Rocky Mountain Section - 65th Annual Meeting (15-17 May 2013)

Session No. 20
Friday, 17 May 2013: 8:30 AM-11:30 AM
South Conference Room (University Center)

T3. Quaternary Glaciations, Paleoclimates, and Landscape Evolution of the Greater Rocky Mountains

 

Keith A. Brugger and David W. Marchetti, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:30 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:35 AM
WAS THERE ICE ON MOUNT TAYLOR IN THE LATE PLEISTOCENE?
WILDER, Matthew, Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, MSC03-2040, Albuquerque, NM 87131 and MEYER, Grant A., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, mwilder1@unm.edu, mwilder1@unm.edu
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8:55 AM
MAGNITUDE OF QUATERNARY TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATIONS INFERRED FROM RELICT PALEOSOLS AND PERIGLACIAL FEATURES, WATERTON-GLACIER PARK AREA, MONTANA AND ALBERTA
KARLSTROM, Eric T., Geography, California State University, Stanislaus, P.O. Box 54, Crestone, CO 81131, erickarlstrom@fairpoint.net, erickarlstrom@fairpoint.net
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9:15 AM
THE LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM IN THE NEVADA MOUNTAINS, MONTANA
BRUGGER, Keith A., Geology Discipline, University of Minnesota, Morris, 600 E. 4th Street, Morris, MN 56267 and WITTKOP, Chad, Chemistry and Geology, Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN 56001, bruggeka@morris.umn.edu, bruggeka@morris.umn.edu
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9:35 AM
A UNIQUE BOULDER DEPOSIT IN A SMALL, HIGH-ELEVATION, TOPOGRAPHICALLY ENCLOSED BASIN: NORTH CRATER LAKE, FISH LAKE PLATEAU, UTAH
MARCHETTI, David W., Geology Program, Western State Colorado University, 600 N. Adams St, Gunnison, CO 81231, HARRIS, M. Scott, Geology and Environmental Geosciences, College of Charleston, 66 George Street, Charleston, SC 29424 and BAILEY, Christopher, Department of Geology, College of William & Mary, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795, dmarchetti@western.edu, dmarchetti@western.edu
 
9:55 AM
Break
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10:15 AM
THE EFFECTS OF INTERANNUAL CLIMATE VARIABILITY ON THE EXTRACTION OF CLIMATE ESTIMATES FROM GLACIAL MORAINES: A CASE STUDY FROM THE COLORADO FRONT RANGE
ANDERSON, Leif S., Department of Geological Sciences and INSTAAR, University of Colorado - Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, ROE, Gerard H., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 and ANDERSON, Robert S., Department of Geological Sciences and INSTAAR, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, leif@colorado.edu, leif@colorado.edu
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10:35 AM
A HOLOCENE RECORD OF LARGE-SCALE DISTURBANCE EVENTS IN THE UINTA MOUNTAINS, UTAH, USA
TURNEY, Lovina A., Department of Geography, University of Utah, 260 S Campus Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, POWER, Mitchell J., Department of Geography, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-9155, FORD, Richard L., Department of Geosciences, Weber State University, 2507 University Circle, Ogden, UT 84408 and CARSON, Eric C., Department of Environmental Sciences, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, 3817 Mineral Point Road, Madison, WI 53705, lovina.turney@utah.edu, lovina.turney@utah.edu
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10:55 AM
LANDSCAPE CHANGE ON THE SOUTHERN FLANK OF THE UINTA MOUNTAINS: THREE SEDIMENT-CORE RECORDS OF CLIMATE, VEGETATION, AND FIRE DURING THE LAST TWO MILLENNIA
POWER, Mitchell J., Natural History Museum of Utah, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-9155, FORD, Richard L., Department of Geosciences, Weber State University, Ogden, UT 84408-2507, TURNEY, Lovina A., Department of Geography, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, KOLL, Rebecca A., Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 and CARSON, Eric C., Department of Environmental Sciences, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, 3817 Mineral Point Road, Madison, WI 53705, mitchell.power@geog.utah.edu, mitchell.power@geog.utah.edu
 
11:15 AM
Discussion
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