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Karst Aquifers As Atmospheric Carbon Sinks: An Evolving Global Network Of Research Sites, Chris Groves, Joe Meiman, Joel Despain, Liu Zaihua, Daoxin Yuan Aug 2002

Karst Aquifers As Atmospheric Carbon Sinks: An Evolving Global Network Of Research Sites, Chris Groves, Joe Meiman, Joel Despain, Liu Zaihua, Daoxin Yuan

Chris Groves

Karst flow systems formed in carbonate rocks have been recognized as a sink for atmospheric carbon that originates as gaseous carbon dioxide and ends up as dissolved aqueous carbon, primarily as bicarbonate. While measurements of the magnitude of the sink associated with carbonate rock dissolution have assumed that half of the dissolved inorganic carbon leaving a given catchment comes from the mineral and half from the atmosphere, consideration of the kinetics of carbonate mineral dissolution in acid solutions suggests that the ratio is enriched in mineral-source carbon to an extent that depends on the geochemical environment of mineral/fluid contact. After …


Karst Gis Advances In Kentucky, Lee J. Florea, Randall L. Paylor, Larry Simpson, Jason Gulley Apr 2002

Karst Gis Advances In Kentucky, Lee J. Florea, Randall L. Paylor, Larry Simpson, Jason Gulley

Lee J Florea, PhD, P.G.

Little statewide geospatial data was available for Kentucky caves and karst in the past. Recent trends in land development have prompted a distinct need for these data in order to help minimize impact to cave and karst resources. During the past two years, the I-66 Special Project of the National Speleological Society, The Kentucky Speleological Survey, and the Kentucky Geological Survey have gathered, archived, and developed karst data for the state. Current projects include publication of karst basin maps, archiving cave entrance locations, archiving and georeferencing cave maps, creating polygon coverages of cave conduits, and a statewide sinkhole digitization project. …


Early Cretaceous Normal Faulting In Southern New England: Evidence From Apatite And Zircon Fission-Track Ages, Mary K. Roden-Tice, Robert P. Wintsch Jan 2002

Early Cretaceous Normal Faulting In Southern New England: Evidence From Apatite And Zircon Fission-Track Ages, Mary K. Roden-Tice, Robert P. Wintsch

Mary K. Roden-Tice

New apatite and zircon fission‐track (AFT, ZFT) ages from Mesozoic sediments and adjacent crystalline rocks from southern New England reveal age gradients from Middle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous. These gradients reflect the rotation of crustal blocks after the setting of the youngest AFT ages (∼140 Ma). The AFT ages of 168–98 Ma for 32 samples of Paleozoic metamorphic rocks east and west and within the Hartford Basin of Massachusetts and Connecticut indicate that unroofing in these regions occurred from Late Jurassic through Early Cretaceous. In both the Hartford Basin and rocks from crystalline terranes east of the basin, AFT ages …


Detection Of Iapetan Rifting (Rome Trough Tectonism) By Quaternary Karstification: Pulaski County, Kentucky, Lee J. Florea Jan 2002

Detection Of Iapetan Rifting (Rome Trough Tectonism) By Quaternary Karstification: Pulaski County, Kentucky, Lee J. Florea

Lee J Florea, PhD, P.G.

No abstract provided.


Cretaceous−Cenozoic History Of The Southern Tan-Lu Fault Zone: Apatite Fission-Track And Structural Constraints From The Dabie Shan (Eastern China), J Grimmer, R Jonckheere, E Enkelmann, L Ratschbacher, B Hacker, Ann Blythe, G Wagner, Q Wue, S Liu, S Dong Dec 2001

Cretaceous−Cenozoic History Of The Southern Tan-Lu Fault Zone: Apatite Fission-Track And Structural Constraints From The Dabie Shan (Eastern China), J Grimmer, R Jonckheere, E Enkelmann, L Ratschbacher, B Hacker, Ann Blythe, G Wagner, Q Wue, S Liu, S Dong

Ann Blythe

Apatite fission-track (AFT) and structural data outline the Late Cretaceous−Cenozoic history of the southern Tan-Lu fault zone (TLFZ), one of Asia's major faults, the Triassic–Jurassic Dabie orogen, Earth's largest track of ultrahigh-pressure rock exposure, and its foreland, the Yangtze foreland fold-thrust belt. The fission-track analyses utilized the independent (φ-), Z- and ξ-methods for age determination, which yielded within error identical ages. Ages from Triassic–Jurassic syn-orogenic foreland sediments are younger than their depositional age and thus were reset. A group of ages records rapid cooling following shallow emplacement of granitoids of the widespread latest Jurassic−Early Cretaceous “Yanshanian” magmatism. Most ages are …


Controls On The Erosion And Geomorphic Evolution Of The San Bernardino And San Gabriel Mountains, Southern California, J Spotila, M House, Ann Blythe, N Niemi, G Bank Dec 2001

Controls On The Erosion And Geomorphic Evolution Of The San Bernardino And San Gabriel Mountains, Southern California, J Spotila, M House, Ann Blythe, N Niemi, G Bank

Ann Blythe

No abstract provided.


Low-Temperature Thermochronology Of The San Gabriel And San Bernardino Mountains, Southern California: Constraining Structural Evolution, Ann Blythe, M House, J Spotila Dec 2001

Low-Temperature Thermochronology Of The San Gabriel And San Bernardino Mountains, Southern California: Constraining Structural Evolution, Ann Blythe, M House, J Spotila

Ann Blythe

No abstract provided.


International Supplement To Graptolite Macroevolution: Phylogenetic Analysis And Testing Hypotheses Of Directional Change, Daniel Goldman Dec 2001

International Supplement To Graptolite Macroevolution: Phylogenetic Analysis And Testing Hypotheses Of Directional Change, Daniel Goldman

Daniel Goldman

Funding agency: National Science Foundation Amount: $12,058.00 Year: 2002/2 yrs.


An Experimental Study Of Grain Scale Melt Segregation Mechanisms In Two Common Crustal Rock Types, Caleb W. Holyoke Iii, Tracy Rushmer Dec 2001

An Experimental Study Of Grain Scale Melt Segregation Mechanisms In Two Common Crustal Rock Types, Caleb W. Holyoke Iii, Tracy Rushmer

Caleb Holyoke

No abstract provided.