NAI
Dina Bower
Carnegie Institution for Science
Current Projects
- Project 5: Geological-Biological Interactions — 2013 NAI
- Project 5: Geological-Biological Interactions — 2012 NAI
- Project 5: Geological-Biological Interactions — 2011 NAI
- Project 5: Geological-Biological Interactions — 2010 NAI
- Project 5: Geological-Biological Interactions — 2009 NAI
- NAI ORAU Post Doc Report: CIW-NAI — 2009 NAI
- Project 6. Molecular and Isotopic Biosignatures — 2007 NAI
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NAI Project Collaborators
- Project collaborators as reported by the latest NAI Annual Report.
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Publications
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Szponar, N., Brazelton, W. J., Schrenk, M. O., Bower, D. M., Steele, A., & Morrill, P. L. (2013). Geochemistry of a continental site of serpentinization, the Tablelands Ophiolite, Gros Morne National Park: A Mars analogue. Icarus, 224(2), 286–296. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2012.07.004
See Project See Project - Bower, D.M. & Steele, A. (2009). Investigations of the nature and provenance of mineral and carbonaceous material in fossiliferous cherts: revisiting the 1.9 Ga Gunflint Formation. GSA Annual Meeting 2009. Portland, OR. See Project See Project
- Bower, D.M. & Steele, A. (2010). Tracking the evolution of Fe-,Ti-oxide phase changes in microbial fossilization experiments: understanding the role of microbes in diagenesis. American Geophysical Union. San Francisco. See Project
- Bower, D.M. & Steele, A. (2010). Tracking the evolution of Fe-,Ti-oxide precipitation in microbial fossilization experiments: using minerals as biosignatures. Astrobiology Science Conference. League City, Texas. See Project
- Bower, D.M. & Steele, A. (2011a). Diagenetic experiments to track the co-evolution of Fe-,Ti-oxide phase changes and microbial fossilization: establishing potential mineral biosignatures. Geobiology Gordon Research Conference. See Project
- Bower, D.M. (2009). Experimental investigations on the effects of diagenesis and low-grade metamorphism on the preservation of organic matter and formation of Fe-Ti-oxides (pseudorutile) in microfossils: using minerals as biosignatures in ancient rocks. See Project
- Bower, D.M. (In prep). A micro Raman study of the co-occurrence of muscovite, titanium oxides, and graphite in laminated sandstones of the 2.9 Ga Pongola Supergroup, South Africa. Clays and Clay Minerals. See Project
- Bower, D.M., Hummer, D.R., Kyono, A. & Steele, A. (2011d). The co-evolution of Fe- ,Ti-oxides and microbial fossilization during early diagenesis in sandy sediments: establishing potential mineral biosignatures. GSA Annual Meeting. Minneapolis, MN. See Project
- Bower, D.M., Hummer, D.R., Kyono, A. & Steele, A. The co-evolution of Fe-, Ti-oxides and microbial fossilization during early diagenesis in sandy sediments: establishing potential mineral biosignatures. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting 2011, Minneapolis, MN, # 129-5. See Project
- Bower, D.M., Hummer, D.R., Kyono, A., Steele, A. & Armstrong, J. The co-evolution of Fe-, Ti-oxides and other microbially induced mineral precipitates in sandy sediments: understanding the role of microbes in diagenesis. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, 2011, San Francisco, CA., #B511-0522. See Project
- Bower, D.M., Kyono, A. & Steele, A. (2011c). Tracking the evolution of Fe-,Ti-oxide phase changes in ilmenites in microbial fossilization experiments: understanding the role of microbes in diagenesis. Goldschmidt. Prague, Czech Republic. See Project
- Bower, D.M., Steele, A. & Kater, L. (2010). Micro Raman spectroscopic investigations of mineral and carbonaceous materials: redefining parameters for the detection of biosignatures. Goldschmidt. Knoxville, TN. See Project
- Bower, D.M., Steele, A. & Kater, L. (2010). Micro Raman spectroscopic investigations of the nature and provenance of mineral and carbonaceous material in the 1.9 Ga Gunflint Formation: redefining D and G carbon parameters for the detection of biosignatures. 41st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Woodlands, Texas. See Project
- Bower, D.M., Steele, A., Fries, M.D. & Kater, L. (2011b). Micro Raman spectroscopic investigations of the nature and provenance of carbonaceous material in microfossil bearing rocks: redefining D and G carbon band parameters for the detection of biosignatures. Conference on micro Raman and Luminescence in Earth and Space Sciences II. Madrid, Spain. See Project
- Bower, D.M., Steele, A., Fries, M.D. & Kater, L. A micro Raman spectroscopy investigation of carbonaceous material in geologic samples for life detection: unraveling the mysteries of G-and D- band parameters. AbSciCon 2012, Atlanta, Georgia, #1045. See Project
- Bower, D.M., Steele, A., Fries, M.D. & Kater, L. Micro Raman spectroscopic investigations of carbonaceous material in microfossils and meteorites: improving the use of G- and D-band parameters for life detection. Astrobiology. See Project
- Morrill, P.L., Szponar, N., Brazelton, W.J., Woodruff, Q., Schrenk, M.O., Bower, D.M. & Steele, A. (2010). Life detection at a Mars analogue site of present-day serpentinization in the Tablelands Ophiolite of Newfoundland. American Geophysical Union Meeting. San Francisco, CA. See Project
- Morrill, P.L., Szponar, N., Brazelton, W.J., Woodruff, Q., Schrenk, M.O., Bower, D.M. & Steele, A. (2010). Life detection at a Mars analogue site of present-day serpentinization in the Tablelands Ophiolite of Newfoundland. American Geophysical Union. San Francisco, California. See Project
- Morrill, P.L., Szponar, N., Kavanagh, M.H., Rietze, A., Brazelton, W., Schrenk, M., Bower, D.M., Steele, A., Kuenen, J.G., Suzuki-Ishii, S. & Nealson, K.H. (2011). Sourcing methane at two continental sites of present-day serpentinization: The Tablelands, NL, CAN and The Cedars, CA, USA. [poster]. Astrobiology Science Conference, Atlanta, Georgia. See Project
- Szponar, N., Brazelton, W.J., Schrenk, M.O., Rietze, A., Bower, D.M., Steele, A. & Morrill, P.L. Biogeochemical analysis of ultra-basic reducing springs in the Tablelands Ophiolite, in Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland. GAC-MAC, St. John’s, Newfoundland. See Project
- Szponar, N., Morrill, P.L., Brazelton, W.J., Schrenk, M.O., Bower, D.M. & Steele, A. (2010). Present-day serpentinization in the Tablelands Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland: a Mars analogue site. American Geophysical Union. San Francisco, California. See Project
- Szponar, N., Morrill, P.L., Brazelton, W.J., Schrenk, M.O., Bower, D.M. & Steele, A. (2010). Present-day serpentinization in the Tablelands, Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland: a Mars Analogue Site. American Geophysical Union Meeting. San Francisco, CA. See Project
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