XVI INQUA Congress
Session No. 38 Saturday, July 26, 2003
1:30 PM-4:30 PM, Reno Hilton Resort and Conference Center: Pavilion

S14. Deserts Over the Last 100,000 Years (Posters)

Susan McLaren and David Thomas, Presiding
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38-195RELATIVE INFLUENCE OF CLIMATIC AND BASE-LEVEL CHANGE ON THE LATE QUATERNARY EVOLUTION OF ALLUVIAL FANS IN THE NORTHERN GREAT BASIN, NEVADA, USA: HARVEY, Adrian, Department of Geography, Univ of Liverpool, PO Box 147, Liverpool L69 3BX United Kingdom, amharvey@liverpool.ac.uk.
38-296QUATERNARY GEOMORPHIC SYSTEMS AND PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS REGION, WEST TEXAS AND SOUTH-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO, USA: RINDFLEISCH, Paul R1, TCHAKERIAN, Vatche1, GIVEN, Jeffrey L1, and WILKINS, David2, (1) Geography, Texas A&M Univ, 810 O&M Building, College Station, TX 77843-3147, soilgeo18@hotmail.com, (2) Geosciences, Boise State Univ, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725
38-397QUATERNARY GEOLOGY OF THE IVANPAH 1:100,000-SCALE QUADRANGLE, CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA: MILLER, David M., U.S. Geol Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, MS 975, Menlo Park, CA 94025, dmiller@usgs.gov.
38-498GEOLOGIC, ECOLOGIC, CLIMATIC, AND LAND-USE INTERACTIONS IN THE HIGH DESERT OF THE CENTRAL COLORADO PLATEAU (USA)—THE PAST 40,000 YEARS: REYNOLDS, Richard L.1, REHEIS, Marith Cady2, NEFF, Jason2, GOLDSTEIN, Harland2, YOUNT, James2, AXFORD, Yarrow3, ROBERTS, Helen4, MILLER, Mark5, SANFORD, Robert6, and BELNAP, Jayne7, (1) U. S. Geol Survey, MS 980 Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, rreynolds@usgs.gov, (2) US Geol Survey, PO Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225-0046, (3) Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, (4) Univ. of Wales, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom, (5) National Park Service, Moab, UT 84532, (6) Univ. of Denver, Denver, CO, (7) US Geol Survey, 2290 S. Resource Blvd, Moab, UT 84532
38-599QUATERNARY GEOLOGY OF THE MESQUITE LAKE 1:100,000-SCALE QUADRANGLE, CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA: SCHMIDT, Kevin M., Western Earth Surface Processes Team, U. S. Geol Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, MS 975, Menlo Park, CA 94025, kschmidt@usgs.gov and MCMACKIN, Matthew, Department of Geology, San Jose State Univ, One Washington Square, San Jose, CA 95112
38-6100SPELEOTHEM RECORDS REVEAL ABRUPT CLIMATE VARIATIONS IN THE ARID SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES OVER THE LAST GLACIAL CYCLE: WAGNER, Jennifer D. M., Department of Geosciences, Univ of Arizona, 1040 E 4 St, Gould-Simpson Bldg, Tucson, AZ 85721, jwagner@geo.arizona.edu, COLE, Julia E., Department of Geosciences, Univ of Arizona, Gould-Simpson Building, Tucson, AZ 85721, BECK, J. Warren, Department of Physics, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, PATCHETT, P. Jonathan, Department of Geosciences, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, and PEACHEY, Bill, Colossal Cave Mountain Park, PO Box 70, Vail, AZ 85641
38-7101QUATERNARY GEOLOGY OF THE AMBOY 1:100,000-SCALE QUADRANGLE, CALIFORNIA: BEDFORD, David R., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, MS 975, Menlo Park, CA 94025, dbedford@usgs.gov, MILLER, David M., U.S. Geol Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, MS 975, Menlo Park, CA 94025, and PHELPS, Geoffrey A., USGS, 345 Middlefield Rd MS975, Menlo Park, CA 94025
