2015 GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA (1-4 November 2015)

Session No. 197
Tuesday, 3 November 2015: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 307 (Baltimore Convention Center)

T185. Coastal Hazards from Minutes to Millennia

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Geology and Society Division
Simon E. Engelhart, Andrew C. Kemp and Benjamin P. Horton, Session Chairs
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM
A NEW PROBABILISTIC ESTIMATE OF GLOBAL AND LOCAL SEA LEVELS OVER THE 20TH CENTURY
HAY, Carling C., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901; Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, MORROW, Eric, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, KOPP, Robert E., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854 and MITROVICA, Jerry X., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, carlinghay@fas.harvard.edu
8:25 AM
FACING HIGHER SEA LEVELS AND INCREASED COASTAL FLOODING IN NEW YORK CITY
GORNITZ, Vivien1, HORTON, Radley2, BADER, D.A.3, ROSENZWEIG, Cynthia1 and ORTON, Philip4, (1)Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia University/NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, 2880 Broadway, New York, NY 10025, (2)Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia University/ NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, 2880 Broadway, New York, NY 10025, (3)Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia University, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, 2880 Broadway, New York, NY 10025, (4)Stevens Institute of Technology, Castle Point on Hudson, Hoboken, NJ 07030, vmg1@columbia.edu
8:40 AM
SEA-LEVEL RISE IN THE DELAWARE BAY (U.S. ATLANTIC COAST) DURING THE COMMON ERA
GARCÍA-ARTOLA, A.1, HORTON, B.P.1, ENGELHART, S.E.2, NIKITINA, D.3, PILARCZYK, J.E.1, KHAN, N.S.1, WALKER, J.1 and SHAW, T.1, (1)Department of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University, 71 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, (2)Department of Geosciences, University of Rhode Island, Woodward Hall, 9 East Alumni Avenue, Kingston, RI 02881, (3)Geology and Astronomy, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, 207 Merion Science Center, West Chester, PA 19383, agarciaartola@marine.rutgers.edu
8:55 AM
EEMIAN MIS 5E: A FLASH FROM THE PAST…AND A GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTURE!
HEARTY, Paul J., Environmental Studies, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, 600 So College Av, Wilmington, NC 28403, HANSEN, James, Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions, Columbia University Earth Institute, New York, NY 10115 and TSELIOUDIS, George, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NASA, 2880 Broadway, New York, NY 10025, heartyp@uncw.edu
9:10 AM
A VIEW ON THE INUNDATION LIMITS IN COASTAL CITIES FROM MEXICO AND SELECTED PACIFIC CITIES: RECENT SEA SWELL IMPACT (2015)
JONATHAN, M.P.1, FRANCISCO, Reyes Hernandez2, VENKATA CHARI, Shruti2 and MUTHUSANKAR, G.3, (1)Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo (CIIEMAD), Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN), Calle 30 de Junio de 1520, Barrio la Laguna Ticoman, Del. Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico D.F, 07340, Mexico, (2)Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo (CIIEMAD), Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN), Calle 30 de Junio de 1520, Barrio la Laguna Ticomán, Del. Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico DF, 07340, Mexico, (3)French Institute of Pondicherry, 11, St. Louis Street, Pondicherry, 605001, India, mpjonathan7@yahoo.com
9:25 AM
WHY DOES SANDY HOOK HAVE THAT SINKING FEELING?
JOHNSON, Christopher S.1, MILLER, Kenneth G.1, BROWNING, James V.1, KOPP, Robert E.1, KHAN, Nicole S.2 and STANFORD, Scott D.3, (1)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854; Institute of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Rutgers University, 71 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, (2)Institute of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Rutgers University, 71 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08854; Department of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University, 71 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, (3)New Jersey Geological and Water Survey, P.O. Box 420, Trenton, NJ 08625, c.s.johnson@rutgers.edu
9:40 AM
PALEOTEMPESTOLOGICAL RECONSTRUCTION OF WESTERN ATLANTIC HOLOCENE HURRICANE IMPACTS FROM MANGROVE LAKE, BERMUDA
WALLACE, Davin J.1, DONNELLY, Jeffrey P.2, WOODRUFF, Jonathan D.3, VAN HENGSTUM, Peter J.4, ROSENHEIM, Brad5 and HORGAN, Meghan C.4, (1)Department of Marine Science, University of Southern Mississippi, 1020 Balch Blvd, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529, (2)Geology & Geophysics Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MS #22, 266 Woods Hole Rd, Woods Hole, MA 02543, (3)Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 611 North Pleasant St, 233 Morrill Science Center, Amherst, MA 01003, (4)Department of Marine Sciences, Texas A&M University at Galveston, 1001 Texas Clipper Road, Galveston, TX 77554, (5)College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, 140 7th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, davin.wallace@usm.edu
10:00 AM
GEOLOGIC RECORD OF HURRICANE IMPACTS ON THE NEW JERSEY COAST
