Session No. 32
Friday, 28 March 2003: 1:40 PM-5:00 PM
T12. Geological Impacts of Extreme Events on Land and Sea (Storms, Floods, Climate Variability, Tsunamis)
Don Forbes and Brian G. McAdoo, Advocates
1:40 PM
A LARGE K/T CRATER IN THE GULF OF MAINE?
MANZER, Dominic, Systems Engineering, Code 533, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD 20771 and ABBOTT, Dallas H., Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, PO Box 1000, Palisades, NY 10964-8000, Dominic.D.Manzer@nasa.gov, Dominic.D.Manzer@nasa.gov
2:00 PM
TERTIARY-AGED MEGASLUMPS UNDER THE SCOTIAN SLOPE, SOUTH OF THE LAHAVE PLATFORM, OFFSHORE NOVA SCOTIA
SHIMELD, J.W., WARREN, S.N., MOSHER, D.C. and MACRAE, R.A., Geological Survey of Canada (Atlantic), Natural Resources Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, P.O. Box 1006, Dartmouth, NS B2Y 4A2, Canada, John.Shimeld@nrcan.gc.ca, John.Shimeld@nrcan.gc.ca
2:20 PM
RISK OF LARGE, TSUNAMI-INDUCING FAILURES ON THE SCOTIAN MARGIN
CAMPBELL, D. Calvin, JENNER, Kimberley A., PIPER, David J.W. and MOSHER, David C., Geological Survey of Canada (Atlantic), Bedford Institute of Oceanography, PO Box 1006, Dartmouth, NS B2Y 4A2, Canada, ccampbe@nrcan.gc.ca, ccampbe@nrcan.gc.ca
2:40 PM
TSUNAMI DEPOSITS FROM THE 1929 GRAND BANKS EARTHQUAKE AND SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE, TAYLOR’S BAY, NEWFOUNDLAND
MCADOO, Brian G.1, MINDER, Justin
1, MOORE, Andrew
2 and RUFFMAN, Alan
3, (1)Vassar College, Box 735, Poughkeepsie, NY 12604-0735, (2)Department of Geology, Kent State Univ, Kent, OH 44242, (3)Geomarine Associates, 5112 Prince St, PO Box 41, Station "M", Halifax, NS B3J 2L4, Canada, brmcadoo@vassar.edu, brmcadoo@vassar.edu
3:00 PM
STORM-INDUCED NEARSHORE BAR MOVEMENT AND SWITCHING ON THE NORTH SHORE OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
MANSON, Gavin K.1, FORBES, Donald L.
1 and SOLOMON, Steven M., (1)Geological Survey of Canada (Atlantic), Bedford Institute of Oceanography, PO Box 1006, Dartmouth, NS B2Y 4A2, Canada, gmanson@nrcan.gc.ca, gmanson@nrcan.gc.ca
3:40 PM
ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACTS OF TWO TROPICAL CYCLONES ON THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO COAST: SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER, 2002
STONE, Gregory W. and SHEREMET, Alex, Coastal Studies Institute, Louisiana State Univ, Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, gagreg@lsu.edu, gagreg@lsu.edu
4:00 PM
GEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FOR STORM BREACHING OF MICROTIDAL BAYMOUTH BARRIERS, UPPER CAPE COD, MASSACHUSETTS
BUYNEVICH, Ilya V., Geology & Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MS22, Woods Hole, MA 02543 and EVANS, Robert L., Geology & Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MS24, Woods Hole, MA 02543, ibuynevich@whoi.edu, ibuynevich@whoi.edu
4:20 PM
IMPACTS OF THE AUGUST 2000 STORM ON THE CANADIAN BEAUFORT SEA COAST
SOLOMON, Steven1, MANSON, Gavin
1, FORBES, Donald L.
1 and STUTZ, Matt
2, (1)Geological Survey of Canada (Atlantic), Natural Resources Canada, P.O. Box 1006, Dartmouth, NS B2Y 4A2, Canada, (2)Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Duke University, 103 Old Chemistry Box 90229, Durham, NC 27708, ssolomon@nrcan.gc.ca, ssolomon@nrcan.gc.ca