Session No. 42 Wednesday, March 14, 2001

8:30 AM-12:15 PM, Sheraton Burlington: Emerald Salon II
T1. Terrestrial Records of Late Pleistocene and Holocene Climate Change
Paul Bierman and Kyle Nichols, Presiding
Start Time
8:30 AM PRELIMINARY PALEOENVIRONMENTAL, PALEOECOLOGICAL, AND TAPHONOMIC COMPARISON OF TWO NEW MASTODON SKELETONS FROM THE LATE PLEISTOCENE OF NEW YORK STATE: ALLMON, Warren D.1, NESTER, Peter L.2, SHERPA, James2, CHIMENT, John J.3, ERWIN, Amanda J.4, RUSSELL, Nerissa4, and GRIGGS, Carol B.5, (1) Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, wda1@cornell.edu, (2) Paleontological Rsch Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, (3) Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell Univ, Ithaca, NY 14853, (4) Dept. of Anthropology, Cornell Univ, Ithaca, NY 14853, (5) Dept. of the History of Art and Archeology, Cornell Univ, Ithaca, NY 14853
8:50 AM HOLOCENE MOLLUSCAN FAUNAL HISTORY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AT CHINE DRIVE FAN, SCARBOROUGH, SOUTHERN ONTARIO: MEYRICK, Rich, Forschungsstation für Quartärpaläontologie, Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Senckenberg, Steubenstraße 19 a, Weimar, 99423, Germany, Richard.Meyrick@gast.uni-weimar.de and KARROW, Paul, Earth Sciences, Univ of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada, pfkarrow@sciborg.uwaterloo.ca
9:10 AM INVESTIGATING THE LITTLE ICE AGE IN THE SOUTHERN ALPS OF NEW ZEALAND: BLACK, Jessica L., Institute for Quaternary Studies, Univ of Maine, Rm. 303 Byrand Global Sciences Center, Orono, ME 04469, Jessica.L.Black@umit.maine.edu.
9:30 AM LITTLE ICE AGE CHRONOLOGY FOR THE CLASSEN AND GODLEY GLACIERS, MOUNT COOK NATIONAL PARK, NEW ZEALAND: SCHOENENBERGER, Katherine R. and LOWELL, Thomas V., Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, schoenkr@email.uc.edu
9:50 AM LIMITATIONS OF DATING GLACIAL EVENTS FROM ISOLATED ORGANIC REMAINS: A UNIQUE EXAMPLE FROM MID WISCONSIN SEDIMENTS, GENESEE VALLEY, NY: YOUNG, R. A., Geological Sciences, SUNY, Geneseo, NY 14454, young@geneseo.edu.
10:10 AM Break
10:30 AM MULTIPROXY PALEOCLIMATE ANALYSIS OF LATE QUATERNARY SPELEOTHEM ISOTOPE RECORDS FROM REED'S CAVE, SOUTH DAKOTA AND RAT'S NEST CAVE, ALBERTA: SEREFIDDIN, Feride1, SCHWARCZ, Henry Philip2, FORD, Derek C.2, and YONGE, Charles J.3, (1) Geography and Geology, McMaster Univ, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S4M1, Canada, serefif@mcmaster.ca, (2) McMaster Univ, 1280 Main St W, Hamilton, ON L8S 4M1, Canada, (3) Alberta Karst Consulting, 1009 Larch Place, Canmore, AB T1W 1S7, Canada
10:50 AM IDENTIFICATION OF PALEOCLIMATIC CYCLES DURING THE HOLOCENE USING GRAIN SIZE ANALYSIS OF SEDIMENTS CORED FROM LAKE MOREY IN FAIRLEE, VT: BOSLEY, Andrew C., BIERMAN, Paul, NOREN, Anders, and GALSTER, Josh, Geology, Univ of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, abosley@zoo.uvm.edu
11:10 AM TREE-RING ANALYSIS OF A MEDIEVAL OLD-GROWTH FOREST AT NELLIE JUAN GLACIER, SOUTHERN ALASKA: MILLIGAN, James and BARCLAY, David J., Department of Geology, SUNY Cortland, PO Box 2000, SUNY Cortland, Cortland, NY 13045, millig36@cortland.edu
11:30 AM USING A FACE EXPERIMENT TO MEASURE THE AMOUNT OF CARBON TRANSFERRED FROM THE ATMOSPHERE TO THE SOIL BECAUSE OF CO2 FERTILIZATION: HEUMANN, Rebecca, KAFKA, Alan L., and HARRISON, Kevin G., Geology and Geophysics, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, heumannr@bc.edu
11:50 AM Paper Withdrawn

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