Southeastern Section - 63rd Annual Meeting (10–11 April 2014)

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A REVISION OF THE CROCODILIAN FAUNA OF THE UPPER PALEOCENE AQUIA FORMATION OF VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND
DENTON Jr, Robert K., GeoConcepts Engineering Inc, 19955 Highland Vista Drive, Suite 170, Ashburn, VA 20147, WEEMS, Robert E., Paleo Quest, 14243 Murphy Terrace, Gainesville, VA 20155 and GRIMSLEY, Gary J., Maryland Geological Society, 7510 Ferber Place, Springfield, VA 22151, rdenton@geoconcepts-eng.com


Handouts
  • GSA_SE_2014poster_final.pdf (2.0 MB)
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    DELAWARE GROUNDWATER MONITORING NETWORK: GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSES SUPPORTING SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
    COPPA, Zachary J., ANDRES, A. Scott, HE, Changming and MCKENNA, Thomas E., Delaware Geological Survey, The University of Delaware, 257 Academy Street, Newark, DE 19716, zcoppa@udel.edu


    Handouts
  • Delaware Groundwater Monitoring Network - Geochemical Analyses Supporting Sustainable Resource Management.pdf (679.6 kB)
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    EARTHSCOPE’S USARRAY IN THE EASTERN UNITED STATES: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
    WOODWARD, Robert1, BUSBY, Robert1, HAFNER, Katrin1, GRIDLEY, James1, SCHULTZ, Adam2 and FRASSETTO, Andrew1, (1)IRIS, 1200 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20005, (2)College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, 104 COAS Administration Building, Corvallis, OR 97331-5503, woodward@iris.edu


    Handouts
  • USArray-Poster-SSA-SE.pdf (28.4 MB)
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    NEW APPLICATIONS FOR INTERFEROMETRIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR [INSAR]: INTERPRETATION OF PERSISTENT, DISTRIBUTED, AND TEMPORARY SCATTERERS FOR GEOHAZARD AND INFRASTRUCTURE MONITORING AND EVALUATION
    BRUCKNO, Brian S.1, HOPPE, Edward2, VACCARI, Andrea3, ACTON, Scott3, CAMPBELL, Elizabeth4 and LEAMAN, Eric5, (1)Virginia Department of Transportation, Materials, 811 Commerce Rd, Staunton, VA 24401, (2)Virginia Center for Transportation Innovation & Research, 530 Edgemont Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903, (3)University of Virginia, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, P.O. Box 400743, Charlottesville, VA 22904, (4)Virginia Department of Transportation, 1401 E. Broad St, Richmond, VA 23219, (5)James Madison University, Department of Engineering, 801 Carrier Drive, MSC 4113, Harrisonburg, VA 28807, brian.bruckno@vdot.virginia.gov


    Handouts
  • Bruckno_InSAR_GSA_2014_Blacksburg.pptx (16.4 MB)
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    RECONSTRUCTING HOLOCENE SHORELINE TRANSGRESSION AND STORM HISTORY IN HORSESHOE COVE ON THE NORTHERN GULF COAST OF FLORIDA
    MCFADDEN, Paulette S., Department of Anthropology, University of Florida, 6026 NW 29th Street, Gainesville, FL 32653 and JAEGER, John M., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, 241 Williamson Hall, PO Box 112120, Gainesville, FL 32611, pmcfadden@ufl.edu


    Handouts
  • Poster(4).pdf (2.9 MB)
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    COMPARISON OF PREDICTED SIGNIFICANT STRONG MOTION DURATION WITH DATA FROM THE 2011 MINERAL, VIRGINIA EARTHQUAKE
    LEE, Jongwon, Arup, Geotechnics Group, 560 Mission Street, Suite 700, San Francisco, CA 94105 and GREEN, Russell A., Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, 120B Patton Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, rugreen@vt.edu


    Handouts
  • Lee_Green_poster_2014.pdf (768.5 kB)
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    UPPER MANTLE SHEAR WAVE STRUCTURE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES FROM RAYLEIGH WAVE TOMOGRAPHY
    HOWELL, Dorran K.1, WAGNER, Lara S.1, FISCHER, Karen M.2, HAWMAN, Robert B.3, FORSYTH, Donald W.2 and HOPPER, Emily2, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, (3)Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, dkhowell@live.unc.edu


