2009 Events

October 18–21, 2009
Geological Society of America
Annual Meeting
Portland, Oregon

Coalition Presentations and Workshops

Title:	Subtle ice-walled lake terraces identified and mapped with shaded relief maps of 2-ft DEMS from aerial photography or LiDAR
Authors:	B. Brandon Curry
Affiliations:	Illinois State Geological Survey, Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability, UIUC, 615 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820, curry@isgs.illinois.edu
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Title:	Seismic characterization of glacial sediments in central Illinois based on downhole seismic measurements
Authors:	Ahmed Ismail
	Andrew Stumpf
	Willam Dey
Affiliations:	Illinois State Geological Survey, Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability, UIUC, 615 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820, ismail@isgs.illinois.edu
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Title:	Constraints on aquifer occurrence in tunnel channels, Saginaw Lobe, Michigan
Authors:	Alan E. Kehew (1)
	John Esch (2)
	Stephanie K. Ewald (1)
	Andrew L. Kozlowski (3)
Affiliations:	(1) Geosciences, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008, alan.kehew@wmich.edu
	(2) Michigan Dept. of Environmental Quality, Office of Geological Survey, P.O. 30256, Lansing, MI 48909
	(3) Geologic Survey, New York State Museum, 3140 Cultural Education Center, Albany, NY 12230
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Title:	Lakes, shear, and multiple tills: An example of a complex ice marginal position in the eastern Catskills
Authors:	Andrew L. Kozlowski (1)
	Brian C. Bird (2)
	Colby A. Smith (3)
	Newton W. Krumdieck (4)
	Paul Stefanik (5)
Affiliations:	(1) Geologic Survey, New York State Museum, 3140 Cultural Education Center, Albany, NY 12230, akozlows@mail.nysed.gov
	(2) Department of Geoscience, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008
	(3) Geology, St. Lawrence University, 23 Romoda Drive, Canton, NY 13617
	(4) New York Geologic Survey, Albany, NY 12230
	(5) New York State Museum, Geologic Survey, Albany, NY 12230
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Title:	Younger Dryas buried peat horizon in the Montezuma wetlands complex, central New York: Implications for landscape evolution and deglacial chronology
Authors:	Newton W. Krumdieck (1)
	Andrew L. Kozlowski (2)
	William Kappel (3)
Affiliations:	(1) New York Geological Survey, NY 12230, nkrumdie@mail.nysed.gov
	(2) Geologic Survey, New York State Museum, 3140 Cultural Education Center, Albany, NY 12230
	(3) U.S. Geological Survey, 30 Brown Road, Ithaca, NY 14850-1573
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Title:	A GIS-based approach to modeling three-dimensional geology of near-surface glacial morphosequences: Huntertown Formation, northeastern Indiana
Authors:	Sally L. Letsinger (1)
	Shawn Naylor (1)
	Greg A. Olyphant (2)
Affiliations:	(1) Center for Geospatial Data Analysis, Indiana University, Indiana Geological Survey, 420 N. Walnut St., Bloomington, IN 47404, sletsing@indiana.edu
	(2) Geological Sciences, Indiana University, Center for Geospatial Data Analysis, 1001 East Tenth Street, Bloomington, IN 47405
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Title:	Geologic mapping coalitions: Addressing the need for a U.S. National commitment for three-dimensional geologic models and derivative maps
Authors:	Donald E. McKay III
	Richard C. Berg
Affiliations:	Illinois State Geological Survey, 615 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820-6964, mckay@isgs.illinois.edu
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Title:	Application of a 3-D geologic mapping and visualization program to advance water resource management in McHenry County, Illinois
Authors:	J.F. Thomason (1)
	D.A. Keefer (1)
	C.L. McKinney (2)
Affiliations:	(1) Illinois State Geological Survey, 615 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820-6964, keefer@isgs.illinois.edu
	(2) McHenry County, 2200 N. Seminary Ave, Woodstock, IL 60098
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WORKSHOP:	Three-dimensional geologic mapping
Instructors:	Richard C. Berg (1)
	L. Harvey Thorleifson (2)
	Hazen A.J. Russell (3)
Affiliations:	(1) Illinois State Geological Survey, 615 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820-6964, berg@isgs.illinois.edu
	(2) Minnesota Geological Survey
	(3) Geological Survey of Canada
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April 2–3, 2009
Geological Society of America
North-Central Meeting
Rockford, Illinois

