History of landslides at the base of Bare Mountain, Tully Valley, Onondaga County, New York

Pair, Donald L.; Kappel, William M.; Walker, Mack

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“…The TV area is underlain by significant evaporite deposits (Kappel, 2000 ). The springs originated in April 1993, following a landside caused by above normal precipitation that increased subsurface flow that led to subsidence of unconsolidated glacial deposits that overlay Devonian and Silurian dolomites, limestones, shales, and evaporites (Getchell, 1995 ; Pair et al, 2000 ). The springs have variable geochemical compositions, with some amount of mixing from an upper freshwater aquifer in unconsolidated glacial material and a lower, brackish and sulfidic aquifer in the bedrock (Kantrowitz, 1970 ; Kappel et al, 1996 ).…”

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Biogeographic congruency among bacterial communities from terrestrial sulfidic springs

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Engel

2014

Front. Microbiol.

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Terrestrial sulfidic springs support diverse microbial communities by serving as stable conduits for geochemically diverse and nutrient-rich subsurface waters. Microorganisms that colonize terrestrial springs likely originate from groundwater, but may also be sourced from the surface. As such, the biogeographic distribution of microbial communities inhabiting sulfidic springs should be controlled by a combination of spring geochemistry and surface and subsurface transport mechanisms, and not necessarily geographic proximity to other springs. We examined the bacterial diversity of seven springs to test the hypothesis that occurrence of taxonomically similar microbes, important to the sulfur cycle, at each spring is controlled by geochemistry. Complementary Sanger sequencing and 454 pyrosequencing of 16S rRNA genes retrieved five proteobacterial classes, and Bacteroidetes, Chlorobi, Chloroflexi, and Firmicutes phyla from all springs, which suggested the potential for a core sulfidic spring microbiome. Among the putative sulfide-oxidizing groups (Epsilonproteobacteria and Gammaproteobacteria), up to 83% of the sequences from geochemically similar springs clustered together. Abundant populations of Hydrogenimonas-like or Sulfurovum-like spp. (Epsilonproteobacteria) occurred with abundant Thiothrix and Thiofaba spp. (Gammaproteobacteria), but Arcobacter-like and Sulfurimonas spp. (Epsilonproteobacteria) occurred with less abundant gammaproteobacterial populations. These distribution patterns confirmed that geochemistry rather than biogeography regulates bacterial dominance at each spring. Potential biogeographic controls were related to paleogeologic sedimentation patterns that could control long-term microbial transport mechanisms that link surface and subsurface environments. Knowing the composition of a core sulfidic spring microbial community could provide a way to monitor diversity changes if a system is threatened by anthropogenic processes or climate change.

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Biogeographic congruency among bacterial communities from terrestrial sulfidic springs

Headd

Engel

2014

Front. Microbiol.

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“…2.4 km from the mudboil area (Figure 1). Several other landslides have occurred along the western valley wall (Pair et al 2000) with several of these dated to 11,200 and 7000 cal yr B.P. (calibrated years before present) (Kappel and Teece 2007).…”

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“…The most active form of mass movement in Tully Valley are landslides in the main valley -the 1993 Tully Valley Landslide (Fickies 1993) and prehistoric landslides (Pair et al 2000), and ongoing landslide activity in the two major tributary valleys to Tully Valley -Rainbow Creek and Rattlesnake Gulf . The Rattlesnake Gulf landslide (Figure 1) has been studied more because of its ongoing subsidence activity and because the earliest aerial photography of central New York (1936)(1937) clearly indicated landslide activity in the area of current land-surface movement (Tamulonis and Kappel 2009).…”

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Dating Hydrologic and Geomorphic Change Using Dendrochronology in Tully Valley, Central New York: A Summary

Kappel

2014

Tree-Ring Research

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This report summarizes the results of three case studies where dendrochronology was used to evaluate hydrologic and geomorphic change in parts of Tully Valley, in central New York, over the past 150 years. The case studies evaluate 1) the changes in water quantity and quality in a wetland area several miles north of an area of former solution-brine mining, 2) the development of recent bedrock fractures above former solution brine-mining areas, and 3) the development and timing of landslide movement. The advantage of contemporary dendrochronology is that tree-ring analysis can provide a background of hydrologic and geomorphic change when no direct documentation or data are available.

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Geomorphic studies of landslides in the Tully Valley, New York: implications for public policy and planning

Pair

Kappel

2002

Geomorphology

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History of landslides at the base of Bare Mountain, Tully Valley, Onondaga County, New York

Cited by 3 publications

References 2 publications

Biogeographic congruency among bacterial communities from terrestrial sulfidic springs

Biogeographic congruency among bacterial communities from terrestrial sulfidic springs

Dating Hydrologic and Geomorphic Change Using Dendrochronology in Tully Valley, Central New York: A Summary

Geomorphic studies of landslides in the Tully Valley, New York: implications for public policy and planning

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