2015 GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA (1-4 November 2015)

Session No. 82
Monday, 2 November 2015: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 318 (Baltimore Convention Center)

T9. Developing Proxies for Human Impact on Soil and Sediment Mass Transfer throughout the Holocene

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; Past Global Changes (PAGES)—GLoSS Working Group; GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA Soils and Soil Processes Interdisciplinary Interest Group; GSA Archaeological Geology Division
Thomas Hoffmann, Timothy P. Beach and Gary Stinchcomb, Session Chairs
Paper #
Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:15 AM
SOURCE TO SINK AND THE HUMAN FACTOR IN LARGE FLUVIAL SYSTEMS: THE CASE OF SOUTH AMERICA
LATRUBESSE, Edgardo, Geography and the Environment, The University of Texas at Austin, 305E 23th St A3100, 305E; 23rd St A3100, Austin, TX 78712, latrubesse@austin.utexas.edu
8:35 AM
IMPACTS OF TERRAIN ROUGHNESS ON 18TH-20TH CENTURY LAND USE DISTRIBUTION AND SEDIMENT MASS TRANSFER IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
JOHNSON, Katharine M., Geography, University of Connecticut, 215 Glenbrook Road, Storrs, CT 06269 and OUIMET, William B., Dept. of Geography; Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-4148, katharine.johnson@uconn.edu
8:50 AM
USING 10BE AND SHORT-LIVED FALLOUT RADIONUCLIDES TO TRACK SEDIMENT MOVEMENT THROUGH WATERSHEDS IN YUNNAN, CHINA
SCHMIDT, Amanda H., Geology, Oberlin College, Geology Department, Rm. 403, 52 W. Lorain St, Oberlin, OH 44074, NEILSON, Thomas B., Department of Geology, University of Vermont, 180 Colchester Ave, Department of Geology, UVM, Burlington, VT 05401, BIERMAN, Paul R., Department of Geology and Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont, Delehanty Hall, 180 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05405, SOSA-GONZALEZ, Veronica, The Rubenstein School, University of Vermont, Aiken Center, 81 Carrigan Drive, Burlington, VT 05405, BOWER, Jennifer A., Geology, Oberlin College, 76 E. Lorain, Apt. 1, Oberlin, OH 44074, ROOD, Dylan H., Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, Royal School of Mines, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom and OUIMET, William B., Dept. of Geography; Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-4148, amanda.schmidt@oberlin.edu
9:05 AM
UNDERSTANDING SEDIMENT SOURCING AND EROSION CONTROLS FROM 10BE MEASUREMENTS IN FLUVIAL SEDIMENTS FROM YUNNAN, CHINA
SOSA-GONZALEZ, Veronica1, SCHMIDT, Amanda H.2, BIERMAN, Paul R.3, NEILSON, Thomas B.4, SINGLETON, Adrian5, QIU, Yue5, BOWER, Jennifer A.6 and ROOD, Dylan H.7, (1)Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont, Aiken Center, 81 Carrigan Drive, Burlington, VT 05405, (2)Geology, Oberlin College, Geology Department, Rm. 403, 52 W. Lorain St, Oberlin, OH 44074, (3)Department of Geology and Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont, Delehanty Hall, 180 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05405, (4)Department of Geology, University of Vermont, 180 Colchester Ave, Department of Geology, UVM, Burlington, VT 05401, (5)Geology, Oberlin College, 52 W. Lorain St., Carnegie Building, Rm. 403, Oberlin, OH 44074, (6)Geology, Oberlin College, 76 E. Lorain, Apt. 1, Oberlin, OH 44074, (7)AMS Laboratory, Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre (SUERC), East Kilbride, G75 0QF, United Kingdom, v.sosagonzales@gmail.com
9:20 AM
EFFECTS OF GRAIN SIZE AND MINERALOGY ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF FALLOUT RADIONUCLIDES 7BE, 10BE, 137CS, AND 210PB IN SEDIMENT
SINGLETON, Adrian1, HENCK SCHMIDT, Amanda2, SOSA-GONZALEZ, Veronica3, QIU, Yue4, NEILSON, Thomas3, GREENE, Emily Sophie5, BIERMAN, Paul3, ROOD, Dylan6, CAMPBELL, Mary K.7 and WOODMANSEE, Sylvia Jane8, (1)Geology, Oberlin College, 52 W. Lorain St., Carnegie Building, Rm. 403, Oberlin, OH 44074, (2)Geology, Oberlin College, 52 West Lorain Street, Oberlin, OH 44074-1044, (3)Department of Geology, University of Vermont, Delehanty Hall, 180 Colchester Ave., Burlington, VT 05405, (4)Geology, Oberlin College, 52 West Lorain Street, Oberlin, OH 44074, (5)Geology, UVM, 180 Colchester Avenue, Burlington, VT 05401, (6)Earth Research Institute, University of California, 6832 Ellison Hall, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-3060, (7)Geology, Oberlin College, 173 W Lorain St., Oberlin, OH 44074, (8)135 West Lorain St, OCMR 2883, Oberlin, OH 44074, asinglet@oberlin.edu
9:35 AM
QUANTIFYING 18TH TO EARLY 20TH CENTURY HUMAN IMPACTS ON HILLSLOPES AND SEDIMENT MOBILIZATION IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND AND COLORADO FRONT RANGE
OUIMET, William B., Dept. of Geography; Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-4148, DETHIER, David P., Dept. Geosciences, Williams College, 947 Main Street, Williamstown, MA 01267, JOHNSON, Katharine, Geography, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, KOTIKIAN, Maneh, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 01075 and WICHERSKI, Will, Williams College Geosciences Department, 1430 Shenandoah Drive, Boise, ID 83712, william.ouimet@uconn.edu
 
