GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 51
Sunday, 22 October 2017: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Chelan 2 (The Conference Center)

T191. Looking to the Past to Understand the Future: Glacial Chronology and Process

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division
Lee B. Corbett, Paul R. Bierman and P. Thompson Davis, Advocates
1:30 PM
PLIOCENE GREENLAND ICE SHEET GROWTH RECORDED BY IN SITU 10BE DECREASE IN MULTIPLE MARINE SEDIMENT CORES (Invited Presentation)
SHAKUN, Jeremy D.1, CORBETT, Lee B.2, BIERMAN, Paul R.2 and ZIMMERMAN, Susan H.3, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, (2)Department of Geology, University of Vermont, Delehanty Hall, 180 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05405, (3)Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, jeremy.shakun@bc.edu
1:50 PM
SELECTING ANTARCTIC SITES FOR SUBGLACIAL BEDROCK RECOVERY TO TEST FOR PAST ICE SHEET COLLAPSE, AN EXAMPLE FROM THE PIRRIT HILLS
SPECTOR, Perry1, STONE, John O.2, HILLEBRAND, Trevor R.3 and GOMBINER, Joel H.2, (1)Department of Earth and Space Science, University of Washington, Box 351310, Seattle, WA 98195, (2)Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98103, (3)Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, pspec@uw.edu
2:05 PM
ANALYSIS OF THREE COSMOGENIC ISOTOPES IN SUBGLACIAL COBBLES HELPS UNRAVEL GREENLAND’S EXPOSURE AND EROSION HISTORY
CORBETT, Lee B.1, BIERMAN, Paul R.1, NEUMANN, Thomas A.2, GRALY, Joseph A.3, SHAKUN, Jeremy D.4, CAFFEE, Marc W.5, DUNAI, Tibor6 and ZIMMERMAN, Susan H.7, (1)Department of Geology, University of Vermont, Delehanty Hall, 180 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05405, (2)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Cryospheric Sciences Branch, Code 614.1, 8800 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD 20770, (3)Earth Sciences, IUPUI, 723 West Michigan Street, SL 118, Indianapolis, IN 46202, (4)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, (5)Department of Physics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47906, (6)Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Cologne, Albertus-Magnus-Platz, Cologne, 50923, Germany, (7)Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, Ashley.Corbett@uvm.edu
2:20 PM
THE COSMOGENIC ISOTOPE CONCENTRATION OF A DEVONIAN SANDSTONE AS MEASURE OF GLACIAL EROSION ON THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE APPALACHIAN BASIN
NAIR, Jennifer N.1, HOKE, Gregory D.2, CORBETT, Lee B.3 and BIERMAN, Paul R.3, (1)Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13210, (2)Department of Earth Sciences*, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244, (3)Department of Geology, University of Vermont, Delehanty Hall, 180 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05405, gdhoke@syr.edu
2:35 PM
EARLY DEGLACIAL THINNING OF THE LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET FOLLOWED BY RAPID REGIONAL DEGLACIATION
BARTH, Aaron M.1, MARCOTT, Shaun A.1, HORVATH, Alex1, SHAKUN, Jeremy D.2 and LICCIARDI, Joseph M.3, (1)Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, (2)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, abarth2@wisc.edu
2:50 PM
RAPID THINNING OF THE LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET AT MT. WASHINGTON, NH, DURING THE BØLLING WARMING, CONSTRAINED BY ANALYSIS OF COSMOGENIC 14C AND 10BE
KOESTER, Alexandria J.1, SHAKUN, Jeremy D.1, BIERMAN, Paul R.2, DAVIS, P. Thompson3, CORBETT, Lee B.2, GOEHRING, Brent M.4, VICKERS, Anthony1 and ZIMMERMAN, Susan H.5, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, (2)Department of Geology, University of Vermont, Delehanty Hall, 180 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05405, (3)Department of Natural & Applied Sciences, Bentley University, 175 Forest St, Waltham, MA 02452, (4)Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, 6823 St Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA 70118, (5)Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, koester@bc.edu
3:05 PM
EARLY HOLOCENE EVOLUTION OF THE LAURENTIDE AND GREENLAND ICE SHEETS
YOUNG, Nicolás E.1, MILLER, Gifford2, BRINER, Jason P.3, SCHAEFER, Joerg M.4, CRUMP, Sarah E.5, LESNEK, Alia J.3 and PENDLETON, Simon L.5, (1)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, 219 Comer, 61 Route 9W - PO Box 1000, Palisades, NY 10964-8000, (2)INSTAAR and Geological Sciences, Univ of Colorado, 1560 30th Street, Boulder, CO 80303, (3)Department of Geology, University at Buffalo, 126 Cooke Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260, (4)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, (5)Geological Sciences and Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado – Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, nicolasy@ldeo.columbia.edu
 
