Joint 120th Annual Cordilleran/74th Annual Rocky Mountain Section Meeting - 2024

Session No. 30
Thursday, 16 May 2024: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Meeting Room 2 (Davenport Grand Hotel)

T17. The Highest and the Deepest: the U.S. Frontier of Cave and Karst Research

GSA Karst Division

 

Lee Florea and Georgia Schneider, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:40 PM
THE COMPLEXITY OF CAVE ORIGIN AND KARST PROCESS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
FLOREA, Lee, Washington State Geological Survey, Department of Natural Resources, 1111 Washington St SE # 148, Olympia, WA 98501 and STENNER, Christian, Alberta Speleological Society, Calgary, AB T2N3M3, Canada
2:00 PM
MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF APE CAVE (WA, USA) FROM A HIGH-RESOLUTION 3D MODEL BASED ON HANDHELD LIDAR IMAGING
MONTAÑEZ MUÑOZ, Sarai, WILLIAMS-JONES, Glyn, SEPÚLVEDA, Sergio A. and CONNELLY, Jason, Department of Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
2:20 PM
STABLE ISOTOPE STUDY OF WATER IN OREGON CAVES NATIONAL MONUMENT
RAHALSKI, Emma, Department of Geology, Portland State University, 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201 and BERSHAW, John, Department of Geology, Portland State University, 1721 SW Broadway Ave, Portland, OR 97201
2:40 PM
MORPHODYNAMICS, MORPHOLOGY, AND MICROCLIMATE OF THE GLACIOVOLCANIC CAVE SYSTEM AT THE SUMMIT OF MOUNT RAINIER, WASHINGTON, USA
STENNER, Christian1, FLOREA, Lee2, PFLITCH, Andreas3, RIGGS, David4, GRAHAM, Kathleen1 and CARTAYA, Eduardo5, (1)Alberta Speleological Society, Calgary, AB T2N3M3, Canada, (2)Washington State Geological Survey, Department of Natural Resources, 1111 Washington St SE # 148, Olympia, WA 98501, (3)Institute of Geography, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany, (4)Glacier Cave Explorers, Oregon High Desert Grotto of the National Speleological Society, Redmond, OR 97756, (5)Glacier Cave Explorers, National Speleological Society, Redmond, OR 97756
3:00 PM
THE KALEIDOSCOPE OF SPELEOGENESIS IN EAST-CENTRAL NEVADA, USA
HOSE, Louise1, DUCHENE, Harvey2, POWELL, J. Douglas3, POLYAK, Victor4 and ASMEROM, Yemane4, (1)Geological Sciences and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV 89557; Great Basin Institute, Reno, NV 89511, (2)Karst Waters Institute, Lake City, CO 81235, (3)U.S. Forest Service, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Ely, NV 89431, (4)Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131
3:20 PM
CAVE AND KARST DATA MANAGEMENT IN THE SPATIAL WILD WEST
SCHNEIDER, Georgia, Geographic Information Science and Cartography, University of Denver, 2199 S University Blvd, Denver, CO 80210
 
3:40 PM
Discussion
 
4:20 PM
Concluding Remarks
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