2009 Portland GSA Annual Meeting (18-21 October 2009)
Session No. 143 Monday, 19 October 2009
1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Oregon Convention Center: E146

T156. New Advances in the Theory and Application of Luminescence and ESR Dating: Flood and Fluvial Overbank Deposits, Paleosols, Dunes, Geoarchaeological and Quaternary Paleoenvironmental Analysis (GSA Archaeological Geology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division, GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division, Paleontological Society, GSA Structure Geology and Tectonics Division)

Bonnie A.B. Blackwell, Shannon A. Mahan and Ken Lepper, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
143-11:30 PM GEOARCHAEOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS OF ESR DATING: DETERMINING SITE AGE: BLACKWELL, Bonnie A.B.1, SKINNER, Anne R.1, MONTOYA, Andrés C.2, and BLICKSTEIN, Joel3, (1) Department of Chemistry, Williams College, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267, bonnie.a.b.blackwell@williams.edu, (2) RFK Science Research Institute, Box 866, Glenwood Landing, NY 11547-0866, lorcaborgeas@aol.com, (3) Box 866, RFK Science Research Institute, Glenwood Landing, 11547-0866
143-21:45 PM ESR ISOCHRON DATING: AN INDEPENDENT CONFIRMATION FOR SAMPLE AGE: FRANKLIN, Sarah W.1, SKINNER, Anne R.2, BLACKWELL, Bonnie A.B.2, HARVATI, Katerina3, and PANAGOPOULOU, Eleni4, (1) Department of Chemistry, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267, sarah.w.franklin@williams.edu, (2) Department of Chemistry, Williams College, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267, (3) Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, 04103, Germany, (4) Ephoria of Paleoanthropology and Speleology of Southern Greece, Athens, 11636, Greece
143-32:00 PM ESR DATING QUATERNARY LACUSTRINE DEPOSITS AT DAKHLEH OASIS, EGYPT: BLACKWELL, Bonnie A.B.1, DEELY, Aislinn E.2, TRUONGCHAU, Thomas M.3, KLEINDIENST, Maxine4, CHURCHER, Charles S.5, SKINNER, Anne R.1, SMITH, Jennifer R.6, and BLICKSTEIN, Joel7, (1) Department of Chemistry, Williams College, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267, bonnie.a.b.blackwell@williams.edu, (2) RFK Science Research Institute, Glenwood Landing, NY 11547-0866, aislinndeely@yahoo.com, (3) RFK Science Research Institute, Glenwood Landing, 11547-0866, (4) Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto at Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Road North, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6, Canada, (5) Department of Zoology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3G5, Canada, (6) Earth & Planetary Sciences, Washington University, 1 Brookings Dr, Campus Box 1169, St Louis, MO 63130, (7) Box 866, RFK Science Research Institute, Glenwood Landing, 11547-0866
143-42:15 PM ESR DATING BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA FROM THE CEARá RISE, CENTRAL ATLANTIC: DASGUPTA, Shabitri B.1, BLACKWELL, Bonnie A.B.2, SKINNER, Anne R.2, BLICKSTEIN, Joel3, and OSTERMANN, Dorinda4, (1) RFK Science Research Institute, Glenwood Landing, NY 11547-0866, , (2) Department of Chemistry, Williams College, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267, (3) Box 866, RFK Science Research Institute, Glenwood Landing, 11547-0866, (4) Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543-1050
143-52:30 PM OPTICAL DATING OF LATE QUATERNARY EOLIAN DEPOSITIONAL RECORDS FROM WESTERN ARGENTINA: FORMAN, Steven L.1, TRIPALDI, Alfonsina2, GOMEZ, Jeaneth3, and PIERSON, James1, (1) Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60607, slf@uic.edu, (2) Geology, University of Buenos Aries, Ciudad Unversitaria, Buenos Aries, C1428EHA, Argentina, (3) Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60607
143-62:45 PM OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE DATING OF YOUNG SPIT AND BAR DEPOSITS FROM THE RIO TAPAJóS, BRAZIL: SPENCER, Joel Q.G.1, ARCHER, Allen W.1, and CALDAS, Marcellus M.2, (1) Geology, Kansas State University, 108 Thompson Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506-3201, joelspen@ksu.edu, (2) Geography, Kansas State University, 118 Seaton Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506-2904
