Session: Deltas—Old and New (2002 Denver Annual Meeting (October 27-30, 2002))

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8:00 AM

LATE QUATERNARY DELTA EVOLUTION IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO

ANDERSON, John B., Earth Sciences, Rice Univ, Houston, TX 77251-1892, johna@geophysics.rice.edu, johna@geophysics.rice.edu

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8:15 AM

DELTAIC HEADLAND EVOLUTION: TRANSITORY PHASES IN THE CONSTRUCTIONAL TO DESTRUCTIONAL DEPOSITIONAL SPECTRUM

KULP, Mark A, Geology and Geophysics, Univ of New Orleans, 2000 Lakefront, New Orleans, LA 70148, FITZGERALD, Duncan M., Earth Sciences, Boston Univ, 685 Comm. Ave, Boston, MA 02215 and PENLAND, Shea, Geology and Geophysics, Univ of New Orleans, 2000 Lakeshore Drive, New Orleans, LA 70148, mkulp@uno.edu, mkulp@uno.edu

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8:30 AM

ESTUARINE AND BATHYMETRIC CONTROLS ON SEASONAL SEDIMENT STORAGE IN THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI AND ATCHAFALAYA RIVERS

GALLER, John J. and ALLISON, Mead, Dept. of Geology, Tulane Univ, Dinwiddie Hall, New Orleans, LA 70118, jgaller@tulane.edu, jgaller@tulane.edu

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8:45 AM

UNDERSTANDING THE QUATERNARY GEOLOGIC FRAMEWORK AND MODERN COASTAL PROCESSES OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTAIC REGION--A KEY TO RESTORATION

WILLIAMS, S. Jeffress¹, PENLAND, Shea², KINDINGER, Jack³ and KULP, Mark², (1)Coastal-Marine Geology Program, U. S. Geol Survey, 384 Woods Hole Rd, Woods Hole, MA 02540, (2)Univ of New Orleans, NewOrleans, LA 70148, (3)Center for Marine Studies, U.S. Geol Survey, 600 4th Street South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, jwilliams@usgs.gov, jwilliams@usgs.gov

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9:00 AM

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6

9:15 AM

MODELING HOLOCENE STRATIGRAPHY AND DEPOCENTRE MIGRATION OF THE VOLGA DELTA DUE TO CASPIAN SEA-LEVEL CHANGE

OVEREEM, Irina, INSTAAR, Univ of Colorado, Campus Box 450, Boulder, CO 80309-0450 and KROONENBERG, S.B., Department of Applied Earth Sciences, Delft University of Technology, Mijnbouwstraat 120, Delft, 2628 RX, Netherlands, irina.overeem@colorado.edu, irina.overeem@colorado.edu

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9:30 AM

AUTOINCISION AND AUTOGENIC STREAM TERRACES IN FLUVIO-DELTAIC SYSTEMS WITH THE STEADY FALL OF RELATIVE SEA LEVEL: IMPLICATIONS FROM FLUME EXPERIMENTS

MUTO, Tetsuji, Graduate School of Science and Technology (Environmental Science), Nagasaki University, Bunkyomachi 1-14, Nagasaki, 852-8521, Japan Japan, tmuto@nagasaki-u.ac.jp, tmuto@nagasaki-u.ac.jp

8

9:45 AM

LONG-DISTANCE IMPACT OF PO DELTA GROWTH ON THE SHORE-PARALLEL ADRIATIC PRODELTA WEDGE, DURING THE LATE HOLOCENE

TRINCARDI, Fabio, CATTANEO, Antonio and CORREGGIARI, Annamaria, Istituto di Geologia Marina (CNR), via Gobetti 101, Bologna, 40129, Italy, fabio@igm.bo.cnr.it, fabio@igm.bo.cnr.it

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10:00 AM

MODELING THE GROWTH OF A DELTA: MODERN VS ANCIENT

SYVITSKI V, James P.M., INSTAAR, Univ of Colorado, 1560 30th St, Boulder, CO 80309, syvitski@colorado.edu, syvitski@colorado.edu

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10:15 AM

THE MEGA-DELTAS OF ASIA: A DIFFERENT MODEL FOR DELTAIC SYSTEMS?

GOODBRED Jr, Steven L., Marine Sciences Research Center, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5000, sgoodbred@notes.cc.sunysb.edu, sgoodbred@notes.cc.sunysb.edu

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10:30 AM

HOLOCENE EVOLUTION OF THE TIDE-DOMINATED CHANGJIANG (YANGTZE) DELTA

HORI, Kazuaki¹, SAITO, Yoshiki², ZHAO, Quanhong³ and WANG, Pinxian³, (1)Japan Society for the Promotion of Sci, MRE, Gelogical Survey of Japan, AIST, Central 7, Higashi 1-1-1, Tsukuba, 305-8567, Japan, (2)MRE, Geol Survey of Japan, AIST, Central 7, Higashi 1-1-1, Tsukuba, 305-8567, Japan, (3)Laboratory of Marine Geology, Tongji Univ, Shanghai, 200092, China, k-hori@aist.go.jp, k-hori@aist.go.jp

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10:45 AM

THE EVOLUTION OF DELTAS: EXAMPLES FROM HOLOCENE ASIAN DELTAS

SAITO, Yoshiki, MRE, Geol Survey of Japan, AIST, Central 7, Higashi 1-1-1, Tsukuba, 305-8567, Japan, yoshiki.saito@aist.go.jp, yoshiki.saito@aist.go.jp

13

11:00 AM

FLOOD-DOMINATED MOUTH BARS OF THE BURDEKIN RIVER DELTA, NORTH QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA

FIELDING, C.R., Department of Geosciences, Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln, 214 Bessey Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, TRUEMAN, J.D., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia and ALEXANDER, J., School of Environmental Sciences, Univ of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom, chrisf@earth.uq.edu.au, chrisf@earth.uq.edu.au

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11:15 AM

GEOMORPHOLOGY AND RADAR STRATIGRAPHY OF THE WAVE-INFLUENCED WILLIAM RIVER DELTA, LAKE ATHABASCA, CANADA

SMITH, Derald G., Univ Calgary, Dept Geography, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada, JOL, Harry M., Geography, Univ of Wisconsin- Eau Claire, 105 Garfield Ave, Eau Claire, WI 54703-4004 and SMITH, Norman D., Univ Nebraska - Lincoln, 214 Bessey Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, dgsmit@acs.ucalgary.ca, dgsmit@acs.ucalgary.ca

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11:30 AM

EVOLUTION OF A HYPERPYCNAL LACUSTRINE DELTA, RED RIVER/ LAKE TEXOMA, TEXAS-OKLAHOMA

OLARIU, Cornel, Department of Geosciences, Univ of Texas at Dallas, P.O.Box 830688, FO21, Richardson, TX 75083-0688, STERN, Robert J., Department of Geosciences, Univ of Texas at Dallas, P.O. Box 830688, Richardson, TX 75083-0688 and BHATTACHARYA, Janok P., Department of Geosciences, Univ of Texas at Dallas, P.O. Box 830688, FO21, Richardson, TX 75083-0688, cornelo@utdallas.edu, cornelo@utdallas.edu

11:45 AM

Concluding Remarks

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

T109. Deltas—Old and New