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

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LOW RESOLUTION EXAMINATION OF COOL-WATER CARBONATE FORAMINIFERA AROUND TASMANIA (ODP SITE 1168) DURING THE PLEISTOCENE
HUGHES, Sara J., Curie Metro High School, 4959 S Archer Avenue, Chicago, IL 60632 and LEWANDOWSKI, Katherine J., Department of Geology-Geography, Eastern Illinois University, 600 Lincoln Ave, Charleston, IL 61920, sjhughes2@gmail.com


Handouts
  • HughesGSA2015Presentation.pdf (2.6 MB)
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    A TALE OF TWO CRATERS: CORIOLIS-AWARE TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS CORRELATES TWO PLEISTOCENE IMPACT STREWN FIELDS AND GIVES MICHIGAN A THUMB
    DAVIAS, Michael, Stamford, CT 06907 and HARRIS, Thomas, Orbit Analyst, Lockheed-Martin, retired, Valley Forge, PA 19406, michael@cintos.org


    Handouts
  • 3-1_Davias_linked.pdf (24.0 MB)
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    PERCEPTION OF THE MIDCONTINENT RIFT BY PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON IT: A VIEW OF PUBLIC EARTH SCIENCE KNOWLEDGE
    ROSE, William I. and VYE, Erika C., Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931, raman@mtu.edu


    Handouts
  • RoseT25-16-1.pdf (49.4 MB)
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    A PREVIOUSLY UNRECOGNIZED IMPACT STRUCTURE AT BRUSSELS HILL, DOOR COUNTY, WISCONSIN: BRECCIATION AND SHOCK-METAMORPHIC FEATURES
    ZAWACKI, Emily E. and BJORNERUD, Marcia G., Department of Geology, Lawrence University, 711 E. Boldt Way, Appleton, WI 54911, emily.e.zawacki@lawrence.edu


    Handouts
  • NC GSA Poster Zawacki.pdf (2.9 MB)
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    GEOHERITAGE - A POSITIVE INFLUENCE ON PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF EARTH SCIENCE
    VYE, Erika C. and ROSE, William I., Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931, ecvye@mtu.edu


    Handouts
  • FINAL GSA Madison.pptx (8.4 MB)
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    A POSSIBLE ORIGIN OF HYDRAULICALLY SIGNIFICANT BED PARALLEL MACROPORE NETWORKS IN SILICICLASTIC BEDROCK
    RUNKEL, Anthony C., Minnesota Geological Survey, University of Minnesota, 2609 Territorial Rd., St. Paul, MN 55114, COWAN, Clinton A., Geology, Carleton College, One North College St, Northfield, MN 55057, STEWART, Zachary, 504 S. 19th St., La Crosse, WI 54601 and JACOBSON, William, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, runke001@umn.edu


    Handouts
  • Runkeletal_BPMs.pdf (1.7 MB)
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    A GRAVITY STUDY PERFORMED OVER A SILURIAN PINNACLE REEF IN WESTERN INDIANA
    SILVA, Crislene M.1, SANTOS, Lucas R.S.1, HAUSER, E.C.2, WATTS, Doyle R.2 and BRAKE, Sandra S.1, (1)Earth & Environmental Systems, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN 47809, (2)Earth & Environmental Sciences, Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45435, cmoreiradasil@sycamores.indstate.edu


    Handouts
  • PosterGSA.pdf (798.5 kB)
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    EXTRA-CRATER STRUCTURAL DEFORMATION AND IMPACT TRAJECTORY AT WEAUBLEAU STRUCTURE, WEST-CENTRAL MISSOURI
    EVANS, Kevin Ray, Geography, Geology, and Planning, Missouri State University, 901 S. National Ave, Springfield, MO 65897, kevinevans@missouristate.edu


    Handouts
  • 2015NCGSA_Evans.ppt (34.8 MB)
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    SEDIMENTOLOGY OF TWO LOWER PENNSYLVANIAN FLUVIO-TIDAL RESERVOIR SANDSTONES IN THE ILLINOIS BASIN
    WEBB, Nathan D., Illinois State Geological Survey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Natural Resources Building, 615 E. Peabody, Champaign, IL 61820, ndwebb2@illinois.edu


    Handouts
  • 20150520_webb_sedimentology_ncgsa.pptx (7.0 MB)
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    HISTORICAL SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION WITHIN HIGH PLAINS PLAYA WETLANDS AS A RESULT OF HUMAN MODIFICATION OF THE SHORT GRASS PRAIRIE
    BOWEN, Mark W., Geography and Urban Planning, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, 800 Algoma Blvd, Geography Dept, Oshkosh, WI 54901 and JOHNSON, William C., Department of Geography, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045, bowenm@uwosh.edu


    Handouts
  • Bowen-GSA_N-Central_2015.pdf (1.1 MB)
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    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


