123 Quaternary Research to Characterize Environmental and Geological Hazards

Quaternary geosciences research features many valuable tools for understanding environmental and geologic hazards. This multidisciplinary session seeks presentations that encompass a wide range of processes and environments relevant to managing critical infrastructure and resources.

Monday, 20 October 2025
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
HBGCC, 213AB

Participants

• Chair Lesleigh Anderson
• Chair Benjamin Laabs
• Chair Colin Chupik
• Chair Jonathan Obrist-Farner

Presentations

• 1:35 PM
  Paleoenvironmental investigation of Jackson Lake (Grand Teton National Park, USA) leveraging high resolution CHIRP seismic reflection data and radiocarbon-dated sediment cores
  John Dilworth, University of Kentucky, Toledo, OH and Sarah Johnson, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky and Michael McGlue, University of Kentucky Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lexington, KY and Sam Whitehead, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA and Ryan Thigpen, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and Callia Cortese, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky and Summer Brown, University of Kentucky, University of Kentucky, Kentucky and Edward Woolery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky and Kevin Yeager, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA and Christopher Matocha, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
  414185 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:55 PM
  A postglacial paleoseismic history of the Teton fault from a series of fault-proximal lakes in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
  Darren Larsen, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA and Sarah Crump, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT and John Byrd, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT and Amelia Muscott, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
  414291 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  Lacustrine paleoseismology of the Bitterroot fault, Lake Como, Montana.
  Colin Chupik, Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, Colorado and Lesleigh Anderson, United States Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado and Jacob Slawson, Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, Colorado and Heidi Wadman, US Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit, Michigan and David Varyu, Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, Colorado and Ellen Lamont, Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, Colorado and Ben Laabs, Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, Colorado and Yann Gavillot, Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, Butte, Montana and Raymond Salazar, Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, Butte, Montana and Vanessa Gabel, Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, Coloraod and Vincent Benoit, Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, Colorado
  414518 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  Monitoring and Assessing Coastal Change with Lidar: Historical Shoreline Movement and Beach and Dune Volumetric Trends along the Texas Gulf Coast
  Jeffrey Paine, BEG/JSG/UT, Austin, TX and Tiffany Caudle, BEG/JSG/UT, Austin, TX and John Andrews, BEG/JSG/UT, Austin, TX and Kutalmis Saylam, BEG/JSG/UT, Austin, TX
  414135 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:45 PM
  Mapping Active Faults in Oregon with New Lidar Data
  Reed Burgette, Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, Portland, OR and Eduardo Guerrero, Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, Portland, OR
  412692 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:00 PM
  Refining Quaternary Slip on the Santa Cruz Island Fault
  Joshua Love, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA and Kristin Morell, The University of California, Goleta, CA and Brenna Lonsdale, University of California Santa Barbara, Goleta, CA
  414420 (Technical Sessions)