2006 Philadelphia Annual Meeting (22–25 October 2006)

Session No. 5
Sunday, 22 October 2006: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T1. High Resolution Quaternary Records from Cave Environments

GSA Archaeological Geology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; Society for Vertebrate Paleontology; Paleontological Society; Geochemical Society; Karst Waters Institute

 

Bonnie A.B. Blackwell and Donald McFarlane, Advocates
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8:00 AM
MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY OF CAVE SEDIMENTS
BOSÁK, Pavel, Department of Exogenic Geology, Institute of Geology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Rozvojová 269, Praha, 165 02, Czech Republic, bosak@gli.cas.cz, bosak@gli.cas.cz
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8:15 AM
A NEW MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE CHRONOLOGY FOR KENT'S CAVERN, ENGLAND
LUNDBERG, Joyce, Carleton Univ, Dept Geography, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada and MCFARLANE, Donald, Keck Science Center, Claremont College, The Claremont Colleges, 925 North Mills Ave, Claremont, CA 91711-5916, joyce_lundberg@carleton.ca, joyce_lundberg@carleton.ca
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8:30 AM
AN INTERGLACIAL EPISODE AT ROBIN HOOD'S CAVE, CRESWELL, UK
HUNT, Chris O., Geography, Archaeology & Palaeoecology, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN, United Kingdom and GILBERTSON, David D., Geography, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, c.hunt@qub.ac.uk, c.hunt@qub.ac.uk
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8:45 AM
REVEALING SLOVENIA'S LATE PLEISTOCENE PALEOCLIMATIC, SEDIMENTOLOGICAL, AND CULTURAL HISTORY BY ESR DATING AND CAVE SEDIMENT ANALYSES AT DIVJE BABE I
BLACKWELL, Bonnie A.B.1, TURK, Ivan2, TURK, Janez3, YU, Edwin S.K.4, BLICKSTEIN, Joel I.B.4, SKINNER, Anne R.5, YIN, Vicky S.W.4 and LAU, Beverly4, (1)Department of Chemistry, Williams College, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267, (2)Slovenian Academy of Science, Ljubljana, Slovenia, (3)Inštitut za raziskov krasa, Znanstvenoraziskovalnega centra, SAZU, Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, SI-6230, Postojna, Titov trg 2, Slovenia, (4)R.F.K. Research Institute, 7640 Parsons Bvd, Flushing, NY 11367, (5)Dept. of Chemistry, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267, bonnie.a.b.blackwell@williams.edu, bonnie.a.b.blackwell@williams.edu
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9:00 AM
ESR DATING FOR THE MOUSTERIAN LAYERS AND NEANDERTHAL INFANT AT ROC DE MARSAL, FRANCE
BLACKWELL, Bonnie A.B.1, BLICKSTEIN, Joel I.B.2, HASAN, Maysun2, MANGAL, Katherina2, SKINNER, Anne R.3, DIBBLE, Harold4, MCPHERRON, Shannon5, SANDGATHE, Dennis M.6, GUIBERT, Pierre7 and TURQ, Alain8, (1)Department of Chemistry, Williams College, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267, (2)R.F.K. Research Institute, 7640 Parsons Bvd, Flushing, NY 11367, (3)Dept. of Chemistry, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267, (4)Department of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, (5)Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute, Leipzig, 04103, Germany, (6)Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC V6B 2G8, Canada, (7)Centre de Recherche en Physique Appliquée à l'Archéologie, Institut de recherche sur les Archomatriaux matériaux, UMR 5060 CNRS Université de Bordeaux 3 Maison de l'archéologie, Pessac, 33607, France, (8)Musee National du Prehistoire, Les Eyzies, 34981, France, joel.i.blickstein@williams.edu, joel.i.blickstein@williams.edu
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9:15 AM
HUMANS, CLIMATE AND FIRE AT THE MOUSTERIAN SITE OF ROC DE MARSAL, FRANCE
DIBBLE, Harold L., Department of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, GOLDBERG, Paul, Department of Archaeiology, Boston Univ, Boston University, 675 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, MCPHERRON, Shannon J.P., Deptartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Institute, Deutscher Platz 6, Leipzig, 04103, Germany, TURQ, Alain, Musee National du Prehistoire, Les Eyzies, 34981, France and SANDGATHE, Dennis, Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada, hdibble@sas.upenn.edu, hdibble@sas.upenn.edu
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9:30 AM
IMPORTANCE OF ZONES OF FRACTURE CONCENTRATION AND TOMBS WITHIN THE VALLEY OF KINGS
PARIZEK, Katarin A., Department of Integrative Arts, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 and PARIZEK, Richard R., Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State Univ, University Park, PA 16802, parizek@ems.psu.edu, parizek@ems.psu.edu
