Cordilleran Section - 98th Annual Meeting (May 13–15, 2002)

Session No. 13
Monday, 13 May 2002: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

T27. Catastrophic Glacial Outburst Floods in the Pacific Northwest

 

Patrick K. Spencer, Advocates
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1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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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, nsmyers@fs.fed.us
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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, (2)Washington Department of Natural Resources, Div. of Geology, Olympia, WA 98504-7007, goldstein@ups.edu, goldstein@ups.edu
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2:05 PM
ANALYSIS OF PLAN-VIEW GEOMETRY OF CLASTIC DIKE NETWORKS IN MISSOULA FLOOD SLACKWATER SEDIMENTS (TOUCHET BEDS), SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON
SILVER, Matthew H., Geology, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA 99362 and POGUE, Kevin R., Geology, Whitman college, Walla Walla, WA 99362, silvermh@whitman.edu, silvermh@whitman.edu
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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.2, HORTON, Duane G.1, FECHT, Karl R.3, SMITH, Gary A.4 and LINDSEY, Kevin A.5, (1)Applied Geology and Geochemistry, Pacific Northwest National Lab, MS K6-81, P.O. Box 999, Richland, WA 99352, (2)Applied Geology and Geochemistry, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, MS K6-81, P.O. Box 999, Richland, WA 99352, (3)Bechtel Hanford Inc, 3350 George Washington Way, Richland, WA 99352, (4)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (5)Kennedy/Jenks Consultants, 1020 North Center Parkway, Suite F, Kennewick, WA 99336, Bruce.Bjornstad@pnl.gov, Bruce.Bjornstad@pnl.gov
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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 and REID, Jane A., Pacific Science Center, U.S. Geol Survey, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, wnormark@usgs.gov, wnormark@usgs.gov
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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, (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, cpluhar@earthsci.ucsc.edu, cpluhar@earthsci.ucsc.edu
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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 and LILLQUIST, Karl, Dept. of Geography, Central Washington Univ, Ellensburg, WA 98926, steve@geology.cwu.edu, steve@geology.cwu.edu
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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, spencerp@whitman.edu
 
3:35 PM
Concluding Remarks
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