GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 304
Wednesday, 28 September 2016: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 405 (Colorado Convention Center)

T61. Quantifying Geomorphic Processes and Rates of Landscape Evolution II

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division
Arjun M. Heimsath, Nathaniel A. Lifton and Darryl E. Granger, Advocates
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:45 PM
USING COSMOGENIC 10BE IN BOTH BEDROCK AND SEDIMENT TO TRACK GLACIAL AND PARAGLACIAL EROSION OF THE NORTHWEST SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS
FAME, Michelle L.1, OWEN, Lewis2, SPOTILA, James A.1, DORTCH, Jason M.3 and CAFFEE, Marc W.4, (1)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (2)Geology Department, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, (3)School of Environment and Development, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M0 1QD, England, (4)Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, mfame@vt.edu
2:00 PM
RECONSTRUCTING HIGH-RESOLUTION HOLOCENE GLACIAL CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHIES IN THE HIMALAYA
SAHA, Sourav, Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Building, Cincinnati, OH 45221, OWEN, Lewis A., Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics, Cincinnati, OH 45221, ORR, Elizabeth, Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology-Physics Building, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45220 and DIETSCH, Craig, Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, sahasv@mail.uc.edu
2:15 PM
GLACIAL EROSION OF HIGH-ELEVATION LOW-RELIEF SUMMITS ON PASSIVE CONTINENTAL MARGINS CONSTRAINED BY COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES
ANDERSEN, Jane Lund1, EGHOLM, David L.1, KNUDSEN, Mads F.1, LINGE, Henriette2, JANSEN, John D.3, OLSEN, Jesper4 and TIKHOMIROV, Dmitry4, (1)Department of Geoscience, Aarhus University, Høegh-Guldbergsgade 2, Aarhus C, 8000, Denmark, (2)Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen, Realfagbygget, Allégt. 41, Bergen, 5020, Norway, (3)Institute of Earth and Environmental Science, Potsdam University, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, Potsdam-Golm, 14476, Germany, (4)Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 120, Aarhus, 8000, Denmark, jane.lund@geo.au.dk
2:30 PM
STORIES FROM UNDER THE ICE: INVESTIGATING GLACIAL HISTORY AND PROCESS WITH COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES IN ICEBOUND COBBLES (Invited Presentation)
CORBETT, Lee B., Department of Geology, University of Vermont, Delehanty Hall, 180 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05405, BIERMAN, Paul R., Department of Geology, University of Vermont, Delehanty Hall, 180 Colchester Ave., Burlington, VT 05405, NEUMANN, Thomas A., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Cryospheric Sciences Branch, Code 614.1, 8800 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD 20770 and GRALY, Joseph A., Earth Science, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN 46202, Ashley.Corbett@uvm.edu
2:50 PM
LATE QUATERNARY SEA-LEVEL HISTORY ON SAIPAN, COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, USA: A TEST OF TECTONIC UPLIFT MODELS AND GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENT PROCESSES
MUHS, Daniel R.1, SCHWEIG, Eugene S.1, SIMMONS, Kathleen R.1 and MCGEEHIN, John P.2, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, MS 980, Box 25046, Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 926A, Reston, VA 20192, dmuhs@usgs.gov
3:05 PM
INSIGHTS INTO ROSS SEA WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET DYNAMICS FROM IN SITU 14C
GOEHRING, Brent M.1, NICHOLS, Keir1, BALCO, Greg2 and TODD, Claire3, (1)Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, 6823 St Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA 70118, (2)Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709, (3)Geosciences, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA 98447, bgoehrin@tulane.edu
 
3:20 PM
Break
3:40 PM
OLD ROCKS, NEW DATA: COSMOGENIC 10BE ANALYSIS OF A RELICT PERIGLACIAL BOULDER FIELD, HICKORY RUN STATE PARK, PENNSYLVANIA
DENN, Alison R., Department of Geology, University of Vermont, 180 Colchester Avenue, Delehanty Hall, Burlington, VT 05405 and BIERMAN, Paul R., Department of Geology, University of Vermont, Delehanty Hall, 180 Colchester Ave., Burlington, VT 05405, adenn@uvm.edu
3:55 PM
INFLUENCE OF STRIKE-SLIP FAULT ACTIVITY ON THE TOPOGRAPHIC EVOLUTION OF THE EASTERN ALPS
STUEWE, Kurt and BARTOSCH, Thorsten, Earth Science, University of Graz, Heinrichstr. 26, Graz, A-8010, Austria, kurt.stuewe@uni-graz.at
4:10 PM
THE THERMOCHRONOMETRIC RECORD OF LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION IN THE LHASA TERRANE, SOUTHERN TIBET (Invited Presentation)
TREMBLAY, Marissa M.1, SHUSTER, David L.1, FOX, Matthew1, SCHMIDT, Jennifer L.2, TRIPATHY-LANG, Alka1 and ZEITLER, Peter2, (1)Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709; Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, (2)Earth & Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, 1 West Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA 18015, mtremblay@berkeley.edu
4:30 PM
EOCENE-PLEISTOCENE GOETHITE PRECIPITATION AND EXPOSURE HISTORY OF THE BOHNERZ FORMATION, GERMANY AND SWITZERLAND
HOFMANN, Florian, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Blvd 100-23, Pasadena, CA 91125 and FARLEY, Kenneth A., Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, fhofmann@caltech.edu
4:45 PM
RAPID PLIOCENE EXHUMATION OF THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA, FROM APATITE AND ZIRCON (U-TH)/HE THERMOCHRONOLOGY
NIEMI, Nathan A. and CLARK, Marin K., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 C C Little Bldg, 1100 N University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005, naniemi@umich.edu
5:00 PM
GRAIN-SIZE BIAS IN DETRITAL THERMOCHROMETRY: IMPLICATIONS FOR INTERPRETING SEDIMENT PROVENANCE AND LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION
LUKENS, Claire E.1, RIEBE, Clifford S.1, SHUSTER, David L.2 and SKLAR, Leonard S.3, (1)Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, 1000 E University Ave, Laramie, WY 82071, (2)Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, (3)Department of Geosciences, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA 94132, clukens@uwyo.edu
 
5:15 PM
Discussion
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