Northeastern Section (45th Annual) and Southeastern Section (59th Annual) Joint Meeting (13-16 March 2010)

Session No. 58
Tuesday, 16 March 2010: 8:00 AM-12:05 PM
Hopkins (Sheraton Baltimore City Center)

Modern Surface Processes

 

Michel C. Boufadel and Jennifer L. Piatek, Chairs
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
1
8:05 AM
CONTROLS ON DOWNWASTING AND RETREAT, BERING GLACIER, ALASKA
FLEISHER, P. Jay, Earth Sciences, SUNY-Oneonta, Ravine Parkway, Oneonta, NY 13820, BAILEY, P.K., Anchor Point, AK 99556 and NATEL, E.M., Research and Development/Legal, Eastman Kodak, Rochester, 14650, fleishpj@oneonta.edu, fleishpj@oneonta.edu
2
8:25 AM
SATELLITE AND GROUND-BASED ANALYSES OF TERRESTRIAL ROCK GLACIERS AS ANALOGS TO MARTIAN LOBATE DEBRIS APRONS
PIATEK, Jennifer L.1, HARDGROVE, Craig J.2 and MOERSCH, Jeffrey E.2, (1)Dept. of Physics and Earth Sciences, Central Connecticut State University, 506 Copernicus Hall, 1615 Stanley St, New Britain, CT 06050, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1412 Circle Drive, Room 306, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, piatekjel@ccsu.edu, piatekjel@ccsu.edu
3
8:45 AM
EVIDENCE FOR INCREASED FLOOD RISK IN NEW ENGLAND OVER THE PAST CENTURY USING STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE PARTIAL DURATION FLOOD SERIES
ARMSTRONG IV, William H., Geology and Geophysics, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, 213 Devlin Hall, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, COLLINS, Mathias J., NOAA Restoration Center, 55 Great Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930 and SNYDER, Noah P., Geology and Geophysics, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Ave, 213 Devlin Hall, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, armstrwa@bc.edu, armstrwa@bc.edu
4
9:05 AM
MODELING THE GENESEE RIVER FLOOD OF 1972
WATERS, Courtney A., Earth Science, College at Brockport, 41 Park Avenue, Apartment C, Brockport, NY 14420, cwat0826@brockport.edu, cwat0826@brockport.edu
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9:25 AM
A FORENSIC LOOK AT MOBILE BAY, ALABAMA: WHO CAUSED THE GREATEST CHANGES, MAN OR NATURE??
ISPHORDING, Wayne C., Earth Sciences, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 36688, isphordingw@bellsouth.net, isphordingw@bellsouth.net
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9:45 AM
A GIS STUDY OF URBANIZATION IN HURRICANE SLOSH ZONES ON STATEN ISLAND NY
BENIMOFF, Alan I., Department of Engineering Science and Physics and the Masters Program in Environmental Science, The College of Staten Island/CUNY, 2800 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island, NY 10314, Alan.Benimoff@csi.cuny.edu, Alan.Benimoff@csi.cuny.edu
 
10:05 AM
Break
7
10:25 AM
THE ROLE OF HYDROLOGY IN THE PERSISTENCE OF THE EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL
BOUFADEL, Michel C., LI, Hailong and SHARIFI, Youness, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Temple University, 1947 N. 12th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122, boufadel@temple.edu, boufadel@temple.edu
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10:45 AM
LITHOLOGIC AND HYDROLOGIC CONTROLS OF DOWNSTREAM SEDIMENTARY CHARACTERISTICS IN THE LLANO RIVER WATERSHED, CENTRAL TEXAS, USA
HEITMULLER, Franklin T., Geography and Geology, The University of Southern Mississippi, Box 5051, Hattiesburg, MS 39406-5051, Franklin.Heitmuller@usm.edu, Franklin.Heitmuller@usm.edu
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11:05 AM
NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF SEDIMENTATION IN ESTUARY-CASE STUDY KHOUR MUSA, SOUTH OF IRAN
BANI SOLTAN, Sahar1, KAVIANPOUR, Mohammad Reza1 and RAHIMIPOUR, Hamid2, (1)Civil and Structural Engineering Department, Khajeh Nassir Toosi University of Technology, Valiasr-Mirdamad Cross, Tehran, Iran, (2)3No.65/1, Habibi Alley, Soroush Ave, Iben Yamin Ave, Northern Sohrevardi Ave. Seidkhandan, Tehran, Iran, sahar.banisoltan@gmail.com, sahar.banisoltan@gmail.com