    Handouts
  • Woida_Pleistocene paleosols_Slides.pptx (25.7 MB)
  • Woida_Pleistocene paleosols_Narrative.docx (28.1 kB)
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    BUILDING LOCAL UNDERSTANDING OF STRONG GEOHERITAGE, MICHIGAN’S KEWEENAW AND ISLE ROYALE
    ROSE, William I., Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931, raman@mtu.edu


    Handouts
  • Rose6-3.pdf (13.7 MB)
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    EVIDENCE FOR EARLY ORDOVICIAN REACTIVATION OF MESOPROTEROZOIC RIFT STRUCTURES WITHIN THE PRAIRIE DU CHIEN GROUP: WASHINGTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA
    STEENBERG, Julia1, RETZLER, Andrew2 and RUNKEL, Anthony1, (1)Minnesota Geological Survey, 2609 Territorial Road, St. Paul, MN 55114, (2)Minnesota Geological Survey, University of Minnesota, 2609 Territorial Road, St. Paul, MN 55114, and01006@umn.edu


    Handouts
  • OPDC_poster copy.pdf (3.6 MB)
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    TERRAIN ANALYSIS APPLIED TO THE SITING OF ANCIENT SEAPORT ASHKELON, ISRAEL
    KINCZYK, Mallory, MOSHIER, Stephen O. and CLARK, James A., Geology & Environmental Science, Wheaton College, 501 College Ave, Wheaton, IL 60187, mjkinczyk@gmail.com


    Handouts
  • NC_GSA_Ashkelon_Poster_2015.pdf (3.1 MB)
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    HOLOCENE CLIMATIC CHANGES IN THE ALASKAN ARCTIC AS INFERRED FROM SEDIMENTOLOGICAL AND OXYGEN-ISOTOPIC ANALYSES AT WAHOO LAKE
    VACHULA, Richard S., Department of Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 152 Computer Applications Bldg, 605 E. Springfield Ave, Champaign, IL 61820, CHIPMAN, Melissa L., Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 320 Morrill Hall, MC-118, 505 South Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL 61801 and HU, Feng Sheng, Department of Plant Biology and Department of Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 265 Morrill Hall, 505 South Goodwin Ave., Urbana, IL 61801, vachula2@illinois.edu


    Handouts
  • Vachula_SESERR_Wahooposter.pdf (1.4 MB)
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    FRACTURE STRATIGRAPHY IN LOWER PALEOZOIC BEDROCK OF THE CENTRAL MIDCONTINENT, NORTH AMERICA
    RUNKEL, Anthony C.1, STEENBERG, Julia2, RETZLER, Andrew2 and TIPPING, Robert G.2, (1)Minnesota Geological Survey, University of Minnesota, 2609 Territorial Rd., St. Paul, MN 55114, (2)Minnesota Geological Survey, 2609 Territorial Rd., St. Paul, MN 55114, runke001@umn.edu


    Handouts
  • Runkeletal_FRAC_STRATposter.pdf (1.6 MB)
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    GEOPHYSICAL DATA ACQUISITION METHODS FOR ESTIMATING DEPTH TO BEDROCK: ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY IMAGING AND THE PASSIVE SEISMIC METHOD
    HART, David J. and STREIFF, Carolyn M., Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, University of Wisconsin - Extension, 3817 Mineral Point Rd, Madison, WI 53705, djhart@wisc.edu


    Handouts
  • NC_GSA_HartStreiff_DepthtoBedrock.pptx (26.4 MB)
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    GIS APPLICATIONS IN BEDROCK MAPPING THE POPLAR BLUFF 30' X 60' QUADRANGLE, SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
    ELLIS, Trevor Charles, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Missouri Geological Survey, 111 Fairgrounds Rd, Rolla, MO 65402, trevor.ellis@dnr.mo.gov


    Handouts
  • GSA_Poster.pdf (5.1 MB)
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    CONTINUING STUDY OF THE HORIZONTAL-TO-VERTICAL SPECTRAL RATIO (HVSR) PASSIVE SEISMIC METHOD FOR DETERMINING QUATERNARY SEDIMENT THICKNESS IN MINNESOTA
    CHANDLER, Val and LIVELY, Richard S., Minnesota Geological Survey, 2609 Territorial Road, St. Paul, MN 55114, chand004@umn.edu


    Handouts
  • GSANC_2015_slides1d.pdf (5.3 MB)
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    REACHING OUT TO COMMUNITIES TO IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS LOCAL CONCERN
    PHILLIPS, Michael A., Natural Sciences, Illinois Valley Community College, 815 N. Orlando Smith Ave, Oglesby, IL 61348-9692, mike_phillips@ivcc.edu


    Handouts
  • Phillips-T20.pptx (4.9 MB)
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    PPCPS, BACTERIA, AND OTHER CONTAMINANTS IN KARST SPRINGS AND CAVES IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS
    KELLY, Walton R., Illinois State Water Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois, 2204 Griffith Drive, NA, Champaign, IL 61820, TAYLOR, S.J., Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois, 1816 S. Oak St, Champaign, IL 61820, PANNO, Samuel V., Illinois State Geological Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois, 615 E Peabody Dr, Champign, IL 61820 and ZHENG, Wei, Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois, One East Hazelwood Drive, Champaign, IL 61820, wkelly@illinois.edu


