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

Session No. 67
Sunday, 19 October 2014: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
306 (Vancouver Convention Centre-West)

T30. Sea-Level Changes from Minutes to Millennia

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Geology and Society Division

 

Jessica Pilarczyk, Andrea D. Hawkes and Benjamin P. Horton, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:00 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:05 PM
MICROFOSSILS IN TIDAL SETTINGS AS INDICATORS OF SEA-LEVEL CHANGE, PALEOEARTHQUAKES, TSUNAMIS AND TROPICAL CYCLONES
HORTON, Benjamin P., Institution of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University, 71 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, DURA, Tina, Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, ENGELHART, Simon E., Department of Geosciences, University of Rhode Island, Woodward Hall, 9 East Alumni Avenue, Kingston, RI 02881, HAWKES, Andrea D., Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 5600 Marvin K. Moss Lane, Wilmington, NC 28409, KEMP, Andrew C., Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, KHAN, Nicole, Institute of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, PILARCZYK, Jessica, Institute of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University, 71 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 and SAWAI, Yuki, Faculty of Horticulture, Chiba University, 648 Matsudo, Matsudo, 271-8510, Japan
1:20 PM
FORAMINIFERAL ASSEMBLAGES AND OXYGEN: TIME SERIES OF SEASONAL LOW-OXYGEN EVENTS AT A SITE IN THE MISSISSIPPI BIGHT, USA
BRUNNER, Charlotte A., Retired from Department of Marine Science, University of Southern Mississippi, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529
1:35 PM
LARGER BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL POPULATIONS ON THE FLORIDA REEF TRACT REVEAL THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN INSHORE AND OFFSHORE ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS
FISHER MOSES, Elizabeth, Science, Engineering and Technology Division, Howard Community College, 10901 Little Patuxent Pkwy, Columbia, MD 21044, HALLOCK, Pamela, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, 140 7th Ave South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, FAUTH, John E., Department of Biology, University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Boulevard, Orlando, FL 32816 and WOODLEY, Cheryl M., Coral Health and Disease Program, DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS, Hollings Marine Laboratory, 331 Fort Johnson Rd, Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research, Charleston, SC 29412
1:50 PM
TOWARD A MORE AQUATIC FUTURE: RISING SEAS AND COASTAL STORMS IN NEW YORK CITY
GORNITZ, Vivien, Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia University/NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, 2880 Broadway, New York, NY 10025, HORTON, Radley, Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia University/ NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, 2880 Broadway, New York, NY 10025, BADER, D.a., Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia University, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, 2880 Broadway, New York, NY 10025, LITTLE, C., Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544 and ROSENZWEIG, Cynthia, Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia University/NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, 10065, New York, NY 10065
2:05 PM
ARE WE SIGNIFICANTLY UNDERESTIMATING THE CURRENT RISK OF EXTREME FLOODING TO NEW YORK CITY?
WOODRUFF, Jonathan D.1, BRANDON, Christine M.1, DONNELLY, Jeffrey P.2 and SULLIVAN, Richard M.3, (1)Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 611 North Pleasant St, 233 Morrill Science Center, Amherst, MA 01003, (2)Geology & Geophysics Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MS #22, 266 Woods Hole Rd, Woods Hole, MA 02543, (3)Department of Marine Sciences, Texas A&M University at Galveston, 1001 Texas Clipper Road, Galveston, TX 77554
2:20 PM
ESTABLISHING HISTORICAL SEA-LEVEL TRENDS USING SALT-MARSH FORAMINIFERA. A NEW RECORD FOR THE CROATIAN COAST OF THE ADRIATIC SEA
SHAW, Timothy1, PLATER, Andrew2, KIRBY, Jason3 and HOLGATE, Simon2, (1)Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, 71 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, (2)Geography, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, 74 Bedford Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZT, United Kingdom, (3)School of Natural Sciences & Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool, L3 3AF, United Kingdom
2:35 PM
DETAILS OF THE MID-HOLOCENE RELATIVE SEA-LEVEL HIGHSTAND AT BELITUNG ISLAND, INDONESIA, ON THE SUNDA SHELF, FROM CORAL MICROATOLLS
MELTZNER, Aron J.1, SWITZER, Adam D.1, HORTON, Benjamin P.2, SUWARGADI, Bambang W.3, NATAWIDJAJA, Danny H.3, CAHILL, Niamh4, HILL, David5 and MAJEWSKI, Jedrzej1, (1)Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, 639798, Singapore, (2)Institution of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University, 71 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, (3)LabEarth, Geoteknologi LIPI, Bandung, 40135, Indonesia, (4)Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, (5)School of Civil and Construction Engineering, OR 97331-3212, Oregon State University, 220 Owen Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331-3212
 
