CALL FOR PROPOSALS:

ORGANIZERS

  • Harvey Thorleifson, Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • Carrie Jennings, Vice Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • David Bush, Technical Program Chair
    University of West Georgia
  • Jim Miller, Field Trip Chair
    University of Minnesota Duluth
  • Curtis M. Hudak, Sponsorship Chair
    Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC

 

Session No. 198
Tuesday, 11 October 2011: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 101A-C (Minneapolis Convention Center)

P6. Prairie Ice Streams

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division

 

Carrie E. Jennings, Martin A. Ross and Brandon Curry, Conveners
Paper #
Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1
1:35 PM
ICE STREAMS STOP AND START
HULBE, Christina L., Department of Geology, Portland State University, PO Box 751, Portland, OR 97207 and FAHNESTOCK, Mark A., Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire, 8 College Road, Durham, NH 03824-3525, chulbe@pdx.edu, chulbe@pdx.edu
2
1:55 PM
ACTIVE SUBGLACIAL LAKES AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON ICE STREAM DYNAMICS?
TULACZYK, Slawek, BEEM, Lucas and WALTER, Jacob, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1156, High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, tulaczyk@pmc.ucsc.edu, tulaczyk@pmc.ucsc.edu
3
2:15 PM
MODES OF DRAINAGE BENEATH ICE STREAMS
BOULTON, Geoffrey, University of Edinburgh, Grant Institute, The King's Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JW, United Kingdom, G.boulton@ed.ac.uk, G.boulton@ed.ac.uk
4
2:35 PM
RAPID SEDIMENT TRANSFER BY ‘ERRATIC' ICE STREAMS
CHRISTOFFERSEN, Poul and BOUGAMONT, Marion, Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1ER, United Kingdom, pc350@cam.ac.uk, pc350@cam.ac.uk
5
2:55 PM
TILL SHEAR RESISTANCE AND DEFORMATION KINEMATICS BENEATH ICE STREAMS: HYDROLOGY RULES
IVERSON, Neal R., Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University, 253 Science I, Ames, IA 50011, niverson@iastate.edu, niverson@iastate.edu
 
3:15 PM
Break
6
3:30 PM
GLACIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY AND SEDIMENTOLOGY OF TERRESTRIAL-TERMINATING FAST FLOW LOBES/ICE STREAM MARGINS IN THE SOUTHWEST LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET
EVANS, David J.A., Department of Geography, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom, d.j.a.evans@durham.ac.uk, d.j.a.evans@durham.ac.uk
7
3:50 PM
THREE LAND-BASED PALAEO-ICE STREAMS OF THE SOUTHERN SCANDINAVIAN ICE SHEET: SUBGLACIAL PROCESSES, SEDIMENTS AND LANDFORMS
PIOTROWSKI, Jan A., Department of Geoscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, 8000, Denmark, jan.piotrowski@geo.au.dk, jan.piotrowski@geo.au.dk
8
4:10 PM
SHIFTING PALEO-ICE STREAMS AND INTER-ICE STREAM ZONES OF THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES
ROSS, Martin, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada and ADAMS, Roberta S., Minnesota Geological Survey, University of Minnesota, 2642 University Avenue West, St. Paul, MN 551514, maross@uwaterloo.ca, maross@uwaterloo.ca
9
4:30 PM
SOUTHWESTERN LAURENTIDE ICE STREAMS DURING FINAL DEGLACIATION
THORLEIFSON, Harvey, Minnesota Geological Survey, University of Minnesota, 2609 West Territorial Road, St. Paul, MN 55114-1009, thorleif@umn.edu, thorleif@umn.edu
10
4:50 PM
EVOLUTION OF LAURENTIDE ICE CATCHMENT AREAS THROUGH ICE LOBE ACTIVITY AND TILL PROVENANCE
JENNINGS, Carrie E., Minnesota Geological Survey, University of Minnesota, 2642 University Avenue West, St. Paul, MN 55114, carrie@umn.edu, carrie@umn.edu
11
5:10 PM
FORENSIC RECONSTRUCTION OF SEDIMENTS AND ENVIRONMENTS AT THE TERMINI OF PRAIRIE ICE STREAMS
CURRY, Brandon, Illinois State Geological Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 615 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820-6964, b-curry@illinois.edu, b-curry@illinois.edu
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