2005 Salt Lake City Annual Meeting (October 16–19, 2005)

Session No. 1
Tuesday, 18 October 2005: 3:30 PM-5:30 PM

An Eye on Katrina: Geoscience Perspectives on a Catastrophic Hurricane

 

David M. Bush, Chair
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3:30 PM
HURRICANE KATRINA IMPACTS AND USGS RESPONSE IN MISSISSIPPI
PLUNKETT, Michael L., U. S. Geological Survey, Mississippi Water Science Center, 308 South Airport Rd, Jackson, MS 39208, plunkett@usgs.gov, plunkett@usgs.gov
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3:45 PM
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY LOUISIANA WATER SCIENCE CENTER ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE KATRINA IN LOUISIANA
DEMAS, Charles R., U.S. Department of Interior, U.S.Geological Survey Louisiana Water Science Center, Suite 120, 3535 S.Sherwood Forest Blvd, Baton Rouge, LA 70816, crdemas@usgs.gov, crdemas@usgs.gov
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4:00 PM
IMPACTS OF HURRICANE KATRINA ON GULF COAST BARRIER ISLANDS
SALLENGER Jr, Asbury H.1, STOCKDON, Hilary F.1, HOWD, Peter A.1 and WRIGHT, C. Wayne2, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies, 600 4th St. S, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, (2)NASA, Wallops Flight Facility, Goddard Space Flight Center, Wallops Island, VA 23337, hstockdon@usgs.gov, hstockdon@usgs.gov
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4:15 PM
BIOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF HURRICANE KATRINA ON THE GULF COAST
SMITH, Gregory J., Department of the Interior, USGS National Wetlands Research Center, 700 Cajundome Blvd, Lafayette, LA 70506, gregory_smith@usgs.gov, gregory_smith@usgs.gov
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4:30 PM
INTERPRETING THE INFLUENCE OF CONTAMINANTS IN FLOOD WATERS FROM NEW ORLEANS ON LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN
MANHEIM, Frank T., School of Public Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030, fmanhei1@gmu.edu, fmanhei1@gmu.edu
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4:45 PM
PUNCTUATED COASTAL REORGANIZATION: A LESSON LEARNED FROM HURRICANE KATRINA?
KULP, Mark Alan, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of New Orleans, 2000 Lakefront, New Orleans, LA 70148, mkulp@uno.edu, mkulp@uno.edu
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5:00 PM
CITIES AND NATURAL DISASTERS IN THE 21ST CENTURY
HEIKEN, Grant, 331 Windantide Place, Freeland, WA 98249-9683 and VALENTINE, Greg, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, GAV@lanl.gov, GAV@lanl.gov
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5:15 PM
GEOSCIENCE IN THE SERVICE OF HUMANKIND THROUGH GISCORPS: A VOLUNTEER'S ACCOUNT OF THE GIS RESPONSE TO HURRICANE KATRINA
MCMILLAN, Margaret E. (Beth), Department of Earth Sciences, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 S. University Avenue, Little Rock, AR 72204, memcmillan@ualr.edu, memcmillan@ualr.edu
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