    Handouts
  • HowellSEGSA2014Poster.pdf (16.1 MB)
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    SITE AMPLIFICATION IN THE WASHINGTON DC AREA DURING THE MINERAL, VIRGINIA EARTHQUAKE
    EDDY, Morgan A.1, TILASHALSKI, Mark2, OLGUN, C. Guney3, SHAMSALSADATI, Sharmin4, GODFREY, Elizabeth5, CHAPMAN, Martin C.4 and MARTIN II, James R.6, (1)Steele Foundation, LLC, 3299 K Street NW #601, Washington, DC 20007, (2)Froehling and Robertson, Sterling, VA 20166, (3)Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, 111A Patton Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (4)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (5)Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, 111 Patton Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (6)Civil Engineering, Clemson University, 112 Lowry Hall, 306 S. Palmetto Blvd, Clemson, SC 29635-0911, morgan@steelefoundationllc.com


    Handouts
  • Eddy et al GSA Presentation 4-10-2014.pdf (3.0 MB)
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    COMPUTER-GRADED VISUALIZATIONS: ENHANCING REDUCTION OF FORMAL LECTURES IN ONLINE AND SEATED CLASSES
    FOUNTAIN, John C., Marine Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 8208, Raleigh, NC 27695 and RYKER, Katherine, Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, fountain@ncsu.edu


    Handouts
  • GSA_April_2014 R2.pptx (3.6 MB)
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    SHARING SPATIAL DATA WITH STUDENTS ON THE IPAD
    WHITMEYER, Shelley J., Geology and Environmental Science, James Madison University, 395 S. High Street, MSC 6903, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, whitm2sj@jmu.edu


    Handouts
  • 2014 Whitmeyer GSA Poster.pdf (8.3 MB)
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    EXPERIMENTAL RUN PRODUCT ARCHIVE, PRODUCED USING THE EGEMS GEOLOGICAL DATABASE, PROMOTES LONG-TERM PRESERVATION AND ACCESSIBILITY FOR BOTH SPECIMENS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED DATA
    TIMM, Sarah, Research and Collections, Virginia Museum of Natural History, 21 Starling Avenue, Martinsville, VA 24112 and BEARD, James, Virginia Museum of Natural History, 21 Starling Ave, Martinsville, VA 24112, sarah.timm@vmnh.virginia.gov


    Handouts
  • SARAH TIMM SE GSA Presentation 2014.pptx (4.3 MB)
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    SEDIMENT SOURCE TRACKING USING STABLE ISOTOPES IN A MIXED-USE WATERSHED, SOUTH CAROLINA
    MCCARNEY-CASTLE, Kerry, CHILDRESS, Tristan M. and HEATON, Christian Reid, South Carolina Geological Survey, Columbia, SC 29212, childresst@dnr.sc.gov


    Handouts
  • Castle_GSA2014.pptx (16.5 MB)
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    ANALYZING SYMMETRY OF VALLEYS AT STREAM BENDS TO CHARACTERIZE POSSIBLE NEOGENE UPLIFT IN THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA
    ODOM III, William E., Department of Geological Sciences, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 and STEWART, K.G., Department of Geology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, wodom@live.unc.edu


    Handouts
  • ODOM_SEGSA.pdf (1.1 MB)
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    MAGNETIC CHARACTERIZATION OF COAL ASH AND TRACE METAL CONCENTRATIONS IN RIVER SEDIMENTS CONTAMINATED BY THE KINGSTON SPILL
    GASPARI, Daniel P.1, COWAN, Ellen A.1, SERAMUR, Keith C.2, BRACHFELD, Stefanie A.3 and BABYAK, Carol M.4, (1)Department of Geology, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608, (2)Boone, NC 28608, (3)Earth and Environmental Studies, Montclair State University, 252 Mallory Hall, Upper Montclair, NJ 07043, (4)Department of Chemistry, Appalachian State University, ASU Box 32036, Boone, NC 28608-2036, gasparidp@gmail.com


