Conference        Geological
Society of America
Session                 Topic
Session # T114 - Symbiosis as a Driver of Global Change in Ancient 
and
Modern Earth Systems (Posters)
 
Conference Start             October
30, 2010
Conference End               November
3, 2010
 
Session
 Summary: Symbiosis has
profoundly impacted Earth's biosphere and geosphere. Contributions are 
welcome
that deal with ancient to modern symbiosis in the context of biological,
 geological,
and geochemical evolution, including chemosymbiosis and environmental 
genomics.
 
Related
 topics: Paleontology, Diversity,
Extinction, Origination; Geomicrobiology; Geochemistry
 
Abstract deadline August 10, 2010           
Wesbite
- http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/2010/techprog.htm
 
Also, during the same conference, there is a 
special Pardee
Keynote session, Symbiosis and Global Change in Ancient and Modern Earth
Systems, Tues. Nov. 2, starting at 8am. There will be 5 renowned 
invited
lecturers who will speak to modern to ancient symbiosis, including
chemosymbiosis, in the context of past and future biological, 
geological, and
geochemical evolution.
 
Sponsored by the Geochemical Society, 
Paleontological
Society, GSA Geomicrobiology & Geobiology Division