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GSA 2018 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION
QUATERNARY GEOLOGY paleorecords (lakes, soils, ice cores) that represent variability in
past climates, landscapes, or surface processes.
T160. Advances in Understanding the Laurentide
Ice Sheet T164. Quaternary History of the Ohio River Basin and
Other Fluvial Systems Influenced by the Laurentide Ice Sheet
Cosponsors: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology
Division Cosponsors: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology
Division; GSA Archaeological Geology Division; GSA Sedimentary
Disciplines: Quaternary Geology, Geomorphology, Sediments, Geology Division
Clastic
Disciplines: Quaternary Geology, Geomorphology, Archaeological
Advocates: Kathy Licht; Henry Loope; Timothy G. Fisher Geology
This session brings together observational and modeling stud- Advocates: Todd Grote; J. Steven Kite; G. William Monaghan
ies that improve all aspects of our understanding of the Laurentide
Ice Sheet, including terrestrial to oceanographic records and This session encourages presentations on any aspect of the
reconstructions of glacial environmental change. Quaternary history of watersheds influenced by the Laurentide
Ice Sheet. Topics may include, but are not limited to, stratigraphy/
T161. Examining Big Questions or Paradigms with chronology, geomorphology, glacial history, paleoecology,
Geochronology geoarchaeology, and hydrology.
Cosponsor: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology T165. Where Does the Wind Blow? Aeolian Systems in Time
Division and Space
Disciplines: Quaternary Geology, Geomorphology, Cosponsors: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology
Geochemistry Division; International Society of Aeolian Research; GSA
Sedimentary Geology Division
Advocates: B. Brandon Curry; Kenneth Lepper
Disciplines: Quaternary Geology, Geomorphology, Archaeological
The robustness of most geologic paradigms rests upon chronol- Geology
ogy. We encourage presentations that (1) explore the notion that
Quaternary dating techniques have evolved to the point of testing Advocates: Nicholas Lancaster; Mark R. Sweeney
causal relationships, and (2) deal with the advances that make
this ponderable. This session will feature research focused on the rich record of
the effects of Quaternary climate change on aeolian processes and
T162. Shoreline Behavior, Paralic Architecture, and landforms and their often-complex response to changes in sediment
Lake-Level Change in the Great Lakes supply, mobility, and availability.
Cosponsors: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology T166. The Happy Convergence of Chronologic Applications
Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA to Archaeologic, Geologic, and Pedologic Questions within the
Limnogeology Division Interior Plains: From Texas to the Arctic
Disciplines: Quaternary Geology, Limnogeology, Sediments, Cosponsors: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology
Clastic Division; GSA Archaeological Geology Division; GSA
Limnogeology Division
Advocates: John W. Johnston; Erin P. Argyilan; Steve J. Baedke;
Kenneth Lepper; Todd A. Thompson Disciplines: Quaternary Geology, Archaeological Geology,
Limnogeology
All aspects of modern and ancient Great Lakes coastlines are
encouraged that examine the composition, stratigraphy, architec- Advocates: Shannon A. Mahan; Tammy M. Rittenour; Sebastien
ture, and age of nearshore and onshore systems to improve inter- Huot; Joel Q.G. Spencer; Carlie J. Ideker; Michelle S. Nelson;
pretations of processes, shoreline behavior, and lake-level change. Christina M. Neudorf; Kathleen Rodrigues
T163. Dust and Loess: Records of Climate and Geomorphic This session aims to explore the intersection of geochronologic
Change methods with archaeologic, geologic, large lakes, and soils research
to understand landscape response to climate, tectonics, and human
Cosponsors: GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology modification.
Division; GSA Soils and Soil Processes Interdisciplinary Interest
Group; GSA Continental Scientific Drilling Interdisciplinary
Interest Group; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division
Disciplines: Quaternary Geology, Geomorphology,
Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography
Advocates: Jessica L. Conroy; Dave A. Grimley
This session aims to bring together researchers investigating
the dust-climate-geomorphology nexus. We encourage submis-
sions presenting dust, loess, or other eolian-influenced
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