South-Central Section - 45th Annual Meeting (27–29 March 2011)

Session No. 19
Tuesday, 29 March 2011: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
D.H. Holmes C (Chateau Bourbon)

T5. Quaternary Faulting Along the Northern Gulf of Mexico Margin

 

Nance H. Dawers and Nicole M. Gasparini, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:35 PM
LATE QUATERNARY TECTONIC MOVEMENTS IN THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA: FAULT MOVEMENTS VERSUS LITHOSPHERIC FLEXURE
SHEN, Zhixiong, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, 6823 St. Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA 70118, TÖRNQVIST, Torbjörn E., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Tulane/Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research, Tulane University, 6823 St. Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA 70118 and MAUZ, Barbara, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZT, United Kingdom, zshen@tulane.edu, zshen@tulane.edu
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1:50 PM
SEGMENTATION PATTERN AND FAULT LINKAGE ALONG THE BATON ROUGE FAULT ZONE, SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA
COSENTINO, Robert D., DAWERS, Nancye H. and GASPARINI, Nicole M., Earth & Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, 101 Blessey Hall, New Orleans, LA 70118, rcosenti@tulane.edu, rcosenti@tulane.edu
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2:05 PM
COASTAL LAND LOSS AND LANDSCAPE LEVEL PLANT COMMUNITY SUCCESSION; AN EXPECTED RESULT OF NATURAL TECTONIC SUBSIDENCE AND FAULT MOVEMENT
HAGGAR, Kathleen S., Riparian, Inc, 1443 Delplaza Dr., Suite 2, Baton Rouge, LA 70815-4168, kathy_riparian@bellsouth.net, kathy_riparian@bellsouth.net
 
2:20 PM
Break
4
2:35 PM
EFFECTS OF THE 1964 ALASKAN EARTHQUAKE ON SOUTH LOUISIANA AND SOUTH TEXAS
GAGLIANO, Sherwood M., Coastal Environments, Inc, 1260 Main St, Baton Rouge, LA 70802, sgagliano@coastalenv.com, sgagliano@coastalenv.com
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2:50 PM
INVESTIGATING POTENTIAL NEOTECTONIC DEFORMATION WITHIN WEST-CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI USING DRAINAGE-BASIN ASYMMETRY IN THE BIG BLACK RIVER SYSTEM
MUSSELMAN, Zachary A., Department of Geology, Millsaps College, Box 150648, 1701 North State Street, Jackson, MS 39210 and AGUILAR, Alexander, Department of Geology, Millsaps College, 1701 North State Street, Jackson, MS 39210, musseza@millsaps.edu, musseza@millsaps.edu
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3:05 PM
QUANTIFYING MORPHOLOGIC CHANGES IN LOW GRADIENT RIVERS CROSSING THE BATON ROUGE FAULT ZONE
FISCHER Jr, Glenn C., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, 6823 St. Charles Avenue, 101 Blessey Hall, New Orleans, LA 70118 and GASPARINI, Nicole M., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, 101 Blessey Hall, New Orleans, LA 70118, gcfischer@gmail.com, gcfischer@gmail.com
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