38-8102PRESERVATION OF HOLOCENE WIND VECTORS BY VEGETATION AND VENTIFACTS IN AN EOLIAN SAND SYSTEM, NORTHERN COACHELLA VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, USA: GRIFFITHS, Peter G.1, WEBB, Robert H.2, ALAN, Muth3, FISHER, Mark3, BARROWS, Cameron W.4, and LANCASTER, Nicholas5, (1) U.S. Geol Survey, 1675 W. Anklam Rd, Tucson, AZ 85745, pggriffi@usgs.gov, (2) US Geol Survey, 1675 W Anklam Rd, Tucson, AZ 85745-2633, (3) Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Rsch Ctr, P.O. Box 1738, Palm Desert, CA 92261, (4) Ctr for Nat Lands Mgnt, P.O. Box 188, Thousand Palms, CA 92276, (5) Desert Rsch Institute, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, NV 89512
38-9103THE SPEED AND HISTORY OF PIEDMONT SEDIMENT: NICHOLS, Kyle K.1, BIERMAN, Paul2, EPPES, Martha C3, CAFFEE, Marc4, FINKEL, Robert4, and LARSEN, Jennifer2, (1) Department of Geosciences, Skidmore College, 815 N. Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866, knichols@skidmore.edu, (2) Geology Department, Univ of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, (3) Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Univ of North Carolina, Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, (4) Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Livermore, CA 94550
38-10104SANDSTONE KARST AND PALAEO-SANDSTONE WAETHERING - ITS PALAEOENVIROMENTAL IMPLICATION AND HOLOCENE IMPACT ON GROUNDWATER FLOW: SPONHOLZ, Barbara, Dept. of Geography, Univ of Wuerzburg, Am Hubland, Wuerzburg 97074 Germany, barbara.sponholz@mail.uni-wuerzburg.de.
38-11105DISTRIBUTION OF SAND DUNE SPACING, CREST LENGTH, AND DEFECT DENSITY IN SIMPLE, COMPOUND, AND COMPLEX DUNE FIELDS: EWING, Ryan, BEVERIDGE, Carrie, and KOCUREK, Gary, Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Texas-Austin, Geol Science Dept, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712-0254, rce@mail.utexas.edu
38-12106AEOLIAN ACTIVITIES IN SEMI-ARID CHINA: COMBINING MODERN ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES WITH PALEOECOLOGICAL EVIDENCE: LIU, Hongyan, MOE Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Environmental Sciences, Peking Univ, Yiheyuan Lu, 5, Beijing 100871 China, lhy@urban.pku.edu.cn.
38-13107EVIDENCE FOR A WARM AND HUMID CLIMATE PERIOD AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS IN THE ARID ZONES OF NORTHWEST CHINA DURING 2.2-1.8 KABP: YANG, Bao1, SHI, Yafeng1, BRAEUNING, Achim2, and YANG, Bao1, (1) Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Rsch Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Donggang West Road, Lanzhou, 730000, China, yangbao@ns.lzb.ac.cn, (2) Institute for Geography, Univ of Stuttgart, Azenbergstr. 12, Stuttgart, D-70174, Germany
38-14108EOLIAN CHRONOLOGY AND PALEOWIND VECTORS IN THE NORTHERN RUB AL KHALI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: LANCASTER, Nicholas, Desert Rsch Institute, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, NV 89512, nick@dri.edu, SINGHVI, Ashok, Planetary and Geosciences Division, Physical Rsch Lab, Ahmedabad, 380 009, India, TELLER, James T., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada, GLENNIE, Ken, 4 Morven Way, Ballater, AB35 5SF, United Kingdom, and PANDEY, V.P., Physical Rsch Lab, Ahmedabad, India
38-15109RESPONSE OF DESERT OUTWASH SURFACES TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES DURING THE LAST 55 000 YEARS: AL-JUAIDI, Farhan1, MCLAREN, Sue1, and MILLINGTON, Andrew2, (1) Geography, Currently, Leicester Univ, University road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, United Kingdom, farh16@hotmail.com, (2) Geography, Leicester Univ, University road, Leicester, LE1 7RH
38-16110HYDROCLIMATIC CHANGE IN THE EASTERN SAHARA: THE LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC AND GEOCHRONOLOGIC RECORD FROM UMM AKHTAR PLAYA, SOUTHERN EGYPT: NICOLL, Kathleen, School of Geography and the Environment, Univ of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TB, kathleen.nicoll@geography.ox.ac.uk.
