Northeastern Section - 50th Annual Meeting (23–25 March 2015)

Session No. 16
Monday, 23 March 2015: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Grand Ballroom North (Omni Mount Washington Resort)

S4. Contributions of Cosmogenic-Nuclide Geochronology to Glacial Geology and Geochronology in Northeastern North America—and Vice Versa

 

Greg Balco and John C. Gosse, Conveners
Paper #
Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1
1:35 PM
METEORIC 10BE FLUX RECORDS POTENTIALLY SYNCHRONIZE NORTH AMERICAN VARVED SEDIMENTS WITH GREENLAND ICE
DEJONG, Benjamin D., The Johnson Company, 100 State Street, suite 600, Montpelier, VT 05602, BALCO, Greg, Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709, ROOD, Dylan H., AMS Laboratory, Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre (SUERC), East Kilbride, G75 0QF, United Kingdom, RIDGE, John C., Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155 and BIERMAN, Paul, Department of Geology and Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont, Delehanty Hall, 180 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05405, bdejong@uvm.edu, bdejong@uvm.edu
2
1:55 PM
INTERCALIBRATED RADIOCARBON, VARVE, AND EXPOSURE-AGE CHRONOLOGIES FOR THE LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM AND INITIAL DEGLACIATION IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
BALCO, Greg, Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709, BIERMAN, Paul, Department of Geology, University of Vermont, 180 Colchester Avenue, Delehanty Hall, Burlington, VT 05405 and SCHAEFER, Joerg M., Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, balcs@bgc.org, balcs@bgc.org
3
2:15 PM
COLLAPSE OF THE NEWFOUNDLAND ICE SHEET-IMPLICATIONS FOR A PRE-BOLLING WARMING
GOSSE, John C., Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada and BELL, Trevor, Geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NF A1B 3X9, Canada, john.gosse@dal.ca, john.gosse@dal.ca
4
2:35 PM
10-BERYLLIUM EVIDENCE FOR RAPID LAURENTIDE DEGLACIATION OF THE KATAHDIN AREA, WEST-CENTRAL MAINE, USA, 16 TO 15 KY
DAVIS, P. Thompson, Department of Natural & Applied Sciences, Bentley University, 175 Forest St, Waltham, MA 02452, BIERMAN, Paul, Department of Geology, University of Vermont, 180 Colchester Avenue, Delehanty Hall, Burlington, VT 05405 and CORBETT, Lee B., Department of Geology and Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont, Delehanty Hall, 180 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05405, pdavis@bentley.edu, pdavis@bentley.edu
5
2:55 PM
OLD SURFACES AT THE TOP OF NEW ENGLAND'S HIGHEST PEAKS SUGGEST WEAKLY EROSIVE ICE
BIERMAN, Paul1, DAVIS, P. Thompson2, CORBETT, Lee B.1 and LIFTON, Nathaniel A.3, (1)Department of Geology and Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont, Delehanty Hall, 180 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05405, (2)Department of Natural & Applied Sciences, Bentley University, 175 Forest St, Waltham, MA 02452, (3)Depts. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, and Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907, pbierman@uvm.edu, pbierman@uvm.edu
6
3:15 PM
GLACIAL CHRONOLOGY AND LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION ON BAFFIN ISLAND, CANADA, CONSTRAINED BY A COMPILATION OF PAIRED 26AL/10BE ANALYSES
CORBETT, Lee B.1, BIERMAN, Paul1 and DAVIS, P. Thompson2, (1)Department of Geology and Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont, Delehanty Hall, 180 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05405, (2)Department of Natural & Applied Sciences, Bentley University, 175 Forest St, Waltham, MA 02452, Ashley.Corbett@uvm.edu, Ashley.Corbett@uvm.edu
 
3:35 PM
Break
7
3:50 PM
DETRITAL COSMOGENIC 10BE OF TILL FROM CONTRASTING LANDSCAPES ON HALL PENINSULA, BAFFIN ISLAND: INVESTIGATING THE RELATIONSHIP AMONG MULTIPLE PROXIES OF GLACIAL DYNAMICS
ROSS, Martin1, JOHNSON, Cassia L.1, GOSSE, John C.2, TREMBLAY, Tommy3, HODDER, Tyler J.4, GRUNSKY, E.C.5 and PELL, Jennifer6, (1)Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada, (3)Natural Resources Canada, Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office, 1106 Ikaluktuutiak Drive, PO Box 2319, Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0, Canada, (4)Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave W, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada, (5)Natural Resources Canada - Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada, (6)Peregrine Diamonds Ltd, 201-1250 Homer Street, Vancouver, BC V6B1C6, Canada, maross@uwaterloo.ca, maross@uwaterloo.ca
8
4:10 PM
A COMPOSITE MODEL FOR FORMATION OF AMPHITHEATER-HEADED CANYONS ON THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN: IMPLICATIONS FOR MARTIAN CANYONS
AMIDON, William H., Geology Department, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753 and CLARK, Arthur, Geology, Middlebury College, Bicentennial Hall, Middlebury, VT 05753, wamidon@middlebury.edu, wamidon@middlebury.edu
9
4:30 PM
COSMOGENIC 3HE PALEO-SEISMOLOGY OF AN ACTIVE NORMAL FAULT, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
ATWOOD, Abra, Geology Department, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753 and AMIDON, William H., Geology Program, SUNY Plattsburgh, 101 Broad St., Plattsburgh, NY 12901, aatwood@middlebury.edu, aatwood@middlebury.edu
 
4:50 PM
Discussion
 
4:55 PM
Concluding Remarks
See more of: Symposia Sessions