Session: Quaternary Geology of the Great Central Valley of California: What Have We Learned in the Past 60 Years? (Cordilleran Section - 121st Annual Meeting

Session No. 31

Friday, 4 April 2025: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

El Dorado (Holiday Inn Sacramento Downtown - Arena)

T21. Quaternary Geology of the Great Central Valley of California: What Have We Learned in the Past 60 Years?

Roy J. Shlemon and Julie Griffin, Advocates

Paper #

Start Time

8:00 AM

Introductory Remarks

31-1

8:05 AM

QUATERNARY GEOLOGY OF THE SACRAMENTO AREA, CALIFORNIA: SIXTY YEARS OF INVESTIGATIONS AND STILL UNANSWERED QUESTIONS

SHLEMON, Roy, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, PO Box 3066, Newport Beach, CA 92659-0620

31-2

8:25 AM

WHY GEOLOGY IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT EVEN WHEN YOUR GEOPHYSICS IS GREAT

FOGG, Graham, Univ California - Davis Dept Land, Air & Water Resources, 1 Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616-5270

31-3

8:45 AM

A MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE ENVIRONMENTAL RECORD FROM CALIFORNIA’S GREAT LAKE CORCORAN

SPAULDING, W., Wesley E Niles Herbarium, College of Southern Nevada, 700 College Drive, Henderson, NV 89002; CH2M Hill (now Jacobs Engineering)- Emeritus, Henderson, NV 89044 and COLE, Kenneth, Deceased, Flagstaff, AZ 86001

31-4

9:05 AM

VERY HIGH SHORELINE DEPOSITS INDICATE THE PRESENCE OF AN EARLY LAKE LAHONTAN ALONG THE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA

BELL, John, Professor Emeritus, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada Reno, RENO, NV 89557

31-5

9:25 AM

DISTINGUISHING GLACIAL DIAMICTONS AND LANDFORMS USING TILL MACROFABRIC AND GRAIN SIZE ANALYSIS: SERRA DA ESTRELA MOUNTAINS, CENTRAL PORTUGAL

SANTOS, Joao, Department of Geology, San Jose State University, One Washington Square, San Jose, CA 95192-0102

31-6

9:45 AM

GEOMORPHIC CHANGE DETECTION ALONG THE PAJARO RIVER, CALIFORNIA USING REPEATED CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEYS AND MULTI-TEMPORAL LiDAR

PFAHLER, Zoe, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis, 1 Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, TIAN, Ziyang, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis, 1 Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 and PINTER, Nicholas, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616

10:05 AM

Concluding Remarks

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Cordilleran Section - 121st Annual Meeting - 2025

T21. Quaternary Geology of the Great Central Valley of California: What Have We Learned in the Past 60 Years?