Northeastern Section - 44th Annual Meeting (22–24 March 2009)

Session No. 37
Monday, 23 March 2009: 12:55 PM-5:00 PM

T6. Glacial and Paraglacial Coasts: Stratigraphy, Processes, and Geomorphology (CC)

 

Daniel F. Belknap and Ilya V. Buynevich, Advocates
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Start Time
 
12:55 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:00 PM
POCKMARK FIELD GEOMORPHIC TRENDS FROM SERIAL SWATH BATHYMETRY, BELFAST BAY, MAINE, USA
BROTHERS, Laura L., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Maine, Bryand Global Sciences Center, Orono, ME 04469-5790, ANDREWS, Brian D., Coastal and Marine Geology Program, U.S. Geological Survey, 384 Woods Hole Rd, Woods Hole, MA 02453, BARNHARDT, Walter A., US Geological Survey, Woods Hole Science Center, 384 Woods Hole Road, Falmouth, MA 02543, KELLEY, Joseph T., Earth Science Department, University Of Maine, Orono, ME 04469-5790 and BELKNAP, Daniel F., Earth Sciences, University of Maine, Bryand Global Sciences Building, Orono, ME 04469, Laura.Brothers@umit.maine.edu, Laura.Brothers@umit.maine.edu
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1:20 PM
HOLOCENE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS INTERPRETED FROM COASTAL MUDFLATS AND PEAT IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, MAINE
PRINCIPATO, Sarah M., Environmental Studies, Gettysburg College, 300 N. Washington St, Box 2455, Gettysburg, PA 17325 and MARKUS, Julie T., Environmental Studies, Gettysburg College, 300 North Washington St, Gettysburg, PA 17325, sprincip@gettysburg.edu, sprincip@gettysburg.edu
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1:40 PM
PRESERVATION POTENTIAL AND SOURCING BY GLACIAL AND PROGLACIAL SEDIMENTS ON THE MAINE COAST
BELKNAP, Daniel F. and KELLEY, Joseph T., Earth Sciences, University of Maine, Bryand Global Sciences Building, Orono, ME 04469, belknap@maine.edu, belknap@maine.edu
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2:00 PM
TRANSGRESSIVE VALLEY FILL SEQUENCES ON THE MASSACHUSETTS INNER SHELF: IMPLICATIONS FOR LATE QUATERNARY COASTAL EVOLUTION
BARNHARDT, Walter A., US Geological Survey, Woods Hole Science Center, 384 Woods Hole Road, Falmouth, MA 02543, ANDREWS, Brian, U.S. Geological Survey, 384 Woods Hole Rd, Woods Hole, MA 02543, BALDWIN, Wayne, Woods Hole Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 384 Quissett Campus, Woods Hole, MA 02543, ACKERMAN, Seth, Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management, Woods Hole, MA 02543 and BUCZKOWSKI, Brian, United States Geological Survey, USGS Woods Hole Science Center, 384 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA 02543, wbarnhardt@usgs.gov, wbarnhardt@usgs.gov
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2:20 PM
DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLUM ISLAND, MA BARRIER SYSTEM IN RESPONSE TO SLOW SEA LEVEL RISE
HEIN, Christopher J., Department of Earth Sciences, Boston University, 675 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, HEIN, Emily A., Office of Research and Advisory Services, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, 1375 Greate Road, Gloucester Point, VA 23062, FITZGERALD, Duncan M., Earth Sciences, Boston University, 675 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, BARNHARDT, Walter, U.S. Geological Survey, 384 Woods Hole Rd, Woods Hole, MA 02543 and STONE, Byron D., U.S. Geological Survey, Eastern Geology and Paleoclimate Science Center, 101 Pitkin Street, East Hartford, CT 06108, hein@bu.edu, hein@bu.edu
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2:40 PM
HOLOCENE EVOLUTION OF THE SOUTHERN-END OF SALISBURY BEACH, MA: SEA-LEVEL RISE AND TIDAL INLET FORCINGS
COSTAS, Susana, Marine Geology, Instituto Nacional de Engenharia, Tecnologia e Inovação, I.P, Estrada da Portela, Zambujal - Alfragide, Amadora, 2721-866, Portugal and FITZGERALD, Duncan, Boston University, 675 Comm Ave, Boston, MA 02215, susana.costas@ineti.pt, susana.costas@ineti.pt
 
3:00 PM
Break
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3:20 PM
ANOMALOUS ACCRETION ALONG OUTER CAPE COD SHORELINE POSSIBLY LINKED WITH AEOLIAN TRANSPORT ASSOCIATED WITH PARABOLIC DUNE FIELD
ROGERS, Stacy Shafer1, GIESE, Graham1 and ADAMS, Mark2, (1)Land Sea Interaction Program, Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, 5 Holway Avenue, Provincetown, MA 02657, (2)North Atlantic Coastal Laboratories, Cape Cod National Seashore, 99 Marconi Site Road, Wellfleet, MA 02667, srogers@coastalstudies.org, srogers@coastalstudies.org
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3:40 PM
SEDIMENT TRANSPORT ON THE WATCH HILL – MISQUAMICUT, RHODE ISLAND SHOREFACE BASED ON REPEAT SIDE-SCAN SONAR SURVEYS
OAKLEY, Bryan A., Department of Geosciences, University of Rhode Island, 317 Woodward Hall, 9 East Alumni Ave, Kingston, RI 02881 and BOOTHROYD, Jon C., Department of Geosciences, Univ of Rhode Island, Rhode Island Geological Survey, Kingston, RI 02881, Bryan_Oakley@hotmail.com, Bryan_Oakley@hotmail.com
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4:00 PM
MAJOR PHASES OF HOLOCENE DUNE ACTIVITY ALONG THE COAST OF LITHUANIA: NEW OPTICAL DATES WITHIN A REGIONAL CONTEXT
BUYNEVICH, Ilya V., Earth and Environmental Science, Temple University, 313 Beury Hall, 1901 N. 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122, BITINAS, Albertas, Department of Quaternary Geology, Lithuanian Geological Survey, 35 S.Konarskio St, Vilnius, LT-03123, Lithuania, PUPIENIS, D., Faculty of Natural Sciences, Vilnius University, 21/27 Ciurlionio St, Vilnius, Lithuania and GOBLE, Ronald J., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, coast@temple.edu, coast@temple.edu
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4:20 PM
A PHENOMENON OF “DUNE TECTONICS”: CURONIAN SPIT, SOUTHEASTERN BALTIC SEA COAST
BITINAS, Albertas1, BUYNEVICH, Ilya V.2, DAMUSYTE, Aldona1, GADEIKIS, M.3, KABAILIENE, M.3 and PUPIENIS, D.3, (1)Department of Quaternary Geology, Lithuanian Geological Survey, 35 S.Konarskio St, Vilnius, LT-03123, Lithuania, (2)Earth and Environmental Science, Temple University, 313 Beury Hall, 1901 N. 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122, (3)Faculty of Natural Sciences, Vilnius University, 21/27 Ciurlionio St, Vilnius, Lithuania, albertas.bitinas@lgt.lt, albertas.bitinas@lgt.lt
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4:40 PM
MORPHODYNAMICS AND SEDIMENT SOURCES AND SINKS ALONG THE VIRGINIA BARRIER ISLANDS
FENSTER, Michael S., Environmental Studies/Geology, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, VA 23005 and DOLAN, Robert, Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Clark Hall, Charlottesville, VA 22904, mfenster@rmc.edu, mfenster@rmc.edu
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