Session: Caves as Deep Time Repositories of Geological, Biological, and Anthropological Information II (2013 GSA Annual Meeting in Denver: 125th Anniversary of GSA (27-30 October 2013))

Introductory Remarks
Abstract ID#: 234361

CAVES: DELICATE TREASURE TROVES OF EARTH HISTORY
Abstract ID#: 231990

DORALE, Jeffrey A., Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 121 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242-1379, jeffrey-dorale@uiowa.edu

TOWARD CONSTRAINING THE AGE AND DURATION OF THE LASCHAMP GEOMAGNETIC EXCURSION USING A SPELEOTHEM RECORD FROM CREVICE CAVE, MISSOURI
Abstract ID#: 230995

LASCU, Ioan¹, FEINBERG, Joshua², DORALE, Jeffrey A.³, EDWARDS, R. Lawrence⁴, and CHENG, Hai⁴, (1) Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EQ, United Kingdom, il261@cam.ac.uk, (2) Institute for Rock Magnetism, University of Minnesota, Department of Earth Sciences, 310 Pillsbury Drive SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, (3) Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 121 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242-1379, (4) Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Dr. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455

SPELEOTHEM DATES FROM THE UPPER SWANSEA VALLEY, SOUTH WALES, UK
Abstract ID#: 233795

DAVIES, Gareth J., Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, DOE Oversight Office, 761 Emory Valley Road, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, gareth.davies@tn.gov, BALL, T. Keith, 14 Hillcrest Road, Keyworth, NG12 5JH, United Kingdom, and FORD, Derek C., Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada

Question & Answer
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PALEOCLIMATE AND HYDROGEOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF WATER SEEPING INTO JUXTLAHUACA CAVE. GUERRERO, MEXICO
Abstract ID#: 233373

ROSALES-LAGARDE, Laura, Geoscience Department, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 S Maryland Parkway, SEB 4022, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4022, lrosaleslagarde@gmail.com, LACHNIET, Matthew S., Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Box 454010, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, and BERNAL-URUCHURTU, Juan Pablo, Centro de Geociencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Querétaro, 76230, Mexico

HIGH-RESOLUTION RAINFALL RECORDS FOR MIDDLE AND LATE HOLOCENE BASED UPON SPELEOTHEM ANNUAL UV FLUORESCENT LAYERS, RACCOON MOUNTAIN CAVE, TN
Abstract ID#: 222590

DRIESE, Steven G.¹, LI, Zheng-Hua², CHENG, Hai³, HARVILL, Jane L.⁴, and SIMS, Justin⁴, (1) Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Dept. 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 Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Dr. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, (4) Department of Statistical Science, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97140, Waco, TX 76798-7140

A HOLOCENE RECORD OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE EASTERN VOLGA BASIN: STABLE-ISOTOPE ANALYSIS OF A U-TH-DATED STALAGMITE FROM KINDERLINSKAYA CAVE, RUSSIA
Abstract ID#: 232036

BAKER, Jonathan L.¹, LACHNIET, Matthew S.¹, ASMEROM, Yemane², and POLYAK, Victor J.², (1) Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Box 454010, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, bakerj61@unlv.nevada.edu, (2) Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131

Break
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GEOLOGIC HISTORY OF THE BLACK HILLS CAVES, SOUTH DAKOTA. USA
Abstract ID#: 225840

PALMER, Arthur N., Dept. Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, State University of New York, Oneonta, Ravine Parkway, Oneonta, NY 13820, Arthur.Palmer@oneonta.edu, PALMER, Margaret V., 619 Winney Hill Road, Oneonta, NY 13820, and PACES, J.B., U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225

PLEISTOCENE WATER-TABLE FLUCTUATIONS AND SHIFTS IN AQUIFER CONTRIBUTIONS IN WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, USA
Abstract ID#: 225551

PACES, James B.¹, PALMER, Margaret V.², PALMER, Arthur N.³, and EMMONS, Matthew P.¹, (1) U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS963, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046, jbpaces@usgs.gov, (2) 619 Winney Hill Road, Oneonta, NY 13820, (3) Dept. Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, State University of New York, Oneonta, Ravine Parkway, Oneonta, NY 13820

MYSTERY CAVE, MINNESOTA: A WINDOW INTO THE PALEOHYDROLOGY OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
Abstract ID#: 231895

ALEXANDER, E. Calvin Jr, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Dr. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, alexa001@umn.edu

Question & Answer
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SPELEOGENESIS AND RECENT CLIMATE RECORDED IN SNOWY RIVER PASSAGE, FT. STANTON CAVE, NEW MEXICO
Abstract ID#: 233894

SPILDE, Michael N., Institute of Meteoritics, University of New Mexico, MSC03-2050, Albuquerque, NM 87131, mspilde@unm.edu and BOSTON, Penelope J., Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, National Cave and Karst Research Institute, Socorro, NM 87801

AN ANCIENT EXAMPLE OF FLUVIAL CAVE SEDIMENT DERIVED FROM DUST (EOLIAN SILT) INFILTRATION, MISSISSIPPIAN LEADVILLE LIMESTONE, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO, U.S.A
Abstract ID#: 223972

EVANS, James E., Department of Geology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403, evansje@bgsu.edu

THE PLEISTOCENE SEDIMENTARY RECORD OF KARST POLJES IN THE BALKANS
Abstract ID#: 230079

ADAMSON, Kathryn R., Geography, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, United Kingdom, k.adamson@qmul.ac.uk, WOODWARD, Jamie, The University of Manchester, Geography, School of Environment and Development, Oxford Road, Manchester, M33 3AF, United Kingdom, and HUGHES, Philip D., Geography, School of Environment and Development, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom

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