BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Missouri State University/Calendar of Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3556ac6a-d2fe-4b8e-b882-5838ec247229.221460@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20220912T191115Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220912T191115Z LOCATION:Roy Blunt Hall 002 Lecture Hall SUMMARY:GGP Seminar: Dr. Mark W. Bowen - Soils as Environmental Barometers : from the Pleistocene to the Anthropocene DESCRIPTION:The Department of Geography\, Geology and Planning will offer a free seminar by Dr. Mark W. Bowen\, associate professor at Minnesota St ate University and an MSU alumnus\, MS Resource Planning (2004) and BS Ge ography (2000).\n\n\nBowen will share his research on soils. Soils result from complex interactions among climate\, vegetation\, geologic material \, and topography over a variety of spatial and temporal scales. Paleosol s are ancient soils that formed under conditions different from today and serve as archives of past environments. On the Great Plains\, landscapes are commonly composed of thick\, well-developed soils and paleosols with interlayered loess units as a result of shifting glacial/interglacial co nditions in the Pleistocene and Holocene. More recently\, conversions of native grassland to row-crop agriculture have radically altered erosion/d eposition patterns within these soilscapes. How proxy records preserved w ithin soils and paleosols are used to reconstruct past environmental cond itions and landscapes will be discussed. Long-term change from the late P leistocene and Holocene will be compared to recent changes in human-domin ated agriculture landscapes of the Anthropocene. This research will focus on playa-lunette systems\, depressional wetland isolated dune complexes\ , that are critically important resources of the High Plains.\n\n\nBowen received his PhD in Geography from the University of Kansas in 2011. He a lso serves as the co-director of EARTH Systems Laboratory at Minnesota St ate University\, Mankato. His research interests are in soil geomorpholog y and landscape evolution. He examines how soils and landscapes are linke d\, vary across space and evolve through time. His focus is on both paleo environmental change and historical environmental change\, particularly w ithin agricultural landscapes on the Great Plains.\n\n\nPhoto credit: Mar k W. Bowen X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head><title></title></head><body><p>Th e Department of Geography\, Geology and Planning&nbsp\;will offer a free seminar by Dr. Mark W. Bowen\, associate professor at Minnesota State Uni versity and an MSU alumnus\, MS Resource Planning (2004) and BS Geography (2000).</p>\n<p>Bowen will share his research on soils. Soils result fro m complex interactions among climate\, vegetation\, geologic material\, a nd topography over a variety of spatial and temporal scales. Paleosols ar e ancient soils that formed under conditions different from today and ser ve as archives of past environments. On the Great Plains\, landscapes are commonly composed of thick\, well-developed soils and paleosols with int erlayered loess units as a result of shifting glacial/interglacial condit ions in the Pleistocene and Holocene. More recently\, conversions of nati ve grassland to row-crop agriculture have radically altered erosion/depos ition patterns within these soilscapes. How proxy records preserved withi n soils and paleosols are used to reconstruct past environmental conditio ns and landscapes will be discussed. Long-term change from the late Pleis tocene and Holocene will be compared to recent changes in human-dominated agriculture landscapes of the Anthropocene. This research will focus on playa-lunette systems\, depressional wetland isolated dune complexes\, th at are critically important resources of the High Plains.</p>\n<p>Bowen r eceived his PhD in Geography from the University of Kansas in 2011. He al so serves as the co-director of EARTH Systems Laboratory at Minnesota Sta te University\, Mankato. His research interests are in soil geomorphology and landscape evolution. He examines how soils and landscapes are linked \, vary across space and evolve through time. His focus is on both paleoe nvironmental change and historical environmental change\, particularly wi thin agricultural landscapes on the Great Plains.</p>\n<p>Photo credit: M ark W. Bowen</p></body></html> DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220916T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220916T153000 SEQUENCE:0 URL:http://www.geosciences.MissouriState.edu CATEGORIES:Public,Alumni,Current Students,Faculty,Future Students END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR