Publications: Conference Proceedings

Adams, K.D., 2005:

Sedimentary record of late Holocene lake-level fluctuations at Walker Lake, Nevada, USA: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, no. 7, p. 225.

Adams, K.D., 2003:

Lake-level responses to late Holocene changes in effective wetness in the western Great Basin: 3rd International Limnology Congress Abstracts, Tucson, Arizona. p. 3.

Adams, K.D. 2001:

Estimating paleowind conditions from late Pleistocene beach deposits in the western Great Basin: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v.33, no.6, p.A21.

Beaty, D.W., Buxbaum, K.L., Meyer, M.A., Barlow, N.G., Boynton, W.V., Clark, B.C.,

Deming, J.W., Doran, P.T., Edgett, K.S., Hancock, S.L., Head, J.W.; Hecht, M.H., Hipkin, V., Kieft, T.L., Mancinelli, R.L., McDonald, E.V., McKay, C.P., Mellon, M.T., Newsom, H., Ori, G.G., Paige, D.A., Schuerger, A.C., Sogin, M.L., Spry, J.A., Steele, A., Tanaka, K.L., Voytek, M.A., 2006: Findings of the Special Regions Science Analysis Group, Astrobiology, Vol. 6, Number 5, 677-732.

Beaty, D.W., Buxbaum, K.L., Meyer, M.A., Barlow, N.G., Boynton, W.V., Clark, B.C.,

Deming, J.W., Doran, P.T., Edgett, K.S., Hancock, S.L., Head, J.W.; Hecht, M.H., Hipkin, V., Kieft, T.L., Mancinelli, R.L., McDonald, E.V., McKay, C.P., Mellon, M.T., Newsom, H., Ori, G.G., Paige, D.A., Schuerger, A.C., Sogin, M.L., Spry, J.A.; Steele, A., Tanaka, K.L., Voytek, M.A., 2006: Findings of the Special Regions Science Analysis Group, 76 p, Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group (MEPAG).

Beck, Colleen M., Harold Drollinger, and John Schofield, 2006:

The Archaeology of a Nevada Protest Movement, abstract in the 30th Great Basin Anthropological Conference Program, p. 40, Great Basin Anthropological Association, Las Vegas.

Beck, Colleen M., Harold Drollinger, and John Schofield, 2006:

The Archaeology of a Nevada Protest Movement, Poster Session 4, October 21, 2006, presented at the 30th Great Basin Anthropological Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Beck, Colleen M., Harold Drollinger, and John Schofield, 2006:

The Archaeology of a Peace Camp, Abstracts for the Society for American Archaeology 71st Annual Meeting, April 26-April 30, 2006, p. 59, Society for American Archaeology, Washington, D.C.

Beck, C., J. Schofield, H. Drollinger, 2003:

Archaeology of Dissent: Research at a Nevada Peace Camp, presentation at World Archaeological Congress V, Washington, D.C.

Berger, G.W., A. Perez-Gonzalez, E. Carbonell, J.L. Arsuaga, and J.M. Bermudez de Castro, 2005:

Luminescence Chronology for Cave Sediments at the Atapuerca Paleoanthropological Site, Spain. Paleoanthropology Society Ann. Meeting, Abstracts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, p.4.

Berger, G.W. 2004:

Application of Photonic Dating to Antarctic and Arctic Sediments. Proceedings of the International Conference on Luminescence and its Applications (ICLA-2004), Mumbai (Bombay), India, Feb. 2004 (eds. A.S. Pradhan, S.V. Godbole, A.G. Page, K.V.R. Murthy), p.13-16. Luminescence Society of India.

Berger, G.W., 2004:

Luminescence Dating of Irrigation-canal Features. Archaeological Sciences of the Americas 2004, Sept. 22-25, University of Arizona-Tucson, Tucson, Arizona. 3 p.