NIKITINA, Daria, Geology and Astronomy, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, 207 Merion Science Center, West Chester, PA 19383, HORTON, Benjamin P., Institution of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University, 71 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, KHAN, Nicole, Institute of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, SHAW, Timothy, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, 71 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, ENACHE, Mihaela, NJDEP, Office of Science, PO Box 420 Mail code 428-01, Trenton, NJ 08625-0420, FRIZZERA, Dorina, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Treton, NJ, PROCOPIO, Nick, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Trenton, NJ and POTAPOVA, Marina, Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19103, dnikitina@wcupa.edu
10:15 AM
A LATE HOLOCENE LOW-FREQUENCY STORMINESS SIGNAL FROM AN INLAND SUBMARINE CAVE IN BERMUDA
VAN HENGSTUM, Peter J.1, DONNELLY, Jeffrey P.2, REINHARDT, Eduard G.3, WALLACE, Davin J.4 and HORGAN, Meghan C.1, (1)Department of Marine Sciences, Texas A&M University at Galveston, 1001 Texas Clipper Road, Galveston, TX 77554, (2)Geology & Geophysics Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MS #22, 266 Woods Hole Rd, Woods Hole, MA 02543, (3)School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main St. W, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada, (4)Department of Marine Science, University of Southern Mississippi, 1020 Balch Blvd, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529, vanhenp@tamug.edu
10:30 AM
USING RECENT HURRICANE EVENT LAYERS TO EVALUATE REGIONAL STORM IMPACTS ON ESTUARINE AND WETLAND SYSTEMS
OSTERMAN, Lisa E., SMITH, Christopher G. and ADAMS, C. Scott, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 600 Fourth St. South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, osterman@usgs.gov
10:45 AM
DEPOSITIONAL ARCHITECTURE OF COARSE SAND BEACH RIDGES AT COWLEY BEACH, NORTHEASTERN QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA
TAMURA, Toru, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, Central 7, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, 305-8567, Japan, NICHOLAS, William A., Geoscience Australia, Canberra, 2601, Australia; University of Wollongong, Wollongong, 2522, Australia, OLIVER, Thom S.N., Wollongong, 2522, Australia and BROOKE, Brendan, Canberra, 2601, Australia, toru.tamura@aist.go.jp
11:00 AM
REPEATED TSUNAMIS DURING THE LAST 4000 YEARS AT SANAK ISLAND, ALASKA
ENGELHART, Simon E., Department of Geosciences, University of Rhode Island, Woodward Hall, 9 East Alumni Avenue, Kingston, RI 02881, WITTER, Robert C., U S Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, 4210 University Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508, BRIGGS, Richard W., Geologic Hazards Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 1711 Illinois St., Golden, CO 80401, VANE, Christopher H., British Geological Survey, Environmental Science Centre, Keyworth, United Kingdom, DURA, Tina, Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, CORBETT, D. Reide, East Carolina University & UNC Coastal Studies Institute, Greenville, NC 27858, NELSON, Alan R., Geologic Hazards Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 1711 Illinois St, Golden, CO 80401, HAEUSSLER, Peter J., U.S. Geological Survey, 4210 University Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508, KOEHLER, Rich D., State of Alaska, Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 3354 College Road, Fairbanks, AK 99709 and GELFENBAUM, Guy, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, engelhart@uri.edu
11:15 AM
STORM-WAVE MOVEMENT OF MEGAGRAVEL IN WESTERN IRELAND: IMPLICATIONS FOR UNDERSTANDING BOTH STORMS AND TSUNAMI
COX, Rónadh and WATKINS, Oona G., Geosciences, Williams College, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267, rcox@williams.edu
11:30 AM
LEVERAGING RESEARCH ON EARTHQUAKES AND TSUNAMI TO INCREASE PREPAREDNESS EDUCATION IN COASTAL CASCADIA COMMUNITIES
BUTLER, Robert F., Environmental Sciences, University of Portland, 4000 N Willamette Blvd, Portland, OR 97203, PRATT-SITAULA, Beth, Geological Sciences, Central Washington University, 400 E. University Way, Ellensburg, WA 98926, LILLIE, Robert J., Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University, 104 Wilkinson Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, HUNTER, Nancee C., Oregon Sea Grant, Hatfield Marine Science Center, 2030 SE Marine Science Drive, Newport, OR 97365, MAGURA, Bonnie, 19700 River Run Dr, Portland, OR 97034, GROOM, Roger, Mt. Tabor Middle School, 5800 SE Ash, Portland, OR 97215, HEDEEN, Chris, Oregon City High School, 19761 S. Beavercreek Rd, Oregon City, OR 97215, JOHNSON, Jenda, IRIS Consortium, 1200 New York Ave. NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20005 and COE, Michael, Cedar Lake Research Group Inc., PO Box 14413, Portland, OR 97293, butler@up.edu
11:45 AM
IS CONTINENTAL SHELF BATHYMETRY THE MAIN CONTROL FOR TSUNAMI INUNDATION PATTERNS ON THE US EAST COAST?
TEHRANIRAD, Babak1, KIRBY, James T.1, SHI, Fengyan1, GRILLI, Stephan T.2 and GRILLI, Annette R.2, (1)University of Delaware, Center for applied coastal research, 259 Academy St, newark, DE 19716, (2)University of Rhode Island, Department of Ocean Engineering, Narragansett, RI 02882, btrad@udel.edu
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