EP23A:
Advances in Understanding Sediment Production, Erosion, and Weathering in the Critical Zone II Posters

Tuesday, 16 December 2014: 1:40 PM-6:00 PM
Chairs:  Ashlee Laura Denton Dere, Penn State University, University Park, PA, United States and Melissa A Foster, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States
Primary Conveners:  Claire E Lukens, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States
Co-conveners:  Ashlee Laura Denton Dere, Penn State University, University Park, PA, United States and Melissa A Foster, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Melissa A Foster, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

 
Predicting Weathering Rind Thicknesses and Weathering Rates
Allen Gerhard Hunt, Wright State University Main Campus, Dayton, OH, United States
 
10Be in Quartz Gravel from the Gobi Desert and Evolutionary History of Alluvial Sedimentation in the Ejina Basin, Inner Mongolia, China
Yanwu Lyu, Institute of Crustal Dynamics, China Earthquake Administration, Beijing, China
 
Hillslope Sediment Size Distributions Linked to Geomorphic Process Regimes in a Steep Mountain Catchment: Field Data from Inyo Creek, Sierra Nevada, California
Jennifer Rose Genetti, Leonard S Sklar and Shirin Leclere, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, United States
 
Mapping geomorphic process domains to predict hillslope sediment size distribution using remotely-sensed data and field sampling, Inyo Creek, California
Shirin Leclere, Leonard S Sklar and Jennifer Rose Genetti, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, United States
 
Long-term, High Resolution Records of Rock Cracking, Weather and Climate from Mid-Latitude, Desert and Humid-Temperate Sites
Martha C Eppes and Brian Indrek Magi, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, United States
 
The Role of Thermal Stresses in Rock Weathering and Sediment Production in a Polar Desert: A Study of Surface Erosion from Mullins Glacier, Antarctica
Jennifer L Lamp1, David R Marchant1, Sean L Mackay1 and James W Head III2, (1)Boston University, Boston, MA, United States, (2)Brown University, Providence, RI, United States
 
A Method for Observing Soil Re-Deposition and Soil Loss Rates in Large Field Experiments
Yuch-Ping Hsieh, Glynnis C Bugna and Djanan Nemours, Florida A&M University, Center for Water and Air Quality, Tallahassee, FL, United States
 
Comparing Background and Recent Erosion Rates in Degraded Areas of Southeastern Brazil
Nelson Fernandes1, Paul R Bierman2, Veronica Sosa-Gonzalez2, Dylan H Rood3, Rafaella L. Fontes1, Ana Carolina Santos1, Jose Marcus Godoy4 and Silvio Bhering5, (1)UFRJ Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, (2)University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States, (3)University of California, Santa Barabara, Earth Research Institute, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, (4)PUC Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, (5)EMBRAPA - Brazilian Agricultural Research Corportation, Solos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
 
Khnifiss Beach’s Black Sand: Provenance and Transport Pathways Investigation Using Heavy Minerals’ Characterization
Manare Adnani1, Hicham Elbelrhiti2, Mfedal Ahmamou1 and Lhoussaine Masmoudi1, (1)Mohammed V University, Laboratoire d’Electronique et de Traitement du Signal/ Géomatique (LETS/Géomat), Rabat, Morocco, (2)Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II, Département des Sciences Fondamentales et Appliquées, Rabat, Morocco
 
Comparing Reactive Surface Area of Sediments in Hot and Cold Arid Climates
Rebecca Funderburg1, Megan Elwood Madden1, Young Ji Joo1, Kristen R Marra1, Gerilyn S Soreghan1 and Brenda L Hall2, (1)University of Oklahoma, School of Geology and Geophysics, Norman, OK, United States, (2)University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States
 
Limestone weathering rates accelerated by micron-scale grain detachment
Simon Emmanuel and Yael Levenson, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
 
Biofilm Formation and Adaptation by Pseudomonas fluorescens on both Biotite and Glass Coupons Under Varying Fe-Nutrient Availability
Michael Grant1, Gregory L Helms1, Zhenqing Shi1, Linda Thomashow2, C K Keller1 and James B Harsh3, (1)Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States, (2)Washington State University, USDA-ARS, Pullman, WA, United States, (3)WA St Univ-Crop & Soil Science, Pullman, WA, United States