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

Session No. 93
Monday, 2 November 2015: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 309 (Baltimore Convention Center)

T127. Continental Shelf and Estuarine Seafloor Mapping and Shallow Stratigraphy on the North American East Coast

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; Marine/Coastal Science Discipline
Joseph Kelley and Laura Brothers, Session Chairs
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:15 AM
SEDIMENTATION ACCUMULATION PATTERNS IN THE DAMARISCOTTA RIVER ESTUARY
CHANDLER, Emily A., School of Earth & Climate Sciences, University of Maine, Bryand Global Sciences Center, Orono, ME 04469-5790, KELLEY, Joseph T., School of Earth & Climate Sciences, Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, Bryand Global Sciences, Orono, ME 04469-5790 and BELKNAP, Daniel F., School of Earth and Climate Sciences, University of Maine, 117 Bryant Global Sciences Center, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469-5790, emily.a.chandler@maine.edu
8:30 AM
DEVELOPMENT OF A LATE QUATERNARY DEPOSITIONAL MODEL OF PORTSMOUTH HARBOR AND ADJACENT SHELF, NEW HAMPSHIRE
NIFONG, Kelly L., Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center, School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering, University of New Hampshire, 24 Colovos Road, Durham, NH 03824 and WARD, Larry G., University of New Hampshire, Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center, School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering, 24 Colovos Road, Durham, NH 03824, knifong@ccom.unh.edu
8:45 AM
DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEMS ON THE NORTHERN MASSACHUSETTS AND NEW HAMPSHIRE INNER CONTINENTAL SHELF: USE OF HIGH RESOLUTION SEAFLOOR MAPPING TO UNDERSTAND IMPACTS OF GLACIATION, MARINE PROCESSES AND SEA-LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS
WARD, Larry G., MCAVOY, Zachary S., ANZIANI, Maxlimer Vallee, NAGEL, Erin and KELLEY, Nifong, University of New Hampshire, Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center, School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering, 24 Colovos Road, Durham, NH 03824, larry.ward@unh.edu
9:00 AM
APPLICATION OF GEOLOGIC MAPPING OF THE INNER CONTINENTAL SHELF TO COASTAL EVOLUTION AND NEARSHORE SEDIMENT TRANSPORT PROCESSES RESEARCH, AN EXAMPLE FROM FIRE ISLAND, NEW YORK
SCHWAB, William C., BALDWIN, Wayne E., DENNY, Jane F., WARNER, John C., SAFAK, Ilgar and LIST, Jeffery H., U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, 384 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA 02543, bschwab@usgs.gov
9:20 AM
USING NEARSHORE GEOPHYSICS TO UNDERSTAND POST-STORM BEACH RECOVERY: LINKS TO SPATIALLY-VARIABLE WAVE RAVINEMENT?
MISELIS, Jennifer1, HAPKE, Cheryl J.1, LOCKER, Stanley1, NELSON, Timothy1, BUSTER, Noreen A.1, BRENNER, Owen1, WADMAN, Heidi M.2 and MCNINCH, Jesse E.2, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, 600 4th St. S, Saint Petersburg, FL 33701, (2)Field Research Facility-Duck, United States Army Corps of Engineers, USACE-CEERD-HC-F, Field Research Facility, 1261 Duck Road, Kitty Hawk, NC 27949, jmiselis@usgs.gov
9:40 AM
LOWER THAN PRESENT SEA LEVELS: SEARCHING FOR SUBMERGED SHORELINES IN THE BRITISH ISLES
COOPER, J. Andrew G., Environmental Science, University of Ulster, Cromore Road, Coleraine, BT52 1SA, United Kingdom, jag.cooper@ulster.ac.uk
 