143-73:00 PM IRSL FELDSPAR DATES FOR PALEOLAKE SEDIMENTS FROM DARHAD BASIN, MONGOLIA: BATBAATAR, J.1, FEATHERS, James K.2, and GILLESPIE, Alan R.1, (1) Quaternary Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, bataa@u.washington.edu, (2) TL Dating Laboratory, Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195
 3:15 PM Break
143-83:30 PM SINGLE AND MULTIGRAIN QUARTZ-LUMINESCENCE DATING OF IRRIGATION-CHANNEL FEATURES IN NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA: BERGER, Glenn W.1, POST, Stephen2, PHILLIPS, Bruce3, and WENKER, Chris2, (1) DEES, Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, NV 89512-1095, glenn.berger@dri.edu, (2) Office of Archaeological Studies, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM 87504, (3) EcoPlan Associates, Inc, 701 West Southern Avenue, Mesa, AZ 85210
143-93:45 PM LATE HOLOCENE DUNE ACTIVATION AFTER THE MEDIEVAL CLIMATIC ANOMALY IN THE ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY, SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS: JOHNSON, William C.1, HANSON, Paul R.2, HALFEN, Alan F.3, WOODBURN, Terri L.1, and YOUNG, Aaron R.4, (1) Dept. of Geography, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Rm. 213, Lawrence, KS 66045, wcj@ku.edu, (2) School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583, (3) Geography, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Rm. 213, Lawrence, KS 66045, (4) School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 608 Hardin Hall, Lincoln, NE 68583-0996
143-104:00 PM LUMINESCENCE AGES FOR DUNE ACTIVATION ON A PLEISTOCENE TERRACE OF THE KANSAS RIVER VALLEY: HALFEN, Alan F., Geography, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Rm. 213, Lawrence, KS 66045, afhalfen@ku.edu, SPENCER, Joel Q.G., Geology, Kansas State University, 108 Thompson Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506-3201, JOHNSON, William C., Dept. of Geography, University of Kansas, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, HANSON, Paul R., School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583, and YOUNG, Aaron R., School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 608 Hardin Hall, Lincoln, NE 68583-0996
143-114:15 PM DATING HOLOCENE NATURAL LEVEE AND CREVASSE SPLAY DEPOSITS IN THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA WITH OPTICALLY-STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE (OSL) FROM QUARTZ: SHEN, Zhixiong, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, Rm 204 Blessey Hall, New Orleans, LA 70118, zshen@tulane.edu, SANDOVAL, Laure, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Limoges, Limoges, Limoges, 87000, France, TORNQVIST, Torbjörn E., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, 6823 St. Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA 70118, and MAUZ, Barbara, Department of Geography, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZT, United Kingdom
143-124:30 PM LUMINESCENCE AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF MIDDLE-LATE HOLOCENE SLACKWATER FLOOD DEPOSITS IN THE DOLORES WATERSHED, CO: CLINE, Michael L., Geography, University of Arizona, P.O. Box 210076, Tucson, AZ 85721, mcline@email.arizona.edu and RITTENOUR, Tammy, Geology, Utah State University, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322
143-134:45 PM OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE DATING OF A HOLOCENE UNCONFORMITY WITHIN DELAWARE RIVER VALLEY ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS: BITTING, Kelsey S., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8066, kbitting@eden.rutgers.edu and SPENCER, Joel Q.G., Geology, Kansas State University, 108 Thompson Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506-3201
143-145:00 PM DATING THE EXTENT AND TIMING OF PALEOFLOOD SEQUENCES FROM THE BLACK HILLS AREA, SOUTH DAKOTA, USING OSL GEOCHRONOLOGY: MAHAN, Shannon A., U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046 Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, smahan@usgs.gov, O'CONNOR, Jim, U.S. Geological Survey, 2130 SW 5th Avenue, Portland, OR 97201, HARDEN, Tessa, U.S. Geological Survey, 2130 SW 5th Avenue, Portland, OR 97203, and DRISCOLL, Dan, U.S. Geological Survey, 1608 Mountain View Road, Rapid City, SD 57702
 5:15 PM Discussion

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