GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 22
Sunday, 22 October 2017: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Chelan 5 (The Conference Center)

T174. Cordilleran Ice Sheet Outburst Floods: From Glacial Lake Missoula to the Hubbard Glacier

GSA Sedimentary Geology Division
Ingrid Hendy and Joel H. Gombiner, Advocates
8:00 AM
CHRONOLOGY OF MONTANA’S GLACIAL LAKE MISSOULA: CURRENT STATUS (Invited Presentation)
SMITH, Larry N.1, SOHBATI, Reza2, BUYLAERT, Jan-Pieter3, MURRAY, Andrew4, JAIN, Mayank2 and WELK, Emily1, (1)Geological Engineering, Montana Tech, 1300 W Park St, Butte, MT 59701, (2)Center for Nuclear Technologies, Technical University of Denmark, DTU Risø Campus, Roskilde, 4000, Denmark, (3)Center for Nuclear Technologies and Nordic Laboratory for Luminescence Dation, Technical University of Denmark and Aahus University, DTU Risø Campus, Roskilde, 4000, Denmark, (4)Nordic Laboratory for Luminescence Dating, Risø DTU, Roskilde, 4000, Denmark, lsmith@mtech.edu
Handouts
  • Chronology of glacial Lake Missoula GSA Seattle 10-22-17.pdf (2.3 MB)
  • 8:20 AM
    NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE TIMESCALES AND ROUTING HISTORY OF THE LATE PLEISTOCENE MEGAFLOODS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST (Invited Presentation)
    BALBAS, Andrea, California Institute of Technology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, BARTH, Aaron M., Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, CLARK, Peter U., College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-5506, CLARK, Jorie, College of Earth, Ocean, & Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, 2601 SW Orchard Ave, Wilkinson 104, Corvallis, OR 97331, CAFFEE, Marc W., Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, O'CONNOR, Jim, U.S. Geological Survey, 2130 SW 5th Avenue, Portland, OR 97201, BAKER, Victor R., Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0011, KONRAD, Kevin, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331 and BJORNSTAD, Bruce N., Ice Age Floodscapes, 1918 Harris Ave, Richland, WA 99354, andrea_balbas@yahoo.com
    8:40 AM
    DISCHARGE RECONSTRUCTION OF CANYON-CARVING OUTBURST FLOODS FROM THE CORDILLERAN ICE SHEET (Invited Presentation)
    LARSEN, Isaac J., Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, 627 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003 and LAMB, Michael P., Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, MC 170-25, Pasadena, CA 91125, ilarsen@umass.edu
    9:00 AM
    SURFACE EXPOSURE DATING OF LATE PLEISTOCENE MISSOULA FLOOD DEPOSITS IN THE WESTERN CHANNELED SCABLAND REGION, WASHINGTON
    GOMBINER, Joel H., STONE, John O. and LEMMON, Danielle, Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98103, gombij@uw.edu
    9:15 AM
    FINALLY, IDENTIFICATION OF FLOOD DEPOSITS WITHIN GLACIAL LAKE COLUMBIA THAT ARE OF A MAGNITUDE WORTHY TO BE ATTRIBUTED TO GLACIAL LAKE MISSOULA OUTBURST MEGAFLOODS
    MCCOLLUM, Linda B., Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA 99004 and MCCOLLUM, Michael B., Ice Age Floods Institute, Cheney, WA 99004, lmccollum@ewu.edu
    9:30 AM
    GLACIAL LAKE MISSOULA OUTBURST FLOODS AND THE SOUTHWESTERN CORDILLERAN ICE SHEET
    HENDY, Ingrid1, BERVID, Heather D.2 and CARLSON, Anders E.2, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 C.C. Little Bldg, 1100 N. University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, (2)College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, ihendy@umich.edu
    9:45 AM
    DISCHARGE HISTORY OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER THROUGH THE LAST DEGLACIATION AND THE HOLOCENE: PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM CRUISE OC1706B
    WALCZAK, Maureen H.1, BERVID, Heather D.1, CARLSON, Anders E.1, CHURCHILL, Alyson N.2, DU, Jianghui1, FREIBERG, Benjamin1, GLUEDER, Anna1, LAVOIE, Nicholas R.1, LOPES, Cristina3, MIX, Alan1, PICO, Tamara4, PRAETORIUS, Summer5, REILLY, Brendan1, REX, Coquille O.1, ROBLES RIVERA, Angélica6, ROMO, Iris S.7 and STONER, Joseph S.1, (1)College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, (2)College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, 104 CEOAS Administration Building, Corvallis, OR 97331-5503, (3)Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Lisbon, 1749-077, Portugal, (4)EPS, Harvard University, 20 oxford st., cambridge, MA 02138, (5)United States Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (6)Department of Environmental Science, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, San Juan, PR 00936-8377, (7)College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, 104 CEOAS Administration Building, Corvallis, OR 97331-5503, mwalczak@coas.oregonstate.edu
     
