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. 146
Sunday, 5 October 2008: 8:00 AM-4:45 PM

Quaternary Geology (Posters)

Authors will be present from 2:45 to 4:45 PM.

 

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Evidence for Pulsed Flooding Periods from a Series of Terraces along the Burdekin River in Northeast Queensland, Australia, during the Late Quaternary: Implication for Climate Change
CHARSKY, Alyssa1, GASTALDO, Robert A.1, WUST, Raphael A.J.2 and RIESER, Uwe3, (1)Department of Geology, Colby College, 5800 Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME 04901, (2)School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Queensland, Townsville, 4811, Australia, (3)School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand, acharsky@colby.edu, acharsky@colby.edu
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Analysis of Slackwater Sediments Found In the Savanna Terraces along the Mississippi River, Northwestern Illinois
JOHNSON, Beth A., Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Northern Illinois University, Davis Hall 312, Normal Rd, DeKalb, IL 60115 and CARPENTER, Philip J., Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Northern Illinois Univ, DeKalb, IL 60115, bjohnson@geol.niu.edu, bjohnson@geol.niu.edu
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Playa-Lunette Systems and Paleoenvironmental Change on the Central High Plains
BOWEN, Mark W., Geography, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Rm 213, Lawrence, KS 66045 and JOHNSON, William C., Dept. of Geography, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, mwbowen@ku.edu, mwbowen@ku.edu
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Glacial and Pluvial Records of the Angel Lake Glaciation In Northeastern Nevada and Inferences of Latest Pleistocene Climate
LAABS, Benjamin J., Geological Sciences, SUNY Geneseo, 1 College Circle, Geneseo, NY 14454 and MUNROE, Jeffrey S., Geology, Middlebury College, 276 Bicentennial Way, Middlebury, VT 05753, laabs@geneseo.edu, laabs@geneseo.edu
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Shoreline Development In the Hogup Bar Quadrangle, Northwestern Utah, during Late Pleistocene Lake Bonneville
NELSON, Daren T., Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0011 and JEWELL, Paul, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, d.t.nelson@utah.edu, d.t.nelson@utah.edu
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Late Quaternary Glaciation of the Mckenzie RIVER Basin, Cascade RANGE, Oregon; With Paleoclimatic Implications
BEVIS, Kenneth1, GOSHORN-MARONEY, Joseph2 and LANGE, Amy1, (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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A Comparative Study of Lake Sediments from Early and Late Stage Deglaciation of the Laurentide Ice Sheet
MCMULLEN, Melissa1, STROUP, Justin1, BALLARD, Joanne1, HOUSE, Aaron M.1, NEALON, John1, MARSHALL, Nathan1 and HUFF, Warren D.2, (1)Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, P.O. Box 0013, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, (2)Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, PO Box 210013, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, mcmullms@email.uc.edu, mcmullms@email.uc.edu
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Optical Dating of the St. Croix River Spillways, Wisconsin and Minnesota
YOUNG, Aaron R., School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 249 Hardin Hall, Section 17, Lincoln, NE 68583-0962 and HANSON, Paul R., Conservation and Survey Division, School of Natural Resources, Univ. of Nebraska, 612 Hardin Hall, Lincoln, NE 68583-0996, ayoung3@unl.edu, ayoung3@unl.edu
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Preliminary Paleoclimatic Implications from a Shallowing Kettle Pond: 12 Meters of Data from Cumbres Bog in the Southern San Juan Mountains of Colorado
JOHNSON, B.G.1, DIEMER, J.A.2, EPPES, M.C.3 and ARMOUR, J.3, (1)Geography and Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina - Charlotte, 9215 Ravenwing Dr, Charlotte, NC 28262, (2)Geography and Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28223, (3)Department of Geography & Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28223, bradley_g_johnson@hotmail.com, bradley_g_johnson@hotmail.com
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Sediments of Kaw Lake, a Glacier-Dammed Lake in Kansas
OVIATT, Charles G.1, SPENCER, Joel Q.G.2, MCLAUCHLAN, Kendra K.3, VEROSUB, Kenneth L.4 and BRUESEKE, Matthew2, (1)Department of Geology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, (2)Geology, Kansas State Univ, Manhattan, KS 66506, (3)Geography, Kansas State Univ, Manhattan, KS 66506, (4)Earth and Planetary Sciences, UC Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, joviatt@ksu.edu, joviatt@ksu.edu
