The Annual Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union is a worldwide conference for geophysical sciences, which brings together space scietists, educators, students, and leaders from across the globe to discuss emerging trends and the latest research.

Monday, 11 December 2017

08:00 - 10:00 - New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - E2

Session - U11A: Shale Across All Scales

Primary Convener - Carl I Steefel; Converers - Susan L Brantley; Chairs - Susan L Brantley, Qingyun Li, Xin Gu

08:03 - 08:22 - New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - E2

#U11A-01: Shale across Scales from the Depths of Sedimentary Basins to Soil and Water at Earth’s Surface (Invited)

Susan L. Brantley* and Xin Gu

16:00 - 18:00 - New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 283-285

Session - H14D: Ecohydrological, Hydropedological, and Hydrometeorological Insights from Spatiotemporal Patterns II

16:15 - 16:30 - New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 283-285

#H14D-02: Using a spatially-distributed hydrologic biogeochemistry model with nitrogen transport to study the spatial variation of carbon stocks and fluxes in a Critical Zone Observatory

Yuning Shi*, David M Eissenstat, Yuting He, Kenneth J Davis

Tuesday, 12 December 2017

08:00 - 10:00 - New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 352

Session - EP21H: Shale: From Fracking to Forest I

Primary Convener - Susan L Brantley; Converers - Carl I Steefel, Xin Gu, Qingyun Li; Chairs - Susan L Brantley, Carl I Steefel, Xin Gu, Qingyun Li

08:30 - 08:45 - New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 352

#EP21H-03: Understanding the hydrologic and geochemical control of regolith formation on shale in a hilly landscape

Dacheng Xiao*, Susan Brantley, Li Li

08:45 - 09:00 - New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 352

#EP21H-04: A Reactive Transport Model for Marcellus Shale Weathering

Li Li*, Peyman Heidari, Lixin Jin, Jennifer Williams, Susan Brantley

08:00 - 12:20 - New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - Poster Hall D-F

Session - B21D: Integration of Ecosystem Research Infrastructures for Multiscale Analysis I Posters

#B21D-1981: Fostering Collaboration Across the U.S. Critical Zone Observatories Network

Sarah Sharkey* and Timothy S White

13:40 - 18:00 - New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - Poster Hall D-F

Session - EP23C: Shale: From Fracking to Forest II Posters

Primary Convener - Susan L Brantley; Converers - Carl I Steefel, Xin Gu, Qingyun Li; Chairs - Carl I Steefel and Susan L Brantley

#EP23C-1938: Subsurface particle loss during shale weathering can alter soil and rock chemistry

Hyojin Kim*, Xin Gu, Susan Brantley

#EP23C-1939: Critical Zone Evolution Across a Shale Climosequence

Ashlee Laura Denton Dere*, Talitha Santini, Sara Parcher, Salome Nyangari, Kimberley Warren

#EP23C-1941: A Geochemical and Structural Geologic Look at Methane Rich Waters Near a Problematic Shale Gas Well

Josh Woda*, Tao Wen, David O Oakley, Susan L Brantley

Session - B23E: Vegetation Canopies: Physiology, Structure, Function II Posters

#B23E-2126: Slope position and Soil Lithological Effects on Live Leaf Nitrogen Concentration

Ismaiel Szink*, Thomas S Adams, Alexandra S Orr, David M Eissenstat

Session - H23H: Plants as Builders and Plumbers of the Critical Zone I Posters

Primary Convener - Jaivime A Evaristo; Converers - Shirley A Papuga, Diana Karwan, Kathleen A Lohse; Chairs - Diana Karwan, Jaivime A Evaristo

#H23H-1771: Illuminating pathways of forest nutrient provision: relative release from soil mineral and organic pools

Emma Hauser* and Sharon A Billings

#H23H-1781: Gilbert's soil production paradigm applied to a critical zone's fractionation of particle sizes

Daniel deB Richter*, Jason Austin, Robert S Anderson, Allan R Bacon, Susan L Brantley, Zachary Brecheisen, Paul A Schroeder, Anna Wade, W. Steven Holbrook, Virginia Marcon, Aaron Thompson

13:40 - 15:40 - New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 352

Session - EP23E: Detrital Records of Climate-Driven Changes in Erosion, Sediment Flux, and Deposition from Source to Sink I

14:10 - 14:25 - New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 352

#EP23E-03: A Quaternary record of periglacial surface processes preserved in a headwater valley in central Pennsylvania

Joanmarie Del Vecchio*, Roman A DiBiase, Paul R Bierman, Alison Denn

16:00 - 18:00 - New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 245

Session - ED24A: Climate Literacy in Higher Education: Challenges and Opportunities in Research and Evaluation Il

16:20 - 16:35 - New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 245

#ED24A-02: Teaching climate science within the transdisciplinary framework of Critical Zone science (Invited)

Timothy S White*, Adam Wymore, Ashlee Laura Denton Dere, James C Washburne, Adam Hoffman, Martha Conklin

18:15 - 19:15 - New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 265-266

Session - TH25H: The National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM): Future opportunities and community needs in high-resolution topography

