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. 166
Sunday, 5 October 2008: 1:30 PM-4:45 PM

T20. Assessment of Speleothem Paleoenvironment Proxies Using Studies in Modern Karst Systems

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies

 

Jay Banner and Isabel Montanez, Advocates
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Start Time
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1:30 PM
Cave Monitoring and Calibration of a δ18O – Climate Transfer Function in Gibraltar
MATTEY, David, Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham Hill, Egham, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom, ATKINSON, Tim, Department of Earth Sciences, University College London, Gowar Street, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom, FAIRCHILD, Ian, GEES (School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences), University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom and FISHER, Matt, Environmental Research, ANSTO, PMB1, Menai, NSW, 2234, Australia, mattey@gl.rhul.ac.uk, mattey@gl.rhul.ac.uk
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1:50 PM
Withdrawn
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2:05 PM
Hydrochemical and Isotopic Variability of Cave Drip Water with Increasing Elevation, Vancouver Island, Canada
BEDDOWS, Patricia A., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Rd. TECH-F374, Evanston, IL 60208-3130, FORD, Derek C., Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada, SCHWARCZ, Henry P. and ZHANG, Ren, dford@mcmaster.ca, dford@mcmaster.ca
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2:20 PM
Seasonal Variations of Cave Dripwater Trace Element Ratios in Central Texas: Implications for Speleothem Geochemical Records
WONG, Corinne, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, BANNER, Jay, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712 and MUSGROVE, MaryLynn, U.S. Geological Survey, 1505 Ferguson Lane, Austin, TX 78754, corinnewong@mail.utexas.edu, corinnewong@mail.utexas.edu
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2:35 PM
Strontium isotopes as a proxy for water-rock interactions: results from the Sierra Nevada foothills, California
OSTER, Jessica, Department of Geology, Univ of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616 and MONTANEZ, Isabel, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis, One Shields Dr., Davis, CA 95616, oster@geology.ucdavis.edu, oster@geology.ucdavis.edu
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2:50 PM
Temporal Variability of Cave-Air CO2 in Central Texas
COWAN, Brian D., Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, OSBORNE, Michael C., Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 and BANNER, Jay L., Dept. of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, BC1774@gmail.com, BC1774@gmail.com
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3:05 PM
A Global Model for Seasonal Preservation Bias In Speleothem Proxy Records
JAMES, Eric W. and BANNER, Jay L., Dept. of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, lilej@mail.utexas.edu, lilej@mail.utexas.edu
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3:20 PM
Oxygen and Carbon Isotope Values of Modern Spelean Carbonates and Source Waters: Is Non-Equilibrium Deposition Status Quo?
TAYLOR, Penny M., Dept. of Geology and Geography, Mount Holyoke College, 50 College Street, South Hadley, MA 01075 and CHAFETZ, Henry S., Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Univ of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-5007, pmtaylor@mtholyoke.edu, pmtaylor@mtholyoke.edu
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3:35 PM
Withdrawn
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3:50 PM
Testing Speleothem Proxies of the Asian Monsoon: Modern Calibration Results from Heshang Cave, China
JOHNSON, Kathleen R., Dept. of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, 3206 Croul Hall, Irvine, CA 92697-3100, HU, Chaoyong, Faculty of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China and HENDERSON, Gideon M., Department of Earth Sciences, Oxford University, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PR, England, kathleen.johnson@uci.edu, kathleen.johnson@uci.edu
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4:10 PM
Assessing Tropical Cyclone Records in 20th Century Stalagmites: Challenges, Limitations, and Opportunities in Proxy Development
FRAPPIER, Amy Benoit, Geology and Geophysics, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Ave, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, amy.frappier@bc.edu, amy.frappier@bc.edu
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