T295 Past Climates of the Middle East From Proxy Records; Insights on Water Resources and Impacts on the People of the Region

Tuesday, 29 October 2013
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Room 605

Presentations

• 1:15 PM
  CATASTROPHIC CLIMATE SWINGS IN THE LEVANT DURING THE LAST INTERGLACIAL FROM THE CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE DEAD SEA DEEP DRILL CORE
  Adi Torfstein, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, N/A and Steven L. Goldstein, Columbia University, Palisades, NY and Yehouda Enzel, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem and Gerald Haug, ETH Zürich, Zürich, N/A and Yochanan Kushnir, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY and Moti Stein, Geological Survey of Israel, Jerusalem, N/A
  229441 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:35 PM
  RECONSTRUCTING HOLOCENE RAINFALL VARIABILITY OVER THE DEAD SEA WATERSHED AND THE SOUTHERN LEVANT USING A STOCHASTIC MODELING APPROACH
  Tamar Ryb, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, N/A and Yehouda Enzel, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem and Ittai Gavrieli, Geological Survey of Israel, Jerusalem, N/A and Efrat Morin, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, N/A
  224784 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:50 PM
  THE RISE AND FALL OF LATE PLEISTOCENE PALEOLAKES IN SOUTHERN JORDAN
  Jason Rech, Miami University, Oxford, OH and Jeffrey S. Pigati, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Mustafa Al Kuisi, University of Jordan, Amman, N/A and Jordon Bright, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
  223102 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:05 PM
  NEW AGE CONSTRAINTS FOR PLEISTOCENE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS IN SOUTHERN JORDAN: THE JAFR BASIN AND WADIS BURMA AND GHARANDAL
  Steffen Mischke, Universität Potsdam, Potsdam-Golm and Zhongping Lai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, N/A and Bety Al-Saqarat, The Al al-Bayt University, Mafraq, N/A and Hanan Ginat, Tamar and Johannes Kalbe, Universität Potsdam, Potsdam-Golm, N/A and Stephan Opitz, Universität Potsdam, Potsdam-Golm, N/A
  227454 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:35 PM
  PALEOCLIMATIC IMPLICATIONS OF PLUVIAL DEPOSITS IN MUDAWWARA, JORDAN
  Gentry A. Catlett, Miami University, Oxford, OH and Jason Rech, Miami University, Oxford, OH and Jeffrey S. Pigati, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Mustafa Al Kuisi, University of Jordan, Amman, N/A
  223356 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:50 PM
  LIMITED HOLOCENE NORTHWARD SHIFTS OF INDIAN MONSOON SUMMER RAINS OVER ARABIA
  Yehouda Enzel, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, N/A and Yochanan Kushnir, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY and Jay Quade, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
  220711 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:10 PM
  PROXY EVIDENCE FOR THE ROLE OF GLOBAL TELECONNECTIONS IN MIDDLE EAST HYDROCLIMATE VARIABILITY
  Yochanan Kushnir, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY and Mordechai Stein, The Geological Survey of Israel, Jerusalem, N/A
  229539 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:30 PM
  GAZELLE HUNTING IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION OF THE SOUTHERN LEVANT DURING THE YOUNGER DRYAS
  Gideon Hartman, Univeristy of Connecticut, Storrs, CT and Alex Brittingham, Univeristy of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
  234223 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:00 PM
  RAINFALL, SPRING DISCHARGE, AND PAST HUMAN OCCUPANCY IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN
  Nadav Peleg, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, N/A and Efrat Morin, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, N/A and Haim Gvirtzman, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, N/A and Yehouda Enzel, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, N/A
  228310 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:15 PM
  IS THE NUBIAN SANDSTONE AQUIFER SYSTEM BEING DEPLETED?
  Mohamed Ahmed, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI and Mohamed Sultan, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI and John Wahr, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO and Eugene Yan, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
  226477 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:30 PM
  ROLE OF REGIONAL STRUCTURES ON SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE WATER FLOW IN EASTERN QATTARA DEPRESSION, WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT
  Shuhab Khan, University of Houston, Houston, TX and Mohamed Fathy, Tanta University, Tanta, N/A and Maha Abdel Azeem, National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, Helwan, N/A
  227614 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:45 PM
  MODELING PAST AND PRESENT FLOOD WATER INUNDATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST
  Melissa M. Goldade, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS and Eunmok Lee, Lawrence, KS and Jude Kastens, Lawrence, KS and William C. Johnson, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS and G.L. Macpherson, Univ of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
  231136 (Technical Sessions)