GLIN==> CILER-GLERL Seminar: "Hunting Caribou Hunters Beneath Lake Huron" Tues., Feb. 8 @ 10AM

Feel free to pass along this announcement to interested colleagues. 
_Information to register for a webinar of this event follows this 
announcement._

**Speaker**:    Guy Meadows, Ph.D.
                         Professor, Departments of:    Naval 
Architecture & Marine Engineering / Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences
                         Director, Marine Hydrodynamics Laboratories (MHL)
                         College of Engineering
                         University of Michigan

**Title**:            "Hunting Caribou Hunters Beneath Lake Huron"

**Abstract*:*

During the late glacial formation period of the modern Great Lakes, the 
Lake Stanley low water stage (10,000-7,500 BP) represents a period whose 
physical evidence has remained lost beneath modern lake levels. In 
particular, during the late Lake Stanley stage of Great Lakes history, 
much of the water that presently fills the Lake Huron-Michigan basin was 
locked in a retreating ice sheet located in the vicinity of what is now 
Lake Superior. During this low lake level stage, water levels were as 
much as 80 meters below modern levels. At these lake levels, what we now 
call the Alpena-Amberley Ridge, present day Lake Huron was separated 
into the Manitoulin and Goderich Basins. This rough, narrow, and 
irregular and continuous rock ridge persisted, exposed for approximately 
2000 years. With persisting glacial retreat, the basins filled with melt 
water, drainage pathways were altered, and the Alpena-Amberley ridge was 
inundated, and to present time, never re-exposed.

Recent exploration of this region of Lake Huron by O'Shea and Meadows 
(2009) has revealed the existence of a series of stone features that 
match in form and location hunting structures used for caribou hunting 
in both prehistoric and ethnographic times. These discoveries represent 
the first evidence for early hunters on the Alpena-Amberley corridor, 
and raise the possibility that intact settlements and ancient landscapes 
are preserved beneath Lake Huron. The existence of these preserved 
landscapes raise many interesting questions concerning the physical 
dynamics in operation though this time period and during the subsequent 
filling of the basins to modern lake levels.

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**Date**: *Tuesday, February 8, 2011*
**Time**: *10:00AM*

**Location**: *Lake Superior Hall
                          NOAA-GLERL
                          4840 South State Road
                          Ann Arbor, MI 48108 *
                          (http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/facil/triptik.html)

_Coffee, juice, and breakfast pastries will be served._

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email sander.robinson at noaa.gov <mailto:sander.robinson at noaa.gov>, or 
sanderdr at umich.edu . *However, if you received this through GLIN or any 
other listserve, I cannot remove you.*

Hope to see you there!
Sander Robinson
Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research (CILER)

/Hosted by the University of Michigan's School of Natural Resources and 
Environment, CILER was established in 1989 as a center of excellence 
that serves as a focal point for collaborative research between the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and universities 
around the Great Lakes region. Research focuses on improving scientific 
understanding and the prediction of key physical, chemical, and 
biological processes in order to facilitate the restoration, protection, 
and management of natural resources. The Institute also trains new and 
upcoming researchers through postdoctoral and undergraduate and graduate 
student fellowships.



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Hunting Caribou Hunters Beneath Lake Huron

Join us for a Webinar on February 8

<https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/883297099>

*Space is limited.*
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/883297099

During the late glacial formation period of the modern Great Lakes, the 
Lake Stanley low water stage (10,000-7,500 BP) represents a period whose 
physical evidence has remained lost beneath modern lake levels. In 
particular, during the late Lake Stanley stage of Great Lakes history, 
much of the water that presently fills the Lake Huron-Michigan basin was 
locked in a retreating ice sheet located in the vicinity of what is now 
Lake Superior. During this low lake level stage, water levels were as 
much as 80 meters below modern levels. At these lake levels, what we now 
call the Alpena-Amberley Ridge, present day Lake Huron was separated 
into the Manitoulin and Goderich Basins. This rough, narrow, and 
irregular and continuous rock ridge persisted, exposed for approximately 
2000 years. With persisting glacial retreat, the basins filled with melt 
water, drainage pathways were altered, and the Alpena-Amberley ridge was 
inundated, and to present time, never re-exposed.

Recent exploration of this region of Lake Huron by O'Shea and Meadows 
(2009) has revealed the existence of a series of stone features that 
match in form and location hunting structures used for caribou hunting 
in both prehistoric and ethnographic times. These discoveries represent 
the first evidence for early hunters on the Alpena-Amberley corridor, 
and raise the possibility that intact settlements and ancient landscapes 
are preserved beneath Lake Huron. The existence of these preserved 
landscapes raise many interesting questions concerning the physical 
dynamics in operation though this time period and during the subsequent 
filling of the basins to modern lake levels.

*Title:* 		Hunting Caribou Hunters Beneath Lake Huron

*Date:* 	
	Tuesday, February 8, 2011

*Time:* 	
	10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST


After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing 
information about joining the Webinar.

*System Requirements*
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server

Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.4.11 (Tiger®) or newer

	





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