Assessment of speleothem paleoenvironmental proxies using studies in modern karst systems
Announcement of Topical Session at the
Geological Society of America 2008 Annual Meeting
Houston, TX, October 5-9
The application of speleothems to studies of paleoclimatology, paleoenvironmental change and paleohydrology has greatly increased in the past decade due to the increased analytical speed and resolution available, as well as the need to generate precisely dated records of past environments.
Their use as proxies of past terrestrial environmental change includes published records of rainfall and temperature, vegetation dynamics, and atmospheric circulation such as tropical cyclones. Speleothem parameters analyzed to obtain these proxy records include speleothem calcite growth rate, trace elements, stable and radiogenic isotopes, and organic compounds. Given the wide interest in using speleothems in paleoenvironmental proxy records, studies that evaluate the utility of speleothem proxies are required to maximize their potential. Abstracts are invited on studies that use modern karst systems as a principal means for such assessments, wherein the processes that control the physical and chemical variations can be directly examined.
Details for abstract submission
Go to: http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2008AM/top/index.epl
Topical Session number: 20
Session title: Assessment of speleothem paleoenvironmental proxies using studies in modern karst systems
Presentation mode: Oral
Abstract Deadline: June 3, 2008. The electronic submission form will go off line at midnight, Eastern Time.
Session leaders
Jay Banner, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University
Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712, Phone: 512-471-5016, banner@mail.utexas.edu.
Andrew Baker, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University
of Birmingham, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT
United Kingdom, Phone: 44 121 415 8133, Fax: 44 121 414 5528,
a.baker.2@bham.ac.uk
