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

Session No. 147
Monday, 2 November 2015: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 319/320 (Baltimore Convention Center)

Quaternary Geology: Melting Ice, Sea-Level Change, and New Insights into Old Geomorphic Paradigms

Ben Edwards and John R. Giardino, Chairs
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Start Time
1:30 PM
TROPICAL ICE-CAP FOUND TO BE MELTING SLOWER, THE CASE OF NEVADO COROPUNA VOLCANIC COMPLEX SOUTHERN PERU
KOCHTITZKY, William1, EDWARDS, Ben1, MARIÑO, Jersy2 and MANRIQUE, Nelida2, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Dickinson College, 28 N. College Street, Carlisle, PA 17013, (2)Instituto Geologico Minero y Metalurgico, Observatorio Vulcanologico de INGEMMET, Arequipa, 00000, Peru, kochtitw@dickinson.edu
1:45 PM
ASSESSING THE GLOBAL POTENTIAL FOR VOLCANO-GLACIER INTERACTIONS
EDWARDS, Ben and KOCHTITZKY, William, Department of Earth Sciences, Dickinson College, 28 N. College Street, Carlisle, PA 17013, edwardsb@dickinson.edu
2:00 PM
CLIMATE DRIVERS OF EQUILIBRIUM LINE ALTITUDE CHANGES AT 4 LOW-LATITUDE ANDEAN GLACIERS FROM 1980 TO 2010: DIFFERENT DRIVERS, BUT LIKELY CONTINUED RETREAT IN A WARMING WORLD
MALONE, Andrew G.O., Department of the Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Ave, United States, IL 60637, amalone@uchicago.edu
2:15 PM
GEOCHEMICAL FINGER PRINTING OF THE LATE QUATERNARY VALLEY-FILL DEPOSITS IN THE ALAKNANDA VALLEY, CENTRAL HIMALAYA, INDIA
SHUKLA, Anil D. and JUYAL, Navin, Geoscienecs Division, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, 380009, India, anilds@prl.res.in
2:30 PM
MODELING THE DISTRIBUTION OF MOUNTAIN PERMAFROST IN THE CENTRAL ANDES, SAN JUAN, ARGENTINA
O'NEAL, Michael, Geological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, MEGLIOLI, Andres, Denver, CO 80111 and SCHREIBER, Erika, Geography, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, oneal@udel.edu
2:45 PM
USING REPEAT PHOTOGRAPHY TO DOCUMENT DECADAL TO CENTURY SCALE GLACIER AND LANDSCAPE CHANGE - ALASKA
MOLNIA, Bruce F., National Civil Applicatons Program, U.S. Geological Survey, 562 National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, bmolnia@usgs.gov
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3:00 PM
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3:15 PM
INTERACTIONS OF SEDIMENT SUPPLY AND COASTAL TOPOGRAPHY AT SANDY HOOK, NEW JERSEY. (GATEWAY NATIONAL RECREATION AREA)
SCHMELZ, William J., SPAHN, Andrea, AMES, Katherine, GREENBERG, Joshua, BEAL, Irina and PSUTY, Norbert P., New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, Rutgers University, 74 Magruder Road, Highlands, NJ 07732, schmelz@marine.rutgers.edu
3:30 PM
TRENDS OF DUNE CREST DISPLACEMENT 1976-2012, FIRE ISLAND, NEW YORK
SCHMELZ, William J.1, SILVEIRA, Tanya M.2, BEAL, Irina1, GREENBERG, Joshua1, SPAHN, Andrea1, AMES, Katherine1 and PSUTY, Norbert P.1, (1)New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, Rutgers University, 74 Magruder Road, Highlands, NJ 07732, (2)Centro de Geologia, Universidade de Lisboa, Ed. C6, 2º Piso, Sala 6.2.79, Campo Grande, 1749-016, Portugal, schmelz@marine.rutgers.edu
 
3:45 PM
Break
4:15 PM
FOSSIL FORESTS OF CHILGA, ETHIOPIA
WIEMANN, Michael C., US Forest Service, Forest Products Lab, One Gifford Pinchot Drive, Madison, WI 53726, JACOBS, Bonnie F., Huffington Dept. Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, PO Box 750395, Dallas, TX 75275, PAN, Aaron D., Don Harrington Discovery Center, 1200 Streit Drive, Amarillo, TX 79106 and KAPPELMAN, John, Department of Anthropology, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, mwiemann@fs.fed.us
4:30 PM
COMMUNITY-SUPPORTED DATA REPOSITORIES IN PALEOECOLOGY AND PALEOCLIMATOLOGY:  THE ‘MIDDLE TAIL’ BETWEEN GEOSCIENTIFIC USERS AND GEOINFORMATICS
WILLIAMS, John W., Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 550 N Park St, Madison, WI 53706, UHEN, Mark, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences, George Mason University, MS 6E2, Fairfax, VA 22030, GORING, Simon, Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 550 N Park St., Madison, WI 53706, ASHWORTH, Allan C., Department of Geosciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108, BILLS, Brian, Center for Environmental Informatics, The Pennsylvania State University, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, 2217 Earth-Engineering Sciences Building, University Park, PA 16802-6813, BLOIS, Jessica, School of Natural Sciences, University of California - Merced, 1200 Castle Commerce Building, #47, Merced, CA 95343, CHARLES, Don, Philadelphia, PA 19103, GRAHAM, Russell W., Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, 116 Deike, University Park, PA 16802, SMITH, Alison J., Geology, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242 and GRIMM, Eric, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL 62703, jww@geography.wisc.edu
4:45 PM
MASS MOVMENT VULNERABILITY IN THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: A PILOT 3-D MAPPING APPROACH
KELKAR, Kaytan, High Alpine and Arctic Research Program, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 and GIARDINO, John R., High Alpine and Arctic Research Program, Department of Geology and Geophysics and Water Management and Hydrological Sciences Program, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3115, kaytank@tamu.edu
5:00 PM
ORIENTATION OF BLUE MOUNTAIN IN PENNSYLVANIA: EFFECT ON CREATION OF COLLUVIUM
SEVON, W.D., East Lawn Research Center, 30 Meadow Run Place, Harrisburg, PA 17112-3364, wsevon30@comcast.net
5:15 PM
EARLY IMPOUNDMENT HISTORY OF PLEISTOCENE LAKE TIGHT:  NEW INSIGHTS FROM SUBSURFACE STUDY OF THE TEAYS FORMATION, PIKE COUNTY, OHIO
SHOEMAKER, Kurt A., Natural Sciences - Geology, Shawnee State University, 940 Second St, Portsmouth, OH 45662 and ERJAVEC, James, GIS & Environmental Management Technologies, LLC, 5998 Bethany Road, Mason, OH 45040, kshoemaker@shawnee.edu
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