2007 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (28–31 October 2007)
Session No. 98 Monday, 29 October 2007
1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Colorado Convention Center: 505

T58. Long Records of Paleoclimate in the Southern Deserts of North America

Marith Reheis, D.M. Miller and Charles G. Oviatt, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
 1:30 PM Introductory Remarks
98-11:35 PM A CASE OF INTERHEMISPHERIC CONCURRENCE: MAJOR CLIMATE VARIABILITY ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN PACIFIC AND THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN CORRESPONDS WITH EAST ANTARCTICA OVER THREE GLACIAL CYCLES: LANDWEHR, Jurate M., USGS, National Center - MS431, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, jmlandwe@usgs.gov and WINOGRAD, Isaac J., US Geological Survey, 432 National Ctr, Reston, VA 20192-0001
98-21:55 PM REGIONAL SCALE CHANGES IN CLIMATES AND BIOMES SINCE THE LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM IN WESTERN NORTH AMERICA: THOMPSON, Robert S.1, STRICKLAND, Laura E.1, ANDERSON, Katherine H.2, and PELLTIER, Richard T.1, (1) U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 980, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, rthompson@usgs.gov, (2) Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), Univ of Colorado, UCB 450, Boulder, CO 80309-0450
98-32:15 PM A HIGH-RESOLUTION, 225 KYR RECORD OF ORBITAL- AND MILLENNIAL-SCALE VEGETATION AND CLIMATE FROM BEAR LAKE, UTAH-IDAHO (USA): JIMÉNEZ-MORENO, Gonzalo, Center for Environmental Sciences and Education, Northern Arizona University, Box 5694, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, gonzaloj@ugr.es, ANDERSON, R. Scott, Center for Environmental Sciences & Education, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, and FAWCETT, Peter J., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131
98-42:30 PM A LONG MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE CLIMATE RECORD (MIS 14 TO 9) FROM LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS IN THE VALLES CALDERA, NEW MEXICO: FAWCETT, Peter J.1, HEIKOOP, Jeff2, ANDERSON, R. Scott3, HURLEY, Linda4, GOFF, Fraser5, WOLDEGABRIEL, Giday2, GEISSMAN, John6, and ALLEN, Craig D.7, (1) Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, 220 Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, fawcett@unm.edu, (2) Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87545, (3) Center for Environmental Sciences & Education, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, (4) Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, 1 University of New Mexico, MSCO3-2040, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, (5) Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (6) Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, MSC03 2040; 141 Northrop Hall, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (7) Fort Collins Science Center, Jemez Mountains Field Station, USGS, Los Alamos, NM 87544
98-52:45 PM PLEISTOCENE OVERFLOW, BASIN INTEGRATION, AND AN EXPLANATION FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF OIS 6 AND OIS 2 HIGHSTANDS IN THE GREAT BASIN: ADAMS, Kenneth D. and REDWINE, Joanna L., Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, NV 89512, kadams@dri.edu
98-63:00 PM THE BENEFITS AND DIFFICULTIES OF USING THE STRATIGRAPHY OF LARGE RIVERS TO IDENTIFY REGIONAL PALEOCLIMATE EVENTS: CASE STUDY LOWER COLORADO RIVER: MALMON, Daniel V., US Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, MS 973, Menlo Park, CA 94025, malmon@usgs.gov, HOWARD, Keith A., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, MS/973, Menlo Park, CA 94025, LUNDSTROM, Scott C., U.S. Geol Survey, Box 25046 Federal Center, MS 980, Denver, CO 80225, MAHAN, Shannon, US Geol Survey, Box 25046 Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, and WAN, Elmira, U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, MS 975, Menlo Park, CA 94025
98-73:15 PM THE STABLE ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION OF TAXON-SPECIFIC HIGHER PLANT BIOMARKERS IN ANCIENT PACKRAT MIDDENS: NOVEL PROXIES FOR SEASONAL CLIMATE IN THE SOUTHWEST US: ZINNIKER, David A., Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520, david.zinniker@yale.edu, PAGANI, Mark, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Yale Univ, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520, and HOLMGREN, Camille, Geography and Planning, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY 14222
 3:30 PM Break
98-83:40 PM NORTH PACIFIC AND GULF OF CALIFORNIA SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES OF THE PAST 15,000 YEARS PREDICT CHANGING PRECIPITATION PATTERNS IN THE SOUTHERN DESERTS OF THE U.S: BARRON, John A., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025, jbarron@usgs.gov and STARRATT, Scott W., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025-3591
98-94:00 PM STRATIGRAPHY OF LAKE MANIX BEDS IN THE MANIX SUBBASIN, MOJAVE DESERT, CA: OVIATT, Charles G., Geology, Kansas State Univ, Manhattan, KS 66506, joviatt@ksu.edu, REHEIS, M.C., U.S. Geol. Survey, MS 980, Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, MILLER, D.M., U.S. Geol. Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, MS-975, Menlo Park, CA 94025, and LUND, Steve P., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089
98-104:15 PM OSTRACODE FAUNAL AND INITIAL STABLE ISOTOPE (O AND C) ANALYSIS OF A 45-M-LONG CORE FROM MANIX BASIN, CALIFORNIA: BRIGHT, Jordon, Department of Geology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, jordon.bright@nau.edu, REHEIS, Marith, U.S. Geol Survey, Box 25046, MS 980, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, and MILLER, David M., U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA 94025
98-114:30 PM DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT AND RADIOCARBON CHRONOLOGY OF THE UPPER LAKE MANIX DEPOSITS, MOJAVE DESERT, CALIFORNIA: MILLER, David M., US Geol Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025-3561, dmiller@usgs.gov and MCGEEHIN, John P., US Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192
98-124:45 PM TIMING OF LAKE PHASES IN THE AFTON ARM OF LAKE MANIX, MOJAVE DESERT: RELATIONS TO PALEOCLIMATE AND DRAINAGE-BASIN CHANGES: REHEIS, Marith C., U.S. Geological Survey, MS 980 Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, mreheis@usgs.gov, MCGEEHIN, John P., U.S. Geol Survey, 954 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, and PACES, James B., U.S. Geol Survey, MS 963, Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046
98-135:00 PM EVIDENCE FOR A LONG-LIVED PLEISTOCENE LAKE, CARRIZO PLAIN, CALIFORNIA: NEGRINI, Rob1, RHODES, Dallas D.2, STEPHENSON, Randall1, NORIEGA, Gabriela3, GRANT, Lisa4, BARON, Dirk1, WIGAND, Peter E.1, and RICH, Fredrick J.2, (1) Department of Physics and Geology, California State University, Bakersfield, CA 93311, rnegrini@csub.edu, (2) Department of Geology and Geography, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460, (3) Environmental Health, Science, and Policy, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-7070, (4) Program in Public Health, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-3957
98-145:15 PM LATE QUATERNARY PALEOCLIMATE HISTORY BASED ON TWO LAKE CORES FROM THE TULARE LAKE BASIN, KINGS COUNTY, CA: PRELIMINARY RESULTS: PALACIOS-FEST, Manuel R.1, NEGRINI, Robert M.1, BARON, Dirk1, and SCHNEIDER, Christine L.2, (1) Department of Physics and Geology, California State University, Bakersfield, 62 SCI, 9001 Stockdale Highway, Bakersfield, CA 93311, terra_nostra_mx@yahoo.com.mx, (2) Department of Geology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616

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