2014 GSA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia (19–22 October 2014)

Session No. 332
Wednesday, 22 October 2014: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
208/209 (Vancouver Convention Centre-West)

T45. Tracking Sediment Movement across Earth’s Surface

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Limnogeology Division; Geochemical Society; Soils and Soil Processes Interdisciplinary Interest Group

 

Lee B. Corbett, Eric W. Portenga and Paul Bierman, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
 
1:00 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:05 PM
LITHOLOGIC CONTROL ON THE FORM OF SOIL MANTLED HILLSLOPES
JOHNSTONE, Sam, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Stanford, CA 94305 and HILLEY, George E., Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
1:20 PM
ASPECT-DEPENDENT REGOLITH FLUX REVEALED BY METEORIC 10BE
WEST, Nicole, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 542 Deike Bldg, University Park, PA 16802, KIRBY, Eric, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Wilkinson 202D, Corvallis, OR 97331 and BIERMAN, Paul, Department of Geology, University of Vermont, Delehanty Hall, 180 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05405
1:35 PM
THE WHEN, WHAT, AND HOW OF GULLY EROSION AND SEDIMENT DEPOSITION ON THE TABLELANDS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA
PORTENGA, Eric W.1, BISHOP, Paul2, GORE, Damian B.3, WESTAWAY, Kira E.3, ROOD, Dylan H.4 and BIERMAN, Paul5, (1)School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, Room 414 Gregory Building, Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow, G11 7UA, United Kingdom, (2)Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, United Kingdom, (3)Department of Environment & Geography, Macquarie University, North Ryde, 2109, Australia, (4)AMS Laboratory, Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre (SUERC), East Kilbride, G75 0QF, United Kingdom, (5)Department of Geology and Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont, Delehanty Hall, 180 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05405
1:50 PM
MADAGASCAR EROSION RATES AND INSIGHT INTO ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECTS FROM IN-SITU 10BE ANALYSIS OF RIVER SEDIMENTS
COX, Rónadh, Geosciences, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267, BIERMAN, Paul, Geology Department, University of Vermont, Delehanty Hall, 180 Colchester Avenue, Burlington, VT 05405 and RAKOTONDRAZAFY, Amos Fety Michel, Département des Sciences de la Terre, Université d'Antananarivo, Antananarivo, 101, Madagascar
2:10 PM
A CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHIC RECORD OF ARROYO INCISION AND AGGRADATION IN KANAB CREEK, SOUTHERN UTAH
TOWNSEND, Kirk F. and RITTENOUR, Tammy M., Department of Geology, Utah State University, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322
2:25 PM
OBESERVATIONS OF ARROYO CUT-FILL DYNAMICS: A PRELIMINARY CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY FROM JOHNSON WASH, SOUTHERN UTAH
RILEY, Kerry, Department of Geology, Utah State University, 4505 Old Main Road, Logan, UT 84322-4505 and RITTENOUR, Tammy, Department of Geology and Luminescence Laboratory, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322
 
2:40 PM
Break
2:55 PM
SEDIMENT MOTION AND DISPERSION IN RIVERS: INSIGHTS FROM LIDAR DIFFERENCING, PARTICLE TRACKING, AND NUMERICAL MODELING
TUCKER, Gregory E., Coooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) and Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, Campus Box 399, Boulder, CO 80309, PERIGNON, Mariela C., Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) and Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2200 Colorado Ave, Boulder, CO 80309 and BRADLEY, D. Nathan, United States Bureau of Reclamation, Sedimentation and River Hydraulics Group, Denver Federal Center Building 67, P.O. Box 25007 (86-68540), Denver, CO 80225
3:15 PM
CHARACTERIZING SEDIMENT MOBILIZATION AND LANDSCAPE RESPONSE TO WILDFIRE AND EXTREME FLOODING USING SHORT-LIVED FALLOUT RADIONUCLIDES 137CS AND 210PB, COLORADO FRONT RANGE
OUIMET, William B., Dept. of Geography; Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, DETHIER, David P., Geosciences Dept, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267, KASTE, James M., Geology, The College of William and Mary, McGlothlin-Street Hall, Williamsburg, VA 23187, MURPHY, Sheila, USGS, 3215 Marine Street, Suite E127, Boulder, CO 80303, PURINTON, Benjamin J., Wesleyan University Department of Earth and Environmental Science, 265 Church St, Middletown, CT 06459, MONDRACH, Hannah, Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269 and ABRAHAMS, Edward, Geology, The College of William and Mary, McGlothlin-Street Hall, Williamsburg, VA 23188
3:30 PM
USING SHORT LIVED RADIONUCLIDES AND X-RAY DIFFRACTION TO EXPLORE THE EFFECTS OF AGRICULTURAL DRAINAGE TILES ON DEPTH OF EROSION IN THE VERMILION WATERSHED, NORTHERN OHIO
WOODMANSEE, Sylvia Jane, 135 West Lorain St, OCMR 2883, Oberlin, OH 44074, BOWER, Jennifer A., Geology, Oberlin College, 76 E. Lorain, Apt. 1, Oberlin, OH 44074 and SCHMIDT, Amanda H., Geology, Oberlin College, Geology Department, Rm. 416, 52 W. Lorain St, Oberlin, OH 44074
3:45 PM
DETERMINING SEDIMENT SOURCES AND SINKS IN A SMALL HEADWATER WATERSHED IN YUNNAN, CHINA USING SHORT-LIVED RADIONUCLIDES
GARCIA GRECO, Gabriela1, FIALLO, Dominic1, NEILSON, Thomas B.2, MARTIN, Joseph1, SCHMIDT, Amanda H.1, BIERMAN, Paul3, SOSA-GONZALES, Veronica3, WEI, Renjuan4, ZHANG, Chunmin4 and LIANG, Chuan4, (1)Geology, Oberlin College, Geology Department, Rm. 416, 52 W. Lorain St, Oberlin, OH 44074, (2)Department of Geology, University of Vermont, 180 Colchester Ave, Department of Geology, UVM, Burlington, VT 05401, (3)Geology Department, University of Vermont, Delehanty Hall, 180 Colchester Avenue, Burlington, VT 05405, (4)School of Hydrology and Hydrologic Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610064, China
4:00 PM
MILLENNIAL-SCALE SEDIMENT SPEEDS DOWN LOW-GRADIENT DESERT PIEDMONTS: NEW DATA FROM THE GOLDSTONE PIEDMONT, MOJAVE DESERT
NICHOLS, Kyle K., Department of Geosciences, Skidmore College, 815 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866, BIERMAN, Paul, Department of Geology, University of Vermont, Delehanty Hall, 180 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05405 and ROOD, Dylan H., AMS Laboratory, Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre (SUERC), East Kilbride, G75 0QF, United Kingdom
4:15 PM
COSMOGENIC 10-BE ANALYSIS OF DEBRIS FLOW BOULDERS AND SEDIMENT FROM BRAZIL INDICATES LONG RETURN TIMES
BIERMAN, Paul, Geology and School of Natural Resources, University of Vermont, Delehanty Hall, 180 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05405, FERNANDES, Nelson, Department of Geography, Geosciences Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, SOSA-GONZALEZ, Veronica, The Rubenstein School, University of Vermont, Aiken Center, 81 Carrigan Drive, Burlington, VT 05405, ROOD, Dylan H., AMS Laboratory, Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre (SUERC), East Kilbride, G75 0QF, United Kingdom and MASSEY, Christine, Department of Geology, University of Vermont, Delehanty Hall, 180 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05405
 
4:30 PM
Discussion
See more of: Technical Sessions