Joint 118th Annual Cordilleran/72nd Annual Rocky Mountain Section Meeting - 2022

Session No. 17
Wednesday, 16 March 2022: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
CBC-A 108 (UNLV Classroom Building Complex A)

S4. Science at the Intersection of Soils, Weathering, Geomorphology, Climate, Ecology and Wildfire—A Tribute to the Careers of Les McFadden and Grant Meyer

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division

 

Jennifer Pierce, Ph.D, Lyman P. Persico, Anne Tillery, Jennifer Aldred and Catherine Opalka, Conveners
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Start Time
8:20 AM
ROCKSLIDE ORIGIN OF THE BUTTERMILK BOULDERS, EASTERN CALIFORNIA
GLAZNER, Allen, Earth, Marine, and Environmental Sciences, Univ North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3315, HARRINGTON, Robert, Bishop, CA 93514 and SYLVESTER, Arthur, Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106
8:40 AM
LONG-TERM IMPACTS OF BURIED ANIMAL CARCASSES ON SOIL BIOGEOCHEMISTRY IN THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS
KEENAN, Sarah, Geology and Geological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 East St. Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD 57701 and BEELER, Scott R., Engineering and Mining Experiment Station, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 East St. Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD 57701
9:00 AM
DO DRYLANDS SOILS ACT AS A NET SINK OF CO2 TO REDUCE ATMOSPHERIC CO2 IN THE GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE?
HANIF, Tanzila1, HUBER, David2, JIN, Lixin3, FINNEY, Bruce P.4, GHAHREMANI, Zahra5 and PIERCE, Jennifer, Ph.D5, (1)Boise State University, Department of Geosciences, 1910 University Dr, Boise, ID 83725, (2)Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, Environmental Research Building 1160, MS1535, Boise, ID 83725; Northwest Watershed Research Center, US Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service, 251 E Front Street, Suite 400, Boise, ID 83702, (3)Department of Earth, Environmental and Resource Science, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 West Avenue, El Paso, TX 79968, (4)Departments of Biological and Geological Sciences, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID 83209, (5)Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, 1910 University Dr, Boise, ID 83725
9:20 AM
DIFFERENTIATING BIOTIC VS. ABIOTIC CO2 IN THE FORMATION OF PEDOGENIC CARBONATE IN AN AGRICULTURAL SITE
MOLINA, Valeria1, MA, Lin1, ENGLE, Mark1, DARROUZET-NARDI, Anthony2, KAYE, Jason3 and JIN, Lixin4, (1)Department of Earth, Environmental and Resource Sciences, The University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W University Ave, El Paso, TX 79986, (2)Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 West Avenue, El Paso, TX 79968, (3)Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA 16801, (4)Department of Earth, Environmental and Resource Science, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 West Avenue, El Paso, TX 79968
 
9:40 AM
Break
9:55 AM
THE IMPORTANCE OF DUST IN THE FORMATION OF SOIL INORGANIC CARBON IN DRYLANDS
GHAHREMANI, Zahra1, PIERCE, Jennifer, Ph.D1, HUBER, David2, REYNARD, Linda1, MURRAY, Erin3 and SWANSON, Caitlyn3, (1)Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, 1910 University Dr, Boise, ID 83725, (2)Northwest Watershed Research Center, US Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service, 251 E Front Street, Suite 400, Boise, ID 83702, (3)USDA Agricultural Research Service, Boise, ID 83702
10:15 AM
STONEMAN LAKE, ARIZONA: ARCHIVING SURFACE PROCESSES AT LOCAL TO REGIONAL SCALE SINCE THE EARLY PLEISTOCENE
STALEY, Spencer1, FAWCETT, Peter1, ANDERSON, R. Scott2, JIMENEZ-MORENO, Gonzalo3, MARKGRAF, Vera2 and BROWN, Erik4, (1)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (2)School of Earth and Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, (3)Departamento de Estratigrafía y Paleontología, Universidad de Granada, Granada, 18002, (4)Large Lakes Observatory and Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN 55812
10:35 AM
A SOIL STRATIGRAPHIC ANALYSIS: LINKING TRIBUTARY BASINS AND ALLUVIAL FANS IN THE SE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, CO, USA
ALDRED, Jennifer, Natural Resources Management Department, New Mexico Highlands University, 1015 6th St., Las Vegas, NM 87701, EPPES, M.C., Department of Geography & Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28223, KAYSER, Brandt, Griffin Brothers Companies, 19505 Liverpool Pkwy, Cornelius, NC 28031, LAYZELL, Tony, Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas, 1930 Constant Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66047, DEAL, Rebecca, City of Charlotte Stormwater Services, 600 East 4th St, Charlotte, NC 28202 and JOHNSON, Bradley, Environmental Studies, Davidson College, PO Box 7153, Davidson, NC 28035-7153
10:55 AM
THE IMPORTANCE OF VEGETATION AND SOIL DEVELOPMENT IN MODULATING HILLSLOPE RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE MOJAVE DESERT
PERSICO, Lyman1, MCFADDEN, Leslie2, MCAULIFFE, Joseph R.3, RITTENOUR, Tammy M.4, STAHLECKER, Tara1, BRODY, Saisha1, DUNN, Sarah1 and SUHR, Jens5, (1)Department of Geology, Whitman College, 345 Boyer Ave., Walla Walla, WA 99362, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (3)Desert Botanical Garden, 1201 N. Galvin Pkwy, Phoenix, AZ 85008, (4)Department of Geosciences, Utah State University, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, (5)Geosciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523
11:15 AM
HILLSLOPE SOIL LANDSCAPES
HARRISON, James, Earth and Environmental Science Department, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801
11:35 AM
EARTH, WIND AND FIRE: GRANT MEYER AND LES MCFADDEN'S LEGACY OF SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS AND MENTORSHIP
PIERCE, Jennifer, Ph.D, Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, 1910 University Dr, Boise, ID 83725, PERSICO, Lyman P., Department of Geology, Whitman College, 345 Boyer Avenue, Walla Walla, WA 99362, TILLERY, Anne C., U.S. Geological Survey, New Mexico Water Science Center, 6700 Edith Blvd NE STE B, Albuquerque, NM 87113, EPPES, Martha Cary, Dept. of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, McEniry 324, 9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28223, LEVINE, Rebekah, Environmental Sciences Department, University of Montana Western, 710 S. Atlantic St., Dillon, MT 59725, BURNETT, Benjamin, EPS, UNM, 1 UNM, Albuquerque, NM 87131, MCAULIFFE, Joseph R., Desert Botanical Garden, 1201 N. Galvin Pkwy, Phoenix, AZ 85008, BREECKER, Dan, Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, ELLWEIN, Amy L., Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, PO Box 519, Crested Butte, CO 81224, OPALKA, Catherine, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66049 and ALDRED, Jennifer, Natural Resources Management Department, New Mexico Highlands University, 1015 6th St., Las Vegas, NM 87701
 
11:55 AM
EARTH, WIND, AND FIRE DENOUEMENT: A FEW MORE REMARKS ABOUT LES & GRANT
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