Coalition Presentations

Title:	Determining sediment transport rates during deglaciation of the Michigan Lobe, northeastern Illinois
Authors:	B. Brandon Curry
	Steven E. Brown
	Jason F. Thomason
Affiliations:	Illinois State Geological Survey, Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability, UIUC, 615 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820, curry@isgs.illinois.edu
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Title:	Impacts of seasonal anoxia on microbiota (ostracodes) and sediment chemistry at Crystal Lake, Illinois, during the Anthropocene and the last glacial-interglacial transition
Authors:	B. Brandon Curry (1)
	Gabriel M. Filippelli (2)
Affiliations:	(1) Illinois State Geological Survey, Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability, UIUC, 615 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820, curry@isgs.illinois.edu
	(2) Department of Earth Sciences, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), 723 W. Michigan Street, SL 188, Indianapolis, IN 46202
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Title:	Insights into the paleoenvironment of lacustrine sediments prior to the last glaciation at Wedron, Illinois
Authors:	Nicole D. Fox (1)
	Jason Thomason (2)
	David Grimley (2)
	Brandon Curry (2)
Affiliations:	(1) Department of Geology, University of Illinois, 1301 W. Green St., Urbana, IL 61801, ndfox2@illinois.edu
	(2) Illinois State Geological Survey, Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability, UIUC, 615 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820
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Title:	Illinoian and pre-Illinoian paleoecology and paleoenvironments in central and southern Illinois
Authors:	David A. Grimley (1)
	Elizabeth Geiger (2)
	Andrew Phillips (1)
	Nathan Webb (1)
	Andrew Stumpf (1)
Affiliations:	(1) Illinois State Geological Survey, Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability, UIUC, 615 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820, grimley@isgs.illinois.edu
	(2) Department of Geology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901
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Title:	Glacial Lake Mesick: A previously unrecognized proglacial lake associated with the Port Huron stadial
Authors:	Kevin A. Kincare
Affiliations:	U.S. Geological Survey, 926 A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, kkincare@usgs.gov
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Title:	Age of organic carbon in late Wisconsin till, southwestern Michigan
Authors:	Alan E. Kehew (1)
	Nathaniel A. Barnes (2)
	R. V. Krishnamurthy (1)
Affiliations:	(1) Department of Geosciences, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008, alan.kehew@wmich.edu
	(2) GeoTrans, Inc, 46010 Manekin Plaza, Suite 100, Sterling, VA 20166
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Title:	Methodology and use of close range photogrammetry for geologic studies of inaccessible outcrops
Authors:	Justine Petras (1)
	Christopher Stohr (2)
	Donald Mikulic (2)
Affiliations:	(1) Department of Geology, University of Illinois, 1301 W. Green St., Urbana, IL 61801, petras@isgs.illinois.edu
	(2) Illinois State Geological Survey, Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability, UIUC, 615 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820
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Title:	Interpreting subsurface glacigenic sequences: An example of using exposed ice-contact sediments as a model for mapping buried ice-margin deposits
Authors:	Jason F. Thomason
	Steven E. Brown
Affiliations:	Illinois State Geological Survey, Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability, UIUC, 615 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820, thomason@isgs.uiuc.edu
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Title:	Separating stratigraphic layers and local facies in borehole records from glacial sediments using statistical analysis
Authors:	Erik R. Venteris
Affiliations:	Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological Survey, 2045 Morse Rd., C-2, Columbus, OH 43229, erik.venteris@dnr.state.oh.us
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January 12–14, 2009
Great Lakes Geologic Mapping Coalition
Annual Meeting
Indianapolis, Indiana