2015 GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA (1-4 November 2015)

Session No. 201
Tuesday, 3 November 2015: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 336 (Baltimore Convention Center)

T200. Landscape Dynamics: Integrating Soils, Hydrology, and Climatic Processes to Understand Weathering, Sediment Transport and Biospheric Processes

GSA Soils and Soil Processes Interdisciplinary Interest Group; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Hydrogeology Division
Eric V. McDonald, J. Bruce J. Harrison, Michael Young and Todd G. Caldwell, Session Chairs
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Start Time
8:00 AM
METHODS OF VALIDATING THE SOIL MOISTURE ACTIVE PASSIVE(SMAP) MISSION USING USDA-ARS EXPERIMENTAL WATERSHEDS
COSH, Michael1, JACKSON, Thomas2, BINDLISH, Rajat2, COLLIANDER, Andreas3, CHAN, Steven3, DAS, Narendra3, YUEH, Simon3, BOSCH, David4, GOODRICH, David5 and PRUEGER, John H.6, (1)USDA-ARS, Hydrology & Remote Sensing Lab, Beltsville, MD 20705, (2)USDA-ARS, Hydrology and Remote Sensing Lab, Beltsville, MD 20705, (3)NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA 91109, (4)USDA-ARS, Southeast Watershed Research Lab, Tifton, GA 31794, (5)USDA-ARS, Southwest Watershed Research Center, Tucson, AZ 85719, (6)USDA-ARS, National Lab for Agriculture and the Environment, 2110 University Blvd, Ames, IA 50011-3120, Michael.Cosh@ARS.USDA.gov
8:15 AM
MONITORING TERRESTRIAL WATER VARIATIONS FROM SPACE USING GRACE
RODELL, Matthew1, LI, Bailing2, BEAUDOING, Hiroko K.2, GETIRANA, Augusto2, ZAITCHIK, Benjamin F.3 and FAMIGLIETTI, James4, (1)NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, Code 617, bldg 33, rm G227, Greenbelt, MD 20771, (2)University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, (3)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, (4)Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-3100, Matthew.Rodell@nasa.gov
8:30 AM
HYDROGEOLOGIC RESPONCE TO MAJOR FLOODS ON THE BLANCO RIVER AND EDWARDS - TRINITY AQUIFERS, CENTRAL TEXAS, U.S.A
GARY, Marcus1, HUNT, Brian B.2 and JOHNSON, Steve1, (1)Edwards Aquifer Authority, 900 E. Quincy, San Antonio, TX 78215, (2)Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District, 1124 Regal Row, Austin, TX 78748, mgary@edwardsaquifer.org
8:45 AM
SOIL WATER CONTENTS: VARIABILITY, VARIATION, AND VARIETY
PACHEPSKY, Yakov A., Environmental Microbial Safety Laboratory, USDA-ARS, 10300 Baltimore Ave, Bldg. 173, BARC-EAST, Beltsville, MD 20705, MARTINEZ GARCIA, Gonzalo, University of Cordoba, Department of Agronomy, Área de Hidráulica, Cordoba, 14002, Spain and VEREECKEN, Harry, Research Center Juelich, Institute of Agrosphere, Juelich, 52428, Germany, Yakov.Pachepsky@ars.usda.gov
9:00 AM
SOIL ARCHITECTURE AND PREFERENTIAL FLOW ACROSS SCALES
LIN, Henry, Department of Crop and Soil Sceince, The Pennsylvania State University, 415 Agricultural Sciences and Industries, University Park, PA 16802, henrylin@psu.edu
9:15 AM
COMPARING TECHNOLOGIES FOR POINT-SCALE MEASUREMENT OF NEAR-SURFACE SOIL WATER CONTENT
YOUNG, Michael, Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin, University Station, Box X, Austin, TX 78712, FENSTERMAKER, Lynn, Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Desert Research Institute, 755 E. Flamingo Rd, East Flamingo Road, Las Vegas, NV 89119 and BELNAP, Jayne, United States Geological Survey, 2290 S. Resource Blvd, Moab, UT 84532, michael.young@beg.utexas.edu
 
