North-Central Section - 49th Annual Meeting (19-20 May 2015)

Session No. 38
Wednesday, 20 May 2015: 1:30 PM-4:50 PM
Hall of Ideas E (Monona Terrace Convention Center)

Quaternary Time Machine: Methods and Analyses of Soils and Sediments Reveal Secrets of Past Environments

 

Maija E. Sipola and Kat Rocheford, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:35 PM
NORTHWEST GREENLAND HOLOCENE TEMPERATURES INFERRED FROM ORGANIC ARCHIVES OF LAKEWATER OXYGEN ISOTOPES
LASHER, G. Everett1, AXFORD, Yarrow1, MCFARLIN, Jamie1, BLAIR, Neal E.2, KELLY, Meredith A.3, OSTERBERG, Erich C.4, KOTECKI, Peter5 and FARNSWORTH, Lauren4, (1)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, Technological Institute, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, (2)Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Rd. Rm A228, Evanston, IL 60208, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, HB 6105 Fairchild Hall, Hanover, NH 03755, (4)Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, HB 6105 Fairchild Hall, Hanover, NH 03755, (5)Integrated Science Program, Northwestern University, 616 Noyes Street, Evanston, IL 60208, everett@earth.northwestern.edu, everett@earth.northwestern.edu
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1:55 PM
A MULTI-PROXY CLIMATE RECONSTRUCTION OF WESTERN ILLINOIS BASED ON LATE WISCONSIN EPISODE LOESS
NASH Jr., T.a.1, CONROY, J.L.1 and GRIMLEY, David A.2, (1)Department of Geology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 61820, (2)Illinois State Geological Survey, University of Illinois, 615 E. Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820, tanash2@illinois.edu, tanash2@illinois.edu
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2:15 PM
PLEISTOCENE PALEOSOLS AND THE CLARINDA SOIL SERIES IN ADAMS COUNTY, SW IOWA
WOIDA, Kathleen, U.S. Dept of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, 210 Walnut Street, 693 Federal Bldg, Des Moines, IA 50309 and LENSCH, Richard, retired from U.S. Dept of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, 503 West 7th Street, Suite 3, Atlantic, IA 50022, kathleen.woida@ia.usda.gov, kathleen.woida@ia.usda.gov
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2:35 PM
GEOCHRONOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON THE AGE AND DEPOSITIONAL MECHANISMS OF THE GROVER GRAVEL IN WESTERN ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MISSOURI
ROVEY II, Charles W., Geography, Geology, and Planning, Missouri State University, 901 S. National, Springfield, MO 65897, BALCO, Greg, Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709 and SIEMENS, Mike, Missouri Geological Survey, P.O. Box 250, Rolla, MO 65402, charlesrovey@missouristate.edu, charlesrovey@missouristate.edu
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2:55 PM
SOIL GEOCHEMISTRY OF EARLY HISTORIC NON-MECHANIZED AGRICULTURAL LAND USE AT PLUM GROVE HISTORICAL FARMSTEAD
ROCHEFORD, M. Kathryn, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 121 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, kat-rocheford@uiowa.edu, kat-rocheford@uiowa.edu
 
3:15 PM
Break
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3:30 PM
MIDWESTERN SAND DUNES, GEOARCHAEOLOGY, AND LIDAR: PRELIMINARY GEOMORPHIC LANDFORM ANALYSIS OF THE SANDY SPRINGS PALEOINDIAN SITE IN THE UPPER OHIO RIVER VALLEY
PURTILL, Matthew P. and KITE, J. Steven, Geology & Geography, West Virginia University, PO Box 6300, 330 Brooks Hall, Morgantown, WV 26506, jkite@wvu.edu, jkite@wvu.edu
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3:50 PM
VARIATION AND PROVENANCE OF THE COARSE FRACTION WITHIN A LAKE BORDER MORAINE TILL OF THE LAKE MICHIGAN ICE LOBE
SCHNABL, Andrew Q., ALBERT, Zachary P. and HEADLEY, Rachel, Geosciences Department, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, 900 Wood Road, P.O. Box 2000, Kenosha, WI 53403, schna008@rangers.uwp.edu, schna008@rangers.uwp.edu
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4:10 PM
SPATIAL VARIATION OF SEDIMENTARY PROPERTIES AND DEPOSITIONAL PROCESSES ALONG A RECESSIONAL MORAINE OF THE LAKE MICHIGAN LOBE
FRIEVALT, Kurtis R.1, LIESCH, Brian1, HEADLEY, Rachel2 and BORUCKI, Mark K.3, (1)Geosciences Department, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, 900 Wood Road, P.O. Box 2000, Kenosha, WI 53144, (2)Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, 900 Wood Road, P.O. Box 2000, Kenosha, WI 53141, (3)Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, P.O. Box 413, Lapham Hall 366, Milwaukee, WI 53201, friev004@rangers.uwp.edu, friev004@rangers.uwp.edu
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4:30 PM
IMPACT OF RELICT ICE-WEDGE POLYGONS ON MODERN SOIL SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
KONEN, Michael, Northern Illinois University, Department of Geography, DeKalb, IL 60115, mkonen@niu.edu, mkonen@niu.edu
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