EP22B:
Critical Zone Research As an Incubator for Interdisciplinary, Cross-Site, Process-Oriented Science I

Tuesday, 16 December 2014: 10:20 AM-12:20 PM
Chairs:  Julia N Perdrial, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States and Colin B Phillips, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Primary Conveners:  Colin B Phillips, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Co-conveners:  Jessica M Driscoll, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States, Andrew L Neal, University of Arizona, State College, PA, United States and Julia N Perdrial, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Julia N Perdrial, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

10:20 AM
 
Developing a Paradigm to Measure and Model the Form and Function of the Critical Zone
Susan L Brantley, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, University Park, PA, United States
10:35 AM
 
Hillslope lowering rates and mobile-regolith residence times from in situ and meteoric 10Be analysis: Boulder Creek Critical Zone Observatory, Colorado
Melissa A Foster1, Robert S Anderson1, Cianna Wyshnytzky2, William B Ouimet3 and David P Dethier4, (1)Department of Geological Sciences and INSTAAR, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, United States, (2)Queen Mary University of London, School of Geography, London, United Kingdom, (3)University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States, (4)Williams College, Williamstown, MA, United States
11:05 AM
 
Co-evolution of Climate, Soil, and Vegetation and their interplay with Hydrological Partitioning at the Catchment Scale
Xavier Zapata-Rios1, Paul D Brooks1,2, Peter A A Troch1,3 and Jennifer C McIntosh1, (1)University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States, (2)University of Utah, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, (3)Biosphere2, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
11:20 AM
 
Geomorphic Control on Mineral and Fluid Residence Times and Implications for the Hydrochemistry of Weathering
Mark A Torres1, A. Joshua West1, Kathryn E Clark2, Sarah J Feakins1 and Camilo Ponton1, (1)University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (2)University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
11:35 AM
 
Genesis of Microfracture Evolution in Epikarst
Maria Ines Dragila, Oregon State Univ, Corvallis, OR, United States, Katrina Hay, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA, United States and Noam Weisbrod, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
11:50 AM
 
A model of depressional wetland formation in low-relief karst landscapes
James B. Heffernan1, A. Brad Murray1, Matthew J Cohen2, Jonathan B Martin3, Daniel L Mclaughlin4, Thomas S Bianchi3 and Adam Watts5, (1)Duke University, Nicholas School of Environment, Durham, NC, United States, (2)Univ Florida-SFRC, Gainesville, FL, United States, (3)University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States, (4)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, Blacksburg, VA, United States, (5)DRI Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV, United States
12:05 PM
 
Linking CZO, LTER, and NEON- Putting Biology into the Critical Zone
William H McDowell, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States