    Handouts
  • GSA NC 2015 Karst WS.pdf (5.7 MB)
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    GEOSCIENCE AND CONGRESS
    WHITE, Kasey S., Director for Geoscience Policy, Geological Society of America, 1200 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20005, kwhite@geosociety.org


    Handouts
  • nctalkwhite.pdf (19.6 MB)
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    GEOPHYSICAL SEARCH FOR CONCEALED KARST NORTH OF BELLEVUE, OHIO
    STIERMAN, Donald1, ESTIFANOS, Biniam Haileab2, BORDOVALOS, Peter2 and DRANE III, Lawrence A.2, (1)Environmental Sciences, University of Toledo, 2801 W. Bancroft St. #604, Toledo, OH 43606, (2)Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Toledo, 2801 West Bancroft Street MS604, Toledo, OH 43606, DStierm@utnet.utoledo.edu


    Handouts
  • GEOPHYSICAL SEARCH FOR CONCEALED KARST NORTH OF BELLEVUE Edited.pptx (27.6 MB)
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    THE PALEOPROTEROZOIC EVOLUTION OF THE BARABOO RANGE, WISCONSIN:  300 MILLION YEARS OF SUCCESSIVE MAGMATISM, CRATONIC STABILIZATION, SEDIMENTATION, DEFORMATION AND K-METASOMATISM
    DOTT Jr., Robert H., MEDARIS Jr., L. Gordon, SINGER, Bradley S. and JICHA, Brian R., Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin, 1215 W. Dayton St., Madison, WI 53706, rdott@geology.wisc.edu


    Handouts
  • 2015 NC GSA Baraboo Range.pptx (17.9 MB)
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    SITE-SPECIFIC CRITICAL ACID LOAD ESTIMATES FOR FOREST SOILS IN THE OSBORNE CREEK WATERSHED, MICHIGAN
    HOBBS, Trevor, USDA, Huron-Manistee National Forests, GeoCorps Guest Scientist, 1755 S. Mitchell St, Cadillac, MI 49601, tchobbs@fs.fed.us


    Handouts
  • Hobbs_NC_GSA_2015.pptx (24.5 MB)
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    PLACE-BASED TEACHING WITH THE MID-CONTINENT RIFT: USING GEOLOGIC AND GEOPHYSICAL SIGNATURE OF THE MCRS TO EDUCATE ABOUT TECTONICS
    WAITE, Gregory P., Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences, Michigan Technological Univ, 1400 Townsend Dr, Houghton, MI 49931, ENGELMANN, Carol A., STEM Learning Instructor, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182, STEIN, Carol A., Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor St, m/c 186, Chicago, IL 60607-7059 and STEIN, Seth, Earth & Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208-3130, gpwaite@mtu.edu


    Handouts
  • Waite_et_al.GSA2015.MidContRiftPlacemod.pptx (38.1 MB)
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    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


    Handouts
  • Purtill_Kite_2015_NCGSA Final.pdf (3.0 MB)
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    HUMAN, ANIMAL, OR INFRASTRUCTURE: IDENTIFYING SOURCES OF URBAN-DERIVED BACTERIA TO AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS
    FISHER, Jenny C., DILA, Deborah K., NEWTON, Ryan J. and MCLELLAN, Sandra L., School of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, 600 East Greenfield Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53204, fisher26@uwm.edu


    Handouts
  • JCFisher_T13_4-6_051915_pdf.pptx (6.7 MB)
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    EVALUATING SANITARY SEWERS AS A POTENTIAL SOURCE OF SODIUM AND CHLORIDE IN AN URBAN AQUIFER SYSTEM
    GELLASCH, Christopher A., Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Rd, Bethesda, MD 20814, BRADBURY, Kenneth R., Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, University of Wisconsin-Extension, Madison, WI 53705 and BAHR, Jean M., Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, christopher.gellasch@usuhs.edu


    Handouts
  • Gellasch NC-GSA presentation 2015.pdf (677.7 kB)
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    THE EFFECTS OF BODY SIZE AND LITHOLOGICAL AFFINITY ON EXTINCTION RISK
    HEIM, Noel A., Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Stanford, CA 94305, naheim@sedpaleo.org


    Handouts
  • NA_Heim.pdf (10.7 MB)
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    DEVELOPING NEW SOURCES OF PROXY CLIMATE DATA FROM HISTORICAL STRUCTURES IN THE LAKE MICHIGAN-HURON BASIN
    LARSON, Evan R.1, RAWLING III, J. Elmo2 and ALLEN, Sara1, (1)Geography Department, University of Wisconsin Platteville, 1 University Plaza, Platteville, WI 53818, (2)Department of Environmental Sciences, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, 3817 Mineral Point Road, Madison, WI 53705, larsonev@uwplatt.edu


    Handouts
  • NC-GSA_Larson et al.ppt (30.1 MB)