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

Session No. 163
Monday, 20 October 2014: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
212 (Vancouver Convention Centre-West)

T177. Antarctic Fjords, Interaction of Biotic, Oceanographic, and Cryospheric Systems under Changing Climate

GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division

 

Eugene Domack, Julia S. Wellner and Charles Nittrouer, Advocates
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Start Time
1:00 PM
SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY OF SEDIMENT FLUX TO BAYS AND FJORDS ALONG A BROAD LATITUDINAL TRANSECT FROM CENTRAL PATAGONIA TO THE ANTARCTIC PENINSULA
ANDERSON, John B., Department of Earth Science, Rice University, 6100 Main Street MS 126, Houston, TX 77005, MINZONI, Rebecca L., Earth Science, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, YUAN, Victoria, Earth Science Department, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, FERNÁNDEZ, Rodrigo A., Jackson School of Geosciences, U.T.I.G. - University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, J.J. Pickle Research Campus, Bldg. 196, 10100 Burnet Road (R2200), Austin, TX 78758-4445 and WELLNER, Julia S., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, 312 Science and Research Building 1, Houston, TX 77204-5007
1:15 PM
TIDEWATER GLACIER DYNAMICS ON THE ANTARCTIC PENINSULA
PETTIT, Erin C., University of Alaska Fairbanks, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Fairbanks, AK 99775, SCAMBOS, Ted A., National Snow and Ice Data Center/CIRES, University of Colorado, 1540 30th Street, Rm 218, Campus Box 449, Boulder, CO 80309-0449, HARAN, Terry, National Snow and Ice Data Center/CIRES, University of Colorado, 1540 30th Street, Rm 218, Campus Box 449, Boulder, CO 80309, WELLNER, Julia Smith, Department of Geosciences, University of Houston, 312 Science & Research Building 1, Houston, TX 77204-5007, DOMACK, Eugene, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, 140 7th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, VERNET, Maria, Integrative Oceanography Division, Mail Code 0218, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, LEVENTER, Amy, Geology, Colgate University, 13 Oak Drive, Hamilton, NY 13346 and ISHMAN, Scott, Department of Geology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901
1:35 PM
ANTARCTIC FJORDS AS PALEOCEANOGRAPHIC REPOSITORIES: LINKING PROCESS TO PRODUCT
ISHMAN, Scott, Dept. of Geology and Center for Ecology, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL 62901, DOMACK, Eugene, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, 140 7th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701 and WELLNER, Julia S., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, 312 Science and Research Building 1, Houston, TX 77204-5007
1:50 PM
THE ANTARCTIC PENINSULA FJORD SEDIMENT RECORD: A REGIONAL EVALUATION OF GLACIAL RESPONSE TO HOLOCENE CLIMATE EVENTS
MINZONI, Rebecca L., Earth Science, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, ANDERSON, John B., Department of Earth Science, Rice University, 6100 Main Street MS 126, Houston, TX 77005, WELLNER, Julia S., Department of Geosciences, University of Houston, 312 Science & Research Building 1, Houston, TX 77204-5007 and FERNÁNDEZ, Rodrigo A., Jackson School of Geosciences, U.T.I.G. - University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, J.J. Pickle Research Campus, Bldg. 196, 10100 Burnet Road (R2200), Austin, TX 78758-4445
2:05 PM
ANTARCTIC PENINSULA FJORD GLACIAL MARGINS DURING THE MIDDLE HOLOCENE, AND CIRCUM-ANTARCTIC CONNECTIONS
LEVENTER, Amy1, DOMACK, Eugene2 and SHEVENELL, Amelia2, (1)Department of Geology, Colgate University, 13 Oak Drive, Hamilton, NY 13346, (2)College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, 140 7th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
2:20 PM
THE LAST STAND OF THE GERLACHE-BOYD PALEO-ICE STREAM AND A PALEO-MEGA FJORD?
SMITH, Catherine1, DOMACK, Eugene1, SHEVENELL, Amelia1, ROSENHEIM, Brad1, YOO, Kyu-Cheul2 and LAVOIE, Caroline3, (1)College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, 140 7th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, (2)Division of Climate Change, Korea Polar Research Institute, 26 Songdomirae-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, Korea, Republic of (South), (3)Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, University of Aveiro, CAMPUS UNIVERSITÁRIO DE SANTIAGO, Aveiro, Portugal
 
2:35 PM
Break
2:50 PM
LATE HOLOCENE GLACIAL ADVANCE AND ICE SHELF GROWTH IN BARILARI BAY, GRAHAM LAND, WEST ANTARCTIC PENINSULA
CHRIST, Andrew J.1, TALAIA-MURRAY, Manique2, DOMACK, Eugene3, LEVENTER, Amy4, LAVOIE, Caroline5, BRACHFELD, Stefanie6, YOO, Kyu-Cheul7, GILBERT, Robert8, JEONG, Sun-Mi7 and WELLNER, Julia9, (1)Department of Earth & Environment, Boston University, 685 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, (2)Department of Geosciences, Hamilton College, 198 College Hill Rd, Clinton, NY 13323, (3)College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, 140 7th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, (4)Geology, Colgate University, 13 Oak Drive, Hamilton, NY 13346, (5)Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, University of Aveiro, CAMPUS UNIVERSITÁRIO DE SANTIAGO, Aveiro, Portugal, (6)Earth and Environmental Studies, Montclair State Univ, 252 Mallory Hall, Upper Montclair, NJ 07043, (7)Division of Climate Change, Korea Polar Research Institute, 26 Songdomirae-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, Korea, Republic of (South), (8)Geography, Queen's University, Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Room D201, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada, (9)Department of Geosciences, University of Houston, 312 Science & Research Building 1, Houston, TX 77204-5007
3:05 PM
ANALYSIS OF ANTARCTIC ICE FRONT CHANGE OVER 50 YEARS OF OBSERVATION FROM SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING
YU, Jaehyung and JEONG, Yongshik, Department of Geology and Earth Environmental Sciences, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 305-764, Korea, Republic of (South)
3:20 PM
CIRCULATION REGIMES IN GREENLAND’S OUTLET GLACIAL FJORDS
SUTHERLAND, David A., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403 and STRANEO, Fiamma, Department of Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543
3:40 PM
ANTARCTIC FJORD BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS, SEAFLOOR ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION, AND RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
SMITH, Craig R.1, GRANGE, Laura J.2, DEROCHER, Michael1 and HONIG, David3, (1)Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1000 Pope Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, (2)Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton Waterfront Campus, European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, United Kingdom, (3)Duke University Marine Laboratory, 135 Duke Marine Lab Road, Beaufort, NC 28516
4:00 PM
THE INFLUENCE OF ICE-RAFTED DEBRIS ON MEGABENTHIC DIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY STRUCTURE IN WEST ANTARCTIC PENINSULA (WAP) FJORDS
ZIEGLER, Amanda and SMITH, Craig, Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1000 Pope Rd, Honolulu, HI 96822
4:15 PM
MODERN CLIMATE-SENSITIVE SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE DEPOSITED AT MOUTH OF LONG-TERM GLACIAL VALLEY/FJORD: EXPLORERS COVE, ANTARCTICA
MILLER, Molly F., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, PMB 351805, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37235, BROACH, Kyle H., Earth and Planetary Sciences Department, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1156 High ST, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, FANGMAN, Kimberly, Marathon Oil Company, 555 San Felipe St, Houston, TX 77056, FAN, Ziqian, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Vanderbilt University, PMB 7137, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37235 and RATLIFF, Katherine M., Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC 22708
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