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. 20
Sunday, 9 October 2011: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room L100A-C (Minneapolis Convention Center)

T143. Glacial Geology and Cryogenic Processes

 

Anders Schomacker, Mark D. Johnson, Ívar Örn Benediktsson and Michael L. Prentice, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
1
8:00 AM
GEOMORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF TOPOGRAPHY FOR UNDERSTANDING ALPINE GLACIER DYNAMICS IN THE HIMALAYA
BISHOP, Michael P., Geography and Geology, University of Nebraska-Omaha, 6001 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE 68182 and SHRODER Jr, John F., Department of Geography & Geology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 60th & Dodge, Omaha, NE 68182, mpbishop@mail.unomaha.edu, mpbishop@mail.unomaha.edu
2
8:15 AM
A COMPLEX ASSEMBLAGE OF GLACIAL LANDFORMS SUGGESTS PAST REGIONAL ICE CAP STYLE GLACIATION IN PART OF THE SOUTHEASTERN TIBETAN PLATEAU
FU, Ping, Earth and Atmospheric Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47906, HARBOR, Jonathan M., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907, STROEVEN, Arjen P., Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, SE-10691, Sweden, HÄTTESTRAND, Clas, Dept Phys Geogr & Quat Geol, Stockholm Univ, Stockholm, SE-10691, Sweden, ZHOU, Liping, Collage of Urban and Environmental Science, Peking University, China and CAFFEE, Marc W., Department of Physics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47906, pfu@purdue.edu, pfu@purdue.edu
3
8:30 AM
4
8:45 AM
LIMITED GLACIATIONS, GLACIER MODELING, AND PALEO-CLIMATIC IMPLICATIONS FOR THE TIBETAN PLATEAU
HEYMAN, Jakob, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, HARBOR, Jonathan M., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907, HUBBARD, Alun, Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, SY23 3DB, United Kingdom and STROEVEN, Arjen P., Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, SE-10691, Sweden, heyman@purdue.edu, heyman@purdue.edu
5
9:00 AM
SUBGLACIAL BEDFORMS - BASAL IMPRINTS OF INTERNAL ICE FOLDS?
TULACZYK, Slawek, 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
6
9:20 AM
NEW INSIGHTS IN THE LATEGLACIAL AND HOLOCENE GLACIAL HISTORY OF THE SOUTHWEST GREENLAND ICE SHEET
LARSEN, Nicolaj Krog1, KJÆR, Kurt Henrik2, FUNDER, Svend2 and KJELDSEN, Kristian K.2, (1)Department of Geoscience, Aarhus University, Høegh-Guldbergs Gade 2, Aarhus, 8000, Denmark, (2)Centre for GeoGenetics, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 1350, Denmark, nkl@geo.au.dk, nkl@geo.au.dk
7
9:40 AM
GLACIOTECTONIC END MORAINES OF SURGE-TYPE GLACIERS IN ICELAND
BENEDIKTSSON, Ívar Örn, Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland, Askja, Sturlugata 7, Reykjavík, IS-101, Iceland, iob2@hi.is, iob2@hi.is
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9:55 AM
THE ACTIVE DRUMLIN FIELD AT THE MÚLAJÖKULL SURGE-TYPE GLACIER, ICELAND – GEOMORPHOLOGY AND SEDIMENTOLOGY
SCHOMACKER, Anders1, JOHNSON, Mark D.2, BENEDIKTSSON, Ívar Örn3, INGÓLFSSON, Ólafur3 and JÓNSSON, Sverrir A.3, (1)Department of Geology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Sem Saelands Veg 1, Bergbygget, Trondheim, N-7491, Norway, (2)Earth Science, University of Gothenburg, Box 460, 405 30 Göteborg, Göteborg, 405 30, Sweden, (3)Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland, Askja, Sturlugata 7, Reykjavík, IS-101, Iceland, anders.schomacker@ntnu.no, anders.schomacker@ntnu.no
 
10:10 AM
Break and/or time for discussion
9
10:25 AM
RATE AND TIMING OF DEGLACIATION USING 10Be COSMOGENIC NUCLIDE SURFACE EXPOSURE DATING, MT. MASSIVE WILDERNESS, COLORADO, USA
MASON, Cody1, RULEMAN, C.A.1 and KENNY, Ray2, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, P.O. Box 25046, Mail Stop 980, Denver, CO 80225, (2)Department of Geosciences, Fort Lewis College, 1000 Rim Drive, Durango, CO 81301, codymason80@gmail.com, codymason80@gmail.com
10
10:40 AM
SUBMARINE PUSH MORAINES OF THE MIDDLE SWEDISH END MORAINE ZONE
JOHNSON, Mark D.1, BENEDIKTSSON, Ívar Örn2 and BJÖRKLUND, Lennart1, (1)Earth Sciences Institute, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, 40530, Sweden, (2)Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland, Askja, Sturlugata 7, Reykjavík, IS-101, Iceland, markj@gvc.gu.se, markj@gvc.gu.se
11
10:55 AM
EXTENT OF THE ROSS SEA ICE SHEET IN MCMURDO SOUND, ANTARCTICA, AT THE LOCAL LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM: NEW CONSTRAINTS ON THE AGE AND ORIGIN OF A TERMINAL MORAINE
PRENTICE, Michael L., Indiana Geological Survey, 611 N. Walnut Grove Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405-2208, SAUER, Peter E., Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 E 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405-1405, ARCONE, Steven, US Army Cold Regions Research & Engineering Laboratory, 72 Lyme Rd, Hanover, NH 03755, SLETTEN, Ronald S., Quaternary Research Center, Univ of Washington, 19 Johnson Hall, University of Washington Box 351360, Seattle, WA 98195 and SPARROW, Amy, AquaNano Technologies, Monrovia, CA 91016, mlprenti@indiana.edu, mlprenti@indiana.edu
12
11:10 AM
LANDFORM STABILITY DURING PLEISTOCENE INTERGLACIALS IN THE ANTARCTIC McMurdo DRY VALLEYS: A REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELING STUDY
KOWALEWSKI, Douglas E., Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, 233 Morrill Science Center, Amherst, MA 01003, dkowal@geo.umass.edu, dkowal@geo.umass.edu
13
11:25 AM
GLACIAL SEDIMENTOLOGY AND MICROMORPHOLOGY OF THE WYNYARD FORMATION, TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR CLIMATE AT THE PEAK OF THE LATE PALEOZOIC ICE AGE
HENRY, Lindsey C., Geological Sciences, University of Miami, 43 Cox Science Building, Coral Gables, FL 33124, ISBELL, John L., Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, FRAISER, Margaret L., Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3209 N. Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53201, FIELDING, Christopher R., Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 214 Bessey Hall, P.O. Box 880340, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, FRANK, Tracy D., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 214 Bessey Hall, P.O. Box 880340, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340 and DOMACK, Eugene W., Department of Geosciences, Hamilton College, 198 College Hill Rd, Clinton, NY 13323, l.henry@miami.edu, l.henry@miami.edu
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