GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 121
Monday, 26 September 2016: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 405 (Colorado Convention Center)

Recent Quaternary Research in Lacustrine, Glacial, Eolian, and Tectonic Systems

Ralph Haugerud and Matthew S. Lachniet, Chairs
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:45 PM
LATE HOLOCENE RAPID HYDROCLIMATIC CHANGE AT CIENEGA AMARILLA, WEST-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO, USA
ONKEN, Jill, Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Gould-Simpson Building #77, 1040 E 4th St, Tucson, AZ 85721, SMITH, Susan J., Consulting Palynologist, 8875 Carefree Avenue, Flagstaff, AZ 86004, PALACIOS-FEST, Manuel R., Terra Nostra Earth Sciences Research LLC, Tucson, AZ 85740 and ADAMS, Karen R., Archaeobotanical Consultant, 2837 E. Beverly Dr., AZ 85716, jonken@email.arizona.edu
2:00 PM
MILANKOVITCH PHASING RELATIONSHIPS AND GREAT BASIN PALEOCLIMATE
LACHNIET, Matthew S., Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Box 454010, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, ASMEROM, Yemane, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131 and POLYAK, Victor J., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, matthew.lachniet@unlv.edu
2:30 PM
LATE PLEISTOCENE MONO BASIN BEACH BERMS, CALIFORNIA: PRELIMINARY OSL AGES
SMITH, Larry N.1, ALI, Guleed A.H.2, HEMMING, Sidney2, JAIN, Mayank3, SOHBATI, Reza3, BUYLAERT, Jan-Pieter3 and STINE, Scott4, (1)Geological Engineering, Montana Tech, 1300 W Park St, Butte, MT 59701, (2)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, (3)Center for Nuclear Technologies, Technical University of Denmark, DTU Risø Campus, Roskilde, 4000, Denmark, (4)Department of Anthropology, Geography, and Environmental Studies, California State University-East Bay, 25800 Carlos Bee Boulevard, Hayward, CA 94542, lsmith@mtech.edu
Handouts
  • GSA 2016 Mono Basin Berms-Prelim OSL.pdf (4.1 MB)
  • 2:45 PM
    A PROMINENT PEDOGENIC SIGNAL FOR MIS 3 IN THE CENTRAL GREAT PLAINS, USA
    JOHNSON, W.C.1, MASON, Joseph2 and BURT, Dakota J.1, (1)Department of Geography and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, (2)Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 207 Science Hall, 550 North Park Street, Madison, WI 53706, wcj@ku.edu
    3:00 PM
    STRUCTURES RESEMBLING ICE-WEDGE CASTS SUGGEST DISCONTINUOUS PERMAFROST DURING LAURENTIDE RETREAT, CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE
    FLEISHER, P. Jay, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, SUNY-Oneonta, Ravine Parkway, Oneonta, NY 13820, fleishpj@oneonta.edu
     
    3:15 PM
    Break
    3:30 PM
    THE HIGHLAND VALLEY FORMATION: CONTINUOUS EARLY TO MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE DEPOSITS IN SOUTH CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
    JONSSON, Carl H.W., School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, 3800 Finnerty Road, Bob Wright Centre A405, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada; Natural History, Royal BC Museum, 675 Belleville Street, Victoria, BC V8W 9W2, Canada, HEBDA, Richard, Natural History, Royal BC Museum, 675 Belleville Street, Victoria, BC V8W 9W2, Canada; School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, 3800 Finnerty Road, Bob Wright Centre A405, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada and BARENDREGT, René W., Department of Geography, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive, Lethbridge, AB T1K 3M4, Canada, jonssonc@uvic.ca
    3:45 PM
    COLLAPSE OF THE JUAN DE FUCA LOBE OF THE CORDILLERAN ICE SHEET
    HAUGERUD, Ralph, U.S. Geological Survey, Dept Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Box 351310, Seattle, WA 98195 and HENDY, Ingrid, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 C.C. Little Bldg, 1100 N. University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, rhaugerud@usgs.gov
    4:00 PM
    NEW EVIDENCE FOR PALEOTSUNAMIS ALONG HECATE STRAIT, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
    BOBROWSKY, Peter, Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, 9860 West Saanich Road, P.O. Box 6000, Sidney, BC V8L4B2, Canada, HUNTLEY, David H., Geological Survey of Canada, 625 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC V6B5J3, Canada, LINTERN, David Gwyn, Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, 9860 West Saanich Rd, Sidney, BC V8L4B2, Canada, SAWAI, Yuki, Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Higashi 1-1-1 C7, Tsukuba, 305-8567, Japan, TANIGAWA, Koichiro, Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, 305-8567, Japan, GOFF, James, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW Australia, Sydney, 2052, Australia and CHAGUE-GOFF, Catherine, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW Australia and ANSTO, UNSW, Sydney, 2052, Australia, peter.bobrowsky@canada.ca
    4:15 PM
    LATE PLEISTOCENE TO EARLY HOLOCENE FAULTING, SURFACE RUPTURE AND LIQUEFACTION NEAR MONTAGU, NORTHWEST TASMANIA
    GARDNER, Thomas W., Geosciences Department, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX 78212 and WEBB, John, Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution, La Trobe University, Victoria, 3086, Australia, tgardner@trinity.edu
    Handouts
  • GSA Gardner v2.pdf (45.4 MB)
  • 4:30 PM
    DISCOVERY OF MOUNT MAZAMA CRYPTOTEPHRA IN LAKE SUPERIOR
    SPANO, Nicholas George, Integrative Biology, University of California-Berkeley, 1732 San Pablo Ave Apt 4, Berkeley, CA 94702, LANE, Christine, School of Environment, Education and Development, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom, FRANCIS, Sarah W., Geology, Oberlin College, 52 W. Lorain St., Carnegie Building, Rm. 403, Oberlin, OH 44074 and JOHNSON, Thomas C., Large Lakes Observatory and Department of Geological Sciences, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN 55812, spano@berkeley.edu
    4:45 PM
    LOESS IN IRAN
    FRECHEN, Manfred, KEHL, Martin, KHORMALI, Farhad, LEHNDORFF, Eva, LAUER, Tobias and VLAMINCK, Stefan, Geochronology and isotope Hydrology, Leibniz Institute for Applied Geophysics (LIAG), Stilleweg 2, Hannover, 30655, Germany, Manfred.Frechen@liag-hannover.de
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