2006 Philadelphia Annual Meeting (22–25 October 2006)

Session No. 70
Monday, 23 October 2006: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T32. Linking Sediment Dynamics and Geomorphology in Tidal Marshes and Estuaries I

GSA Sedimentary Geology Division

 

Christopher Sommerfield and Raymond Torres, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:15 AM
SAND WAVES IN TIDAL CHANNELS
WHITMEYER, Shelley, Earth Sciences, Boston University, 685 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215 and FITZGERALD, Duncan, Department of Earth Sciences, Boston Univ, 685 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, shelleyj@bu.edu, shelleyj@bu.edu
2
8:30 AM
SEDIMENT TRANSPORT VARIABILITY IN A BEDROCK-CHANNELED, HIGH-LATITUDE ESTUARY, SACO BAY, MAINE
BROTHERS, Laura L., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Maine, Bryand Global Sciences Center, Orono, ME 04469-5790, KELLEY, Joseph T., Earth Science Department, University Of Maine, Orono, ME 04469-5790 and BELKNAP, Daniel F., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Maine, Bryand Global Sciences Center, Orono, ME 04469-5790, Laura.Brothers@umit.maine.edu, Laura.Brothers@umit.maine.edu
3
8:45 AM
VARIABILITY AND CONTROLS ON SEABED ERODIBILITY IN THE YORK RIVER, USA
DICKHUDT, Patrick J. and FRIEDRICHS, Carl, Physical Sciences, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, P.O. Box 1346, Gloucester Point, VA 23062, dickhudt@vims.edu, dickhudt@vims.edu
4
9:00 AM
APOGEE-PERIGEE CYCLES PRESERVED IN THE FLUVIO-ESTUARINE TRANSITION IN TURNAGAIN ARM, ALASKA; IMPLICATIONS FOR ANCIENT TIDAL RHYTHMITES
GREB, Stephen F., Kentucky Geological Survey, University of Kentucky, 228 Mining and Mineral Resources Building, Lexington, KY 40506-0107 and ARCHER, Allen W., Department of Geology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-3201, greb@uky.edu, greb@uky.edu
5
9:15 AM
MORPHOLOGIC CONTROL OF RESIDUAL SEDIMENT FLUX IN THE DELAWARE RIVER ESTUARY
SOMMERFIELD, Christopher K., College of Marine and Earth Studies, University of Delaware, Lewes, DE 19958, WONG, Kuo-Chuin, College of Earth and Marine Studies, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716 and YANG, Hua, College of Marine and Earth Studies, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, cs@udel.edu, cs@udel.edu
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9:30 AM
SHORT-TERM SEDIMENT DYNAMICS AND LONG-TERM SHORELINE EROSION IN CHESAPEAKE BAY
SANFORD, Lawrence P., University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Horn Point Laboratory, P. O. Box 775, Cambridge, MD 21613 and HALKA, Jeffrey P., MD DNR, Maryland Geological Survey, 2300 St. Paul St, Baltimore, MD 21218, lsanford@hpl.umces.edu, lsanford@hpl.umces.edu
 
9:50 AM
Break
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10:05 AM
THE CONDITIONS FOR BRANCHING IN DEPOSITIONAL RIVERS
JEROLMACK, Douglas J., St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55414 and MOHRIG, David, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Mass Ave, Building 54-814, Cambridge, MA 02139, douglasj@mit.edu, douglasj@mit.edu
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10:20 AM
ON THE GEOMETRY OF TIDAL MEANDERS
ICHASO, Aitor and DALRYMPLE, Robert W., Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada, dalrymple@geol.queensu.ca, dalrymple@geol.queensu.ca
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10:35 AM
FIFTY YEARS OF CHANGE IN ONE SAN FRANCISCO BAY TIDAL CREEK
TORRES, Raymond, Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina, 700 Sumter St, Columbia, SC 29208, PESTRONG, Raymond, Department of Geosciences, San Francisco State Univ, 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco, CA 94132 and CALLAWAY, John, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94101, torres@geol.sc.edu, torres@geol.sc.edu
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10:50 AM
SHORE EROSION AS A SOURCE OF ESTUARINE SEDIMENTS: CHESAPEAKE BAY
HALKA, Jeffrey P.1, HOPKINS, Katharine2, HARDAWAY, Scott3, HENNESSEE, E. Lamere1 and OFFERMAN, Katherine1, (1)Maryland Geological Survey, 2300 Saint Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, (2)University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science /Chesapeake Bay Program, 410 Severn Avenue, Annapolis, MD 21403, (3)Virginia Institute of Marine Science, P.O. Box 1346, Gloucester Point, VA 23062, jhalka@dnr.state.md.us, jhalka@dnr.state.md.us
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11:05 AM
DATA ASSIMILATION FOR A COASTAL AREA MORPHODYNAMIC MODEL
SCOTT, T.R. and MASON, D.C., Environmental Systems Science Centre, University of Reading, Harry Pitt Building, 3 Earley Gate, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 6AL, United Kingdom, dcm@mail.nerc-essc.ac.uk, dcm@mail.nerc-essc.ac.uk
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