Southeastern Section - 60th Annual Meeting (23–25 March 2011)

Session No. 2
Thursday, 24 March 2011: 8:00 AM-12:05 PM
Salon A (Wilmington Convention Center)

S2. Coastal Response to Sea-Level and Climate Changes: A Tribute to the Career of Stan Riggs

 

David Mallinson and Dorothea V. Ames, Conveners
Paper #
Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:15 AM
“WE'RE BURNING DAYLIGHT!” A TRIBUTE TO STAN RIGGS' AMAZIN' CAREER OF THINKING BIG—SOME LESSONS OF SEA LEVEL CHANGES AND COASTAL RESPONSE FROM A CARBONATE RAMP--THE WEST FLORIDA MARGIN
HINE, Albert C. and LOCKER, Stanley D., College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL 33776, hine@marine.usf.edu, hine@marine.usf.edu
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8:35 AM
NON-TRADITIONAL MAPPING METHODS AND A PROCESS-BASED APPROACH TO ESTABLISH MEANINGFUL STRATOTYPES AND ALLO- UNITS FROM A SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY PERSPECTIVE: THE PLIO-PLEISTOCENE OF NORTH CAROLINA'S COASTAL PLAIN
FARRELL, Kathleen M., North Carolina Geological Survey, Coastal Plain Office and Core Repository, 1620 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1620, Kathleen.Farrell@ncdenr.gov, Kathleen.Farrell@ncdenr.gov
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8:55 AM
LATE HOLOCENE GEOLOGIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE GEORGIA COAST
ALEXANDER, Clark, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, 10 Ocean Science Circle, Savannah, GA 31411, RINK, W. Jack, School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main St. West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada, JACKSON Jr., Chester W., Department of Geology and Geography, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460, BROOK, George A., Department of Geography, University of Georgia, 210 Field Street, Athens, GA 30602 and IVESTER, Andrew, Department of Geosciences, University of West Georgia, 1601 Maple Street, Carrollton, GA 30118, clark.alexander@skio.uga.edu, clark.alexander@skio.uga.edu
 
9:15 AM
Break
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9:35 AM
INNER SHELF RECORD OF EARLY- TO MID-HOLOCENE COASTAL EVOLUTION ON THE NORTH CAROLINA CONTINENTAL MARGIN: WERE THERE BARRIER ISLANDS OR NOT?
THIELER, E. Robert, U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, 384 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA 02543, rthieler@usgs.gov, rthieler@usgs.gov
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9:55 AM
HOLOCENE COASTAL CHANGE IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
CULVER, Stephen J.1, MALLINSON, David J.1, RIGGS, Stanley R.1, CORBETT, D. Reide1, AMES, Dorothea V.1, FARRELL, Kathleen M.2, GRAND PRE, Candace A.3, HORTON, Benjamin P.3 and KEMP, Andrew3, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, (2)North Carolina Geological Survey, Coastal Plain Office and Core Repository, 1620 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1620, (3)Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, culvers@ecu.edu, culvers@ecu.edu
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10:15 AM
MANAGING OUR COASTAL NATIONAL PARKS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION: CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE CAREER OF STAN RIGGS
YORK, Linda L., Natural Resources Division, U.S. National Park Service, Southeast Regional Office, 100 Alabama St. S.W, Atlanta, GA 30303 and BEAVERS, Rebecca L., Geologic Resources Division, U.S. National Park Service, Natural Resource Program Center, 12795 West Alameda Parkway, Denver, CO 80225, Linda_York@nps.gov, Linda_York@nps.gov
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10:35 AM
A RIGGSIAN MANIFESTO: IMPERATIVES FOR THE FUTURE OF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST
RADER, Douglas N., Environmental Defense Fund, Oceans Program, 4000 Westchase Blvd, Suite 510, Raleigh, NC 27607, drader@edf.org, drader@edf.org
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10:55 AM
BARRIER ISLAND EROSION AND BEACH NOURISHMENT – THE DIFFICULT ART OF FINDING SCIENCE AND SOCIETAL OVERLAP
RUDOLPH, Gregory, Carteret County Shore Protection Office, Emerald Isle, NC 28594, rudi@carteretcountygov.org, rudi@carteretcountygov.org
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11:15 AM
MATHEMATICAL MODELING HAS DAMAGED COASTAL SCIENCE
PILKEY, Orrin H., Duke University, P.O. Box 90228, Durham, NC 27708, opilkey@duke.edu, opilkey@duke.edu
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11:35 AM
BATTLE FOR NORTH CAROLINA'S COASTS: EVOLUTIONARY PAST, PRESENT CRISIS, AND VISION FOR THE FUTURE
RIGGS, Stanley R., AMES, Dorothea V., CULVER, Stephen J. and MALLINSON, David J., Department of Geological Sciences, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, riggss@ecu.edu, riggss@ecu.edu
 
11:55 AM
Concluding Remarks
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