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. 54
Sunday, 9 October 2011: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 211CD (Minneapolis Convention Center)

T40. Thresholds and Pathways of River Avulsion

GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division

 

Elizabeth Hajek and Douglas Edmonds, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1
1:35 PM
SIMPLIFIED MODELS OF RIVER AVULSION AND ALLUVIAL ARCHITECTURE: CONNECTING TO FIELD DATA
WOLINSKY, Matthew, Shell International Exploration and Development, Shell Bellaire Technology Center, 3737 Bellaire Blvd, Houston, TX 77025 and HAJEK, Elizabeth, Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, Matthew.Wolinsky@Shell.com, Matthew.Wolinsky@Shell.com
2
1:50 PM
THE PALEOZOIC RISE OF AVULSIVE FLUVIAL SYSTEMS AS TERRESTRIAL VEGETATION EVOLVED
GIBLING, Martin R., Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada and DAVIES, Neil S., Churchill College, University of Cambridge, Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS, United Kingdom, mgibling@dal.ca, mgibling@dal.ca
3
2:05 PM
AVULSIONS AND ALLUVIAL RIDGE EVOLUTION DISPLAYED ON THE TAQUARI RIVER DFS, PANTANAL BASIN, BRAZIL
WEISSMANN, Gary S., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, MSC03-2040, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, BUEHLER, Holly A., Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, 1984 West Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2, Canada, SCUDERI, Louis, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, HARTLEY, Adrian J., Geology & Petroleum Geology, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB24 3UE, United Kingdom, DAVIDSON, Stephanie K., Geology & Petroleum Geology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB24 3UE, United Kingdom and NICHOLS, Gary, Department of Geology, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham Surrey, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom, weissman@unm.edu, weissman@unm.edu
4
2:20 PM
CONTROLS ON HETEROLITHIC DEPOSIT THICKNESS BELOW AVULSION CHANNELS
EDMONDS, Douglas, Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 E. 10th St, Room 129, Bloomington, IN 47405, HAJEK, Elizabeth, Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, SMITH, Preston, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Ave, 213 Devlin Hall, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 and MILLARD, Craig, Geosciences, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802, edmondsd@indiana.edu, edmondsd@indiana.edu
5
2:35 PM
INSIGHTS INTO AVULSION OFFSET DISTANCE USING STRATIGRAPHIC INDICATORS: EXAMPLE FROM THE MORRISON FORMATION
HELLER, Paul L., Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, HAJEK, Elizabeth, Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 and LAREAU, Heather Jones, Encana Natural Gas Inc, 370 17th St. Suite 1700, Denver, CO 80202, heller@uwyo.edu, heller@uwyo.edu
6
2:50 PM
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AVULSION BEHAVIOR AND BASIN-FILLING SEDIMENTATION PATTERNS: LESSONS LEARNED FROM PHYSICAL EXPERIMENTS
STRAUB, Kyle, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, 6823 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70118, WANG, Yinan, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, 6823 St. Charles Avenue, Unit A, New Orleans, LA 70118 and HAJEK, Elizabeth, Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, kmstraub@tulane.edu, kmstraub@tulane.edu
7
3:10 PM
FROM EXPERIMENTAL BASINS TO DELTAS: STATISTICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SURFACE DYNAMICS IN DELTAIC SYSTEMS
GANTI, Vamsi, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Blvd., MC 170-25, Pasadena, CA 91125, STRAUB, Kyle, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, 6823 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70118, FOUFOULA-GEORGIOU, Efi, Department of Civil Engineering and St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics (NCED), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55414 and PAOLA, Chris, Earth Sciences, Univ of Minnesota, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, Mississippi River at 3rd Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414, vganti@caltech.edu, vganti@caltech.edu
 
3:25 PM
Break
 
3:40 PM
Introductory Remarks
8
3:45 PM
BACKWATER FLOW DYNAMICS IN LOWLAND RIVERS, INFLUENCE ON CHANNEL AVULSIONS, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF FLUVIAL-DELTAIC STRATIGRAPHIC ARCHITECTURE
NITTROUER, Jeffrey, Earth Science, Rice University, Rice University MS-126, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, PETTER, Andrew, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55414, MOHRIG, David, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712-0254, CHATANANTAVET, Phairot, Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institue of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, MC 170-25, Pasadena, CA 91125 and LAMB, Michael P., Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, MC 170-25, Pasadena, CA 91125, nittrouer@rice.edu, nittrouer@rice.edu
9
4:05 PM
WATER AND SEDIMENT PARTITIONING THROUGH BACKWATER CHANNEL BIFURCATIONS
SHAW, John, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712 and MOHRIG, David, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 2275 Speedway, Stop C9000, Austin, TX 78712-1692, jshaw@mail.utexas.edu, jshaw@mail.utexas.edu
10
4:20 PM
Withdrawn
11
4:35 PM
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF AVULSIONS ON MODERN DELTAS
HALBUR, Julia, BIRKEMEIER, Ryan and SWENSON, John B., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Minnesota Duluth, 229 Heller Hall, 1114 Kirby Dr, Duluth, MN 55812, halbu005@d.umn.edu, halbu005@d.umn.edu
12
4:50 PM
CHARACTERIZING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN CHANNEL, FLOODPLAIN, AND AVULSION DEPOSITS IN THE WASATCH FORMATION (PALEOCENE/EOCENE, COLORADO)
TOMS, Leah C., Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 511 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, HAJEK, Elizabeth, Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 and FOREMAN, Brady Z., Geology & Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82072, lct129@psu.edu, lct129@psu.edu
13
5:05 PM
COMPARISON OF FLOODPLAIN AND AVULSION-ASSOCIATED DEPOSITS IN ANCIENT FLUVIAL SUCCESSIONS: IMPLICATIONS FOR CREVASSE-SPLAY DEPOSITION AND AVULSION STYLE
MILLARD, Craig, Geosciences, Penn State University, 542 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, HAJEK, Elizabeth, Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 and EDMONDS, Douglas, Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 E. 10th St, Room 129, Bloomington, IN 47405, craigmillard@psu.edu, craigmillard@psu.edu
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