GSA Connects 2024 Meeting in Anaheim, California

Session No. 210
Tuesday, 24 September 2024: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
210B (Anaheim Convention Center)

T50. Advances in Arid Lands Geomorphology

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division

 

Mark Sweeney, Karl W. Wegmann and Dennis Wolf, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
THE UNSUNG EXPLORER AND GEOSCIENCE HEROINE MISS ELINOR WIGHT GARDNER (1892-1981): PIONEER GEOARCHAEOLOGIST, QUATERNARY SCIENTIST, AND DESERT GEOMORPHOLOGIST (Invited Presentation)
NICOLL, Kathleen, Department of Geography, School of Environment, Sustainability and Society, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
210-2
1:55 PM
Withdrawn
2:10 PM
ALLUVIAL FAN FORMATION IN COLD AND WARM DESERTS: CASE STUDIES FROM MONGOLIA AND CHILE (Invited Presentation)
LEHMKUHL, Frank1, OWEN, Lewis2, MOHREN, Joel1, WALK, Janek3 and WOLF, Dennis4, (1)Department of Geography, RWTH Aachen, Aachen, 52056, Germany, (2)North Carolina State University, NC, (3)Department of Geography and Regional Research, Vienna, 1010, Austria, (4)Department of Geography, RWTH Aachen University, Wüllnerstraße 5b, Aachen, 52056, Germany
2:30 PM
GSA QUATERNARY GEOLOGY AND GEOMORPHOLOGY DIVISION FAROUK EL-BAZ AWARD FOR DESERT RESEARCH 2023: REGIONAL CORRELATION OF LATE QUATERNARY ALLUVIAL FANS FROM BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR TO PANAMINT VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
MCDONALD, Eric, Department of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
 
3:00 PM
Discussion
 
3:15 PM
Break
3:30 PM
ORIGIN AND LATE QUATERNARY EVOLUTION OF THE MOHAWK SAND DUNES IN SOUTHWESTERN ARIZONA
WINDINGSTAD, Jason, Soils, Water and Environmental Science, University of Arizona, P.O. Box 210038, Tucson, AZ 85721 and RASMUSSEN, Craig, Department of Environmental Science, University of Arizona, 1177 E 4th St, Tucson, AZ 85721
210-6
3:45 PM
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4:00 PM
THE IMPACT OF EXTREME RAINSTORMS ON ESCARPMENT MORPHOLOGY IN ARID AREAS: INSIGHTS FROM THE CENTRAL NEGEV DESERT
SHMILOVITZ, Yuval1, MARRA, Francesco2, ENZEL, Yehouda3, MORIN, Efrat3, ARMON, Moshe4, MATMON, Ari3, MUSHKIN, Amit5, LEVI, Yoav6, KHAIN, Pavel6, ROSSI, Matthew1, TUCKER, Gregory7, PEDERSON, Joel8 and HAVIV, Itai9, (1)Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80304, (2)Department of Geosciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, (3)The Fredy & Nadine Herrmann Institute of Earth Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus - Givat Ram, Jerusalem, 9190401, Israel, (4)Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Building CHN, Universitätstrasse 16, Zürich, 8092, Switzerland, (5)Geological Survey of Israel, Jerusalem, 9692100, Israel, (6)Israel Meteorological Service, Beit Dagan, Israel, (7)Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) and Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, Campus Box 399, Boulder, CO 80309, (8)Department of Geosciences, Utah State University, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, (9)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheva, 8410501, Israel
4:15 PM
SYNOPTIC-SCALE TO MESOSCALE ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION CONNECTS FLUVIAL AND COASTAL GRAVEL CONVEYORS AND DIRECTIONAL DEPOSITION OF COASTAL LANDFORMS IN THE DEAD SEA BASIN
EYAL, Haggai, Institute of Earth Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Jerusalem, 9190401, Israel; Geological Survey of Israel, 32 Yesha'yahu Leibowitz St., Jerusalem, 9371234, Israel, ARMON, Moshe, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Building CHN, Universitätstrasse 16, Zürich, 8092, Switzerland, ENZEL, Yehouda, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Earth Sciences Institute, The Edmond J. Safra Campus - Givat Ram, Jerusalem, 9190401, ISRAEL and LENSKY, Nadav G., Institute of Earth Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Jerusalem, 9190401, Israel; Geological Survey of Israel, Jerusalem, 9692100, Israel
4:30 PM
FAROUK EL-BAZ AWARD: RESEARCH ON ROCK DETENTION STRUCTURES, NATURAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN DRYLAND STREAMS
NORMAN, Laura, U.S. Geological Survey, Western Geographic Science Center, Tucson, AZ 85719
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