GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 143
Monday, 23 October 2017: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Chelan 2 (The Conference Center)

T177. Ice Streams of North American Ice Sheets and Their Stratigraphic and Sedimentary Record

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division
Michel Parent, Martin Ross and Richard Berg, Advocates
 
1:30 PM
Introduction of Arthur L. Day Medalist, by Peter L. Moore
1:35 PM
ARTHUR L. DAY MEDAL: BASAL SLIP OF GLACIERS: CREEPING TOWARD BETTER PARAMETERIZATIONS
IVERSON, Neal R., Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University, 253 Science Hall, Ames, IA 50011, niverson@iastate.edu
1:55 PM
ICE STREAMING IN THE SOUTHERN CHAMPLAIN AND NORTHERN HUDSON RIVER VALLEYS, VERMONT AND NEW YORK
WRIGHT, Stephen F., Department of Geology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, swright@uvm.edu
Handouts
  • Ice Stream Talk, GSA 2017.pdf (39.7 MB)
  • 2:10 PM
    FLOW PATTERNS AND GLACIAL DISPERSAL PATTERNS IN THE EASTERN LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET - IMPLICATIONS FOR SUBGLACIAL PROCESSES AND ICE STREAM DEVELOPMENT
    PARENT, Michel, Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, 490, de la Couronne, Québec, QC G1K 9A9, Canada, Michel.Parent@canada.ca
    2:25 PM
    LATE WISCONSINAN ICE FLOW DYNAMICS IN NORTHEASTERN ALBERTA AND NORTHWESTERN SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA
    NORRIS, Sophie Louise, MARGOLD, Martin and FROESE, Duane, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, slnorris@ualberta.ca
    2:40 PM
    QUATERNARY STRATIGRAPHY OF THE LOWER ATHABASCA VALLEY AND IMPLICATIONS FOR DEGLACIAL LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET DYNAMICS AND GLACIAL LAKE AGASSIZ MELTWATER DRAINAGE
    YOUNG, Joseph M, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University Of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada and FROESE, Duane G., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, jmyoung1@ualberta.ca
    2:55 PM
    SAWTOOTH VARVE THICKNESS PATTERNS RECORD RE-ORGANIZATION OF MELTWATER PATHWAYS ALONG THE LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET
    BRECKENRIDGE, Andy J., Department of Natural Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Superior, Belknap and Catlin, P.O. Box 2000, Superior, WI 54880 and LOWELL, Thomas V., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Building, Cincinnati, OH 45221, abrecken@uwsuper.edu
     
    3:10 PM
    Break
    3:25 PM
    THE EVOLUTION OF THE ICE STREAM NETWORK IN THE LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET DURING THE LAST DEGLACIATION (Invited Presentation)
    MARGOLD, Martin, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, STOKES, Chris R., Department of Geography, Durham University, Lower Mountjoy South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom and CLARK, Chris D., Department of Geography, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S102TN, United Kingdom, martin.margold@natgeo.su.se
    3:45 PM
    MULTI-FACETED ANALYSIS OF THE UPSTREAM PORTION OF SELECTED LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET PALEO-ICE STREAMS; INSIGHTS INTO THEIR LONG-TERM BEHAVIOR
    ROSS, Martin, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada, maross@uwaterloo.ca
    4:00 PM
    THE EFFECT OF TUNNEL CHANNELS ON LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET DYNAMICS
    ZOET, Lucas, Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Lewis G. Weeks Hall for Geological Sciences, 1215 West Dayton Street, Madison, WI 53706, MUTO, Atsuhiro, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Temple University, 326 Beury Hall, 1901 N. 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122 and RAWLING III, J. Elmo, Department of Environmental Sciences, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, 3817 Mineral Point Road, Madison, WI 53705, lzoet@wisc.edu
    4:15 PM
    THE PROVENANCE OF GLACIAL TILL FROM THE HARBOR HILL MORAINE ON LONG ISLAND, NY DETERMINED BY LA-ICP-MS OF DETRITAL ZIRCON
    MIRANDA, Evan J.1, MORGAN, Daniel1, PUTKONEN, Jaakko2 and BALCO, Greg3, (1)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, (2)Harold Hamm School of Geology and Geological Engineering, University of North Dakota, 81 Cornell St, STOP 8358, Grand Forks, ND 58202-8358, (3)Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709, evanjmiranda@yahoo.com
    4:30 PM
    PALAEO-ICE STREAM DYNAMICS DERIVED FROM GEOMORPHOLOGICAL AND GEOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF DRUMLINS IN THE STARGARD DRUMLIN FIELD, NW POLAND
    HERMANOWSKI, Piotr, Adam Mickiewicz University, Institute of Geology, ul. Krygowskiego 12, Poznan, PL-61-680, Poland and PIOTROWSKI, Jan A., Department of Geoscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, 8000, Denmark, piotr.hermanowski@amu.edu.pl
    4:45 PM
    FROM LATE TERTIARY FLUVIAL LANDSCAPE TO PRESENT: A GENERAL THEORY ON WARM-BASED AND COLD-BASED GLACIATED TERRAINS SEDIMENTOLOGY AND GEOMORPHOLOGY IN THE NORTHEASTERN CANADIAN SHIELD
    TREMBLAY, Tommy, Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office, 1106 Inukshugait Plaza, PO 2319, Iqaluit, NU X0A0H0, Canada, tommy.tremblay@canada.ca
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