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  • 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
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    Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC

 

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Session No. 16
Sunday, 9 October 2011: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room L100FG (Minneapolis Convention Center)

T76. A Multidisciplinary Approach to Understanding the Dynamics of Sinuous Channel Evolution in Different Environments

GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; National Center for Earth Surface Dynamics; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division

 

Anjali M. Fernandes and Virginia B. Smith, Advocates
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8:00 AM
A LABORATORY PERSPECTIVE ON THE GROWTH OF SUBMARINE CHANNEL BENDS BY TURBIDITY CURRENTS
MOHRIG, David, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 2275 Speedway, Stop C9000, Austin, TX 78712-1692, STRAUB, Kyle, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, 6823 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70118 and BUTTLES, James, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, 2275 Speedway, Stop C9000, Austin, TX 78712, mohrig@jsg.utexas.edu, mohrig@jsg.utexas.edu
2
8:20 AM
BANKFULL HYDRAULIC GEOMETRY OF MEANDERING RIVERS
EKE, Esther C., Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 205 N. Matthews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801 and PARKER, Gary, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Dept. of Geology and NCED, University of Illinois, 205 N Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801, eeke2@illinois.edu, eeke2@illinois.edu
3
8:35 AM
ADVANCES IN THE USE OF NON-LITHIC MEDIA AND CLOSE RANGE PHOTOGRAMMETRY IN PHYSICAL MODELING OF FLUVIAL PROCESS
GOUGH, Steve C., Little River Research & Design, 514 E Main, Carbondale, IL 62901, stevegough@emriver.com, stevegough@emriver.com
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8:50 AM
SEISMIC GEOMORPHOLOGY AND STRATIGRAPHY OF INCISED VALLEYS CUT BY MEANDERING RIVERS IN THE LATE MIOCENE MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA, LA
ARMSTRONG, Christopher P., MOHRIG, David and STEEL, Ronald, Jackson School of Geosciences, Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station; C1160, Austin, TX 78712-0254, cpa@mail.utexas.edu, cpa@mail.utexas.edu
5
9:05 AM
POINT BAR RESPONSE TO UPSTREAM CHANNEL CUT OFFS, THE LOWER TRINITY RIVER, TEXAS
SMITH, Virginia, Dept. of Geol. Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, Univ. of Texas at Austin, 3006 Duval St. Apt. #3, Austin, TX 78705 and MOHRIG, David, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 2275 Speedway, Stop C9000, Austin, TX 78712-1692, vbs124@hotmail.com, vbs124@hotmail.com
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9:20 AM
GEOMETRIES AND INFERRED FORMATIVE PROCESSES OF BANK-ATTACHED BARS IN SINUOUS SUBMARINE CHANNELS
FERNANDES, Anjali M.1, MOHRIG, David2, STEEL, Ronald J.3, HENRIKSEN, Sverre4 and SMITH, Virginia B.2, (1)Jackson School of Geosciences, Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas, Department of Geological Sciences, Geology Building 2.106, 23rd Street at San Jacinto, Austin, TX 78705, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712-0254, (3)Dept. of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 6.114, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712, (4)Statoil Research Center, Arkitekt Ebbellsvei 10, Trondheim, N-7053 Ranhe, Norway, anjalifernandes@mail.utexas.edu, anjalifernandes@mail.utexas.edu
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9:35 AM
NEW INSIGHTS FROM EXPERIMENTAL DATA INTO THE CONCEPT OF EQUILIBRIUM IN COMPOSITE SUBMARINE CHANNEL-LEVEE SYSTEMS AND CHANNEL DEPOSIT CHARACTER
HUNTER, Katrina1, KEEVIL, Gareth1, KANE, Ian2 and MCCAFFREY, William1, (1)School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom, (2)Statoil ASA, Research Centre, Bergen, P.O. Box 7200, Bergen, NO-5020, Norway, mccaffrey@earth.leeds.ac.uk, mccaffrey@earth.leeds.ac.uk
 
9:50 AM
Break
8
10:05 AM
THE RESPONSE OF SINUOUS CHANNELS TO CHANGES IN SEDIMENT SUPPLY
BRAUDRICK, Christian A., Department of Earth and Planetary Science, UC Berkeley, 307 McCone Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, xian@berkeley.edu, xian@berkeley.edu
9
10:25 AM
THE DYNAMIC DEVIATION OF FLUID PRESSURE FROM HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE IN TURBIDITY CURRENTS
EGGENHUISEN, Joris T., Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, PO Box 80021, Utrecht, 3508 TA, Netherlands and MCCAFFREY, William, School of Earth Sciences, Leeds University, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom, j.t.eggenhuisen@geo.uu.nl, j.t.eggenhuisen@geo.uu.nl
10
10:40 AM
USING OSL DATING TO CONSTRAIN UP-DIP TO DOWN-DIP COUPLING RATES OF A MEANDER-BRAID TRANSITION: THE LAST NATURAL CHANGE IN RIVER PATTERN OF THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER
KASHOUH, Michele V.1, CARLIN, Daniel E.1, HOLBROOK, John M.1 and GOBLE, Ronald J.2, (1)Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, The University of Texas at Arlington, 500 Yates Street, Arlington, TX 76019, (2)Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 214 Bessey Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588, michele.kashouh@mavs.uta.edu, michele.kashouh@mavs.uta.edu
11
10:55 AM
CONTROLS ON HIGH VARIATION IN SINUOSITY AND AVULSION IN NEIGHBORING DEEP-SEA CHANNELS IN THE GULF OF ALASKA
REECE, Robert S.1, GULICK, Sean P.S.1, BARTH, Ginger2 and LEVOIR, Maureen1, (1)Institute for Geophysics, Univ of Texas at Austin, JJ Pickle Research Campus, Bldg 196 (ROC), 10100 Burnet Rd (R2200), Austin, TX 78758-4445, (2)USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Menlo Park, CA 94025, rsreece@ig.utexas.edu, rsreece@ig.utexas.edu
12
11:10 AM
COMPUTATIONAL STUDY OF FLOW DYNAMICS IN A FIELD-SCALE EXPERIMENTAL MEANDERING STREAM WITH A POOL-RIFFLE SEQUENCE
KANG, Seokkoo, HAJIT, Mohammad and SOTIROPOULOS, Fotis, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, 2 Third Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414, kangx190@umn.edu, kangx190@umn.edu
13
11:25 AM
THEORETICAL AND NUMERICAL MODELING OF RIVER MEANDER MIGRATION WITH FREELY-ADJUSTABLE WIDTH
EKE, Esther C., Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 205 N. Matthews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801, SHIMIZU, Yasuyuki, Laboratory of Hydraulic Research, Graduate School of Civil Engineering, Hokkaido University, Kita 8 Nishi 5, Sapporo, 060-8628, Japan and PARKER, Gary, Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, parkerg@illinois.edu, parkerg@illinois.edu
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