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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. 214
Tuesday, 11 October 2011: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room L100A-C (Minneapolis Convention Center)

T136. Wind, Water, and Ice: The Geomorphology and Quaternary Geologic History of Great Lakes’ Coasts

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division

 

Edward C. Hansen and Timothy Fisher, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1
1:45 PM
SAND IN SEDIMENT CORES FROM SMALL LAKES IN LAKE MICHIGAN COASTAL DUNE COMPLEXES: A PROXY FOR DUNE GROWTH AND MIGRATION?
HANSEN, Edward C., Geological and Environmental Sciences Department, Hope College, 35 E. 12th Street, Holland, MI 49423, FISHER, Timothy, Environmental Sciences, University of Toledo, MS #604, Toledo, OH 43606, DEVRIES-ZIMMERMAN, Suzanne J., Geological and Environmental Sciences, Hope College, 35 E. 12th Street, Holland, MI 49423 and HANES, Barbara E., Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Toledo, 2801 W. Bancroft St, Toledo, OH 43606, hansen@hope.edu, hansen@hope.edu
2
2:00 PM
THE ROLE OF STORM WINDS IN SHAPING DUNES ALONG SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN
YURK, Brian, Department of Mathematics, Hope College, PO Box 9000, Holland, MI 49422-9000, BODENBENDER, Brian E., Geological and Environmental Sciences, Hope College, 35 E 12th St, Holland, MI 49423, KILIBARDA, Zoran, Geosciences, Indiana University Northwest, 3400 Broadway, Gary, IN 46408, VAN DIJK, Deanna, Department of Geology, Geography and Environmental Studies, Calvin College, 3201 Burton St. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 and HANSEN, Edward C., Geological and Environmental Sciences Department, Hope College, 35 E. 12th Street, Holland, MI 49423, bodenbender@hope.edu, bodenbender@hope.edu
3
2:15 PM
MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF DUNE GRASS (AMMOPHILA BREVILIGULATA) POPULATION DYNAMICS: TESTING A POSSIBLE MECHANISM FOR BLOWOUT INITIATION
LABARGE, Leah1, MULCAHY, Connor1, YURK, Brian2 and HANSEN, Edward C.3, (1)Geological and Environmental Sciences, Hope College, 35 E 12th Street, Holland, MI 49423, (2)Department of Mathematics, Hope College, PO Box 9000, Holland, MI 49422-9000, (3)Geological and Environmental Sciences Department, Hope College, 35 E. 12th Street, Holland, MI 49423, leah.labarge@hope.edu, leah.labarge@hope.edu
4
2:30 PM
LATE HOLOCENE DUNE DEVELOPMENT AND SHIFT IN PREVAILING WIND DIRECTION ALONG SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN
KILIBARDA, Zoran1, GOBLE, Ronald J.2, VENTURELLI, Ryan1 and GRAVES, Nolan1, (1)Geosciences, Indiana University Northwest, 3400 Broadway, Gary, IN 46408, (2)Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 214 Bessey Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588, zkilibar@iun.edu, zkilibar@iun.edu
5
2:45 PM
LATE HOLOCENE SHORELINE DEVELOPMENT AND EOLIAN ACTIVITY IN THREE BAYS OF THE DOOR PENINSULA, WISCONSIN, USA
RAWLING III, J. Elmo, Geography/Geology, University of Wisconsin Platteville, 1 University Plaza, Platteville, WI 53818, HANSON, Paul R., Conservation and Survey Division, School of Natural Resources, Univ. of Nebraska, 102 Nebraska Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0517 and HART, David J., Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, University of Wisconsin-Extension, 3817 Mineral Point Rd, Madison, WI 53705, rawlingj@uwplatt.edu, rawlingj@uwplatt.edu
6
3:00 PM
EXPLORING THE POTENTIAL LINKAGE BETWEEN COASTAL SAND DUNE ACTIVATION AND DROUGHT EPISODES IN THE NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN BASIN
ARBOGAST, Alan F., Department of Geography, Michigan State University, 673 Auditorium Road, East Lansing, MI 48824, MONAGHAN, G. William, Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, Indiana Univ, 423 North Fess Ave, Bloomington, IN 47405 and LOVIS, William A., Department of Anthropology, Michigan State University, 354 Baker Hall, East Lansing, MI 48824, dunes@msu.edu, dunes@msu.edu
 
