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

Session No. 149
Monday, 20 October 2014: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
211 (Vancouver Convention Centre-West)

T34. Modern and Ancient Continental Depositional Environments: Linking Landscape Evolution with Fluvial Systems and Lacustrine Basins through the Cenozoic

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Limnogeology Division

 

Eric C. Carson and Jeffrey T. Pietras, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:00 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:15 PM
QUATERNARY REORGANIZATION OF THE MISSISSIPPI AND ST. LAWRENCE DRAINAGE BASINS
CARSON, Eric C., RAWLING III, J.E., ATTIG, John W. and BATES, Benjamin R., Department of Environmental Sciences, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, 3817 Mineral Point Road, Madison, WI 53705
1:30 PM
LATE NEOGENE GEOLOGY OF THE LAST CHANCE RANGE: IMPLICATIONS FOR PALEOHYDROLOGY OF THE DEATH VALLEY AREA, EASTERN CALIFORNIA
KNOTT, Jeffrey R.1, WAN, Elmira2, DEINO, Alan3, PHILLIPS, Fred M.4, LACKEY, Jade Star5, JOHNSON, Christopher J.6, MANOUKIAN, David7, NUNEZ, Ernest8, VERDADERO, Courtney1 and WHITMER, Daniel1, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, California State Univ, Fullerton, Box 6850, Fullerton, CA 92834, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, MS-975, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (3)Berkeley Geochronology Ctr, 2455 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709, (4)Earth & Environmental Science Dept, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, (5)Geology Department, Pomona College, Claremont, CA 91711, (6)Department of Geological Sciences, California State University, Fullerton, Box 6850, Fullerton, CA 92831-3599, (7)Ramboll, Inc., 3441 Sausalito Street, Los Angeles, CA 90720, (8)Orange County Water District, 18700 Ward Street, Fountain Valley, CA 92708
1:45 PM
LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY AND PALEOGEOMORPHOLOGY OF THE UPPER MIOCENE OGALLALA FORMATION IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
LUKENS, Bill, Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354 and DRIESE, Steven G., Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Dept. of Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354
2:00 PM
SEDIMENT STATE SYSTEM THEORY FOR FLUVIAL-SOURCED BORDERING DUNE FIELDS, MID-CONTINENT NORTH AMERICA
HALFEN, Alan F., Dept. of Geography, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Rm. 213, Lawrence, KS 66045
2:15 PM
DISCHARGE OF “MEGA-MEANDER” PALEOCHANNELS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN, USA
SUTHER, Bradley E., Department of Geography and Anthropology, Kennesaw State University, 1000 Chastain Road, MD 2203, Kennesaw, GA 30144-5591 and LEIGH, David S., Department of Geography, The University of Georgia, Geog.-Geol. Building, 210 Field St., Room 204, Athens, GA 30602
2:30 PM
MIOCENE REJUVENATION OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS AND FLUVIAL TRANSPORT OF COARSE SILICICLASTICS TO SOUTHERN FLORIDA
MISSIMER, Thomas M., Florida Gulf Coast University, U. A. Whitaker College of Engineering, 10501 FGCU Boulevard South, Fort Myers, FL 33965-6565 and MALIVA, Robert G., Schlumberger Water Services USA Inc, 1567 Hayley Lane, Suite 202, Fort Myers, FL 33907
 
2:45 PM
Break
3:00 PM
STRATIGRAPHIC INDICATORS TO THE CAUSE OF LAKE BASIN EVOLUTION IN MARGINAL LACUSTRINE AND FLUVIAL DEPOSITS
PIETRAS, Jeffrey T.1, LOWENSTEIN, Tim K.1, DEMICCO, Robert V.2 and KENYON, Ryan1, (1)Department of Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902, (2)Department of Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000
3:15 PM
XENOCONFORMITIES AND WATERSHED EVOLUTION, EOCENE GREEN RIVER FORMATION, WYOMING
CARROLL, Alan, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1215 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706
3:30 PM
HIGH RESOLUTION CORRELATION OF EOCENE LAKE DEPOSITS (GREEN RIVER FORMATION, WYOMING) USING SR –ISOTOPE CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY
BADDOUH, M'bark1, CARROLL, Alan R.2, MEYERS, Stephen R.3, BEARD, Brian4 and JOHNSON, Clark4, (1)Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences, George Mason University, 44000 University Dr, Farifax, VA 22030, (2)Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W. Dayton St., Madison, WI 53706, (3)Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 West Dayton St, Madison, WI 53076, (4)Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, NASA Astrobiology Institute, 1215 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706
3:45 PM
CLIMATIC AND LOCAL DRIVERS OF SEDIMENT-MAGNETIC PROPERTIES FOR SUB-ARCTIC LAKES
GEISS, Christoph, Environmental Science Program, Trinity College, 300 Summit St, Hartford, CT 06106, CAMILL, Phil, Earth and Oceanographic Science, Bowdoin College, 6800 College Station, Brunswick, ME 04011, EDLUND, Mark B., Saint Croix Watershed Research Station, Science Museum of Minnesota, 16910 152nd St. North, Marine on St. Croix, MN 55047 and UMBANHOWAR Jr, Charles E., Department of Biology and Environmental Studies, Saint Olaf College, 1520 Saint Olaf Ave, Northfield, MN 55057
4:00 PM
AGE-DATING OLIGOCENE AND MIOCENE SANDSTONES AND CONGLOMERATES USING DETRITAL-ZIRCON U-PB AGES: A CASE STUDY OF BISHOP CONGLOMERATE AND BROWNS PARK FM. DEPOSITS FROM SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING AND NORTHWESTERN COLORADO
ASLAN, Andres, Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, Colorado Mesa University, 1100 North Avenue, Grand Junction, CO 81501, BORAAS, Marisa, Dept. of Geosciences, Colorado State University, 400 University Ave, Fort Collins, CO 80523, BECKER, Thomas P., ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, TX 77067, SPRINKEL, Douglas, Utah Geological Survey, 1594 W. North Temple, Suite 3110, Salt Lake City, UT 84114, LYNDS, Ranie, Wyoming State Geological Survey, PO Box 1347, Laramie, WY 82073 and NICHOLS, Doug, Department of Physical and Environmental Science, Colorado Mesa University, 1100 North Avenue, Grand Junction, CO 81501
4:15 PM
CONSTRAINTS ON LATE CRETACEOUS UPLIFT AND DENUDATION OF THE SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO PLATEAU FROM U-PB DATING OF LACUSTRINE LIMESTONE 
HILL, Carol A.1, POLYAK, Victor J.2 and ASMEROM, Yemane2, (1)Earth & Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, 221 Yale Blvd., Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, 221 Yale Blvd, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131
4:30 PM
GSA QUATERNARY GEOLOGY AND GEOMORPHOLOGY DIVISION KIRK BRYAN AWARD: A COMPREHENSIVE DEGLACIAL TIME SCALE FOR THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES: VARVES, RADIOCARBON AGES, PALEOMAGNETISM, AND COSMOGENIC-NUCLIDE EXPOSURE DATING
RIDGE, John C., Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, BALCO, Greg, Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709, BECK, Catherine C., Geosciences Dept., Hamilton College, 198 College Hill Rd, Clinton, NY 13323, BAYLESS, Robert L., Continental Resources, Oklahoma City, OK 73126, CARTER, Laura B., Dept. of Earth Science, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, DEAN, Jody L., Dept. of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, VOYTEK, Emily B., Hydrologic Science and Engineering Program, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401 and WEI, Jeremy H., Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
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