Canadian Quaternary Association Association canadienne pour l’étude du Quaternaire CANQUA 2005 Conference June 5-8 Winnipeg, Manitoba PROGRAM AND ABSTRACTS A MESSAGE FROM THE PREMIER On behalf of the citizens and government of the Province of Manitoba it is my sincere pleasure to send a warm welcome to all scientists, researchers and students attending the Canadian Quaternary Association 2005 Conference here in Winnipeg. As climate change and other environmental issues reach the forefront of the public and government agenda, we rely on accepted bodies of scientific knowledge and research. Indeed, the study of the Quaternary period is an imperative contribution to scientific knowledge. Regardless of whether environmental changes are natural or a result of human activity, we can only benefit from a greater understanding of how certain processes, be they hydrological, geological, biological, and so on, brought us to where we are today. Students and researchers alike are truly fortunate to have this opportunity to gather and discuss the earth’s history with colleagues from other disciplines of study. I invite all visitors to take a special exploration of Manitoba’s terrain. Best wishes for a successful conference! Gary Doer CANQUA 2005 Organizing Committee Chair, Treasurer Jim Teller (University of Manitoba) Technical program Matt Boyd (Lakehead University) Jim Gardner (University of Manitoba) Registration Bill Buhay (University of Winnipeg) University arrangements Bill Last (University of Manitoba) Printing, local information Bill Rannie (University of Winnipeg) Fieldtrip coordinator, logo Gaywood Matile (Manitoba Geological designer Survey) Webmaster, technical advisor, Greg Keller (Manitoba Geological Survey) logo designer Acknowledgments Generous financial assistance for this conference was provided by the following sponsors: University of Manitoba Manitoba Geological Survey Brandon University Manitoba Hydro Cover illustration courtesy of Gaywood Matile General Information FIELD TRIPS Buses depart 8 AM from Mauro Residence. Pre-meeting field trip returns Saturday (June 4) by dinner time. Post-meeting field trip returns to Winnipeg Airport by 5 PM Friday, June 10 and then proceeds to Mauro Residence. Luggage may be stored at Mauro Residence when registrants are away on field trips before (Friday-Saturday, June 3-4) and after (Thursday-Friday, June 9-10) the meeting. ORAL AND POSTER SESSIONS All oral sessions will be held in Rm. 343 Drake Centre, and all posters will be displayed in Rm. 333 Drake Centre. Posters should be set up before 3:30 PM on Sunday, June 5, and should remain displayed until 4:30 PM Wednesday. SPEAKER READY ROOM A speaker prep room (539 Drake Centre) will be available for use during the day, from June 5 to 8. Speakers are strongly advised to test their PowerPoint files on a conference computer before presentation. POWERPOINT FILE UPLOADING Speakers must provide Greg Keller with a digital PowerPoint file the day before the presentation. For individuals presenting on Sunday (June 5, Vic Prest Symposium), Greg will be available between 3 and 5 PM on Saturday (June 4) in Room 110 Mauro Hall. Other times he will be available to copy/ receive PowerPoint files (Rm. 539 Drake Centre) are as follows: (1) Sunday (June 5): 10:30 -- 11 AM and 12:20 -- 2 PM (2) Monday (June 6): 10:10 -- 10:40 AM and 12:20 -- 2 PM (3) Tuesday (June 7): 9:50 -- 10:20 AM and 12:20 -- 2 PM CANQUA GENERAL AND EXECUTIVE MEETINGS CANQUA executive meeting: Rm. 539 Drake Centre, Sunday (June 5) during the lunch break. Annual General Meeting: Rm. 343 Drake, Monday (June 6), 5:30 – 7 pm. Incoming new executive meeting: Rm. 343 Drake Centre, after Annual General meeting. SESSION SCHEDULE Sunday, June 5 VIC PREST SYMPOSIUM: GLACIAL HISTORY AND PALEO-ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE IN GLACIATED NORTH AMERICA Chairs: S. Wolfe, A. Plouffe, & A. Dallimore Room: 343 Drake Centre 8:15 – 8:25 Teller, J.T. Welcoming address 8:25 – 8:30 Wolfe, S. Opening remarks (Vic Prest Symposium) 8:30 – 9:10 Clague, J. Keynote Address: THE LAST DAYS OF THE CORDILLERAN ICE SHEET 1. Glacial History 9:10 – 9:30 Ferbey, F. & Levson, V.M. LATE WISCONSINAN ICE-FLOW REVERSALS AT THE BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST MOUNTAIN/INTERIOR PLATEAU TRANSITION: STRATIGRAPHIC, LITHOLOGIC, AND GEOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE 9:30 – 9:50 Spooner, I., Haspel, R. & HOLOCENE HISTORY OF BEAR RIVER Osborn, J. GLACIER, NORTHERN COAST RANGES, BRITISH COLUMBIA 9:50 – 10:10 Roy, M. & Lamothe, M. TIMING AND SUCCESSION OF GLACIAL AND NONGLACIAL EVENTS IN THE HUDSON BAY LOWLAND OF MANITOBA, CANADA 10:10 – 10:30 Veillette, J.J. BOULDER TRACING AND PALIMPSEST ICE FLOWS ON THE GRENVILLE OF CENTRAL QUEBEC 10:30 – 11:00 BREAK 11:00 – 11:20 Stea, R. & Occhietti, S. INCEPTION AND GROWTH OF THE APPALACHIAN GLACIER COMPLEX 11:20 – 11:40 Catto, N.R., Gosse, J. & Stea, GLACIAL HISTORY OF PRINCE EDWARD R. ISLAND – REVIEW & ADVANCES 11:40 – 12:00 Bell, T., Liverman, D.G.E., DEGLACIAL ICE DYNAMICS IN Batterson, M.J., Catto, N., NEWFOUNDLAND Marich, A. and 4 others 12:00 – 1:30 LUNCH S1 2. Paleogeography 1:30 – 1:50 James, T.S., Hutchinson, I., RELATIVE SEA-LEVEL OBSERVATIONS FROM Barrier, V. & Conway, K. ISOLATION BASIN CORING AT THE NORTHERN STRAIT OF GEORGIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA 1:50 – 2:10 Murton, J.B. & Bateman, M.D. PERMAFROST AND GLACIAL HISTORY OF THE TUKTOYAKTUK COASTLANDS, NWT, DURING MARINE ISOTOPE STAGES 3–2 2:10 – 2:30 Wolfe, S.A., Huntley, D.J. & LATE WISCONSINAN AND EARLY HOLOCENE Ollerhead, J. DUNEFIELDS OF THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR PLAINS, CANADA 2:30 – 2:50 Paulen, R.C. Karrow, P.F. & THE COCHRANE SURGES AND GLACIAL LAKE McClenaghan, M.B. OJIBWAY IN NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO 2:50 – 3:10 Shaw, J. GEOMORPHIC EVIDENCE OF POSTGLACIAL TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS ON ATLANTIC CANADIAN CONTINENTAL SHELVES 3:10 – 3:30 Marich, A.S., Bell, T., Simms, GENESIS AND GLACIAL HISTORY OF ROGEN A. & Batterson, M. MORAINE ON THE AVALON PENINSULA, NEWFOUNDLAND 3:30 – 5:00 POSTERS (333 Drake) Evening River Boat Cruise and Dinner (buses leave from Mauro Residence at 6:00 – 6:15, return about 10:30 PM) S2 Monday, June 6 VIC PREST SYMPOSIUM (CONT.) 3. Paleoenvironments 8:30 – 8:50 Dallimore, A. & Enkin, R.J. POST-GLACIAL AND PALEO-ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF THE WEST COAST OF VANCOUVER ISLAND 8:50 – 9:10 Ward, B.C., Telka, A.M., A PALEOECOLOGICAL RECORD OF CLIMATIC Mathewes, R.W. & DETERIORATION FROM MIDDLE TO LATE Geertsema, M. WISCONSINAN TIME ON THE INTERIOR PLATEAU OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA 9:10 – 9:30 Dyke, A.S., Savelle, J.M., ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY AND Hodgson, D.A. ARCHAEOLOGY ALONG THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE 9:30 – 9:50 Yansa, C.H. & Curry, B.B. DEGLACIATION CHRONOLOGY AND PALEOENVIRONMENTS OF NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS, USA 9:50 – 10:20 BREAK CLIMATE AT THE EDGE Chairs: J.T. Teller & M. Boyd 10:20 – 11:00 Rutter, N.W. Keynote Address: CLIMATE CHANGE DURING THE LATE QUATERNARY INTERPRETED FROM LOESS- PALEOSOL SEQUENCES FROM EUROPEAN RUSSIA, SIBERIA, CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES 11:00 – 11:20 Pashaie, A. INVESTIGATION AND NATURAL DATING OF LOESS PALEOSOLS IN SE BASIN OF THE CASPIAN SEA 11:20 – 11:40 Moos, M.T., Laird, K.R. & PALEOLIMNOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF Cumming, B.F. DIATOM SPECIES ASSEMBLAGE IN LAKE 239 (EXPERIMENTAL LAKES AREA, NW ONTARIO) THROUGHOUT THE HOLOCENE 11:40 – 12:00 Evans, C.P., Aitken, A.E. & LATE QUATERNARY GEOARCHAEOLOGICAL Walker, E.G. INVESTIGATION OF THE ELBOW SAND HILLS, SOUTH-CENTRAL SASKATCHEWAN 12:00 – 2:00 LUNCH S3 LAKES IN TRANSITION Chairs: J.T. Teller & W. Last 2:00 – 2:40 Karrow, P. Keynote Address: FOSSILS, CHRONOLOGY, AND LAKES 2:40 – 3:00 Smol, J.P. & Douglas, M.S.V. FROM CONTROVERSY TO CONSENSUS: TRACKING RECENT CLIMATIC CHANGES USING ARCTIC LAKE SEDIMENTS 3:00 – 3:20 Fishback, L.E. SEASONAL VARIATION IN FRESHWATER GEOCHEMISTRY ACROSS THE ARCTIC TREELINE NEAR CHURCHILL, MB 3:20 – 3:40 Campbell, J.E. THE PRESENCE OF PROGLACIAL LAKES IN THE REINDEER LAKE AREA, NORTHEASTERN SASKATCHEWAN 3:40 – 4:00 Spooner, I.S. & Oickle,E. THE DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF THERMAL SENSITIVITY MODELS FOR SMALL STRATIFIED LAKES 4:00 – 5:30 POSTERS (333 Drake) 5:30 – 7:00 CANQUA Annual General Meeting (343 Drake Centre) S4 Tuesday, June 7 LAKES IN TRANSITION (CONT.) 8:30 – 8:50 Teller, J.T., Murty, T. & A TSUNAMI GENERATED BY THE FINAL Nirupama, N. DRAINAGE OF GLACIAL LAKE AGASSIZ ~8400 YEARS B.P. 8:50 – 9:10 Breckenridge, A. & Johnson, PALEOHYDROLOGY OF LAKE AGASSIZ AND T.C. THE UPPER GREAT LAKES FROM 10,700 TO 8,800 CAL YBP [9,500-7,900 14C YBP] 9:10 – 9:30 McMillan, K., Teller, J.T. & NATURE AND SEDIMENTOLOGY OF THE Hugenholtz, C. OLDEST AGASSIZ BEACHES ALONG THE MANITOBA ESCARPMENT 9:30 – 9:50 Teller, J.T., Yang, Z. & Boyd, OVERFLOW FROM LAKE AGASSIZ DURING M. THE YOUNGER DRYAS 9:50 – 10:20 BREAK 10:20 – 10:40 Fisher, T.G., Lowell, T.V., A NEW DEGLACIAL CHRONOLOGY FOR THE Glover, K. & Hajdas, I. AREA WEST OF THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO, AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR A MOORHEAD PHASE EASTERN OUTLET OF GLACIAL LAKE AGASSIZ 10:40 – 11:00 Tarasov, L. & Peltier, W.R. A CALIBRATED DEGLACIAL CHRONOLOGY FOR NORTH AMERICA: AN INFERRED ARCTIC TRIGGER FOR THE YOUNGER DRYAS 11:00 – 11:20 Yanko-Hombach, V.V. CONTROVERSY OF NOAH’S FLOOD IN THE BLACK SEA: GEOLOGICAL AND FORAMINIFERAL EVIDENCE FROM THE SHELF 11:20 – 11:40 Chalaturnyk, M., Last, W.M. & CARBONATE HARDGROUNDS IN MAARS OF Solylo, P. WESTERN VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA: A GLIMPSE AT MODERN LACUSTRINE DOLOMITE FORMATION 11:40 – 1:00 LUNCH S5 THE ENIGMATIC BED: REFINING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF GLACIER BED PROCESSES AND ICE SHEET DYNAMICS Chairs: J.-E. Lesemann & T.A. Brennand 1:00 – 1:05 Opening remarks 1:05 – 1:25 Menzies, J.