypsilanti, MI 48197, (4) Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China
 
NOVEL APPLICATION OF HIGH-RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY TO ARCHEAN PALEONTOLOGY
Abstract ID#: 231956
OLCOTT MARSHALL, Alison, Geology, University of Kansas, Lindley Hall, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd Room 120, Lawrence, KS 66045, olcott@ku.edu, JEHLICKA, Jan, Institute of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Mineral Resources, Charles University in Prague, Albertov 6, 128 43, Prague, 2, Czech Republic, ROUZAUD, Jean-Noël, Laboratoire de Géologie de l'Ecole Nationale Supérieure, UMR CNRS 8538, ENS, 24, rue Lhomond, Paris, 75005, France, and MARSHALL, Craig P., Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd. Rm. 120, Lawrence, KS 66045
 
PLANT BIOMINERALS AS GEOLOGIC, CLIMATIC, AND BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS
Abstract ID#: 234074
MORGAN-EDEL, K.D., Earth & Environmental Sciences, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, daisymo4wildlife@gmail.com, SPILDE, Michael N., Institute of Meteoritics, University of New Mexico, MSC03-2050, Albuquerque, NM 87131, and BOSTON, Penelope J., Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, National Cave and Karst Research Institute, Socorro, NM 87801
 
OPTIMIZING SUPER-RESOLUTION STRUCTURED ILLUMINATION MICROSCOPY (SR-SIM) FOR RECOVERY OF TAXONOMICALLY IMPORTANT MORPHOLOGIES IN THE MODERN AND FOSSIL GRASS POLLEN RECORDS
Abstract ID#: 230308
WESSELN, Cassandra J., Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 320 Morrill Hall, 505 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, wesseln1@illinois.edu, SIVAGURU, Mayandi, Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1206 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801, MANDER, Luke, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4PS, United Kingdom, and PUNYASENA, Surangi W., Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 505 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801
 
TOWARDS RESOLVING IN SITU, CENTIMETER-SCALE LOCATION OF BIOMINERALIZATION IN CALCAREOUS MICROBENTHOS
Abstract ID#: 230776
BERNHARD, Joan M.1, PHALEN, William2, MCINTYRE-WRESSNIG, Anna3, MEZZO, Francesco4, and JEGLINSKI, Marleen1, (1) Department of Geology & Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, jbernhard@whoi.edu, (2) Environmental Studies Department, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, (3) Geology & Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Mailstop 52, Woods Hole, MA 02543, (4) Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Studies, University of Bologna, Bologna, 40126, Italy
 
Break
Abstract ID#: 234330
 
UTILIZING THE ORGANIC MATRIX: DISPLAYING 3-D MICROSTRUCTURE, DEFINING 'GOOD PRESERVATION', AND SEEKING ORIGINAL STRUCTURE IN RECRYSTALLIZED FOSSILS
Abstract ID#: 232807
CLARK, George R., Kansas State University, Department of Geology, 108 Thompson Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506, grc@ksu.edu
 
IMAGING FOSSIL BIOCHEMISTRY
Abstract ID#: 231088
EDWARDS, Nicholas P.1, BARDEN, Holly E.1, WOGELIUS, Roy, A.1, BERGMANN, Uwe2, LARSON, Peter L.3, SELLERS, William I.4, and MANNING, Phillip L.1, (1) School of Earth, Atmospheric & Environmental Science, University of Manchester, Williamson Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M139PL, United Kingdom, nicholas.edwards@manchester.ac.uk, (2) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Linac Coherent Light Source, 2575 Sandhill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (3) Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, PO Box 643, 117 Main St, Hill City, SD 57745, (4) Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom
 
IMAGING TECHNIQUES IN THE STUDY OF FOSSIL SPIDERS
Abstract ID#: 228973
SELDEN, Paul A., Paleontological Institute, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lindley Hall, Rm 120, Lawrence, KS 66045, paulselden@mac.com
 
NOT QUITE FROZEN IN TIME: WINDOWS INTO THE INTERNAL TAPHONOMY OF FOSSILS IN AMBER VIA MICROCT-SCAN TECHNOLOGY
Abstract ID#: 233696
HEGNA, Thomas, Geology Department, Western Illinois University, 1 University Circle, 113 Tillman Hall, Macomb, IL 61455, ta-hegna@wiu.edu, SERRANO-SÁNCHEZ, Maria de Lourdes, Posgrado en Ciencias de La Tierra, Coyoacán, Mexico DF 04510, Mex, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, México DF, 04510, Mexico, VEGA, Francisco J., Instituto de Geologia, UNAM, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacan, México, DF, 04510, Mexico, and LAZO-WASEM, Eric A., Division of Invertebrate Zoology, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, P.O. Box 208118, New Haven, CT 06520-8118
 
USING TAPHONOMIC EXPERIMENTS TO DISTINGUISH MICROBIAL GROWTH FROM MELANOSOMES IN EXTANT AND FOSSIL FEATHERS
Abstract ID#: 233407
MOYER, Alison E. and SCHWEITZER, Mary H., Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, aemoyer@ncsu.edu
 
SYNCHROTRON-BASED IMAGING OF TRACE ELEMENTS WITHIN FOSSIL BONE 
Abstract ID#: 233332
ANNÉ, Jennifer E.1, WOGELIUS, Roy, A.1, EDWARDS, Nicholas P.1, SELLERS, William I.2, and MANNING, Phillip L.1, (1) School of Earth, Atmospheric & Environmental Science, University of Manchester, Williamson Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M139PL, United Kingdom, jennifer.anne@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk, (2) Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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