3:15 PM
Break
7
3:30 PM
THE LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION DURING THE YOUNGER DRYAS
LOWELL, Thomas V., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Building, Cincinnati, OH 45221, thomas.lowell@uc.edu, thomas.lowell@uc.edu
8
3:45 PM
DANAHER, MICHIGAN: A PATH OF INTERBASIN MELTWATER EXCHANGE DURING EARLY HOLOCENE TRANSGRESSIONS OF LAKE MINONG?
LOOPE, Walter L., U.S. Geol Survey, N8391 Sand Point Road, P.O. Box 40, Munising, MI 49862, JOL, Harry M., Department of Geography and Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI 54702, FISHER, Timothy G., Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606 and GOBLE, Ronald J., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, wloope@usgs.gov, wloope@usgs.gov
9
4:00 PM
GEOPHYSICAL PREDICTIONS OF THE HYDROLOGIC HISTORY OF THE GREAT LAKES
CLARK, James A., Geology and Environmental Science, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL 60187, BEFUS, Kevin M., Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station, C1100, Austin, TX 78705 and SHARMAN, Glenn R., Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 9305, james.clark@wheaton.edu, james.clark@wheaton.edu
10
4:15 PM
A SAULT-OUTLET-REFERENCED MID- TO LATE-HOLOCENE PALEOHYDROGRAPH FOR LAKE SUPERIOR
JOHNSTON, John W., Department of Geography, University of Toronto Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Road N, South Building, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6, Canada, THOMPSON, Todd A., Indiana Geological Survey, Indiana University, 611 North Walnut Grove, Bloomington, IN 47405-2208, ARGYILAN, Erin P., Dept. of Geosciences, Indiana University Northwest, 3400 W. Broadway, Gary, IN 46408, LEPPER, Kenneth, Department of Geosciences, North Dakota State University, P.O. Box 6050, Dept. 2745, Fargo, ND 58108-6050, BAEDKE, Steve J., Geology and Environmental Science, James Madison University, MSC 6903, Harrisonburg, VA 22807 and WILCOX, Douglas A., Dept. of Env. Science and Biology, The College at Brockport, State University of New York, 350 New Campus Drive, Brockport, NY 14420, tthomps@indiana.edu, tthomps@indiana.edu
11
4:30 PM
A HIGH-RESOLUTION LATE HOLOCENE LAKE-LEVEL CHRONOLOGY FOR LAKE HURON GENERATED FROM OPTICAL DATING OF COASTAL STRANDPLAINS
ARGYILAN, Erin, Geosciences, Indiana University Northwest, 3400 Broadway, Gary, IN 46408, LEPPER, Kenneth, Department of Geosciences, North Dakota State University, P.O. Box 6050, Dept. 2745, Fargo, ND 58108-6050, THOMPSON, Todd A., Indiana Geological Survey, Indiana University, 611 North Walnut Grove, Bloomington, IN 47405-2208, JOHNSTON, John W., Department of Geography, University of Toronto Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Road N, South Building, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6, Canada and WILCOX, Douglas A., Dept. of Env. Science and Biology, The College at Brockport, State University of New York, 350 New Campus Drive, Brockport, NY 14420, eargyila@iun.edu, eargyila@iun.edu
12
4:45 PM
THE ROLE OF LAKE-LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS IN DEVELOPING GREAT LAKES COASTAL WETLANDS
WILCOX, Douglas A., Dept. of Env. Science and Biology, The College at Brockport, State University of New York, 350 New Campus Drive, Brockport, NY 14420, BAEDKE, Steve J., Geology and Environmental Science, James Madison University, MSC 6903, Harrisonburg, VA 22807 and THOMPSON, Todd A., Indiana Geological Survey, Indiana University, 611 North Walnut Grove, Bloomington, IN 47405-2208, dwilcox@brockport.edu, dwilcox@brockport.edu
13
5:00 PM
EVOLUTION OF THE GREAT LAKES ECOSYSTEMS THROUGH TIME: ICE, INNOVATION, INTRODUCTION, AND INVASION
BRATTON, John F., NALEPA, Thomas F. and FUSARO, Abigail J., NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, 4840 S. State Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48108-9719, John.Bratton@noaa.gov, John.Bratton@noaa.gov
14
5:15 PM
A REEXAMINATION OF MELTWATER ROUTING IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
BIRD, Brian and KOZLOWSKI, Andrew L., Geologic Survey, New York State Museum, 3140 Cultural Education Center, Albany, NY 12230, bbird@mail.nysed.gov, bbird@mail.nysed.gov
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