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

Session No. 331
Wednesday, 22 October 2014: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
211 (Vancouver Convention Centre-West)

T37. Late Pleistocene Circum-Arctic Ice Sheets: Extent, Chronology, and Dynamic Controls

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; Canadian Quaternary Association; Canadian Geomorphology Research Group

 

Brent C. Ward and Eiliv Larsen, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
 
1:00 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:05 PM
ARCTIC ICE SHEETS IN CANADA: NEW PERSPECTIVES FROM A FOUR DECADE, 2000 KM TRANSECT ACROSS THE CANADIAN ARCTIC ARCHIPELAGO
ENGLAND, John, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada
1:25 PM
DO GLACIAL EXTENTS IN YUKON AND EASTERN ALASKA REFLECT EITHER PERVASIVE TECTONIC OR SEA LEVEL INFLUENCE?
TURNER, Derek G., Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada, FROESE, Duane G., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada and WARD, Brent C., Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
1:40 PM
USING TERRESTRIAL COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES TO CONSTRAIN TIMING OF PENULTIMATE ICE ADVANCE IN THE OGILVIE MOUNTAINS, YUKON TERRITORY 
BROWN, Logan1, WARD, Brent C.1, GOSSE, John2 and BOND, Jeffrey D.3, (1)Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada, (2)Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3J 3J5, Canada, (3)Yukon Geological Survey, P.O. Box 2703, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 1B5, Canada
1:55 PM
LATE PLEISTOCENE DEGLACIATION OF THE CORDILLERAN ICE SHEET FROM SOUTHWEST YUKON: TIMING, RECESSION RATES, AND IMPLICATIONS
BOND, Jeffrey D., Yukon Geological Survey, Energy Mines and Resources, P.O. Box 2703, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 0C2, Canada, WARD, Brent C., Department of Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada and GOSSE, John C., Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada
2:10 PM
QUATERNARY STRATIGRAPHY OF THE ABERDEEN LAKE REGION, CENTRAL NUNAVUT, WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EVOLUTION OF THE KEEWATIN SECTOR OF THE LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET
HODDER, Tyler J., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave W, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada and ROSS, Martin, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
2:25 PM
ICE STREAMS OF THE LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET: CHARACTERISTICS, CONTROLS AND TIMING
MARGOLD, Martin1, STOKES, Chris R.1 and CLARK, Chris D.2, (1)Department of Geography, Durham University, Lower Mountjoy South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom, (2)Department of Geography, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S102TN, United Kingdom
2:40 PM
THE INFLUENCE OF ICE MARGINAL SETTING ON EARLY HOLOCENE RETREAT RATES IN WEST GREENLAND
KELLEY, Samuel1, BRINER, Jason P.2, ZIMMERMAN, Susan H.3 and CRONAUER, Sandra1, (1)Geology, University at Buffalo, 411 Cooke Hall, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, University at Buffalo, 126 Cooke Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260, (3)Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550
 
2:55 PM
Break
 
3:10 PM
Second introductory remarks
3:15 PM
UNDER THE SCANDINAVIAN ICE SHEET: PROCESSES, DEPOSITS AND LANDFORMS
PIOTROWSKI, Jan A., Department of Geoscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, 8000, Denmark
3:35 PM
ANISOTROPY OF MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY TILL FABRICS AND THE LATE GLACIAL BEHAVIOR OF THE BALTIC ICE STREAM IN SOUTHERN SWEDEN
HOPKINS, Nathan R.1, EVENSON, Edward B.1, KLEMAN, Johan2, GEIST, Christopher1, LARSON, Grahame3 and KODAMA, Kenneth P.1, (1)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, 1 W. Packer Ave, Bethlehem, PA 18015, (2)Dept Phys Geogr & Quat Geol, Stockholm Univ, Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, Michigan State University, 288 Farm Lane, East Lansing, MI 48824
3:50 PM
CLIMATIC MEDIATION OF MOISTURE SOURCES ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF SIBERIA
GILLESPIE, Alan R. and JIGJIDSUREN, Batbaatar, University of Washington, Quaternary Research Center, Seattle, WA 98195
4:05 PM
ASYNCHRONOUS BEHAVIOUR OF THE LAST FENNOSCANDIAN ICE SHEET
LARSEN, Eiliv1, FJELDSKAAR, Willy2, FREDIN, Ola1, LYSÅ, Astrid1 and OTTESEN, Dag3, (1)Quaternary Geology, Geological Survey of Norway, P.O. box 6315 Sluppen
, Trondheim
, NO-7491, Norway, (2)Tectonor, c/o IPark, P.O. Box 8034, Stavanger, NO-4068, Norway, (3)Exploro AS, Stiklestadveien 1, Trondheim, NO-7041, Norway
4:20 PM
THE LAST DEGLACIATION OF FENNOSCANDIA: COMPARISONS WITH THE LAURENTIDE/CORDILLERAN REGION
JOHAN, Kleman1, STROEVEN, Arjen P.1, HÄTTESTRAND, Clas1, STRÖMBERG, Bo1, HEYMAN, Jakob1 and FREDIN, Ola2, (1)Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, SE-10691, Sweden, (2)Quaternary Geology, Geological Survey of Norway, P.O. box 6315 Sluppen
, Trondheim
, NO-7491, Norway
4:35 PM
THE LAST EURASIAN ICE SHEETS: A CHRONOLOGICAL DATABASE AND TIME-SLICE RECONSTRUCTION (DATED)
MANGERUD, Jan1, HUGHES, Anna L.C.1, GYLLENCREUTZ, Richard2, SVENDSEN, John Inge1 and LOHNE, Øystein S.1, (1)Department of Earth Science and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, University of Bergen, Allegt. 41, Bergen, 5007, Norway, (2)Department of Geological Sciences and Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, 10691, Sweden
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