Joint 52nd Northeastern Annual Section / 51st North-Central Annual Section Meeting - 2017

Session No. 31
Monday, 20 March 2017: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Conference Center A, Conference Level (Omni William Penn Hotel)

The Future of Pre-LGM Chronostratigraphy for the Pleistocene: The Glacial and Interglacial Record

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division

 

Kenneth Lepper, Charles Rovey and Martin J. Head, Chairs
Paper #
Start Time
8:00 AM
CENTRAL NORTH ATLANTIC (IODP SITE U1313) PALEOCEANOGRAPHY AND THE STRUCTURE OF MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE 21 (EARLY PLEISTOCENE, 866–814 KA) BASED ON A HIGH-RESOLUTION DINOFLAGELLATE CYST RECORD
DUBE, Mukudzei Mswazi1, HEAD, Martin J.1 and FERRETTI, Patrizia2, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Brock University, 1812 Sir Isaac Brock Way, St Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada, (2)Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto per la Dinamica dei Processi Ambientali (CNR-IDPA), Calle Larga Santa Marta 2137, Venice, I-30123, Italy, dubemm@gmail.com, dubemm@gmail.com
8:20 AM
WESTERN PACIFIC PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY ACROSS THE EARLY–MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY (~773 KA): DINOFLAGELLATE CYSTS OF THE CHIBA COMPOSITE SECTION, JAPAN. KEYWORDS:  PALEOCEANOGRAPHY, DINOFLAGELLATES, PLEISTOCENE, JAPAN, MIS 19
BALOTA, Eseroghene J., Department of Earth Sciences, Brock University, 1812 Sir Isaac Brock Way, St Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada, HEAD, Martin J., Department of Earth Sciences, Brock University, 1812 Sir Isaac Brock Way, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada and OKADA, Makoto, Department of Earth Sciences, Ibaraki University, 2-2-1 Bunkyo, Mito, Ibaraki, 310-8512, Japan, esebalota@gmail.com, esebalota@gmail.com
8:40 AM
GLACIAL HISTORY OF S CORDON DE PUNTAS NEGRAS, CHILE 24.3°S USING IN SITU COSMOGENIC 36CL
THORNTON, Rachel M., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 2600 Clifton Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45220 and WARD, Dylan, Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Building, Cincinnati, OH 45221, thorntrm@mail.uc.edu, thorntrm@mail.uc.edu
9:00 AM
DETERMINING THE AGE OF THE MOST RECENT ICE-FREE INTERVAL IN THE HUDSON BAY LOWLANDS, CANADA, USING OSL DATING: A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION OF THE LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET DURING THE MID-WISCONSIN GLACIATION?
DALTON, April S.1, FINKELSTEIN, Sarah A.1, FORMAN, Steven L.2 and BARNETT, Peter J.3, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto, 22 Russell St, Toronto, ON M5S 3B1, Canada, (2)Dept. of Geology, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6, Canada, aprils.dalton@mail.utoronto.ca, aprils.dalton@mail.utoronto.ca
9:20 AM
PALEOBOTANICAL RECORD OF SANGAMONIAN INTERGLACIAL DEPOSITS FROM EASTERN NORTH AMERICA – INSIGHTS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
MCCARTHY, Francine M.G.1, GAO, Cunhai2, KERR-LAWSON BROOKS, Leslie3, MCANDREWS, John H.4, TURTON, Charles L.4, KARROW, Paul F.5 and BAJC, Andy F.6, (1)Earth Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada, (2)Earth Resources and Geoscience Mapping Section, Ontario Geological Survey, 933 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, ON P3E 6B5, Canada, (3)Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada; Department of Earth Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada, (4)Departments of Geology and Ecology, University of Toronto, 25 Willcocks Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3B2, Canada, (5)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada, (6)Ontario Geological Survey, 933 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, ON P3E 6B5, Canada, fmccarthy@brocku.ca, fmccarthy@brocku.ca
9:40 AM
MAPPING THE MARINE WANTAGH FORMATION, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE 20 – FOOT CLAY, IN QUEENS AND BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
MOSS, Cheryl Johnson and CANALE, Tony D., Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers, 14 Penn Plaza, 225 West 34th Street, New York, NY 10122, cmoss@mrce.com, cmoss@mrce.com
Handouts
  • Mapping the Wantagh Fm (2017).pdf (13.5 MB)
  • Wantagh Map.pdf (14.3 MB)
  • 20-Foot Clay (Wantagh) (2015).pdf (17.5 MB)
  • Wantagh Map Cover Sheet.pdf (931.8 kB)
  • 10:00 AM
    PRE-WISCONSINAN GLACIATIONS OF NEW JERSEY
    STANFORD, Scott D. and WITTE, Ron W., New Jersey Geological and Water Survey, P.O. Box 420, Trenton, NJ 08625, Scott.Stanford@dep.nj.gov, Scott.Stanford@dep.nj.gov
    10:20 AM
    DATING PRE-ILLINOIAN GLACIATIONS EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
    ROVEY II, Charles W., Geography, Geology, and Planning, Missouri State University, 901 S. National, Springfield, MO 65897, charlesrovey@missouristate.edu, charlesrovey@missouristate.edu
    10:40 AM
    GEOMORPHOLOGY OF THE ILLINOIS EPISODE GLACIATION (OIS 6) IN ILLINOIS
    GRIMLEY, David A., Illinois State Geological Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois, 615 E. Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820 and PHILLIPS, Andrew C., Illinois State Geological Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois, 615 E. Peabody, Champaign, IL 61820, dgrimley@illinois.edu, dgrimley@illinois.edu
    11:00 AM
    DATING THE GREENWOOD MORAINE (INDIANA) BY OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE DATING (OSL): AN ALL TOO COMMON STORY OF APPLYING A TECHNIQUE IN A DIFFICULT ENVIRONMENT IN THE HOPE OF SHINING LIGHT ON AN EXCITING IDEA
    HUOT, Sebastien1, LOOPE, Henry M.2, ANTINAO, José Luis2 and MONAGHAN, G. William2, (1)Illinois State Geological Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 61820, (2)Indiana Geological Survey, Indiana University, 611 N. Walnut Grove Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405, shuot@illinois.edu, shuot@illinois.edu
    11:20 AM
    DO EXTREME FLOOD DEPOSITS IN WABASH AND GRAND RIVER VALLEYS, INDIANA AND MICHIGAN, RELATE TO UPSTREAM SUBGLACIAL FLOODS?
    LEWIS, C.F. Michael and TODD, Brian J., Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada (Atlantic), Bedford Institute of Oceanography, 1 Challenger Drive (P.O. Box 1006), Dartmouth, NS B2Y 4A2, Canada, michael.lewis@canada.ca, michael.lewis@canada.ca
    Handouts
  • Lewis and Todd_GSA slides.pps (16.4 MB)
  • Lewis and Todd - GSA talk narrative_20Mar2017.pdf (166.9 kB)
  • 11:40 AM
    EVIDENCE FOR EARLY PLEISTOCENE GLACIATION SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MISSOURI: IMPLICATIONS FOR TILL STRATIGRAPHY EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
    SPOERING, Grant and ROVEY, Charles W., Geography, Geology, and Planning, Missouri State University, 901 S. National, Springfield, MO 65897, grantspoering@gmail.com, grantspoering@gmail.com
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