2002 Denver Annual Meeting (October 27-30, 2002)

Session No. 15
Sunday, 27 October 2002: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

P4. Geologic and Ecologic Responses to Landscape Disturbances

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division

 

Jon J. Major and Frederick J. Swanson, Conveners
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:10 AM
THE RANGE OF LANDSCAPE DISTURBING PROCESSES
DUNNE, Thomas, Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, Univ of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, tdunne@bren.ucsb.edu, tdunne@bren.ucsb.edu
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8:35 AM
THE SEARCH FOR GENERALITY IN STUDIES OF DISTURBANCE AND ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS
WHITE, Peter, Biology, Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus Box 3280, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 and JENTSCH, Anke, Conservation Biology and Ecological Modeling, UFZ-Centre for Environmental Rsch, Leipzig, Germany, Peter.White@unc.edu, Peter.White@unc.edu
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9:00 AM
EXAMINING GEOLOGIC AND ECOLOGIC RESPONSES TO MAJOR DISTURBANCE
SWANSON, Frederick J., US Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Rsch Station, 3200 Jefferson Way, Corvallis, OR 97331, fred.swanson@orst.edu, fred.swanson@orst.edu
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9:20 AM
FIRE IN WESTERN CONIFER FORESTS: GEOMORPHIC AND ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES AND CLIMATIC DRIVERS
MEYER, Grant A., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, gmeyer@unm.edu, gmeyer@unm.edu
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9:40 AM
GEOMORPHIC RESPONSE TO WIDESPREAD, CATASTROPHIC DISTURBANCE BY VOLCANIC ERUPTION
MAJOR, J.J., MARK, L.E., PIERSON, T.C. and SPICER, K.R., Cascades Volcano Observatory, U.S. Geol Survey, 1300 SE Cardinal Court, Bldg 10, Suite 100, Vancouver, WA 98683, jjmajor@usgs.gov, jjmajor@usgs.gov
 
10:00 AM
Break
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10:15 AM
CARIBBEAN LANDSCAPES IN TURMOIL
LUGO, Ariel E., USDA, FOREST SERVICE, Int'l Institute of Tropical Forestry, PO BOX 25000, Rio Piedras, PR 00926, alugo@fs.fed.us, alugo@fs.fed.us
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10:40 AM
HYDROLOGIC AND GEOMORPHIC RESPONSES TO FOREST HARVEST DISTURBANCES
JONES, Julia A., Geosciences, Oregon State Univ, Wilkinson 104, Corvallis, OR 97331, jonesj@geo.orst.edu, jonesj@geo.orst.edu
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11:00 AM
RESPONSE AND RECOVERY OF UPPER MIDWEST FLUVIAL SYSTEMS TO AGRICULTURAL DISTURBANCES
KNOX, James C., Univ Wisconsin - Madison, 550 N Park St, Madison, WI 53706-1491, knox@geography.wisc.edu, knox@geography.wisc.edu
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11:20 AM
RESPONSE TO LANDSCAPE DISTURBANCE: AN ECOLOGIC OVERVIEW
DALE, Virginia H., Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Lab, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6036, dalevh@ornl.gov, dalevh@ornl.gov
 
11:45 AM
Concluding Remarks