Southeastern Section–56th Annual Meeting (29–30 March 2007)
Session No. 13 Thursday, 29 March 2007
1:20 PM-5:00 PM, Hyatt Regency Savannah on the Historic Riverfront: Scarborough 4

T11. Sea Level in the Southeast: Past, Present, and Future

Gale A. Bishop, Presiding
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13-11:20 PM HOLISTIC INTEGRATION: BUILDING TOWARD CONSENSUS IN GEORGIA SEA LEVEL HISTORY: BISHOP, Gale A.1, VANCE, R. Kelly2, MEYER, Brian3, RICH, Frerick J.1, THOMAS, David Hurst4, ROLLINS, H.B.5, and HAYES, Royce H.6, (1) Geology and Geography, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460, gbishop@geotrec.org, (2) Department of Geology and Geography, Georgia Southern Univ, P.O. Box 8149, Statesboro, GA 30460, (3) Weston Solutions, Atlanta, GA 30311, (4) Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024-519, (5) Department of Geology, Univ. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, (6) Superintendent, St. Catherines Island, Midway, 31320
13-21:40 PM HOLOCENE AND MIS 5E SEA-LEVEL HISTORY FROM BERMUDA AND THE BAHAMAS: A NEW LOOK AT OLD DATA: NEUMANN, A. Conrad, Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina, 445 Chapman Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3300, aneumann@email.unc.edu
13-32:00 PM HIGH-ORDER, PLEISTOCENE SEA-LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA: KNORR, Paul Octavius, Department of Geology, University of South Florida, SCA 528, 4202 E. Fowler Ave, Tampa, FL 33620, pknorr@mail.usf.edu and HARRIES, Peter J., Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave, SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620-5201
13-42:20 PM LATE QUATERNARY SEA-LEVEL HISTORY FOR THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO AND ITS IMPACT ON BARRIER GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT: DONOGHUE, Joseph F.1, FORREST, Beth M.2, BALSILLIE, James H.3, STAPOR, Frank W. Jr4, KISH, Stephen A.5, BROOK, George A.6, and BROOK, F.Z.6, (1) Dept. Geological Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, donoghue@gly.fsu.edu, (2) Geological Sciences, Florida State Univ, Tallahassee, FL 32306, (3) Florida Geological Survey, 903 W. Tennessee St, Tallahassee, FL 32304, (4) Earth Sciences, Tenn. Tech. Univ, P. O. Box 5062, Cookeville, TN 38505, (5) Department of Geosciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4100, (6) Department of Geography, Univ of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602
13-52:40 PM A METHODOLOGY FOR ANALYSES OF RELATIVE SEA-LEVEL DATA: A CASE STUDY FROM NORTH CAROLINA: HORTON, Benjamin P., Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, bphorton@sas.upenn.edu, RIGGS, Stanley, Geology Dept, East Carolina Univ, Greenville, NC 27858, and THIELER, E. Robert, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, US Geological Survey, 384 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA 02543
13-63:00 PM QUATERNARY STRATIGRAPHY OF DEPOSITS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUFFOLK SHORELINE, NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA: A PRELIMINARY REPORT: PARHAM, Peter R.1, RIGGS, Stanley R.2, and MALLINSON, David J.1, (1) Department of Geological Sciences, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, prp0609@ecu.edu, (2) Department of Geological Sciences, East Carolina Univ, Greenville, NC 27858
13-73:20 PM TWO DECADES OF SHORELINE RETREAT ON THE NORTH AND EAST SIDES OF ST CATHERINE'S ISLAND, GA: POTTER, Donald B. Jr, PADGETT, B. Luke, and TRIMBLE, John D., Forestry and Geology, University of the South, Sewanee, TN 37383, trimbjd0@sewanee.edu
13-83:40 PM FETCH LIMITED BARRIER ISLANDS: INDICATORS OF A SEA LEVEL HIGHSTAND IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE: LEWIS, David, Southern Environmental Law Center, Chapel Hill, NC 27517, dlewis@selcnc.org, PILKEY, Orrin, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, and COOPER, Andrew, Environmental Science, Univ of Ulster, Cromore Rd, Coleraine, B232 1SA, United Kingdom
13-94:00 PM EXAMINING THE EVIDENCE FOR A RECENT ACCELERATION IN THE RATE OF SEA-LEVEL RISE USING COMBINED INSTRUMENTAL AND PROXY DATA FROM THE PAMLICO-ALBEMARLE ESTUARINE SYSTEM, NORTH CAROLINA, USA: KEMP, Andrew, Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, 240 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, kempac@sas.upenn.edu, HORTON, B.P., Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, Hayden Hall, 240 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, CULVER, Stephen J., Geology, East Carolina Univ, Greenville, NC 27858, CORBETT, Reide, Geology Dept, East Carolina Univ, Greenville, NC 27858, THOMSON, Katie, Department of Geography, University of Duham, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom, and VAN DE PLASSCHE, Orson, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1085, Amsterdam, 1081 HV, Netherlands
13-104:20 PM TRACKING SEA LEVEL CHANGES USING A NEWLY DISCOVERED PALYNOMORPHIC FINGERPRINT TO DETECT THE PRESENCE OF HIGH-LEVEL SALT MARSH SEDIMENTS WITH DEPTH: MARSH, Pamela E., Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, pmarsh@geol.sc.edu and COHEN, Arthur D., Geological Sciences, Univ of South Carolina, 701 Sumter Street, Columbia, SC 29208
13-114:40 PM THE SCRUB ECOSYSTEM IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA: VANISHING EVIDENCE OF LATE PLEISTOCENE SEA LEVEL AND CLIMATE: ECHOLS, Ronald J., 917 11th St. N, Naples, FL 34102, rjechols@aol.com, CUMBERLIDGE, John, 72 Community Drive, Avon Lake, OH 44012, and BURCH, James N., Big Cypress National Preserve, 33100 Tamiami Trail East, Ochopee, FL 34141

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