2014 GSA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia (19–22 October 2014)

Session No. 241
Tuesday, 21 October 2014: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
211 (Vancouver Convention Centre-West)

T36. Quaternary History of the Pacific Northwest Using Integrated Geomorphic and Stratigraphic Records

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division

 

Mark R. Sweeney, Eric V. McDonald and David R. Gaylord, Advocates
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Start Time
1:00 PM
MANIFESTATIONS OF EXTREME PARAGLACIAL SEDIMENTATION FOLLOWING TERMINAL PLEISTOCENE DEGLACIATION IN BRITISH COLUMBIA LAKES AND INLETS
CLAGUE, John, Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A1S6, Canada and FRIELE, Pierre A., Cordilleran Geoscience, Consultant, Squamish, BC, Squamish, BC V8B 0A5, Canada
1:20 PM
LATE PLEISTOCENE MEGAFLOODING FROM THE CORDILLERAN ICE SHEET: NEW DATA AND NEW QUESTIONS
BAKER, Victor R., Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona, 1133 E. James E. Rogers Way, J.W. Harshbarger Building, Room 246, Tucson, AZ 85721-0011 and ALHO, Petteri, Department of Geography, University of Turku, Turku, 20014, Finland
1:40 PM
STRATIGRAPHY AND PALEONTOLOGY OF PRE-LATE WISCONSINAN OUTBURST FLOOD DEPOSITS, SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON
SPENCER, Patrick K., Department of Geology, Whitman College, 345 Boyer Ave, Walla Walla, WA 99362
2:00 PM
QUATERNARY HISTORY OF CANYON CARVING IN THE CHANNELED SCABLANDS
LARSEN, Isaac J.1, SIMON, Elliot T.1, MCKEON, Ryan E.2, FARLEY, Kenneth A.3 and LAMB, M.P.4, (1)Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, MC 170-25, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, (2)Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, MC 100-23, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, (3)Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, (4)Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, MC 170-25, Pasadena, CA 91125
2:15 PM
EARLY AND MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE CATACLYSMIC FLOOD DEPOSITS AT THE DALLES, OR
PLUHAR, Christopher J., Earth & Environmental Sciences Dept, California State University, Fresno, 2576 E. San Ramon Ave., Mail Stop ST-24, Fresno, CA 93740, CARPENTER, Burl, Crop and Soil Science Dept, Oregon State University, Corvallis, 3017 Agriculture and Life Sciences Bldg, Corvallis, OR 97331, YAZZIE, Kimberly, Environmental Science & Management Dept, Portland State University, PO Box 751, Portland, OR 97207-0751, MELTON, Dale, Department of Geology, Portland State University, PO Box 751, Portland, OR 97207-0751 and BURNS, Scott F., Department of Geology, Portland State University, 1721 SW Broadway Ave., Portland, OR 97201
2:30 PM
OVERVIEW OF THE GEOMORPHIC, SEDIMENTARY, STRATIGRAPHIC AND PALEOCLIMATIC HISTORY OF SAND-DOMINATED QUATERNARY EOLIAN DEPOSITS ON THE COLUMBIA PLATEAU, WA
GAYLORD, David R.1, SWEENEY, Mark2, FOIT Jr, Franklin F.1, MCDONALD, Eric V.3 and ROBERTS, Helen M.4, (1)School of the Environment, Washington State University, PO Box 642812, Pullman, WA 99164-2812, (2)Earth Sciences, University of South Dakota, 414 E. Clark Street, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD 57069, (3)Division of Earth & Ecosystem Sciences, Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, NV 89512, (4)Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Llandinam Building, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth, SY23 3DB, United Kingdom
 
