GSA Annual Meeting, November 5-8, 2001

Session No. 167
Thursday, 8 November 2001: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T29. Linking Sediment Dynamics and Stratigraphy in Modern-Holocene Estuaries I

GSA Sedimentary Geology Division

 

Christopher Sommerfield and Rocky Geyer, Advocates
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8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:10 AM
SEDIMENT TRAPPING AND LOCALIZED MUD ACCUMULATION IN TWO ESTUARIES, SOUTHEASTERN US
KINEKE, G. C., Geology & Geophysics, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Ave, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, GEYER, W. R., Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MILLIGAN, T. G., Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, ALEXANDER, C. R., Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, RAMSEY, A. L., United States Geological Survey and BLAKE, A. C., Naval Ocean Systems Ctr, kinekeg@bc.edu, kinekeg@bc.edu
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8:30 AM
SPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS IN AN ESTUARINE BOUNDARY LAYER
LEE, Guan-hong, Institute of Theoretical Geophysics, Univ of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EQ, England, DADE, W. Brian, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755 and FRIEDRICHS, Carl T., Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, Gloucester Point, VA 23062, bdade@esc.cam.ac.uk, bdade@esc.cam.ac.uk
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8:45 AM
SEDIMENT TRANSPORT ASSOCIATED WITH TIDAL ASYMMETRY IN STRATIFICATION, MIXING AND RESUSPENSION IN THE YORK RIVER ESTUARY
FRIEDRICHS, Carl T. and SCULLY, Malcolm E., Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, Gloucester Point, VA 23062, cfried@vims.edu, cfried@vims.edu
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9:05 AM
THE ROLE OF ANTHROPOGENICALLY INDUCED SEABED DISTURBANCES IN GULF COAST ESTUARIES: A CASE STUDY OF THE IMPACT OF SHRIMP TRAWLING ON GALVESTON BAY SEDIMENTS
DELLAPENNA, Timothy1, ALLISON, Mead2, GILL, Gary A.1, WARNKEN, Kent1 and LEHMAN, Ronald3, (1)Oceanography, Texas A&M Univ, 5007 Ave. U, Galveston, TX 77551, (2)Dept. of Geology, Tulane Univ, Dinwiddie Hall, New Orleans, LA 70118, (3)Department of Marine Science, Texas A&M Univ at Galveston, 5007 Ave. U, Galveston, TX 77551, dellapet@tamug.edu, dellapet@tamug.edu
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9:20 AM
FRONTAL CONVERGENCE CAUSES SEDIMENT TRAPPING IN THE HUDSON RIVER ESTUARY
GEYER, W. Rockwell, Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MS 12, Woods Hole, MA 02543, TRAYKOVSKI, Peter, Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, ms#11, Woods Hole, MA 02540 and SOMMERFIELD, Christopher K., College of Marine Studies, Univ of Delaware, 700 Pilottown Road, Lewes, DE 19958-1298, rgeyer@whoi.edu, rgeyer@whoi.edu
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9:35 AM
ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS OF RAPID SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION IN THE HUDSON RIVER ESTUARY
TRAYKOVSKI, Peter, Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MS#11, Woods Hole, MA 02540, GEYER, Rocky, Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MS#12, Woods Hole, MA 02543 and SOMMERFIELD, Christopher K., College of Marine Studies, Univ of Delaware, 700 Pilottown Road, Lewes, DE 19958-1298, ptraykovski@whoi.edu, ptraykovski@whoi.edu
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9:50 AM
SCALES OF INTRA-ANNUAL SEDIMENTATION IN THE HUDSON RIVER ESTUARY AS REVEALED BY SHORT-LIVED RADIOISOTOPES
SOMMERFIELD, Christopher K.1, TRAYKOVSKI, Peter2 and GEYER, Wayne R.2, (1)College of Marine Studies, Univ of Delaware, 700 Pilottown Road, Lewes, DE 19958-1298, (2)Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, ms#11, Woods Hole, MA 02540, cs@udel.edu, cs@udel.edu
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10:05 AM
THE EFFECT OF SEDIMENT TRANSPORT ON THE GEOCHEMICAL DYNAMICS OF METAL POLLUTANTS IN HUDSON RIVER SEDIMENTS
FIELD, Paul1, ROSENTHAL, Yair1, SHERRELL, Robert2, MASON, Robert3, HEYES, Andrew3, GEYER, Rocky4 and SOMMERFIELD, Christopher5, (1)Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, 71 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, (2)Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers Univiversity, 71 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, (3)Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Univ. of Maryland Solomons, Solomons, MD 20688, (4)Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MS#12, Woods Hole, MA 02543, (5)College of Marine Studies, Univ of Delaware, 700 Pilottown Road, Lewes, DE 19958, field@imcs.rutgers.edu, field@imcs.rutgers.edu
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10:20 AM
SEDIMENTARY FEATURES AND ACCUMULATION RATES FROM SEDIMENT CORES IN THE NEW YORK BIGHT
MOORE, Joel, BUCHHOLTZ TEN BRINK, Marilyn R. and MECRAY, Ellen L., Coastal and Marine Program, U.S. Geol Survey, 384 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA 02543, joelmoore@usgs.gov, joelmoore@usgs.gov
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10:35 AM
CLAY MINERAL CLUES TO ESTUARINE SEDIMENT PROVENANCE
NELSON, Bruce W., 36 University Cir, Charlottesville, VA 22903-1833, bwn@virginia.edu, bwn@virginia.edu
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10:50 AM
FLOOD EVENTS AND SEDIMENTATION IN SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO BAY, CALIFORNIA
PHILLIPS, R. Lawrence, U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, MS 910, Menlo Park, CA 94025, lphillips@usgs.gov, lphillips@usgs.gov
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11:05 AM
METAL CONTAMINATION IN SEDIMENTS FROM THE HOUSATONIC RIVER WATERSHED
ZIERZOW, Tabitha R.1, VAREKAMP, Johan C.2, BUCHHOLTZ TEN BRINK, Marilyn R.3 and MECRAY, Ellen L.3, (1)Earth & Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan Univ, 265 Church street, Middletown, CT 06459, (2)Earth & Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan Univ, 265 Church Street, Middletown, CT 06459-0139, (3)Coastal and Marine Program, U.S. Geol Survey, 384 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA 02543, tzierzow@wesleyan.edu, tzierzow@wesleyan.edu
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11:20 AM
CHARACTERIZATION OF INTERTIDAL ZONE CREEK NETWORKS
NOVAKOWSKI, Karyn I. and TORRES, Raymond, Geological Sciences, Univ of South Carolina, 700 Sumter St, Columbia, SC 29208, knovakowski@geol.sc.edu, knovakowski@geol.sc.edu
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11:35 AM
IRREVERSIBLE WIDENING OF A SMALL ESTUARY: WHY?
HOOKE, Roger LeB., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Maine, Orono, ME 04469-5790, rhooke@acadia.net, rhooke@acadia.net
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