3:20 PM
Break
3:35 PM
A MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE THROUGH MIDDLE MIOCENE MORAINE SEQUENCE IN THE CENTRAL TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS, ANTARCTICA
BALTER, Alexandra1, BROMLEY, Gordon2, BALCO, Greg3, THOMAS, Holly1 and JACKSON, Margaret4, (1)School of Earth and Climate Sciences and Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, Bryand Global Sciences Center, Orono, ME 04469, (2)School of Earth and Climate Sciences and Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, Bryand Global Sciences Center, Orono, ME 04469; Geography, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, University Road, Galway, H91 TK33, Ireland, (3)Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709, (4)Department of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, 6105 Fairchild Hall, Hanover, NH 03755, alexandra.balter@maine.edu
3:50 PM
DEGLACIATION OF NARES STRAIT AND WASHINGTON LAND, NORTHWEST GREENLAND
CEPERLEY, Elizabeth G.1, MARCOTT, Shaun A.2, REUSCHE, Melissa M.1, BARTH, Aaron M.2, BROOK, Edward J.3, MIX, Alan C.4 and CAFFEE, Marc W.5, (1)Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W. Dayton St., Madison, WI 53705, (2)Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, (3)College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, (4)College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State Univeristy, Corvallis, OR 97331, (5)Department of Physics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47906, ceperley@wisc.edu
4:05 PM
OCEAN-ATMOSPHERIC FORCING OF LATE GLACIAL AND HOLOCENE GLACIER FLUCTUATIONS IN THE EASTERN AND WESTERN CORDILLERA OF THE TROPICAL PERUVIAN ANDES
STANSELL, Nathan D., Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Northern Illinois University, Davis Hall 312, Normal Rd, DeKalb, IL 60115, LICCIARDI, Joseph M., Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, RODBELL, Donald T., Geology Department, Union College, 807 Union Street, Schenectady, NY 12308 and MARK, Bryan G., Department of Geography and Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University, 1036 Derby Hall, 154 North Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, nstansell@niu.edu
4:20 PM
THE DEAD SPEAK: TRACKING THE CRYOSPHERIC RESPONSE TO CONTEMPORARY WARMING IN ARCTIC CANADA WITH ENTOMBED VEGETATION AND IN SITU 14C IN ADJACENT ROCKS (Invited Presentation)
MILLER, Gifford H.1, PENDLETON, Simon L.2, LIFTON, Nathaniel A.3, LEHMAN, Scott2 and SOUTHON, John4, (1)INSTAAR and Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0450, (2)Geological Sciences and Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado – Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, (3)Depts. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, and Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907, (4)Earth System Science, University of California, B321 Croul Hall, Irvine, CA 92697, gmiller@colorado.edu
4:40 PM
REMNANT OF THE ICE AGE MEETS 21ST CENTURY CLIMATE: MODELING OF THE FORM, FLOW, AND FUTURE OF BARNES ICE CAP, BAFFIN ISLAND, CANADA (Invited Presentation)
FLOWERS, Gwenn E.1, GILBERT, Adrien1 and MILLER, Gifford H.2, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada, (2)INSTAAR and Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0450, gflowers@sfu.ca
5:00 PM
RADIOCARBON AGE-BASED PHASES OF THE LAKE MICHIGAN LOBE, ILLINOIS, USA
CURRY, B. Brandon, Illinois State Geological Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 615 E. Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820 and LOWELL, Thomas V., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Building, Cincinnati, OH 45221, bcurry@illinois.edu
5:15 PM
ANTARCTIC PENINSULA GLACIER SYNCHRONICITY INCREASED DURING THE HOLOCENE: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE MODERN RECESSION
MINZONI, Rebecca Totten, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, 201 7th Street, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, ANDERSON, John B., Department of Earth Science, Rice University, 6100 Main Street MS 126, Houston, TX 77005, WELLNER, Julia S., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, 312 Science and Research Building 1, Houston, TX 77204-5007 and FERNANDEZ, Rodrigo, U.T.I.G. - University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, J.J. Pickle Research Campus, Bldg. 196, 10100 Burnet Road (R2200), Austin, TX 78758, rminzoni@ua.edu
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