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ORGANIZERS

  • Harvey Thorleifson, Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • Carrie Jennings, Vice Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • David Bush, Technical Program Chair
    University of West Georgia
  • Jim Miller, Field Trip Chair
    University of Minnesota Duluth
  • Curtis M. Hudak, Sponsorship Chair
    Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC

 

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Session No. 161
Tuesday, 11 October 2011: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 101FG (Minneapolis Convention Center)

T132. The History of Humans and the Hydrologic System: Exploring Relationships between Cultures, Climate, and Hydrology through Time I

GSA Archaeological Geology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division

 

Gail M. Ashley, Gary E. Stinchcomb and Timothy C. Messner, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
1
8:05 AM
A (RE-)EMERGING VIEW ON PAST LAND CLEARANCE
RUDDIMAN, William F., Environmental Sciences, Univ of Virginia, Clark Hall, Charlottesville, VA 22903, wfr5c@virginia.edu, wfr5c@virginia.edu
 
8:25 AM
Discussion
2
8:40 AM
ECOLOGICAL-HYDROLOGICAL EFFECTS OF REDUCED BIOMASS BURNING IN THE NEOTROPICS AFTER A.D. 1500
NEVLE, R.J., School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-2210, BIRD, D.K., Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-2115, RUDDIMAN, W.F., Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, DULL, R.A., Department of Geography, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712 and STINCHCOMB, G.E., Department of Geology, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798-7354, rnevle@stanford.edu, rnevle@stanford.edu
3
8:55 AM
GEOARCHAEOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY OF THE CHUNCHUCMIL AND UCI-CANSAHCAB MAYA ARCHAEOLOGY SITES, YUCATAN, MEXICO
LUZZADDER-BEACH, Sheryl1, BEACH, Timothy P.1, DOCTOR, Katarina Z.2, FLOOD, Jonathan M.2, HUTSON, Scott3 and TERRY, Richard E.4, (1)Geography and the Environment, University of Texas at Austin, CLA Bldg. Rm. 3.306, A3100, 305 E. 23rd Street, Austin, TX 78712, (2)Geography and Geoinformation Science, George Mason University, 238 Research I, MSN 6C3, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030-4444, (3)Anthropology, University of Kentucky, 211 Lafferty Hall, Lexington, KY 40506, (4)Plant and Wildlife Sciences, Brigham Young University, 275 WIDB, Provo, UT 84602, slbeach@austin.utexas.edu, slbeach@austin.utexas.edu
4
9:10 AM
GROUND WATER INTERACTIONS IN NATURAL AND ANCIENT MAYA WETLAND FORMATION AND USE
BEACH, Timothy P.1, LUZZADDER-BEACH, Sheryl1 and HOWARD, Douglas A.2, (1)Geography and the Environment, University of Texas at Austin, CLA Bldg. Rm. 3.306, A3100, 305 E. 23rd Street, Austin, TX 78712, (2)Geography and Geoinformation Science and USGS, George Mason University, 1540 Twisted Oak Drive, Reston, VA 20194, beachtp@gmail.com, beachtp@gmail.com
 
9:25 AM
Break
5
9:40 AM
CLIMATE-INDUCED TRANSFORMATION OF ALLUVIAL ENVIRONMENTS IN SHAPING SOCIAL, CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT DURING THE NEOLITHIZATION OF THE CARPATHIAN BASIN (6th MILLENIUM BC)
GULYÁS Jr, Sándor and SÜMEGI, Pál, Department of Geology and Paleontology, University of Szeged, Egyetem u.2-6, Szeged, 6722, Hungary, gulyas-sandor@t-online.hu, gulyas-sandor@t-online.hu
6
9:55 AM
EXTREME FLOODING DURING THE HOLOCENE FOR SELECTED REGIONS IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES
JARRETT, Bob, National Research Program, WRD, U.S. Geol Survey, P.O. Box 25046, MS412, Lakewood, CO 80225, rjarrett@usgs.gov, rjarrett@usgs.gov
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10:15 AM
A DETAILED STUDY OF SEDIMENT, PHOSPHORUS, AND MERCURY DEPOSITON IN A UNIQUE RIVERINE LAKE USING A NOVEL REPEAT CORING APPROACH
BLUMENTRITT, Dylan1, ENGSTROM, Daniel R.2, SCHOTTLER, Shawn2 and BALOGH, Steven J.3, (1)Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, (2)St. Croix Watershed Research Station, Science Museum of Minnesota, Marine on St. Croix, MN 55047, (3)Metropolitan Council Environmental Services, St. Paul, MN 55106, blum0123@umn.edu, blum0123@umn.edu
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10:30 AM
CLIMATE, LANDSCAPE AND THE INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION IN SOUTH ASIA
SCHULDENREIN, Joseph, Geoarcheology Rsch Associates, 92 Main Street, Suite 207, Yonkers, NY 10701 and WRIGHT, Rita T., Department of Anthropology, New York University, 25 Waverly Place, New York, NY 10003, geoarch@aol.com, geoarch@aol.com
 
10:45 AM
Break
9
11:00 AM
SYCNHRONOUS ENVIRONMENTAL AND CULUTRAL CHANGE IN THE PREHISTORY OF THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
MUNOZ, Samuel1, GAJEWSKI, Konrad2 and PEROS, Matthew2, (1)Department of Geology & Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MS #22, 266 Woods Hole Rd., Woods Hole, MA 02543, (2)Geography, University of Ottawa, 60 University Pvt, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada, semunoz@wisc.edu, semunoz@wisc.edu
10
11:15 AM
THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF EARLY AGRICULTURE AND FLUVIAL ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT EASTERN NORTH AMERICA
STINCHCOMB, Gary E., Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Division, Dept. of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354 and MESSNER, Timothy C., Department of Anthropology, The State University of New York at Potsdam, 124 MacVicar Hall, 44 Pierrepont Ave, Potsdam, NY 13676, gary_stinchcomb@baylor.edu, gary_stinchcomb@baylor.edu
11
11:30 AM
TRENDS AND CONTROLS IN HOLOCENE FLOODPLAIN SEDIMENTATION IN THE RHINE CATCHMENT
HOFFMANN, Thomas, Department of Geography, University of Bonn, Meckenheimer Allee 166, Bonn, 53115, Germany, thomas.hoffmann@uni-bonn.de, thomas.hoffmann@uni-bonn.de
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