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Northeastern Section - 49th Annual Meeting (23–25 March)

Session No. 35
Monday, 24 March 2014: 8:00 AM-11:05 AM
Commonwealth Salons 1-2 (Lancaster Marriott at Penn Square)

T8. Coastal Storms in the Mid-Atlantic: Research and Teaching Opportunities

GSA Geoscience Education Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; Eastern Section of SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology); National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT); Paleontological Society

 

Marcus M. Key and Sean Cornell, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:05 AM
POTENTIAL STORM EVENT LAYER, SCARBOROUGH MARSH, SCARBOROUGH, ME  
WILSON, Kristin R., Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve, 342 Laudholm Farm Rd, Wells, ME 04090 and JOHNSON, Beverly J., Department of Geology, Bates College, Lewiston, ME 04210, kwilson@wellsnerr.org, kwilson@wellsnerr.org
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8:25 AM
RECONSTRUCTING A LATE HOLOCENE HURRICANE RECORD WITHIN A SHALLOW WATER ESTUARY, WAQUOIT BAY, MASSACHUSETTS
MAIO, Christopher V., Geology & Geophysics Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MS#22, 266 Woods Hole Rd, Woods Hole, MA 02543, DONNELLY, J., Geology & Geophysics Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MS #22, 360 Woods Hole Rd, Woods Hole, MA 02543, WEIDMAN, Christopher, Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Falmouth, MA 02536, GONTZ, Allen, School for the Environment, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125-3393 and SULLIVAN, Richard M., Department of Marine Sciences, Texas A&M University at Galveston, 1001 Texas Clipper Road, Galveston, TX 77554, cmaio@whoi.edu, cmaio@whoi.edu
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8:45 AM
EVENT SEDIMENTOLOGY AND HYDRODYNAMIC HINDCASTING OF HURRICANE SANDY DEPOSITS, NEW JERSEY
BEAL, Irina1, BUYNEVICH, Ilya V.2, KOLLAR, Nellie1, WIEST, Logan A.1 and RYCHLAK, Heather1, (1)Earth and Environmental Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, (2)Department of Earth & Environmental Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, tue82897@temple.edu, tue82897@temple.edu
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9:05 AM
FORMATION AND CLOSURE OF A WAVE-DOMINATED TIDAL INLET: IMPLICATIONS FOR A MULTIPLE-CHANNEL INLET SYSTEM ALONG ASSATEAGUE ISLAND, MARYLAND
SEMINACK, Christopher T.1, MCBRIDE, Randolph A.2, WIEST, Logan A.3, BEAL, Irina3, CULPEPPER, Jonathan2 and BUYNEVICH, Ilya V.4, (1)Department of Environmental Science & Policy, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030, (2)Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Earth Sciences, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030, (3)Earth and Environmental Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, (4)Department of Earth & Environmental Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, cseminac@gmu.edu, cseminac@gmu.edu
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9:25 AM
STORM-REWORKED NODULES AND CONCRETIONS ON WALLOPS ISLAND, VIRGINIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR STORM-BED DEPOSITION AND TIME AVERAGING IN THE ROCK RECORD
CORNELL, Sean R., Department of Geography and Earth Science, Shippensburg University, 1871 Old Main Drive, Shippensburg, PA 17257, srcornell@ship.edu, srcornell@ship.edu
 
9:45 AM
Break
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10:00 AM
EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MICROFOSSIL-BASED PALEOTEMPESTOLOGY PROXIES IN BACKBARRIER MARSHES
HIPPENSTEEL, Scott, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Univ of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28223-0001, shippens@uncc.edu, shippens@uncc.edu
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10:20 AM
SERENDIPITY IN LONG-TERM COASTLINE FIELD STUDIES: HURRICANE SANDY AND CAPE HENLOPEN (DE) SPIT PROGRADATION
NIEMITZ, Jeffrey W.1, ROSSI, Rebecca K.2, KOCHTITSKY, William1 and BURNS, Christine1, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Dickinson College, P.O. Box 1773, Carlisle, PA 17013, (2)USGS, Hawaii Volcano Observatory, Hawaii National Park, HI 96718, niemitz@dickinson.edu, niemitz@dickinson.edu
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10:40 AM
RESEARCH AND TEACHING OPPORTUNITIES FROM STORMS ALONG THE NEW JERSEY COAST
HALSEY, Susan D., Admiral Coastal Consulting, Pine Beach, NJ 08741, DrDuneNJ@aol.com, DrDuneNJ@aol.com
 
11:00 AM
Concluding Remarks
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