2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM

Session No. 208
Monday, 6 October 2008: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

T21. Lakes, Playas, and Soils

GSA Limnogeology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division

 

Elizabeth H. Gierlowski-Kordesch, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
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1:30 PM
Vertical and Lateral Variability in Paleosols and Ichnofossils of the Late Pennsylvanian Monongahela Group, Southeast Ohio: Local Complexity and Regional Patterns
HEMBREE, Daniel I., Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701, hembree@ohio.edu, hembree@ohio.edu
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1:45 PM
Paleosol Morphology and Geochemistry as Indicators of Changing Paleoenvironments in the Triassic-Jurassic Hartford Basin, Connecticut, USA
STILES, Cynthia A., National Soil Survey Center, 100 Centennial Mall, Lincoln, NE 68508-3866 and GIERLOWSKI-KORDESCH, Elizabeth, Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701-2979, cynthia.stiles@lin.usda.gov, cynthia.stiles@lin.usda.gov
3
2:00 PM
Response of Early Jurassic Paleosols to Environmental Changes in the Hartford Basin, Connecticut
DRZEWIECKI, Peter, Environmental Earth Science Department, Eastern Connecticut State University, 83 Windham Street, Willimantic, CT 06226 and GIERLOWSKI-KORDESCH, Elizabeth, Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Labs, Athens, OH 45701-2979, drzewieckip@easternct.edu, drzewieckip@easternct.edu
4
2:15 PM
Pedofacies in a Fluvial/deltaic Succession, Wilkins Peak Member in the Green River Formation, Wyoming
DYER PIETRAS, Kuwanna, BP America Inc, 501 Westlake Park Boulevard, Houston, TX 77079, CARROLL, Alan R., Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 West Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706 and STILES, Cynthia A., Soil Science Laboratory MS41, USDA - NRCS, 100 Centennial Mall, Lincoln, NE 68508, kuwanna.pietras@bp.com, kuwanna.pietras@bp.com
5
2:30 PM
Terminal Infill of Eocene Lake Gosiute, Wyoming
CHETEL, Lauren M. and CARROLL, Alan R., Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Wisconsin, 1215 West Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, chetel@geology.wisc.edu, chetel@geology.wisc.edu
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2:45 PM
Lacustrine Deposits within the Eocene-Oligocene White River Group of South Dakota and Nebraska: Tools for Interpreting Regional Stratigraphic Relationships, Climate Change, and Sedimentation
TERRY Jr, Dennis O., Earth and Environmental Science, Temple University, 326 Beury Hall, 1901 N. 13th St, Philadelphia, PA 19122, doterry@temple.edu, doterry@temple.edu
7
3:00 PM
Discrimination of Multiple Authigenic Clay Phases: Coupled Mineralogy and Geochemistry In Pliocene Paleolake Olduvai, Tanzania
DEOCAMPO, Daniel1, CUADROS, J.2, WING-DUDEK, T.2, OLIVES, J.3 and AMOURIC, M.3, (1)Department of Geosciences, Georgia State University, PO Box 4105, Atlanta, GA 30302, (2)Mineralogy, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, (3)CINaM-CNRS, Campus de Luminy, Case 913, 13288, Marseille, cedex 09, France, deocampo@gsu.edu, deocampo@gsu.edu
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3:15 PM
An 8900-Year-Old Spruce Forest Buried by Lake Superior: Paleoecological and Lake-Level Implications
BOYD, Matthew, Anthropology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5E1, Canada and TELLER, James T., Geological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada, matthew.boyd@lakeheadu.ca, matthew.boyd@lakeheadu.ca
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3:30 PM
Carbon Concentrations and Stable Carbon Isotopes as Indicators for Wet and Dry Phases of Paleo-Lake Mababe, Botswana: Providing International Research Experience for Students
TETER, Kristi1, ATEKWANA, Eliot A.2, CRUSE, Anna2, ATEKWANA, Estella3 and GAMROD, Jennifer4, (1)Boone Pickens School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, 105 NRC, Stillwater, OK 74078, (2)Boone Pickens School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, 105 Noble Research Center, Stillwater, OK 74078-3031, (3)Boone Pickens School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, Noble Research Center, Stillwater, OK 74078, (4)Boone Pickens School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, 105 Noble Research Center, Stillwater, OK 74078, kristi.teter@okstate.edu, kristi.teter@okstate.edu
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3:45 PM
Soil Development, Pluvial Lakes, Alluvial Fans, and Quaternary Faults in Newark Valley, Central Nevada
REDWINE, Joanna L., Geology, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV 89503 and BURKE, Bud, Geology, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA 95521, jredwine@dri.edu, jredwine@dri.edu
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4:00 PM
Holocene Non-Deposition In Bristol Dry Lake, California, Inferred from Adjacent Alluvial Fan Sequences
ROSEN, Michael R., US Geological Survey, 2730 North Deer Run Road, Carson City, NV 89701 and MILLER, David M., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road MS 973, Menlo Park, CA 94025, mrosen@usgs.gov, mrosen@usgs.gov
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4:15 PM
Inferring Vegetation and Climate from Playa Phytolith Assemblages
HALFEN, Alan F.1, FREDLUND, Glen1, MAYER, Jame H.2 and HOLLIDAY, Vance T.3, (1)Geography, Univ of Wisconsin Milwaukee, P.O. Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201, (2)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Gould-Simpson Building #77, 1040 E. Fourth Street, Tucson, AZ 85721, (3)Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, afhalfen@uwm.edu, afhalfen@uwm.edu
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