Session: Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography (Posters) II (2002 Denver Annual Meeting (October 27-30, 2002))

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STRONTIUM AND MAGNESIUM VARIATIONS IN A SPELEOTHEM FROM CREVICE CAVE, MISSOURI: POTENTIAL FOR SEASONAL SCALE PALEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTION

OSTER, Jessica L.¹, DORALE, Jeffrey A.², RAY, Sushmita³, WANG, Xianfeng³ and EDWARDS, R. Lawrence³, (1)Geology, Oberlin College, Carnegie Building, 52 West Lorain St, Oberlin, OH 44074, (2)Geology, Univ of Missouri, 101 Geology Building, Columbia, MO 65211, (3)Geology & Geophysics, Univ. of Minn, 310 Pillsbury Dr. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, jessica.oster@oberlin.edu, jessica.oster@oberlin.edu

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FUNCTION-FITTING VEGETATION PROXY RECORD PROFILES OF THE SANGAMON AND WISCONSIN EPISODES FROM MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS

CURRY, Brandon, Illinois State Geological Survey, University of Illinois, 615 E. Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820, DORALE, Jeffrey A., Geology, Univ of Missouri, 101 Geology Building, Columbia, MO 65211 and HENSON, Robert A., Illinois Statistics Office, Univ of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 101A Illini Hall, 725 S. Wright St, Champaign, 61820, b-curry@illinois.edu, b-curry@illinois.edu

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CLIMATIC CHANGES IN THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES AROUND THE YOUNGER DRYAS

POLYAK, Victor J. and ASMEROM, Yemane, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, 200 Yale Blvd, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, polyak@unm.edu, polyak@unm.edu

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AUTOBAHN ARCHAEOLOGY: HOW MINING OPERATIONS HAVE SHED LIGHT ON THE LATE IRON AGE

HOLT, David Harms, Geosciences: Environmental Dynamics, Univ of Arkansas at Fayetteville, Ozark Hall 113, Fayetteville, AR 72701, dhholt@uark.edu, dhholt@uark.edu

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STANDARDIZED PALEOBOTANICAL DATA DERIVED FROM PACKRAT MIDDENS IN WESTERN NORTH AMERICA

STRICKLAND, Laura E.¹, SCHUMANN, R. Randall², THOMPSON, Robert S.¹ and ANDERSON, Katherine H.³, (1)U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO 80225, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO 80225, (3)INSTAAR, Univ of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, lstrickland@usgs.gov, lstrickland@usgs.gov

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GROWTH CHARACTERISTICS OF ANCIENT ROCKY MOUNTAIN BRISTLECONE PINES, SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS, COLORADO, USA

BRUNSTEIN, F. Craig, U.S. Geological Survey, P.O. Box 25046, M.S. 902, Lakewood, CO 80225, cbrunste@usgs.gov, cbrunste@usgs.gov

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SURFACE WATER FLUCTUATIONS IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES OVER THE PAST 30,000 YEARS

KERWIN, Michael W.¹, THOMPSON, Robert S.¹ and ANDERSON, Katherine H.², (1)U.S. Geol Survey, MS 980 Box 25046, DFC, Denver, CO 80225, (2)INSTAAR, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, mkerwin@usgs.gov, mkerwin@usgs.gov

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SEDIMENTARY INDICATORS OF EXTREME SHALLOWING OF BEAR LAKE (UTAH AND IDAHO) IN THE LATEST PLEISTOCENE

SMOOT, Joseph P., US Geol Survey, 926A National Ctr, Reston, VA 20192 and ROSENBAUM, Joseph G., US Geol Survey, Box 25046, M.S. 980, Federal Ctr, Denver, CO 890225, jpsmoot@usgs.gov, jpsmoot@usgs.gov

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SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS OF CLIMATIC AND VEGETATIONAL CHANGE ASSOCIATED WITH THE ALGOMA HIGH-WATER EVENT (CA. 3200-2300 CAL-YR BP) IN THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION

BOOTH, Robert K. and JACKSON, Stephen T., Department of Botany - Box 3165, Univ of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071-3165, rkbooth@uwyo.edu, rkbooth@uwyo.edu

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MID-HOLOCENE CLIMATIC VARIATIONS IN THE MIDCONTINENT OF NORTH AMERICA: MULTI-PROXY ANALYSES OF SEDIMENTS FROM TWO MINNESOTA LAKES

