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T22. Using Buried Soils to Reconstruct Past Climates: Opportunities and Considerations

 
PALEOENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT OF PLEISTOCENE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND PALEONTOLOGICAL SITES IN KENYA'S LAKE VICTORIA BASIN
BEVERLY, Emily J.1, FAITH, J. Tyler2, PEPPE, Daniel J.1, TRYON, Christian3, DRIESE, S.G.1, BLEGEN, Nick4, PATTERSON, David5, and HORNER, William H.1, (1) Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, Emily_Beverly@baylor.edu, (2) School of Social Science - Archaeology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane St Lucia QLD 4072, Brisbane, Australia, (3) Department of Anthropology, New York University, 25 Waverly Place, New York, NY 10003, (4) Department of Anthropology, University of Connecticut, Charles Beach Hall, 354 Mansfield Road, Storrs, CT 06269, (5) Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology, The George Washington University, 2114 G St. NW, Washington, DC 20052
 
SPELEOTHEM MICROMORPHOLOGY IMPROVES INTERPRETATIONS OF FLOODPLAIN PALEOCLIMATE RECORDS AND ENHANCES INTERPRETATIONS OF THE TIMING AND STRUCTURE OF THE MID-HOLOCENE WARM PERIOD
DRIESE, Steven G.1, LI, Zheng-Hua2, CHENG, Hai3, STINCHCOMB, Gary E.1, KOCIS, James J.4, HORN, Sally P.5, and BOEHM, Mathew S.5, (1) Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, Steven_Driese@baylor.edu, (2) Center for Space Plasma & Aeronomic Research, University of Alabama at Huntsville, 320 Sparkman Drive, NSSTC 2017, Huntsville, AL 35899, (3) Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Dr. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, (4) Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Morrill Sciences Center, Amherst, MA 01003, (5) Department of Geography, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-0925
 
ABRUPT ECO-CLIMATE TRANSITIONS DURING PRE-CLOVIS OCCUPATION IN THE SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S
NORDT, Lee, Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798, lee_nordt@baylor.edu, WATERS, Michael R., Anthropology, Texas A&M University, MS 4352 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843, FORMAN, Steven L., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60607, BOUSMAN, C. Britt, Anthropology, Texas State University, 601 University Drive, San Marcos, TX 78666, and DRIESE, Steven, Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354
 
LATE QUATERNARY ALLUVIAL HISTORY OF THE OWL CREEK DRAINAGE BASIN: A GEOMORPHIC RESPONSE TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
MEIER, Holly A.1, NORDT, Lee C.2, FORMAN, Steven L.3, and DRIESE, Steven G.2, (1) Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798, holly_meier@baylor.edu, (2) Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Division, Dept. of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, (3) Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60607
 
BIOSILICATE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE BRADY SOIL IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA: THE IMPORTANCE OF NON-SHORT CELL PHYTOLITHS FOR PALEOCLIMATE INTERPRETATIONS
WOODBURN, Terri L.1, BOZARTH, Steven R.1, JOHNSON, William C.1, and HALFEN, Alan F.2, (1) Dept. of Geography, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Rm. 213, Lawrence, KS 66045, terriw@ku.edu, (2) Geography, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Rm. 213, Lawrence, KS 66045
 
RECONSTRUCTING MESO AND MICRO SCALE CLIMATE PATTERNS FROM HOLOCENE BURIED SOILS
BETTIS, E. Arthur III, Geoscience, University of Iowa, 121 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, art-bettis@uiowa.edu
 
SEEKING CONSTRAINTS ON THE CLIMATE OF EARLY MARS FROM THE MINERALOGY OF ANCIENT SOILS PRESERVED AT MAWRTH VALLIS
HORGAN, Briony, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ 85287, briony@astro.cornell.edu, BISHOP, Janice L., Carl Sagan Center, SETI Institute and NASA-ARC, 189 Bernardo Ave, Mountain View, CA 94043, CHRISTENSEN, Philip R., School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-6305, and BELL, James F. III, School of Earth & Space Exploration, Arizona State University, P.O. Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287
 
BURIED STEPPE SOILS IN S ITALY: A RECORD OF LAST GLACIAL ENVIRONMENTS
SAUER, Daniela1, AL-SHARIF, Riyad2, ZWANZIG, Lisa1, BRÜCKNER, Helmut3, SCARCIGLIA, Fabio4, and STAHR, Karl2, (1) Institute of Geography, University of Technology, Helmholtzstr. 10, Dresden, D-01069, Germany, daniela.sauer@uni-hohenheim.de, (2) Institute of Soil Science, Hohenheim University, Emil-Wolff-Str. 27, Stuttgart, D-70599, Germany, (3) Institute of Geography, University of Cologne, Albertus-Magnus-Platz, Cologne, D-50923, Germany, (4) Department of Earth Sciences, University of Calabria, Via Pietro Bucci - Cubo 15B, Arcavacata di Rende (CS), I-87036, Italy
 
