CALL FOR PROPOSALS:

ORGANIZERS

  • Harvey Thorleifson, Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • Carrie Jennings, Vice Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • David Bush, Technical Program Chair
    University of West Georgia
  • Jim Miller, Field Trip Chair
    University of Minnesota Duluth
  • Curtis M. Hudak, Sponsorship Chair
    Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC

 

Session No. 205
Tuesday, 11 October 2011: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 211CD (Minneapolis Convention Center)

T45. Formation, Development, and Preservation of Bed Morphologies

GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology); International Association of Sedimentologists

 

Mauricio M. Perillo and Paul M. Myrow, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1
1:40 PM
INTERACTIONS BETWEEN CHANNEL-BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY THAT PRODUCE SETS OF DUNE CROSS-STRATA IN A SANDY BRAIDED RIVER
MOHRIG, David, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 2275 Speedway, Stop C9000, Austin, TX 78712-1692, mohrig@jsg.utexas.edu, mohrig@jsg.utexas.edu
2
2:00 PM
HYPERTIDAL RANGES AND SEDIMENTATION IN CARBONIFEROUS AND MODERN TIDAL RHYTHMITES
ARCHER, Allen W., Geology, Kansas State University, 108 Thompson Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506, aarcher@ksu.edu, aarcher@ksu.edu
3
2:15 PM
DECIPHERING THE LONGITUDINAL CHANGES IN CHANNEL BOTTOM BEDFORM MORPHOLOGIES WITHIN TIDALLY-MODULATED FLUVIAL SYSTEMS: THE COLUMBIA RIVER, OREGON AND THE CHEHALIS RIVER, WASHINGTON
PROKOCKI, Eric, Department of Geology, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), 208 Natural History Building, 1301 West Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801 and BEST, James, Departments of Geology, Geography, Mechanical Science and Engineering and Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Laboratory, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), 208 Natural History Building, 1301 West Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801, ewaschle2@gmail.com, ewaschle2@gmail.com
4
2:30 PM
TRANSIENT RESPONSE OF SAND BEDFORMS TO CHANGES IN FLOW
MARTIN, Raleigh L. and JEROLMACK, Douglas J., Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, 240 S 33rd St, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6316, raleighm@sas.upenn.edu, raleighm@sas.upenn.edu
5
2:45 PM
PREDICTING THE TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL EVOLUTION OF REGULAR AND IRREGULAR RIPPLE GEOMETRY UNDER VARYING HYDRODYNAMIC FORCING
NELSON, Timothy R., Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of South Carolina, Earth and Ocean Sciences, 701 Sumter Street, EWS 617, Columbia, SC 29208 and VOULGARIS, George, Department of Earth & Ocean Sciences, University of South Carolina, Earth & Ocean Sciences, 701 Sumter Street, EWS 617, Columbia, SC 29208, tnelson@geol.sc.edu, tnelson@geol.sc.edu
 
3:00 PM
Break
6
3:15 PM
BROADENING OUR CONSIDERATION OF BED FORMS
SOUTHARD, John, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, southard@mit.edu, southard@mit.edu
7
3:30 PM
SEDIMENTOLOGICAL FLUID DYNAMIC “TRINITY”: WHY IS THIS CONCEPT SO IMPORTANT?
PERILLO, Mauricio M., Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 2275 Speedway, Stop C9000, Austin, TX 78712-1692, BEST, James, Departments of Geology, Geography, Mechanical Science and Engineering and Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Laboratory, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), 208 Natural History Building, 1301 West Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801 and GARCIA, Marcelo H., Department of Geology and Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Lab, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 208 NHB Natural History Building, MC-102, 1301 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801-2938, mmperillo@utexas.edu, mmperillo@utexas.edu
8
3:45 PM
DENSITY FLOW AS THE PRIMARY PROCESS OF SEDIMENT EMPLACEMENT IN THE DELTA FRONT SUBENVIRONMENT
KAMOLA, Diane L., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045 and LOUNI, Nazim, Beicip Inc, Houston, 77077, kamola@ku.edu, kamola@ku.edu
9
4:00 PM
THE GROWTH AND DISAPPEARANCE OF AN INTER-FIELD MARINE SANDWAVE AND THE ASSOCIATED ANTI-ASYMMETRY MIGRATION OF NEIGHBORING CRESTS
HANES, Daniel M., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Saint Louis University, 3642 Lindell Ave, Saint Louis, MO 63108, dhanes@slu.edu, dhanes@slu.edu
10
4:15 PM
UNIT MOUTH BARS AND THEIR ROLE IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF RIVER-DOMINATED DELTA FRONTS
BHATTACHARYA, Janok P., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun Rd, Houston, TX 77204-5007, jpbhattacharya@uh.edu, jpbhattacharya@uh.edu
11
4:30 PM
BEDFORM MORPHOLOGY AND THEIR SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES UNDER COMBINED FLOWS WITH 4- AND 6-SECOND OSCILLATION PERIODS
YOKOKAWA, Miwa, Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Osaka Institute of Technology, 1-79-1 Kitayama, Hirakata, 573-0196, Japan, SEKIGUCHI, Tomohiro, Terrestrial Environment Research Center, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennoudai, Tsukuba, 305-8577, Japan, TAKAGAWA, Tomohiro, Civil Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, 1138656, Japan, PERILLO, Mauricio M., Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 2275 Speedway, Stop C9000, Austin, TX 78712-1692, GARCIA, Marcelo H., Department of Geology and Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Lab, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 208 NHB Natural History Building, MC-102, 1301 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801-2938, BEST, Jim, Department of Geology and Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Lab, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 605 E Springfield Ave., Champaign, IL 61820 and PEDOCCHI, Fransisco, Instituto de Mecánica de los Fluidos e Ingeniería Ambiental, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, 11300, Uruguay, miwa@is.oit.ac.jp, miwa@is.oit.ac.jp
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