10:00 AM
Break
10:15 AM
RECENT GEOPHYSICAL AND MORPHODYNAMIC OBSERVATIONS ALONG THE ASSATEAGUE ISLAND INNER CONTINENTAL SHELF IN RELATION TO SUPERSTORM SANDY
TREMBANIS, Arthur1, MILLER, Douglas2, KENNEDY, Elise3, DUVAL, Carter4, FRIEDRICHS, Andrew5 and HAULSEE, Kenneth3, (1)College of Earth Ocean and Environment, University of Delaware, 109 Penny Hall, Newark, DE 19716, (2)College of Earth Ocean and Environment, University of Delaware, 700 Pilottown Road, Lewes, DE 19958, (3)College of Earth Ocean and Environment, Lewes, DE 19958, (4)College of Earth Ocean and Environment, Newark, DE 19716, (5)Middlebury, VT 05753, art@udel.edu
10:30 AM
USING AUTOMATED IMAGE CLASSIFICATION TO LINK GEOMORPHOLOGY AND SHALLOW STRATIGRAPHY ALONG THE DELMARVA PENINSULA
PENDLETON, Elizabeth A.1, BROTHERS, Laura2, MAHMUD, Akim3 and THIELER, E. Robert1, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, 384 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA 02543, (2)Woods Hole, MA, (3)Department of Earth & Atmospheric Science, City College of New York, 160 Convent Ave, New York, NY 10031, ependleton@usgs.gov
10:45 AM
DISTRIBUTION AND TENTATIVE AGES OF AN EXTENSIVE PALEOCHANNEL NETWORK OFFSHORE OF THE DELMARVA PENINSULA, U.S.A
BROTHERS, Laura, FOSTER, David S., PENDLETON, Elizabeth A. and THIELER, E. Robert, U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, 384 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA 02543, lbrothers@usgs.gov
11:00 AM
DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS DURING SEA-LEVEL RISE BASED ON PALEOCHANNEL FILL OFFSHORE CHARLESTON, SC
SMOAK, Erin, Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of South Carolina, 701 Sumter Street, EWS 617, Columbia, SC 29208, WHITE, Scott, University of South Carolina, 700 Sumter St, Columbia, SC 29208, WILSON, Alicia, Earth and Ocean Sciences, Univ of South Carolina, 701 Sumter St, Columbia, SC 29208 and LEIER, Andrew, Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, esmoak@geol.sc.edu
11:15 AM
FORMATION HISTORY AND OCEANOGRAPHIC CONTROL OF LATE HOLOCENE DEPOCENTERS IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF CADIZ, SOUTHERN SPAIN
KING, Mary Lee1, HANEBUTH, Till J.J.2, LOBO, Francisco3, LANTZSCH, Hendrik4 and SCHWENK, Tilmann4, (1)School of Coastal and Marine Systems Science, Coastal Carolina University, 290 Allied Dr., Conway, SC 29526, (2)School of Coastal and Marine Systems Science, Coastal Carolina University, 290 Allied Drive, Conway, SC 29826, (3)CSIC, University of Granada, Granada, 18002, Spain, (4)MARUM, University of Bremen, Bremen, 28359, Germany, mking@g.coastal.edu
11:30 AM
SCIENCE AND MAPPING IN VERY SHALLOW COASTAL WATERS WITH A PHASE-MEASURING SIDESCAN SONAR
BORRELLI, Mark, Marine Geology, Center for Coastal Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston, Hiebert Marine Lab, 5 Holway Avenue, Provincetown, MA 02657, SMITH, Theresa L., Marine Geology, Center for Coastal Studies, Hiebert Marine Lab, 5 Holway Avenue, Provincetown, MA 02657, KENNEDY, Cristina, Center for Coastal Studies, 5 Holway Ave, Provincetown, MA 02657, OAKLEY, Bryan A., Environmental Earth Science Department, Eastern Connecticut State University, 83 Windam St, Willimantic, CT 06226 and HUBENY, J. Bradford, Department of Geological Sciences, Salem State University, 352 Lafayette Street, Salem, MA 01970, mborrelli@coastalstudies.org
 
11:45 AM
Introductory Remarks
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