38-17111EVIDENCE FOR LARGE PALEOFLOODS DURING LATE OXYGEN ISOTOPE STAGE 3 FROM NAHAL NETAFIM CATCHMENT, NEGEV DESERT, ISRAEL: GREENBAUM, Noam, Geography, Univ of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa, 31905, Israel, nryg@zahav.net.il, PORAT, Naomi, Israel Geol Survey, 30 Malkhei Israel St, Jerusalem, 95501, Israel, and ENZEL, Yehouda, Inst.Earth Sciences, Hebrew Univ, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel
38-18112EVIDENCE FOR LATE QUATERNARY PALAEOENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES IN THE FEZZAN, SOUTHERN LIBYA: MCLAREN, Sue, Department of Geography, Leicester University, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, United Kingdom, sjm11@le.ac.uk, DRAKE, Nick, Department of Geography, King's College, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, and WHITE, Kevin, Department of Geography, Univ of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading
38-19113LATE PLEISTOCENE AND HOLOCENE PALAEOENVIRONMENTAL RECORDS OF TÉNÉRÉ, ERG OF TÉNÉRÉ AND ERG OF FACHI BILMA (CENTRAL SAHARA): NEW IMPLICATIONS FROM PALAEOECOLOGICAL DATA: BAUMHAUER, Roland, Department of Geography, Univ of Wuerzburg, Am Hubland, Würzburg, 97074, Germany, baumhauer@mail.uni-wuerzburg.de and FELIX-HENNINGSEN, Peter, Department of Soil Science and Soil Conservation, Research Center of Biological Sciences, Univ of Gießen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26, Gießen, 35392, Germany
38-20114TIMING AND DURATION OF LATE QUATERNARY ARID EPISODES IN THE KALAHARI: RESOLVING UNCERTAINTIES IN THE DATED AEOLIAN RECORD: THOMAS, David S.G.1, TELFER, Matt2, and BATEMAN, Mark D.2, (1) Geography, Univ of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, United Kingdom, D.S.Thomas@sheffield.ac.uk, (2) Geography, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, United Kingdom
38-21115REGIONAL PATTERNS IN THE LATE QUATERNARY PALAEOENVIRONMENTS OF THE SOUTHWESTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA: MEADOWS, Michael E, Department of Environmental & Geographical Science, Univ of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch, Cape Town 7701 South Africa, meadows@enviro.uct.ac.za.
38-22116EL NIŃO AND RAINFALL VARIABILITY IN THE KALAHARI, SOUTHERN AFRICA, 1840-1900: NASH, David J., School of the Environment, Univ of Brighton, Cockcroft Building, Lewes Road, Brighton, BN2 4GJ, United Kingdom, d.j.nash@bton.ac.uk and ENDFIELD, Georgina H., School of Geography, Univ of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
38-23117LATE QUATERNARY VALLEY CALCRETES IN THE KALAHARI: NASH, David J., School of the Environment, Univ of Brighton, Cockcroft Building, Lewes Road, Brighton, BN2 4GJ, United Kingdom, d.j.nash@bton.ac.uk and MCLAREN, Sue J., Department of Geography, Univ of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, United Kingdom
38-24118LATE QUATERNARY GEOMORPHIC HISTORY OF UPLAND VALLEYS ON THE MARGIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT: FANNING, Patricia C., Graduate School of the Environment, Macquarie Univ, Sydney 2109 Australia, pfanning@gse.mq.edu.au.
38-25119LATE QUATENARY CLIMATIC CHANGE IN NW-NAMIBIA: SEDIMENTOLOGIC, PEDOLOGIC AND ARCHEOBOTANIC EVIDENCE: BRUNOTTE, Ernst, Department of Geography, Univ of Cologne, Albertus-Magnus-Platz, Cologne, D-50923, Germany, e.brunotte@uni-koeln.de, EICHHORN, Barbara, Forschungsstelle Afrika, Heinrich Barth Institut, Jennerstr. 8, Köln, Cologne, D-50823, Germany, and SANDER, Heinz, Department of Geography, Univ of Cologne, Albertus Magnus Platz, Cologne, D-50923, Germany

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