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. 335
Tuesday, 7 October 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T17. Integration of Soils and Geomorphology in Deserts: A Tribute to the 50 Years of Soil Research of Dan Yaalon

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; S05 Pedology; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies

 

Rivka Amit, Eric McDonald and Yehouda Enzel, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:05 AM
The Desert Project: An Analysis of Aridland Soil-Geomorphic Processes
MONGER, H. Curtis, Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, MSC 3Q, Box 30003, Las Cruces, NM 88003, GILE, Leland H., Soil Geomorphic Research, 2600 Desert Drive, Las Cruces, NM 88001, HAWLEY, John, Hawley Geomatters, PO Box 4370, Albuquerque, NM 87196 and GROSSMAN, Robert B., National Soil Survey Center, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Federal Building, Room 152, 100 Centennial Mall North, Lincoln, NE 68508, cmonger@nmsu.edu, cmonger@nmsu.edu
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8:25 AM
Relating Mass and Energy Fluxes to Arid Soil Development
YOUNG, Michael H., Division of Hydrologic Sciences, Desert Research Institute, 755 E. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas, NV 89119, MCDONALD, Eric, Division of Earth & Ecosystem Sciences, Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, NV 89512 and CALDWELL, Todd G., Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, NV 89512, michael.young@dri.edu, michael.young@dri.edu
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8:45 AM
Pedogenesis In Response to Quaternary-Scale Aridification of the Negev Desert, Israel
AMIT, Rivka1, ENZEL, Yehouda2, SIMHAI, Ori3, MATMON, Ari4, HAVIV, Itai3, MCDONALD, Eric5, PORAT, Naomi1, BENEDETTI, Lucilla6 and FINKEL, Robert7, (1)Geol Survey of Israel, 30 Malkhe Israel St, Jerusalem, 95501, Israel, (2)Institute of Earth Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Givat Ram campus, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel, (3)Institute of Earth Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Givat Ram Campus, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel, (4)Institute of Earth Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Givat ram Campus, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel, (5)Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, NV 89512, (6)Europôle Méditerranéen de l'Arbois - BP 80, AIX EN PROVENCE cedex 04, 13545, France, (7)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA 94550, Rivka@mail.gsi.gov.il, Rivka@mail.gsi.gov.il
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9:00 AM
Sand Dunes Are a Major Proximal Coarse Dust Source for Late Pleistocene Desert Margin Loess, the Negev Desert, Israel
CROUVI, Onn, Geol Survey of Israel, 30 Malkhe Yisrael Street, Jerusalem, 95501, Israel, ENZEL, Yehouda, Institute of Earth Sciences, Hebrew University, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel and AMIT, Rivka, Geol Survey of Israel, 30 Malkhe Israel St, Jerusalem, 95501, Israel, yenzel@vms.huji.ac.il, yenzel@vms.huji.ac.il
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9:15 AM
Constraining Ages of Desert Alluvial Surfaces According to Their Geomorphic Roughness as Measured from Space
MUSHKIN, Amit, Geological Survey of Israel, 30 Malke Israel St, Jerusalem, 95501, Israel, GILLESPIE, Alan, Earth and Space Sciences, Univ of Washington, Box 351310, Seattle, WA 98195, AMIT, Rivka, Geological Survey of Israel, 30 Malkhe Israel St, Jerusalem, 95501, Israel and ENZEL, Yehouda, The Fredy and Nadine Harrmann Institute of Earth Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel, mushkin@gsi.gov.il, mushkin@gsi.gov.il
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9:30 AM
Accretionary Pavement Development and Landscape Stability on the Eastern Libyan Plateau, Egypt
ADELSBERGER, Katherine A., Environmental Studies, Knox College, 2 East South St, Galesburg, IL 61401 and SMITH, Jennifer R., Earth & Planetary Sciences, Washington University, 1 Brookings Dr, Campus Box 1169, St Louis, MO 63130, kadelsbe@knox.edu, kadelsbe@knox.edu
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9:45 AM
Ecohydrologic Effects of Soil Mosaics in Patterned Australian Drylands
DUNKERLEY, David L., School of Geography and Environmental Science, Monash University, Building 11, Clayton Campus, Melbourne, 3800, Australia, david.dunkerley@arts.monash.edu.au, david.dunkerley@arts.monash.edu.au
 
10:00 AM
Break
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10:15 AM
New Field Data Supporting the Role of Insolation in Physical Weathering
EPPES, Martha Cary1, GRIFFING, D.2, MCFADDEN, Leslie3, DIEMER, John A.1, DAIGNEAULT, Matthew2, JOHNSON, Bradley Gordon4, KARLIN, Melissa1, GAGRANI, Vijaya1, TONG, Yong Hong1 and SCUDERI, L.5, (1)Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28223, (2)Geological and Environmental Sciences, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY 13820, (3)Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, MSC03 2040, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, (4)Geography and Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina - Charlotte, 9215 Ravenwing Dr, Charlotte, NC 28262, (5)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, meppes@uncc.edu, meppes@uncc.edu
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10:30 AM
Numerical Simulations of Salt Accumulation In a Hyper-Arid Soil Chronosequence In the Sonoran Desert
CALDWELL, Todd G.1, MCDONALD, Eric1, YOUNG, Michael2, BACON, Steven N.1 and MARION, Giles M.1, (1)Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, NV 89512, (2)Desert Research Institute, 755 E. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas, NV 89119, todd.caldwell@dri.edu, todd.caldwell@dri.edu
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10:45 AM
Soil Evolution during the Past 30,000 Years In the Black Rock Desert, Utah, SW USA
SCHMIDT, Jan-Uwe, KLEBER, Arno and DIETZE, Michael, Institute of Geography, Dresden University of Technology, Helmholtzstr. 10, Dresden, 01069, Germany, jan-uwe.schmidt@mailbox.tu-dresden.de, jan-uwe.schmidt@mailbox.tu-dresden.de
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11:00 AM
Soil Formation in the Mojave Desert: New TCN Information Suggests Rates of Soil Formation May Exceed Previously Established Rates
MCDONALD, Eric V., Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, NV 89512 and GOSSE, John, Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3J 3J5, Canada, emcdonal@dri.edu, emcdonal@dri.edu
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11:15 AM
Boundary Conditions and Climate: Dual Controls on Hillslope Evolution in the Atacama Desert
OWEN, Justine, ESPM, Division of Ecosystem Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, 137 Mulford Hall #3114, Berkeley, CA 94720-3114, AMUNDSON, Ronald, Division of Ecosystem Sciences, U.C. Berkeley, Mulford Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, DIETRICH, William, Earth & Planetary Science, Univ of California, Berkeley, 307 McCone Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720 and NISHIIZUMI, Kuni, Space Sciences Laboratory, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, jowen@nature.berkeley.edu, jowen@nature.berkeley.edu
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11:30 AM
Evidence from Paleosols for a Middle Miocene Transition to Hyperaridity In the Northern Atacama Desert, Chile
GOOLEY, Jared Thomas, RECH, Jason A. and CURRIE, Brian S., Department of Geology, Miami University, Department of Geology, Shideler Hall, Oxford, OH 45056, gooleyjt@muohio.edu, gooleyjt@muohio.edu
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11:45 AM
Pedogenic Processes and Paleoclimatic Significance of Sulfate Soils in the Atacama Desert, Chile
RECH, Jason A., Geology, Miami University, 114 Shideler Hall, Oxford, OH 45056 and BUCK, Brenda J., Geoscience, Univ of Nevada, Las Vegas, Box 4010 Lilly Fong Hall, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154, rechja@muohio.edu, rechja@muohio.edu
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