Utilizing Lipid Biomarker Profiling to Understand Mineral Encapsulation as a Preservation Mechanism in Iron-Carbonate Rich Hot Springs

Ellen Cook

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[E] Oral

B (Biogeosciences ) » B-CG Complex & General

[B-CG06] Frontier in Biology and Paleobiology of Fossilized Micro-organisms

Wed. May 27, 2026 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM Exhibition Hall Special Setting (5) (Exhibition Hall 7&8, Makuhari Messe)

Chairperson:Hori, S. Rie(Department of Earth Science, Faculty of Science, Ehime University), Ando Takuto(Akita University)

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM

[BCG06-11] Utilizing Lipid Biomarker Profiling to Understand Mineral Encapsulation as a Preservation Mechanism in Iron-Carbonate Rich Hot Springs

*Ellen Cook^1,2,3, Cagn Walker², Fatima Li Hau^5,1, Takeshi Kakegawa⁴, Mary Beth Wilhelm², Shawn Erin McGlynn^1,3 (1. ELSI, 2. NASA, 3. Inst. of Science Tokyo, 4. Tohoku Univ., 5. OIST)

Keywords:Lipid Biomarkers, Mineral Encapsulation, Early Diagenesis, Microfossilization, Mineralogical Gradients, Organo-mineral Interactions