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2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM

Session No. 206
Monday, 6 October 2008: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

T8. Late Quaternary of the Northern Gulf of Mexico Margin: Climate Change, Sea-Level Change, and the Depositional Record

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division

 

Mike Blum, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:35 PM
Development of the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico Continental Shelf and Coastal Zone as a Result of the Late Pleistocene-Holocene Sea Level Rise
HOLMES, Charles W., Environchron, 9103 64th Ave East, Bradenton, FL 34202, Environchron@verizon.net, Environchron@verizon.net
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1:50 PM
Cosmogenic 10Be-Derived Sediment Yields to the Western Gulf of Mexico Over Multiple Glacial-Interglacial Cycles
HIDY, Alan J., Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada and GOSSE, John, Earth Sciences, Dalhousie Univ, Halifax, NS B3J 3J5, alanhidy@dal.ca, alanhidy@dal.ca
3
2:05 PM
Optical Chronology of Late Pleistocene Strata In the Lower Mississippi Valley: Implications for Fluvial Response to Relative Sea-Level Change
SHEN, Zhixiong1, TÖRNQVIST, Torbjörn E.1 and MAUZ, Barbara2, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, (2)School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZT, United Kingdom, zshen@tulane.edu, zshen@tulane.edu
4
2:20 PM
The Lower Mississippi Valley during the Last Glacial Period: Meltwater Discharge, Sea-Level Change, and Lingering Effects on Evolution of the Gulf of Mexico Coast
BLUM, Mike, Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66047, RITTENOUR, Tammy, Department of Geology, Utah State University, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322 and TOMKIN, Jonathan, Department of Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, mblum@ku.edu, mblum@ku.edu
5
2:35 PM
Evolution of the Holocene Alluvial Belts of the Lower Mississippi River Using Empirically Derived Palaeohydrology Equations
PROKOCKI, Eric W. and BLUM, Michael D., Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, E 235 Howe-Russell Building, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, eproko1@lsu.edu, eproko1@lsu.edu
6
2:50 PM
A Geomorphic Process-Response Model for the Mississippi River Chenier Plain, USA: Did Higher-Than-Present Stands of Holocene Sea Level Play a Role?
MCBRIDE, Randolph A., Department of Atmospheric, Ocean, and Earth Sciences, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030, BYRNES, Mark R., Applied Coastal Research & Engineering, Inc, 766 Falmouth Road, Suite A-1, Mashpee, MA 02649 and TAYLOR, Matthew J., Dept. of Geography, University of Denver, 2050 East Iliff Avenue, Denver, CO 80208, rmcbride@gmu.edu, rmcbride@gmu.edu
 
3:05 PM
Break
7
3:20 PM
Centennial-Millennial Scale Stability of a Large Gas-Hydrate Field in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Investigating Linkages to Climate Change and Slope Erosion
INGRAM, Wesley C., Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel HIll, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, MEYERS, Stephen, Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Mitchell Hall, 104 South Road, CB 3315, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, BRUNNER, Charlotte, Department of Marine Science, Univ of Southern Mississippi, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529 and MARTENS, Christopher, Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 3202 Venable Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, wesley.ingram@dvn.com, wesley.ingram@dvn.com
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3:35 PM
Fluvial Response to Climate and Sea–Level Change: An Example of Falling Stage and Lowstand Fluvial Deposition from the Late Quaternary Trinity River Incised Valley, Texas Gulf Coast
GARVIN, Matthew G., Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, E-235 Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 and BLUM, Mike, Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66047, matthewgarvin.matt@gmail.com, matthewgarvin.matt@gmail.com
9
3:50 PM
Fluvial Sediment Supply in a Cool Lowstand World: Modeling Results for the Late Quaternary Gulf of Mexico Passive Margin
HATTIER-WOMACK, Jill, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 and BLUM, Mike, Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66047, jill.womack@gmail.com, jill.womack@gmail.com
10
4:05 PM
Quantifying Episodic Sediment Flux and Redistribution during the Previous Transgression, Northwestern Gulf of Mexico Shelf
MILLIKEN, K.T., ANDERSON, John B. and WEIGHT, Robert, Earth Science, Rice University, 6100 Main St MS 126, Houston, TX 77005, milliken@rice.edu, milliken@rice.edu
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4:20 PM
Withdrawn
12
4:35 PM
Long-term subsidence and compaction rates: a new model for the Michoud area, south Louisiana
EDRINGTON, Clint H., Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, E-235 Howe-Russell, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, BLUM, Michael D., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State Univ, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, NUNN, Jeffrey A., Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State Univ, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 and HANOR, Jeffrey, Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, cedrin1@lsu.edu, cedrin1@lsu.edu
13
4:50 PM
Investigating Modern and Historical Sediment Accretion in a Deltaic Marsh (Louisiana) Using Radiocarbon Geochronology
PERKINS, Rebekah, Department of Environmental Sciences, Louisiana State University, 1285 Energy, Coast, and Environment Building, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, CABLE, Jaye E., Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 and ROBERTS, Harry, Coastal Studies Institute, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Louisiana State University, 331 Howe Russell Geoscience Complex, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, rperki9@lsu.edu, rperki9@lsu.edu
 
5:05 PM
Discussion
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