Session No. 52
Sunday, 2 November 2003: 1:00 PM-3:45 PM
T116. Sabkha Environments, Recent Insights
Warren W. Wood, Abdulrahman S. Alsharhan and Peter T. Kolesar, Advocates
2:00 PM
MICROBIAL SIGNATURES IN HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENTS: A CASE STUDY FROM THE SABKHA DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN TUNISIAN CHOTTS
BARBIERI, Roberto
1,
STIVALETTA, Nunzia1, MARINANGELI, Lucia
2 and ORI, Gian Gabriele
2, (1)Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e Geo-ambientali, Univ of Bologna, Via Zamboni 67, Bologna, 40126, Italy, (2)Int'l Research School of Planetary Sciences, Univ D'Annunzio, Viale Pindaro 42, Pescara, 65127, stivaletta@geomin.unibo.it, stivaletta@geomin.unibo.it
2:15 PM
MICROBIALLY INDUCED SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES INDICATING CLIMATOLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND SEDIMENTARY DYNAMICS IN RECENT AND PLEISTOCENE COASTAL SABKHAS OF TUNISIA
NOFFKE, Nora, Ocean, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Old Dominion Univ, 4600, Elkhorn Ave, Norfolk, VA 23529, nnoffke@odu.edu, nnoffke@odu.edu
2:45 PM
DYNAMIC CONTROLS ON GROUNDWATER DEPTH BENEATH PLAYAS, SABKHAS AND SALARS
TYLER, Scott W., Depts. of Environmental and Resource Sciences & Geological Sciences, Univ of Nevada, Reno, MS 175, Reno, NV 89557, tylers@unr.edu, tylers@unr.edu
3:00 PM
HYDROLOGY OF THE COCOA CREEK MUDFLAT, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA: DOES IT FIT THE CURRENT SABKHA MODELS?
ROSEN, M.R.1, BRUNSKILL, G.J.
2 and ZAGORSKIS, I.
2, (1)U.S. Geol Survey, 333 West Nye Lane, Carson City, NV 89706, (2)Australian Institute of Marine Sci, PMB No. 3, Townsville, MC 4810, Australia, mrosen@usgs.gov, mrosen@usgs.gov
3:15 PM
EXAMPLE OF A CONTINENTAL SABKHA OF THE MIDDLE EAST
FRIEDMAN, Gerald M., Department of Geology, Brooklyn College of the City Univ of New York (CUNY), Brooklyn, NY, and Northeastern Science Foundation affiliated with Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, 15 Third St., P.O. Box 746, Troy, NY 12181, gmfriedman@juno.com, gmfriedman@juno.com