GSA Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, USA - 2019

Session No. 16
Sunday, 22 September 2019: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 224B, North Building (Phoenix Convention Center)

T137. Biogeochemical Interactions in Caves and Karst

GSA Karst Division; GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division; GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Environmental & Engineering Geology Division

 

Daniel Jones and Laura Rosales Lagarde, Advocates
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Start Time
8:00 AM
INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE DYNAMICS AND NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA RAINFALL VARIABILITY DURING THE LAST 50 KYRS FROM COLOMBIAN STALAGMITES
ROMERO GELVEZ, Juan Carlos1, WANAMAKER Jr., Alan D.1, ASMEROM, Yemane2, POLYAK, Victor J.2, THATCHER, Diana L.1 and HOLMES, Karine L.1, (1)Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University, 253 Science I, Ames, IA 50011, (2)Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, 200 Yale Blvd., Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131
8:15 AM
A STALAGMITE COMPOSITE RECORD OF HYDROCLIMATE VARIABILITY FROM PORTUGAL DURING THE HOLOCENE
THATCHER, Diana L.1, WANAMAKER Jr., Alan D.1, DENNISTON, Rhawn F.2, ASMEROM, Yemane3, POLYAK, Victor J.3, UMMENHOFER, Caroline C.4, FULLICK, Daniel1, GILLIKIN, David P.5 and HAWS, Jonathan A.6, (1)Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University, 253 Science I, Ames, IA 50011, (2)Department of Geology, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, IA 52314, (3)Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, 200 Yale Blvd., Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (4)IIHR--Hydroscience & Engineering, University of Iowa, 107C Stanley Hydraulics Laboratory, Iowa City, IA 52242, (5)Geology Department, Union College, Schenectady, NY 12308, (6)Anthropology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292
8:30 AM
STABLE AND CLUMPED ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS OF SPRING DISCHARGE CARBONATES OF THE LAS VEGAS FORMATION, SOUTHERN NEVADA: PRELIMINARY CONSTRAINTS ON PALEOHYDROLOGY AND PALEOCLIMATE
HUDSON, Adam M.1, SPRINGER, Kathleen B.2 and PIGATI, Jeffrey S.2, (1)US Geological Survey, Geosciences and Environmental Change, P.O.Box 25046, Denver Federal Center MS 980, Lakewood, CO 80225, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Box 25046, MS 980, Denver, CO 80225
8:45 AM
CONNECTING CONTAMINATION EVENTS TO THE SEDIMENT RECORD IN HIDDEN RIVER CAVE, KENTUCKY
MACLACHLAN, John C., School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada and REINHARDT, Eduard G., School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main St. West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada
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9:00 AM
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9:15 AM
Break
9:30 AM
NITROGEN DYNAMICS IN KARST GROUNDWATER (Invited Presentation)
MAHLER, Barbara, USGS, 1505 Ferguson Lane, Austin, TX 78754, MUSGROVE, MaryLynn, U.S. Geological Survey, 1505 Ferguson Lane, Austin, TX 78754 and OPSAHL, Steve, USGS, 5563 Dezavala Rd, San Antonio, TX 78249; U.S. Geological Survey, 1505 Ferguson Lane, Austin, TX 78754
9:50 AM
PINHOLES IN A GIANT BLACK BOX: STUDYING A DEEP, CONFINED, CHEMOLITHOAUTOTROPHIC SYSTEM, THE EDWARDS AQUIFER, TEXAS (USA) (Invited Presentation)
SCHWARTZ, Benjamin F.1, ENGEL, Annette Summers2 and HUTCHINS, Benjamin1, (1)Edwards Aquifer Research and Data Center, and Department of Biology, Texas State University, Freeman Aquatic Station, 601 University Drive, San Marcos, TX 78666, (2)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996
10:10 AM
AN OVERVIEW OF METHANE IN CAVE AIR (Invited Presentation)
WEBSTER, Kevin D., Planetary Science Institute, 1700 E Fort Lowell Rd., Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719
10:30 AM
IN THE LAND OF BLACK AND WHITE, MICROBIAL DEPOSITION OF FERROMANGANESE ON THE WALLS OF SNOWY RIVER, FORT STANTON CAVE, NEW MEXICO
SPILDE, Michael N.1, KIMBLE, Jason C.2, NORTHUP, Diana E.2 and BOSTON, Penelope J.3, (1)Institute of Meteoritics, University of New Mexico, MSC03-2050, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (2)Biology Department, University of New Mexico, MSC03-2020, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (3)New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science, Socorro, NM 87801; NASA Astrobiology Institute, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035
Handouts
  • Spilde 16-9 GSA 2019R.pdf (7.3 MB)
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    10:45 AM
    Second Break
    11:00 AM
    MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES IN FERROMANGANESE DEPOSITS IN FORT STANTON CAVE, NM, USA ARE SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT FROM SURFACE SOIL COMMUNITIES
    NORTHUP, Diana E.1, KIMBLE, Jason C.1, WINTER, Ara S.2 and SPILDE, Michael N.3, (1)Biology Department, University of New Mexico, MSC03-2020, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (2)Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring Program, University of New Mexico/Bosque School, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (3)Institute of Meteoritics, University of New Mexico, MSC03-2050, Albuquerque, NM 87131
    11:15 AM
    GLOBAL BIOGEOGRAPHY AND DIVERSITY OF EXTREMELY ACIDIC CAVE-DWELLING ACIDOPHILIC COMMUNITIES
    JONES, Daniel, Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Pl, Socorro, NM 87801; National Cave and Karst Research Institute, Carlsbad, NM 88220, NORTHUP, Diana E., Biology Department, University of New Mexico, MSC03-2020, Albuquerque, NM 87131, GÓMEZ-CRUZ, Rodolfo, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, Ciencias Biológicas, Av. Universidad s/n, Zona de la Cultura, Col. Magisterial, Vhsa, Centro, Tabasco, Mex., Villahermosa, 86040, Mexico and MACALADY, Jennifer L., Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
    11:30 AM
    COMPARATIVE METAGENOMIC AND CULTURE-BASED ANALYSIS OF EXTREMELY ACIDOPHILIC ACIDITHIOBACILLUS SPP. FROM SULFIDIC CAVE BIOFILMS
    BEST, Mackenzie B., Department of Earth and Evironmental Sciences, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, JONES, Daniel, Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Pl, Socorro, NM 87801, NORTHUP, Diana E., Biology Department, University of New Mexico, MSC03-2020, Albuquerque, NM 87131 and GOMEZ CRUZ, Rodolfo, Biological Sciences Academic Division, Autonomous University Juárez de Tabasco (UJAT), Villahermosa, TA 86150, Mexico
     
    11:45 AM
    Lightening talks by poster presenters
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