THE LATE QUATERNARY PLANT COMMUNITIES OF THE CAPROCK CANYONLANDS ECOTONE: MULTIPLE PROXY PALEOENVIRONMENTAL DATA FROM TWO DRAWS ON THE EASTERN ESCARPMENT OF THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS OF TEXAS, USA
MURPHY, Laura R.1, HURST, Stance C.2, HOLLIDAY, Vance T.3, JOHNSON, Eileen4, SANDERSON, Bridget1, and WINSBOROUGH, Barbara5, (1) Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas, 1930 Constant Ave, Lawrence, KS 66047-3724, murphy15@ku.edu, (2) Lubbock Lake Landmark, Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79423, (3) Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona, Gould-Simpson Bldg, Tucson, AZ 85721, (4) Museum of Texas Tech University, Box 43191, Lubbock, TX 79409-3191, (5) Texas Memorial Museum, The University of Texas, Austin, TX 78705
 
FIRST AMERICANS ARCHAEOLOGY AND CLIMATE: SOIL CHEMISTRY AND ITS APPLICATIONS FOR GEOARCHAEOLOGY IN CENTRAL ALASKA
DIPIETRO, Lyndsay1, DRIESE, S.G.1, STINCHCOMB, G.E.1, GRAF, K.E.2, GOEBEL, T.2, YOUNIE, A.M.2, and GILLISPIE, T.E.3, (1) Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798, Lyndsay_DiPietro@baylor.edu, (2) Center for the Study of the First Americans, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, (3) Tanana Chiefs Conference, 122 First Avenue Ste. 600, Fairbanks, AK 99701
 
IDENTIFYING AND QUANTIFYING GOETHITE AND HEMATITE IN ATMOSPHERIC DUST AND SOURCE SEDIMENTS BY MAGNETIC METHODS
OTTENFELD, Chelsea1, YAUK, Kimberly E.2, GOLDSTEIN, Harland L.3, REYNOLDS, Richard L.3, and MOSKOWITZ, Bruce4, (1) Department of Earth Science, Tennessee Technological University, P.O. Box 5062, Cookeville, TN 38505, cfottenfel42@students.tntech.edu, (2) Geology, University of Minnesota Morris, 600 East 4th Street, Morris, MN 56267, (3) United States Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, MS-980, Denver, CO 80225, (4) Institute for Rock Magnetism, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
 
INFERRING AGE AND PALEOCLIMATE FROM A HILLSLOPE PALEOSOL-- A CAUTIONARY TALE FROM THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO
DETHIER, David P.1, LEOPOLD, Matthias2, VÖLKEL, Jörg2, BLUM, Alex E.3, HUBER, Juliane4, and STEFFENS, Markus2, (1) Dept. Geosciences, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267, ddethier@williams.edu, (2) Geomorphology and Soil Science, Technical University of Munich, Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, Freising-Weihenstephan, 85354, Germany, (3) US Geological Survey, WRD, 3215 Marine St, Marine Street Science Center, Boulder, CO 80303, (4) Geomorphology and Soil Science, Technical University of Munich, Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, Freising-Weihenstephan, 93077, Germany
 
OLIGOCENE CHARACTERISTICS OF AFRO-ARABIAN HABITATS: NEW EVIDENCE FROM PALEOSOLS OF THE SHUMAYSI FORMATION, WESTERN SAUDI ARABIA
HYLAND, Ethan1, ZALMOUT, Iyad S.2, GINGERICH, Philip D.3, ALSOBHI, Saleh A.4, AL-MASARI, Abdo M.4, NADRAH, Ayman O.4, and SHELDON, Nathan D.5, (1) Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 CC Little, 1100 North University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, hylande@umich.edu, (2) KSU Mammals Research Chair, Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia, (3) University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology and Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, (4) Paleontology Unit, Saudi Geological Survey, PO Box 54141, Jeddah, 21514, Saudi Arabia, (5) Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 CC Little Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
 
APPLYING A QUANTITATIVE METHOD FOR RECONSTRUCTING LATE-QUATERNARY CLIMATE ON THE U.S. GREAT PLAINS BASED ON BURIED SOIL PROPERTIES
ZUNG, Ashley B., Geography, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Boulevard, 500 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045, azung@ku.edu, MANDEL, Rolfe D., Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas, 1930 Constant Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66047-3724, and FEDDEMA, Johannes J., Geography, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66044
 
INFERRING LATE-QUATERNARY FLOOD MAGNITUDES FROM BURIED ALLUVIAL PALEOSOLS IN THE CENTRAL GREAT PLAINS, USA
MANDEL, Rolfe D., Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas, 1930 Constant Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66047-3724, mandel@kgs.ku.edu
 
INTERPRETATION OF A MIDDLE MIOCENE PALEOSOL FROM THE POWDER RIVER VOLCANIC FIELD, NORTHEAST OREGON
MUDD, Anna Catharine, Department of Geology, The College of Wooster, 1189 Beall Ave, Wooster, CO 44691, amudd13@wooster.edu, BADER, Nick E., Geology, Whitman College, 345 Boyer Avenue, Walla Walla, WA 99362, POLLOCK, Meagen, Department of Geology, College of Wooster, Scovel Hall, 944 College Mall, Wooster, OH 44691, and LOPEZ-MALDONADO, Ricardo, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844
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