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

Session No. 12
Tuesday, 19 May 2015: 1:30 PM-4:50 PM
Hall of Ideas F (Monona Terrace Convention Center)

Non-Glacial Quaternary Research in the Great Lakes Region

 

Henry M. Loope and Andy J. Breckenridge, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:35 PM
TIMING AND IMPLICATIONS OF LATE QUATERNARY SEDIMENT DEPOSITION AND LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION IN SOUTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN
CARSON, Eric C., ATTIG, John W., RAWLING III, J. Elmo, BATES, Benjamin R. and CEPERLEY, Elizabeth G., Department of Environmental Sciences, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, 3817 Mineral Point Road, Madison, WI 53705, eccarson@wisc.edu, eccarson@wisc.edu
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1:55 PM
LATE PLEISTOCENE AGGRADATION AND DAMMING OF TRIBUTARIES TO THE LOWER WISCONSIN RIVER IN SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN
CEPERLEY, Elizabeth G., CARSON, Eric C., BATES, Benjamin R., RAWLING III, J. Elmo and STREIFF, Carolyn M., Department of Environmental Sciences, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, 3817 Mineral Point Road, Madison, WI 53705, elizabeth.ceperley@wgnhs.uwex.edu, elizabeth.ceperley@wgnhs.uwex.edu
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2:15 PM
SPATIAL AND TEXTURAL ANALYSES OF SOILS CONFIRM LOESS MANTLE ON THE OUTWASH PLAINS OF SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN
SCHAETZL, Randall1, LUEHMANN, Michael D.2, PETER, Brad2, CONNALLON, Chris2, SMIDT, Samuel J.3, LIU, Wei2, KINCARE, Kevin A.4, WALKOWIAK, Toni2, THORLUND, Elin2 and HOLLER, Marie2, (1)Department of Geography, Environment and Spatial Sciences, Michigan State University, 673 Auditorium Road, East Lansing, MI 48824, (2)Department of Geography, Michigan State University, 673 Auditorium Road, East Lansing, MI 48824, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, (4)U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr, Reston, VA 20192, soils@msu.edu, soils@msu.edu
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2:35 PM
GEOCHEMISTRY AND MINERALOGY OF LOESS IN WISCONSIN INDICATES GREAT PLAINS SOURCE AREA
JACOBS, Peter M., Department of Geography, Geology, and Environmental Science, Univ of Wisconsin-Whitewater, 800 W. Main St., Whitewater, WI 53190, EJNIK, John, W., Chemistry, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater, Whitewater, WI 53190, MASON, Joseph A., Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 550 N. Park St, 160 Science Hall, Madison, WI 53706 and HANSON, Paul R., School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 3310 Holdrege Street, Lincoln, NE 68583, jacobsp@uww.edu, jacobsp@uww.edu
 
2:55 PM
Break
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3:10 PM
OSL AGES AND GROUND PENETRATING RADAR (GPR) OF THE SAND DUNES ALONG THE KANKAKEE RIVER VALLEY, MIDWEST USA
MIAO, Xiaodong, Illinois State Geological Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois, 615 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820 and LARSON, Timothy, Illinois State Geological Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 615 E. Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820, miao@illinois.edu, miao@illinois.edu
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3:30 PM
EARLY HOLOCENE EOLIAN ACTIVITY IN EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN DROVE AGGRADATION DURING TRANSGRESSIONS OF GLACIAL LAKE MINONG
LOOPE, Walter L., United States Geological Survey, N8391 Sand Point Road, Munising, MI 49862 and JOL, Harry M., Department of Geography and Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI 54702, wloope@usgs.gov, wloope@usgs.gov
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3:50 PM
DETERMINING THE MOORHEAD LOW ELEVATION OF GLACIAL LAKE AGASSIZ USING COMPACTION RIDGES
DILWORTH, John, Dept. Environmental Sciences, University of Toledo, 2801 West Bancroft Street MS #604, Toledo, OH 43606 and FISHER, Timothy G., Department of Earth, Ecological & Environmental Sciences, Univ of Toledo, 2801 West Bancroft Rd. MS#604, Toledo, OH 43606-3390, john.dilworth@rockets.utoledo.edu, john.dilworth@rockets.utoledo.edu
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4:10 PM
ASSESSMENT OF DRAINAGE PATHWAYS FROM GLACIAL LAKE AGASSIZ
LOWELL, Thomas V.1, LEPPER, Kenneth2, FISHER, Timothy G.3, WARD, Dylan1, HEATH, Stephanie4 and BRECKENRIDGE, Andy J.5, (1)Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Building, Cincinnati, OH 45221, (2)Department of Geosciences, North Dakota State University, P.O. Box 6050, Dept. 2745, Fargo, ND 58108-6050, (3)Department of Earth, Ecological & Environmental Sciences, Univ of Toledo, 2801 West Bancroft Rd. MS#604, Toledo, OH 43606-3390, (4)Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology Physics Building, Cincinnati, OH 45221, (5)Department of Natural Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Superior, Belknap and Catlin, P.O. Box 2000, Superior, WI 54880, thomas.lowell@uc.edu, thomas.lowell@uc.edu
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