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

Session No. 310
Wednesday, 4 November 2015: 9:00 AM-6:30 PM
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)

Quaternary Geology: Pleistocene to Holocene Deposits, Landforms and Processes (Posters)

Authors will be present from 4:30 to 6:30 PM.
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366
NEOGENE DIBDIBBA GRAVELS AND AN EARLY PLEISTOCENE AGE FOR THE ORIGIN OF WADI AL BATIN IN NORTHERN SAUDI ARABIA
MEMESH, Abdulla M.1, WHITNEY, John W.2, GAMDI, Ali S.3, DINI, Saleh M.1, ZAHRANI, Ali N.1, NASSER, Abdulaziz H.1 and KALALY, Siddiq S.4, (1)Saudi Geological Survey, PO Box 54141, Jeddah, 2151, Saudi Arabia, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Federal Center MS 980, Denver, CO 80225, (3)Saudi Geological Survey, P.O. Box 54141, Jeddah, 2151, Saudi Arabia, (4)U.S. Geological Survey, National Center MS 954, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr, Reston, VA 20192, jwhitney@usgs.gov
367
FLUVIAL STRATIGRAPHY AND SEDIMENTATION DURING THE HOLOCENE AND LATE PLEISTOCENE AT THE FOXWOOD FARM ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE (38PN35) ALONG THE OOLENOY RIVER, SOUTH CAROLINA
IVESTER, Andrew H., Geosciences, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA 30118 and FERGUSON, Terry A., Wofford College, 429 N Church St, Spartanburg, SC 29303-3663, aivester@westga.edu
368
IMPROVED INTERPRETATION OF HOLOCENE LANDSCAPE AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE BROUILLETTS CREEK VALLEY WITH CARBON DATING
TAORMINA, R., Earth and Environmental Systems, Indiana State University, 200 North Seventh Street, Terre Haute, IN 47802 and STAFFORD, C. Russell, Earth and Environmental Systems, Indiana State University, 200 North Seventh St, Terre Haute, IN 47809, rtaormina@sycamores.indstate.edu
369
GEOMORPHIC PROCESSES PROMOTING MAMMOTH BURIAL AND SKELETAL PRESERVATION IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
MUUS, Jennifer K.1, MEYER, Grant A.1, MCFADDEN, Leslie D.1, HUCKELL, Bruce2, MERRIMAN, Christopher2 and ROWE, Timothy3, (1)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (2)University of New Mexico, Anthropology, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (3)Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, C1100, Austin, TX 78712, muusjk@unm.edu
370
SEDIMENTOLOGY AND AGE OF THE SNOW WATER LAKE DUNE FIELD, NORTHEASTERN NEVADA
STONE, Noah N. and MUNROE, Jeffrey S., Geology Department, Middlebury College, 276 Bicentennial Way, Middlebury, VT 05753, nstone@middlebury.edu
371
ORIGIN AND SIGNIFICANCE OF COLLOIDAL SEDIMENT IN SOILS AND LAKES OF THE UINTA RANGE, UTAH
EBEL, Riley E. and MUNROE, Jeffrey S., Geology Department, Middlebury College, 276 Bicentennial Way, Middlebury, VT 05753, rebel@middlebury.edu
372
GLACIAL AND PERIGLACIAL GEOLOGY OF YANKEE BOY BASIN, CO: A MAPPING PILOT PROJECT USING AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE
GAMACHE, Kevin, Water Management & Hydrologic Science Graduate Program, and Office of the Vice President for Research, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, GIARDINO, John R., Department of Geology and Geophysics, High Alpine and Arctic Research Program, Texas A&M University, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3115, ALLEN, Hunter, Department of Geology & Geophysics, High Alpine & Arctic Research Program (HAARP), Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 and ROWLEY, T., Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77840, krgamache@tamu.edu
373
A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF THE LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM IN THE MOSQUITO RANGE, COLORADO
BRUGGER, Keith A., Geology Discipline, University of Minnesota, Morris, 600 E. 4th Street, Morris, MN 56267, bruggeka@morris.umn.edu
374
SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PATTERNS OF LATE PLEISTOCENE GLACIATION IN THE LEMHI RANGE, EAST-CENTRAL IDAHO
COLANDREA, Harrison, Geosciences, Idaho State University, 2227 South 4th Avenue Apt. # 11, Pocatello, ID 83201, hcolandrea@aol.com
375
A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF CIRQUES ON TROLLASKAGI, NORTHERN ICELAND
GRUBE, Rachael E., Environmental Studies, Gettysburg College, 300 North Washington Street, Gettysburg, PA 17325 and PRINCIPATO, Sarah M., Environmental Studies, Gettysburg College, 300 N. Washington St, Box 2455, Gettysburg, PA 17325, grubra01@gettysburg.edu
376
A MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF CIRQUES ON EAST ICELAND USING GIS
