Northeastern Section - 43rd Annual Meeting (27-29 March 2008)

Session No. 37
Saturday, 29 March 2008: 8:00 AM-12:30 PM

T15. Quaternary Landscape Changes: Sedimentary and Geomorphic Records

 

Ilya V. Buynevich and Noah P. Snyder, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:10 AM
COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATION OF THE ORIGINS OF NON-LINEAR SEDIMENT PULSES
VAN DE WIEL, Marco J., Department of Geography, University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street, London, ON N6A 5C2, Canada and COULTHARD, Tom J., Department of Geography, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull, HU6 7RX, United Kingdom, mvandew3@uwo.ca, mvandew3@uwo.ca
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8:30 AM
INTERPRETING COSMOGENIC EXPOSURE DATES FROM MORAINES USING GEOMORPHIC PROCESS MODELING
APPLEGATE, Patrick J., Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 503 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, LAABS, Benjamin J.C., Department of Geological Sciences, State University of New York-Geneseo, 234 ISC, 1 College Circle, Geneseo, NY 14454 and ALLEY, Richard B., Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State Univ, Deike Builiding, University Park, PA 16802, papplega@geosc.psu.edu, papplega@geosc.psu.edu
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8:50 AM
A GIS STUDY OF GLACIAL AND POST-GLACIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
MULLER, Otto H., Geology, Alfred University, 1 Saxon Drive, Alfred, NY 14802, fmuller@alfred.edu, fmuller@alfred.edu
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9:10 AM
MEASURING SEDIMENTATION RATES AND LAND-USE CHANGE IN A DAM-INFLUENCED LAKE DELTA: NARRAGUAGUS RIVER, MAINE
KASPRAK, Alan1, SNYDER, Noah P.1, BUYNEVICH, Ilya V.2 and JOHNSON, Elizabeth A.1, (1)Department of Geology and Geophysics, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, (2)Earth and Environmental Science, Temple University, 313 Beury Hall, 1901 N. 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122, kasprak@bc.edu, kasprak@bc.edu
 
9:30 AM
Break
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9:50 AM
POSTGLACIAL STRATIGRAPIC EVOLUTION OF THE DAMARISCOTTA RIVER ESTUARY, MAINE, THROUGH BASIN ISOLATION AND STEPWISE TRANSGRESSION
BELKNAP, Daniel F., Earth Sciences, University of Maine, 117 Bryand Global Sciences Building, Orono, ME 04469, belknap@maine.edu, belknap@maine.edu
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10:10 AM
STRATIGRAPHIC ANALYSIS AND RATES OF MAINE'S COASTAL WETLAND TRANSGRESSION DUE TO RISING SEA LEVEL
THERIAULT, Holly J., Earth Sciences, University of Maine, 5790 Bryand Global Science Center, Orono, ME 04469, BELKNAP, Daniel F., Earth Sciences, University of Maine, 117 Bryand Global Sciences Building, Orono, ME 04469 and KELLEY, Joseph T., Earth Science Department, University Of Maine, Orono, ME 04469-5790, holly.theriault@umit.maine.edu, holly.theriault@umit.maine.edu
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10:30 AM
A GEOMORPHIC PROCESS-RESPONSE MODEL FOR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER CHENIER PLAIN, USA: A NEW PERSPECTIVE
MCBRIDE, Randolph A., Geology & Earth Science Program, Dept. of Environmental Science & Policy, George Mason University, 3055 David King Hall, MS 5F2, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030, TAYLOR, Matthew J., Dept. of Geography, University of Denver, 2050 East Iliff Avenue, Denver, CO 80208 and BYRNES, Mark R., Applied Coastal Research & Engineering, Inc, 766 Falmouth Road, Suite A-1, Mashpee, MA 02649, rmcbride@gmu.edu, rmcbride@gmu.edu
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10:50 AM
THE ISLAND EDGE: OLD MAPS AND NEW GEOPHYSICAL DATA FROM NANTUCKET COAST SHED LIGHT ON ITS DYNAMIC PAST
BUYNEVICH, Ilya V., Earth and Environmental Science, Temple University, 313 Beury Hall, 1901 N. 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122 and ROSEN, Peter S., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, coast@temple.edu, coast@temple.edu
 
11:10 AM
Discussion
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