GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 109
Monday, 23 October 2017: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Chelan 5 (The Conference Center)

T172. A Call to Arms: Applying Quaternary Science in the 21st Century

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; US National Committee-International Quaternary Congress; GSA Geology and Society Division; American Quaternary Association (AMQUA); GSA Soils and Soil Processes Interdisciplinary Interest Group; GSA Limnogeology Division
Julio Betancourt and Rolfe D. Mandel, Advocates
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:15 AM
ANTICIPATORY SCIENCE FOR CHANGING LANDSCAPES: DOES QUATERNARY HISTORY MATTER?
BETANCOURT, Julio L., Branch of Regional Research, ER, Water, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr, Reston, VA 20192, Jlbetanc@usgs.gov
8:30 AM
A CONTINUING AND EVOLVING ROLE FOR QUATERNARY SCIENCE IN RECOGNIZING AND EVALUATING NATURAL HAZARDS DURING THE 21ST CENTURY (Invited Presentation)
ELY, Lisa L., Dept. of Geological Sciences, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA 98926, WESSON, Robert L., 7885 Armadillo Trail, Evergreen, CO 80439 and CISTERNAS, Marco, Escuela de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad Católica de Valparaiso, Valparaiso, Valparaiso 1, Chile, ely@geology.cwu.edu
8:50 AM
QUATERNARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO 21ST CENTURY RESTORATION PROJECTS: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE EVERGLADES
WINGARD, G. Lynn, U.S. Geological Survey, National Center 926A, Reston, VA 20192, lwingard@usgs.gov
9:10 AM
MAKING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN QUATERNARY SCIENCE AND DECISION MAKING (Invited Presentation)
WOODHOUSE, Connie, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, conniew1@email.arizona.edu
9:30 AM
PREDICTING 21ST CENTURY TIDAL MARSH VULNERABILITY TO SEA-LEVEL RISE USING HOLOCENE RELATIVE SEA-LEVEL DATA
HORTON, Benjamin P., Earth Observatory of Singapore, Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798, Singapore, SHENNAN, Ian, Sea Level Research Unit, Department of Geography, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom, BRADLEY, Sarah L., Department of Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Delft University of Technology, Delft, 2600, Netherlands, CAHILL, Niamh, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, KIRWAN, Matthew L., Physical Sciences, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, 1208 Greate Rd, Gloucester Point, VA 23062, KOPP, Robert E., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854 and SHAW, Timothy A., Earth Observatory of Singapore, Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, 639798, Singapore, bphorton@ntu.edu.sg
9:45 AM
QUATERNARY HISTORIES OF SALT MARSHES IN CALIFORNIA PROVIDE ENVIRONMENTAL BASELINES
BROWN, Lauren N., Geography, University of California, Los Angeles, 1255 Bunche Hall University of California, Los Angeles Box 951524, Los Angeles, CA 90095, THORNE, Karen, USGS, Western Ecological Research Center, 505 Azuar Drive, Vallejo, CA 94592, AMBROSE, Richard, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, UCLA, Box 951772, Rm 46-078 CHS, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095 and MACDONALD, Glen M., Department of Geography, University of California at Los Angeles, 1255 Bunche Hall, Los Angeles, CA 90095, lnbrown@ucla.edu
10:00 AM
DEATH ASSEMBLAGES AS RECORDERS OF RECENT CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE CONTINENTAL SHELF
POWELL, Eric N., KUYKENDALL, Kelsey, MORENO, Paula and PACE, Sara, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, University of Southern Mississippi, 703 East Beach Dr, Ocean Springs, MS 39564, eric.n.powell@usm.edu
 
10:15 AM
Break
10:30 AM
A TALE OF TWO AQUIFERS: HOW QUATERNARY GEOLOGY AFFECTED THE HYDROGEOLOGY OF REMEDIATION AT TWO ONTARIO SITES
DEVLIN, J.F., Geology Department, University of Kansas, Lindley Hall Room 215, 1475 Jayhawk BLVD, Lawrence, KS 66045, jfdevlin@ku.edu
10:45 AM
DYNAMIC FLUVIAL AND EOLIAN SYSTEMS IN SOUTHERN UTAH.  LOOKING INTO THE PAST, WITH AN EYE TOWARD THE FUTURE
RITTENOUR, Tammy M., Geology, Utah State University, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, tammy.rittenour@usu.edu
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11:00 AM
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11:15 AM
ANCIENT MAYA GEOARCHAEOLOGY OF REDISCOVERED LANDESQUE CAPITAL AND APPLIED QUATERNARY SCIENCE
BEACH, Timothy1, LUZZADDER-BEACH, Sheryl1, DUNNING, Nicholas P2 and VALDEZ Jr., Fred3, (1)Department of Geography and the Environment, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, (2)Department of Geography, University of Cincinnati, Department of Geography, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, TX 45221-0131, (3)Anthropology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin,, TX 78712, beacht@austin.utexas.edu
11:30 AM
ASSESSING THE SEASONALITY AND INTENSITY OF SHELLFISH EXPLOITATION IN THREE WESTERN CANARY ISLANDS OVER THE LAST ~2000 YEARS
PARKER, Wesley G.1, YANES, Yurena1, MESA-HERNÁNDEZ, Eduardo2, HERNÁNDEZ-MARRERO, Juan Carlos3, PAIS, Jorge4, SURGE, Donna5 and SOTO, Nora1, (1)Geology Department, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology-Physics Building, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, (2)Departamento de Prehistoria, Arqueología e Historia Antigua, Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, 38200, Spain, (3)Museo Arqueológico de La Gomera, Cabildo Insular de La Gomera, Calle Torres Padilla, 6, San Sebastián de La Gomera, 38800, Spain, (4)Museo Arqueológico Benahoarita, Cabildo de La Palma, Calle las Adelfas, Los Llanos, 38700, Spain, (5)Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 104 South Road, Mitchell Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, Parkerwg@mail.uc.edu
11:45 AM
THE APPLICATION OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE IN CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: NEW CHALLENGES IN THE 21ST CENTURY
MANDEL, Rolfe, Kansas Geological Survey, Univ of Kansas, 1930 Constant Ave, Lawrence, KS 66047-3726, mandel@ku.edu
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