Berger, G.W., M. Melles, A. Raab, and H.-W. Hubberton, 2003:

Evidence for Limited Eurasian Ice-sheet Extent During the LGM via Luminescence Dating of Postglacial Sediments from Lakes in the Area of the Taymyr Peninsula, Russian High Arctic. Geol. Soc. Amer. Abstracts with Programs, v.35(6), p.295.

Berger, G.W., E.W. Domack, and S.E. Draucker, 2003:

Photonic-dating tests of glacimarine sediments around the Antarctic Peninsula. XVI INQUA Congress Program with Abstracts, Reno, p.226.

Berger, G.W., M. Melles, and A. Raab, 2003:

Limiting extent of ice sheets in the Russian High Arctic during isotope stages 2-3 from IRSL dating of lake sediments, Taymyr Peninsula. In: ARCSS Program 2003. Proceedings of the Arctic System Science Program All-hands Workshop 2002. p. 63, Fairbanks, Alaska: Arctic Research Consortium of the United States. 271 pp.

Boyle, D.P., G. Lamorey, S. Bassett, G. Pohll, and J. Chapman, 2005:

Development and testing of a groundwater management model for the fautless underground nuclear test, Central Nevada Test Area. 33pp.

Bristow, C.S., N. Lancaster, and G.A.T. Duller, 2003:

Combining ground penetrating radar (GPR) surveys and optical dating to determine dune migration in Namibia. Geological Society of America, Abstracts, 35(6):89.

Bristow, C.S. and N.Lancaster:

Movement of a small slipfaceless dune in Namibia. . In: Lee, J.A. And Zobeck, T.M., Proceedings of ICAR5/GCTE-SEN Joint Conference, International Center for Arid and Semiarid Lands Studies, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA, Publication 02-2, 440-4.

Caldwell, T.G., E.V. McDonald, M.H. Young, and B.A. Stevenson, 2005:

Modeling the Interdependence of Hydropedology and Root Distributions of Larrea Tridentata in the Mojave Desert. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA December 5-9, 2005.

Caldwell, T.G., E.V. McDonald, and M.H. Young, 2004:

Seedbed Microclimate: Modeling and Monitoring Soil Moisture in Support of the Restoration of Military Lands. Desert Surficial Processes and Landscape Dynamics on Military Lands. September 18-22, Zzyzx, CA.

Caldwell, T.G., E.V. McDonald, and M.H. Young, 2004:

Seedbed Microclimate: Modeling and Monitoring Soil Moisture in Support of the Restoration of Military Lands. Mojave Science Symposium, November 16-18, Redlands, CA.

Caldwell, T.G., E.V. McDonald, and M.H. Young, 2004:

Soil Disturbance and Hydrologic Response at the National Training Center,Ft. Irwin, California, Mojave Science Symposium, November 16-18, Redlands, CA.

Doran, P.T. C.H. Fritsen, F. Kenig, A. Murray, 2006:

Ice-sealed Lake Vida, McMurdo Dry Valleys: Lessons on entry and cleaning procedures. Subglacial Antarctic Lake Environments Advanced Science and Technology Planning Workshop, April 2006. Grenoble France.

Edwards, S. and C. Beck, 2003:

Project Tugboat: Hawaii’s Contribution to the Plowshare Program, Hawaii International Conference On Social Sciences, Honolulu.

Gillies, J.A., W.G. Nickiling, and N. Lancaster:

Aeolian Sediment Flux Characteristics Observed at Owens(dry) Lake, CA. Association of American Geographers, 97th Annual Meeting Abstracts, March 2001, 328.

Glennie, K.W., A.K. Singhvi, N. Lancaster, and J.T. Teller:

Quaternary climatic changes over southern Arabia and the Thar desert, India. The Geologic & Climatic Evolution of the Arabian Sea region, Geological Society of London, April 2001.

Griffiths, P.G., R.H. Webb, and N. Lancaster, 2003:

Preservation Holocene wind vectors by vegetation and ventifacts in an eolian sand system. XVI INQUA Congress Programs with Abstracts, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV, p. 140.

