GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 227
Tuesday, 24 October 2017: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 609 (Washington State Convention Center)

T46. North Pacific Environment and Paleoclimate from the Late Pleistocene to Present II

GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Archaeological Geology Division; GSA Limnogeology Division
Lesleigh Anderson and Miriam C. Jones, Advocates
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:45 PM
A FULL HOLOCENE SUMMER TEMPERATURE RECONSTRUCTION FROM PRECIPITATION ISOTOPES IN SYNGENETIC PERMAFROST IN CENTRAL YUKON TERRITORY (EASTERN BERINGIA)
PORTER, Trevor J., Geography, University of Toronto, 3359 Mississauga Road, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6, Canada, SCHOENEMANN, Spruce W., Environmental Sciences Department, University of Montana Western, 710 S. Atlantic St., Dillon, MT 59725, DAVIES, Lauren J., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, 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, trevor.porter@utoronto.ca
2:00 PM
LATE QUATERNARY (MIS-3 TO MIS-1) STRATIGRAPHIC TRANSITIONS IN A HIGHLAND BERINGIAN LANDSCAPE ALONG THE KUSKOKWIM RIVER, ALASKA
REUTHER, Joshua D.1, DRUCKENMILLER, Patrick2, ROGERS, Jason S.3, BUNDTZEN, Thomas K.4, BOWMAN, Robert C.5, MAY, Kevin2 and WALLACE, Kristi L.6, (1)Archaeology Department, University of Alaska Museum of the North, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 907 Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775, (2)University of Alaska Museum, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 907 Yukon Dr., Fairbanks, AK 99775, (3)Northern Land Use Research Alaska, 1225 East International Airport Road, Suite 220, Anchorage, AK 99518, (4)Pacific Rim Geological Consulting, 1129 1st Avenue, Box 81906, Fairbanks, AK 99708, (5)Northern Land Use Research Alaska, LLC, 234 Front Street, Fairbanks, AK 99701, (6)Alaska Volcano Observatory, U.S. Geological Survey, Anchorage, AK 99508, jreuther@alaska.edu
2:15 PM
PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE EVOLUTION OF LANDSCAPES AND SUBSISTENCE OPPORTUNITIES AT BERING PIEDMONT GLACIER, NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA
CROSSEN, Kristine J., Geological Sciences, University of Alaska, 3211 Providence Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508; Geological Sciences, University of Alaska, 21741 Woodcliff Dr, Chugiak, AK 99567-5381, YESNER, David R, Anthropology, University of Alaska, 3211 Providence Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508; Geological Sciences, University of Alaska, 3211 Providence Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508 and PASCH, Anne D, Geological Sciences, University of Alaska, 3211 Providence Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508; Geological Sciences, University of Alaska, 3211 Providence Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508, kjcrossen@alaska.edu
2:30 PM
A TALE OF TWO RETREATS – COMPARING AND CONTRASTING PALEOENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS DURING THE ULTIMATE AND PENULTIMATE LGM RETREATS OF BERING ICE STREAM, GULF OF ALASKA
ZELLERS, Sarah D., School of Environmental, Physical and Applied Science, University of Central Missouri, WCM 108, Warrensburg, MO 64093, COWAN, Ellen A., Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Appalachian State University, Box 32067, Boone, NC 28608, CAISSIE, Beth, Dept. of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University, 253 Science I, Ames, IA 50011 and MÜLLER, Juliane, Department of Marine Geology and Paleontology, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany, szellers@ucmo.edu
2:45 PM
COASTAL ALASKA AND COASTAL EASTERN US PALEOECOLOGY/PALEOCLIMATE - HOW DO DEGLACIATION, COLONIZATION, YOUNGER DRYAS, NORTHWARD TREE MIGRATION, HOLOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM, NEOGLACIATION, AND PEAT FORMATION COMPARE? (Invited Presentation)
PETEET, Dorothy M., Biology and Paleoenvironment, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, 101D Paleomagentics, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964; NASA, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, 2880 Broadway, NY, NY 10025, NICHOLS, Jonathan, Biology and Paleoenvironment, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, 101D Paleomagentics, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964, MANN, Daniel H., Geography Program, Department of Geosciences, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK 99775 and JONES, Miriam C., U.S Geological Survey, Eastern Geology and Paleoclimate Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr, MS 926A, Reston, VA 20192, peteet@ldeo.columbia.edu
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3:05 PM
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3:20 PM
Break
3:35 PM
DID HOLOCENE VARIABILITY IN ALEUTIAN LOW DYNAMICS FORCE OSCILLATIONS IN MARINE ECOSYSTEMS AND HUMAN SUBSISTENCE HARVESTERS?