2:45 PM
Break
3:00 PM
THE ROLES OF SEDIMENT SUPPLY, SEDIMENT AVAILABILITY, AND WIND IN DRIVING THE LOESS ENGINE OF THE PALOUSE, PACIFIC NORTHWEST
SWEENEY, Mark R., Earth Sciences Department, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD 57069, MCDONALD, Eric V., Division of Earth & Ecosystem Sciences, Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, NV 89512, GAYLORD, David R., School of the Environment, Washington State University, PO Box 642812, Pullman, WA 99164-2812, ROBERTS, Helen M., Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Llandinam Building, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth, SY23 3DB, United Kingdom and BUSACCA, Alan, Vinitas Vineyard Consultants, LLC, PO Box 274, Bingen, WA 98605
3:15 PM
SYSTEMATIC VARIABILITY IN CLUMPED ISOTOPE TEMPERATURES OF LOESS CARBONATES DURING LATE PLEISTOCENE CLIMATE CHANGE, PALOUSE LOESS, USA
LECHLER, Alex R., Department of Geosciences, Pacific Lutheran University, Rieke, Room 158, Tacoma, WA 98447, HUNTINGTON, Katharine W., Dept. Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1310, BREECKER, Daniel O., Department of Geological Sciences, the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, SWEENEY, Mark R., Earth Sciences Department, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD 57069 and SCHAUER, Andrew J., Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1350
3:30 PM
RECONCILING THE LUMINESCENCE- AND TEPHRO-CHRONOLOGIES OF THE PALOUSE LOESS, WASHINGTON STATE, USA
ROBERTS, Helen M.1, KING, Georgina E.2, PEARCE, Nicholas J.G.1, SWEENEY, Mark R.3, GAYLORD, David R.4 and BUSACCA, Alan5, (1)Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Llandinam Building, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth, SY23 3DB, United Kingdom, (2)Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland, (3)Earth Sciences Department, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD 57069, (4)School of the Environment, Washington State University, PO Box 642812, Pullman, WA 99164-2812, (5)Vinitas Vineyard Consultants, LLC, PO Box 274, Bingen, WA 98605
3:45 PM
RE-EVALUATING THE TEPHROCHRONOLOGY OF THE PALOUSE LOESS, WASHINGTON STATE, USING SINGLE-SHARD MAJOR- AND TRACE-ELEMENT ANALYSES
KING, Georgina E.1, PEARCE, Nicholas J.G.2, ROBERTS, Helen M.2, GAYLORD, David R.3, SWEENEY, Mark R.4 and SMITH, Victoria C.5, (1)Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland, (2)Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Llandinam Building, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth, SY23 3DB, United Kingdom, (3)School of the Environment, Washington State University, PO Box 642812, Pullman, WA 99164-2812, (4)Earth Sciences Department, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD 57069, (5)Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3QY
4:00 PM
R TEPHRA FROM MOUNT RAINIER, WASHINGTON STATE, USA: GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION AND DATING OF A POST-GLACIAL MARKER BED
SAMOLCZYK, Mary A.1, VALLANCE, James W.2, OSBORN, Gerald D.3, CUBLEY, Joel F.1 and CLARK, Douglas H.4, (1)School of Science, Yukon College, 500 College Dr, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5K4, Canada, (2)USGS, Cascades Volcano Observatory, Vancouver, WA 98683, (3)Geoscience, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada, (4)Geology, Western Washington University, 516 High Street, Bellingham, WA 98225
4:15 PM
THE NATURE OF CLIMATICALLY DRIVEN FLOOD DEPOSITION IN LAKE QUINAULT, WA
SMITH, Stephen G.1, LEITHOLD, Elana L.1, WEGMANN, Karl W.1, BOHNENSTIEHL, DelWayne R.1 and MOORE, Corey2, (1)Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, (2)Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
4:30 PM
LATE PLEISTOCENE STRATIGRAPHY AND SEDIMENTOLOGY OF PROTECTION ISLAND, WASHINGTON
JENSEN, Roy E.1, CUSHMAN, Robert2, HAYWARD, James3, HENSON, Shandelle3 and ZIPPI, Pierre A.4, (1)Hart Crowser, Inc, Seattle, WA 98109, (2)Walla Walla University, College Place, WA 99324, (3)Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI 49104, (4)Biostratigraphy.com, LLC, Garland, TX 70544
4:45 PM
STRATIGRAPHIC AND GEOMORPHIC EVOLUTION OF THE GLACIATED AND TECTONICALLY ACTIVE COASTAL ZONE OF THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA, WASHINGTON, USA
THACKRAY, Glenn D., Department of Geosciences, Idaho State University, 921 South 8th Ave., Box 8072, Pocatello, ID 83209, MARSHALL, Katherine, Minnesota Geological Survey, University of Minnesota, 2642 University Ave. W, St. Paul, MN 55114, RITTENOUR, Tammy M., Department of Geology, Utah State University, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322 and SHULMEISTER, James, School of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, 4072, Australia
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