EARTH SCIENCES       Chairperson(s): Irina Filina, Ross Dixon, Jon Schueth

 

FRIDAY, APRIL 19                                                       

 

MORNING SESSION - A1                          Location:  Prairie Suite A

  Chairperson:  Irina Filina   

8:45 ZOOM Session opens for participants to join

Presenters upload Session 1 talks from USB drives onto room computer desktop

 

9:00   MULTI-MODEL METHODS TO ASSESS AND MANAGE GROUNDWATER. Erin Haacker, William Moak (abstract)

9:15        USING A RELATIVE GRAVIMETER TO MEASURE SEASONAL FLUCTUATIONS IN NEBRASKA’S GROUNDWATER LEVELS. Kaitlin Steinauer, Irina Filina (abstract)

9:30        DIATOMACEOUS SEDIMENT CLASTS UNDER THE ROSS ICE SHELF: DISCRETE RECORDS IN TIME. Megan Heins, Jason Coenen, Amy Leventer, David Harwood (abstract)

  9:45       TWO NEWLY IDENTIFIED PROPAGATOR WAKES IN SOUTHERN CASCADIA. Morgan Madsen, Irina Filina (abstract) 

10:00      AN INTEGRATED GEOPHYSICAL APPROACH TO STUDYING THE CRUST OF THE GREENLAND-ICELAND-FAROE RIDGE. Zachary Clowdus, Irina Filina (abstract)

10:15      MAPPING SEDIMENTARY THICKNESS IN THE NORTHERN ATLANTIC OCEAN FROM LEGACY SEISMIC REFLECTIONS DATA. Hermione Lofton, Ethan Stowell, Zachary Clowdus, Irina Filina(abstract)

         10:30      TAPHONOMY ON MARS. Kaitlyn Gallis (abstract)       

 

MORNING SESSION - B1          Location:  Prairie Suite B

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Chairperson:  Ross Dixon

8:45        ZOOM Session opens for participants to join  

Presenters upload Session 1 talks from USB drives onto room computer desktop

 

9:00        THE IMPACT OF LOW-LEVEL CLOUDS ON THE TIMESCALE OF INTETROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE SHIFTS. Ross D. Dixon (abstract)

 

9:15        THE ROLE OF WEAKENED ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATION IN THE FUTURE SAHEL PRECIPITATION CHANGE. Emmanuel Audu, Ross D. Dixon (abstract)

 

9:30        RESILIENCY DURING EL NIÑO YEARS: A CASE STUDY OF OCEAN ACIDIFICATION, DISEASE, SEA-LEVEL RISE, AND BLEACHING ALONG THE FLORIDA REEF. Evvie Yendra (abstract)

 

  9:45       UNDERSTANDING THE INFLUENCE OF SOIL MOISTURE ON HEATWAVE CHARACTERISTICS IN THE UNITED STATES. Tika Ram Gurung, Liang Chen(abstract)

 

10:00      EFFECTS OF TOPOGRAPHIC SMOOTHING ON THE SIMULATION OF PRESENT AND FUTURE PRECIPITATION OVER CENTRAL UNITED STATES. Sherly Shelton, Ross D. Dixon (abstract)

 

10:15      IMPACTS OF IRRIGATION IN THE CENTRAL GREAT PLAIN: A CASE STUDY FOR AN EXTREMELY DRY YEAR. Ifeanyi Chukwudi Achugbu, Steve Qi Hu, Liang Chen (abstract)     

11:00-11:45   MAIBEN LECTURE                      Location:  Great Plains Room B & C

ZOOM

                Grant Reiner,  Platte Basin Timelapse “A Watershed in Motion”

  11:45-12:00   Scholarships and Awards

12:00-12:15   State of the Academy

 

12:15-1:15  LUNCH                                                Location: East Campus Union Cafeteria

 

12:15-1:15   INBRE Steering Committee Meeting       Location: Arbor Suite A

        

AFTERNOON SESSION - B3      Location: Prairie Suite B
Chairperson:  Jon Schueth

1:15          Presenters upload Session 3 & 4 talks from USB drives onto room computer desktop

 1:25 p.m.      ZOOM Session is open for participants to join 

 

1:30        THOUSANDS OF MIDDLE JURASSIC SANSTONE COLUMNS IN SOUTHWESTERN USA ARE CASTED TREE TRUNKS, NOT INJECTIONS. David Loope, Michael Riegel (abstract)

 

1:50        REVISING THE BIOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE LATE CRETACEOUS WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY: NEW INSIGHTS FROM CALCAREOUS NANNOFOSSILS FROM CUBA, KS. Ursula Ziebolz, Jon Schueth(abstract)

 

2:05        DO WORMS HATE MUD? THE IMPACT OF DETRITAL SEDIMENTS ON THE BENTHIC FAUNA OF THE LATE CRETACEOUS GREENHORN FORMATION OF KANSAS, NEBRASKA, AND IOWA. Mercedes Basso, Jon Schueth (abstract)

 

2:20        CHARACTERISTICS OF FLUID INCLUSION PLANES IN THE SIOUX QUARTZITE. Hazel Higgs, Harmon Maher (abstract)

 

2:35        GEOCHEMICAL AND THIN SECTION ANALYSIS AND IDENTIFICATION OF UNKNOWN GRANITIC ROCK FROM MOUNTAIN ROCK FROM MOUNTAIN PINE RIDGE IN MAYA MOUNTAINS BELIZE. Zen Petrosiusٰ, Kinsley Mason (abstract)  

 

2:50        BREAK  

 

 AFTERNOON SESSION - B4 Location: Prairie Suite B
Chairperson:  Irina Filina  

2:55        ZOOM Session is open for participants to join
 

3:00        ADDITIONS TO THE DIRTY CREEK TRACKWAY SITE AND NEW EOCENE TRACKS AND TRACES, OGLALA NATIONAL GRASSLAND, NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. Monica Brown, Thurman Ehrhardt, Elizabeth Hughs, Vanessa Johnston, Alexandra Jones, Katharine Moreland, Hannan LaGarry, Isaac Russell (abstract)

 

3:15        COLLECTING FOSSILS AS AN AMATEUR. Robert L. Evander  (abstract)

 

3:30        THE DIFFERENCE A HANDS-ON ACTIVITY MAKES IN A MUSEUM. Carolyn Drake, Michael Leite(abstract)

 

3:45        AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT IN NATURAL SCIENCE EXHIBITS. Gunnar Wainscott, Michael Leite(abstract)

 

4:00        REAL WORLD INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE FOR UNL GEOLOGY STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE 2024 SEG EVOLVE PROGRAM. Zachary Clowdus, Kaitlin Steinauer, Morgan Madsen, Ahmed Alsakiti, Hermione Lofton, Irina Filina(abstract)

4:15 THE COMPLEX GEOLOGY OF THE TYRRHENIAN SEA – THE INSIGHT FROM THE IODP EXPEDITION 402 Irina Filina, Exp.402 Science Party(abstract)

 

       During break - Session Chairs end afternoon sessions and Poster Presenters set up posters.

 

4:30 -5:15   POSTER SESSION                               Location:  Great Plains Room B-C

 

4:15-4:45    BUSINESS MEETING                          Location:  Great Plains Room A

                    PEP, EC, and LRP COMMITTEE MEETING

 

4:30-6:30 SOCIAL EVENT                              Location:  Great Plains Room

Free, INBRE-sponsored event. Announcement of Raffle Winners (must be present to win). Attend Posters, meet with colleagues, make connections, socialize. Hors d'oeuvres and soft drinks are provided. Additional cash bar.