Session No. 341
Wednesday, 30 October 2013: 9:00 AM-6:30 PM
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)

T60. Caves as Deep Time Repositories of Geological, Biological, and Anthropological Information (Posters)

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)

Authors will be present from 2:00 to 4:00 PM, and 5:00 to 6:30 PM.

 

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HOLOCENE HYDROLOGIC VARIABILITY OF THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN DERIVED FROM SPELEOTHEMS OF THE RECENT TWO MILLENNIA: A PROGRESS REPORT
SPERBERG, Flora, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, Geology, Call Box 9000, Mayagüez, PR 00680, MILLER, Thomas E., Department of Geology, Univ of Puerto Rico @ Mayagüez, POB 9017, Mayagüez, PR 00681, WINTER, Amos, Department of Marine Sciences, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, Mayagüez, PR 00681 and SCHOLZ, Denis, Institute for Geoscience, University of Mainz, Johann-Joachim-Becher-Weg 21, Mainz, 55128, Germany, flora.sperberg@upr.edu
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CAVE FORMATION IN A COLLAPSE PALEOSOL BRECCIA IN THE DOLOMITIZED SEROE DOMI FORMATION, ARUBA
TRAVIS, Ryan1, SUMRALL, Jonathan2 and SUMRALL, Jeanne Lambert2, (1)Department of Geosciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762-5448, (2)Department of Geography and Geology, Sam Houston State University, Lee Drain Building Suite 332, Huntsville, TX 77341, rwt85@msstate.edu
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GEOCHEMICAL AND MINERALOGICAL ANALYSIS OF CAVE DEPOSITS TO RECONSTRUCT CLIMATE CHANGE IN BARBADOS FOR WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
NEEPER, Lowell1, POLK, Jason2, OUELLETTE Jr, Gilman Reno3, CELESTIAN, Aaron J.4, ASMEROM, Yemane5 and POLYAK, Victor J.5, (1)Geography and Geology, Western Kentucky University, 1906 College Heights Blvd, Bowling Green, KY 42101, (2)Center for Human-GeoEnvironmental Studies, 1906 College Heights Blvd. #31066, Bowling Green, KY 42101, (3)Hoffman Environmental Research Institute, Department of Geography and Geology, Western Kentucky University, 1906 College Heights Blvd, 422 Environmental Science and Technology Building, Bowling Green, KY 42101, (4)Geography and Geology, Western Kentucky University, 1906 College Heights Blvd, Environmental Science and Technology, Bowling Green, KY 42101, (5)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, 221 Yale Blvd, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, leland.neeper991@topper.wku.edu
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USING UV FLUORESCENT IMAGERY TO ASSESS SPELEOTHEM GROWTH RATE VARIATIONS DURING AN ABRUPT WARMING EPISODE
GONZALES, Angelique N., Department of Geology, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, IA 52314, MILLER, Nathan R., Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712 and BANNER, Jay, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, agonzales14@cornellcollege.edu
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DOLOMITE IN THE CAVE ENVIRONMENT - CARLSBAD CAVERN, NEW MEXICO, USA
PALMER, Margaret V., 619 Winney Hill Road, Oneonta, NY 13820 and PALMER, Arthur N., Dept. Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, State University of New York, Oneonta, Ravine Parkway, Oneonta, NY 13820, palmeran@oneonta.edu
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U-PB AGES AND SR-ISOTOPE VALUES OF CAVE SPAR FROM THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS, WEST TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO:  IMPLICATIONS FOR LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION
DECKER, David D.1, POLYAK, Victor J.2 and ASMEROM, Yemane2, (1)Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, 5117 Fairfax Dr. NW, Albuquerque, NM 87114, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, 221 Yale Blvd, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, dave.decker@caves.org
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USING LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY (LIBS), SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (SEM), AND ACOUSTO-OPTIC TUNABLE FILTER SPECTROSCOPY (AOTF) TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN BACTERIALLY AND NON-BACTERIALLY INFLUENCED CALCITE AND GYPSUM, FORT STANTON CAVE, NEW MEXICO
