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| | 8:00 AM | Introductory Remarks |
| 150-1 | 8:05 AM | EVOLUTION OF SALT DIAPIR TOPOGRAPHY AND KARST MORPHOLOGY DURING LAST GLACIAL CYCLE (PERSIAN GULF, IRAN): BRUTHANS, Jiri, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Prague, 2, Czech Republic, bruthans@natur.cuni.cz, FILIPPI, Michal, Insitute of Geology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Rozvojová 135, Praha 9, CZ16502, Czech Republic, and ZARE, Mohammad, Department of Earth Sciences, Shiraz University, Shiraz, CZ16502, Iran |
| 150-2 | 8:20 AM | TRACING CARBON TRANSFER FROM SOILS TO A CAVE USING STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES: BREECKER, Dan O., Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, breecker@jsg.utexas.edu and QUADE, Jay, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 |
| 150-3 | 8:35 AM | STUDY OF CAVE POOLS IN CARLSBAD CAVERN, NEW MEXICO: CONTROLS ON BIOTHEM DISTRIBUTION: GUSTAFSON, Daniel, Geology Department, Western Illinois University, 1 University Circle, Macomb, IL 61455, djg111@wiu.edu, MELIM, Leslie A., Geology Department, Western Illinois Univ, 1 University Circle, Macomb, IL 61455, KOOSER, Ara, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, MSCO3-2040, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, and NORTHUP, Diana E., Biology, University of New Mexico, MSC03-2020, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 |
| 150-4 | 8:50 AM | ASTOUNDING RATES OF PRECIPITATION AND RECRYSTALLIZATION IN EXPERIMENTAL CAVE PEARLS IN AN UNDERGROUND LIMESTONE MINE: MELIM, Leslie A., Geology Department, Western Illinois Univ, 1 University Circle, Macomb, IL 61455, LA-Melim@wiu.edu and SPILDE, Michael N., Institute of Meteoritics, University of New Mexico, MSC03-2050, Albuquerque, NM 87131 |
| 150-5 | 9:05 AM | CAVES IN CAVES: POST-DEPOSITIONAL HOLES IN SPELEOTHEMS: SCHWARCZ, Henry P., School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada, schwarcz@mcmaster.ca and SHTOBER, Nurit, Dept. of Geography, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa, 31905, Israel |
| 150-6 | 9:20 AM | SNOWY RIVER: A NEW DISCOVERY FROM AN OLD CAVE: SPILDE, Michael N., Institute of Meteoritics, Univ of New Mexico, MSC03-2050, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, mspilde@unm.edu, NORTHUP, Diana E., Biology, University of New Mexico, MSC03-2020, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, POLYAK, Victor J., Earth & Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, 200 Yale Blvd., Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, BOSTON, Penelope J., Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, National Cave and Karst Research Institute, Socorro, NM 87801, CLEMENT, Amelia, Carleton College, 1 N College St, Northfield, MN 55057, and HUGHES, Kaitlyn J., Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-4501 |
| 150-7 | 9:35 AM | WORLD'S LONGEST SPELEOTHEM: NEW RESULTS FROM RADIOMETRIC DATING AND HYDROLOGIC OBSERVATIONS: LAND, Lewis A., NM Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources and National Cave & Karst Research Institute, NM Tech, 1400 Commerce Dr, Carlsbad, NM 88220, lland@gis.nmt.edu |
| 150-8 | 9:50 AM | DEVELOPMENT OF A KARST FIELD SCHOOL TO CONDUCT INTERDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN THE SOUTHEASTERN APPALACHIAN REGION: GAO, Yongli, Geosciences, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614, gaoy@etsu.edu, ANTHONY, Darlene M., Division of Mathematics and Sciences, Roane State Community College, Harriman, TN 37748, and SCHWARTZ, Benjamin F., Department of Biology, Texas State University - San Marcos, 601 University Drive, San Marcos, TX 78666 |
| | 10:05 AM | Break |
| 150-9 | 10:20 AM | USING STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES TO CHARACTERIZE CARBON AND NUTRIENT DYNAMICS IN A NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS CAVE: KNIERIM, Katherine J.1, POLLOCK, Erik D.2, and HAYS, Phillip D.1, (1) Department of Geosciences, University of Arkansas, 113 Ozark Hall, Fayetteville, AR 72701, Katherine.Knierim@gmail.com, (2) University of Arkansas Stable Isotope Laboratory, University of Arkansas, 116 Ferritor Hall, Fayetteville, AR 72701 |
| 150-10 | 10:35 AM | MAXIMUM WALL RETREAT POTENTIAL IN FLUVIOKARST CONDUITS: THE BALANCE OF PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROCESSES: HERMAN, Ellen K., Department of Geology, Bucknell University, 224 O'Leary Center, Lewisburg, PA 17837, ekh008@bucknell.edu, JEWETT, Amy E., Department of Geology, Bucknell University, O'Leary Center, Lewisburg, PA 17837, and VESPER, Dorothy J., Department of Geology & Geography, West Virginia University and the National Energy Technology Lab, 330 Brooks Hall, Morgantown, WV 26506 |
| 150-11 | 10:50 AM | IS THE HYPORHEIC ZONE A USEFUL CONCEPT FOR KARST AQUIFERS WITH CONDUITS?: KOSKI, Katrina and WILSON, John L., Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, katrina@koski.net |
| 150-12 | 11:05 AM | COMMUNITY STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF EXTREMELY ACIDIC CAVE BIOFILMS: JONES, Daniel S., SCHAPERDOTH, Irene, PATEL, Jignasha H., and MACALADY, Jennifer L., Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, djones@psu.edu |
| | 11:20 AM | Discussion |
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