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9:45 AM
REWORKED LOESS AND RED CLAYS IN MISSOURI CAVES: A COMPARATIVE COMPOSITIONAL STUDY
LIPPMANN, Jennifer Lynne, Earth & Planetary Sciences, Washington University, 1 Brookings Drive, Box 1169, Saint Louis, MO 63130, DYMEK, Robert F., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington Univ, St. Louis, MO 63130, OSBURN, Robert, Cave Research Foundation and Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington Univ in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130 and CRISS, Robert E., Earth and Planetary Science, Washington Univ, One Brookings Dr, Saint Louis, MO 63130-4899, jennyl@levee.wustl.edu, jennyl@levee.wustl.edu
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10:00 AM
GEOARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF FEATURE PRESERVATION AND VARIABILITY AT DUST CAVE, ALABAMA
HOMSEY, Lara K., Geosciences, Murray State University, 104A Wilson Hall, Murray, KY 42071 and CAPO, Rosemary C., Geology and Planetary Science, University of Pittsburgh, 200 Space Research and Coordination Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, lara.homsey@murraystate.edu, lara.homsey@murraystate.edu
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10:15 AM
SIERRA NEVADAN SPELEOTHEMS: POTENTIAL AS HIGH-RESOLUTION ARCHIVES OF ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION OVER WESTERN NORTH AMERICA
OSTER, Jessica L.1, MONTANEZ, Isabel P.1, SHARP, Warren2, SPERO, Howard1 and FAIRCHILD, Steven3, (1)Geology, Univesity of California, Davis, CA 95616-8605, (2)Berkeley Geochronology Center, Berkeley, CA 94709, (3)Sierra Nevada Recreation Corporation, P.O. Box 78, Vallecito, CA 95251, oster@geology.ucdavis.edu, oster@geology.ucdavis.edu
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10:30 AM
SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL CONTROLS ON THE GEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION OF CAVE DRIPWATERS AND MODERN SPELEOTHEM CALCITE
GUILFOYLE, Amber L., Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station, Austin, TX 78712, BANNER, Jay, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712 and STERN, Libby, FBI Laboratory Division/ORISE, Counterterrorism and Forensic Science Research Unit, FBI Academy, Building 12, Quantico, VA 22135, amberguilfoyle@yahoo.com, amberguilfoyle@yahoo.com
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10:45 AM
TEMPORAL UTILIZATION OF THE FLINT CAVE QUARRY BY PREHISTORIC PEOPLE ON THE UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU OF COLORADO
MAHAN, Shannon A., U.S. Geol Survey, Box 25046, MS 974, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225 and HAUSER, Neil, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Colorado-Denver, Denver, CO 80203, smahan@usgs.gov, smahan@usgs.gov
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11:00 AM
BATHERS CAVE REVISITED: CLIMATIC INTERPRETATION USING GEOCHEMISTRY, SEDIMENTOLOGY AND LUMINESCENCE DATING
KNAPP, Elizabeth P.1, TERRY, Dennis O.2, HUFFMAN, Katelyn1 and THREN, Robert C.1, (1)Department of Geology, Washington and Lee Univ, Lexington, VA 24450, (2)Department of Geology, Temple University, 1901 N. 13th St, 303 Beury Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19122, knappe@wlu.edu, knappe@wlu.edu
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11:15 AM
QUATERNARY PLANT FOSSILS FROM CAVES AND ROCKSHELTERS: A DATABASE OF PALEOECOLOGICAL RECORDS FROM NEOTOMA MIDDENS IN WESTERN NORTH AMERICA
STRICKLAND, Laura E.1, SCHUMANN, R. Randall2, THOMPSON, Robert S.1, ANDERSON, Katherine H.3 and PELLTIER, Richard T.1, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Geology and Environmental Change Science Center, Box 25046, MS 980, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 980, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046, (3)Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, lstrickland@usgs.gov, lstrickland@usgs.gov
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11:30 AM
TWO DIFFERENT CARBON SOURCES FOR SPELEOTHEM FORMATION IN RACCOON MOUNTAIN CAVE, EAST TENNESSEE
LI, Zheng-Hua1, DRIESE, Steve G.2 and MORA, Claudia I.1, (1)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, (2)Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-735, zli@utk.edu, zli@utk.edu
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11:45 AM
SEDIMENTARY RECORD OF AN ABANDONED UNDERGROUND LAKE, SCOTT HOLLOW CAVE, MONROE COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA
ADDO, James Nii Kamuah, Dept. of Geology, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325-4101 and SASOWSKY, Ira D., Dept. of Geosciences, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325-4101, jna7@uakron.edu, jna7@uakron.edu
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