2003 Seattle Annual Meeting (November 2–5, 2003)

Session No. 132
Tuesday, 4 November 2003: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

P1. Global Climate Changes: Abrupt Late Pleistocene Climatic Reversals and Modern Global Warming

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division

 

Don Easterbrook, Ed Evenson and John Gosse, Conveners
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8:00 AM
IS THE YOUNGER DRYAS GLOBAL IN EXTENT?
RUTTER, Nathaniel W., Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Univ of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3 and WEAVER, Andrew J., School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Univ of Victoria, PO Box 3055 STN CSC, Victoria, BC V8W 3P6, Nat.Rutter@ualberta.ca, Nat.Rutter@ualberta.ca
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8:20 AM
TIMING AND STYLE OF GLACIATION THROUGHOUT THE HIMALAYA AND TIBET DURING THE LAST GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL TRANSITION
OWEN, Lewis Andrew, Earth Sciences, Univ of California, Riverside, CA 92521, FINKEL, Robert, CAMS, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Livermore, CA 94550 and CAFFEE, Marc, Physics, Purdue Univ, W. Lafayette, IN 47906, Lewis.Owen@ucr.edu, Lewis.Owen@ucr.edu
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8:40 AM
LATE-GLACIAL ICE ADVANCES IN MARITIME CANADA
STEA, Rudolph R., Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, PO BOX 698, Halifax, NS B3J 2T9, MOTT, Robert J., Geol Survey of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada, GOSSE, John, Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3J 3J5, Canada and FASTOOK, James, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, rrstea@gov.ns.ca, rrstea@gov.ns.ca
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9:00 AM
CORRELATIONS OF MORAINES BY EXPOSURE AGES (AND OTHER BEST LAID PLANS)
GOSSE, John, Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3J 3J5, Canada, KLEIN, Jeff, Physics, Univ of Pennsylvania, 109 South Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, DAVIS, P. Thompson, Department of Natural & Applied Sciences, Bentley University, 175 Forest St, Waltham, MA 02452-4705, EVENSON, Edward B., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh Univ, Bethlehem, PA 18015, GRAY, James T., Geographie, Universitie de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada and MACDONALD, Fiona H., Earth Sciences, Dalhousie Univ, Halifax, NS B3J 3J5, Canada, jcgosse@is.dal.ca, jcgosse@is.dal.ca
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9:20 AM
10BE DEGLACIATION CHRONOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN MARGIN OF THE SCANDINAVIAN ICE SHEET
RINTERKNECHT, Vincent R.1, RAISBECK, Grant M.2, YIOU, Françoise2, CLARK, Peter U.3, BROOK, Edward J.4, BITINAS, Albertas5, MARKS, Leszek6, PIOTROWSKI, Jan A.7, RAUKAS, Anto8 and ZELÈS, Vitâlijs9, (1)Department of Geosciences, Oregon State Univ, Corvallis, OR 97331-5506, (2)Centre de Spectrométrie Nucléaire et de Spectrométrie de Masse, 91405 Orsay, (3)College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-5506, (4)Department of Earth Sciences and Program in Environmental Science, Washington State Univ, Vancouver, WA 98686, (5)Department of Quaternary Geology, Geol Survey of Lithuania, 2600 Vilnius, (6)Polish Geol Institute, 00-975 Warsaw, Poland, (7)Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Aarhus, C.F. Moellers Alle 120, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark, (8)Estonian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geology, EE-00001 Tallinn, Estonia, (9)Department Geography, Univ of Latvia, 19 Rainis Blvd, Riga, LV-1586, Latvia, rinterkv@geo.orst.edu, rinterkv@geo.orst.edu
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9:40 AM
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10:00 AM
TIMING AND STRUCTURE OF THE LATE GLACIAL GSCHNITZ AND EGESEN GLACIER ADVANCES IN THE EUROPEAN ALPS
IVY-OCHS, Susan, Teilchenphysik, ETH-Hönggerberg, Zurich, CH-8093, KERSCHNER, Hanns, Institut für Geographie, Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, A-6020, KUBIK, Peter W., Paul Scherrer Institute c/o Teilchenphysik, ETH Hönggerberg, Zurich, CH-8093 and SCHLÜCHTER, Christian, Geologisches Institut, Universität Bern, Bern, CH-3012, ivy@phys.ethz.ch, ivy@phys.ethz.ch
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10:20 AM
SYNCHRONICITY AND SENSITIVITY OF ALPINE AND CONTINENTAL GLACIERS TO ABRUPT, GLOBAL, CLIMATIC CHANGES DURING THE YOUNGER DRYAS
EASTERBROOK, Don J., Geology, Western Washington Univ, Bellingham, WA 98225, dbunny@cc.wwu.edu, dbunny@cc.wwu.edu
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10:40 AM
ABRUPT LATE PLEISTOCENE CLIMATIC REVERSALS IN COLORADO AND WYOMING: EVIDENCE FROM LAKE SEDIMENTS AND MORAINES IN CIRQUES
DAVIS, P. Thompson, Department of Natural & Applied Sciences, Bentley University, 175 Forest St, Waltham, MA 02452-4705, GOSSE, John C., Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada, REASONER, Mel A., Mountain Research Initiative, Coordination Office, Barenplatz 2, 3011 Bern, Switzerland and ZIELINSKI, Gregory A., Climate Change Institute, Univ Maine, Orono, ME 04469-5790, pdavis@bentley.edu, pdavis@bentley.edu
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11:00 AM
COSMOGENIC 10BE CHRONOLOGY OF THE WALLOWA ICECAP, OREGON, AND VARIABLE RESPONSES OF WESTERN USA GLACIERS DURING THE LAST DEGLACIATION
LICCIARDI, Joseph M., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, CLARK, Peter U., Department of Geosciences, Oregon State Univ, 104 Wilkinson Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331-5506 and BROOK, Edward J., Department of Earth Sciences and Program in Environmental Science, Washington State Univ, Vancouver, WA 98686, joe.licciardi@unh.edu, joe.licciardi@unh.edu
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11:20 AM
UNSTABLE STADIALS: EVIDENCE FROM THE YOUNGER DRYAS
BOND, Gerard, Geology, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Rt 9w, Palisades, NY 10964, gcb@ldeo.columbia.edu, gcb@ldeo.columbia.edu
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11:40 AM
THE DEGLACIATION OF ICELAND: MODELLING THE MAXIMUM EXTENT AND SUBSEQUENT RAPID FLUCTUATIONS OF THE LATE WEICHSELIAN ICE-SHEET INTO THE HOLOCENE
HUBBARD, Alun1, SUGDEN, David1, DUGMORE, Andrew1 and NORDDAHL, Hreggvidur2, (1)School of Geosciences, Univ of Edinburgh, Drummond St, Edinburgh, EH8 9XP, (2)Science Institute, Univ of Iceland, Reykjavik, IS 107, Iceland, alh@geo.ed.ac.uk, alh@geo.ed.ac.uk