GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 285
Tuesday, 24 October 2017: 9:00 AM-6:30 PM
Halls 4EF (Washington State Convention Center)

T169. Deciphering Climate Change and Climate Variability in the Geologic Record Using Palaeosols, Loess, Palaeoweathering Profiles, Pedosedimentary Sequences, and Polygenetic Soils: Their Applications and Limitations as Terrestrial Proxies in Understanding Impacts of Climatic Changes (Posters)

GSA Soils and Soil Processes Interdisciplinary Interest Group; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division
Authors will be present from 2 to 4 PM and 4:30 to 6:30 PM.
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A LATE CRETACEOUS HIGH-LATITUDE PALEOENVIRONMENTAL AND PALEOECOLOGICAL TRANSECT ACROSS GREENHOUSE ALASKA: A COMPARISON OF THE CHIGNIK, LOWER CANTWELL, AND PRINCE CREEK FORMATIONS, ALASKA, USA
MCCARTHY, Paul1, FIORILLO, Anthony R.2, KOBAYASHI, Yoshitsugu3, TANAKA, Tomonori3, TOMSICH, Carla S.4, FLAIG, Peter P.5 and SALAZAR JARAMILLO, Susana6, (1)Dept. of Geosciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, PO Box 755780, Fairbanks, AK 99775, (2)Perot Museum of Nature and Science, 2201 N. Field St., Dallas, TX 75201, (3)Hokkaido University Museum, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-0810, Japan, (4)Dept. of Geosciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, PO Box 755780, 900 Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775, (5)Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78758, (6)National University of Colombia, Bogota, Colombia, pjmccarthy@alaska.edu
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AN ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY PERSPECTIVE ON DEGLACIAL PALEOCLIMATE VARIABILITY IN CENTRAL ALASKA
KIELHOFER, Jennifer1, TIERNEY, Jessica1, HOLMES, Charles2, POTTER, Ben A.3, ESDALE, Julie4, LANOE, Francois5, BIGELOW, Nancy H.6, REUTHER, Joshua D.7 and WOOLLER, Matthew8, (1)Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (2)Anthropology Department, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 303 Tanana Loop, Fairbanks, AK 99775, (3)Department of Anthropology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 310 Eielson Building, PO Box 757720, Fairbanks, AK 99775, (4)Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, Colorado State University, 100-172 University Ave, Fort Collins, CO 80524, (5)School of Anthropology, University of Arizona, 1009 E South Campus Dr, Tucson, AZ 85721, (6)Alaska Quaternary Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 755940, Fairbanks, AK 99775-5940, (7)Archaeology Department, University of Alaska Museum of the North, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 907 Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775, (8)Water and Environmental Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 755860, Fairbanks, AK 99775, jkielhofer@email.arizona.edu
Handouts
  • GSA2017poster_42x72_v10.pdf (7.4 MB)
  • 411
    PALEOSOLS OF THE UPPER CARBONIFEROUS-LOWER PERMIAN CUTLER GROUP, NORTHERN NEW MEXICO: PALEOCLIMATIC INTERPRETATION
    TANNER, Lawrence H., Dept. Biological and Environmental Sciences, Le Moyne College, 1419 Salt Springs Rd, Syracuse, NY 13214 and LUCAS, Spencer G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road N.W, Albuquerque, NM 87104, tannerlh@lemoyne.edu
    Handouts
  • Tanner El Cobre Poster.pdf (20.2 MB)
  • 412
    PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION OF CRETACEOUS TERRESTRIAL FORMATIONS OF TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA USING PEDOGENIC MINERALS
    ANDRZEJEWSKI, Kate, Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, 3225 Daniel Ave., Dallas, TX 75205 and TABOR, Neil J., Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, 3225 Daniel Ave, Dallas, TX 75275-0395, kruoff@smu.edu
    414
    FACTORS INFLUENCING MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY IN THE PALOUSE LOESS
    ELLIOTT, McKenzie1, STROZYK, Sarah1 and BADER, Nicholas E.2, (1)Department of Geology, Whitman College, 345 Boyer Ave., Walla Walla, WA 99362, (2)Department of Geology, Whitman College, 345 Boyer Avenue, Walla Walla, WA 99362, elliotmm@whitman.edu
    415
    TIMING AND PROVENANCE OF LOESS IN JIUZHAIGOU, CHINA
    MCGUIRE, Casey, Dept. of Geology, Oberlin College, 52 W. Lorain St., Oberlin, OH 44074, SCHMIDT, Amanda H., Geology, Oberlin College, Geology Department, Rm. 403, 52 W. Lorain St, Oberlin, OH 44074, KEEN-ZEBERT, Amanda, Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio Pkwy, Reno, NV 89512, COLLINS, Brian D., Earth and Space Sciences and Quaternary Research Center, University of Washington, Box 351310, Seattle, WA 98195 and D'ALPOIM GUEDES, Jade, Department of Anthropology, UC San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA 92093, cmcguir2@oberlin.edu
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