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XVI INQUA Congress

Session No. 31
Saturday, 26 July 2003: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

S14. Deserts Over the Last 100,000 Years

International Geological Correlation Programme 413: 'Understanding Future Dryland Change from Past Dynamics'

 

Susan McLaren and David Thomas, Conveners
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:10 AM
PHYSICAL RESPONSE OF AEOLIAN SAND SEAS TO CHANGES IN WIND REGIME OVER THE LAST 100,000 YEARS - AN APPROACH FROM SYSTEM SELF-ORGANIZATION
KOCUREK, Gary1, EWING, Ryan1 and WERNER, Bradley2, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Texas-Austin, Geol Science Dept, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712-0254, (2)Institute of Geophysics & Planetary Physics, Univ of California - San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, garyk@mail.utexas.edu, garyk@mail.utexas.edu
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8:30 AM
LATE QUATERNARY EVOLUTIONS OF DESERTS IN NORTHWESTERN CHINA
YANG, Xiaoping1, DODSON, John2 and LIU, Tungsheng1, (1)Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O.Box 9825, Beijing, 100029, China, (2)Department of Geography, Univ of Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia, xpyang@263.net.cn, xpyang@263.net.cn
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8:50 AM
ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSES TO CLIMATE CHANGES IN THE EASTERN SAHARA SINCE THE PENULTIMATE GLACIAL
STOKES, Stephen, School of Geography and the Environment, Univ of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, BAILEY, Richard, NICOLL, Kathleen, ARMITAGE, Simon, HAYNES, C Vance and MAXWELL, Ted A, stephen.stokes@geog.ox.ac.uk, stephen.stokes@geog.ox.ac.uk
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9:10 AM
WETTING AND DRYING AT THE TSODILO HILLS, BOTSWANA OVER THE LAST 30 KA
THOMAS, David S.G.1, BROOK, George A.2, SHAW, Paul A.3 and BATEMAN, Mark D.1, (1)Sheffield Centre for International Drylands Research, Dept of Geography, Univ of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, United Kingdom, (2)Department of Geography, University of Georgia, 210 Field Street, Athens, GA 30602, (3)Centre for Environmental Change, Univ of Luton, Luton, LU1 3SE, United Kingdom, d.s.thomas@sheffield.ac.uk, d.s.thomas@sheffield.ac.uk
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9:30 AM
SYSTEMATIC MULTIPLE OSL DATING OF LONGITUDINAL AND TRANSVERSE (SOURCE-BORDERING) DUNE PROFILES IN MONSOONAL NORTHERN AUSTRALIA
MAGEE, John W., Department of Geology, The Faculties, Australian National Univ, Canberra, ACT, 0200, Australia, MILLER, Gifford H., INSTAAR, Univ of Colorado, Boulder, CO and SPOONER, Nigel A., Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National Univ, Canberra, ACT, 0200, Australia, jwmagee@geology.anu.edu.au, jwmagee@geology.anu.edu.au
 
9:50 AM
Break
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10:10 AM
QUATERNARY PALAEOCLIMATIC RECONSTRUCTION FROM MINERALOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE SAMBHAR LAKE PLAYA SEDIMENTS, THAR DESERT, INDIA
SINHA, R.1, SMYKATZ-KLOSS, W.2, STUEBEN, Doris2 and BERNER, Zsolt2, (1)Engineering Geosciences Group, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016, India, (2)Institute of Mineralogy and Geochemistry, Karlsruhe University, Karlsruhe, 76131, Germany, rsinha@iitk.ac.in, rsinha@iitk.ac.in
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10:30 AM
THE DESERT LOESS RECORD OF CLIMATE AND HUMAN IMPACT - EXAMPLES FROM SINAI PENINSULA AND LANZAROTE (CANARY ISLANDS)
ZOELLER, Ludwig R., Geomorphology Chair, Univ of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, 95440, Germany, ludwig.zoeller@uni-bayreuth.de, ludwig.zoeller@uni-bayreuth.de
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10:50 AM
LINEAR DUNES: ARE THEY A PRODUCT OF GLACIAL WIND REGIMES?
LANCASTER, Nicholas, Desert Rsch Institute, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, NV 89512, nick@dri.edu, nick@dri.edu
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11:10 AM
SAND RAMPS AND LATE QUATERNARY AEOLIAN DYNAMICS, MOJAVE DESERT, CALIFORNIA, USA
TCHAKERIAN, Vatche P, Department of Geography and Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M Univ, College Station, TX 77843-3147, vatche@geog.tamu.edu, vatche@geog.tamu.edu
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11:30 AM
THE GRAND CANYON, ARIZONA (U.S.) RECORD OF FULL-LANDSCAPE RESPONSE TO MIDDLE-LATE PLEISTOCENE CLIMATE CHANGE
PEDERSON, Joel L., Department of Geology, Utah State Univ, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322-4505 and ANDERS, Matt D., Department of Geology, Utah State Univ, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, bolo@cc.usu.edu, bolo@cc.usu.edu
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