Primary Contact - Roman A DiBiase

Wednesday, 13 December 2017

08:00 - 10:00 - New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 383-385

Session - B31H: Integration of Ecosystem Research Infrastructures for Multiscale Analysis II

08:00 - 08:05 - New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 383-385

#B31H-01: Using the Critical Zone Observatory Network to Put Geology into Environmental Science (Invited)

Susan L Brantley*

10:20 - 12:20pm - New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 288-290

Session - H32D: Mixing and Reactive Transport Processes in Hydrological Systems Across Scales II

10:35 - 10:50 - New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 288-290

#H32D-02: Magnesite Dissolution Rates Across Scales: Role of Spatial Heterogeneity, Equilibrium Lengths, and Reactive Time Scales

Hang Wen* and Li Li

Thursday, 14 December 2017

12:30 - 13:30 - New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 208-209

Session - TH43C: Critical Zone Observatories: Platforms for Collaborative Science

Primary Contact - Timothy S White; Presenters - William H McDowell and Susan L Brantley

13:40 - 18:00 - New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - Poster Hall D-F

Session - H43J: Understanding the Extent and Impacts of Land Use/Land Cover Change on Water Resources II Posters

#H43J-1778: Qualitatively Modeling solute fate and transport across scales in an agricultural catchment with diverse lithology

Callum Richard Wayman*, Tess A Russo, Li Li, Brandon Forsythe, Beth Hoagland

13:40 - 15:40 - New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 298-299

Session - H43S: Modeling the Critical Zone: Integrating Processes and Data Across Disciplines and Scales I

Primary Convener - Li Li; Convener - Harry Vereecken, Praveen Kumar, Bhavna Arora; Chairs - Li Li and Harry Vereecken

14:25 - 14:40 - New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 298-299

#H43S-04: Understanding controls of hydrologic processes across two headwater monolithological catchments using model-data synthesis

Dacheng Xiao*, Yuning Shi, Beth Hoagland, Joanmarie Del Vecchio, Tess A Russo, Roman A DiBiase, Li Li

16:00 - 18:00 - New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 228-230

Session - IN44A: Challenges and Benefits of Open-Source Software and Open Data II

17:30 - 17:45 - New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 228-230

#IN44A-07: ODM2 Admin Pilot Project- a Data Management Application for Observations of the Critical Zone

Miguel Leon*, William H McDowell, Emilio Mayorga, Landung Setiawan, Richard P Hooper

Friday, 15 December 2017

08:00 - 12:20 - New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - Poster Hall D-F

Session - H51C: Characterization, Modeling, and Remediation of Karst and Structurally Variable Flow Systems in a Changing Environment III Posters

#H51C-1287: Comparing preferential flow and soil moisture dynamics in two catchments of contrasting lithology

Qicheng Tang*, Li Guo, David M Eissenstat, Henry Lin

13:40 - 18:00 - New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - Poster Hall D-F

Session - EP53D: Where Things Aren't: Understanding the Role of Porosity in the Critical Zone Posters

Primary Convener - Nicole West; Convener - Jorden Hayes, Jason Austin; Chairs - Jorden Hayes, Nicole West, Jason Austin

#EP53D-1767: Porosity evolution during weathering of Marcellus shale

Xin Gu* and Susan Brantley

#EP53D-1769: The Evolution of Porosity During Weathering of Serpentinite and the Creation of Thin Regolith in the Appalachian Piedmont

Virginia Marcon*, Xin Gu, Susan L Brantley

Session - H53A: Addressing Environmental Concerns of Hydraulic Fracturing Focusing on Water Quantity and Quality II Posters

#H53A-1433: Applying Data Mining Techniques to Chemical Analyses of Pre-drill Groundwater Samples within the Marcellus Formation Shale Play in Bradford County, Pennsylvania

Tao Wen*, Xianzeng Niu, Matthew S Gonzales, Zhenhui (Jessie) Li, Susan Brantley

#H53A-1437: Reactive Transport of Marcellus Shale Waters in Natural Aquifers: the Role of Mineralogical Compositions and Spatial Distribution Patterns

Zhang Cai*, Hang Wen, Li Li

16:00 - 18:00 - New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 356-357

Session - B54A: Concentration-Discharge Relations in the Critical Zone II

Primary Convener - Jon Chorover; Convener - Jerome Gaillardet, William H McDowell, Jennifer Druhan; Chairs - Jon Chorover, Jennifer Druhan

16:15 - 16:30 - New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 356-357

#B54A-02: Perennial flow through convergent hillslopes explains chemodynamic solute behavior in a shale headwater catchment

Elizabeth Herndon*, Grit Steinhoefel, Ashlee Laura Denton Dere, Pamela L Sullivan

16:00 - 18:00 - New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 288-290

Session - H54B: Characterization, Modeling, and Remediation of Karst and Structurally Variable Flow Systems in a Changing Environment II

16:30 - 16:45 - New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - 288-290

#H54B-03: Subsurface Hydrologic Processes Revealed by Time-lapse GPR in Two Contrasting Soils in the Shale Hills CZO

Li Guo*, Henry Lin, Jonathan Nyquist, Laura Toran, Gregory Mount