Ellen A. Cowan
Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
Activity
2025
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INVESTIGATING MECHANISMS FOR COAL ASH TRANSPORT INTO MOUNTAIN ISLAND LAKE, NORTH CAROLINA
29 D2. Hydrology and Water Quality in the Southeast U.S. (Posters)Friday, 21 March 20258:00 AM - 12:00 PMShenandoah ABC
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BURIALS ON THE BLUFF: MAPPING THE UNMARKED BURIALS OF THE ENSLAVED POPULATION OF FORT DEFIANCE.
13 Applied Geophysical Survey Methods and Mapping in the Southeast (Posters)Thursday, 20 March 20251:00 PM - 5:00 PMShenandoah ABC
2024
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EVALUATION OF NEAR-SURFACE GEOPHYSICAL METHODS TO MAP HISTORIC SITES IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
22 Applied Geophysical Survey Methods and Mapping in the SoutheastMonday, 15 April 20243:50 PM - 5:30 PMWindsor Ballroom Salon B
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GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTION: FINDING FORT DEFIANCE AT THE HISTORIC SITE IN LENOIR, NORTH CAROLINA
13 Applied Geophysical Survey Methods and Mapping in the Southeast (Posters)Monday, 15 April 20248:00 AM - 12:00 PMGrand Ballroom
2023
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CHARACTERIZATION OF MORPHOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, AND MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY OF COAL ASH AND APPLICATIONS FOR TRACKING THE TRANSPORT IN AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS
234 D32. Relevant Topics in Geochemistry (Posters)Wednesday, 18 October 20238:00 AM - 5:30 PMHall B
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PARTICLE SIZE VARIATION AND GEOCHEMICAL SIGNATURES OF COAL ASH DEPOSITION IN HYCO LAKE, NC
234 D32. Relevant Topics in Geochemistry (Posters)Wednesday, 18 October 20238:00 AM - 5:30 PMHall B
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INVESTIGATING LANDSCAPE CHANGE DURING THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ALONG THE OLD BURKE WAGON ROAD WITHIN THE YADKIN RIVER VALLEY IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
T38 Geomorphic Evolution of River Corridors in the Eastern United States, Pleistocene to Anthropocene (Posters)Sunday, 15 October 20238:00 AM - 5:30 PMHall B
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RADIONUCLIDES FOR TRACING DISTRIBUTION AND HISTORY OF COAL ASH CONTAMINATION IN LAKE SEDIMENTS
33 Environmental Radionuclides: Geochemical Behavior, Tracer Applications, and Potential Health Consequences (Posters)Saturday, 18 March 20231:30 PM - 5:30 PMGrand Ballroom A–D
2022
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THREE METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING UNMARKED BURIALS AT HISTORIC CEMETERIES USING GROUND PENETRATING RADAR AND ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY
T150 Applications of Geophysics to Solve Near-Surface Geological ProblemsTuesday, 11 October 20228:00 AM - 12:00 PM502
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LACUSTRINE SEDIMENT CORES RECORD AN EVOLVING HISTORY OF COAL ASH CONTAMINATION IN LAKES WITH COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS IN NORTH CAROLINA
T51 Lakes Past, Present, and Future—Archives of Climate Variability, Paleoenvironment, Geohazards, and Economic Resources IISunday, 9 October 20221:30 PM - 5:30 PM607
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MAGNETIC CHARACTERIZATION OF NATURAL AND ANTHROPOGENIC IRON OXIDE ASSEMBLAGES IN NORTH CAROLINA LAKES: TOOLS FOR DETECTION OF COAL COMBUSTION RESIDUALS
T44 Using Iron Oxides for Quantitative Reconstruction of Thermal Histories, Paleoenvironments, Hydrothermal Alteration, Planetary Evolution, and Fault Zone ProcessesSunday, 9 October 20221:30 PM - 5:30 PM502
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ENVIRONMENTAL LEGACY OF COAL COMBUSTION: WIDESPREAD CONTAMINATION OF LAKE SEDIMENTS AND CHRONIC RISKS TO AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
T6 Energy: Environmental Legacies and FuturesSunday, 9 October 20228:00 AM - 12:00 PM505
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MAGNETIC ANALYSIS AS A NOVEL METHOD FOR COAL ASH DETECTION IN RESERVOIR SEDIMENT
50 Metal Pollution in the Eastern Midcontinent and Beyond (Posters)Friday, 8 April 20221:30 PM - 5:30 PMJunior Ballroom B
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VARIABILITY OF COAL ASH MORPHOLOGY IN RESERVOIR SEDIMENT USING LIGHT MICROSCOPY
