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

Session No. 240
Tuesday, 3 November 2015: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 331/332 (Baltimore Convention Center)

T57. Soil to Sediment—From Geologic to Modern Time Scales: A Session to Honor the Work of Milan Pavich

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Soils and Soil Processes Interdisciplinary Interest Group
Allen C. Gellis, Dorothy Merritts and Robert C. Walter, Session Chairs
Paper #
Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
LOOKING AT THE VIRGINIA PIEDMONT WITH MILAN
BRANTLEY, Susan L., Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Pennsylvania State University, 2217 Earth and Engineering Building, University Park, PA 16802, brantley@eesi.psu.edu
1:55 PM
USING 10BE TO DECIPHER THE INCISION HISTORY OF THE POTOMAC RIVER NEAR GREAT FALLS
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, pbierman@uvm.edu
2:15 PM
REGOLITH-STRIPPING AT THE PLIO-PLEISTOCENE TRANSITION: EVOLUTION OF THE KLONDIKE PLACER
GOSSE, John, Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3J 3J5, Canada, HIDY, Alan J., Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA 94550, FROESE, Duane, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada and BOND, Jeffrey D., Yukon Geological Survey, P.O. Box 2703, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 1B5, Canada, john.gosse@dal.ca
2:30 PM
POST-GLACIAL HOLOCENE WETLANDS DEVELOPED ON PERMAFROST-THAW SEDIMENTS ALONG VALLEY BOTTOMS IN UNGLACIATED PENNSYLVANIA AND MARYLAND
MERRITTS, Dorothy J.1, WALTER, Robert C.1, GRAND PRE, Candace A.2, RAHNIS, Michael1, HILGARTNER, WIlliam B.3, BLAIR, Aaron1, MARKEY, Erin1, FEIBEL, Samuel1 and MARYLAND DNR, Chesapeake and Coastal Service4, (1)Department of Earth and Environment, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA 17604, (2)Department of Earth and Environment, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA 17603, (3)Engineering Programs for Professionals, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, (4)Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Chesapeake & Coastal Service, Annapolis, MD 21401, dorothy.merritts@fandm.edu
2:45 PM
LONGITUDINAL VARIATION IN THICKNESS AND COMPOSITION OF LEGACY SEDIMENTS AND BURIED ORGANIC SOILS IN HEADWATERS OF THE CHRISTINA RIVER BASIN, USA
DANIELS, Melinda, Stroud Water Research Center, 970 Spencer Rd, Avondale, PA 19311, MARSHALL, Anna, Environmental Studies, Connecticut College, Box 4150, New London, CT 06320 and CHATTERJEE, Sarmistha, Geography, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19713, mdaniels@stroudcenter.org
3:00 PM
REASSESSING THE ROLE OF MILLDAMS IN PIEDMONT FLOODPLAIN
DONOVAN, Mitchell R., Watershed Sciences, Utah State University, Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, MILLER, Andrew, Geography & Environmental Systems, UMBC, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250 and BAKER, Matthew E., Geography and Environmental Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250, mdonovan@umbc.edu
 
3:15 PM
Break
4:00 PM
FROM ROCK TO DUST: DENSITY CHANGES DURING THE TRANSFORMATION OF FRONT RANGE GRANITE TO SAPROLITE AND SOIL
DETHIER, David P., Williams College, Geosciences Department, Williamstown, MA 01267, OUIMET, William B., Dept. of Geography; Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-4148 and SHEA, Neil, University of Connecticut, Center for Integrative Geosciences, Storrs, CT 06269, ddethier@williams.edu
4:15 PM
DESTABILIZATION OF A SAND/SILT-BED CHANNEL BY VEGETATION CONTROL, RIO PUERCO ARROYO, NEW MEXICO
GRIFFIN, Eleanor R., U.S. Geological Survey, 3215 Marine St, Suite E-127, Boulder, CO 80303, egriffin@usgs.gov
4:30 PM
GROUNDWATER AND VEGETATION CONTROLS ON EPISODIC SOIL EROSION IN A DESERT ECOSYSTEM
KASTE, James M., Geology, The College of William and Mary, McGlothlin-Street Hall, Williamsburg, VA 23187, ELMORE, Andrew J., Appalachian Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, 301 Braddock Rd, Frostburg, MD 21532, VEST, Kimberly R., University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Frostburg, MD 21532 and OKIN, Gregory S., Department of Geography, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, jmkaste@wm.edu
4:45 PM
GEOMORPHIC PROCESSES RESPONSIBLE FOR DECADAL SCALE ARROYO CHANGES, RIO PUERCO, NEW MEXICO   
GELLIS, Allen C., US Geological Survey, 5522 Research Park Drive, Baltimore, MD 21228, ELLIOTT, John G., Research Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Discipline, Box 25046, MS 415, DFC, Lakewood, CO 80225 and PAVICH, M.J., U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, agellis@usgs.gov
5:00 PM
GEOMORPHIC ADJUSTMENTS TO ALTERED SEDIMENT FLUX AND CONSEQUENCES FOR RIVERINE HABITATS
JACOBSON, Robert B., U.S. Geological Survey, Columbia Environmental Research Center, 4200 New Haven Rd, Columbia, MO 65201, rjacobson@usgs.gov
 
5:20 PM
Closing Remarks
PAVICH, Milan, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, mpavich@usgs.gov
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