2010 Events


October 31–November 3, 2010
Geological Society of America
Annual Meeting
Denver, Colorado

Coalition Presentations and Workshops

Title: You can see the forest through the trees: LiDAR & glacial land systems, examples from Cayuga County, New York
Authors: Andrew L. Kozlowski (1)
  Colby A. Smith (2)
  Newton W. Krumdieck (1)
  William Kappel (3)
Affiliations: (1) New York State Geologic Survey, New York State Museum, 3140 Cultural Education Center, Albany, NY 12230, akozlows@mail.nysed.gov
  (2) Geology, New York State Museum, Cultural Education Center of the Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12208
  (3) U.S. Geological Survey, 30 Brown Road, Ithaca, NY 14850-1573
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Title: Comparison of airborne LiDAR elevation data and USGS National Elevation Dataset information for inputs to regional and large-scale geologic mapping applications in Illinois
Author: Donald E. Luman
Affiliation: Office of the Director, Illinois State Geological Survey, 615 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820, dluman@isgs.illinois.edu
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Title: Sangamon and early Wisconsin episode stratigraphy and optical luminescence dates near the ancient Mississippi River Valley
Authors: Donald E. McKay III (1)
  Hong Wang (1)
  Richard C. Berg (1)
  Steven L. Forman (2)
Affiliations: (1) Illinois State Geological Survey, 615 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820-6964, mckay@isgs.illinois.edu
  (2) Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60607
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Title: Application of LiDAR data to mapping glacial landform/sediment associations, Champaign County, Illinois
Authors: William W. Shilts (1)
  Richard C. Berg (2)
  Donald E. Luman (3)
  Donald E. McKay III (2)
Affiliations: (1) Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability (INRS), 179 Natural Resources Building, 607 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820, shilts@isgs.uiuc.edu
  (2) Illinois State Geological Survey, 615 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign, IL 61820-6964
  (3) Office of the Director, Illinois State Geological Survey, 615 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820-6964
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Title: Three-dimensional surficial geologic mapping, Shandaken quadrangle, Catskill Mountains, New York
Authors: Colby A. Smith (1)
  Andrew L. Kozlowski (1)
  Paul Stefanik (2)
  Dan Davis (3)
Affiliations: (1) New York State Geologic Survey, New York State Museum, 3140 Cultural Education Center, Albany, NY 12230, csmith4@mail.nysed.gov
  (2) Geology, New York State Museum, Cultural Education Center of the Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12208
  (3) Stream Management Program, New York City Department of Environmental Protection, 71 Smith Avenue, Kingston, NY 12401
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Title: A complete sedimentary record from last glacial termination to early Holocene in Midwestern dune field
Authors: Hong Wang
  Andrew Stumpf
  Xiaodong Miao
Affiliations: Illinois State Geological Survey, 615 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820-6964, wang@isgs.illinois.edu
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Title: 3-D geologic mapping of Quaternary sediments using GIS and PETREL in Walworth County, WI
Authors: Jodi A. Lau (1)
  Jason F. Thomason (2)
  David Malone (1)
Affiliations: (1) Geography–Geology, Illinois State University, Campus Box 4400, Normal, IL 61790-4400, jalau@ilstu.edu
  (2) Illinois State Geological Survey, 615 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820-6964
Abstract: View Abstract

April 11–13, 2010
Geological Society of America
North-Central/South-Central Meeting
Branson, Missouri
Coalition Presentations


