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Hot Springs, South Dakota, USA September 22-25, 2005
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Friends of the Pleistocene Field
Excursions; announcements and recaps
Pacific Northwest Cell
16-18 August
2002
Eolian Deposits and Megaflood Features, Columbia Plateau, Washington.
This trip will highlight recent research on paired
sand dune and loess deposits of the Channeled Scabland and Palouse of eastern
Washington, as well as examination of the dramatic geomorphic features and
deposits of the megafloods from glacial Lake Missoula.
There will be a winery tour and wine tasting. The trip will be limited to
75 persons. Anticipated price is $30-40. We will use the last Pacific Northwest
Cell FOP e-mail list for our first notification this spring. If you want to be
added to the list, contact Alan Busacca (busacca@wsu.edu). Trip leaders will be
David Gaylord (Washington State University), Eric McDonald (Desert Research
Institute), Mark Sweeney (WSU), and Alan Busacca (WSU).
| Overlook of Pluvial Lake Chewaucan succession along Ana River in Summer Lake Bain (Pacific NW Cell; photo Rob Negrini). | The transfer of knowledge: how Americans learn about glacial flow mechanics from their northern neighbors (Midwest Cell). |
Midwest Cell
The Midwest
Friends met at Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, on June 2-3rd,
2001, at the invitation of Dr. Brian Phillips, of the Dept. of Geography. The
theme was “The Deglaciation and Geoarchaeology of the Minnesota – Ontario
Borderlands”. The 68 participants explored the Canadian side of the border,
focusing on the deglaciation of the Gunflint-Arrowhead-Whitefish Lakes corridor
and the potential for a Paleo-Indian presence around 11,000 yrs BP.
The Banquet included a talk by Murray Lancaster (Dept. of Biology) on
present migratory habits of caribou in northern Canada and the role that
surviving patches of snow and ice play in the pattern.
Then, in lighter mood, Bobo the clown arrived and lead a team
glacier-building competition with toilet rolls, among other foolery and song.
The following meeting will be held in Upper Michigan, and hosted by John
Anderton (NMU) and Walt Loope (USGS). Details are forthcoming.
Southeast Cell
4-6 October,
2002
Greenbrier County, West Virginia
Led by Greg Springer, this trip will explore the
balance of physical versus chemical erosion in rivers and karst in the scenic
mountains of southeastern West Virginia. Highlights include exploration of
Buckeye Creek Cave (about 5 miles of large passages with abundant speleothems)
and the incised Greenbrier River canyon with 200-m-high bedrock cliffs. In the
gorge, you may take the challenge and jump off a 6-m high boulder into the creek
below.
See http://www.bedrockstreams.org/sefop/2002/
for additional information and registration.
Pacific Cell
17-19 December
2001
Death Valley, California
More than 200 field-trip participants and leaders
feasted on the Quaternary and
Pliocene geology of the Death Valley Region, with a focus on recent observations
on tectonics, stratigraphy, and lake cycles. The leaders (Michael Machette,
Ralph Klinger, Jeff Knott, and Andrei Sarna-Wojcicki) were appropriately roasted
and given special awards at a campground bonfire. The 254-page guidebook may be
downloaded from http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2001/ofr-01-0051/.
Two-hundred copies of a second edition (minor corrections, new cover) are
available from: Death Valley Natural History Association, P.O. Box 188, Death
Valley, CA 92328-0188. phone: 760 786-3285, email: devahstry@aol.com
12-14
October, 2001
Northern Walker Lane and northeast Sierra
Nevada
With
contributions from Ken Adams, Rich Briggs, Bill Bull, Jim Brune, Darryl Granger,
Alan Ramelli, Clifford Riebe, Tom Sawyer, John Wakabayashi, and Chris Wills,
this field trip explored the neotectonics, paleoseismology, and evolution
of the northern Walker Lane, as well as general controls on erosion rates, and
topographic evolution of the Sierra Nevada.
The guidebook, and notices for upcoming events, may be viewed and
downloaded from the Pacific Cell website: http://pacific.pleistocene.org/.
Don't miss the 2002 Pacific Cell trip to the Central
Nevada Seismic Belt, led by John Caskey; email: caskey@sfsu.edu
Fort Sage Mountains, Nevada, with Darryl Granger (left)
and Cliff Riebe (right) as inspirational leaders (Pacific Cell).