XVI INQUA Congress

Session No. 64
Tuesday, 29 July 2003: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

S7. Major Climate Transitions in the Late Cenozoic

Commission on Glaciation

 

Peter U. Clark and Jan A. Piotrowski, Conveners
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:10 AM
THE QUATERNARY GEOLOGY OF GREAT BRITAIN – A EVENT-STRATIGRAPHY BASED ON EARTH SURFACE DYNAMICS, FORCED BY MAJOR CLIMATE EPISODES OF THE LATE CENOZOIC
ROSE, James, Geography, London Univ, Royal Holloway, Egham, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom, j.rose@rhul.ac.uk, j.rose@rhul.ac.uk
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8:30 AM
CLIMATE AND SEISMICITY IN THE HIGHER CENTRAL HIMALAYA: EVIDENCES FROM GARBYANG BASIN, UTTARANCHAL, INDIA
JUYAL, Navin, Planetary and Geoscience Division, Physical Rsch Lab, Navarangpura, Ahmedabad, 380009, India, PANT, R. K., Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, 33 - General Mahadev Singh Road, Deharadun, 248001, India, YADAVA, M. G., Planetary and Geoscience Division, Physical Rsch Lab, Navranpura, Ahmedabad, 380009, India, SAINI, N. K., Wadia Instiute of Himalayan Geology, 33- General Mahadev Singh Road, Dehradun, 248001, India and SINGHVI, A. K, Planetary and Geoscience Division, Physical Rsch Lab, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, 380009, India, navin@prl.ernet.in, navin@prl.ernet.in
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8:50 AM
SURFACE OCEAN RESPONSE TO THE MID-PLEISTOCENE REVOLUTION AND EFFECTS ON THE CARBON CYCLE: A BIOMARKER PERSPECTIVE
MCCLYMONT, Erin Louise1, ROSELL-MELÉ, Antoni2 and LLOYD, Jerry M1, (1)Department of Geography, Univ of Durham, Science Laboratories, South Road, Durham, DH1 4DH, United Kingdom, (2)ICREA and Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Autonomous Univ of Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain, e.l.mcclymont@durham.ac.uk, e.l.mcclymont@durham.ac.uk
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9:10 AM
THE FATE OF PREGLACIAL REGOLITH BENEATH THE LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET
BALCO, Greg, Dept of Earth and Space Sciences and Quaternary Research Center, Univ of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1310, PATTERSON, Carrie Jennings, Minnesota Geological Survey, Univ. of Minnesota, 2642 University Ave, St. Paul, MN 55114 and STONE, John O., Quaternary Research Center, Univ of Washington, Box 351360, Seattle, WA 98195-1360, balcs@u.washington.edu, balcs@u.washington.edu
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9:30 AM
THE MID-PLEISTOCENE CLIMATE TRANSITION IN NEW ZEALAND
NAISH, Tim R1, MILDENHALL, Dallas2, CRUNDWELL, Martin3, HOLLIS, Chris3 and ALLOWAY, Brent3, (1)Institute of Geol and Nuclear Sciences, PO Box 30368, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, (2)Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, Institute of Geol and Nuclear Sciences, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, (3)Institute of Geol and Nuclear Sciences, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, t.naish@gns.cri.nz, t.naish@gns.cri.nz
 
9:50 AM
Break
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10:10 AM
ASSESSMENT OF THE PALAEOCLIMATE DURING 3.0-2.6 MA REGISTERED BY TRANSITION OF RED CLAY TO LOESS-PALEOSOL SEQUENCE IN CENTRAL NORTH CHINA
HAN, Jingtai, WANG, Daojing and GUO, Zhengfu, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dewai QiJiaHuoZi, Beijing, 100029, China, jingtaih@hotmail.com, jingtaih@hotmail.com
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10:30 AM
NO MORE ICE IN PARADISE: AGES OF PLEISTOCENE GLACIATIONS ON MAUNA KEA, HAWAI'I
PIGATI, Jeffrey S.1, ZREDA, Marek2, ALMASI, Peter F.2, SHARP, Warren3, ELMORE, David4 and WOLFE, Edward W.5, (1)Department of Geosciences, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (2)Hydrology and Water Resources Department, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (3)Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Rd, Berkeley, CA 94709, (4)Physics, Purdue Univ, IN, (5)U.S. Geol Survey (retired), 2725 Boone Court, Prescott, AZ 86305, jpigati@geo.arizona.edu, jpigati@geo.arizona.edu
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10:50 AM
ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGE: CHAOS AND ORDER AT ORBITAL AND MILLENNIAL SCALES
RIAL, José A., Geological Sciences, Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Wave Propagation laboratory, 320 Mitchell Hall, CB#3315, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, jar@email.unc.edu, jar@email.unc.edu
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11:10 AM
PERIGLACIAL STRUCTURES IN THE LAST INTERGLACIAL-GLACIAL LOESS SEQUENCES IN SW POLAND
JARY, Zdzislaw, Department of Physical Geography, Univ of Wroclaw, pl. Uniwersytecki 1, Wroclaw, 50-137, Poland, jary@geogr.uni.wroc.pl, jary@geogr.uni.wroc.pl
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