Northeastern Section - 48th Annual Meeting (18–20 March 2013)

Session No. 66
Wednesday, 20 March 2013: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Adams Room (Omni Mount Washington Resort)

T1. Paleoenvironmental Records in the Northeast from the late Pleistocene to the Anthropocene

SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology)

 

Michael J. Retelle, Tim Cook and Andrea Lini, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:10 AM
THE N-ALKANE ABUNDANCES AND ORIGIN OF ORGANIC MATTER IN LAKE ONTARIO SINCE 14,000 CAL YR BP
HLADYNIUK, Ryan, DILDAR, Nadia and LONGSTAFFE, Fred J., Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street, Biological and Geological Sciences Building, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada, rhladyni@uwo.ca, rhladyni@uwo.ca
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8:25 AM
PALEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTIONS OF NEW ENGLAND FOR THE PAST 2000 YEARS FROM THE PALEO-ECOLOGICAL OBSERVATORY NETWORK (PALEON)
MARLON, Jennifer R.1, BOOTH, Robert K.2, HESSL, Amy3, JACKSON, Stephen4, MARSICEK, Jeremiah P.5, MCLACHLAN, Jason6, PEDERSON, Neil7, SHUMAN, Bryan N.5, UMBANHOWAR Jr, Charles E.8 and WILLIAMS, John W.9, (1)Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, 195 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511, (2)Earth & Environmental Science, Lehigh University, 1 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA 18015, (3)Department of Geography, West Virginia University, P.O. Box 6300, Morgantown, WV 26506, (4)Southwest Climate Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC 20240, (5)Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, 1000 University Ave. Dept. 3006, Laramie, WY 82071, (6)Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, 100 Galvin Life Sciences, Notre Dame, IN 46556, (7)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964, (8)Department of Biology and Environmental Studies, Saint Olaf College, 1520 Saint Olaf Ave, Northfield, MN 55057, (9)Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin Madison, 550 N Park Street, Madison, WI 53706, jennifer.marlon@yale.edu, jennifer.marlon@yale.edu
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8:40 AM
DOES GLOEOTRICHIA ECHINULATA MEDIATE EARLY LAKE EUTROPHICATION? IT'S COMPLICATED
EWING, Holly A.1, WEATHERS, Kathleen C.2, COTTINGHAM, Kathryn L.3, LEAVITT, Peter R.4, FIORILLO, Alyeska U.1, SOWLES, John P.1, MACKENZIE, John E.1, QUARRIER, Brian P.1, CAREY, Cayelan C.5 and RYDIN, Emil6, (1)Program in Environmental Studies, Bates College, 7 Andrews Road, Lewiston, ME 04240, (2)Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY 12545, (3)Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, (4)Univ of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada, (5)University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, (6)Uppsala University, Norrtälje, Sweden, hewing@bates.edu, hewing@bates.edu
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8:55 AM
SENSITIVITY OF DIMICTIC LAKES TO CLIMATE CHANGE: A PALEOLIMNOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
SPOONER, Ian, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Acadia University, 12 University Avenue, Wolfville, NS B0P 1X0, Canada, ian.spooner@acadiau.ca, ian.spooner@acadiau.ca
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9:10 AM
CONSTRAINING THE AGE OF DEGLACIATION OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW ENGLAND
OAKLEY, Bryan A., Environmental Earth Science Department, Eastern Connecticut State University, 83 Windam St, Willimantic, CT 06226 and BOOTHROYD, Jon C., Rhode Island Geological Survey, Department of Geosciences, University of Rhode Island, 317 Woodward Hall, 9 East Alumni Avenue, Kingston, RI 02881, OakleyB@easternct.edu, OakleyB@easternct.edu
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9:25 AM
VEGETATION CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUCCESSION IN CENTRAL NEW YORK AFTER THE VALLEY HEADS DEGLACIATION: THE LATE PLEISTOCENE-MID HOLOCENE MACROFOSSIL AND SEDIMENTOLOGICAL RECORDS OF PURVIS ROAD BOG
LORENTZEN, Brita, Geological Sciences, Cornell University, B48 Goldwin Smith, Ithaca, NY 14850, GOMAN, Michelle F., Dept of Geography and Global Studies, Sonoma State University, 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, CA 94928 and GRIGGS, Carol B., Tree-RIng Laboratory, Cornell University, B48 Goldwin Smith Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, bel9@cornell.edu, bel9@cornell.edu
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9:40 AM
REGIONAL PATTERNS OF LACUSTRINE ORGANIC MATTER DEPOSITION IN EASTERN NEW ENGLAND FROM THE LATE PLEISTOCENE TO PRESENT
INCATASCIATO, Joseph M.1, HAMMOND, Bradford2, MORISSETTE, Cameron3, PALERMO, Jennifer Ann2, CANTWELL, Mark4 and KING, John W.3, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Salem State University, 352 Lafayette St, Salem, MA 01970, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, Salem State University, 352 Lafayette Street, Salem, MA 01970, (3)Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI 02882, (4)Atlantic Ecology Division, US Environmental Protection Agency, 27 Tarzwell Drive, Narragansett, RI 02882, jincatasciato@gmail.com, jincatasciato@gmail.com
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9:55 AM
A RECORD OF HOLOCENE ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE INTERPRETED FROM PEAT IN EASTERN MAINE
PRINCIPATO, Sarah M., Environmental Studies, Gettysburg College, 300 N. Washington St, Box 2455, Gettysburg, PA 17325, REED, Andrew C., Environmental Studies, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg College Box #2158, Gettysburg, PA 17325, MARKUS, Julie T., Environmental Studies, Gettysburg College, 300 North Washington St, Gettysburg, PA 17325, BARON, Gregory John, Environmental Studies Department, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA 17325 and HAMPSCH, Alyson G., Geology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, sprincip@gettysburg.edu, sprincip@gettysburg.edu
 
10:10 AM
Break
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10:40 AM
HOLOCENE GLACIAL HISTORY OF RENLAND, EAST GREENLAND, RECONSTRUCTED FROM LAKE SEDIMENTS
MEDFORD, Aaron Kirk1, HALL, Brenda L.2, LOWELL, Thomas V.3, KELLY, Meredith A.4, LEVY, Laura B.5, WILCOX, Paul3 and AXFORD, Yarrow6, (1)School of Earth and Climate Sciences and Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, 313 Bryand Global Science Center, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04473, (2)School of Earth and Climate Sciences & Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, Bryand Global Sciences Center, Orono, ME 04469, (3)Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, (4)Department of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, HB6105 Fairchild Hall, Hanover, NH 03755, (5)Department of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, HB 6105 Fairchild Hall, Hanover, NH 03755, (6)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, Technological Institute, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, aaron.medford@maine.edu, aaron.medford@maine.edu
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10:55 AM
FURTHER EVIDENCE FOR LATE PLEISTOCENE LAND SURFACE ADJUSTMENT IN RESPONSE TO A GLACIO-ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENT IN THE MID-ATLANTIC
DEJONG, Benjamin D., N/a, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive MS 926A, Reston, VA 20192 and NEWELL, Wayne L., U. S. Geological Survey, MS926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, bdejong@usgs.gov, bdejong@usgs.gov
 
11:10 AM
Discussion
 
11:25 AM
Concluding Remarks
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