Marine/Coastal Science I: Salt Marshes and Coastal Deposits

Session No. 66
Monday, 5 November 2012: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
218AB (Charlotte Convention Center)

Marine/Coastal Science I: Salt Marshes and Coastal Deposits

 

Carmela Cuomo and Matthew L. Kirwan, Chairs
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8:00 AM
MORPHOLOGICAL CONTROLS ON MAINE'S SALT MARSHES: DYNAMIC SALT MARSH POOLS, GROUNDWATER, AND SEA-LEVEL RISE
WILSON, Kristin, Center for Marine and Environmental Science, University of the Virgin Islands, College of Math & Sciences, #2 John Brewer's Bay, St. Thomas, 00802, US Virgin Islands, KELLEY, Joseph T., School of Earth & Climate Sciences, Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, Bryand Global Sciences, Orono, ME 04469-5790, REEVE, Andrew S., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Maine, 5790 Bryand Global Sciences Center, Orono, ME 04469 and BELKNAP, Daniel F., School of Earth & Climate Sciences, Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, 117 Bryant Global Sciences Center, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469-5790, kristin.wilson@live.uvi.edu, kristin.wilson@live.uvi.edu
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8:15 AM
THE CRITICAL LEADING EDGE OF GULF OF MAINE SALT MARSHES – INTERFACE WITH FRESHWATER WETLANDS
MANSFIELD, Margot E., Earth Science, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04473, BELKNAP, Daniel F., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469 and KELLEY, Joseph T., Earth Sciences, University of Maine, Bryand Global Sciences, Orono, ME 04469-5790, N/A, N/A
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8:30 AM
RAPID WETLAND EXPANSION DURING EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT AND ITS IMPLICATION FOR MARSH SURVIVAL UNDER MODERN SEDIMENT DELIVERY RATES (Invited Presentation)
KIRWAN, Matthew L., Physical Sciences, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, 1208 Greate Rd, Gloucester Point, VA 23062, MURRAY, A. Brad, Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Box 90230, Durham, NC 27708-0230, DONNELLY, J., Geology & Geophysics Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MS #22, 360 Woods Hole Rd, Woods Hole, MA 02543 and CORBETT, D. Reide, East Carolina University & UNC Coastal Studies Institute, Greenville, NC 27858, kirwan@vims.edu, kirwan@vims.edu
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8:45 AM
WHAT IS THE AEOLIAN COMPONENT OF BACKBARRIER MARSH SEDIMENTATION?
RODRIGUEZ, Antonio B.1, FEGLEY, Stephen R.1, RIDGE, Justin T.1, VANDUSEN, Beth2 and ANDERSON, Noel2, (1)Institute of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 3431 Arendell Street, Morehead City, NC 28557, (2)Institute of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 3431 Arendell St, Morehead City, NC 28557, abrodrig@email.unc.edu, abrodrig@email.unc.edu
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9:00 AM
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9:15 AM
USE OF NATURALLY OCCURRING RADIONUCLIDES IN ASSESSMENT OF LONGITUDINAL AND LATERAL CONNECTIVITY OF THE RIVER CHANNEL WITH FREQUENTLY INUNDATED FLOODPLAINS
JALOWSKA, Anna M., Department of Marine Sciences, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 3117Y Venable Hall, Campus Box 3300, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3300, RODRIGUEZ, A.B., Institute of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 3431 Arendell St, Morehead City, NC 28556 and MCKEE, Brent, Department of Marine Sciences, UNC at Chapel Hill, 3202 Venable Hall, CB 3300, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, jalowska@email.unc.edu, jalowska@email.unc.edu
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9:30 AM
SEDIMENT DYNAMICS OF THE ALBEMARLE-PAMLICO ESTUARINE SYSTEM, NORTH CAROLINA
CORBETT, D. Reide1, WALSH, J.P.1 and EULIE, Devon2, (1)East Carolina University & UNC Coastal Studies Institute, Greenville, NC 27858, (2)Geological Sciences & Institute for Coastal Science and Policy, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, corbettd@ecu.edu, corbettd@ecu.edu
 
9:45 AM
Break
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10:00 AM
SEDIMENT DYNAMICS AND HYDRODYNAMICS IN DEVELOPING CREVASSE SPLAYS IN THE LOWERMOST MISSISSIPPI RIVER: IMPLICATIONS FOR DELTA RESTORATION
KOLKER, Alexander S., Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, 8124 Highway 56, Chauvin, LA 70344, ESPOSITO, Christopher R., Tulane University, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 6823 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70118, GEORGIOU, Ioannis, Earth and Environmental Sciences and Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Studies, Univ. of New Orleans, 2000 Lakefront, New Orleans, LA 70148, MINER, Michael, Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 70148 and WEATHERS, Dallon, Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of New Orleans, 2000 Lakeshore Dr, New Orleans, LA 70148, akolker@lumcon.edu, akolker@lumcon.edu
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10:15 AM
EFFECT OF FRESHWATER DIVERSIONS ON MISSISSIPPI DELTA MARSHES BETWEEN 1984 AND 2009
RITER, J.C. Alexis1, KEARNEY, Michael S.1 and TURNER, R. Eugene2, (1)Department of Environmental Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, (2)Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, ariter99@umd.edu, ariter99@umd.edu
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10:30 AM
SEASONAL HYPOXIA IN AN EAST COAST EMBAYMENT: CAUSES & CONSEQUENCES
CUOMO, Carmela, Biology & Environmental Sciences Department, University of New Haven, 300 Boston Post Rd., West Haven, CT 06516 and BESIER, Timothy, Biology & Environmental Sciences Department, The University of New Haven, 300 Boston Post Road, West Haven, CT 06516, ccuomo@newhaven.edu, ccuomo@newhaven.edu
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10:45 AM
MORPHOLOGIC AND SEDIMENTOLOGIC CHARACTERISTICS OF STORM DEPOSITS IN COASTAL BARRIER-ISLAND ENVIRONMENTS
WANG, Ping, School of Geoscience, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Ave, NES107, Tampa, FL 33620, pwang@usf.edu, pwang@usf.edu
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11:00 AM
RESTORING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE COLORADO RIVER AND THE SEA: IMPLICATIONS OF SEDIMENTATION RATES IN A LOWER CHANNEL
ZAMORA, Hector A., Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, NELSON, Steven, 6101 NE 102nd Avenue #5, Vancouver, WA 98662, FLESSA, Karl W., Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1040 E. 4th St, Room 208, Tucson, AZ 85721 and NOMURA, Ritsuo, Foraminiferal Laboratory, Shimane University, Matsue, 690-8504, Japan, hzamora@email.arizona.edu, hzamora@email.arizona.edu
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11:15 AM
AN EXAMINATION OF PROCESSES INFLUENCING HISTORICAL SEDIMENTATION PATTERNS IN THE MOBILE BAY ESTUARINE SYSTEM, ALABAMA (USA)
SMITH, Christopher G.1, MAROT, Marci E.2 and OSTERMAN, Lisa E.1, (1)St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 600 Fourth St. South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, (2)St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 600 4th St. South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, cgsmith@usgs.gov, cgsmith@usgs.gov
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