Session No. 165
Monday, 28 October 2013: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Mile High Ballroom 2C (Colorado Convention Center)

T18. Critical Zone Evolution: Climate and Exhumation

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; Boulder Creek Critical Zone Observatory

 

Suzanne P. Anderson, David P. Dethier, Gregory E. Tucker and Robert S. Anderson, Advocates
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1:00 PM
DRILLING AND GPR IN THE RíO ICACOS WATERSHED OF THE LUQUILLO CZO, PUERTO RICO:  WEATHERING PROCESSES AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE DEEP CRITICAL ZONE
ORLANDO, Joseph J., Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 302 Hosler Building, University Park, PA 16802, HYNEK, Scott A., Geosciences, Penn State University, 302 Hosler Building, University Park, PA 16802, COMAS, Xavier, Geosciences, Florida Atlantic University, 777 Glades Road, Science and Engineering Building 460, Boca Raton, FL 33431, BUSS, Heather L., School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queen's Rd, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, United Kingdom and BRANTLEY, Susan L., Geosciences, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802, jjo167@psu.edu
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1:15 PM
TOPOGRAPHIC STRESS AND ROCK FRACTURE IN THE DEEP CRITICAL ZONE
PERRON, J. Taylor1, SLIM, Mirna1, MARTEL, Stephen J.2 and SINGHA, Kamini3, (1)Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusets Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, (2)Geology and Geophysics, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822, (3)Hydrologic Science and Engineering Program, Colorado School of Mines, 1516 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401, perron@mit.edu
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1:35 PM
THE ARCHITECTURE OF DEEP WEATHERING AT TWO CZOS: GROUNDWATER, REGOLITH, AND SOLUTES AT SUSQUEHANNA SHALE HILLS AND LUQUILLO EXPERIMENTAL FOREST
HYNEK, Scott A., Geosciences, Penn State University, 302 Hosler Building, University Park, PA 16802, ORLANDO, Joseph J., Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 302 Hosler Building, University Park, PA 16802, SULLIVAN, Pamela, Geosciences, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802 and BRANTLEY, Susan L., Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Pennsylvania State University, 2217 Earth and Engineering Building, University Park, PA 16802, sah376@psu.edu
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1:50 PM
MINERAL WEATHERING, ELEMENTAL TRANSPORT, AND PRODUCTION OF MINERAL SURFACE AREA IN A SCHIST BEDROCK WEATHERING PROFILE, PIEDMONT PENNSYLVANIA
WENELL, Beth, Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, YOO, Kyungsoo, Soil, Water, and Climate, University of Minnesota, 1991 Upper Buford Circle, St. Paul, MN 55108, AUFDENKAMPE, Anthony, Stroud Water Research Center, 970 Spencer Road, Avondale, PA 19311, MAHONEY, J. Brian, Department. of Geology, University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI 54702 and LEPAK, Lindsey Ann, Geology, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI 54701, wene0018@umn.edu
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2:05 PM
PHYSICAL EROSION BENEATH THE SURFACE: QUANTIFYING COLLOIDAL GAINS AND LOSSES IN SOIL
BERN, Carleton R., Crustal Geophysics and Geochemistry Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, Mail Stop 964, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, THOMPSON, Aaron, Crop and Soil Sciences, Univeristy of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 and CHADWICK, Oliver A., Department of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93016, cbern@usgs.gov
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2:20 PM
CLUES TO CRITICAL ZONE EVOLUTION FROM MINERAL SURFACE CHEMISTRY: AN NMR STUDY OF FELDSPARS FROM TWO SOIL CHRONOSEQUENCES
KLEINSASSER, Eric, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, ZHS 329, 3651 Troudsdale Pkwy, Los Angeles, CA 90089, kleinsas@usc.edu
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2:35 PM
STRONG LITHOLOGIC CONTROL ON MOUNTAIN ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTIVITY AND LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION
HAHM, W. Jesse, RIEBE, Clifford S., LUKENS, Claire E. and ARAKI, Sayaka, Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, 1000 E University Ave, Laramie, WY 82071, whahm@uwyo.edu
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2:50 PM
ASSESSING THE EXTENT OF REACTION VERSUS DEPTH AT RIDGETOPS AND HILLSLOPES TO UNDERSTAND CONTROLS ON DENUDATION
BRANTLEY, Susan L., Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Pennsylvania State University, 2217 Earth and Engineering Building, University Park, PA 16802, DERE, Ashlee, Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, LEBEDEVA, Marina, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Penn State University, 2217 Earth-Engineering Science Building, University Park, PA 16802 and WHITE, Timothy, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Pennsylvania State University, 2217 Earth Engineering Science Building, University Park, PA 16802, brantley@essi.psu.edu
 
