Technical Sessions - Geological Society of America

SESSION NO. 2
2-4 8:45 AM Ochoa-Lozano, Diana*; Liu, Yu-Sheng; Zavada, Michael S.:
Floral comPoSiTion anD Paleoecological
imPlicaTionS oF a laTe neogene Flora From
The graY FoSSil SiTe, norTheaSTern Tn:
reSUlTS From Pollen analYSiS
2-5 9:00 AM Michelson, Andrew V.*; Park, Lisa E.: inTralaKe
VariaBiliTY in oSTracoDe aSSemBlageS For
USe in PaleoenVironmenTal reconSTrUcTion:
a caSe STUDY From San SalVaDor iSlanD,
BahamaS
2-6 9:15 AM Anderson, Laurie*; Roopnarine, Peter D.; Gillikin, David P.;
Roopnarine, Deanne; Goodwin, David H.: USe oF
hiSTorical anD BaSeline SPecimenS To TracK
reSPonSeS oF mollUScan PrimarY conSUmerS
To The eFFecTS oF The 2010 DeePWaTer horiZon
hYDrocarBon SPill
2-7 9:30 AM Watt, Jennifer H.*; Brunelle, Andrea: USing laKe
SeDimenT coreS To inVeSTigaTe PaST moUnTain
Pine BeeTle oUTBreaKS
2-8 9:45 AM Webb, Amelinda E.*: comParing commUniTY SignalS
USing aBUnDance anD BioVolUme meaSUreS
on moDern anD FoSSil reeFS, San SalVaDor,
BahamaS
2-9 10:00 AM Forcino, Frank L.*; Richards, Eilidh J.; Chojnacki,
Nikqueta; Stafford, Emily S.; Leighton, Lindsey R.:
SPaTial VariaTion oF laTe PennSYlVanian
PaleocommUniTieS: ecological anD SamPling
imPlicaTionS
2-10 10:15 AM Kidwell, Susan M.*; Tomašových, Adam; Kaufman, Darrell:
Shell-age eViDence oF recenT ecological
changeS, liTTle PoSTmorTem TranSPorT, anD
FlaTTening oF age-FreQUencY DiSTriBUTionS
WiTh Time: inSighTS From an UrBan ShelF
2-11 10:30 AM Casey, Michelle M.*; Dietl, Gregory: liVe-DeaD
agreemenT oF mollUScan commUniTieS along
an eUTroPhicaTion graDienT
2-12 10:45 AM Rodland, David L.*; Kowalewski, Michal; Simoes,
Marcello G.: earlY cemenTaTion oF The
BrachioPoD BoUcharDia roSea on a moDern
TroPical ShelF
2-13 11:00 AM Darroch, Simon A.F.*: carBonaTe FacieS conTrol
on The FiDeliTY oF SUrFace-SUBSUrFace
agreemenT in BenThic ForaminiFeral
commUniTieS – imPlicaTionS For inDeX-BaSeD
PaleoecologY
2-14 11:15 AM Schmeisser, Rebecca L.*; Gillette, David D.: TaPhonomY
oF a nearlY comPleTe PolYcoTYliD PleSioSaUr
SKeleTon From The TroPic Shale oF SoUThern
UTah
2-15 11:30 AM Miller, Joshua H.*: on The SPaTial FiDeliTY oF arcTic
DeaTh aSSemBlageS: cariBoU calVing groUnDS
anD Their SKeleTal inDicaTorS
2-16 11:45 AM Evans, Thomas*: PiloT FlUVial SKeleTal
TranSPorT eXPerimenTS
SeSSion no. 3
Recent Advances in Archaeological Geology
8:00 AM, Colorado Convention Center, Room 102
Kathleen Nicoll, Presiding
8:00 AM introductory remarks
3-1 8:15 AM Keenan, Sarah W.*; Ellwood, Brooks B.; Mann, Rob: inDian
moUnDS in loUiSiana: aPPlicaTionS oF magneTic
SUScePTiBiliTY anD elecTrical reSiSTiViTY To
geoarchaeologY
3-2 8:30 AM Hilton, Michael R.*: The USe oF Soil
micromorPhologY To reeXamine The accUracY
oF PlaSTer Floor FielD inTerPreTaTionS in
archaeological conTeXTS
132 2010 annual meeting: Reaching New Peaks in Geoscience
