CALL FOR PROPOSALS:

ORGANIZERS

  • Harvey Thorleifson, Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • Carrie Jennings, Vice Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • David Bush, Technical Program Chair
    University of West Georgia
  • Jim Miller, Field Trip Chair
    University of Minnesota Duluth
  • Curtis M. Hudak, Sponsorship Chair
    Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC

 

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Session No. 277
Wednesday, 12 October 2011: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 200FG (Minneapolis Convention Center)

T64. Soils as Archives of Past Climates

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division

 

Christoph Geiss and Edward Nater, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:35 PM
TERRESTRIAL PALEOCLIMATE FUTURES: GAMBLING ON INVESTMENTS IN MODERN ANALOGS
NORDT, Lee, Department of Geology, Baylor University, PO #97354, Waco, TX 76798, DRIESE, Steven G., Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Dept. of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354 and DWORKIN, Steve I., Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Division, Dept. of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, lee_nordt@baylor.edu, lee_nordt@baylor.edu
2
1:55 PM
A QUANTITATIVE APPROACH TO RECONSTRUCTING GREAT PLAINS CLIMATE FROM SOIL PROPERTIES
ZUNG, Ashley B. and FEDDEMA, Johannes J., Geography, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66044, azung@ku.edu, azung@ku.edu
3
2:10 PM
INTERPRETATION OF DYNAMIC LATE QUATERNARY CLIMATE AND LANDSCAPE VARIABILITY BASED UPON PALEOSOL MACRO- AND MICROMORPHOLOGY AND STABLE ISOTOPES OF SOIL ORGANIC MATTER, OWL CREEK, CENTRAL TEXAS, USA
MEIER, Holly A., Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798, DRIESE, Steven G., Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Dept. of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, NORDT, Lee, Department of Geology, Baylor University, PO #97354, Waco, TX 76798, DWORKIN, Steve I., Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Division, Dept. of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354 and FORMAN, Steven L., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60607, holly_meier@baylor.edu, holly_meier@baylor.edu
4
2:25 PM
CARBON ISOTOPE RATIOS IN BULK ORGANIC MATTER FROM PALEOSOLS OF THE LATE TRIASSIC CHINLE FORMATION, PETRIFIED FOREST NATIONAL PARK, ARIZONA, USA
DWORKIN, Steve I.1, NORDT, Lee2 and ATCHLEY, Stacy2, (1)Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, (2)Department of Geology, Baylor University, PO #97354, Waco, TX 76798, Steve_Dworkin@Baylor.edu, Steve_Dworkin@Baylor.edu
5
2:40 PM
ORGANIC CARBON ISOTOPIC RECONSTRUCTION OF C3/C4 PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE SANTA MARíA BASIN, NORTHWEST ARGENTINA
COTTON, Jennifer M., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 1100 N. University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, HYLAND, Ethan, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 CC Little, 1100 North University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 and SHELDON, Nathan D., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 CC Little Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, jcot@umich.edu, jcot@umich.edu
 
2:55 PM
Break
6
3:10 PM
OXYGEN ISOTOPES IN SOIL NITRATE: A NEW PROXY FOR PALEO-PRECIPITATION IN ARID ENVIRONMENTS?
MICHALSKI, Greg, WANG, Fan and SEO, Ji-Hye, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Dr, West Lafayette, IN 47907, gmichals@purdue.edu, gmichals@purdue.edu
7
3:25 PM
PEDOGENIC INDEX OF PALEO-PRECIPITATION IN TROPICAL RAIN FORESTS
MORÓN, Sara1, FOX, David L.2, TURNER, Benjamin L.3, VALLEJO, Maria Camila4, MONTES, Camilo3 and BLOCH, Jonathan I.5, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Drive SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0231, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Drive SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0219, (3)Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Unit 0948, APO AA 34002, Balboa, Ancon, Panama, 0843-03092, Panama, (4)Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Unit 0948, APO AA 34002, Balboa, Ancon, 0843-03092, Panama, (5)Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-7800, moro0041@umn.edu, moro0041@umn.edu
8
3:40 PM
PEDOGENIC IRON OXIDES, SOIL WATER BALANCE, AND CLIMATE
EGLI, Ramon, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Geophysics, Theresienstrasse 41, Munchen, 80333, Germany and ORGEIRA, Maria Julia, University of Buenos Aires, Geology, Ciudad Universitaria Pab II, Buenos Aires, 1428, Argentina, egli@geophysik.uni-muenchen.de, egli@geophysik.uni-muenchen.de
9
4:00 PM
SIX MILLION YEARS OF TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL HISTORY ON THE CHINESE LOESS PLATEAU: EVIDENCE FROM A NOVEL APPLICATION OF TWO MAGNETIC GRAIN SIZE PROXY PARAMETERS TO THE CHINESE LOESS RECORD
NIE, Junsheng, Key Lab of Western China's Environmental Systems (Ministry of Education), Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China, SONG, Yougui, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Earth Environment, Xian, 710075, China, KING, J.W., Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Bay Campus, South Ferry Road, Narragansett, RI 02882 and FANG, Xiaomin, Beijing, 100085, China, niejunsheng@gmail.com, niejunsheng@gmail.com
10
4:15 PM
THE OVERLOOKED SOIL-FORMING FACTORS: DISTINGUISHING INFLUENCES OF SOIL AGE AND HYDROLOGY FROM CLIMATE INFLUENCES ON VERTISOLS, AND APPLICATIONS TO INTERPRETING PALEOSOLS
DRIESE, Steven G., Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Dept. of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, NORDT, Lee C., Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798, MINTZ, Jason S., Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, ROBINSON, Amelia C., ExxonMobil Corporation, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Co, Houston, TX 77252 and MILLER, Wesley L., USDA-NRCS (retired), P.O. Box 2252, Victoria, TX 77902, Steven_Driese@baylor.edu, Steven_Driese@baylor.edu
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4:30 PM
PERMAFROST AND THE CLIMATE FINGERPRINT IN SOILS
EWING, Stepanie, Land Resources & Environmental Sciences, Montana State University, 334 Leon Johnson Hall, Bozeman, MT 59717 and O'DONNELL, Jonathan, US Geological Survey, 3215 Marine St. Suite E-127, Boulder, CO 80303, stephanie.ewing@montana.edu, stephanie.ewing@montana.edu
12
4:50 PM
EFFECT OF FIRE ON THE MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF LOESSIC SOILS
GEISS, Christoph, Environmental Science Program, Trinity College, 300 Summit St, Hartford, CT 06106, christoph.geiss@trincoll.edu, christoph.geiss@trincoll.edu
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