North-Central - 52nd Annual Meeting

Session No. 41
Tuesday, 17 April 2018: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 220 (Scheman Building )

T19. Eolian Systems of the Midcontinent

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Soils and Soil Processes Interdisciplinary Interest Group

 

Joseph A. Mason, Paul Hanson and Peter M. Jacobs, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
1:30 PM
BIMODAL GRAIN SIZE OF LOESS IN THE CENTRAL GREAT PLAINS AND THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE LAST GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL TRANSITION
MASON, Joseph A., Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 160 Science Hall, 550 N. Park St., Madison, WI 53706, JOHNSON, William C., Department of Geography and Atmospheric Science, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd. Room 419, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613 and MIAO, Xiaodong, College of Biology and Geography, Qinghai Normal University, Xining, 810008, China
1:50 PM
EVIDENCE OF THE ORIGINS OF PEORIA LOESS FROM A MASS-BALANCE ANALYSIS APPROACH
MCKEEHAN, Kevin G., Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 550 N Park St, Madison, WI 53706 and MASON, Joseph A., Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 160 Science Hall, 550 N. Park St., Madison, WI 53706
2:10 PM
PALEOENVIRONMENTAL AND PALEOCLIMATE INFERENCES FROM GASTROPOD ASSEMBLAGES IN LAST GLACIAL LOESS: ILLINOIS, INDIANA, AND KENTUCKY
GRIMLEY, David A., Illinois State Geological Survey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 615 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign, IL 61820, LEBEL, Caitlin, Department of Geology, Augustana College, 639 38th Street, Rock Island, IL 61201, DENDY, Sarah, Department of Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1301 West Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801, CONROY, Jessica L., Department of Geology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1301 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801 and LOOPE, Henry M., Indiana Geological and Water Survey, Indiana University, 611 North Walnut Grove Ave., Bloomington, IN 47405
Handouts
  • Grimley_NCGSA2018_loess.pdf (6.4 MB)
  • 2:30 PM
    “SILTY-SAND” EOLIAN SEDIMENT IN THE LEE OF LARGE DUNES IN MICHIGAN’S UPPER PENINSULA
    KASMERCHAK, Chase1, NYLAND, Kelsey1, KAMOSKE, Aaron1, BREEZE, Victoria1, BOMBER, Michael1 and SCHAETZL, Randall2, (1)Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences, Michigan State University, 673 Auditorium Rd, East Lansing, MI 48824, (2)Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences, Michigan State University, 673 Auditorium Rd, East Lansing, MI 48824
    2:50 PM
    FACTORS AFFECTING THE SPATIAL PATTERNING OF LOESS IN WESTERN WISCONSIN
    SCHAETZL, Randall, Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences, Michigan State University, 673 Auditorium Rd, East Lansing, MI 48824
    3:10 PM
    USING HIGH RESOLUTION LIDAR-DERIVED DEM’S TO INTERPRET EARLY HOLOCENE DUNES AND THEIR REACTIVATION AROUND 4000 YRS AGO, NORTHWEST WISCONSIN
    RAWLING III, J. Elmo1, HANSON, Paul R.2, LARSEN, Ashley K.3 and CARSON, Eric C.1, (1)Department of Environmental Sciences, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, 3817 Mineral Point Road, Madison, WI 53705, (2)School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583-0989, (3)Department of Geography, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588
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