50 Metal Pollution in the Eastern Midcontinent and Beyond (Posters)Friday, 8 April 20221:30 PM - 5:30 PMJunior Ballroom B
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USING SHALLOW GEOPHYSICS TO RECONSTRUCT HISTORIC INFRASTRUCTURE AT BENJAMIN HUBBARD HOUSE, WILKES COUNTRY, NORTH CAROLINA
16 D1. Environmental and Engineering Geology and Geoarchaeology (Posters)Thursday, 7 April 20221:30 PM - 5:30 PMJunior Ballroom B
2021
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SOURCES AND DISPERSAL OF ICE RAFTED SIKU EVENTS IN THE NE PACIFIC
T215 Paleoclimate, Paleoenvironments, and Paleoceanography of Northwestern North AmericaWednesday, 13 October 20218:00 AM - 12:00 PMPortland Ballroom 256 (Hybrid Room)
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GSA QUATERNARY GEOLOGY AND GEOMORPHOLOGY DIVISION KIRK BRYAN AWARD - THE DYNAMIC ROLE OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND CORDILLERAN ICE SHEET IN MILLENNIAL-SCALE GLOBAL CLIMATE VARIABILITY
T215 Paleoclimate, Paleoenvironments, and Paleoceanography of Northwestern North AmericaWednesday, 13 October 20218:00 AM - 12:00 PMPortland Ballroom 256 (Hybrid Room)
2020
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CONNECTING AN ANTEBELLUM PLANTATION TO ITS REVOLUTIONARY WAR PAST THROUGH SHALLOW GEOPHYSICAL EXPLORATION
30 Geoarchaeology of Dynamic LandscapesSaturday, 21 March 20209:55 AM - 12:00 PMLake Thoreau
2019
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EVIDENCE FOR UNMONITORED COAL ASH SOLIDS SPILLS AND IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT
T252 Environmental Impact Studies for Energy ResourcesWednesday, 25 September 20198:00 AM - 12:00 PMRoom 127ABC, North Building
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EVIDENCE FOR EOLIAN STRATIGRAPHY AT BURIED ARCHAEOLOGY SITES IN SANDHILLS, NORTH CAROLINA
T188 Eolian Processes and Landscape Evolution (Posters)Tuesday, 24 September 20199:00 AM - 6:30 PMHall AB, North Building
2018
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RECONSTRUCTION OF HISTORIC INFRASTRUCTURE AT INGLESIDE PLANTATION, LINCOLN COUNTY, NC USING GPR AND ARCHIVAL RESEARCH
21 D1. Advances in Geoarchaeology (Posters)Sunday, 4 November 20189:00 AM - 5:30 PMHalls J-K
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OVERCOMING PITFALLS IN INTERPRETING PALEOENVIRONMENTS FROM GLACIATED MARGINS: EXAMPLES FROM RECORDS OBTAINED BY IODP EXPEDITION 341 IN THE GULF OF ALASKA
16 Landlocked but Not Left Out: Contributions to Oceanography by Mid-Continent ScientistsMonday, 16 April 20181:30 PM - 5:30 PMRoom 220
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SEA ICE AND PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY IN THE GULF OF ALASKA DURING RETREAT OF BERING ICE STREAM FROM THE LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM
16 Landlocked but Not Left Out: Contributions to Oceanography by Mid-Continent ScientistsMonday, 16 April 20181:30 PM - 5:30 PMRoom 220
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USING GRADIOMETER AND GPR DATA TO IDENTIFY AND MAP CULTURAL FEATURES
6 D1. Archeological Geology (Posters)Thursday, 12 April 20188:00 AM - 12:00 PMRoom 301 DE/Henley Concourse
2017
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TESTING A QUARTZ GRAIN MICROTEXTURE PROXY FOR PALEO-SEA-ICE IN COASTAL ALASKA
T379 North Pacific Environment and Paleoclimate from the Late Pleistocene to Present (Posters)Wednesday, 25 October 20179:00 AM - 6:30 PMHalls 4EF
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COMPARING THREE NEW IRD MAR RECORDS FROM IODP EXPEDITION 341 IN THE GULF OF ALASKA
T379 North Pacific Environment and Paleoclimate from the Late Pleistocene to Present (Posters)Wednesday, 25 October 20179:00 AM - 6:30 PMHalls 4EF
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A TALE OF TWO RETREATS – COMPARING AND CONTRASTING PALEOENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS DURING THE ULTIMATE AND PENULTIMATE LGM RETREATS OF BERING ICE STREAM, GULF OF ALASKA
T227 North Pacific Environment and Paleoclimate from the Late Pleistocene to Present IITuesday, 24 October 20171:30 PM - 5:30 PMRoom 609
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GEOMORPHIC CONTEXT OF ARCHAEOLOGY SITES ON THE CUMBERLAND RIVER AND SITE DISTURBANCE BY SEISMICITY
T145 Advances in Geoarchaeology IIMonday, 23 October 20171:30 PM - 5:30 PMRoom 3B
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AUTOGENIC CONTROLS PROLONGED LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM GROUNDING LINE RETREAT OF THE BERING ICE STREAM
