2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM
Session No. 182 Monday, 6 October 2008
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, George R. Brown Convention Center: 310CF

T25. Terrestrial Response to Climate Variability during the Medieval Warm Period: Lakes, Tree-Rings, and Human Adaptation (GSA Limnogeology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Archaeological Geology Division)

David M. Miller, Kenneth D. Adams and Edward R. Cook, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
182-18:00 AM Drought during Medieval Times In North America: Results from An Expanded High-Resolution Grid of PDSI Reconstructions from Tree Rings: COOK, Edward R.1, HEIM, Richard R. Jr2, VOSE, Russell S.2, and LAWRIMORE, Jay H.2, (1) Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964, drdendro@ldeo.columbia.edu, (2) National Climatic Data Center, 151 Patton Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801
182-28:20 AM How the Rate of Volcanism Initiated the Medieval Warm Period and Controlled Its Periods of Drought: WARD, Peter L., Teton Tectonics, PO Box 4875, Jackson, WY 83001-4875, peward@wyoming.com
182-38:35 AM The Tangled Web – Records of the Medieval Climate Anomaly (A.D. 900-1350) from Northern San Francisco Bay Marshes: STARRATT, Scott W., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025-3591, sstarrat@usgs.gov
182-48:50 AM Increasing Evidence for the Medieval Drought-Deluge-Drought Sequence in the Western U.S: STINE, Scott, California State University, Hayward, CA 94542, scott.stine@csueastbay.edu
182-59:05 AM Lake-Level Fluctuations in the Western Great Basin during the Medieval Climate Anomaly: Episodes of Both Drier and Wetter Periods Than Modern: ADAMS, Kenneth D., Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, NV 89512, kadams@dri.edu
182-69:20 AM Medieval Climate In the Mojave Desert Suggests Regional Lake Rise Between Extended Droughts: MILLER, David M., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road MS 973, Menlo Park, CA 94025, dmiller@usgs.gov, OWEN, Lewis A., Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, and MAHAN, Shannon A., U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046 Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225
182-79:35 AM A Millennial Scale Tree-Ring Precipitation Reconstruction for the Tavaputs Plateau, Northeastern Utah: KNIGHT, Troy A.1, MEKO, David M.2, and BAISAN, Christopher A.2, (1) Geography and Regional Development, University of Arizona, P.O. Box 210076, Tucson, AZ 85721, tak@email.arizona.edu, (2) Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona, 105 West Stadium, Tucson, AZ 85721
182-89:50 AM Medieval-Period Droughts, Fires, Floods and Geomorphic Change In Interior Western USA Mountains: MEYER, Grant1, PIERCE, Jennifer L.2, FRECHETTE, Jedediah D.1, NEW, Jennifer K.1, NELSON, Nathan3, and PERSICO, Lyman P.1, (1) Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, gmeyer@unm.edu, (2) Geosciences, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, (3) Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725-1535
 10:05 AM Break
182-910:20 AM Simultaneous Cool and Early Warm Season Drought Over the Colorado Plateau: STAHLE, David W., Department of Geosciences, University of Arkansas, Ozark Hall 113, Fayetteville, AR 72701, dstahle@uark.edu
182-1010:35 AM The Role of Prehistoric Climate Change in Anasazi Stage Transitions: BERRY, Michael S., Bureau of Reclamation, 125 South State St. Room 6107, Salt Lake City, UT 84138-1147, mberry@uc.usbr.gov and BENSON, Larry, US Geological Survey, 3215 Marine Street, Boulder, CO 80303
182-1110:55 AM Comparison of Biomarker Hydrogen and Shell-Carbonate Oxygen Isotope Proxies In Lake Chichancanab Sediment (Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico): Implications for the Terminal Classic Maya Collapse: DOUGLAS, Peter, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520, peter.douglas@yale.edu, PAGANI, Mark, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Yale Univ, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520, BRENNER, Mark, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, PO Box 112120, Gainesville, FL 32611, and HODELL, David, Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Florida, PO Box 112120, Gainesville, FL 32611
182-1211:10 AM Late Holocene Climate Variability in the Southern Maya Lowlands: WAHL, David, USGS, Menlo Park, CA 94025, dwahl@usgs.gov, BYRNE, Roger, Geography, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94702, HANSEN, Richard, Anthropology, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID 83209, and SCHREINER, Thomas, Archaeological Research Facility, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720
182-1311:25 AM Floods and Fluvial Activity during the Medieval Climate Episode: KNOX, James C., Dept. of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 550 N. Park Street, 234 Science Hall, Madison, WI 53706-1491, knox@geography.wisc.edu
182-1411:45 AM The Medieval Warm Period in the Great Lakes Region: Spatial Patterns of Drought and Terrestrial Ecosystem Response: BOOTH, Robert K., Earth & Environmental Science, Lehigh University, 31 Williams Drive, Bethlehem, PA 18015, rkb205@lehigh.edu and JACKSON, Stephen T., Department of Botany and Program in Ecology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071-3165

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