DEES Research Projects

	This page contains a sampling of DEES research projects, listed by Investigator. Click on the blue arrow, where available, to view individual project descriptions. Click on investigator's name to view faculty page.
	Adams, Kenneth D.
	Assessment of Long-Term Channel Stability on the Lower Truckee River: Evaluating Stream Restoration Success
	Dynamics of the Black Rock Playa: Relationships between Recreational Use, Physical Processes, and Biological Environments
	Lake Tahoe Water Quality and Shore Erosion Study
	Late Quaternary history of the Walker River: The tale of a river with a split personality.
	Quantifying Paleo-Water Depth Estimates from Lacustrine Sedimentary Features
	Arnone, John A.
	Ecosystem Consequences of Cheatgrass Invasion in the Great Basin
	IRCEB: Interannual climate variability and ecosystem processes: A quantitative assessment combining models with field and mesocosm experiments.
	Nevada Desert FACE Facility (NDFF) Research
	Response of desert ecosystems to elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide
	Bacon, Steven N.
	Neotectonic investigations in southern Owens Valley, eastern California
	Late Pleistocene stratigraphy and geomorphology of pluvial Owens Lake, Owens Valley, eastern California
	Geomorphic development of alluvial fans at the base of the Inyo Mountains in Owens Lake basin, eastern California
	Beck, Colleen
	Nevada Test Site Historic Preservation Program
	Berger, Glenn
	NSF funded: Application of optical dating to fossil and tool-bearing cave sediments at Atapuerca, Spain (DRI project page) (Access three additional websites related to this topic through the blue arrows at left)
	NSF: Collaborative Research: Development of a Luminescence Dating Capability for Antarctic Glaciomarine Sediments at the Antarctic Peninsula
	Antarctic Glaciomarine Sediments Project Period: September 2000 - September 2008
	NSF: Development of Chronologies for: The last Interglaciation in Alaska; Lake sediments from Antarctica; Lake sediments from eastern Siberia
	NSF: Development of Chronologies for marine sediments around Antarctica
	NSF: Luminescence dating of Arctic Ocean Sediments; Determining the upper limit of luminescence dating methods
	Buck, Paul
	Goshute Valley prehistory project
	Nevada Science Teacher Enhancement Project (N-STEP)
	Subpixel artifact detection using remote sensing
	Virgin Anasazi Prehistory Project
	Bullard, Thomas
	Active deformation at the northern end of the Elsinore fault zone: implications for the Quaternary evolution of Santa Ana River (Eastern Los Angeles Basin, Southern California)
	Geomorphic history and fluvial responses to active tectonics and climate change in an uplifted forearc region, Pacific coast of southern Costa Rica, Central America
	Landscape Dynamics and Ecologic Restoration in the Middle Ranch Hayfields Region, Catalina Island, California: A Soil-Geomorphic Approach to Understanding Landscape Responses to Restoration Activities
	Quaternary investigations to evalauate seismic source characteristics of the frontal thrust belt, Palo Alto region, California
	Sediment-Related Road Effects on Stream Channel Networks in an Eastern Sierra Nevada Watershed
	Cablk, Mary
	A Method for Direct Measurement of Impervious Cover Using Remote Sensing and Spatial Modeling Techniques: A Case Study in the Lake Tahoe Basin
	Baseline and initial monitoring assessment of Martes americana, the Pine Marten, at Heavenly Ski Resort, Lake Tahoe
	Mojave Fringe-Toed Lizard Survey at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center and adjacent BLM lands
	Relative risk of attracting coyotes and feral dogs to desert tortoises using humans and human-dog teams in surveys
	Using K9s to survey missing cohort groups of Gopherus agassizii (Mojave Desert Tortoise)
	Mapping phreatophytes in the Great Basin with satellite imagery
	Estimating groundwater draw through evapotranspiration using integrated methods across spatial scales
	Caldwell, Todd
	Catalina Island Automated Climate Network
	Landscape Position and Hillslope Hydrology Associated with the Middle Ranch Hayfield Restoration
	Measuring Heterogeneities of Soil Hydraulic Properties from Canopy to Interspace
	Seedbed Microclimate: Modeling and Monitoring Soil Moisture in Support of the Restoration of Military Lands
	Fenstermaker, Lynn
	A Long-term Comparative Study of Golf Courses Irrigated with Re-use versus Municipal Water
	Mojave Global Change Facility (MGCF) Research
	Nevada Desert FACE Facility (NDFF) Research
	Fritsen, Chris
	Building Expertise and Collaborative Infrastructure for Successful Astrobiology Research, Technology and Education in Nevada
	NSF Southern Ocean GLOBEC Synthesis and Modeling: Timing is Everything: The dynamic coupling among Phytoplankton, Ice, Ice Algae, and Krill
	Sea ice microbrial communities (SIMCO) in the Western Antarctic Penninsula Region
	Teachers Experiencing Antarctica (NSF TEA) Program
	Truckee River Biomass Monitoring
	Snow Microbial Ecology
	NASA Astrobiology Science and Technology for Exploring Planets (ASTEP) program
	Gamon, John
	Linking Optical Signals to Functional Changes in Arctic Ecosystems
	Hartwell, William
	Community Environmental Monitoring Program (CEMP)
	Retracing the Past: The Austin and Reese River Transportation Company Toll Road
	Johnson, William
	Fizeau Historical Evaluation
	GIS Database of Cultural Resources
	Historic Evaluation of German Village at U.S. Army Dugway Proving Grounds
	Lancaster, Nicholas
	Aeolian Processes in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
	Coachella Valley Sand Deposits
	Eolian Processes in Arid Regions: Tracking Land Surface Change Using Orbital Data
	Sand Seas and Dune Fields of the World: A Digital Quaternary Atlas
