2006 Philadelphia Annual Meeting (22–25 October 2006)
Session No. 221 Wednesday, 25 October 2006
1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Pennsylvania Convention Center: 204 B

T105. Paleosols, Proxies, and Paleoenvironments II

Nathan D. Sheldon and Neil J. Tabor, Presiding
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221-11:30 PM LATE HOLOCENE EQUATORIAL PALEOCLIMATE RECORD BASED UPON SOILS AND PALEOSOLS SPANNING THE MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD AND LITTLE ICE AGE, LOBOI PLAIN, KENYA: DRIESE, Steven G., Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, Steven_Driese@baylor.edu, ASHLEY, Gail M., Geological Sciences, Rutgers Univ, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8066, LI, Zheng-Hua, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, HOVER, Victoria C., Department of Geology, University of Louisiana-Lafayette, P.O. Box 44530, Lafayette, LA 70504, and OWEN, R. Bernhart, Dept of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist Univ, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China
221-21:45 PM A CHANGING LANDSCAPE IN THE SEMI-ARID TROPICS: INSIGHTS FROM PALEOSOLS, EAST AFRICA RIFT, KENYA: ASHLEY, Gail M.1, HOVER, Victoria C.2, DRIESE, Steven G.3, ROURE, Cara A.4, MCBREARTY, Sally4, OWEN, R. Bernhart5, and RENAUT, Robin W.6, (1) Geological Sciences, Rutgers Univ, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8066, gmashley@rci.rutgers.edu, (2) Department of Geology, University of Louisiana-Lafayette, P.O. Box 44530, Lafayette, LA 70504, vhover@louisiana.edu, (3) Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, (4) Anthropology, Univ of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, (5) Dept of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist Univ, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China, (6) Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada
221-32:00 PM ALLUVIAL PALEOSOLS AND THE YOUNGER DRYAS OF THE CENTRAL GREAT PLAINS: JOHNSON, William C., Geography, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd Rm 213, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, wcj@ku.edu and MAY, David W., Department of Geography, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 50614
221-42:15 PM PALEOENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION FROM HIGH-RESOLUTION U-SERIES AND TRACE ELEMENT MEASUREMENTS OF PEDOGENIC OPAL: MAHER, Kate, U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd MS-973, Menlo Park, CA 94301, kmaher@usgs.gov, REDWINE, Joanna, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV 89512, MAZDAB, Frank, U.S.G.S. - Stanford Ion Probe Laboratory, Stanford University, 367 Panama Mall, Green Building, Stanford, CA 94305-2220, and MILLER, D.M., US Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, MS-973, Menlo Park, CA 94025
221-52:30 PM LATE TERTIARY DRY AND HOT PALEOCLIMATE IN CENTRAL CHINA: REVELATION FROM AUTHIGENIC NANO-PHASE MINERALS IN THE RED CLAY LAYERS OF CHINESE LOESS: CHEN, Tianhu1, XU, Huifang2, CHEN, Jun3, JI, Junfeng3, XIE, Qiaoqin1, LU, Huayu3, and WANG, Xiaoyong4, (1) School of Natural Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hefei Univ of Technology, Hefei, 230009, chentianhu168@vip.sina.com, (2) Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wisconsin, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA, Madison, WI 53706, (3) Department of Geoscience, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China, (4) Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an, 710075, China
221-62:45 PM EXPERIMENTAL TESTS OF THE EFFECTS OF AL SUBSTITUTION ON THE GOETHITE-WATER D/H FRACTIONATION FACTOR: FENG, Weimin and YAPP, Crayton, Dallas, TX 75275, wfeng@smu.edu
221-73:00 PM DECIPHERING REGIONAL VERSUS GLOBAL CLIMATIC VARIATIONS USING PALEOSOLS: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE EARLY MIOCENE: HAMER, Jessica Maite Michelle, SHELDON, Nathan D., and NICHOLS, Gary J., Geology, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, T20 0EX, United Kingdom, j.hamer@gl.rhul.ac.uk
221-83:15 PM A STABLE CARBON AND OXYGEN ISOTOPE RECORD FROM PEDOGENIC CARBONATE FOR THE LATEST OLIGOCENE (EARLIEST MIOCENE ?) OF NORTHWEST CHINA AND ITS PALEOCLIMATIC AND PALEOECOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS: WHITE, Paul David, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 9825, Beijing 100029 China, pwhite1@lsu.edu
221-93:30 PM COMING TO GRIPS WITH THE EVAPORATION RATES RECORDED IN ANCIENT SOILS: INTERPRETING DIAGENETIC TRENDS FROM VADOSE & PHREATIC COMPONENTS IN CALCIC PALEOSOLS: LUDVIGSON, Greg A.1, UFNAR, David F.2, GONZALEZ, Luis A.3, and SUAREZ, Marina B.3, (1) Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas, 1930 Constant Ave, Lawrence, KS 66047, gludvigson@kgs.ku.edu, (2) Geology, Univ. of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 39406, (3) Department of Geology, The University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045
221-103:45 PM PALEOENVIRONMENTAL TRANSITION ACROSS THE PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY: INSIGHTS FROM PALEOSOLS OF THE JUNGGAR BASIN, NW CHINA: THOMAS, Stephanie Germaine, Department of Geological Sciences, Southern Methodist University, P.O.Box 750395, Dallas, TX 75275, sgthomas@smu.edu, TABOR, Neil, Department of Geological Sciences, Southern Methodist University, P.O. Box 750395, Dallas, TX 75275-0395, and YANG, Wan, Department of Geology, Wichita State Univ, 1845 Fairmount, Wichita, KS 67260
221-114:00 PM USING VARIATIONS IN ICHNOFAUNA AND PEDOGENIC PROPERTIES OF MIDDLE TO LATE PENNSYLVANIAN FLOODPLAIN PALEOSOLS TO DETERMINE THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON EARLY SOIL ECOSYSTEMS: HEMBREE, Daniel I. and NADON, Gregory C., Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701, hembree@ohio.edu
221-124:15 PM ALUMINUM SUBSTITUTION IN GOETHITE FROM THE LATE ORDOVICIAN NEDA FORMATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR ENVIRONMENT OF FORMATION AND POST-BURIAL WEATHERING: AUSTIN, Jason, Geology, University of Georgia, 45 Lamar Lane, Hoschton, GA 30548, austinj1@uga.edu and SCHROEDER, Paul A., Geology, Univ of Georgia, 210 Field Street, Athens, GA 30602-2501
221-134:30 PM SOIL FORMATION BENEATH THE EARTH'S OLDEST KNOWN (3.46 GA) UNCONFORMITY?: ALTINOK, Efem, Astrobiology Research Center & The Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, Deike Bldg #407, Univeristy Park, PA 16802, ealtinok@geosc.psu.edu and OHMOTO, Hiroshi, Astrobiology Research Center & Dept. of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, 435 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802
221-144:45 PM GEODYNAMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF SUPERSOLS IN THE STRATIGRAPHIC RECORD: DECELLES, Peter G., Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, decelles@geo.arizona.edu

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