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First Direct Dating of MIS-2 Paleolake Sediments from Darhad Basin, Mongolia
GILLESPIE, Alan R., Department of Earth & Space Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, BATBAATAR, J., Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, 98195-1310 and FEATHERS, James K., TL Dating Laboratory, Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, arg3@u.washington.edu, arg3@u.washington.edu
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Present, Future, and Past Tropical Andean ELAs: Assessing the Relative Importance of Precipitation and Temperature on Glacier Mass Balance Using a Positive Degree-Day Model
SMITH, Colby A., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, P.O. Box 210013, Cincinnati, OH 45220 and LOWELL, Thomas V., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, smicb@email.uc.edu, smicb@email.uc.edu
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The Interaction Between Climate, Tectonics, and Topography in the San Juan Mountains, Southwestern Colorado
MCKEON, Ryan E., Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, MC 100-23, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, KELLEY, Shari, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801 and LAGESON, David, Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, Traphagen Hall, MSU, Bozeman, MT 59717, rmckeon@caltech.edu, rmckeon@caltech.edu
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Refining the Temporal and Spatial Evolution of the Teton Range, Wyoming, from Integrated Apatite (U-Th) / He and Structural Analyses
BROWN, Summer J., SPOTILA, James, THIGPEN, J. Ryan and TRANEL, Lisa M., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, summerb@vt.edu, summerb@vt.edu
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Morphology and Grain Composition of Sand-Size till Pellets from ANDRILL Core AND1B, Ross Sea, Antarctica
FARMER, Ryan K., Department of Geology, Appalachian State University, ASU Box 32067, Boone, NC 28608 and COWAN, Ellen A., Department of Geology, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608, rf70478@appstate.edu, rf70478@appstate.edu
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Tlingit Legends and Tree Ring Dated Little Ice Age Maximum in Glacier Bay during the Early 18th Century
FETTERS, Caitlin1, WILES, Gregory1, LAWSON, Daniel2, KRIVICICH, Michael1 and KOCH, Johannes3, (1)Department of Geology, The College of Wooster, 1189 Beall Ave, Wooster, OH 44691, (2)CRREL, 72 Lyme Rd, Hanover, NH 03755, (3)Geology, College of Wooster, Wooster, OH 44691, cfetters09@wooster.edu, cfetters09@wooster.edu
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Determination of Ages of Middle- to Late-Pleistocene Volcanism and Marine Terrace Formation In the Shimokita Peninsula, Japan, on the Basis of New Fission-Track Ages of Proximal Tephra Units
KUWABARA, Takuichiro, Institute of Geology and Geoinfomation, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Site 7, Higashi 1-1-1, Tsukuba, 305-8567, Japan, t-kuwabara@aist.go.jp, t-kuwabara@aist.go.jp
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The Be-10 Signals from the near Surface Samples of the Masanri Marine Terrace, Pohang, Korea
KIM, Kyeong Ja, EUM, Chul Hun, KIM, Ju Yong and LEE, Youn Soo, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, 92 Gwhang-no, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 305-350, South Korea, kjkim@kigam.re.kr, kjkim@kigam.re.kr
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Neotectonic Investigation of the Southern Death Valley Fault Zone, San Bernardino County, California
LACKEY, Heather Green and CASKEY, S. John, Dept. of Geosciences, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco, CA 94132, hglackey@yahoo.com, hglackey@yahoo.com
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Geology of the Glenn Spring Quadrangle, Big Bend National Park
COLLINS, Edward W., Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, The Univ of Texas at Austin, University Station, PO Box X, Austin, TX 78713-8924, DICKERSON, Patricia W. and MUEHLBERGER, William R., Geological Sciences, Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, eddie.collins@beg.utexas.edu, eddie.collins@beg.utexas.edu
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The Effects of Variable Quality Data on the Accuracy of 3-Dimensional Subsurface Models for the McMaster Campus, Hamilton Ontario
MACCORMACK, Kelsey E., School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada and EYLES, Carolyn H., Integrated Science Program & School of Geography & Earth Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada, maccorke@mcmaster.ca, maccorke@mcmaster.ca