3:05 PM
Break
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3:20 PM
WHY ARE REEF TOP ISLANDS (MOTU) ONLY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SOCIETY ISLAND CHAIN?  RAPID LATE-HOLOCENE CARBONATE LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION IN POLYNESIA
JACOBS, David K., Dept. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Earth, Planetary & Space Sciences, Univ California - Los Angeles, 610 Charles E. Young Dr. East, Los Angeles, CA 90095, EDMUNDS, Peter J., Department of Biology, California State University, Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, CA 91330 and MONTANEZ, Isabel, Department of Geology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, djacobs@ucla.edu
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3:35 PM
FALLOUT RADIONUCLIDES IN CRITICAL ZONE STUDIES, FRONT RANGE, COLORADO
OUIMET, William B.1, DETHIER, David P.2, MONDRACH, Hannah1, SHEA, Neil3, KASTE, James4 and BIERMAN, Paul5, (1)Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, (2)Dept. Geosciences, Williams College, 947 Main Street, Williamstown, MA 01267, (3)University of Connecticut, Center for Integrative Geosciences, Storrs, CT 06269, (4)Geology, The College of William and Mary, McGlothlin-Street Hall, Williamsburg, VA 23188, (5)Geology Department, University of Vermont, 180 Colchester Ave, Delahanty Hall, Burlington, VT 05405, william.ouimet@uconn.edu
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3:55 PM
TRANSIENT HILLSLOPES AND THE LEGACY OF CLIMATE IN THE COLORADO FRONT RANGE
SHEA, Neil, University of Connecticut, Center for Integrative Geosciences, Storrs, CT 06269, OUIMET, William B., Geography, University of Connecticut, Beach Hall, Unit 2045, Storrs, CT 06269-4148, DETHIER, David P., Dept. Geosciences, Williams College, 947 Main Street, Williamstown, MA 01267, BIERMAN, Paul, Department of Geology, University of Vermont, Delehanty Hall, 180 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05405 and ROOD, Dylan H., AMS Laboratory, Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre (SUERC), East Kilbride, G75 0QF, United Kingdom, neil.shea@uconn.edu
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4:10 PM
QUANTIFYING ASPECT CONTROL ON TRANSPORT EFFICIENCY AND MOBILE REGOLITH FLUX AT THE SUSQUEHANNA SHALE HILLS CRITICAL ZONE OBSERVATORY
WEST, Nicole1, KIRBY, Eric2, BIERMAN, Paul3 and CLARKE, Brian1, (1)Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 542 Deike Bldg, University Park, PA 16802, (2)College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Wilkinson 202D, Corvallis, OR 97331, (3)Department of Geology, University of Vermont, Delehanty Hall, 180 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05405, nxw157@psu.edu
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4:25 PM
NUMERICAL MODELING OF FILL-TERRACE FORMATION IN RESPONSE TO GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CLIMATE FLUCTUATIONS: A CASE STUDY FROM THE BOULDER CREEK CZO
ANDERSON, Leif S., Department of Geological Sciences, INSTAAR, University of Colorado - Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, ANDERSON, Robert S., Department of Geological Sciences and INSTAAR, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309 and ANDERSON, Suzanne P., INSTAAR and Dept. of Geography, University of Colorado, UCB-450, Boulder, CO 80309, leif@colorado.edu
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4:40 PM
CLIMATE AND TOPOGRAPHY CONTROL THE SIZE AND FLUX OF SEDIMENT PRODUCED ON STEEP MOUNTAIN SLOPES
RIEBE, Clifford S., Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, 1000 E University Ave, Laramie, WY 82071, SKLAR, Leonard S., Department of Geosciences, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA 94132, LUKENS, Claire E., Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071 and SHUSTER, David, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, 479 McCone Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, criebe@uwyo.edu
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