Session No. 320
Wednesday, 30 October 2013: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 504 (Colorado Convention Center)

T163. Pedogenic Minerals as Indicators of Ecosystems: Understanding the Critical Zone through Space and Time

SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology); Soil Science Society of America (SSSA); GSA Sedimentary Geology Division

 

Neil J. Tabor and Craig Rasmussen, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:15 AM
IRON OXIDE CEMENTED NODULES IN THE CRITICAL ZONE: PISOLITHS TO CONCRETIONS
CHAN, Marjorie, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 115 South 1460 East, Room 383 FASB, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 and ANAND, Ravi R., Earth Science and Resource Engineering, CSIRO, 26 Dick Perry Avenue, Kensington Western Australia, Perth, 6151, Australia, marjorie.chan@utah.edu
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8:30 AM
A NEW PRECIPITATION PROXY FROM SOIL MAGNETICS: IMPLICATIONS FOR EXPANDING PALEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTIONS
HYLAND, Ethan, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 CC Little, 1100 North University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, SHELDON, Nathan D., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 CC Little Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, BADGLEY, Catherine, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, VAN DER VOO, Rob, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 1100 North University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005 and ABRAJEVITCH, Alexandra, School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, 0200, Australia, hylande@umich.edu
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8:45 AM
COMBINING Δ47 AND WHOLE-ROCK GEOCHEMICAL PROXIES IN PALEOSOLS TO CONSTRAIN TEMPERATURE SEASONALITY
GALLAGHER, Timothy M., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 C.C. Little Building, 1100 North University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 and SHELDON, Nathan D., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 CC Little Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, tgallag@umich.edu
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9:00 AM
THE CLUMPED ISOTOPE GEOTHERMOMETER IN SOIL AND PALEOSOL CARBONATE
QUADE, Jay, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, EILER, John M., Division of Geology and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, MC 170-25, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125 and DAËRON, Mathieu, Cnrs, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91198, France, quadej@email.arizona.edu
 
9:20 AM
Discussion
 
9:35 AM
Break
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9:50 AM
VERTEBRATE FOSSIL PRESERVATION IN BLUE PALEOSOLS FROM THE PETRIFIED FOREST NATIONAL PARK, ARIZONA, AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR VERTEBRATE BIOSTRATIGRAPHY AND PRESERVATION IN THE COLORADO PLATEAU
LOUGHNEY, Katharine M., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 C.C. Little Building, 1100 North University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, FASTOVSKY, David E., Department of Geosciences, University of Rhode Island, 9 East Alumni Ave, Kingston, RI 02881 and PARKER, William G., Division of Resource Management, Petrified Forest National Park, P.O. Box 2217, 1 Park Rd, Petrified Forest, AZ 86028, k.m.loughney@gmail.com
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10:05 AM
A MIDDLE MIOCENE PALEOSOL FROM CRICKET FLAT, ELGIN, OREGON, USA
BADER, Nicholas E.1, LOPEZ-MALDONADO, Ricardo2, MUDD, Anna Catharine3, MURRAY, Kira1 and NICOLAYSON, Kirsten P.4, (1)Geology, Whitman College, 345 Boyer Avenue, Walla Walla, WA 99362, (2)University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844, (3)The College of Wooster, 1189 Beall Ave, Wooster, OH 44691, (4)Geology, Whitman College, 345 Boyer Ave, Walla Walla, WA 99362, baderne@whitman.edu
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10:20 AM
PROVENANCE OF MODERN SOILS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE ASSESSED USING ACCESSORY MINERAL U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY
KATSIAFICAS, Nathan J., Earth & Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, 2301 Vanderbilt Pl, PMB 351805, Nashville, TN 37235 and AYERS, John C., Earth & Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, PMB 351805, 2301 Vanderbilt Pl, Nashville, TN 37235-1805, nathan.j.katsiaficas@vanderbilt.edu
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10:35 AM
GEOCHEMICAL THRESHOLDS BRACKETT PH STABILITY FIELDS IN SOILS AND PALEOSOLS
NORDT, Lee, Department of Geology, Baylor University, PO #97354, Waco, TX 76798 and DRIESE, Steven G., Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Dept. of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, lee_nordt@baylor.edu
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10:50 AM
INVESTIGATING EVAPORATION AND SOIL WATER MOVEMENT BY MEASURING THE STABLE ISOTOPE COMPOSITION OF WATER IN VERTISOLS
OKAFOR, Brandon, Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, 4600 Elmont Dr, Austin, TX 78741, BREECKER, Dan O., Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, 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 and WARDEN, John G., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas - Austin, 2275 Speedway Stop C9000, Austin, TX 78712 – 1722, bokafor1208@gmail.com
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11:05 AM
RECENT PROGRESS ON THE PEDOGENIC SIDERITE PALEOCLIMATE PROXY
LUDVIGSON, G.a.1, GONZALEZ, Luis A.2, FOWLE, D.A.3, ROBERTS, J.a.3, DRIESE, Steven G.4 and SUAREZ, Marina5, (1)Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66047, (2)Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, (3)Geology, University of Kansas, Multidisciplinary Research Building, 2030 Becker Dr, Lawrence, KS 66047, (4)Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Dept. of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, (5)Dept. of Geological Sciences, U. of Texas, San Antonio, 1 UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249, gludvigson@kgs.ku.edu
 
11:25 AM
Concluding Remarks
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