    Handouts
  • Final Abstract (submitted after meeting).docx (131.5 kB)
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    THE ELSING GREEN, A NEW PLEISTOCENE ALLOFORMATION IN THE VIRGINIA COASTAL PLAIN
    BERQUIST Jr., C.R., Virginia Division of Geology and Mineral Resources, Department of Geology, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187, GILMER, Amy K., School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queens Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, United Kingdom and HANCOCK, Gregory, Department of Geology, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187, rick.berquist@dmme.virginia.gov


    Handouts
  • Tunstall 2014.pdf (11.3 MB)
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    STEATITE-TEMPERED EARLY WOODLAND PERIOD (1200 – 500 BCE) CERAMICS OF VIRGINIA: A QUESTION OF STEATITE IDENTITY AND NOMENCLATURE
    SMITH, Michael S., Department of Geography and Geology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 601 South College Road, Wilmington, NC 28403 and FIEDEL, Stuart, The Louis Berger Group, Inc, 801 East Main Street, Suite 500, Richmond, VA 23219, smithms@uncw.edu


    Handouts
  • Smith_Fiedel_steatite_2014.pdf (5.6 MB)
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    A GLACIOEUSTATIC ORIGIN FOR THE UPPER DEVONIAN FOREKNOBS FORMATION, SOUTH-CENTRAL APPALACHIAN BASIN, WEST VIRGINIA-VIRGINIA
    MCCLUNG, Wilson S., 3165 Orion Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80906, ERIKSSON, Ken, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, TERRY Jr, Dennis, Earth and Environmental Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122 and CUFFEY, Clifford, Chevron USA Inc, 15 Smith Road, Midland, TX 79705, wildarmc@att.net


    Handouts
  • 25-6_GSA Up Dev Foreknobs Fm_Glacioeustasy.ppt (7.2 MB)
  • SE GSA_Foreknobs Fm_Glacioeustasy_18 side panel_2014May.pdf (1.7 MB)
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    AN EVALUATION OF THE GEOLOGIC SOURCES OF MANGANESE IN THE ROANOKE RIVER WATERSHED
    KIRACOFE, Zachary A., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, SCHREIBER, Madeline E., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 1405 Perry St, Blacksburg, VA 24061 and HENIKA, William S., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0420, kiracoza@vt.edu


    Handouts
  • Kiracofe_SEGSA presentation.pptx (12.6 MB)
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    RAPID SCOUR, SAND RIM CONSTRUCTION, AND BASIN MIGRATION OF A CAROLINA BAY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
    MOORE, Christopher R.1, BROOKS, Mark J.1, MALLINSON, David J.2, PARHAM, Peter R.3, IVESTER, Andrew H.4 and FEATHERS, James K.5, (1)Savannah River Archaeological Research Program, South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, USC, PO Box 400, New Ellenton, SC 29809, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, (3)Institute of Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia, (4)Department of Geosciences, University of West Georgia, 1601 Maple Street, Carrollton, GA 30118, (5)Luminescence Dating Laboratory, Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, cmoore@srarp.org


    Handouts
  • Herndon Bay_SE GSA Poster 2014_final.pdf (2.9 MB)
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    THE SLOW DECAY OF AFTERSHOCKS TRIGGERED BY THE AUGUST 2011, MINERAL, VIRGINIA EARTHQUAKE
    WALSH, Lisa Schleicher, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Rockville, MD 20852, SAUBER, Jeanne M., Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, MARTIN, Aaron J., Department of Geology, The University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20747, MONTÉSI, Laurent G., Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20740, MCNAMARA, Daniel E., US Geological Survey, 1711 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401 and HORTON, J. Wright, U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, Lisa.Walsh@nrc.gov


    Handouts
  • Walsh_GSASE_2014_toprint.pdf (2.5 MB)
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    HF-ND ISOTOPE CONSTRAINTS ON THE MANTLE SOURCE CHARACTERISTICS FOR THE TENGCHONG VOLCANICS FROM SE TIBETAN PLATEAU
    MA, Mingjia, Dept. of Geology and Geography, Auburn University, 219 Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL 36849 and ZOU, Haibo, Department of Geosciences, Auburn University, 210 Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, mzm0073@auburn.edu


    Handouts
  • Poster v2 hz2.ppt (1.2 MB)
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    PHYLOGENETIC SIGNALS IN PHYTOSAUR TOOTH ENAMEL MICROSTRUCTURE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR NEWARK SUPERGROUP PHYTOSAURS
    HOFFMAN, Devin K.1, MILLER-CAMP, Jessica A.2 and HECKERT, Andrew B.1, (1)Dept. of Geology, Appalachian State University, ASU Box 32067, Boone, NC 28608, (2)Dept. of Geoscience, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, hoffmandk@appstate.edu