	Visualization of Desert Sand Dune Development
	Marion, Giles
	An Aqueous Geochemical Model for Cold Planets
	McDonald, Eric
	Analysis of Desert Shrubs Along First-order Channels of Desert Piedmonts: Possible Indicators of Ecosystem Health and Historic Variation
	Basic Research Linkages Among the Soil-Hydrologic-Biologic Systems Common to the Desert Piedmonts, U.S. Army Yuma Proving Grounds
	Catalogue of Analogs: Identifying Terrain Similarities between the World's Deserts and the U.S. Army's Desert/Hot Weather test site, Yuma Proving Ground (YPG), Southwestern Arizona
	Geochemical and Physical Characteristics of Iraqi Dust and Soil Samples
	Geochemical and Physical Characteristics of Vehicle Endurance and Dust Test Courses at U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground
	Integrated Forecasting of Desert Terrain Conditions for Military Operations
	Integrated Site Design for the Restoration of Military Lands
	Landscape Position and Hillslope Hydrology Associated with the Middle Ranch Hayfield Restoration;
	Master Environmental Reference Site (MERS): Deformation and recovery of desert pavements, U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground
	Remote Sensing for Mapping Near-Surface Playa Moisture
	Soil Sampling and Evaluation in Support of Estimating Carrying Capacity and Landscape Degradation at the NTC - Fort Irwin, CA
	Soil and Geomorphological Evaluation of the Age of Islands in the Snake River Sector
	Collaborative Research: Processes driving rock uplift and flexural deformation following convergent tectonics: The fluvial terrace record of the Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge, Ebro Basin, Spain
	McGwire, Kenneth
	Airborne Hyperspectral Research and Development for Invasive Species Detection and Mapping
	Digital Optical Imaging of Ice Cores for Curation and Scientific Applications, National Science Foundation
	Regionally-Based Clean Water Activities, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
	Source Assessment and Preliminary Modeling of Thermal Loading in the Carson River Basin, Western Nevada, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
	Minor, Timothy
	A Method for Direct Measurement of Impervious Cover Using Remote Sensing and Spatial Modeling Techniques: A Case Study in the Lake Tahoe Basin
	Rangeland Evaluation in Fresno County, California based on Livestock Carrying Capacity Modeling using GIS
	Development of Airborne Hyperspectral Imaging Techniques for Invasive Species Detection and Mapping in Northern Nevada
	GIS Study of Trends in Irrigated Lands in the Walker River Basin using a Time Series of Landsat Satellite Imagery
	Development of Geospatial Data Sets for Environmental Visualization of Four-dimensional Atmospheric and Dispersion Forecasts and Nowcasts in Fallon, Nevada
	A GIS Method of Extrapolating Groundwater Recharge Estimates Using Integrated Geospatial Data Sets in Southern Nevada
	Mouat, David
	Analysis & Assessment of Military/Non-Military Impact on Biodiversity - Mojave
	Alternative futures for the context region of the Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton and Marine Corps Air Stations, Camp Pendleton and Miramar, CA
	Murray, Alison
	Gene Expression in Extreme Environments: Extending Microarray Technology to Understand Life at its Limits
	Genome Sequencing of two Antarctic bacteria - a marine Actinobacterium, str. PHSC20C1 and a sea-ice associated bacterium, Polaribacter irgensii, 23-P
	Subsurface ice and brine sampling: life detection and characterization in the McMurdo Dry Valleys using an ultrasonic gopher
	Environmental genomics of Antarctic marine bacterioplankton using a large-contig sequencing approach
	Vent Epibiont Environmental Genome (VEEG) -A meta-genome level analysis of an extreme microbial symbiosis
	Geobiology and the emergence of terraced architecture during carbonate mineralization
	Potosnak, Mark
	SGER: Coupling of Arctic Atmospheric Chemistry and Tundra Ecophysiology by Biogenic Volatile Organic Compound Fluxes
	Biogenic Volatile Organic Compound Emission Inventory Improvement Project Funded by: Clark County Division of Air Quality and Environmental Management
	Rhode, David
	Archaeological investigation of plant remains in the Bonneville Basin of Utah and Nevada
	Yucca Mountain ethnobotany: Native uses of plants in southern Nevada
	Soil and Climate Analogy Studies Supporting the Design of Long-Term Covers
	Tibet Paleolithic Project
	US China Working Group
	Sharpe, Saxon
	Effects of Climate Variability on DOE Long-Term Cover Performance
	Revising the fish recovery plan for the Lost River and Shortnose Suckers, Klamath Basin, Oregon
	Using Mollusks to Interpret the Paleoenvironmental Record
	Yucca Mountain Climate and Paleoclimate Synthesis
	Varley, Kerry
	Report: National Register of Historic Places Eligibility Evaluations of Sites along GTE Communications Line in the Inyo National Forest, Queen Valley, Nevada
	Report: A Cultural Resources Reconnaissance of Proposed Controlled Burn Areas of Mixed Conifer and Aspen Groves Above 7,500 ft. in the Cherry Creek Range, Elko County, Nevada. BLM Report 01-2102(P)
	Report: Class I and Class III Inventories of the Dugway 600 Series Firing Shots Project
	Report: Class II Inventory of Sand Dunes in Baker Strongpoint Air Force Target Area
	Verburg, Paul
	Biotic and Abiotic Controls on Soil Inorganic Carbon Dynamics in Arid Ecosystems (Co-PIs: DEES Faculty members - J. Arnone, G. Marion, and E. McDonald)
	Controls on soil CO2 concentrations in arid ecosystems
	Effects of interannual temperature variability on ecosystem C and nutrient fluxes
	Model assessment of nutrient limitations on short-rotation bioenergy crops