Northeastern Section (39th Annual) and Southeastern Section (53rd Annual) Joint Meeting (March 25–27, 2004)

Session No. 66
Saturday, 27 March 2004: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T18. Geologic Hazard Issues in the Eastern United States

 

Paula Gori and Dawn Lavoie, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
1
8:00 AM
REGIONAL GEOLOGIC MAPPING OF THE COASTAL ZONE TO IDENTIFY AND QUANTIFY COASTAL HAZARDS
THIELER, E. Robert, U.S. Geol Survey, Woods Hole, MA 02543, RIGGS, Stanley R., Geology, East Carolina Univ, 3230 Mosley Drive Apt. N, Greenville, NC 27858, HOFFMAN, Charles W., North Carolina Geol Survey, 1620 MSC, Raleigh, NC 27699, LIST, Jeffery H., US Geol Survey, 384 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA 02543, MCNINCH, Jesse E., Department of Physical Sciences, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, PO Box 1346, Gloucester Point, VA 23062-1346, MALLINSON, David, Geology, East Carolina Univ, Greenville, NC 27858 and WEHMILLER, John, Department of Geology, Univ of Delaware, Newark, DE 19711, rthieler@usgs.gov, rthieler@usgs.gov
2
8:20 AM
BLUFF EROSION HAZARDS IN COASTAL MAINE
KELLEY, Joseph T., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Maine, 111 Bryand Global Science Center, Orono, ME 04469-5790, DICKSON, Stephen M., Maine Geological Survey, 93 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0093 and KEBLINSKY, Corinn, Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Maine, Orono, ME 04469-5790, jtkelley@maine.edu, jtkelley@maine.edu
3
8:40 AM
COASTAL HAZARDS ALONG THE U.S. ATLANTIC SEABOARD: ASSESSING VULNERABILITY TO ISOSTATIC AND TECTONIC MOVEMENT AND RELATIVE SEA-LEVEL RISE
LARSEN, Curtis E, U.S. Geol Survey, 917 National Center, Reston, VA 20192 and WILLIAMS, S. Jeffress, U.S. Geol Survey, Woods Hole, MA, clarsen@usgs.gov, clarsen@usgs.gov
4
9:00 AM
WINTER PROCESSES ON A NEW ENGLAND MARSH: IMPLICATIONS FOR WETLANDS SURVIVAL IN A REGIME OF RISING SEA LEVEL
ARGOW, Brittina A., Earth Sciences, Boston Univ, 685 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215 and FITZGERALD, Duncan M., bargow@bu.edu, bargow@bu.edu
5
9:20 AM
AN INTEGRATED GIS-BASED APPROACH TO QUANTIFYING THE RATES OF SHORELINE CHANGE IN THE GEORGIA BIGHT: FINAL RESULTS
ALEXANDER, Clark1, BUSH, David2, LANGLEY, Susan3, FOYLE, Tony4, JACKSON, Chester2 and HENRY, Jim3, (1)Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, 10 Ocean Science Circle, Savannah, GA 31411, (2)Department of Geosciences, State Univ. of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA 30118, (3)Department of Geology & Geography, Georgia Southern Univ, P.O. Box 8149, Statesboro, GA 30460, (4)School of Science, Pennsylvania State Univ – The Behrend College, Station Road, Erie, PA 16563, clark.alexander@skio.uga.edu, clark.alexander@skio.uga.edu
6
9:40 AM
THE SEISMIC HAZARD FROM MAJOR EARTHQUAKES IN THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN UNITED STATES
EBEL, John E., Weston Observatory, Dept. of Geol. and Geophys, Boston College, 381 Concord Rd, Weston, MA 02493 and TUTTLE, Martitia P., M. Tuttle & Associates, 128 Tibbets Ln, Bay Point Rd, Georgetown, ME 04548, ebel@bc.edu, ebel@bc.edu
7
10:00 AM
GROUND FISSURING AS A PALEOSEISMIC INDICATOR
OBERMEIER, Stephen F., US Geol Survey, Emeritus, Rockport, IN 47635, DURBIN, James M., Geology, Univ of Southern Indiana, 8600 University Blvd, Evansville, IN 47712 and POUCH, Greg, Chemistry, Illinois Wesleyan Univ, Bloomington, IL, sobermei@yahoo.com, sobermei@yahoo.com
8
10:20 AM
UNDERSTANDING AND MITIGATING EARTHQUAKE HAZARD IN THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN UNITED STATES
CRAMER, Chris H., U.S. Geol Survey, 3876 Central Ave, Memphis, TN 38152-3050, cramer@usgs.gov, cramer@usgs.gov
9
10:40 AM
LANDSLIDE ACTIVITY ALONG MEADOW RUN, SHENANDOAH VALLEY, VIRGINIA
WIECZOREK, Gerald F.1, EATON, L. Scott2 and TURNER, Eric J.2, (1)U.S. Geol Survey, National Center MS 926A, Reston, VA 20192, (2)Geology & Environmental Science, James Madison Universtiy, Harrisonburg, VA, gwieczor@usgs.gov, gwieczor@usgs.gov
10
11:00 AM
LANDSLIDE LOSS ESTIMATION INVESTIGATION, NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWESTERN OHIO
ROCKAWAY, John D., Physics and Geology, Northern Kentucky Univ, 250 Natural Science Center, Highland Heights, KY 41099, rockawayj@nku.edu, rockawayj@nku.edu
11
11:20 AM
SIGNIFICANCE OF TROPICAL STORM TRACKS AND CYCLES TO FLOODING IN THE LOWER TAR, NEUSE, AND CAPE FEAR BASINS, NORTH CAROLINA
HARPER, Stephen B., Department of Geology, East Carolina Univ, Greenville, NC 27858, harpers@mail.ecu.edu, harpers@mail.ecu.edu
12
11:40 AM
COMMUNICATING SCIENCE TO THE PUBLIC: SOME EXAMPLES OF USING SCIENCE IN PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES
KIEFER, John D., Kentucky Geol Survey, 228 Mining & Mineral Res Bldg, Lexington, KY 40506-0107, kiefer@uky.edu, kiefer@uky.edu
See more of: Technical Sessions