    10:00 AM
    Break
    10:15 AM
    EXPLORING ICE AGE MEGAFLOODS VIA DRONE
    BJORNSTAD, Bruce N., Ice Age Floodscapes, 1918 Harris Ave, Richland, WA 99354, bjorn99352@yahoo.com
    10:30 AM
    COMPARING LANDFORMS AND LANDSCAPES BETWEEN THE CHANNELED SCABLANDS AND CANADA'S WESTERN INTERIOR
    YOUNG, Robert R., Earth Environmental and Geographic Sciences, University of British Columbia Okanagan, 1177 Research Road, Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7, Canada, Robert.Young@ubc.ca
    10:45 AM
    GEOMORPHOLOGICAL EVIDENCE AND NUMERICAL MODELLING OF A LATE-GLACIAL MEGAFLOOD, SOUTH-CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA
    CRIPPS, Jonathan E.1, BRENNAND, Tracy A.1, DENLINGER, Roger P.2 and GEORGE, David L.2, (1)Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada, (2)Cascades Volcano Observatory, U.S. Geological Survey, 1300 SE Cardinal Ct. #100, Vancouver, WA 98683, jecripps@sfu.ca
    11:00 AM
    DRAINAGE OF THE LAST GLACIAL LAKE LONDON, ONTARIO: MAPPING AND HYDRAULIC MODELING
    BERGMAN, Nathaniel, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Haifa, 8007 Rabin Building, 199 Aba Kaoushy Av., Mt. Carmel, Haifa, 3498838, Israel; The Yigal Allon Kinneret Limnological Laboratory, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research (IOLR), Box 447, Migdal, 14950, Israel; Department of Geography, Western University, Social Science Centre, 1151 Richmond St., London, ON N6A 5C2, Canada, VAN DE WIEL, Marco J., Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience, Coventry University, Priory Street, Coventry, CV1 5FB, United Kingdom; Department of Geography, Western University, Social Science Centre, 1151 Richmond St., London, ON N6A 5C2, Canada, HICOCK, Stephen R., Department of Earth Sciences, Western University, BGS 1076, 1151 Richmond Street N., London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada and ROUSSEAU, Yannick Y., Department of Geography, Planning and Environment, Concordia University, Montreal, QC H3G 1M8, Canada, bergmannati@hotmail.com
    11:15 AM
    NEW STRATIGRAPHIC AND CHRONOLOGIC CONTROLS ON THE FORMATION AND DRAINAGE OF GLACIAL LAKE WISCONSIN
    CARSON, Eric C., ATTIG, John W. and RAWLING III, J. Elmo, Department of Environmental Sciences, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, 3817 Mineral Point Road, Madison, WI 53705, eric.carson@wgnhs.uwex.edu
    11:30 AM
    AN OUTRAGEOUS HYPOTHESIS FOR THE ORIGIN OF PLEISTOCENE “DUNES” IN THE OHIO VALLEY AT SANDY SPRINGS, OHIO, AND VANCEBURG, KENTUCKY
    SHOEMAKER, Kurt A., Natural Sciences - Geology, Shawnee State University, 940 Second St, Portsmouth, OH 45662, kshoemaker@shawnee.edu
    11:45 AM
    GEOMORPHOLOGIC EVIDENCE AND TIMELINE RECONSTRUCTION OF HOLOCENE JOKULHLAUPS ALONG THE HVíTá RIVER AND GULLFOSS, ICELAND
    WELLS, Greta H., Geography and the Environment, University of Texas at Austin, 305 E. 23rd St., Austin, TX 78712, ghwells@utexas.edu
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