Session: Dunes, Loess, and Dust: Paleo- and Modern Perspectives on Activation, Stratigraphy, and Processes II (2010 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (31 October

T130. Dunes, Loess, and Dust: Paleo- and Modern Perspectives on Activation, Stratigraphy, and Processes II

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division

William C. Johnson, Marith Reheis and Daniel R. Muhs, Advocates

Paper #

Start Time

1:30 PM

Introductory Remarks

1:45 PM

OSL AGES OF COASTAL SAND DUNES ALONG THE NORTHWESTERN SHORE OF LAKE HURON IN LOWER MICHIGAN: IMPLICATIONS FOR SAND SUPPLY AND PALEOWINDS

ARBOGAST, Alan F., Department of Geography, Michigan State University, 673 Auditorium Road, East Lansing, MI 48824, HANSON, Paul R., Conservation and Survey Division, School of Natural Resources, Univ. of Nebraska, 102 Nebraska Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0517, DEVISSER, Mark H., Department of Geography, Michigan State University, 116 Geography, East Lansing, MI 48824, BIGSBY, Michael E., Geography, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 and YOUNG, Aaron R., Conservation and Survey Division, School of Natural Resources, Univ. of Nebraska, 612 Hardin Hall, Lincoln, NE 68583-0996, dunes@msu.edu, dunes@msu.edu

2:00 PM

EOLIAN PROCESSES AND CHANGES IN COASTAL DUNE MORPHOLOGY DURING COLD AND WET WINTER SEASONS ALONG THE SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN

KILIBARDA, Zoran, Geosciences, Indiana University Northwest, 3400 Broadway, Gary, IN 46408 and MENCHACA, Michael, Geosciences, Indiana University Northwest, 3400 Broadway, Marram Hall 247, Gary, IN 46408, zkilibar@iun.edu, zkilibar@iun.edu

2:15 PM

MASSIVE DUNE BUILDING IN INTERIOR EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN USA IS TEMPORALLY CORRELATED WITH THE HYDROLOGIC CLOSURE OF THE UPPER GREAT LAKES AND SPATIALLY CONFINED BELOW 245 M ASL

LOOPE, Walter L., U.S. Geol Survey, N8391 Sand Point Road, P.O. Box 40, Munising, MI 49862, LOOPE, Henry M., Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 550 N. Park St, 160 Science Hall, Madison, WI 53706, GOBLE, Ronald J., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, FISHER, Timothy G., Environmental Sciences, University of Toledo, MS #604, Toledo, OH 43606, LYTLE, David E., Ohio Department of Natural Resouces, Division of Forestry, 2045 Morse Road, Columbus, OH 43229, LEGG, Robert J., Earth, Environmental and Geographical Sciences Department, Northern Michigan University, 3113 New Science Facility, 1401 Presque Isle Avenue, Marquette, MI 49855 and WYSOCKI, Douglas A., National Soil Survey Center, USDA-NRCS, 100 Centennial Mall North, Room 152, MS 34, Lincoln, NE 68508, wloope@usgs.gov, wloope@usgs.gov

2:30 PM

A COMPLETE SEDIMENTARY RECORD FROM LAST GLACIAL TERMINATION TO EARLY HOLOCENE IN MIDWESTERN DUNE FIELD

WANG, Hong¹, STUMPF, Andrew² and MIAO, Xiaodong¹, (1)Illinois State Geological Survey, 615 E. Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820, (2)Prairie Research Institute, Illinois State Geological Survey, 615 E. Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820, wang@isgs.illinois.edu, wang@isgs.illinois.edu

2:45 PM

SANGAMON AND EARLY WISCONSIN EPISODE STRATIGRAPHY AND OPTICAL LUMINESCENCE DATES NEAR THE ANCIENT MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY

MCKAY III, E. Donald¹, WANG, Hong¹, BERG, Richard C.² and FORMAN, Steven L.³, (1)Illinois State Geological Survey, 615 E. Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820, (2)Illinois State Geological Survey, 615 E. Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820-6964, (3)Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60607, mckay@illinois.edu, mckay@illinois.edu

3:00 PM

PALEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTIONS FROM AEOLIAN CROSS-STRATA: A NEW METHOD APPLIED TO THE CEDAR MESA SANDSTONE

EASTWOOD, Erin N. and KOCUREK, Gary, Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C9000, Austin, TX 78712, eastwood@mail.utexas.edu, eastwood@mail.utexas.edu

3:15 PM

Concluding Remarks

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