2007 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (28–31 October 2007)
Session No. 160 Tuesday, 30 October 2007
1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Colorado Convention Center: 703

T52. Inland Waters, Playas and Saline Lakes: More than Mini-Oceans

Kathleen Nicoll and Michael Rosen, Presiding
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160-11:30 PM PLAYA SEDIMENTS AS PROXIES FOR LATE CENOZOIC PALEOCLIMATE IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES: A POSSIBLE WAY FORWARD: ROSEN, Michael R., US Geological Survey, 2730 North Deer Run Road, Carson City, NV 89701, mrosen@usgs.gov
160-21:45 PM THE ROLE OF LAKE BASINS AND OIL SHALE IN THE GLOBAL QUEST FOR UNCONVENTIONAL HYDROCARBON RESOURCES: BOAK, Jeremy, NUMMEDAL, Dag, and BARTOV, Yuval, Colorado Energy Research Institute, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401, jboak@mines.edu
160-32:00 PM CARBONATE ASSOCIATED SULFATE: A NOVEL PALEOLIMNOLOGIC AND GEOBIOLOGICAL TOOL APPLIED TO WALKER LAKE, NEVADA: BERELSON, William M., CORSETTI, Frank A., JOHNSON, Brad, VO, Toan, DER, Chris, and PETRYSHYN, Victoria, Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, fcorsett@usc.edu
160-42:15 PM SEDIMENTOLOGY OF TWO ACID SALINE LAKES IN THE HIGH ANDES OF NORTHERN CHILE: BENISON, Kathleen C. and GONZALEZ, Maria Mercedes, Department of Geology, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859, benis1kc@cmich.edu
160-52:30 PM HURRICANES AND THEIR EFFECT ON SEDIMENTATION AND FAUNAL DYNAMICS IN TWO TROPICAL SALINE LAKES: PARK, Lisa E., Department of Geology and Environmental Science, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325-4101, lepark@uakron.edu, SIPAHIOGLU, Sara, Geology and Environmental Science, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325-4101, BEUNING, Kristina R.M., Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, WI 44325, SIEWERS, Fredrick D., Geography and Geology, Western Kentucky University, 1906 College Heights Blvd #31066, Bowling Green, KY 42101-1066, and LEONARD, Karl W., Anthropology and Earth Science, Minnesota State Univ Moorhead, 1104 7th Avenue South, Moorhead, MN 56563
160-62:45 PM PETROGRAPHIC DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ACID AND NEUTRAL HALITES: JAGNIECKI, Elliot A.1, BENISON, Kathleen C.1, BOWEN, Brenda Beitler2, MORMILE, Melanie R.3, and TECKLENBURG, Mary4, (1) Department of Geology, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859, jagni1ea@cmich.edu, (2) Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47906, (3) Department of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri - Rolla, Rolla, MO 65409, (4) Chemistry, Central Michigan Univ, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859
160-73:00 PM TOWARD THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE PALEOHYDROLOGY OF THE GREAT SALT LAKE, UTAH, USING STABLE ISOTOPE RATIOS OF BRINE SHRIMP CHITIN: NIELSON, Kristine and BOWEN, Gabe, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Dr, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47906, knielson@purdue.edu
160-83:15 PM GEOCHEMICAL CONTROLS ON MAJOR AND MINOR ALKALINE ELEMENTS IN CLOSED-BASIN LAKES, TAYLOR VALLEY, ANTARCTICA: WITHEROW, Rebecca A.1, LYONS, W. Berry2, and WELCH, Kathleen A.1, (1) Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University, 1090 Carmack Road, Columbus, OH 43210-1002, witherow.9@osu.edu, (2) Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University, 1090 Carmack Road, Columbus, OH 43210-1002
160-93:30 PM PALEOHYDROLOGIC INTERPRETATION OF A JURASSIC PLAYA SYSTEM IN THE EAST BERLIN AND LOWER PORTLAND FORMATIONS, HARTFORD RIFT BASIN: DRZEWIECKI, Peter A., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Eastern Connecticut State University, 83 Windham Street, Willimantic, CT 06228, drzewieckip@easternct.edu and GIERLOWSKI-KORDESCH, Elizabeth H., Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Labs, Athens, OH 45701-2979
