2007 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (28–31 October 2007)

Session No. 225
Wednesday, 31 October 2007: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

T57. Quaternary Deposits in Arid Lands: Rates and Processes

GSA Archaeological Geology Division

 

Jeffrey Pigati and Jason Rech, Advocates
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1:30 PM
CALIBRATION OF TERRESTRIAL COSMIC-RAY-PRODUCED NUCLIDES: CRONUS
CAFFEE, M.W., Department of Physics, Purdue University, 525 Northwestern Ave, W. Lafayette, IN 47907-1396, BALCO, G., Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Box 351310, Seattle, WA 98195-1310, FINKEL, R.C., CAMS, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, JULL, A.J.T., Arizona AMS Laboratory, Univ of Arizona, 1118 East Fourth St, Tucson, AZ AZ 85721, KURZ, M., Clark Laboratory, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 266 Woods Hole Rd, Woods Hole, MA 02543, LIFTON, N., Geosciences Department, Univ of Arizona, 1118 East Fourth St, Tucson, AZ AZ 85721, MCGEE, S., Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, 801 leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, NISHIIZUMI, K., Space Sciences laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, 7 Gauss Way, Berkeley, CA 94720, PHILLIPS, F.M., Earth and Environmental Science Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Pl, Socorro, NM 97801-4696 and SCHAEFER, Y., Geochemistry, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, P.O. Box 1000, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964, mcaffee@physics.purdue.edu, mcaffee@physics.purdue.edu
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1:45 PM
NAMIBIA: INTERESTING LANDSCAPES BUT MONOTONOUS EROSION RATES
NICHOLS, Kyle K., Department of Geosciences, Skidmore College, 815 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866, BIERMAN, Paul, Geology Department and School of Natural Resources, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, MATMON, Ari, The Fredy and Nadine Herrmann Institute of Earth Sciences, Hebrew University, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel, ENZEL, Yehouda, Institute of Earth Sciences, Hebrew University, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel, LARSEN, Jennifer, Department of Geology, University of Vermont, Delehanty Hall, 180 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05405 and FINKEL, Robert C., Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, 94550, knichols@skidmore.edu, knichols@skidmore.edu
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2:00 PM
DISCORDANT COSMOGENIC AND U-SERIES AGES FOR A LATE-PLEISTOCENE ALLUVIAL FAN OFFSET BY THE SOUTHERN SAN ANDREAS FAULT
SHARP, Warren D.1, FLETCHER, Kathryn E.2, KENDRICK, Katherine J.3, BEHR, Whitney M.4, HUDNUT, Kenneth R.3 and HANKS, Thomas C.5, (1)Berkeley Geochronology Center, Berkeley, CA 94709, (2)Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-4767, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, 525 S. Wilson Ave, Pasadena, CA 91106, (4)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, (5)United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, 94025, wsharp@bgc.org, wsharp@bgc.org
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2:15 PM
PLEISTOCENE CLIMATE VARIATION IDENTIFIED BY ION-MICROPROBE DATING OF VADOSE-ZONE OPAL, YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA, USA
PACES, J.B., U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, NEYMARK, L.A., U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046, WOODEN, J.L., U.S. Geological Survey, Stanford-USGS Micro Analysis Center, Stanford, CA 94305 and LUND, S.P., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, jbpaces@usgs.gov, jbpaces@usgs.gov
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2:30 PM
U-PB DATING OF OPAL IN DEEPLY BURIED SOILS, YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA, USING SECONDARY-ION MASS SPECTROMETRY
NEYMARK, Leonid A., US Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Mailbox 25046, MS 963, Denver, CO 80225-0046, PACES, James B., U.S. Geol Survey, Box 25046, MS963, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046, WOODEN, Joseph L., U.S.G.S.-Stanford Ion Microprobe Laboratory, Green Building, Rm 89, 367 Panama Street, Stanford, CA 94305-2220 and BUESCH, David C., U.S. Geological Survey, 1180 N Town Center Dr, Las Vegas, NV 89144-6363, lneymark@usgs.gov, lneymark@usgs.gov
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2:45 PM
LUMINESCENCE DATING IN QUATERNARY GEOLOGY: ADVANCES AND APPLICATIONS
FUCHS, Markus, Geology Department, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Building, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, markus.fuchs@uni-bayreuth.de, markus.fuchs@uni-bayreuth.de
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3:00 PM
CALCULATING THE RATE OF DEPOSITION AS INTERPRETED BY LUMINESCENCE DATING FOR SELECTED LATE PLEISTOCENE GROUND-WATER DISCHARGE DEPOSITS IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA
MAHAN, Shannon A., U.S. Geol Survey, Box 25046, MS 974, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225 and PIGATI, Jeffrey, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Box 25046, MS-980, Denver, CO 80227, smahan@usgs.gov, smahan@usgs.gov
 
