North-Central Section - 39th Annual Meeting (May 19–20, 2005)
Session No. 39 Friday, 20 May 2005
1:20 PM-5:20 PM, Radisson Metrodome: University AB Ballroom

T6. Geologic Development of the Mississippi River

Howard C. Hobbs and Tammy Rittenour, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
 1:20 PM Introductory Remarks
39-11:30 PM FLUVIAL EVOLUTION OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY OVER THE LAST GLACIAL CYCLE: RITTENOUR, Tammy M., Department of Geology, Utah State Univ, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, tammyr@cc.usu.edu
39-22:00 PM ENVIRONMENT AND PROVENANCE OF SLACKWATER LAKE SEDIMENTS IN TERRACES PROXIMAL TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY NEAR ST. LOUIS: GRIMLEY, David A., Illinois State Geological Survey, 615 E. Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820, grimley@isgs.uiuc.edu and CURRY, B. Brandon, Environmental Geoscience Center, Quaternary Geology, Illinois State Geol Survey, 615 E Peabody Drive, Champaign, IL 61820
39-32:20 PM THE SEARCH FOR EARLY WISCONSINAN GLACIATION IN MINNESOTA: HOBBS, Howard C., Minnesota Geological Survey, Univ of Minnesota, 2642 University Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55114, hobbs001@umn.edu
39-42:40 PM LATE GLACIAL AND HOLOCENE FLOODS, TERRACES, FLUVIAL LANDFORMS, EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION ON THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER: KNOX, James C., Geography, Univ of Wisconsin-Madison, 234 Science Hall, 550 North Park Street, Madison, WI 53706-1491, knox@geography.wisc.edu
39-53:00 PM COMPARISON OF ALTERNATIVE FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS METHODS ON THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI: ABEBE, A.J., Geology, Southern Illinois University, 1259 Lincoln Drive, Mailcode 4324, Carbondale, IL 62901, abebe@geo.siu.edu and PINTER, Nicholas, Geology, Southern Illinois Univ, 1259 Lincoln Drive, Mailcode 4324, Carbondale, IL 62901
 3:20 PM Break
39-63:40 PM ICE-MARGINAL SLACKWATER IN THE MUSSELSHELL BASIN: IMPLICATIONS FOR LATE WISCONSIN DIVERSION OF THE MISSOURI RIVER IN CENTRAL MONTANA: DAVIS, Nicole K., Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, PO Box 0013, Cincinnati, OH 45221, davisn3@uc.edu and LOCKE, William W., Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State Univ, Bozeman, MT 59717
39-74:00 PM CLOGGING THE MISSISSIPPI? GLACIAL BEDLOAD FROM THE ROCKIES TO THE GULF: LOCKE, William W., Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State Univ, Bozeman, MT 59717, wlocke@montana.edu
39-84:20 PM EFFECTS OF SEA-LEVEL AND CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY: PRELIMINARY IRSL DATING OF THE UPPER PLEISTOCENE PRAIRIE COMPLEX: MATEO, Zenon Richard P., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Univ of Illinois at Chicago (MC 186), 845 W. Taylor St, Chicago, IL 60607-7059, zmateo1@uic.edu, TORNQVIST, Torbjörn E., Univ Illinois - Chicago, 845 W Taylor St, Chicago, IL 60607-7056, AUTIN, Whitney J., Earth Sciences, SUNY College at Brockport, Brockport, NY 14420, and FORMAN, Steven L., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60607
39-94:40 PM USING HOLOCENE RELATIVE SEA-LEVEL DATA FOR HIGH-PRECISION MEASUREMENT OF TECTONIC SUBSIDENCE RATES IN THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA: TÖRNQVIST, Torbjörn E.1, BICK, Scott J.1, VAN DER BORG, Klaas2, DE JONG, Arie F.M.2, and GREENBERG, Jim3, (1) Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Univ of Illinois at Chicago, 845 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60607-7059, tor@uic.edu, (2) Robert J. Van de Graaff Laboratory, Utrecht Univ, P.O. Box 80000, Utrecht, NL-3508 TA, Netherlands, (3) UNAVCO, Inc, 6350 Nautilus Drive, Boulder, CO 80301-5554
 5:00 PM Discussion

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