160-103:45 PM INNOVATION IN AN OPEN LIMNOGEOLOGICAL FIELD, LAB, AND CURATION FACILITY: MYRBO, Amy, NOREN, Anders, BRADY, Kristina, and ITO, Emi, Limnological Research Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, amyrbo@umn.edu
160-114:00 PM PALEOECOLOGY OF JURASSIC NAVAJO SANDSTONE INTERDUNE ENVIRONMENTS: AN INTEGRATED VIEW BASED ON SEDIMENTOLOGY, GEOCHEMISTRY, AND PALEONTOLOGY: WILKENS, Nathan D.1, FARMER, Jack D.1, and PIGG, Kathleen B.2, (1) School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, PO Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, nathan.wilkens@asu.edu, (2) School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, PO Box 874501, Tempe, AZ 85287-4501
160-124:15 PM TRACE METAL CYCLING IN MEROMICTIC MAHONEY LAKE, BRITISH COLUMBIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR MOLYBDENUM BURIAL IN SULFIDIC ENVIRONMENTS: REINHARD, C.1, GILHOOLY, W.P.1, LYONS, T.W.1, GILL, B.C.1, PLANAVSKY, N.2, and HURTGEN, M.3, (1) Dept of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521-0423, crein003@student.ucr.edu, (2) Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, (3) Dept. of Geological Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208
160-134:30 PM STABLE ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION OF SULFATE IN MEROMICTIC MAHONEY LAKE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EARLY OCEAN: GILHOOLY, W.P.1, REINHARD, C.1, LYONS, T.W.1, PLANAVSKY, Noah J.2, GILL, Benjamin3, and HURTGEN, Matthew T.4, (1) Dept of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521-0423, williamg@ucr.edu, (2) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Univ of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149, (3) Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, (4) Department of Geological Sciences, Northwestern University, 1850 Campus Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
160-144:45 PM A LATE MIOCENE-EARLY PLIOCENE CHAIN OF LAKES FED BY THE COLORADO RIVER: EVIDENCE FROM SR ISOTOPES OF THE BOUSE FORMATION BETWEEN GRAND CANYON AND THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA: ROSKOWSKI, Jennifer A.1, PATCHETT, P. Jonathan1, PEARTHREE, Philip A.2, SPENCER, Jon E.2, FAULDS, James E.3, and REYNOLDS, Amanda C.1, (1) Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1040 E 4th Street, Tucson, AZ 85721, jarosk@email.arizona.edu, (2) Arizona Geological Survey, 416 W. Congress St, Tucson, AZ 85701, (3) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Univ of Nevada, MS 178, Reno, NV 89557
160-155:00 PM DETECTING PALEOLIMNOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES IN MODERN HYPERSALINE LAKES IN AUSTRALIA USING PALYNOLOGY: STORY, Stacy L.1, OBOH IKUENOBE, Francisca1, BENISON, Kathy C.2, and BOWEN, Brenda B.3, (1) Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Missouri - Rolla, Rolla, MO 65409, sljones@umr.edu, (2) Department of Geology, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859, (3) Department of Earth and Atomospheric Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907
160-165:15 PM USING TRACE FOSSILS TO INTERPRET THE HYDROCLIMATOLOGICAL SETTINGS OF DRYLAND ALLUVIAL-LACUSTRINE SYSTEMS: EXAMPLES FROM THE NEALES FAN AREA, LAKE EYRE, SIMPSON DESERT, AUSTRALIA: HASIOTIS, Stephen T., Department of Geology and Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045, hasiotis@ku.edu, REILLY, Mark, Australian School of Petroleum, University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, Adelaide, 5005, Australia, LANG, Simon, Woodside Energy Ltd, GPO Box D188, Perth, 6840, Australia, and KRAPF, Carmen, Australian School of Petroleum, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 5005, Australia

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