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T29. Advances in the Study of Physical Weathering Processes and Their Influence on Landscape Evolution

Session No. 49
Sunday, 4 November 2012: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
207BC (Charlotte Convention Center)

T29. Advances in the Study of Physical Weathering Processes and Their Influence on Landscape Evolution

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division

 

Martha Cary Eppes, Bernard Hallet and Leslie D. McFadden, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Physical Weathering Meet and Greet
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1:45 PM
ASPECT-RELATED MICROCLIMATIC INFLUENCES ON PHYSICAL WEATHERING AND HILLSLOPE GEOMORPHOLOGY, BLACK MESA AREA, NORTHEASTERN ARIZONA
BURNETT, Benjamin N., 105 Jade St, Broomfield, CO 80020, MEYER, Grant A., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 and MCFADDEN, Leslie D., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, burnettben@yahoo.com, burnettben@yahoo.com
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2:00 PM
EPISODES OF INCREASED FROST SHATTERING FACILITATE NON-STEADY STATE ACCRETIONARY SOIL DEVELOPMENT ON HILLSLOPES IN THE SANDIA MOUNTAINS, NEW MEXICO
PERSICO, Lyman P., Geology Department, Mercyhurst University, Erie, PA 16546, MCFADDEN, Leslie D., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 and MEYER, Grant A., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, lyman@unm.edu, lyman@unm.edu
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2:15 PM
PHYSICAL WEATHERING BY INSOLATION: COMPARISON OF YEAR LONG, PER-MINUTE OBSERVATIONS OF TEMPERATURE, STRAIN AND CRACKING IN GRANITE BOULDERS IN A TEMPERATE PASTURE AND SEMIARID DESERT, NORTH CAROLINA AND NEW MEXICO
EPPES, Martha Cary1, WARREN, Kimberly2, HINSON, Evan2 and LOPITA, Dash3, (1)Department of Geography & Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28223, (2)Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28233, (3)Department of Geography & Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28233, meppes@uncc.edu, meppes@uncc.edu
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2:30 PM
ARE THERMAL STRESSES IN ROCKS EXPOSED TO THE SUN SUFFICIENT TO BREAK THEM? YES (Invited Presentation)
HALLET, Bernard, Earth & Space Sciences and Quaternary Research Center, University of Washington, Box 351310, 365 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, MACKENZIE-HELNWEIN, Peter, Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, SHI, Jian, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineerinr, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 and LOWE, Connie, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 1405 Perry Street - 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, hallet@u.washington.edu, hallet@u.washington.edu
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2:45 PM
THERMAL WEATHERING AND BEDROCK EROSION ON AIRLESS BODIES (Invited Presentation)
MOLARO, Jamie L., Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, 1629 E. University Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85721 and BYRNE, Shane, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, jmolaro@lpl.arizona.edu, jmolaro@lpl.arizona.edu
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3:00 PM
ROCK WEATHERING AND HILLSLOPE TRANSPORT IN MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS, ANTARCTICA
PUTKONEN, Jaakko, Harold Hamm School of Geology and Geological Engineering, University of North Dakota, 81 Cornell St, STOP 8358, Grand Forks, ND 58202-8358, jaakko.putkonen@engr.und.edu, jaakko.putkonen@engr.und.edu
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3:15 PM
CAN IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING OF FROST CRACKING HELP ANTICIPATING FOCAL ZONES FOR ROCKFALL FROM DEGRADING PERMAFROST?
GRUBER, Stephan1, GIRARD, Lucas1, AMITRANO, David2, BEUTEL, Jan3 and WEBER, Samuel1, (1)Department of Geography, University of Zurich, WInterthurerstrasse 190, Zurich, 8057, Switzerland, (2)ISTerre, Université J. Fourier, Grenoble, Maison des Geosciences, 1381 rue de la Piscine, Grenoble Cedex 9, BP 53, 38041, France, (3)Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory, ETH Zurich, Gloriastrasse 35, Zurich, 8092, Switzerland, stephan.gruber@carleton.ca, stephan.gruber@carleton.ca
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3:30 PM
DISTINGUISHED CAREER AWARD: GLACIATION OF THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE AREA
PIERCE, Kenneth L., U. S. Geological Survey, NRMSC, 2327 University Way, Box 2, Bozeman, MT 59715, LICCIARDI, Joseph M., Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824 and GOOD, John M., P.O. Box 3427, Jackson, WY 80301, kpierce@usgs.gov, kpierce@usgs.gov
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