Title: Chronology and paleoecology of pre-Illinoian and Illinoian deposits in southwestern Illinois
Authors: David A. Grimley (1)
  Eric A. Oches (2)
  Andrew C. Phillips (1)
Affiliations: (1) Illinois State Geological Survey, Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability, University of Illinois, 615 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820, grimley@isgs.illinois.edu
  (2) Department of Natural & Applied Sciences, Bentley University, 175 Forest St., Waltham MA 02452
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Title: Web-based glacial and bedrock geologic map products and databases for Marion County, Indiana
Authors: Robin F. Rupp
  Nancy R. Hasenmueller
  A. Chris Walls
  Marni D. Karaffa
  Steven E. Brown
  Anthony H. Fleming
  Victoria R. Ferguson
  Walter A. Hasenmueller
Affiliations: Indiana Geological Survey, 420 N. Walnut St., Bloomington, IN 47404, rrupp@indiana.edu
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Title: Using Lidar and high-resolution aerial photography to map karst in Delaware County, Ohio
Authors: Douglas L. Shrake (1)
  Donovan Powers (1)
  Richard R. Pavey (1)
  Erik R. Venteris (1)
  Michael P. Angle (1)
  Glenn E. Larsen (1)
  Edward Miller (2)
Affiliations: (1) Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological Survey, 2045 Morse Rd., C-2, Columbus, OH 43229-6693, doug.shrake@dnr.state.oh.us
  (2) Delaware Soil and Water Conservation District, 557 Sunbury Road Suite A, Delaware, OH 43015
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Title: Spatial prediction of arsenic background concentration in soil, Ohio, U.S.A.
Authors: Erik R. Venteris (1)
  Nicholas T. Basta (2)
  Ron Rea (3)
Affiliations: (1) Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological Survey, 2045 Morse Rd., C-2, Columbus, OH 43229-6693, erik.venteris@dnr.state.oh.us
  (2) School of Environment and Natural Resources, Ohio State University, 210 Kottman Hall, 2021 Coffey St., Columbus, OH 43210-1085
  (3) Ohio Geological Survey, 4383 Fountain Square, Columbus, OH 43224-1367
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January 11–13, 2010
Great Lakes Geologic Mapping Coalition
Annual Meeting
Indianapolis, Indiana

AGENDA

Monday
Business Meeting  
   
1:00
Technical Team Business Meeting Jim McNeal
(States of IL, IN, MI, MN, NY, OH, PA, WI, and USGS)  
   
Tuesday
Recent Progress & 3D Geologic Mapping  
   
8:00
Put Up Posters  
8:30
Welcome, Introductions, and Purpose Jim McNeal
8:45
U.S. Geological Survey Kevin Kincare
9:00
Wisconsin Geological Survey Eric Carson
9:15
Pennsylvania Geological Survey Gary Fleeger
9:30
Ohio Geological Survey Mike Angle
9:45
Break  
10:15
New York Geological Survey Andy Kozlowski
10:30
Minnesota Geological Survey Harvey Thorleifson
10:45
Michigan Geological Survey John Esch
11:00
Indiana Geological Survey Mike Prentice
11:15
Illinois State Geological Survey Mike Barnhardt, Jason Thomason,
  Andy Stumpf
11:30
Lunch  
1:00
3-D Visualization and GeoVisionary Don Keefer, Steve Brown–ISGS
  Andy O'Keeffe–Virtalis, Ltd.
2:20
3-D Geologic Mapping and GSI3D at the BGS Steve Mathers–BGS
3:15
Break  
3:45
3-D Geologic Mapping and Visualization in the Coalition–discussion–Leads: Don Keefer, Steve Mathers,
Andy O'Keeffe		 All
4:30
Geologic Maps (posted on the wall) Group Poster Session
5:30
Break  
   
Wednesday, Jan. 13  
   
8:30
US Topo–the new topographic maps of the USGS Dave Nail–USGS
8:50
USGS Lidar Dave Nail–USGS
9:10
Lidar examples from Ohio Erik Venteris–Ohio
9:20
Landforms and landscapes in Lake County Steve Brown–Illinois
9:30
Landforms and landscapes in Champaign County Andy Stumpf–Illinois
9:40
All Lidar is Not Created Equal Don Luman–Illinois
9:50
Lidar and periglacial features–Delmarva Kevin Kincare–USGS
10:00
Lidar–Michigan John Esch–Michigan
10:10
Bathymetric Lidar–some examples Jim McNeal–USGS
10:20
Lidar use in Geologic Mapping–Discussion All
10:30
Break  
10:45
Data Requirements: Impacts of Scale and Complexity–discussion–Lead: Don Keefer All
12:15
Wrap-up Jim McNeal

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