Session: Marine and Coastal Processes (Northeastern Section - 38th Annual Meeting (March 27-29, 2003))

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8:20 AM

MONITORING THE TEMPORAL BEHAVIOUR OF THE SUBMARINE SAND DUNES OF MISPEC BAY, SAINT JOHN, NB, THROUGH USE OF MONTHLY MULTIBEAM ACOUSTIC SURVEYS

DUFFY, Garret P¹, HUGHES-CLARKE, John¹ and PARROTT, Russell², (1)Ocean Mapping Group, Dept. of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering, Univ of New Brunswick, PO BOX 4400, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3, Canada, (2)Geol Survey of Canada (Atlantic), 1 Challenger Drive, P.O. Box 1006, Dartmouth, NS B2Y 4A2, Canada, garret@omg.unb.ca, garret@omg.unb.ca

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8:40 AM

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POCKMARKS, GAS-ENHANCED REFLECTORS AND ACOUSTIC WIPEOUT IN AN ACTIVE ESTUARINE POCKMARK FIELD, PENOBSCOT BAY, MAINE

GONTZ, Allen M., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Maine, 117 Bryand Global Sciences Center, Orono, ME 04469-5790, BELKNAP, Daniel F., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Maine, 111 Bryand Global Sciences Center, Orono, ME 04469-5790 and KELLEY, Joseph T., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Maine, 111 Bryand Global Science Center, Orono, ME 04469-5790, allen.gontz@umit.maine.edu, allen.gontz@umit.maine.edu

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9:00 AM

A REVIEW OF SHALLOW-WATER POCKMARK DISTRIBUTION AND ORIGINS IN THE NORTHWESTERN GULF OF MAINE

KELLEY, Joseph T., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Maine, 111 Bryand Global Science Center, Orono, ME 04469-5790, BELKNAP, Daniel F., Dept. of Geological Sciences, Univ. of Maine, 111 Bryand Global Sciences Bldg, Orono, ME 04469-5790 and GONTZ, Allen M., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Maine, 111 Bryand Global Sciences Bldg, Orono, ME 04469-5790, jtkelley@maine.edu, jtkelley@maine.edu

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9:20 AM

POCKMARKS AND NATURAL GAS IN COASTAL MAINE – THE SEARCH FOR SOURCES

BELKNAP, Daniel F., Dept. of Geological Sciences, Univ. of Maine, 111 Bryand Global Sciences Bldg, Orono, ME 04469-5790, GONTZ, Allen M., Dept. Geological Sci, Univ of Maine, 205A Bryand Global Sciences Ctr, Orono, ME 04469-5790 and KELLEY, Joseph T., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Maine, 111 Bryand Global Science Center, Orono, ME 04469-5790, belknap@maine.edu, belknap@maine.edu

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9:40 AM

REMOVAL OF AN EXOTIC INVASIVE, CAREX KOBOMUGI (ASIATIC SAND SEDGE), FROM NEW JERSEY’S COASTAL DUNES: IMPLICATIONS FOR DUNE STABILITY

WOOTTON, Louise S., Department of Biology, Georgian Court College, 900 Lakewood Ave, Lakewood, NJ 08723 and HALSEY, Susan D., Department of Ocean Sciences, Stevens Institute of Technology, c/o 77 Monument Road, Pine Beach, NJ 08741, sdhalsey@aol.com, sdhalsey@aol.com

10:00 AM

Break

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10:20 AM

d¹⁵N AND d¹³C FROM THE SKELETAL PROTEIN OF GORGONIAN CORALS AS OCEANOGRAPHIC MONITORS: EXAMPLES FROM THE FLORIDA KEYS AND THE GULF OF MAINE

SHERWOOD, Owen A. and WARD-PAIGE, Christine A., School of Geography and Geology, McMaster Univ, 1280 Main St. W, Hamilton, ON L8S 4M1, Canada, sherwooa@mcmaster.ca, sherwooa@mcmaster.ca

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10:40 AM

MICROFOSSIL EVIDENCE FOR EARLY PLEISTOCENE DEFLECTION OF THE GULF STREAM AT CAPE HATTERAS

MCCARTHY, Francine M.G., Earth Sciences, Brock Univ, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada and SCOTT, David B., Centre for Environmental and Marine Geology, Dalhousie Univ, Halifax, NS B3H 3J5, Canada, francine@craton.geol.brocku.ca, francine@craton.geol.brocku.ca

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11:00 AM

100 YEARS OF COASTAL CHANGE FROM A DYNAMIC STRANDPLAIN SYSTEM AT PRESQUE ISLE, PA: SHOREFACE CHANGES REVEALED USING GIS ANALYSIS

NORTON, Kevin P., FOYLE, Anthony M. and TARR, Adam G., School of Science, Penn State Erie - The Behrend College, Station Road, Erie, PA 16563, kpn1@psu.edu, kpn1@psu.edu

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11:20 AM

IMPACTS ON EAST COAST FISH STOCKS: LONG-TERM CLIMATE AND BENTHIC HABITAT CHANGES

HAWKES, Andrea D. and SCOTT, David B., Department of Earth Science, Dalhousie Univ, Halifax, NS B3H 3J5, Canada, ahawkes@dal.ca, ahawkes@dal.ca