2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM

Session No. 178
Monday, 6 October 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Geomorphology

 

Todd Caldwell and doug clark, Chairs
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Start Time
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8:00 AM
DISTINGUISHED CAREER AWARD: Late Quaternary Climate Change in the San Luis Valley, Colorado: A Succession of Contrasting Environments
MADOLE, Richard F., U.S. Geol Survey, MS 980, Box 25046, Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, madole@usgs.gov, madole@usgs.gov
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8:30 AM
A New Interpretation for Latest Pleistocene Ice Dynamics of the Puget Lobe, Northwest Washington
CLARK, Douglas H., Geology, Western Washington Univ, 516 High Street, Bellingham, WA 98225 and STEIG, Eric J., Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, Doug.Clark@wwu.edu, Doug.Clark@wwu.edu
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8:45 AM
Glacial Lake Missoula: The Montana Sedimentary Record of Multiple Drainings
SMITH, Larry N., Montana Bureau Mines & Geology, Montana Tech of The Univ of Montana, 1300 W Park St, Butte, MT 59701-8997, lsmith@mtech.edu, lsmith@mtech.edu
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9:00 AM
Evidence for Late Pleistocene Megafloods in Southcentral Alaska, USA
WIEDMER, Michael1, MONTGOMERY, David R.2, GILLESPIE, Alan R.3 and GREENBERG, Harvey2, (1)College of Forest Resources, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, (2)Department of Earth & Space Sciences, University of Washington, Box 351310, Seattle, WA 98195, (3)Department of Earth & Space Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, mwiedmer@u.washington.edu, mwiedmer@u.washington.edu
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9:15 AM
Late Pleistocene Glacio-Lacustrine Systems in the Central Ohio River Valley
BEVIS, Kenneth1, GOSHORN-MARONEY, Joseph2 and OTTO, Mark1, (1)Geology, Hanover College, Hanover, IN 47243, (2)Geology, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225, bevis@hanover.edu, bevis@hanover.edu
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9:30 AM
Alaskan Tidewater Glacier Response to Climate Change during the Medieval Climate Anomaly
WILES, Gregory C., Geology, The College of Wooster, 944 College Mall, Scovel Hall, Wooster, OH 44691, DANIEL, Lawson, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab, 72 Lyme Road, Hanover, NH 03755, BARCLAY, David, Department of Geology, SUNY - Cortland, Cortland, NY 13045 and LOWELL, Thomas, Dept of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, gwiles@wooster.edu, gwiles@wooster.edu
 
9:45 AM
Break
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10:00 AM
DONALD J. EASTERBROOK DISTINGUISHED SCIENTIST AWARD: Pleistocene Glaciation in the Gobi Desert
GILLESPIE, Alan R., Department of Earth & Space Sciences, University of Washington, Box 351310, Seattle, WA 98195, arg3@uw.edu, arg3@uw.edu
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10:30 AM
Cenozoic Incision of the North American High Plains: Topographic Re-Analysis and the Possible Role of Climate Change
WOBUS, Cameron, Stratus Consulting, 1881 Ninth St, Suite 201, Boulder, CO 80302, TUCKER, Gregory E., CIRES and Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Campus Box 399, 2200 Colorado Avenue, Boulder, CO 80309-0399 and ANDERSON, Robert S., Department of Geological Sciences and INSTAAR, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, cameron.wobus@stratusconsulting.com, cameron.wobus@stratusconsulting.com
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10:45 AM
Abandonment of Unaweep Canyon ~1 Ma and the Effects of Transient Knickpoint Migration, Western Colorado
ASLAN, Andres1, HOOD, William2, KARLSTROM, Karl3, KIRBY, Eric4, GRANGER, Darryl5, BETTON, Charles6, DARLING, Andrew7, BENAGE, Mary7 and SCHOEPFER, Shane D.8, (1)Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, Mesa State College, Grand Junction, CO 81501, (2)Grand Junction, CO 81503, (3)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, (4)Department of Geosciences, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802, (5)Earth & Atmospheric Science, Purdue Univ, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907, (6)217 Country Club Park, Grand Junction, CO 81503, (7)Physical and Environmental Sciences, Mesa State College, 1100 North Avenue, Grand Junction, CO 81501, (8)Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 09212, aaslan@mesastate.edu, aaslan@mesastate.edu
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11:00 AM
Withdrawn
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11:15 AM
Agricultural Vs. Geological Erosion Rates in Arid Environments: A Case-Study in Southern Peru
LONDOÑO, Ana C., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Building, Cincinnati, OH 45221, ana_cristinal@hotmail.com, ana_cristinal@hotmail.com
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11:30 AM
Cenozoic Silicification in the Niobrara Formation, Kansas-Nebraska: Significance of Regional Paleo-Weathering Phenomena
JOECKEL, R.M., Conservation and Survey Division, School of Natural Resources and Department of Geosciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583-0996, rjoeckel3@unl.edu, rjoeckel3@unl.edu
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11:45 AM
Late Pleistocene Environmental Change in the Northeast of Peninsula De Yucatán, Mexico: Based on Sedimentological and Paleopedological Proxies
CABADAS, Héctor, Posgrado en Ciencias de la Tierra, UNAM, Cd. Universitaria, Mexico, 04510, Mexico and SOLLEIRO-REBOLLEDO, Elizabeth, Dept. of Soil Science, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito de la Investigación Científica s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico D.F, 04510, Mexico, geocabadas@hotmail.com, geocabadas@hotmail.com