27 Pleistocene-Age Continental Deposits Beyond the Glacial Border

Tuesday, 23 April 2024
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Coco Ballroom, Oasis CC

DECODING THE PALIMPSEST: GEOMORPHOLOGY, SEDIMENTS, AND SOILS OF THE IOWAN EROSION SURFACE

Paper number: 27-4
Program: Theme Sessions
Time: 11:00 AM – 11:20 AM

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Abstract

Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain the enigmatic features of the Iowan Erosion Surface landform, centered in northeast Iowa. Our approach focuses on the geomorphology and sediments of the region, east and south of previously mapped margins of the Laurentide Ice Sheet. Using new LiDAR imagery, USDA-NRCS soil map data, analysis of stream profiles and networks, and integrating previously reported radiocarbon and OSL dates, competing hypotheses of formation and modification can be compared, evaluated, and synthesized, resulting in a more comprehensive history of the development of the Iowan Erosion Surface landscape.

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 56, No. 3

doi: 10.1130/abs/2024NC-399002

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