9:50 AM
Break
10:25 AM
A TALE OF THREE NEOTROPICAL FLOODPLAIN WETLANDS OF BELIZE
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, KRAUSE, Samantha M., University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, BEACH, Timothy, Geography and Environment, UT Austin, 305 E. 23rd Street, Austin, TX 78712 and ESHLEMAN, Sara, 301 ICC, 37th and O Streets, NW, Washington, DC 20056, beacht@austin.utexas.edu
10:40 AM
ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCED GEOMORPHIC EVOLUTION OF STREAM CHANNELS AND COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS ADJACENT TO IMPORTANT ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES IN THE LOWER RIO VERDE VALLEY, OAXACA, MEXICO
MUELLER, Raymond G., Environmental Sciences, Stockton University, 101 Vera King Farris Drive, Galloway, NJ 08205-9441, JOYCE, Arthur, Department of Anthropology, Univ of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, GOMAN, Michelle F., Dept of Geography and Global Studies, Sonoma State University, 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, CA 94928, CESTA, Jason M., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, PO Box 210013, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013 and LOCK, Gracie, Geography and Global Studies, Sonoma State University, 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, CA 94928, ray.mueller@stockton.edu
10:55 AM
NEOLITHIC AND YOUNGER LEGACY SEDIMENTS AND SOILS ALONG SUMMITS OF THE WESTERN PYRENEES MOUNTAINS, FRANCE
LEIGH, David S.1, GRAGSON, Theodore L.2 and COUGHLAN, Michael R.2, (1)Department of Geography, The University of Georgia, Geog.-Geol. Building, 210 Field St., Room 204, Athens, GA 30602, (2)Department of Anthropology, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, dleigh@uga.edu
11:10 AM
ANTHRACITE COAL AS A PROXY FOR HUMAN IMPACT AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE, MID-ATLANTIC U.S.A
THIEME, Donald, Physics, Astronomy, and Geosciences, Valdosta State University, Room 2021, Nevins Hall, 1500 North Patterson Street, Valdosta, GA 31698 and STINCHCOMB, Gary, Department of Geosciences & Watershed Studies Institute, Murray State University, 432 Blackburn Science Building, Murray, KY 42071, dmthieme@valdosta.edu
11:25 AM
DEVELOPING A LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE OF FLOODING IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN USING FLUVIO-LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS
MUNOZ, Samuel, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MS #22, 266 Woods Hole Rd., Woods Hole, MA 02543, semunoz@wisc.edu
 
11:45 AM
Discussion
 
11:55 AM
Concluding Remarks
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