NewsVirginia Tech Geosciences Presentations at the 2006 AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco, CAPosted: Monday, October 30th, 2006 EARTH SYSTEM MODELINGDijkstra, H., J.O. Sewall. Climate Model Boundary Conditions for Four Cretaceous Time Slices. J.O. Sewall. Resolution Dependence of Winter Arctic Sea Ice Decline in Response to a Quadrupling of CO2. GEOCHEMISTRY-MINERALOGY-PETROLOGYR.J. Angel, N.L. Ross, J. Zhao. The Changing Nature of the Chemical Bond. J.M. Brown, E. Abramson, R.J. Angel, E. Johnson. Elasticity and anisotropy of common crustal minerals. C. Loehn and R. Tracy. Monazite Age Domain Boundary Characterization Using High Resolution Electron Microscope Techniques. P.M. Dove, A.F. Wallace, G.V. Gibbs. The Role of Divalent Alkaline Earth Cations in the Electrolyte-Promoted Hydrolysis of Si-O-Si Bonded Networks. A.F. Wallace, P.M. Dove. Exploring silica chemistry at biological interfaces: Kinetic and thermodynamic drivers of surface nucleation. D. Wang, J. Lee, Y. Han, J. De Yoreo, P.M. Dove. Investigating the Basis of Biogenic Calcium Carbonate Formation from an Amorphous Precursor: Nature of the Transformation to Calcite on Hydroxyl Functionalized Surfaces. Selim Elhadj, J.J. De Yoreo, J. Hoyer, P.M. Dove. From Peptides to Proteins: Systematic Control of Net Molecular Charge and Hydrophilicity on the Kinetics of Calcite Growth. N. Han, J.J. De Yoreo, A. Wallace, P.M. Dove. Using Nucleation Theory to Understand the Dissolution Kinetics of Vitreous and Biogenic Silica: The Paradox of the Silica Polymorphs. A. Stephenson, E. Nelson, K.J. Wu, J.J. De Yoreo, P.M. Dove. Towards a Mechanism-Based Understanding of Vital Effects: Biomolecules Influence Mg/Ca in Calcite. GEOPHYSICS-TECTONICS-STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY-GEOMORPHOLOGYJ. Wu, J.A. Hole, J. A. Snoke, M.G. Imhof. Depth Extent of the Fault Zone Wave Guide: Effects of Fault Variation With Depth. F. Bleibinhaus, W.R. Lester, J.A. Hole. Applying full waveform inversion to wide-angle seismic surveys. W.R. Lester, J.A. Hole, R.D. Catchings, and F. Bleibinhaus. Structure of the Chesapeake Bay impact crater from wide-angle seismic waveform tomography. N. Miller, D. Lizarralde, J. McGuire, J.A. Hole. Wide-angle marine seismic refraction imaging of vertical faults: pre-stack turning wave migrations of synthetic data and implications for survey design. C.J. Weiss. Life outside the matrix: Preconditioning and solving the discretized 3D Maxwell equations in a matrix-free paradigm. Y. Zhou, Q. Liu, J. Tromp. Finite-Frequency Surface-Wave Sensitivity Kernels for 3-D Earth Models. S.D. King. Quantifying the Flux of Slab Material Through the Transition Zone and Beyond. C. Lee, S.D. King. Do Compressible and Incompressible Convection Differ by More than an Adiabat? H. L. Redmond, S. D. King. Are Both the Tharsis Rise and the Crustal Dichotomy the Result of Dynamic Mantle Processes? Eh Tan, S. Zhong, P. E. van Keken, C. Lee, S. D. King. A community benchmark for thermal convection in the compressible mantle. J.T. Buscher and J.A. Spotila. The Character of Transpressive Deformation Along the Southern San Andreas Fault, Based on Exhumation of the Northern San Gabriel Mountains, Southern California. A.L. Berger and J.A. Spotila. The Western Chugach-St. Elias Orogen, Alaska: Strain Partitioning and the Effect of Glacial Erosion. J.A. Spotila, A.L. Berger, R. McAleer. Recent Exhumation in the Chugach, St. Elias, and Fairweather Ranges, Alaska. E. Kraal, M. van Dijk, G. Postma. Experimental Alluvial Fan Modeling Related to Large Alluvial Fans on Mars. L.N. Germanovich, G. Genc, P.A. Rona, R.P. Lowell. Deformation Associated with Serpentinization at Mid-Oceanic Ridges with Reference to the TAG Hydrothermal Area. P. Ramondenc, L.N. Germanovich, R.P. Lowell. The Influence of Magma Degassing in Diking Processes at Mid-Ocean Ridges. HYDROGEOLOGYT. Yan, J. Shih, J. Sanchirico. Sustainable Groundwater Management Using Economic Incentive Approach. M. Hernandez and T.J. Burbey. Evaluation of Stress and Strain During Earth Fissuring and Land Subsidence in Las Vegas Basin. GEOBIOLOGYR.A. Krause, Jr., S.L. Barbour-Wood, M.J. Kowalewski, M.G., Simoes, D. Kaufmann, C. Romanek, J.F. Wehmiller. Evaluating the Holocene Dynamics of Oceanographic Processes in the Southeast Brazilian Bight Using Accumulations of Calcitic and Aragonitic Shells. |
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