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. 335 Tuesday, 7 October 2008
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, George R. Brown Convention Center: 372DE

T17. Integration of Soils and Geomorphology in Deserts: A Tribute to the 50 Years of Soil Research of Dan Yaalon (GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; S05 Pedology; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Rivka Amit, Eric McDonald and Yehouda Enzel, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
 8:00 AM Introductory Remarks
335-18:05 AM The Desert Project: An Analysis of Aridland Soil-Geomorphic Processes: MONGER, H. Curtis, Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, MSC 3Q, Box 30003, Las Cruces, NM 88003, cmonger@nmsu.edu, GILE, Leland H., Soil Geomorphic Research, 2600 Desert Drive, Las Cruces, NM 88001, HAWLEY, John, Hawley Geomatters, PO Box 4370, Albuquerque, NM 87196, and GROSSMAN, Robert B., National Soil Survey Center, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Federal Building, Room 152, 100 Centennial Mall North, Lincoln, NE 68508
335-28:25 AM Relating Mass and Energy Fluxes to Arid Soil Development: YOUNG, Michael H., Division of Hydrologic Sciences, Desert Research Institute, 755 E. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas, NV 89119, michael.young@dri.edu, MCDONALD, Eric, Division of Earth & Ecosystem Sciences, Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, NV 89512, and CALDWELL, Todd G., Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, NV 89512
335-38:45 AM Pedogenesis In Response to Quaternary-Scale Aridification of the Negev Desert, Israel: AMIT, Rivka1, ENZEL, Yehouda2, SIMHAI, Ori2, MATMON, Ari2, HAVIV, Itai2, MCDONALD, Eric3, PORAT, Naomi1, BENEDETTI, Lucilla4, and FINKEL, Robert5, (1) Geol Survey of Israel, 30 Malkhe Israel St, Jerusalem, 95501, Israel, Rivka@mail.gsi.gov.il, (2) Institute of Earth Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Givat Ram campus, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel, (3) Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, NV 89512, (4) Europôle Méditerranéen de l'Arbois - BP 80, AIX EN PROVENCE cedex 04, 13545, France, (5) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA 94550
335-49:00 AM Sand Dunes Are a Major Proximal Coarse Dust Source for Late Pleistocene Desert Margin Loess, the Negev Desert, Israel: CROUVI, Onn, Geol Survey of Israel, 30 Malkhe Yisrael Street, Jerusalem, 95501, Israel, crouvi@vms.huji.ac.il, ENZEL, Yehouda, Institute of Earth Sciences, Hebrew University, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel, yenzel@vms.huji.ac.il, and AMIT, Rivka, Geol Survey of Israel, 30 Malkhe Israel St, Jerusalem, 95501, Israel
335-59:15 AM Constraining Ages of Desert Alluvial Surfaces According to Their Geomorphic Roughness as Measured from Space: MUSHKIN, Amit, Geological Survey of Israel, 30 Malke Israel St, Jerusalem, 95501, Israel, mushkin@gsi.gov.il, GILLESPIE, Alan, Earth and Space Sciences, Univ of Washington, Box 351310, Seattle, WA 98195, AMIT, Rivka, Geological Survey of Israel, 30 Malkhe Israel St, Jerusalem, 95501, Israel, and ENZEL, Yehouda, Institute of Earth Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Givat Ram campus, Jerusalem, 94901, Israel
335-69:30 AM Accretionary Pavement Development and Landscape Stability on the Eastern Libyan Plateau, Egypt: ADELSBERGER, Katherine A., Environmental Studies, Knox College, 2 East South St, Galesburg, IL 61401, kadelsbe@knox.edu and SMITH, Jennifer R., Earth & Planetary Sciences, Washington University, 1 Brookings Dr, Campus Box 1169, St Louis, MO 63130
335-79:45 AM Ecohydrologic Effects of Soil Mosaics in Patterned Australian Drylands: DUNKERLEY, David L., School of Geography and Environmental Science, Monash University, Building 11, Clayton Campus, Melbourne 3800 Australia, david.dunkerley@arts.monash.edu.au
 10:00 AM Break
335-810:15 AM New Field Data Supporting the Role of Insolation in Physical Weathering: EPPES, Martha Cary1, GRIFFING, D.2, MCFADDEN, Leslie3, DIEMER, John A.1, DAIGNEAULT, Matthew2, JOHNSON, Bradley Gordon4, KARLIN, Melissa1, GAGRANI, Vijaya1, TONG, Yong Hong1, and SCUDERI, L.5, (1) Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28223, meppes@uncc.edu, (2) Geological and Environmental Sciences, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY 13820, (3) Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, MSC03 2040, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, (4) Geography and Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina - Charlotte, 9215 Ravenwing Dr, Charlotte, NC 28262, (5) Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131
335-910:30 AM Numerical Simulations of Salt Accumulation In a Hyper-Arid Soil Chronosequence In the Sonoran Desert: CALDWELL, Todd G.1, MCDONALD, Eric1, YOUNG, Michael2, BACON, Steven N.1, and MARION, Giles M.1, (1) Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, NV 89512, todd.caldwell@dri.edu, (2) Desert Research Institute, 755 E. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas, NV 89119
335-1010:45 AM Soil Evolution during the Past 30,000 Years In the Black Rock Desert, Utah, SW USA: SCHMIDT, Jan-Uwe1, KLEBER, Arno2, and DIETZE, Michael1, (1) Institute of Geography, Dresden University of Technology, Helmholtzstr. 10, Dresden, 01069, Germany, jan-uwe.schmidt@mailbox.tu-dresden.de, (2) Institute of Geography, Dresden University of Technology, Helmholtzstr. 10, Dresden, 01069, Germany
335-1111:00 AM Soil Formation in the Mojave Desert: New TCN Information Suggests Rates of Soil Formation May Exceed Previously Established Rates: MCDONALD, Eric V., Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, NV 89512, emcdonal@dri.edu and GOSSE, John, Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3J 3J5, Canada
335-1211:15 AM Boundary Conditions and Climate: Dual Controls on Hillslope Evolution in the Atacama Desert: OWEN, Justine, ESPM, Division of Ecosystem Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, 137 Mulford Hall #3114, Berkeley, CA 94720-3114, jowen@nature.berkeley.edu, AMUNDSON, Ronald, Division of Ecosystem Sciences, U.C. Berkeley, Mulford Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, DIETRICH, William, Earth & Planetary Science, Univ of California, Berkeley, 307 McCone Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, and NISHIIZUMI, Kuni, Space Sciences Laboratory, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720
335-1311:30 AM Evidence from Paleosols for a Middle Miocene Transition to Hyperaridity In the Northern Atacama Desert, Chile: GOOLEY, Jared Thomas, RECH, Jason A., and CURRIE, Brian S., Department of Geology, Miami University, Department of Geology, Shideler Hall, Oxford, OH 45056, gooleyjt@muohio.edu
335-1411:45 AM Pedogenic Processes and Paleoclimatic Significance of Sulfate Soils in the Atacama Desert, Chile: RECH, Jason A., Geology, Miami University, 114 Shideler Hall, Oxford, OH 45056, rechja@muohio.edu and BUCK, Brenda J., Geoscience, Univ of Nevada, Las Vegas, Box 4010 Lilly Fong Hall, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154

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