FITZHUGH, Ben1, ADDISON, Jason2, BROWN, William3, FINNEY, Bruce P.4, HARADA, Naomi5, MISARTI, Nicole6, NAGASHIMA, Kana5, TAKASE, Katsunori7 and TREMAYNE, Andrew8, (1)Department of Anthropology & QRC, University of Washington, Box 353100, Seattle, WA 98195-3100, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, MS 910, Menlo Park, WA 94025, (3)Anthropology, UW, Seattle, 98195, (4)Department of Geosciences, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID 83209, (5)Research and Development Center for Global Change, JAMSTEC, Yokohama, 237-0061, (6)Water and Environmental Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775, (7)History and Area Studies, Hokkiado University, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan, (8)Cultural Resources, Alaska, National Park Service, Anchorage, AK 99501, fitzhugh@uw.edu
3:50 PM
LATE GLACIAL AND HOLOCENE LANDSCAPE CHANGE IN THE MIDDLE SUSITNA VALLEY, ALASKA
BIGELOW, Nancy H.1, REUTHER, Joshua D.2, WOOLLER, Matthew3, SAULNIER-TALBOT, Emilie3, MULLIKEN, Katherine2 and WALLACE, Kristi L.4, (1)Alaska Quaternary Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 755940, Fairbanks, AK 99775-5940, (2)Archaeology Department, University of Alaska Museum of the North, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 907 Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775, (3)Water and Environmental Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 755860, Fairbanks, AK 99775, (4)Alaska Volcano Observatory, U.S. Geological Survey, Anchorage, AK 99508, nhbigelow@alaska.edu
4:05 PM
NEW RECORDS OF DE-GLACIAL AND HOLOCENE HYDROCLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE FROM THE MATANUSKA-SUSITNA REGION OF SOUTH-CENTRAL ALASKA
ANDERSON, Lesleigh, U.S. Geological Survey, PO Box 25046, MS980, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, FINNEY, Bruce P., Department of Geosciences, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID 83209, ENGSTROM, Daniel R., St. Croix Watershed Research Station, Science Museum of Minnesota, 16910 142nd St. North, Marine on St. Croix, MN 55047 and STRICKLAND, Laura E., U.S. Geological Survey, Geoscience and Environmental Change Science Center, Box 25046, MS 980, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, land@usgs.gov
4:20 PM
PAST LAND-ATMOSPHERE-LAKE INTERACTIONS IN BERINGIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ANTHROPOCENE (Invited Presentation)
EDWARDS, Mary E1, DASH, Jadu1, FEDOROV, Alexander2, LANGDON, Peter G.1, MCGOWAN, Suzanne3, VAN HARDENBROEK, Maarten4 and YUROVA, Alla5, (1)Geography and Environment, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom, (2)Melnikov Research Institute, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 36 Merzlotnaya Str, Yakutsk, 677010, Russian Federation, (3)School of Geography, University of Nottingham, University Park NG7 2RD, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom, (4)School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne,, NE1 7RU, United Kingdom, (5)Climate Group, Nansen International Environmental and Remote Sensing Centre, 14th Line 7, Office 49,, Vasilievsky Island, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russian Federation, m.e.edwards@soton.ac.uk
4:40 PM
TOWARD UNDERSTANDING DRIVERS AND CONTROLS OF HOLOCENE OXYGEN ISOTOPIC SHIFTS OF WATER AND PEAT CELLULOSE ON THE KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA
JONES, Miriam C., U.S Geological Survey, Eastern Geology and Paleoclimate Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr, MS 926A, Reston, VA 20192, ANDERSON, Lesleigh, U.S. Geological Survey, PO Box 25046, MS980, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, JOLLEY, Chelsea, Department of Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, KELLER, Katherine J., Natural Systems Analysts, Inc., Reston, VA 20192, LITTELL, Virginia, Dept. Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 and NASH, Bailey, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, miriamjones@usgs.gov
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4:55 PM
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5:10 PM
Discussion
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