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

Session No. 192
Tuesday, 3 November 2015: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 340 (Baltimore Convention Center)

T136. Decadal to Century-Scale Proxy Climate Records in High-Altitude and High-Latitude Landscapes

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division
Michael O'Neal and Brian Hanson, Session Chairs
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:15 AM
WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET GROUNDING EVENTS ON THE MIDDLE SHELF OF THE WHALES DEEP PALEO-ICE-STREAM TROUGH IN EASTERN ROSS SEA, ANTARCTICA
MCGLANNAN, Austin James1, BART, Philip1 and SJUNNESKOG, Charlotte2, (1)Department of Geology & Geophysics, Louisiana State University, E235 Howe Russell Kniffen, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, (2)Antarctic Marigne Geology Research Facility, Florida State University, 909 Antarctic Way, 108 CAR, Tallahassee, FL 32306, amcgla2@lsu.edu
8:30 AM
A 550-YEAR MULTI-PROXY RECORD FROM LAKE SEDIMENT CORES REVEALS RECENT SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE WESTERLY WIND VARIABILITY IN THE AUCKLAND ISLANDS (51°S), NEW ZEALAND SUB-ANTARCTIC
CURTIN, Lorelei1, MOY, Christopher2, NICHOLS, Jonathan3, HAGEMAN, Kimberly4, AEBIG, Christopher4 and WILSON, Gary5, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, (2)Department of Geology, University of Otago, Dunedin, 9016, New Zealand, (3)Biology and Paleoenvironment, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, 101D Paleomagentics, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964, (4)Department of Chemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, 9016, New Zealand, (5)Department of Marine Science, University of Otago, Dunedin, 9016, New Zealand, lorelei.curtin@columbia.edu
9:15 AM
COASTAL NORTHEAST PACIFIC PROXY RECORDS AND THEIR ROLE IN UNDERSTANDING REGIONAL CLIMATE FORCING
WILES, Gregory, Department of Geology, The College of Wooster, 944 College Mall, Scovel Hall, Wooster, OH 44691, D'ARRIGO, Rosanne D., Tree Ring Lab, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY 10964, WILSON, Rob, Geography and Geosciences, University of St Andrews, Irvine Building, North Street, St Andrews, KY16 9AJ, United Kingdom and BARCLAY, David J., Geology Department, SUNY Cortland, Cortland, NY 13045, gwiles@wooster.edu
9:35 AM
A CENTURY OF GLACIER CHANGE IN THE AMERICAN WEST, USA
FOUNTAIN, Andrew G., Geology and Geography, Portland State University, Portland, OR 97207, andrew@pdx.edu
9:55 AM
WIDE SPAN OF EXPOSURE AGES ON HOLOCENE MORAINES IN THE SIERRA NEVADA: PROCESS OR CLIMATIC CONTROLS?
CLARK, Douglas H., Geology Dept, Western Washington Univ, 516 High St, Bellingham, WA 98225, HIDY, Alan J., Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA 94550, ZIMMERMAN, Susan H., Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, FINKEL, Robert C., Earth and Planetary Science, U.C. Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, STOCK, Greg M., National Park Service, Yosemite National Park, El Portal, CA 95318 and SCHAEFER, Joerg M., Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, doug.clark@wwu.edu
10:10 AM
CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLACIER RESPONSE IN THE HIMALAYAS - PAST AND PRESENT
RUPPER, Summer, Geography, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, SCHAEFER, Joerg M., Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, COOK, Edward R., Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964, MAURER, Josh, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University, New York City, NY 10027, PUTNAM, Aaron E., Department of Earth Sciences/Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, 224 Bryand Global Sciences Center, Orono, ME 04469 and KRUSIC, Paul, Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, SE106 91, Sweden, summer.rupper@geog.utah.edu
10:30 AM
REVISITING ARCTIC PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE (∼2 MA TO PRESENT) FROM ODP 912A: A NEW RECORD FROM THE ARCTIC-ATLANTIC GATEWAY
BARANWAL, Soma1, KNIES, Jochen Manfred2 and GRØSFJELD, Kari2, (1)Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, My office is at Geological Survey of Norway, NGU, Trondheim, Norway, Leiv Eirikssons vei 39, Trondheim, 7040, Norway, (2)Marine Geology, Geological Survey of Norway, Leiv Eirikssons vei 39, Trondheim, 7040, Norway, de.soma@gmail.com
10:45 AM
VENTILATION OF THE SOUTHERN OCEAN DURING THE PLIOCENE CLIMATIC OPTIMUM
HANSEN, Melissa, Earth and Environmental Studies, Montclair State University, Center for Environmental and Life Sciences 306, 1 Normal Ave, Montclair, NJ 07043 and PASSCHIER, Sandra, Earth and Environmental Studies, Montclair State University, Center for Environmental and Life Sciences 324, 1 Normal Ave, Montclair, NJ 07043, hansenm8@mail.montclair.edu
 
11:00 AM
Discussion
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