CHAVEZ, Arriana1, UCKERT, Kyle2, MCMILLAN, Nancy J.3, CHANOVER, Nancy2 and VOELZ, David G.4, (1)Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, BOX 30001 MSC 3AB, Las Cruces, NM 88003, (2)Astronomy, New Mexico State University, P. O. Box 30001, MSC 4500, Las Cruces, NM 88003, (3)Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Box 30001 MSC 3AB, Las Cruces, NM 88003, (4)Electrical and Computer Engineering, New Mexico State University, Box 30001 MSC 3O, Las Cruces, NM 88003, arrichav@nmsu.edu
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PALEOCLIMATIC RECONSTRUCTION OF EARLY HOLOCENE COASTAL CALIFORNIA USING SPELEOTHEM ARCHIVES
GIBSON, Jansen, School for Science and Math at Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN 37240, OSTER, Jessica L., Earth and Environmental Science Department, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240 and SHARP, Warren, Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709, jansen.gibson@vanderbilt.edu
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DRIP WATER CHEMISTRY FROM THE CASCADE CAVE SYSTEM, KENTUCKY, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR EPIKARST-DERIVED MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES
HARMON, Dalia R., BRANNEN, Kathleen M., KEENAN, Sarah W. and ENGEL, Annette Summers, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1412 Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996, dharmon3@utk.edu
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NORTHERN MIDWEST CLIMATE CHANGES LEADING UP TO THE WISCONSINAN GLACIAL MAXIMUM
MACKINNEY, Joel S.1, RETRUM, Julie B.2, ORLAND, I.J.3, DASGUPTA, Sushmita4, ALEXANDER Jr., E. Calvin5, DORALE, Jeffrey A.6 and EDWARDS, R. Lawrence5, (1)Department of Chemistry, Wheaton College, 501 College Ave, Wheaton, IL 60187-5501, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Drive SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0231, (3)Geology and Geophysics, University of Wisconsin, 1215 West Dayton Street, Madison, WI 53706, (4)Schlumberger, 1325 S Dairy Ashford, Houston, TX 77077, (5)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Dr. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, (6)Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 121 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242-1379, joel.mackinney@my.wheaton.edu
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A STALAGMITE RECORD OF MILLENNIAL-SCALE CONTINENTAL CLIMATE DURING THE LAST GLACIAL CYCLE FROM WESTERN IBERIA
HOUTS, Amanda N.1, DENNISTON, Rhawn F.1, ASMEROM, Yemane2, POLYAK, Victor J.2, WANAMAKER Jr., Alan D.3 and HAWS, Jonathan A.4, (1)Department of Geology, Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, IA 52314, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, 221 Yale Blvd, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (3)Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University, 253 Science I, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, (4)Department of Anthropology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, ahouts14@cornellcollege.edu
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A 5,000-YEAR RECORD OF TRACE ELEMENTS AND STABLE ISOTOPES IN A BELGIAN SPELEOTHEM
MCQUIGGAN, Kyle, Geology, Union College, 807 Union Street, Schenectady, NY 12308, GILLIKIN, David P., Department of Geology, Union College, 807 Union St, Schenectady, NY 12308 and VERHEYDEN, Sophie, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, 1000, Belgium, mcquiggk@union.edu
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A STALAGMITE RECORD OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY FROM THE LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM THROUGH MIDDLE HOLOCENE FROM CAPE RANGE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
AN, Ni1, DENNISTON, Rhawn F.1, LACHNIET, Matthew S.2, POLYAK, Victor J.3, ASMEROM, Yemane3 and HUMPHREYS, William4, (1)Department of Geology, Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, IA 52314, (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, (4)Western Australia Museum, Welshpool, Western Australia, Australia, Nan14@cornellcollege.edu
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