Grzymski, J.J. and A.E. Murray, 2006:

Antarctic bacterial genome sequence analysis suggests widespread cold adaptation. SCAR Open Sciences Meeting, Hobart, Australia, July, 2006.

Grzymski, J.J., Murray, AE, Kaplarevic, M., Feldman, R., Campbell, B.J., Gao, G.R. and S.C. Cary, 2006:

Environmental genome analysis of the Alvinella pompejana epibiont consortia. 14th International Meeting on Microbial Genomics, Lake Arrowhead, CA. September, 2006.

Jacoby, Y., T. Grodek., Y. Enzel, E. McDonald, O. Dahan, N. Porat, 2005:

Impact of twentieth century floods on hyperarid ephemeral stream, Arava Valley, Israel. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 37, No. 7, p. 428.

Jayco, A. S., Forester, R.M., Sharpe, S., and Smith, G.I.:

Constraints on the lacustrine environment during the last pluvial highstand(Late Wisconsin, Tioga Age) in Panamint Valley, southeast California. In Program and Abstracts American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, December, 2001. San Francisco, CA.

Johnson, W.G., and M. Thursby:

Cultural Resources Management on the Nevada Test Site. Poster presented at the 22nd Annual ESRI Users Conference, July 8, 2002. San Diego, CA.

Lancaster, N.:

Farouk El Baz Award for Desert Research: Dynamics of linear sand dunes: present, past, and future. Geological Society of America, Abstracts, 33, 6, A-252.

Lancaster, N., E.J. Corbett, and K. Cupp.

Decadal scale dynamics of the Christmas valley sand dunes, Lake County, Oregon. Geological Society of America, Abstracts, 33, 6, A-438.

Lancaster, N., 2003:

Linear dunes: are they a product of glacial wind regimes? XVI INQUA Congress Programs with Abstracts, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV, p. 128.

Lancaster, N., A. Singhvi, J.T. Teller, K. Glennie, and V.P. Pandey, 2003:

Eolian chronology and paleowind vectorsin the northern Rub al Khali, United Arab Emirates. XVI INQUA Congress Programs with Abstracts, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV, p. 141.

Lancaster, N., C. Mckenna Neuman, and W.G. Nickling.

Grainfall processes in the lee of transverse dunes, Silver Peak, Nevada. Association of American Geographers, 97th Annual Meeting Abstracts, March 2001, 525-526.

Lancaster, N., Nickling, W.G., Gillies, J.A.

Exceptionally coarse-grained wind ripples in the Wright Valley, Antarctica. In: Lee, J.A. And Zobeck, T.M., Proceedings of ICAR5/GCTE-SEN Joint Conference, International Center for Arid and Semiarid Lands Studies, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA, Publication 02-2, 447.

Lancaster, N., Kocurek, G., Singhvi, A.K., Pandey, V,, Deynoux, M., Ghienne, J-P., Lo, K,

Linear dunes in the western Sahara, Mauritania: chronology and reconstruction of Late Pleistocene and Holocene wind regimes. In: Lee, J.A. And Zobeck, T.M., Proceedings of ICAR5/GCTE-SEN Joint Conference, International Center for Arid and Semiarid Lands Studies, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA, Publication 02-2, 398-399.

Lollar, B.S., G. Slater, D.P. Moser, T.M. Gihring, J. Telling, G. Lacrampe-Couloume,

L.H. Lin, and T.C. Onstott, 2005. Abiogenic gases, H2 autotrophy and methanogenesis in the deep subsurface. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society 229:U888-U888.

Loope, D.B., M. B. Steiner, C. M. Rowe, And N. Lancaster, 2003:

Tropical Westerlies Over Pangean Sand Seas. Geological Society of America, Abstracts 35 (6)89.

Marion, G. M., 2003:

Salt precipitation in the Europan ice shell and its potential astrobiological importance.” Contributed paper, Forum on Concepts and Approaches for Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter. Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX, June 2003.