3:15 PM
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3:30 PM
GROUNDWATER-FED WETANDS AS AN ARCHIVE OF MILANKOVITCH AND MILLENNIAL-SCALE CLIMATE VARIABILITY IN ARID EAST AFRICA
ASHLEY, Gail M., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, GOMAN, Michelle F., Dept. of Earth and Atmos. Sci, Cornell Univ, Ithaca, NY 14853, PARK, Lisa E., Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences, The University of Akron, 252 Buchtel Commons, Crouse Hall, Akron, OH 44325-4101, OWEN, R. Bernhart, Dept of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist Univ, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China and ROURE-JOHNSON, Cara A., Department of Anthropology, University of Connecticut, U-2176, Storrs, CT 06269, gmashley@rci.rutgers.edu, gmashley@rci.rutgers.edu
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3:45 PM
PALEOWETLAND DEPOSITS AS PALEOCLIMATE RECORDERS GLOBALLY AND IN THE ATACAMA DESERT
QUADE, Jay, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, RECH, Jason, Geology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, BETANCOURT, Julio, US Geological Survey, 1675 West Anklam Raod, Tucson, AZ 87505 and LATORRE, Claudio, CASEB-Departamento de Ecología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, 114D, Chile, quadej@email.arizona.edu, quadej@email.arizona.edu
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4:00 PM
THE RESOLUTION OF IN-STREAM WETLAND DEPOSITS AS PALEOCLIMATIC PROXY RECORDS
RECH, Jason A., Department of Geology, Miami University, 114 Shideler Hall, Oxford, OH 45056, QUADE, Jay, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, LATORRE, Claudio, CASEB/Departmento de Ecologia, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, & Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, Casilla 653, Santiago, 6513677, Chile and BETANCOURT, Julio L., Branch of Regional Research, ER, Water, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr, Reston, VA 20192, rechja@muohio.edu, rechja@muohio.edu
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4:15 PM
HOLOCENE MEGA-DROUGHTS IN THE CENTRAL ATACAMA DESERT, CHILE
TULLY, Craig D. and RECH, Jason A., Department of Geology, Miami University, 114 Shideler Hall, Oxford, OH 45056, tullycd@muohio.edu, tullycd@muohio.edu
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4:30 PM
OSTRACODES AND FOSSIL GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE DEPOSITS IN THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST
BRIGHT, Jordon, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, jbright1@email.arizona.edu, jbright1@email.arizona.edu
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4:45 PM
RADIOCARBON DATING OF NORTH AMERICAN TERRESTRIAL GASTROPODS
PIGATI, Jeffrey S., Geologic Division, U.S. Geological Survey, 520 N. Park Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719, RECH, Jason, Geology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056 and NEKOLA, Jeffrey A., Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, 167 Castetter Hall, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, jpigati@usgs.gov, jpigati@usgs.gov
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5:00 PM
AGE CONSTRAINTS AND PALEOCLIMATIC IMPLICATIONS FOR THE LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM PLUVIAL EVENT IN THE JORDAN VALLEY FROM WADI HASA, JORDAN
WINER, Emily R., Geology, Miami University, 114 Shideler Hall, Oxford, OH 45056, RECH, Jason, Geology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, COINMAN, Nancy R., Anthropology, Iowa State University, 324 Curtiss, Ames, IA 50011 and PIGATI, Jeffrey, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Box 25046, MS-980, Denver, CO 80227, winerer@muohio.edu, winerer@muohio.edu
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RECOGNITION OF LATE JURASSIC CARBONATE WETLANDS AND LAKES FROM THE MORRISON FORMATION (COLORADO)
DUNAGAN, Stan, Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources, The University of Tennessee at Martin, 256 Brehm Hall, Martin, TN 38238, sdunagan@utm.edu, sdunagan@utm.edu
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