    Handouts
  • Hoffman SE GSA Presentation.pptx (8.7 MB)
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    QUANTIFYING GROUNDWATER AND SURFACE WATER INTERACTIONS IN THE FOUR MILE CREEK BURIED VALLEY AQUIFER
    JENKINS, Andrew Stephen and DESHURKO, Nicole V., Dept. of Geology & Environmental Science, Miami University, 250 S Patterson Ave, Oxford, OH 45056, jenkinas@miamioh.edu


    Handouts
  • FourMile Research Poster.pdf (647.5 kB)
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    THE FORMATION OF CONDUIT CAVES IN THE BAHAMAS
    LARSON, Erik B. and MYLROIE, John E., Department of Geosciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762-5448, ebl47@msstate.edu


    Handouts
  • Larson&Mylroie_2014_SEGSA.pdf (7.6 MB)
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    THE EFFECT OF INUNDATION ON ECOLOGICAL ZONATION IN A SALT MARSH USING LOW-ALTITUDE BALLOON AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
    MADSEN, Elizabeth, Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of South Carolina, 1600 Hampton Street, Columbia, SC 29208 and WHITE, Scott, University of South Carolina, 700 Sumter St, Columbia, SC 29208, emadsen@geol.sc.edu


    Handouts
  • Madsen_SEGSA2014.pdf (15.7 MB)
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    INCREASING SEISMIC MONITORING IN THE SOUTH-CENTRAL APPALACHIANS BY THE KENTUCKY SEISMIC AND STRONG-MOTION NETWORK
    CARPENTER, N. Seth, Kentucky Geological Survey, University of Kentucky, 228 Mining and Mineral Resources Building, Lexington, KY 40506-0107, WANG, Zhenming, Kentucky Geological Survey, University of Kentucky, 228 Mining and Mineral Resources Building, Lexington, KY 40506 and WOOLERY, Edward W., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, 101 Slone Research Building, Lexington, KY 40506-0053, seth.carpenter@uky.edu


    Handouts
  • 3-7_CarpenterNS_2014SE-GSA.pdf (5.2 MB)
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    INFORMING THE PUBLIC THROUGH MULTIMEDIA OUTLETS-HOW A TEAM OF INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDENTS AIDED IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF LOCAL WATER QUALITY ISSUES
    BORGMANN, Kelly1, MAY, Ross C.2, HUTCHINSON, Daniel M.2, HAYES, Dylan M.3, COPE, Brian Z.4, FLOREA, Lee J.4 and KUBAN, Adam J.2, (1)Department of Biology, Ball State University, 2000 W. University Ave, Muncie, IN 47306, (2)Department of Journalism, Ball State University, 2000 W. University Ave, Muncie, IN 47306, (3)Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, Ball State University, 2000 W. University Ave, Muncie, IN 47306, (4)Department of Geological Sciences, Ball State University, 2000 W. University Ave, Muncie, IN 47306, kelly@fortheland.org


    Handouts
  • GSA Presentation.pptx (11.1 MB)
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    PROGRESS OF COASTAL PLAIN GEOLOGIC MAPPING FROM RICHMOND TO THE VIRGINIA EASTERN SHORE
    BERQUIST Jr., C.R., Virginia Division of Geology and Mineral Resources, Department of Geology, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187 and GILMER, Amy K., School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queens Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, United Kingdom, rick.berquist@dmme.virginia.gov


    Handouts
  • cp with new faults expanded copy.pdf (35.2 MB)
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    SEAFOOD THROUGH TIME REVISITED: COUPLED BODY SIZE EVOLUTION, METABOLIC ACTIVITY, AND ECOLOGICAL DIVERSIFICATION IN PHANEROZOIC BILATERIAN MARINE ANIMALS
    HEIM, Noel A.1, KNOPE, Matthew L.2 and PAYNE, Jonathan L.1, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Stanford, CA 94305, (2)Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, naheim@sedpaleo.org


    Handouts
  • heim_se_gsa.pdf (27.9 MB)