McDonald, E.V. Scott D. Bassett, Steven N. Bacon, Timothy B. Minor. Thomas F. Bullard. 2006:

Integrated desert terrain forecasting for military operations, 25th Army Science Conference Proceedings, 6pp.

McDonald, E.V., Bassett, S.D., Bacon, S.N., Minor, T.B., Bullard, T.F., 2006:

Integrated desert terrain forecasting for military operations: 25th Army Science Conference, November 27-30, 2006, Orlando, Fl, Session O Environmental and Engineering Geosciences; OP-14, poster & short paper, 6 p.

McDonald, E.V., and T.G. Caldwell, 2005:

Geochemical characteristics of Iraqi dust and soil samples and related impacts to weapon malfunctions. Sixth International Conference on Military Geology & Geography, Nottingham, UK, June 19-22, 2005.

McDonald, E.V., T.G. Caldwell, B. Stevenson, and R. Sparks, 2004:

Integrated Site Design: The Integration of Soils and Hydrology for Restoration Planning. Mojave Science Symposium, November 16-18, Redlands, CA.

Mouat, D., S. Bassett, and J. Lancaster, 2002:

Water Source and Linear Oasis: Assessing Alternative Futures for the Kuiseb River Basin, Namibia. Proceedings of "Alternative Ways to Combat Desertification: Connecting Community Action with Science and Common Sense, Capetown, S.A. Desert Research Foundation of Namibia, Windhoek, S.A.

Murray, A.E., J. Grzymski, B. Carter, B. Campbell, M. Kaplarevic, C. Cary, 2006:

From the Southern cold waters to the deep hot vents, environmental genomics reveals clues to adaptation, function and diversity. New Zealand Microbiogical Soceity, Hamilton, New Zealand, November, 2006.

Murray, A.E. and J.J. Grzymski, 2006:

Diversity and genomic signatures of coastal Antarctic bacterioplankton. Alpine and Polar Microbiology Meeting, Innsbruck Austria, March, 2006.

Murray, A.E., C.H. Fritsen, F. Kenig, C. McKay, P. Doran, 2006:

Detecting life in isolated habitats – examples from Lake Vida, an ice-covered lake in the McMurdo Dry Valleys. New Zealand Microbiogical Soceity, Hamilton, New Zealand, November, 2006.

Murray, A.E., 2006:

Endemism of Antarctic Marine Microorganisms, CAML Workshop, Hobart, Australia, July, 2006.

Murray, A.E., 2001:

International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Amsterdam, NE, August 2001. Published abstract. Functional genomics of Shewanella oneidensis, str. MR-1: variation in gene expression during growth with different electron acceptors.

Murray, A.E., DL. Lies, G. Li, K.H. Nealson, J. Zhou, J.M. Tiedje:

DNA:DNA hybridization to microarrays reveals gene-specific differences between closely related microbial genomes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 98(17):9853-9858, 2001.

Myers, K.A., A. Murray, M Erickson, N. Middaugh, H. Quinby, H. Ducklow, 2006:

Bacterial dynamics and diversity in Antarctic Seas. LTER All-Scientists’ Meeting, Estes Park, CO. September 2006.

Nickling, W.G., J.A. Gillies., and N. Lancaster:

Surface controls on dust emissions, Owens (dry) Lake, California. N. Association of American Geographers, 97th Annual Meeting Abstracts, March 2001, 697.

Potosnak, M., J. Rinne, A. Guenther, P. Harley, J. Greenberg, T. Karl, L.V. Gatti, S. Avione,

J.W. Munger and S. Wofsy, 2005: "Seasonal cycle of isoprene fluxes from a tropical ecosystem," Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 7, 05880.

Potosnak, M, K Griffin, M Stieglitz, G Kling, J Schimel and J Hobbie, 2005:

"Fluxes of isoprene and monoterpenes from a tundra ecosystem" AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract A51B-0053.

