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. 7
Sunday, 9 October 2011: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 101A-C (Minneapolis Convention Center)

P1. The Frontiers of Quaternary Geochronology: Extension or Overextension of Dating Methods for Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology?

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Archaeological Geology Division; American Quaternary Association; Association of Women Geoscientists; Colorado Scientific Society

 

Kenneth Lepper and Shannon A. Mahan, Conveners
Paper #
Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
1
8:05 AM
TERRETRIAL COSMOGENIC NUCLIDE METHODS: TAMING ELEPHANTS IN THE ROOM
GOSSE, John C., Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, 3006 LSC Edzell Castle Circle, Halifax, NS B3H3J5, Canada and PHILLIPS, Fred M., Earth & Environmental Science Dept, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, john.gosse@dal.ca, john.gosse@dal.ca
2
8:35 AM
THE 'ECOSYSTEM' OF LUMINESCENCE DATING
BERGER, Glenn W., Dees, Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, NV 89512-1095, glenn.berger@dri.edu, glenn.berger@dri.edu
3
9:05 AM
COMING OF AGE: RADIOCARBON IN 2011
SOUTHON, John, Earth System Science, University of California, B321 Croul Hall, Irvine, CA 92697, jsouthon@uci.edu, jsouthon@uci.edu
 
9:35 AM
questions to panel
 
9:50 AM
Break
4
9:55 AM
RESURGENCE OF METEORIC 10Be: RATES AND DATES FROM A NEW, OLD GEOCHRONOMETER
WILLENBRING, Jane, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, erosion@sas.upenn.edu, erosion@sas.upenn.edu
5
10:15 AM
EMERGING APPLICATIONS FOR IN SITU COSMOGENIC 14C IN GEOCHRONOLOGY
LIFTON, Nathaniel A., Depts. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, and Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907, nlifton@purdue.edu, nlifton@purdue.edu
 
10:35 AM
Discussion
6
10:45 AM
PRINCIPLES AND POTENTIAL OF OSL THERMOCHRONOLOGY
RHODES, Edward J., Earth and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, 595 Charles Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095, erhodes@ess.ucla.edu, erhodes@ess.ucla.edu
7
11:05 AM
LIGHT-SENSITIVE ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE DATING OF QUARTZ SEDIMENT
RINK, W. Jack, School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main St. West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada, Rinkwj@mcmaster.ca, Rinkwj@mcmaster.ca
8
11:25 AM
TESTING NEW MATERIALS FOR RADIOCARBON DATING: TERRESTRIAL GASTROPOD SHELLS
PIGATI, Jeffrey S., U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Box 25046, MS-980, Denver, CO 80225, jpigati@usgs.gov, jpigati@usgs.gov
 
11:45 AM
questions to panel/concluding remarks
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