TIAN, Jian, Geology, Univ of Illinois, 265 Morrill Hall, Plant Biology, University of Illinois, 505 S. Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL 61801, NELSON, David, Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Univ of Illinois, 265 Morrill Hall, Plant Biology, University of Illinois, 505 S. Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL 61801, HU, Feng Sheng, Univ Illinois - Urbana-Champaign, 505 S Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL 61801-3707, BROWN, Thomas A., Ctr for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, LLNL L-397, PO BOX 808, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA 94551, STEFANOVA, Ivanka, Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Minnisota, 1426 Hythe St, St Paul, MN 55108 and WRIGHT, Herbert E., Jr, Univ Minnesota - Twin Cities, 310 Pillsbury Dr SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0219, jiantian@uiuc.edu, jiantian@uiuc.edu

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HOLOCENE POLLEN AND PLANT MACROFOSSIL RECORD OF COLDWATER LAKE, NORTH DAKOTA

YANSA, Catherine H.¹, GRIMM, Eric C.² and MUELLER, Pietra², (1)Department of Geography, Michigan State University, 314 Natural Sciences Building, East Lansing, MI 48824-1115, (2)Illinois State Museum, Research and Collections Center, 1011 East Ash Street, Springfield, IL 62703, cyansa@geography.wisc.edu, cyansa@geography.wisc.edu

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A HOLOCENE RECORD FROM MEDICINE LAKE, SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: PRELIMINARY DIATOM, POLLEN, AND SEDIMENT DATA

STARRATT, Scott W.¹, BARRON, John A.¹, KNEESHAW, Tara¹, PHILLIPS, R. Larry, LOWENSTERN, Jake³ and WANKET, James⁴, (1)US Geol Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025-3591, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025-3591, (3)Dept. of Geography, University of California, Berkeley, CA 96720, sstarrat@usgs.gov, sstarrat@usgs.gov

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LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS OF GRENADA – TOWARD A RECORD OF HOLOCENE PRECIPITATION VARIABILITY IN THE NORTHERN EQUATORIAL ATLANTIC

CAULDER, A.N.¹, RIGSBY, C.A.¹, BAKER, P.A.², BJÖRCK, S.³ and FRITZ, S.⁴, (1)Department of Geology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, (2)Division of Earth & Ocean Sciences, Duke Univ, Durham, NC 27703, (3)Univ of Lund, Sweden, (4)Univ of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588, anc0128@mail.ecu.edu, anc0128@mail.ecu.edu

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A LATE QUATERNARY MAGNETIC MINERAL RECORD FROM THE SEDIMENTS OF LAKE BOSUMTWI, GHANA

GREEN, Ryan R.¹, PECK, John¹, KING, John², WHEELER, C. Winston³ and OVERPECK, Johnathan⁴, (1)Geology, Univ of Akron, University of Akron, Department of Geology, Akron, OH 44325-4101, (2)Marine Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett Bay Campus, Narragansett, RI 02882, (3)Univ of Arizona, 1040 E. Fourth Street, room 208, Tucson, AZ 85721-0077, (4)Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, rrg3@uakron.edu, rrg3@uakron.edu

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PALYNOLOGICAL INDICES IDENTIFY MID TO LATE HOLOCENE CHANGES IN MOISTURE AVAILABILITY AT LAKES TELMEN AND DOOD, NORTHERN MONGOLIA

FOWELL, Sarah J.¹, WANG, Yiming¹, PECK, John A.², HANSEN, Barbara C.S.³, KHOSBAYAR, P.⁴ and GANBOLD, Enebish⁵, (1)Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Alaska Fairbanks, PO Box 755780, Fairbanks, AK 99775-5780, (2)Office for Terrestrial Records of Environmental Change, Department of Geology, The Univ of Akron, Akron, OH 44325-4101, (3)Limnological Research Center, Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0219, (4)Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia, (5)Institute of Botany, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia, ffsjf@uaf.edu, ffsjf@uaf.edu

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SEDIMENT EVIDENCE OF LIMNOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES AT LAKE KORTTAJÄRVI BETWEEN AD 520 AND 1874 WITH SPECIAL REGARD OF THE MEDIEVAL CLIMATE ANOMALY

KAUPPILA, Tommi¹, TILJANDER, Mia¹, UUSITALO, Risto², ALENIUS, Teija¹ and SAARNISTO, Matti¹, (1)Geol Survey of Finland, P.O. Box 96, Espoo, 02151, Finland, (2)Agrifood Rsch Finland, MTT, Jokioinen, 31600, Finland, tommi.kauppila@gsf.fi, tommi.kauppila@gsf.fi