2009 Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV Online Program

Paper Session: 1140 Sedimentary Perspectives on Paleoenvironmental Change: Part 1. is scheduled on Sunday, 3/22/09, from 1:00 PM - 2:40 PM in Skybox 212, Riviera Hotel, 2nd Floor Sponsorship(s): Paleoenvironmental Change Specialty Group Biogeography Specialty Group Geomorphology Specialty Group Organizer(s): Kevin Spigel - Unity College Samantha W. Kaplan - University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Chair(s): Kevin Spigel - Unity College Abstract(s):   1:00 PM   Author(s): *Grace E Carter - University of Denver  Abstract Title: The Paleoenvironmental History of Lake Edith, Colorado; a Multi-Proxy Study 1:20 PM   Author(s): *Colin Long - University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Mitch Power - Univeristy of Utah  Abstract Title: Fire and vegetation relations over the last 30,000 years at Little Lake, Oregon. 1:40 PM   Author(s): *Kevin M Spigel, Ph.D. - Unity College Erik Larson - Unity College  Abstract Title: Investigations of Wildfire Activity During Periods of Rapid Climate Change: An example from the Younger Dryas Chronozone. 2:00 PM   Author(s): *Samantha W. Kaplan - University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point  Abstract Title: Evidence of Pronounced Mid-Holocene Environmental Change Inferred from Lake Sediments in Northeastern Wisconsin 2:20 PM   Author(s): *Kevin Gilmore - ERO Resources Corp., University of Denver  Abstract Title: The Influence of Environment and Population on Prehistoric Culture Change on the Western High Plains of North America: Drought and Climate Variability. Session Description: The Paleoenvironmental Change Specialty Group is sponsoring a new paper session(s) for the 2009 AAG meeting in Las Vegas, NV that focuses on high-resolution records of environmental change (Pleistocene to Holocene), especially evidence of rapid climate change, measured by various aquatic and terrestrial sediment proxies.  Insight on rates of change and how environmental systems respond are needed in order to better understand landscape dynamics and explore possible responses to future climate change. We welcome papers on all facets of environmental change from a diverse audience and encourage papers that investigate rapid climate change using traditional methods, new methods, and multi-proxy records.  If interested, please respond to Kevin M Spigel (kspigel@unity.edu) or Samantha W Kaplan (skaplan@uwsp.edu ) ASAP. The deadline for abstract submissions is November 13th. This session is co-sponsored by the Climate, Biogeography, and Geomorphology Specialty Groups.

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