2009 Portland GSA Annual Meeting (18-21 October 2009)
Session No. 150 Tuesday, 20 October 2009
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Oregon Convention Center: D139/140

T34. Toward Integrating Cave and Karst Science (GSA Hydrogeology Division; National Cave and Karst Research Institute; GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division)

John L. Wilson and Penelope Boston, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
 8:00 AM Introductory Remarks
150-18:05 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
150-28:20 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
150-38:35 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
150-48:50 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
150-59:05 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
150-69:20 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
150-79:35 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
150-89:50 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
150-910:20 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
150-1010:35 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
150-1110:50 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
150-1211:05 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

Back to the 2009 Portland GSA Annual Meeting (18-21 October 2009)
General Information for this Meeting