IPSEN, Heather A., Environmental Studies, Gettysburg College, 300 North Washington Street, Gettysburg, PA 17325 and PRINCIPATO, Sarah M., Environmental Studies, Gettysburg College, 300 N. Washington St, Box 2455, Gettysburg, PA 17325, ipsehe01@gettysburg.edu
377
RECONSTRUCTING ICE DYNAMICS FROM FORESTS PRESERVED IN THE WAKE OF THE CATASTROPHIC RETREATING COLUMBIA GLACIER, ALASKA
STARR, Kaitlin, Department of Geology, The College of Wooster, 1189 Beall Ave, C2951, Wooster, OH 44691, HAPP, Madeline, The Geology Department, The College of Wooster, 1189 Beall Ave, C2951, Wooster, OH 44691, WILES, Gregory, Department of Geology, The College of Wooster, 944 College Mall, Scovel Hall, Wooster, OH 44691 and WEISENBERG, Nick, Department of Geology, The College of Wooster, 1189 Beall Ave, Wooster, OH 44691, kstarr16@wooster.edu
378
MAGNETIC FABRIC OF STRATIFIED BASAL ICE: MATANUSKA GLACIER, ALASKA
HOPKINS, Nathan R.1, EVENSON, Edward B.1, STACHNIK, Josh1, BERTI, Claudio1, LAWSON, Daniel E.2, LARSON, Grahame3 and KODAMA, Kenneth P.1, (1)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, 1 W. Packer Ave, Bethlehem, PA 18015, (2)Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab, 72 Lyme Road, Hanover, NH 03755, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, Michigan State University, 288 Farm Lane, East Lansing, MI 48824, nrh211@lehigh.edu
379
SEDIMENT TRANSPORT CYCLES OF THE LAURENTIDE ICE SHEE
LARSON, Phillip, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota Duluth, 229 Heller Hall, 1114 Kirby Drive, Duluth, MN 55812, MOOERS, Howard D., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota Duluth, 230 Heller Hall, 1114 Kirby Drive, Duluth, MN 55812 and BERTHOLD, Angela J., Minnesota Geological Survey, University of Minnesota, 2609 Territorial Road, St. Paul, MN 55114, plarson2@d.umn.edu
380
ARCHEAN PROVENANCE OF GRANITE COBBLES IN WOODFORDIAN TILLS IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
RICKELS, Ellyn1, MALONE, David H.1, STUMPF, Andrew J.2 and THOMASON, Jason3, (1)Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61761, (2)Illinois State Geological Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 615 E. Peabody, Champaign, IL 61820, (3)Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, IL 61820, erickel@ilstu.edu
381
FORMATION OF THE BIG STONE MORAINE, MINNESOTA: CHANNEL GEOMETRY ANALYSIS AND PALEO-TERRACES OF THE ICE MARGINAL, GLACIAL MUSTINKA RIVER
BROHN, Amber L., Geology Department, University of Wisconsin Whitewater, 800 W Main Street, Whitewater, WI 53190, lostinthesea1@aim.com
382
MAPPING LOESS DEPOSITS AND SOIL TYPES ON THE BIG STONE MORAINE IN MINNESOTA TO DETERMINE A POSSIBLE CORRELATION
TOBACCO, Joni, Math Science and Technology Department, Oglala Lakota College, 3 Mile Creek Road, Kyle, SD 57752, WOOLDRIDGE, Sayge C., Geology Discipline, University of Minnesota Morris, 600 East 4th Street, Morris, MN 56267 and COTTER, James F.P., Geology Discipline, University of Minnesota, Morris, 600 East 4th Street, Morris, MN 56267, jktobacco@gmail.com
383
POLYGONAL SURFACE PATTERNS IN THE EAST ANTARCTIC PLATEAU: MORPHOLOGY, GENESIS, STRATIGRAPHIC IMPLICATIONS, AND RELATION TO LARGER-SCALE SURFACE STRUCTURES
BYERS, Logan C1, STEARNS, Leigh A.1 and VAN DER VEEN, C.J.2, (1)Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, (2)Department of Geography, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, loganbyers@ku.edu
384
HYDRAULIC AND THERMAL PROPERTIES OF MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS SOILS: WHAT ANTARCTIC LANDSCAPES ARE AT RISK?
SCHMIDT, Logan and LEVY, Joseph, Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas, 10100 Burnet Road, Austin, TX 78758, loganmschmidt@utexas.edu
385
EVIDENCE FOR THE MAXIMUM EXTENT OF THE WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET IN THE EASTERNMOST AMUNDSEN SEA EMBAYMENT (WEST ANTARCTICA) DURING THE LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM
KLAGES, Johann P., Marine Geology, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research, Am Alten Hafen 26, Bremerhaven, 27568, Germany, Johann.Klages@awi.de
386
REFINING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF SEDIMENT RETREAT FACIES AND GEOMORPHOLOGY FOR AN ACCURATE DEGLACIAL HISTORY OF THE ROSS SEA
PROTHRO, Lindsay O.1, SIMKINS, Lauren1, ANDERSON, John B.1, HALBERSTADT, Anna Ruth1, YOKOYAMA, Yusuke2, MAJEWSKI, Wojciech3 and MINZONI, Rebecca1, (1)Department of Earth Science, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, (2)Ocean Research Institute/Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tokyo, 1-15-1 Minamidai, Nakano-ku, Tokyo, 164-8639, Japan, (3)Department of Environmental Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland, lp15@rice.edu
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