Cordilleran Section - 101st Annual Meeting (April 29–May 1, 2005)

Session No. 31
Saturday, 30 April 2005: 1:20 PM-5:00 PM

Geomorphology and Quaternary Geology

 

Antonio F. Garcia and Kim M. Bishop, Chairs
Paper #
Start Time
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1:20 PM
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA DEBRIS FLOWS LOCALIZED BY WIND-DRIVEN PRECIPITATION
PIKE, Richard J., U.S. Geol Survey, M/S 973, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025 and SOBIESZCZYK, Steven, U.S. Geol Survey, WRD, 10615 S.E. Cherry Blossom Drive, Portland, OR 97216, rpike@usgs.gov, rpike@usgs.gov
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1:40 PM
ROCK STRENGTH CONTROLS ON LANDSLIDING ALONG THE BIG SUR COAST, CA
SCHMIDT, Kevin M., Western Earth Surface Processes Team, U. S. Geol Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, MS 973, Menlo Park, CA 94025 and REID, Mark E., U.S. Geol Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, MS 910, Menlo Park, CA 94025, kschmidt@usgs.gov, kschmidt@usgs.gov
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2:00 PM
THE POVERTY HILLS, OWENS VALLEY, EASTERN CALIFORNIA: TRANSPRESSIONAL UPLIFT OR LONG-RUNOUT ROCK AVALANCHE?
BISHOP, Kim M., Department of Geological Sciences, California State Univ, Los Angeles, 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90032, kbishop@calstatela.edu, kbishop@calstatela.edu
4
2:20 PM
COMPARISON OF BEDROCK GEOLOGY WITH FRACTURE AND STREAM ORIENTATIONS IN YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA
RITTASE, William Michael, Geoscience, Univ of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154, GLAZNER, Allen F., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of North Carolina, CB# 3315, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 and OSKIN, Michael E., Department of Geological Sciences Campus Box 3315, Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus Box 3315, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3315, rittasew@unlv.nevada.edu, rittasew@unlv.nevada.edu
5
2:40 PM
THE EFFECTS OF ROCK HARDNESS AND STREAM POWER ON CHANNEL WIDTH, IN ARROYO SECO, MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
DUDLEY, Paul F. and GARCIA, Antonio F., Physics Department, Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407, pdudley@calpoly.edu, pdudley@calpoly.edu
 
3:00 PM
Break
6
3:20 PM
ORIGIN OF THE MALTA TERRACE AND OTHER LANDFORMS WITHIN THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY
NZEWUNWAH, Chima, Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Texas at El Paso, 500 University avenue, El Paso, TX 79902, chima@geo.utep.edu, chima@geo.utep.edu
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3:40 PM
NEW AGE CONSTRAINTS ON HOLOCENE GLACIATION IN THE SIERRA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA
BOWERMAN, Nicole D., Geology Department, Western Washington Univ, 516 High Street, Bellingham, WA 98225-9080 and CLARK, Douglas H., Geology, Western Washington Univ, 516 High Street, Bellingham, WA 98225, Niki.Bowerman@wwu.edu, Niki.Bowerman@wwu.edu
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4:00 PM
RECESSION OF MODERN GLACIERS AND POST-LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUIM GLACIAL CHRONOLOGY IN THE TRINITY ALPS, CA
HEERMANCE, Richard V., Geological Sciences, Univ of California, Santa Barbara, 1006 Webb Hall, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9636 and BRIGGS, Richard, Center for Neotectonic Studies, Univerity of Nevada, Reno, Mail Stop 169, Reno, NV 89557, richard@crustal.ucsb.edu, richard@crustal.ucsb.edu
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4:20 PM
LATE PLEISTOCENE FAN ACTIVITY IN JAKES VALLEY, CENTRAL GREAT BASIN, USA
GARCIA, Antonio F., Physics Department, Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 and STOKES, Martin, Geology, School of Earth, Ocean, and Environmental Sciences, Univ of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA, United Kingdom, afgarcia@calpoly.edu, afgarcia@calpoly.edu
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4:40 PM
THE EVOLUTIONARY CYCLE OF THE TAFONE WEATHERING PATTERN ON SANDSTONE AT BEAN HOLLOW BEACH, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
BOXERMAN, Jonathan Z., Geosciences, San Francisco State Univ, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94132, jzbox@yahoo.com, jzbox@yahoo.com