Tuesday, 8 November 2005: 8:10 AM
Convention Center,, Room 251D, Upper Level
200: Symposium--Evaporites and Desertification: I
Sponsor:S09 Soil Mineralogy
Cosponsor:S10 Wetland Soils
Presiding:Connie Nichol, Agrium Inc.
8:10 AM Introductory Remarks
8:15 AM200-1Decorative Landscaping Rock as a Source for Heavy Metal Contamination: the Need for Regulations. 
Brenda Buck, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Stephanie Mrozek, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Amy Brock, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Patrick Drohan, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
8:30 AM200-2Isotopic Constraints for the Origin and Transport Paths of Soil Nitrate, Sulfate, and Carbonate in the Atacama Desert, Chile. 
Jason A. Rech, Miami University
9:00 AM200-3The Geochemistry and Mineralogy of Atacama Desert Soils: an Analog for Mars Soils. 
Brad Sutter, SETI Institute, Ronald Amundson, University of California, Berkeley, Justine Owen, University of California, Berkeley, Stephanie Ewing, University of California, Berkeley
9:15 AM200-4Evaporite-Inhabiting Microbial Communities and Their Influence on Mineral Formation.
9:30 AM Break
9:45 AM200-5Soil Geomorphic Change during Desertification. 
H. Curtis Monger, New Mexico State University, Brandon T. Bestelmeyer, USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range
10:00 AM200-6Evaporite Minerals in Acid Sulfate Weathering Environments: Occurrence, Properties, Genesis and Environmental Significance.
Robert Fitzpatrick, CSIRO Land and Water
10:15 AM200-7Acid Sulfate Weathering on Mars.
Douglas W. Ming, NASA Johnson Space Center, The Athena Science Team, NASA
10:30 AM200-8Mineralogy of the Lacustrine Sediments Deposited During Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene Age on the Southern High Plains. 
Dusten Russell, Texas Tech University, Wayne Hudnall, Texas Tech University, B. Allen, Texas Tech University, Necip Guven, Texas Tech University
10:45 AM200-9Birnessite: an Evaporative Deposit from Lacustrine Sediments on the Southern High Plains of New Mexico and Texas. 
Wayne Hudnall, Texas Tech University, Dusten Russell, Texas Tech University, B.L. Allen, Texas Tech University, Necip Guven, Texas Tech University
11:00 AM Discussion
11:15 AM Adjourn
Cosponsor:S10 Wetland Soils

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