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| | 8:00 AM | Introductory Remarks |
| 51-1 | 8:05 AM | Projected 21st Century Climatic Contexts for Change in Aridic Soils: DETTINGER, Michael, U.S. Geological Survey, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, Dept 0224, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, mddettin@usgs.gov |
| 51-2 | 8:25 AM | Feedbacks Between Aeolian Processes, Vegetation Productivity, and Nutrient Flux in Deserts: OKIN, Gregory S.1, LI, Junran2, ALVAREZ, Lorelei2, PETERS, Debra P.C.3, and D'ODORICO, Paolo2, (1) Department of Geography, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, okin@ucla.edu, (2) Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, (3) USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range, Las Cruces, NM 88013 |
| 51-3 | 8:45 AM | Paleosol Record of Late Quaternary Desertification, Chihuahuan Desert, New Mexico: RACHAL, David, Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, MSC 3Q, Box 30003, Las Cruces, NM 88003, d.rachal@gmail.com and MONGER, H. Curtis, MSC 3Q, Box 30003, Las Cruces, NM 88003 |
| 51-4 | 9:00 AM | Links Between Land Surface Characteristics and near-Surface Accumulations of Dust, Soluble Salts, Nitrate-Nitrogen, and Carbonate in the Southern Fry Mountains, Mojave Desert, USA: HIRMAS, Daniel R., Department of Geography, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, dhirmas@yahoo.com, GRAHAM, Robert C., Soil & Water Sciences Program, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0424, and HARLOW, Megan, Department of Geography, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 |
| 51-5 | 9:15 AM | Tracking the Provenance of Soil Nutrients in Arid to Hyperarid Soils of the Atacama Desert, Chile, Using Strontium Isotopes: HYNICKA, Justin D.1, STEWART, Brian W.1, EWING, Stephanie A.2, and AMUNDSON, Ronald3, (1) Department of Geology & Planetary Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, bstewart@pitt.edu, (2) U.S. Geological Survey, Marine Street Science Center, 3215 Marine St., Suite E-127, Boulder, CO 80303, (3) Division of Ecosystem Sciences, U.C. Berkeley, Mulford Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720 |
| 51-6 | 9:30 AM | The Effects of Land Use and Climate Change on the Erodibility of Desert Soils: BELNAP, Jayne1, REYNOLDS, Richard L.2, REHEIS, Marith2, PHILLIPS, Susan L.1, URBAN, Frank2, and GOLDSTEIN, Harland L.2, (1) U.S. Geological Survey, 2290 S. Resource Blvd, Moab, UT 84532, jayne_belnap@usgs.gov, (2) U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, MS-980, Denver, CO 80225 |
| 51-7 | 9:50 AM | Long-Term Patterns of Dust Deposition in High-Elevation Ecosystems Downwind of Aridic Dust Sources: The Influence of Dust Accumulation on Terrestrial and Aquatic Biogeochemistry: LAWRENCE, Corey and NEFF, Jason, Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Campus Box 399, 2200 Colorado Ave, Boulder, CO 80309, corey.lawrence@colorado.edu |
| 51-8 | 10:10 AM | Complex Geo-Ecological Responses to Quaternary Climatic Changes in the Northern Negev Desert: YAIR, Aaron, Geography, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mt. Scopus Campus, Jerusalem 91905 Israel, aaron@vms.huji.ac.il |
| 51-9 | 10:25 AM | Wind Erosion and Dust Flux along the Grassland-Forest Continuum: Effects of Disturbance and Woody Plant Cover: FIELD, Jason P.1, BRESHEARS, David D.2, WHICKER, Jeffrey J.3, ZOU, Chris B.1, and ALLEN, Craig4, (1) School of Natural Resources, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, jpfield@email.arizona.edu, (2) School of Natural Resources; Institute for the Study of Planet Earth; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (3) Health Physics Measurements Group; Health, Safety, and Radiation Protection Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, (4) Jemez Mountains Research Center, USGS, Los Alamos, NM 87544 |
| 51-10 | 10:45 AM | Assessing Resilience of Western Rangelands to Transportation-Related Land-Use Change: DUNIWAY, Michael C. and HERRICK, Jeffrey E., Jornada Experimental Range, USDA-ARS, MSC 3JER, NMSU, Box 30003, Las Cruces, NM 88003-8003, mduniway@nmsu.edu |
| 51-11 | 11:05 AM | Short-Term Effects of Mechanical Land Treatments on Soil Stability and Wind Erosion in Dryland Ecosystems: MILLER, Mark E., U.S. Geological Survey, 190 E. Center St, Kanab, UT 84741, mark_miller@usgs.gov |
| 51-12 | 11:20 AM | Effect of Wildfires on Physical, Chemical, and Biological Properties of Soil Resource Islands in Joshua Tree National Park: HUBBERT, Ken R., Hubbert & Associates, Apple Valley, CA 92307, krhubbert@yahoo.com, MILLER, Alice, Joshua Tree National Park, Twentynine Palms, CA 92277, and BUSSE, Matt, USDA Forest Service, Pacific SW Research Station, 3644 Avtech Parkway, Redding, CA 96002 |
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