Session No. 13 Monday, May 13, 2002

1:30 PM-5:30 PM, CH2M Hill Alumni Center: Multipurpose
T27. Catastrophic Glacial Outburst Floods in the Pacific Northwest
Patrick K. Spencer, Presiding
Start Time
1:30 PM Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM A COMMUNITY EFFORT TO FOLLOW THE PATHWAYS OF THE GLACIAL LAKE MISSOULA FLOODS: SMYERS, Norman B., USDA-Forest Service, Missoula, Montana, 1520 Winchester Ct, Missoula, MT 59804-4551, nsmyers@fs.fed.us.
1:50 PM A LATE-GLACIAL OUTBURST FLOOD FROM GLACIAL LAKE CARBON, WASHINGTON STATE, USA: GOLDSTEIN, B. S.1, PRINGLE, P. T.2, and ANDERSON, N. A.1, (1) Geology Dep't, Univ. of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA 98416, goldstein@ups.edu, (2) Washington Department of Natural Resources, Div. of Geology, Olympia, WA 98504-7007
2:05 PM ANALYSIS OF PLAN-VIEW GEOMETRY OF CLASTIC DIKE NETWORKS IN MISSOULA FLOOD SLACKWATER SEDIMENTS (TOUCHET BEDS), SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON: SILVER, Matthew H. and POGUE, Kevin R., Geology, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA 99362, silvermh@whitman.edu
2:20 PM CHARACTERIZATION AND PROPOSED FORMALIZATION (HANFORD FORMATION) FOR ICE-AGE FLOOD DEPOSITS WITHIN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: BJORNSTAD, Bruce1, LAST, George V.1, REIDEL, Stephen P.1, HORTON, Duane G.1, FECHT, Karl R.2, SMITH, Gary A.3, and LINDSEY, Kevin A.4, (1) Applied Geology and Geochemistry, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, MS K6-81, P.O. Box 999, Richland, WA 99352, Bruce.Bjornstad@pnl.gov, (2) Bechtel Hanford Inc, 3350 George Washington Way, Richland, WA 99352, (3) Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (4) Kennedy/Jenks Consultants, 1020 North Center Parkway, Suite F, Kennewick, WA 99336
2:35 PM EXTENSIVE TURBIDITE DEPOSITS ON THE PACIFIC PLATE GENERATED BY OUTBURSTS FROM GLACIAL LAKE MISSOULA: NORMARK, William R., US Geol Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025-3591, wnormark@usgs.gov and REID, Jane A., Pacific Science Center, U.S. Geol Survey, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064
2:50 PM NEW MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHIC ANALYSIS INDICATES THAT ONSET OF PLEISTOCENE CATACLYSMIC FLOODING PREDATES 1.07 MA IN EAST-CENTRAL WASHINGTON: PLUHAR, Christopher J.1, REIDEL, Stephen2, BJORNSTAD, Bruce2, NELSON, Paul B.3, and COE, Robert S.3, (1) Earth Sciences Dept, University of California, 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA 95064-1077, cpluhar@earthsci.ucsc.edu, (2) Pacific Northwest National Lab, MS K6-81, P.O. Box 999, Richland, WA 99320, (3) Earth Sciences Dept, Univ of California, 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA 95064-1077
3:05 PM PRESERVATION OF A 14, 570 YEAR-OLD COLUMBIAN MAMMOTH IN TOUCHET BEDS NEAR MOXEE CITY (YAKIMA, CO.) WASHINGTON: LUNDBLAD, Steven P., Dept. of Geological Sciences, Central Washington Univ, Ellensburg, WA 98926, steve@geology.cwu.edu and LILLQUIST, Karl, Dept. of Geography, Central Washington Univ, Ellensburg, WA 98926
3:20 PM SEQUENCE GEOLOGY IN PLEISTOCENE OUTBURST FLOOD DEPOSITS IN SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON: SPENCER, Patrick K., Whitman College, 345 Boyer Ave, Walla Walla, WA 99362-2067, spencerp@whitman.edu.
3:35 PM Concluding Remarks

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