9:45 AM
Break
10:00 AM
DO WORMHOLES PREVENT LANDSLIDES? THE LINK BETWEEN BIOLOGICAL RESTRUCTURING OF SOIL AND HILLSLOPE PROCESSES
HARRISON, Emma Jayne1, WILLENBRING, Jane K.2 and KOVALOVICH, Aria1, (1)Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, 251 Hayden Hall, 240 S. 33rd St, Philadelphia, PA 19143, (2)Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, haem@sas.upenn.edu
10:15 AM
EVOLVING HILLSLOPES: QUANTIFYING SEDIMENT PRODUCTION AND TRANSPORT ACROSS GRADIENTS
HEIMSATH, Arjun M., School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, ISTB4, Tempe, AZ 85287, arjun.heimsath@asu.edu
10:30 AM
CONTROLS ON SOIL VARIABILITY ON HILLSLOPES
HARRISON, J. Bruce J., Earth and Environmental Science Dept, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, bruce@nmt.edu
10:45 AM
CLIFF-TALUS CO-EVOLUTION UNDER LONG-TERM NE NEGEV HYPERARIDITY
BORODA, Ronen1, ENZEL, Yehouda2, AMIT, Rivka3, MATMON, Ari4, PORAT, Naomi3, HAVIV, Itai5 and EYAL, Yehuda1, (1)Geological and Environmental Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Mailbox 653, Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel, (2)The Fredy and Nadine Harrmann Institute of Earth Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel, (3)Geological Survey of Israel, 30 Malkhe Israel St, Jerusalem, 95501, Israel, (4)The Fredy and Nadine Harrmann Institute of Earth Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Givat Ram campus, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel, (5)Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel, yehouda.enzel@mail.huji.ac.il
11:00 AM
EROSION RATES AND TIMING OF LATE HOLOCENE PEDIMENT DISSECTION IN THE WHITE RIVER BADLANDS, SD
BOUCH, Kaitlyn Marie1, SCHETTLER, Shelby Lynn1, BURKHART, Patrick2, COOK, Katherine T.1, KENNEDY, Zachary R.1, NENNO, Jessica M.1, RESTELLI, Blake J.1 and SHERRIFF, Elena V.1, (1)Geology, Geography, and the Environment, Slippery Rock University, 1 Morrow Way, Slippery Rock, PA 16057, (2)Geography, Geology, and Environment, Slippery Rock University, 335 ATS, Slippery Rock, PA 16057, kmb1024@sru.edu
11:15 AM
USE OF SOIL STRATIGRAPHY TO DECIPHER THE 30 KA HISTORY OF HILLSLOPE COLLUVIUM DERVIED FROM WEATHERED BASALT IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MCDONALD, Eric V.1, HARRISON, J.B.J2, BALDWIN, John3, PAGE, William4, ROOD, Dylan H.5, GRAY, Brian3, BLOSZIES, Christopher3, GIVLER, Robert W.3 and WILLIAMS, Patrick3, (1)Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio, Reno, NV 89512, (2)Dept of Earth & Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, (3)Lettis Consultants International, Inc., 1981 N. Broadway, Suite 330, Walnut Creek, CA 94596, (4)Geosciences Department, Pacific Gas & Electric Company, 245 Market Street, San Fransico, CA 94177, (5)Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, Royal School of Mines, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom, emdonal@dri.edu
11:30 AM
AEOLIAN RESPONSE TO LATE QUATERNARY DROUGHT, WHITE RIVER BADLANDS, SOUTH DAKOTA, NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS
BALDAUF, Paul, Marine and Environmental Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, 3301 College Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314, BURKHART, Patrick A., Geography/Geology, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA 16057 and HANSON, Paul R., School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583-0989, pb501@nova.edu
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