2007 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (28–31 October 2007)

Session No. 93
Monday, 29 October 2007: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

T22. Evidence of Climatic and Tectonic Change Recorded in Alluvial Fans

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division

 

Jennifer L. Pierce and Tammy Rittenour, Advocates
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Start Time
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1:30 PM
FIRE, CLIMATE, AND FANS
MEYER, Grant1, FRECHETTE, Jedediah D.1, NEW, Jennifer K.1 and PIERCE, Jennifer L.2, (1)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (2)Geosciences, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, gmeyer@unm.edu, gmeyer@unm.edu
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1:50 PM
ALLUVIAL FAN RECORDS OF FIRE AND GEOMORPHIC RESPONSE IN RANGELAND ECOSYSTEMS
NELSON, Nathan A., Geosciences, Boise State University, 1910 University Ave, Boise, ID 83725 and PIERCE, Jennifer L., Geosciences, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, catamountsierra@yahoo.com, catamountsierra@yahoo.com
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2:05 PM
A RECORD OF LATE HOLOCENE PEDIMENT EVOLUTION IN THE WHITE RIVER BADLANDS, SOUTH DAKOTA
BURKHART, Patrick A.1, LIVINGSTON, Jack2, JAHN, Michael3 and ANDERSON, Travis1, (1)Geography, Geology and the Environment, Slippery Rock University, 335 ATS, Slippery Rock, PA 16057, (2)Geography, Geology and the Environment, Slippery Rock Univ, Slippery Rock, PA 16057, (3)EnviroGroup Ltd, patrick.burkhart@sru.edu, patrick.burkhart@sru.edu
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2:20 PM
SCRATCHING BENEATH THE SURFACE: ALLUVIAL HISTORIES RECORDED IN COSMOGENIC NUCLIDE DEPTH PROFILES
NICHOLS, Kyle K., Department of Geosciences, Skidmore College, 815 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 and BIERMAN, Paul, Geology Department and School of Natural Resources, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, knichols@skidmore.edu, knichols@skidmore.edu
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2:40 PM
CONSTRAINTS ON THE TIMING OF FAN DEPOSITION IN DEATH VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, USING COSMOGENIC 10BE AND 26AL
DÜHNFORTH, Miriam, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ludwig- Maximilians-University, Munich, 80333 munich, Germany, IVY-OCHS, Susan, Particle Physics/Institute of Geography, ETH Zurich/University of Zurich, Hoenggerberg, HPK, Zurich, 8093, Switzerland, DENSMORE, Alexander L., Department of Geography, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom and KUBIK, Peter W., Paul Scherrer Institute c/o Institute of Particle Physics, HPH H30, ETH Hoenggerberg, Zurich, CH-8093, Switzerland, miriam.duehnforth@iaag.geo.uni-muenchen.de, miriam.duehnforth@iaag.geo.uni-muenchen.de
 
2:55 PM
Break
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3:10 PM
THE INFLUENCE OF BEDROCK WEATHERING ON THE RESPONSE OF DRAINAGE BASINS AND ASSOCIATED ALLUVIAL FANS TO HOLOCENE CLIMATES, SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS CALIFORNIA
EPPES, M.C., Department of Geography & Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28223, MCFADDEN, L.D., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 and GRIFFING, D., Department of Geological & Environmental Sciences, Hartwick College, Johnstone Science Center, One Hartwick Drive, Oneonta, NY 13820, meppes@uncc.edu, meppes@uncc.edu
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3:25 PM
SPATIAL VARIATIONS IN FAULT SLIP RATE ALONG THE DEATH VALLEY-FISH LAKE VALLEY FAULT ZONE
FRANKEL, Kurt L., School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 311 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA 30332, DOLAN, James F., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, 3651 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, FINKEL, Robert C., Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, PO Box 808, L-206, Livermore, CA 94550, OWEN, Lewis A., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics, Cincinnati, OH 45221 and HOEFT, Jeffrey S., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 311 Ferst Dr, Atlanta, GA 30332-0340, kfrankel@usc.edu, kfrankel@usc.edu
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3:40 PM
WHAT CLIMATIC FACTORS CONTROL INTERVALS OF DEPOSITION AND STABILITY ON ALLUVIAL FANS?
PIERCE, Jennifer L., Geosciences, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, PHILLIPS, Richard J., Berkeley Geochronology Center & Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, 2455 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709, RITTENOUR, Tammy, Department of Geology and Luminescence Laboratory, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322, SHARP, Warren D., Berkeley Geochronology Center, Berkeley, CA 94709 and PIERCE, Kenneth L., NRMSC, US Geological Survey, Box 173492, Bozeman, MT 59717-3492, jenpierce@boisestate.edu, jenpierce@boisestate.edu
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3:55 PM
LANDFORM MODELING OF ALLUVIAL FANS: A KINEMATIC TOOL FOR ASSESSING QUATERNARY DEFORMATION
WEST, R. Brown, Geology, East Los Angeles College, 1301 Avenida Cesar Chavez, Monterey Park, CA 91754, westrb@elac.edu, westrb@elac.edu
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4:10 PM
MARTIAN STEPPED FANS RECORD RAPID WATER RELEASE
KRAAL, Erin R.1, VAN DIJK, Maurits2, POSTMA, George2 and KLEINHANS, M.G.3, (1)Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4404 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24060, (2)Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Budapestlaan 4, Utrecht, 3512 LM, Netherlands, (3)Geosciences, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 2, Utrecht, 3508 TC, Netherlands, ekraal@vt.edu, ekraal@vt.edu
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4:25 PM
THROUGH THICK AND THIN: INDICATIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND TECTONIC ACTIVITY IN THE DEVONIAN RIDGEWAY CONGLOMERATE FORMATION OF SW WALES, UK
MARRIOTT, Susan B., Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of the West of England, Bristol, Frenchay Campus, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol, BS16 1QY, United Kingdom and HILLIER, Robert D., Department of Geology, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, CF10 3NP, United Kingdom, susan.marriott@uwe.ac.uk, susan.marriott@uwe.ac.uk
 
4:45 PM
Discussion
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