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North-Central Section - 39th Annual Meeting (May 19–20, 2005)

Session No. 39
Friday, 20 May 2005: 1:20 PM-5:20 PM

T6. Geologic Development of the Mississippi River

 

Howard C. Hobbs and Tammy Rittenour, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:20 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:30 PM
FLUVIAL EVOLUTION OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY OVER THE LAST GLACIAL CYCLE
RITTENOUR, Tammy M., Geology, Utah State University, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, tammyr@cc.usu.edu, tammyr@cc.usu.edu
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2:00 PM
ENVIRONMENT AND PROVENANCE OF SLACKWATER LAKE SEDIMENTS IN TERRACES PROXIMAL TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY NEAR ST. LOUIS
GRIMLEY, David A., Illinois State Geological Survey, 615 E. Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820 and CURRY, Brandon, Environmental Geoscience Center, Quaternary Geology, Illinois State Geol Survey, 615 E Peabody Drive, Champaign, IL 61820, grimley@isgs.uiuc.edu, grimley@isgs.uiuc.edu
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2:20 PM
THE SEARCH FOR EARLY WISCONSINAN GLACIATION IN MINNESOTA
HOBBS, Howard C., Minnesota Geological Survey, Univ of Minnesota, 2642 University Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55114, hobbs001@umn.edu, hobbs001@umn.edu
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2:40 PM
LATE GLACIAL AND HOLOCENE FLOODS, TERRACES, FLUVIAL LANDFORMS, EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION ON THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER
KNOX, James C., Geography, Univ of Wisconsin-Madison, 234 Science Hall, 550 North Park Street, Madison, WI 53706-1491, knox@geography.wisc.edu, knox@geography.wisc.edu
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3:00 PM
COMPARISON OF ALTERNATIVE FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS METHODS ON THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI
ABEBE, A.J., Geology, Southern Illinois University, 1259 Lincoln Drive, Mailcode 4324, Carbondale, IL 62901 and PINTER, Nicholas, Geology Dept, Southern Illinois Univ, 1259 Lincoln Drive, Carbondale, IL 62901-4324, abebe@geo.siu.edu, abebe@geo.siu.edu
 
3:20 PM
Break
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3:40 PM
ICE-MARGINAL SLACKWATER IN THE MUSSELSHELL BASIN: IMPLICATIONS FOR LATE WISCONSIN DIVERSION OF THE MISSOURI RIVER IN CENTRAL MONTANA
DAVIS, Nicole K., Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, PO Box 0013, Cincinnati, OH 45221 and LOCKE, William W., Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State Univ, Bozeman, MT 59717, davisn3@uc.edu, davisn3@uc.edu
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4:00 PM
CLOGGING THE MISSISSIPPI? GLACIAL BEDLOAD FROM THE ROCKIES TO THE GULF
LOCKE, William W., Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State Univ, Bozeman, MT 59717, wlocke@montana.edu, wlocke@montana.edu
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4:20 PM
EFFECTS OF SEA-LEVEL AND CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY: PRELIMINARY IRSL DATING OF THE UPPER PLEISTOCENE PRAIRIE COMPLEX
MATEO, Zenon Richard P., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Univ of Illinois at Chicago (MC 186), 845 W. Taylor St, Chicago, IL 60607-7059, TORNQVIST, Torbjörn E., Univ Illinois - Chicago, 845 W Taylor St, Chicago, IL 60607-7056, AUTIN, Whitney J., Earth Sciences, SUNY College at Brockport, Brockport, NY 14420 and FORMAN, Steven L., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60607, zmateo1@uic.edu, zmateo1@uic.edu
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4:40 PM
USING HOLOCENE RELATIVE SEA-LEVEL DATA FOR HIGH-PRECISION MEASUREMENT OF TECTONIC SUBSIDENCE RATES IN THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA
TÖRNQVIST, Torbjörn E.1, BICK, Scott J.1, VAN DER BORG, Klaas2, DE JONG, Arie F.M.2 and GREENBERG, Jim3, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Univ of Illinois at Chicago, 845 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60607-7059, (2)Robert J. Van de Graaff Laboratory, Utrecht Univ, P.O. Box 80000, Utrecht, NL-3508 TA, Netherlands, (3)UNAVCO, Inc, 6350 Nautilus Drive, Boulder, CO 80301-5554, tor@uic.edu, tor@uic.edu
 
5:00 PM
Discussion
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