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

Session No. 150
Monday, 20 October 2014: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
208/209 (Vancouver Convention Centre-West)

T40. Records of Past Watershed Dynamics Archived in Lowland Wetlands and Lakes

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

 

Jonathan F. Hughes and Lisa L. Ely, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:00 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:05 PM
ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY AND GROUND PENETRATING RADAR OBSERVATIONS OF PALAEOCHANNEL COMPLEXES, MURRAY-DARLING BASIN, AUSTRALIA
GONTZ, Allen1, KEMP, Justine2, PIETSCH, Tim2 and SHULMEISTER, James3, (1)School for the Environment, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125-3393, (2)Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Nathan, 4111, Australia, (3)School of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, 4072, Australia
1:20 PM
CONSTRAINING BACKGROUND EROSION RATES USING 10BE IN SELECTED BRAZILIAN WATERSHEDS
SOSA-GONZALEZ, Veronica, The Rubenstein School, University of Vermont, Aiken Center, 81 Carrigan Drive, Burlington, VT 05405, BIERMAN, Paul, Department of Geology and Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont, Delehanty Hall, 180 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05405, FERNANDES, Nelson, Department of Geography, Geosciences Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and ROOD, Dylan H., AMS Laboratory, Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre (SUERC), East Kilbride, G75 0QF, United Kingdom
1:35 PM
SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION RATES IN MINNESOTA (USA) LAKES AS UNDERSTOOD THROUGH THE LENS OF LAND-USE HISTORY
DIETZ, Robert D.1, ENGSTROM, Daniel R.2, ALMENDINGER, James E.3 and SCHOTTLER, Shawn2, (1)Water Resources Science Program, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, (2)St. Croix Watershed Research Station, Science Museum of Minnesota, Marine on St. Croix, MN 55047, (3)Saint Croix Watershed Research Station, 16910 152nd St N, Marine On Saint Croix, MN 55047-9794
1:50 PM
TRACING OF THE FRASER RIVER THROUGH GEOCHEMISTRY OF CASCADIA BASIN TERRIGENOUS SEDIMENTS
WEIS, Dominique, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research, 2020-2207 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada, CARPENTIER, Marion, Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans, Université Blaise Pascal, CNRS, Clermont-Ferrand, 63000, France and CHAUVEL, Catherine, Directrice de Recherche CNRS, ISTerre, Maison des Geosciences, 1381 Rue de la Piscine, BP 53, Grenoble, 38041, France
2:10 PM
WHERE DID THE MUD GO?:  THE DOWNSTREAM SEDIMENTARY RECORD OF UPLAND FOREST LAND USE
GRANT, Gordon E., Pacific Northwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, 426 NW 30th Street, Corvallis, OR 97330 and LEWIS, Sarah L., College of Earth Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331
2:30 PM
CHANGES IN LAKE CARBON ACCUMULATION RATES IN SOUTHWESTERN CANADA SINCE THE MID-1800S
RODENGEN, Thomas1, PELLATT, Marlow1 and KOHFELD, Karen E.2, (1)Parks Canada, Vancouver, BC V6B 6B4, Canada, (2)Simon Fraser University, School of Resource and Environmental Management, Vancouver, BC V5A1S6, Canada
 
2:45 PM
Discussion
 
2:55 PM
Break
 
3:10 PM
Introductory Remarks
3:15 PM
USING THECAMOEBIANS AS INDICATORS OF LAND USE CHANGES IN TENNESSEE AND VIRGINIA
LOBEGEIER, Melissa K., Department of Geosciences, Middle Tennessee State University, Box 9, Murfreesboro, TN 37132, BROWN, Amanda R., Department of Physics, Geology and Astronomy, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 615 McCallie Avenue, MC 6556, Chattanooga, TN 37403 and SILVEIRA, Emily, Department of Geological Sciences, California State University, Fullerton, 800 N State College Blvd, McCarthy Hall, room 254, Fullerton, CA 92831
3:30 PM
ASSESSMENT OF ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS ON THE UTAH LAKE (UT) USING STABLE ISOTOPE AND TRACE METAL ANALYSIS
PETERSON, Hannah1, HENLEY, Sheryce2, JACKSON, Joshua W.1, WANG, Weihong1 and CADET, Eddy3, (1)Department of Earth Science, Utah Valley University, 800 W. University Parkway, Orem, UT 84058, (2)Intergrative Bioscience, Tuskegee University, 1200 W. Montgomery Rd, Tuskegee Inst, AL 36088, (3)Department of Earth Science, Utah Valley University, 800 West University Parkway, Orem, UT 84058
3:45 PM
USING PAST AND CURRENT CLIMATE RECORDS TO DETERMINE IMPACTS ON WATER QUALITY IN NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND LAKES
PERELLO, Melanie, Center for the Environment, Plymouth State University, 17 High Street, MSC 63, Plymouth, NH 03264 and DONER, Lisa A., Center for the Environment; Environmental Science & Policy Dept, Plymouth State University, 17 High St., MSC 67, Plymouth, NH 03264
4:00 PM
PALEOECOLOGY SUPPORTS THE MANAGEMENT OF ANTHROPOGENIC NUTRIENTS IN THE LAURENTIAN GREAT LAKES
REAVIE, Euan D.1, SHAW CHRAÏBI, Victoria2, KIRETA, Amy3 and ALLINGER, Lisa1, (1)Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota Duluth, 5013 Miller Trunk Hwy, Duluth, MN 55811, (2)Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 312 Bessey Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588, (3)Sawyer Environmental Sciences Center, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469
4:15 PM
HUMAN AND NATURAL CHANGES IN MAYA LOWLANDS WETLANDS OVER THE HOLOCENE
LUZZADDER-BEACH, Sheryl, Geography and the Environment, University of Texas at Austin, CLA Bldg. Rm. 3.306, A3100, 305 E. 23rd Street, Austin, TX 78712 and BEACH, Timothy P., Department of Geography and the Environment, University of Texas at Austin, CLA Bldg. Rm. 3.306, A3100, 305 E. 23rd Street, Austin, TX 78712
4:35 PM
INVESTIGATING HUMAN IMPACT ON THE JORDAN RIVER USING SEDIMENTARY AND STABLE ISOTOPIC RECORDS
ROBERTSON, Paul1, KERSWELL, Buchanan1, WALTHER, Suzanne2, WANG, Weihong3, CARLING, Gregory T.4, REY, Kevin A.5 and NELSON, Stephen T.6, (1)Department of Earth Science, Utah Valley University, 800 West University Parkway, Orem, UT 84058, (2)Department of Environmental and Ocean Sciences, University of San Diego, 5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, CA 92110, (3)Department of Earth Science, Utah Valley University, 800 W. University Parkway, Orem, UT 84058, (4)Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, (5)Department of Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, (6)Dept. of Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, S-389 ESC, Provo, UT 84602
 
4:50 PM
Discussion
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