GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 7
Sunday, 22 October 2017: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 612 (Washington State Convention Center)

T17. Polar and Alpine Changes

GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division; GSA Limnogeology Division
W. Berry Lyons, Advocates
 
8:00 AM
Break
7-1
8:15 AM
RESPONSE OF CARBON FLUXES TO SOIL MOISTURE VARIABILITY ACROSS AN ALASKAN TUNDRA LANDSCAPE
MELTON, Sierra M.1, NATALI, Susan M.2, SCHADE, John D.2, HOLMES, Robert Max2, MANN, Paul James3 and FISKE, Gregory J.2, (1)Geology, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, (2)Woods Hole Research Center, Falmouth, MA 02540, (3)Geography, Northumbria University, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, NE1 8ST, United Kingdom, sierra.melton@coloradocollege.edu
7-2
8:30 AM
RADIONUCLIDE PROFILES AND CARBON ACCRUAL IN PERMAFROST SOIL AT TOOLIK LAKE, ALASKA
DEFRANCO, Karyn, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Delaware, 255 Academy Street, Newark, DE 19716, defranck@udel.edu
7-3
8:45 AM
GROUNDWATER-PERMAFROST INTERACTIONS FOLLOWING FIRE: WATER AND ENERGY BALANCE EFFECTS
ZIPPER, Samuel C.1, LAMONTAGNE-HALLE, Pierrick2, ROCHA, Adrian V.3 and MCKENZIE, Jeffrey M.2, (1)Civil Engineering, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8N 1V6, Canada; Earth & Planetary Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0E8, Canada, (2)Earth & Planetary Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0E8, Canada, (3)Department of Biological Sciences and the Global Change Initiative, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, samuelczipper@gmail.com
7-4
9:00 AM
PAST AND PRESENT PEATLAND DEVELOPMENT IN ANTARCTICA UNDER WARM CLIMATES
LOISEL, Julie, Geography, Texas A&M University, OM building, room 810, TAMU 3147, College Station, TX 77843, YU, Zicheng, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, 1 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA 18015, BEILMAN, David W., Department of Geography, University of Hawaii - Manoa, 445 Saunders Hall, 2424 Maile Way, Honolulu, HI 96822, KAISER, Karl, Department of Marine Sciences, Texas A&M University - Galveston, P.O. Box 1675, Galveston, TX 77553 and PARNIKOZA, Ivan, Institute of molecular biology and genetics NAS of Ukraine, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 150 Zabolotnogo Str., Kyiv, 03143, Ukraine, julieloisel@tamu.edu
7-5
9:15 AM
WHAT DOES THE NEARLY 50-YEAR RECORD OF STREAMFLOW ON THE ONYX RIVER, ANTARCTICA TELL US ABOUT RECENT CLIMATE DYNAMICS?
GOOSEFF, Michael1, COZZETTO, Karen2, MCKNIGHT, Diane M.3, HAWES, Ian4, HOWARD-WILLIAMS, Clive5, CASTENDYK, Devin6, RAJAGOPALAN, Balaji3 and LYONS, W. Berry7, (1)Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, 4001 Discovery Drive, INSTAAR, Campus Box 450, Boulder, CO 80303; Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, (2)Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, (3)Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, (4)Gateway Antarctica, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, 8140, New Zealand, (5)NIWA, NIWA, 10 Kyle Street, Christchurch, NA, New Zealand, (6)Water and Tailings Management, Hatch Associates Consultants, 143 Union Blvd, Ste. 1000, Lakewood, CO 80228, (7)School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210-1398, michael.gooseff@colorado.edu
7-6
9:30 AM
PHYSICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL CHANGES IN TWO ANTARCTIC FRESHWATER LAKES THROUGH TIME
LYONS, W. Berry, School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210-1398, WELCH, Kathleen A., Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, 1560 30th Street, Boulder, CO 80309; Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, The Ohio State University, 1090 Carmack Rd, 108 Scott Hall, Columbus, OH 43210-1002, PRISCU, John C., Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University, P.O. Box 173120, Bozeman, MT 59717-3120 and DORAN, Peter, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, E235 Howe Russell Kniffen, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, lyons.142@osu.edu
 
9:45 AM
Break
7-7
10:00 AM
POTENTIAL SHIFTS IN GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE AS SNOWMELT-DOMINATED WATERSHEDS WARM
EVANS, Sarah G., Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608, GE, Shemin, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, VOSS, Clifford I., National Research Program, USGS, Menlo Park, CA 94025 and MOLOTCH, Noah P., Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research and Department of Geography, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, evanssg@appstate.edu
7-8
10:15 AM
FROM ON HIGH: THE GEOCHEMISTRY OF ALPINE SPRINGS, NIWOT RIDGE, COLORADO FRONT RANGE
FIELDS, Jordan, DETHIER, David P. and WILLIAMS, Noah N., Department of Geosciences, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267, jordan.f.fields@gmail.com
7-9
10:30 AM
LEGIONS OF LOBES: SELF-ORGANIZATION AND MOVEMENT OF SOLIFLUCTION FEATURES AT NIWOT RIDGE
GLADE, Rachel C.1, LANKA, Dylan J.2, ANDERSON, Suzanne P.2 and ANDERSON, Robert S.1, (1)Department of Geological Sciences and INSTAAR, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, (2)Department of Geography and INSTAAR, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, rcglade@gmail.com
10:45 AM
THAWING AND INCREASED RUNOFF IN THE ANDEAN ROCK GLACIERS DURING THE GLOBAL WARMING OF THE PAST DECADE
TROMBOTTO LIAUDAT, Dario, BOTTEGAL, Estefanía, SILEO, Noelia and DAPEÑA, Cristina, Geocryology, Insituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Estudios Ambientales, Parque San Martín, Mendoza, 5500, Argentina, dtrombot@lab.cricyt.edu.ar
7-11
11:00 AM
Withdrawn
11:15 AM
CRITICAL LIFELINES FOR ALPINE GLACIERS DECOUPLED FROM ICECAPS: MASS FLOW CONTRIBUTION FROM ICY DEBRIS FANS IN ALASKA AND NEW ZEALAND
KOCHEL, R. Craig, JACOB, Robert W., TROP, Jeffrey M., LAPZYNSKI, Kim and LOGAN, Sandra, Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Bucknell University, 1 Dent Drive, Lewisburg, PA 17837, kochel@bucknell.edu
 
11:30 AM
Concluding remarks and discussion
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