AGU Session Announcement Dear Colleague,
We are pleased to announce a session entitled, "Pyrogenic Carbon: Characterization, Biogeochemical Cycling and Paleoenvironmental Applications" will be held at the 2016 Fall AGU meeting in San Francisco. This session is intended to encourage a dialogue between the modern fire, paleofire and black carbon research communities to highlight recent advances in the quantification, characterization and biogeochemical cycling of pyrogenic carbon and feature its paleoenvironmental interpretation. Some pertinent details of the meeting, including abstract submission and registration deadlines are included below. We hope you will join us. Sincerely, Andrew Zimmerman, Patrick Hatcher, and Andrew Wozniak AGU FALL 2016 MEETING DATES: December 12th - 16th. ABSTRACT SUBMISSION: Open now through August 4th (July 27 for early submission) MEETING WEBSITE: http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2016/ Session ID: 12654 Session Title: B064. Pyrogenic Carbon: Characterization, Biogeochemical Cycling and Paleoenvironmental Applications Section/Focus Group: Biogeosciences SESSION DESCRIPTION: Recent advancements in the analysis of pyrogenic carbon have increased our understanding of natural and anthropogenic biomass burning and its residues. For example, pyrogenic organic matter has been shown to vary in lability and composition and can be released to aquatic systems as dissolved black carbon (BC). Charcoal and BC distributions reveal that past fires and carbon sequestration were affected by variations in climate, landscape processes and human activity. The goal of this session is to catalyze new cross-disciplinary collaborations. This session will highlight recent advances in the quantification, characterization and biogeochemical cycling of pyrogenic carbon as well as its paleoenvironmental interpretation. CONTACTS: Andrew Zimmerman Associate Professor Department of Geological Sciences 241 Williamson Hall P.O. Box 112120 University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611 (352) 392-0070 (office) (352) 392-9294 (fax) azim...@ufl.edu<mailto:azim...@ufl.edu> Patrick G. Hatcher Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Old Dominion University 4541 Hampton Blvd Norfolk, VA 23529 Tel: 757-683-6537 Cell: 614-323-8799 phatc...@odu.edu<mailto:phatc...@odu.edu> Andrew S. Wozniak, Ph.D. Old Dominion University Physical Sciences Building Rm. 3100D 4402 Elkhorn Ave. Norfolk, VA 23529 awozn...@odu.edu<mailto:awozn...@odu.edu> (757)683-3996