3-3 8:45 AM Millham, Rosemary A.*: aTmoSPheric mineral DUST
emiSSionS From The BoDÉlé DePreSSion maY
illUSTraTe The KeY To The PaST iS The PreSenT
3-4 9:00 AM Anderson, Jamie K.*: TaPhonomY oF microTePhra
in enVironmenTal, lacUSTrine, anD
archaeological recorDS: inVeSTigaTing laTe
holocene eXamPleS From VeSTFirDir, icelanD
3-5 9:15 AM Algan, Oya*; Yilmaz, Yucel; Yalcin, M. Namik; Özdogan,
Mehmet; Sari, Erol; Kirci-Elmas, Elmas; Yilmaz, Isak;
Bulkan, Ozlem; Ongan, Demet; Gazioglu, Cem: geoarchaeologY
oF The ancienT TheoDoSiUS
harBoUr (YeniKaPi-iSTanBUl): imPlicaTionS To
holocene Sea leVel anD coaSTal changeS
3-6 9:30 AM Davis, George H.*: geoarchaeologY oF The
SancTUarY oF ZeUS, mT. lYKaion, PeloPonneSoS,
greece
3-7 9:45 AM Yilmaz, Yucel*: role oF TecTonic ForceS on
The DemiSe oF The ancienT SeTTlemenTS oF
WeSTern anaTolia aS eXemPliFieD From Piriene
anD Troia
10:00 AM Break
3-8 10:15 AM Babcock, Lori N.*; Swanson, Samuel E.: SYmBioSiS in
geologY anD archaeologY: The imPacT oF
geological ScienceS in 120 YearS oF claSSical
marBle ProVenance STUDieS
3-9 10:30 AM Jackson, Marie*; Vola, Gabriele; Oleson, John; Scheetz,
Barry: PeTrograPhic anD chemical maPS oF
PoZZolanic cemenT microSTrUcTUreS in
ancienT roman SeaWaTer concreTeS
3-10 10:45 AM Robertson, Elizabeth C.; Blyth, Robert I.R.*:
SYnchroTron-BaSeD X-raY characTeriZaTion
anD maPPing oF heaT-TreaTeD archaeological
ToolSTone
3-11 11:00 AM Sakai, Sachiko*: aPPlicaTionS oF oPTicallY
STimUlaTeD lUmineScence (oSl) DaTing in The
STUDY oF change in claY SoUrce oF oliVine-
TemPereD ceramicS in The ariZona STriP anD
aDJacenT areaS in The american SoUThWeST
3-12 11:15 AM McKinney, Curtis R. Jr.*: PrecloViS SiTeS ThaT
are PaleonTological noT archaeological:
UraniUm SerieS DaTing oF ProBoSciDean TooTh
enamel From The hoT SPringS mammoTh, Waco
mammoTh, anD The BoniTa SPring maSToDon
SiTeS
3-13 11:30 AM Tropper, Peter*: BronZe age mining anD
meTallUrgY in The eaSTern alPS (TYrol,
SoUTh-TYrol, SalZBUrg, aUSTria): The
role oF mineralogY anD PeTrologY in The
mUlTiDiSciPlinarY reSearch ProJecT himaT
3-14 11:45 AM Appleton, Sarah*; Wiles, Gregory; Howell, Wayne; Jarvis,
Stephanie; Lawson, Daniel: Tree ring recorDS
oF enVironmenTal change in glacier BaY
naTional ParK anD PreSerVe, SoUTheaST
alaSKa, anD Their relaTion To 18th cenTUrY
TlingiT migraTion
SeSSion no. 4
Recent Advances in Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology
8:00 AM, Colorado Convention Center, Room 702
Paul Bierman and Jon Major, Presiding
4-1 8:00 AM Şengör, A.M. Celâl*: WhY DiD The BoPhorUS oPen
Where it DiD?
4-2 8:15 AM Dort, Wakefield Jr.*: Where FloWeD The KanSaS anD
miSSoUri riVerS DUring maXimUm eXPanSion oF
The laUrenTiDe ice SheeT?
4-3 8:30 AM Andrews, John T.*; Barber, Donald C.; Eberl, Dennis D.;
Jennings, Anne E.; Kirby, Matthew E.; MacLean, Brian;
Stoner, Joseph S.: heinrich eVenTS anD The