302 Aeolian Systems in Time and Space (Posters)

This session explores research focused on all aspects of aeolian processes and landforms, including dunes, dust, and loess in modern and ancient aeolian systems on Earth and other planets.

Wednesday, 22 October 2025
8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
HBGCC, Hall 1

Participants

• Chair Madeline Kelley
• Chair Alana Archbold

Presentations

• 8:00 AM
  Deposition of Cyclic Facies in the Navajo Sandstone Influenced by Seasonal Wind Changes
  Abigail Tucker, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas and Zoltan Sylvester, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas and Timothy Lawton, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
  412017 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Using numerical models to quantify supply and transport limiting factors of river-sourced aeolian dunes.
  Madeline Kelley, Southwest Biological Science Center, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, Flagstaff, AZ and Joel Sankey, Southwest Biological Science Center, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, Flagstaff, AZ and Nicholas Cohn, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, Field Research Facility, Duck, NC and Alan Kasprak, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR and Amy East, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA and Joshua Caster, Southwest Biological Science Center, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, Flagstaff, AZ and Helen Fairley, Southwest Biological Science Center, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, Flagstaff, AZ and Bart Van Westen, Resilient Ports and Coasts, Delft
  412060 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Late Eocene Initiation of Loess and Its Significance in Western Wyoming, USA
  Shankhadeep Baul, University of Texas Arlington, Arlington, TX and Majie Fan, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
  412421 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Geochemical and Mineralogical Characterization of Periglacial Soils and Provenance of Dust in the Quelccaya Ice Cap (Peru)
  Simone Reed, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio and Emilie Beaudon, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
  413111 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Fusion of ground-penetrating radar and terrestrial lidar to investigate fluvial-aeolian interactions within a dam-regulated river valley
  Joshua Caster, U.S. Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, Flagstaff, AZ and Madeline Kelley, U.S. Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, Flagstaff, AZ and Joel Sankey, U.S. Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, Flagstaff, AZ and Ryan Porter, Northern Arizona University, School of Earth and Sustainability, Flagstaff, AZ and Amy East, US Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA and Nathaniel Bransky, U.S. Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, Flagstaff, AZ and Alan Kasprak, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR and Helen Fairley, U.S. Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, Flagstaff, AZ
  413472 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Effect of Hurricanes on Vegetation and Coastal Erosion at Texas Coastal Sand Dunes
  Celine Saidy, University of Houston, Houston, Texas and Shuhab Khan, University of Houston, Houston, Texas
  413866 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Snow vs. Sand: Sand Dune Thermal Profiles in Kobuk Valley, Alaska, and Implications for Planetary Dunes
  Emma Baginski, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT and Jani Radebaugh, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT and Cynthia Dinwiddie, Southwest Research Institute, Space Science Division, San Antonio, TX and Timothy Titus, USGS, Astrogeology, Flagstaff, AZ
  414208 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Deciphering Orbital-Scale Climate Variability from Late Eocene–Early Oligocene Loess in the western USA
  Xiangwei Guo, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX and Majie Fan, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX and Yiquan Ma, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu and Steven Forman, Baylor University Dept of Geosciences, Waco, TX and Dennis Terry, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Ran Feng, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut
  414656 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Modeling aeolian stratigraphy
  Mackenzie Day, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA and Alana Archbold, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
  414719 (Technical Sessions)