Schofield, J., C. Beck, and H. Drollinger, 2003:

Cold War Heritage: Peace Camps at Greenham and Nevada. Contemporary and Historical Archaeology Theoretical Conference, Archaeology as Political Action 2 Session, Nov. 21-23, 2003, Program with Abstracts, p. 96, Bristol.

Shafer, D.S., M.H. Young, S.F. Zitzer, E.V. McDonald and T.G.Caldwell, 2005:

Coupled Environmental Processes in the Mojave Desert and Implications ET Covers as Stable Landforms. American Society of Civil Engineers, Los Angeles, CA, October 27-29, 2005.

Sharpe, S. E., 2003:

The Solute Ecotone, A key to Past Hydrology. XVI INQUA Congress Programs with Abstracts, Desert research Institute, Reno, NV.

Sharpe, S. E., 2003:

Glacial and Interglacial Patterns in the Devils Hole, Nevada, Record: Are We Currently in Marine Isotope Stage 3? In “Proceedings Climate Variability of the Eastern North Pacific and Western North America Conference”, April 6-9, 2003, Pacific Grove, CA.

Sharpe, S. E., 2003:

Yucca Mountain Climate: Past, Present, and Future. Program and Abstracts, GSA Annual Meeting, Nov 2-5, 2003. Seattle, WA.

Sharpe, S.E., and Forester, R.M.:

Reconstructing Past and Forecasting Future Climate at Yucca Mountain, Nevada In "Back to the Future-Managing the Back End of the Nuclear Fuel Cell to Create a More Secure Energy Future," Proceedings of the 9th International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference (IHLRWM), April 29-May 3, 2001, Las Vegas, NV. La Grange Park , Illinois: American Nuclear Society.

Sharpe, S.E., Young, M.H., Cooper, C.A., Miller, J.J.:

Estimating Climate and Unsaturated Zone Moisture Flux for the Past 24,000 Years at the Nevada Test Site. In "Proceedings Climate Variability of the Eastern North Pacific and Western North America Conference," March 3-6, 2002, Pacific Grove, CA.

Sherman, William R., Simon Su, Frederick Harris, Jr., Phil McDonald, Yi Mu, 2006:

Open-source Tools for Immersive Environmental Visualization, Final review by IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications editorial members.

Sherry, R.A., S. Gu, X. Zhou, N.A. Zerbach, L.L. Wallace, Y. Luo, J.A. Arnone, P.S.J. Verburg, D. Schimel, 2006:

Species-specific differences in flowering phenology in warmed Tallgrass Prairie plots. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 10.1073.

Su, Simon, William Sherman, Frederick Harris, Mike Dye, 2006:

TAVERNS: Visualization and Manipulation of GIS data in 3D Large Screen Immersive Environments, The Proceedings of 16th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence, November 2006.

Su, Simon, William R. Sherman, R Bowen Loftin, 2006:

Latest R&D trends in VR and AR in both extremes [high-end oriented and low-end oriented], Invited paper, MMU International Symposium on Information and Communication Technologies, November 2006.

Sweeney, M.R., and E.V. McDonald, 2005:

Fingerprinting sediment sources and eolian processes in the formation of desert Av horizons. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, no. 7, p. 425.

Verusub, K. and others. 2006:

Workshops: Scientific Coring in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Eos. Trans. 87:3 Jan 2006.

Whittaker, T.E., B.L. Hall, C.H. Hendy, G.M. Henderson, and Berger, Glenn W., 2003:

Recent and Abrupt Variations in Depositional Environment in Lake Fryxell, Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Geol. Soc. Amer. Abstracts with Programs, v.35(6), p.414.

Young. M.H., T.G. Caldwell, J. Goreham, D.G. Meadows, D.S. Shafer, J.J. Miller, and E.V. McDonald, 2005:

Hydrologic impacts of a surface-applied, organic emulsion on arid soils, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA December 5-9, 2005.