2:50 PM
Break
3:05 PM
HOLOCENE RELATIVE SEA-LEVEL HIGHSTAND PATTERNS, PENINSULAR MALAYSIA EAST COAST
PARHAM, Peter R., SAPON, Noraisyah, SURIADI, Rokiah and MOHTAR, Noor Azariyah, Institute of Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia
Handouts
  • ParhamGSA2014Final_HoloceneSealevelHiStandPatternsPenMalECoast.pptx (10.4 MB)
  • 3:20 PM
    A RECORD OF LATE HOLOCENE COASTAL EVOLUTION AND RELATIVE SEA-LEVEL CHANGE FROM A COASTAL SALT POND, SOUTHWEST PUERTO RICO
    SHERMAN, Clark and FERNANDEZ, Joel, Department of Marine Sciences, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, PO Box 9000, Mayagüez, PR 00681
    Handouts
  • 248384_Sherman_2014 GSA_Presentation Upload.pptx (22.3 MB)
  • 3:35 PM
    HOLOCENE SEA-LEVEL DATABASE FOR THE CARIBBEAN REGION
    KHAN, Nicole, Institute of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, DUTTON, Andrea, Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, HORTON, B.P., Department of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University, 71 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, ENGELHART, Simon E., Department of Geosciences, University of Rhode Island, Woodward Hall, 9 East Alumni Avenue, Kingston, RI 02881, KOPP, Robert E., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, PELTIER, W. Richard, Physics, University of Toronto, 60 St George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 1A7, Canada, BROCARD, Gilles Y., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, HILL, David, School of Civil and Construction Engineering, OR 97331-3212, Oregon State University, 220 Owen Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331-3212 and SCATENA, Frederick N., Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
    3:50 PM
    LATE HOLOCENE SEDIMENTATION AND HYDROLOGIC DEVELOPMENT IN A SHALLOW COASTAL SINKHOLE ON GREAT ABACO ISLAND, THE BAHAMAS
    KOVACS, Shawn E., School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada, VAN HENGSTUM, Peter J., Department of Marine Sciences, Texas A&M University at Galveston, 1001 Texas Clipper Road, Galveston, TX 77554, REINHARDT, Eduard G., School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main St. W, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada, DONNELLY, Jeffrey P., Geology & Geophysics Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MS #22, 266 Woods Hole Rd, Woods Hole, MA 02543 and ALBURY, Nancy, Antiquities, Monuments and Museums Corporation, The National Museum of The Bahamas, P.O. Box AB20755, Marsh Harbour, Bahamas
    4:05 PM
    3000 YEARS OF INTENSE HURRICANE SURGE IN THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS
    VAN HENGSTUM, Peter J., Department of Marine Sciences, Texas A&M University at Galveston, 1001 Texas Clipper Road, Galveston, TX 77554, DONNELLY, Jeffrey P., Geology & Geophysics Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MS #22, 266 Woods Hole Rd, Woods Hole, MA 02543, TOOMEY, Michael R., Geology & Geophysics Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 360 Woods Hole Rd, Woods Hole, MA 02543, ALBURY, Nancy, Antiquities, Monuments and Museums Corporation, The National Museum of The Bahamas, P.O. Box AB20755, Marsh Harbour, Bahamas and KAKUK, Brian, Bahamas Caves Research Foundation, PO Box AB20755, Marsh Harbour, ABACO, Bahamas
    4:20 PM
    A 1000 YEAR GEOLOGIC RECORD OF TSUNAMIS FROM THE JAPAN TRENCH:  EVIDENCE FROM THE KUJUKURI BEACH RIDGE PLAIN, CHIBA PREFECTURE
    PILARCZYK, Jessica1, SAWAI, Yuki2, HORTON, Benjamin P.1, TANIGAWA, Koichiro3, DURA, Tina4, NAMEGAYA, Yuichi5, FUJIWARA, Osamu6, SHISHIKURA, Masanobu7, SHINOZAKI, Tetsuya8 and VANE, Christopher H.9, (1)Institute of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University, 71 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, (2)Faculty of Horticulture, Chiba University, 648 Matsudo, Matsudo, 271-8510, Japan, (3)Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, Tsukuba, 305-8567, Japan, (4)Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, (5)Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, 305-8567, Japan, (6)Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Higashi 1-1-1 C7, Tsukuba, 305-8567, Japan, (7)Active Fault Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Sci and Technology, SiteC7, 1-1-1Higashi, Tsukuba, 305-8567, Japan, (8)Graduate School of Life and Environmental Scienes, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, 305-8577, Japan, (9)British Geological Survey, Environmental Science Centre, Keyworth, United Kingdom
    4:35 PM
    THE RAPID RISE IN SEA LEVEL AND COASTAL FLOODING RELATED TO THE FINAL DRAINAGE OF LAKE AGASSIZ, WITH SPECULATIONS ABOUT A TSUNAMI
    TELLER, James T., Geological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada
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