T8 Glacier and Ice Sheet Grounding Lines: Contemporary and Past Observations of Grounding Line Processes, Behavior, and LandformsSunday, 22 October 20178:00 AM - 12:00 PMYakima 1
2016
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EFFECTS OF DOWNSTREAM TRANSPORT ON PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF COAL ASH 5 YEARS AFTER THE KINGSTON TVA SPILL
T325 Sources, Transport, Fate, and Toxicology of Trace Elements and Organics in the Environment (Posters)Wednesday, 28 September 20169:00 AM - 6:30 PMExhibit Hall E/F
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DYNAMICS OF THE BERING GLACIER, ALASKA FROM LITHOFACIES, ICE RAFTING, AND FORAMINIFERAL RECORD AT IODP SITE U1421
T342 Deep-Marine Sedimentary Environments: Linking Depositional Processes, Geomorphology, and the Sedimentary Record (Posters)Wednesday, 28 September 20169:00 AM - 6:30 PMExhibit Hall E/F
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FORAMINIFERAL AND SEDIMENTOLOGIC CHARACTERIZATION OF SEISMIC FACIES SEAWARD OF THE BERING GLACIER, GULF OF ALASKA
T342 Deep-Marine Sedimentary Environments: Linking Depositional Processes, Geomorphology, and the Sedimentary Record (Posters)Wednesday, 28 September 20169:00 AM - 6:30 PMExhibit Hall E/F
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PHOSPHATIZED CULTURAL DEPOSITS IN A BLACK EARTH MIDDEN MOUND, CENTRAL FL
26 Soils, Geomorphology, and Quaternary Geology (Posters)Friday, 1 April 20168:00 AM - 5:30 PMExhibit Hall
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PROVENANCE OF ICE RAFTED DEBRIS ALONG THE ALASKAN MARGIN OVER THE LAST 50 KA
12 Coastal Processes and Geologic Framework: Insights from Geological and Geophysical Surveys across the Continental Margin (Posters)Thursday, 31 March 20168:00 AM - 5:30 PMExhibit Hall
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IDENTIFICATION OF COAL ASH IN THE DAN RIVER USING MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY
7 Hydrogeology (Posters)Thursday, 31 March 20168:00 AM - 5:30 PMExhibit Hall
2015
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HIGH-RESOLUTION ICE RAFTING RECORD FROM THE ALASKA MARGIN, IODP EXPEDITION 341
28 Undergraduate Research I (Posters)Friday, 20 March 20158:00 AM - 12:00 PMBallroom
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UPSTREAM TERRACES ON THE NEW RIVER IN NORTH CAROLINA: ILLUSIVE LANDFORMS WITH A CLIMATE HISTORY?
3 In Honor of Hugh H. Mills: Geomorphology and Earth Surface Processes in the Southern Appalachians: Landscape Evolution and Practical Applications IThursday, 19 March 20158:00 AM - 12:00 PMRose
2014
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MAGNETIC CHARACTERIZATION OF COAL ASH AND TRACE METAL CONCENTRATIONS IN RIVER SEDIMENTS CONTAMINATED BY THE KINGSTON SPILL
9 Water Quality issues in the Southeast U.S. (Posters)Thursday, 10 April 20148:00 AM - 12:00 PMLatham A/B/C
2012
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EDUCATIONAL FIELD TRIP STOPS IN THE BLUE RIDGE AND SURROUNDING AREAS UTILIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AT APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY
T251 Carolina Geological Society 75th Anniversary: The Geology of the Carolinas (Posters)Wednesday, 7 November 20129:00 AM - 6:00 PMHall B
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TRANSPORT AND DEPOSITION OF COAL FLY ASH IN THE WATTS BARR RESERVOIR SYSTEM FROM THE KINGSTON, TENNESSEE ASH STORAGE CELL FAILURE IN 2008
T194 Frontiers in Coal Science: From Basic Research to Applied TechnologyTuesday, 6 November 20121:30 PM - 5:30 PM201AB
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ASSESSMENT OF A GIS MODEL FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF STREAM TERRACES AT THE HEADWATERS OF THE NEW RIVER, BLUE RIDGE PHYSIOGRAPHIC PROVINCE
T168 The Fluvial System: The Legacy of Stanley A. Schumm (Posters)Tuesday, 6 November 20129:00 AM - 6:00 PMHall B
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SHALLOW GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS OF FOUR TERRACES ALONG THE SOUTH FORK OF THE NEW RIVER IN THE BLUE RIDGE PHYSIOGRAPHIC PROVINCE
29 Geomorphology (Posters)Monday, 2 April 20121:30 PM - 5:00 PMGrand Ballroom
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IDENTIFICATION AND GEOMORPHOMETRIC ASSESSMENT OF STREAM TERRACES ALONG THE NORTH AND SOUTH FORK OF THE NEW RIVER, BLUE RIDGE PHYSIOGRAPHIC PROVINCE
