T22. Using Buried Soils to Reconstruct Past Climates: Opportunities and Considerations

Session No. 120
Monday, 5 November 2012: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
207BC (Charlotte Convention Center)

T22. Using Buried Soils to Reconstruct Past Climates: Opportunities and Considerations

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Archaeological Geology Division; SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology)

 

Holly A. Meier, Jessica LB Monson and Ashley B. Zung, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:45 PM
ABRUPT ECO-CLIMATE TRANSITIONS DURING PRE-CLOVIS OCCUPATION IN THE SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S (Invited Presentation)
NORDT, Lee, Department of Geology, Baylor University, PO #97354, Waco, TX 76798, WATERS, Michael R., Anthropology, Texas A&M University, MS 4352 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843, FORMAN, Steven L., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60607, BOUSMAN, C. Britt, Anthropology, Texas State University, 601 University Drive, San Marcos, TX 78666 and DRIESE, Steven G., Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Dept. of Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, lee_nordt@baylor.edu, lee_nordt@baylor.edu
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2:05 PM
LATE QUATERNARY ALLUVIAL HISTORY OF THE OWL CREEK DRAINAGE BASIN: A GEOMORPHIC RESPONSE TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
MEIER, Holly A., Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798, NORDT, Lee C., Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Dept. of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, FORMAN, Steven L., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60607 and DRIESE, Steven G., Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Dept. of Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, holly_meier@baylor.edu, holly_meier@baylor.edu
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2:20 PM
SPELEOTHEM MICROMORPHOLOGY IMPROVES INTERPRETATIONS OF FLOODPLAIN PALEOCLIMATE RECORDS AND ENHANCES INTERPRETATIONS OF THE TIMING AND STRUCTURE OF THE MID-HOLOCENE WARM PERIOD
DRIESE, Steven G., Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Dept. of Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, LI, Zheng-Hua, Center for Space Plasma & Aeronomic Research, University of Alabama at Huntsville, 320 Sparkman Drive, NSSTC 2017, Huntsville, AL 35899, CHENG, Hai, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Dr. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, STINCHCOMB, Gary E., Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, KOCIS, James J., Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Morrill Sciences Center, Amherst, MA 01003, HORN, Sally P., Department of Geography, University of Tennessee, 304 Burchfiel Geography Building, 1000 Phillip Fulmer Way, Knoxville, TN 37996 and BOEHM, Mathew S., Department of Geography, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-0925, Steven_Driese@baylor.edu, Steven_Driese@baylor.edu
Handouts
  • SPELEOTHEM MICROMORPHOLOGY IMPROVES INTERPRETATIONS OF FLOODPLAIN PALEOCLIMATE RECORDS v.2.ppt (8.4 MB)
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    2:35 PM
    BIOSILICATE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE BRADY SOIL IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA: THE IMPORTANCE OF NON-SHORT CELL PHYTOLITHS FOR PALEOCLIMATE INTERPRETATIONS
    WOODBURN, Terri L., BOZARTH, Steven R., JOHNSON, William C. and HALFEN, Alan F., Dept. of Geography, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Rm. 213, Lawrence, KS 66045, terriw@ku.edu, terriw@ku.edu
    5
    2:50 PM
    INFERRING AGE AND PALEOCLIMATE FROM A HILLSLOPE PALEOSOL-- A CAUTIONARY TALE FROM THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO
    DETHIER, David P.1, LEOPOLD, Matthias2, VÖLKEL, Jörg2, BLUM, Alex E.3, HUBER, Juliane4 and STEFFENS, Markus2, (1)Dept. Geosciences, Williams College, 947 Main Street, Williamstown, MA 01267, (2)Geomorphology and Soil Science, Technical University of Munich, Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, Freising-Weihenstephan, 85354, Germany, (3)US Geological Survey, WRD, 3215 Marine St, Marine Street Science Center, Boulder, CO 80303, (4)Geomorphology and Soil Science, Technical University of Munich, Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, Freising-Weihenstephan, 93077, Germany, David.P.Dethier@williams.edu, David.P.Dethier@williams.edu
    6
    3:05 PM
    RECONSTRUCTING MESO AND MICRO SCALE CLIMATE PATTERNS FROM HOLOCENE BURIED SOILS (Invited Presentation)
    BETTIS III, E. Arthur, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 121 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, art-bettis@uiowa.edu, art-bettis@uiowa.edu
     
    3:25 PM
    Break
    7
    3:40 PM
    BURIED STEPPE SOILS IN S ITALY: A RECORD OF LAST GLACIAL ENVIRONMENTS
    SAUER, Daniela1, AL-SHARIF, Riyad2, ZWANZIG, Lisa1, BRÜCKNER, Helmut3, SCARCIGLIA, Fabio4 and STAHR, Karl2, (1)Institute of Geography, University of Technology, Helmholtzstr. 10, Dresden, D-01069, Germany, (2)Institute of Soil Science, Hohenheim University, Emil-Wolff-Str. 27, Stuttgart, D-70599, Germany, (3)Institute of Geography, University of Cologne, Albertus-Magnus-Platz, Cologne, D-50923, Germany, (4)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Calabria, Via Pietro Bucci - Cubo 15B, Arcavacata di Rende (CS), I-87036, Italy, daniela.sauer@uni-hohenheim.de, daniela.sauer@uni-hohenheim.de
    8
    3:55 PM
    FIRST AMERICANS ARCHAEOLOGY AND CLIMATE: SOIL CHEMISTRY AND ITS APPLICATIONS FOR GEOARCHAEOLOGY IN CENTRAL ALASKA
    DIPIETRO, Lyndsay1, DRIESE, Steven G.2, STINCHCOMB, G.E.1, GRAF, K.E.3, GOEBEL, T.3, YOUNIE, A.M.3 and GILLISPIE, T.E.4, (1)Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798, (2)Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Dept. of Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, (3)Center for the Study of the First Americans, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, (4)Tanana Chiefs Conference, 122 First Avenue Ste. 600, Fairbanks, AK 99701, Lyndsay_DiPietro@baylor.edu, Lyndsay_DiPietro@baylor.edu
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    4:10 PM
    SEEKING CONSTRAINTS ON THE CLIMATE OF EARLY MARS FROM THE MINERALOGY OF ANCIENT SOILS PRESERVED AT MAWRTH VALLIS
    HORGAN, Briony, EAPS Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, BISHOP, Janice L., Carl Sagan Center, SETI Institute and NASA-ARC, Mountain View, CA 94043, CHRISTENSEN, Philip R., School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, PO Box 876305, Tempe, AZ 85287-6305 and BELL III, James F., School of Earth & Space Exploration, Arizona State University, P.O. Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287, briony@purdue.edu, briony@purdue.edu
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    4:25 PM
    APPLYING A QUANTITATIVE METHOD FOR RECONSTRUCTING LATE-QUATERNARY CLIMATE ON THE U.S. GREAT PLAINS BASED ON BURIED SOIL PROPERTIES
    ZUNG, Ashley B., Geography, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Boulevard, 500 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045, MANDEL, Rolfe D., Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas, 1930 Constant Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66047-3724 and FEDDEMA, Johannes J., Geography, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66044, azung@ku.edu, azung@ku.edu
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    4:40 PM
    INFERRING LATE-QUATERNARY FLOOD MAGNITUDES FROM BURIED ALLUVIAL PALEOSOLS IN THE CENTRAL GREAT PLAINS, USA (Invited Presentation)
    MANDEL, Rolfe D., Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas, 1930 Constant Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66047-3724, mandel@kgs.ku.edu, mandel@kgs.ku.edu
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