T166 Deserts: Quaternary Hydro-Geomorphic, Climatic, and Environmental Changes in the World's Deserts: Honoring Prof. Farouk El-Baz

Monday, 28 October 2013
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Mile High Ballroom 3C

Presentations

• 1:05 PM
  DATING THE DESERT: MAKING SENSE OF OVER 600 LUMINESCENCE AGES FROM SOUTHERN AFRICAN DESERT DUNE SYSTEMS
  David S.G. Thomas, University of Oxford, Oxford, N/A and Sallie L. Burrough, University of Oxford, Oxford, N/A
  220954 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:25 PM
  COMPLEX GEO-ECOLOGICAL RESPONSES ALONG A RAINFALL GRADIENT IN A SANDY ARID AREA: NORTHERN NEGEV DESERT, ISRAEL
  Aaron Yair, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, N/A
  221409 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:45 PM
  ESTABLISHMENT (RE-ESTABLISHMENT) OF THE DUNE SYSTEMS AND PROVENANCE OF THE AEOLIAN SANDS IN THE HUNSHANDAKE SANDY LAND, EASTERN INNER MONGOLIA, CHINA
  Xiaoping Yang, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing and Ziting Liu, Liaochen, N/A and Hongwei Li, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, N/A and Xiaozun Ren, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, N/A and Deguo Zhang, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, N/A and Patrick Rioual, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, N/A and Xulong Wang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xian and Louis A. Scuderi, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
  222959 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:00 PM
  BIG DATA MEETS BIG DUNES – A 21ST CENTURY APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING DUNE SYSTEM DYNAMICS ON MULTIPLE SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL SCALES
  Nicholas Lancaster, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV
  223769 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  DESERT PAVEMENT PROCESSES AND FORM: INFLUENCES ON HYDROLOGIC PROCESSES AND LONG-TERM LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION IN ARID REGIONS
  Stephen G. Wells, President, Reno, NV and Leslie McFadden, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM and Eric V. McDonald, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV and Martha C. Eppes, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC and Michael Young, John A. and Katherine G. Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX and Yvonne A. Wood, Retired, Bishop, CA
  231148 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  CHARACTERIZING THE PROCESS AND RATE OF SUBAERIAL ROCK WEATHERING IN DESERT ENVIRONMENTS WITH GROUND-BASED LIDAR
  Amit Mushkin, University of Washington, Seattle, WA and Amir Sagy, Geological Survey of Israel, Jerusalem and Eran Trabelci, Geological Survey of Israel, Jerusalem, N/A and Naomi Porat, Geological Survey of Israel, Jerusalem, N/A
  233032 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:00 PM
  FAROUK EL-BAZ AWARD FOR DESERT RESEARCH: GEOLOGY, GEOMORPHOLOGY, ECOLOGY: AN INTEGRATED WORLD HERITAGE SITE
  Mary Seely, Gobabeb Research and Training Centre, Windhoek
  230545 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:25 PM
  RESPONSE OF SOUTH AMERICAN PALEOLAKES 19-49°S TO CLIMATE CHANGE DURING THE LATE QUATERNARY
  Jay Quade, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Christa J. Placzek, James Cook University, Townsville, N/A and Alyson Cartwright, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Michael Kaplan, PO Box 1000, 61 Route 9WComer Geochem Building, Palisades, NY and Kenneth D. Adams, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV and Scott Stine, California State University, Hayward, CA
  223969 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:45 PM
  LINKING COARSE SILT PRODUCTION IN ASIAN SAND DESERTS AND QUATERNARY ACCRETION OF THE CHINESE LOESS PLATEAU
  Rivka Amit, Jerusalem, N/A and Yehouda Enzel, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem and Amit Mushkin, Jerusalem, N/A and Alan R. Gillespie, Quaternary Research Center, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Seattle, WA and Batbaatar Jigjidsuren, Quaternary Research Center, Seattle, WA and Onn Crouvi, Jerusalem and Jef Vandenberghe, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Amsterdam, N/A and Zhisheng An, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an
  221146 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:00 PM
  TRACING SOURCES OF PLEISTOCENE NEGEV DESERT LOESS AND ITS EFFECTS ON EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN CONTINENTAL ENVIRONMENT
  Michal Ben Israel, Earth Sciences, Jerusalem, N/A and Rivka Amit, Geological Survey of Israel, Jerusalem, N/A and Yigal Erel, Hebrew University, Jerusalem and Yehouda Enzel, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem
  221276 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:15 PM
  CONSTRAINTS ON THE NATURE AND TIMING OF RECHARGE OF THE FOSSIL AQUIFERS IN SAHARAN AFRICA AND SINAI
  Mohamed Sultan, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI and Abdou Abouelmagd, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal/Jeddah and Mohamed Ahmed, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI and Neil Sturchio, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL and R.V. Krishnamurthy, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI and Farouk Soliman, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, N/A and Mohamed Rashed, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, N/A and Adam Milewski, University of Georgia, Athens, GA and Malgorzata Krawczyk, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
  224652 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:30 PM
  CHARACTERIZATION OF PHYSICAL AND HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES OF SOILS IN SEVILLETA WILDLIFE NATIONAL REFUGE: IMPLICATIONS FOR PEDOGENIC CARBONATE ACCUMULATIONS ON WATER MOVEMENT
  Vyoma Nenuji, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM and Bruce Harrison, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM and Jan Hendrickx, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM
  232970 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:45 PM
  HOLOCENE SAND SHEET DEPOSITIONAL RECORD SAN LUIS PROVINCE, WESTERN ARGENTINA
  Steven L. Forman, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL and Alfonsina Tripaldi, University of Buenos Aires - IGEBA-CONICET, Buenos Aries
  228532 (Technical Sessions)