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Session No. 276
Tuesday, 29 October 2013: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Room 207 (Colorado Convention Center)

T60. Caves as Deep Time Repositories of Geological, Biological, and Anthropological Information II

GSA Hydrogeology Division; Geochemical Society; GSA Archaeological Geology Division; GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division; GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; Mineralogical Society of America; National Cave and Karst Research Institute (NCKRI); SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology)

 

Joshua M. Feinberg and E. Calvin Alexander Jr., Advocates
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1:00 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:05 PM
CAVES: DELICATE TREASURE TROVES OF EARTH HISTORY
DORALE, Jeffrey A., Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 121 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242-1379, jeffrey-dorale@uiowa.edu
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1:25 PM
TOWARD CONSTRAINING THE AGE AND DURATION OF THE LASCHAMP GEOMAGNETIC EXCURSION USING A SPELEOTHEM RECORD FROM CREVICE CAVE, MISSOURI
LASCU, Ioan1, FEINBERG, Joshua2, DORALE, Jeffrey A.3, EDWARDS, R. Lawrence4 and CHENG, Hai4, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EQ, United Kingdom, (2)Institute for Rock Magnetism, University of Minnesota, Department of Earth Sciences, 310 Pillsbury Drive SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, (3)Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 121 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242-1379, (4)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Dr. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, il261@cam.ac.uk
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1:40 PM
SPELEOTHEM DATES FROM THE UPPER SWANSEA VALLEY, SOUTH WALES, UK
DAVIES, Gareth J., Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, DOE Oversight Office, 761 Emory Valley Road, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, BALL, T. Keith, 14 Hillcrest Road, Keyworth, NG12 5JH, United Kingdom and FORD, Derek C., School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada, gareth.davies@tn.gov
 
1:55 PM
Question & Answer
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2:10 PM
PALEOCLIMATE AND HYDROGEOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF WATER SEEPING INTO JUXTLAHUACA CAVE. GUERRERO, MEXICO
ROSALES-LAGARDE, Laura, Geoscience Department, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 S Maryland Parkway, SEB 4022, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4022, LACHNIET, Matthew S., Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Box 454010, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010 and BERNAL-URUCHURTU, Juan Pablo, Centro de Geociencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Querétaro, 76230, Mexico, lrosaleslagarde@gmail.com
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2:25 PM
HIGH-RESOLUTION RAINFALL RECORDS FOR MIDDLE AND LATE HOLOCENE BASED UPON SPELEOTHEM ANNUAL UV FLUORESCENT LAYERS, RACCOON MOUNTAIN CAVE, TN
DRIESE, Steven G.1, LI, Zheng-Hua2, CHENG, Hai3, HARVILL, Jane L.4 and SIMS, Justin4, (1)Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Dept. of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, (2)Center for Space Plasma & Aeronomic Research, University of Alabama at Huntsville, 320 Sparkman Drive, NSSTC 2017, Huntsville, AL 35899, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Dr. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, (4)Department of Statistical Science, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97140, Waco, TX 76798-7140, Steven_Driese@baylor.edu
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2:40 PM
A HOLOCENE RECORD OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE EASTERN VOLGA BASIN: STABLE-ISOTOPE ANALYSIS OF A U-TH-DATED STALAGMITE FROM KINDERLINSKAYA CAVE, RUSSIA
BAKER, Jonathan L.1, LACHNIET, Matthew S.2, ASMEROM, Yemane3 and POLYAK, Victor J.3, (1)Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Box 454010, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, (2)Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Box 454010, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, (3)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, 221 Yale Blvd, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, bakerj61@unlv.nevada.edu
 
2:55 PM
Break
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3:10 PM
GEOLOGIC HISTORY OF THE BLACK HILLS CAVES, SOUTH DAKOTA. USA
PALMER, Arthur N., Dept. Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, State University of New York, Oneonta, Ravine Parkway, Oneonta, NY 13820, PALMER, Margaret V., 619 Winney Hill Road, Oneonta, NY 13820 and PACES, J.B., U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, Arthur.Palmer@oneonta.edu
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3:25 PM
PLEISTOCENE WATER-TABLE FLUCTUATIONS AND SHIFTS IN AQUIFER CONTRIBUTIONS IN WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, USA
PACES, James B., U.S. Geological Survey, MS 963, Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046, PALMER, Margaret V., 619 Winney Hill Road, Oneonta, NY 13820, PALMER, Arthur N., Dept. Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, State University of New York, Oneonta, Ravine Parkway, Oneonta, NY 13820 and EMMONS, Matthew P., U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS963, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046, jbpaces@usgs.gov
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3:40 PM
MYSTERY CAVE, MINNESOTA: A WINDOW INTO THE PALEOHYDROLOGY OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
ALEXANDER Jr., E. Calvin, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Dr. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, alexa001@umn.edu
 
3:55 PM
Question & Answer
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4:10 PM
SPELEOGENESIS AND RECENT CLIMATE RECORDED IN SNOWY RIVER PASSAGE, FT. STANTON CAVE, NEW MEXICO
SPILDE, Michael N., Institute of Meteoritics, University of New Mexico, MSC03-2050, Albuquerque, NM 87131 and BOSTON, Penelope J., Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801, mspilde@unm.edu
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4:25 PM
AN ANCIENT EXAMPLE OF FLUVIAL CAVE SEDIMENT DERIVED FROM DUST (EOLIAN SILT) INFILTRATION, MISSISSIPPIAN LEADVILLE LIMESTONE, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO, U.S.A
EVANS, James E., Department of Geology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403, evansje@bgsu.edu
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4:40 PM
THE PLEISTOCENE SEDIMENTARY RECORD OF KARST POLJES IN THE BALKANS
ADAMSON, Kathryn R., Geography, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, United Kingdom, WOODWARD, Jamie, The University of Manchester, Geography, School of Environment and Development, Oxford Road, Manchester, M33 3AF, United Kingdom and HUGHES, Philip D., Geography, School of Environment and Development, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom, k.adamson@qmul.ac.uk
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