GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 116
Monday, 26 September 2016: 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 404 (Colorado Convention Center)

T1. Pluvials, Atmospheric Rivers, Monsoons, and Water Availability in Western North America from the Quaternary into the Future: Modeling, Observations, and Paleo Reconstructions of Hydroclimate Extremes

GSA Limnogeology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology); GSA Archaeological Geology Division
Ingrid Hendy, Aradhna Tripati and Matthew E. Kirby, Advocates
10:00 AM
INTEGRATING PROXY NETWORKS AND CLIMATE MODELS TO EVALUATE PATTERNS AND DRIVERS OF PAST HYDROCLIMATE CHANGE IN WESTERN NORTH AMERICA (Invited Presentation)
OSTER, Jessica L.1, IBARRA, Daniel E.2, HERMANN, Nicholas W.1 and KELLEY, Neil P.1, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240, (2)Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University, 473 Via Ortega, Rm 140, Stanford, CA 94305, jessica.l.oster@vanderbilt.edu
10:15 AM
THE RELATIVE TIMING OF LATE PLEISTOCENE GLACIER AND PLUVIAL LAKE MAXIMA IN THE NORTHERN GREAT BASIN, NEVADA AND UTAH, U.S.A
LAABS, Benjamin J., Geosciences, North Dakota State University, Stevens Hall, 1340 Bolley Dr #201, Fargo, ND 58102 and MUNROE, Jeffrey S., Geology Department, Middlebury College, 276 Bicentennial Way, Middlebury, VT 05743, benjamin.laabs@ndsu.edu
10:30 AM
ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE TRANSPORT TO WESTERN NORTH AMERICA DURING THE LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM AND DEGLACIATION (Invited Presentation)
LORA, Juan M.1, MITCHELL, Jonathan L.1, RISI, Camille2 and TRIPATI, Aradhna1, (1)Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, (2)Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, CNRS, Paris, France, jlora@ucla.edu
10:45 AM
THE INFLUENCE OF CLIMATE AND VOLCANIC ASH FALL ON LAKE LEVELS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST DURING THE HOLOCENE (Invited Presentation)
STEINMAN, Byron A., Large Lakes Observatory and Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota Duluth, 2205 E. 5th Street RLB 205, Duluth, MN 55812, ABBOTT, Mark B., Department of Geology & Environmental Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 and FINKENBINDER, Matthew S., Geology and Environmental Science, University of Pittsburgh, 4107 O'Hara St, SRCC, Room 200, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, bsteinma@d.umn.edu
11:00 AM
9,000 YEARS OF CALIFORNIA WEATHER: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EXTREME PRECIPITATION EVENTS AND INTERANNUAL CLIMATE CHANGE
HENDY, Ingrid1, BROWN, Erik T.2, HINNOV, Linda A.3, SCHIMMELMANN, Arndt4 and DU, Xiaojing1, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 C.C. Little Bldg, 1100 N. University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, (2)Large Lakes Observatory & Dept of Geol. Sci, University of Minnesota Duluth, RLB-109, 10 University Drive, Duluth, MN 55812, (3)Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030, (4)Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405-1405, ihendy@umich.edu
11:15 AM
SANTA BARBARA BASIN, CALIFORNIA FLOOD LAYER PROVENANCE: MAPPING FLOODING HAZARD BY SEDIMENT SOURCE REGION
NAPIER, Tiffany J., Earth and Enviromental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, HENDY, Ingrid, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 C.C. Little Bldg, 1100 N. University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 and BRYCE, Julia G., Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire, 56 College Rd, James Hall, Durham, NH 03824, tinapier@umich.edu
11:30 AM
GREAT SALT LAKE (UTAH) MICROBIALITE CHRONOLOGY AND ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY: IMPLICATIONS FOR PALEOLAKE EXTENT AND BIOGEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION
NEWELL, Dennis L.1, JENSEN, Jordan L.1 and FRANTZ, Carie M.2, (1)Department of Geology, Utah State University, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, (2)Department of Geosciences, Weber State University, Ogden, UT 84408-2507, dennis.newell@usu.edu
11:45 AM
TRACING MOISTURE SOURCES OF THE EXTREME STORM EVENT IMPACTING THE CAROLINAS IN OCTOBER, 2015 USING O, H, AND SR ISOTOPE RATIOS
SURGE, Donna1, SCHMIDT, Karly R.2, MOORE, Corey3, COLEMAN, Drew S.3 and MILLS, Ryan3, (1)Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 104 South Road, Mitchell Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, (2)Geography, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Carolina Hall, CB #3220, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, (3)Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 104 South Road, CB #3315, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, donna64@unc.edu
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