29 Geomorphology (Posters)Monday, 2 April 20121:30 PM - 5:00 PMGrand Ballroom
2011
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GEOARCHAEOLOGY INVESTIGATIONS IN THE SANDHILLS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
5 From the Mason-Dixon to the Caribbean: The Historic Development of Geology in the American SouthThursday, 24 March 20118:00 AM - 12:00 PMSalon C
2009
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A HIGH-RESOLUTION RECORD OF ADVANCE/RETREAT PHASE GLACIMARINE SEDIMENTS: IMPLICATIONS IN RECONSTRUCTING GLACIAL DYNAMICS
30 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of Glacial Deposits IIFriday, 3 April 20091:00 PM - 5:00 PM
2008
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Retreat Sequences from the Last Glacial Maximum and Little Ice Age Preserved in Muir Inlet, Glacier Bay National Park, Southeastern Alaska
T181 Estuarine and Fjord Sedimentary Processes in Modern and Holocene SystemsMonday, 6 October 20088:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Regional Paleosols Associated with Buried Archaeology Sites in River Valleys of the Southeastern US
T216 Soils as Components of Archaeological LandscapesMonday, 6 October 20081:30 PM - 5:30 PM
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Significance of Late Cenozoic Zoophycos in Antarctica
T210 Leaving Traces—Making Marks II: In Honor of H. Allen CurranMonday, 6 October 20081:30 PM - 5:30 PM
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A Multi-Proxy Sedimentary Record of Hubbard Glacier Meltwater Production, Disenchantment Bay, Alaska
T181 Estuarine and Fjord Sedimentary Processes in Modern and Holocene SystemsMonday, 6 October 20088:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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RECONSTRUCTION OF THE LATE PLEISTOCENE AND HOLOCENE FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY OF THE UPPER TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY: IMPLICATIONS FOR BURIAL AND DISTRIBUTION OF ARCHAEOLOGY SITES
4 Geomorphology and SoilsThursday, 10 April 20088:00 AM - 9:40 AM
2007
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POLYGONAL CRACKING ON LATE PLEISTOCENE TERRACES WITHIN THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY, A STRATIGRAPHIC MARKER HORIZON AND ITS POTENTIAL PALEOCLIMATIC SIGNIFICANCE
31 GeomorphologyFriday, 30 March 20071:40 PM - 4:00 PM
2006
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SEASONAL VARIATIONS IN BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL ASSEMBLAGES IN DISENCHANTMENT BAY, SOUTHERN ALASKA
202 Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography: Proxies, Patterns, and Processes (Posters)Wednesday, 25 October 20068:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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GEOMORPHOLOGY AT ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE 31WK223 IN THE REDDIES RIVER DRAINAGE BASIN: AN EXAMPLE OF HOLOCENE STRATIGRAPHIC PRESERVATION ON THE BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT
19 Surficial Geology and Geomorphology in the Appalachians: Progress and ApplicationsThursday, 23 March 20061:30 PM - 5:50 PM
2001
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ROCK-MAGNETIC SIGNATURE OF GLACIMARINE SEDIMENTS FROM THE ALEXANDER, YAKUTAT AND SOUTHERN MARGIN COMPOSITE ACCRETED TERRANES OF COASTAL ALASKA
35 Marine and Coastal Science (Posters)Friday, 6 April 20011:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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THE LATE PLEISTOCENE AND HOLOCENE STRATIGRAPHIC RECORD OF THE DAVIDSON RIVER IN THE BLUE RIDGE PHYSIOGRAPHIC PROVINCE
23 Archaeological Geology (Posters)
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Morphology and Grain Composition of Sand-Size till Pellets from ANDRILL Core AND1B, Ross Sea, Antarctica
146 Quaternary Geology (Posters)
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TIDAL RHYTHMITES IN ALASKAN FJORD SEDIMENT: ESTABLISHING A PALEOMELTWATER RECORD
13 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy (Posters)
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COMPARISON OF MICROTEXTURES ON QUARTZ SAND GRAINS FROM GLACIAL SUB-ENVIRONMENTS IN SOUTHERN ALASKA
13 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy (Posters)
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SEISMIC REFLECTION CHARACTERISTICS OF TEMPERATE GLACIMARINE VARVES: AN EXAMPLE FROM DISENCHANTMENT BAY, ALASKA
27 Quaternary Geology/Geomorphology (Posters)