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

Session No. 246
Tuesday, 3 November 2015: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 345/346 (Baltimore Convention Center)

T129. Forecasting the Coastal Response to Sea-Level Rise: Integrating the Past and Present to Inform the Future

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; Marine/Coastal Science Discipline
Erika E. Lentz, Benjamin T. Gutierrez and Simon E. Engelhart, Session Chairs
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
GSA QUATERNARY GEOLOGY AND GEOMORPHOLOGY DIVISION KIRK BRYAN AWARD: QUATERNARY SEA-LEVEL HISTORY ON THE PACIFIC COAST OF NORTH AMERICA: EFFECTS OF LOW UPLIFT RATE AND GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENT PROCESSES ON THE MARINE TERRACE RECORD
MUHS, Daniel R., U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Box 25046, MS-980, Denver, CO 80225, SIMMONS, Kathleen R., U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO 80225, GROVES, Lindsey T., Section of Malacology, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90007, SCHUMANN, R. Randall, U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 980, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046, MITROVICA, Jerry X., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 and LAUREL, DeAnna J., Dept of Geosciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1482, dmuhs@usgs.gov
2:05 PM
MODELING COASTAL EROSION, GROUNDWATER INUNDATION, PASSIVE INUNDATION, AND WAVE INUNDATION UNDER HIGHER SEA LEVEL IN HAWAII
FLETCHER, Charles H., School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii, 1680 East-West Rd, POST 802, Honolulu, HI 96822, ANDERSON, Tiffany, Geology and Geophysics, University of Hawaii, 1680 East-West Road, POST 701, Honolulu, HI 96822, BARBEE, Matthew, Geology and Geophysics, University of Hawaii, 1680 East West Road, POST 721, Honolulu, HI 96822 and HABEL, Shellie L., Geology and Geophysics, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2500 Campus Rd, Honolulu, HI 96822, fletcher@soest.hawaii.edu
2:20 PM
THE ROLE OF SHOREFACE DYNAMICS IN BEACH NOURISHMENT DECISIONS: INSIGHTS FROM A SIMPLE MODEL
LORENZO TRUEBA, Jorge, Department of Earth and Environmental Studies, Montclair State University, 1 Normal Ave, Montclair, NJ 07043, JIN, Di, Marine Policy Center, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543-1050, HOAGLAND, Porter, Marine Policy Center, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543 and ASHTON, Andrew D., Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 360 Woods Hole Rd, Woods Hole, MA 02543, lorenzotruej@mail.montclair.edu
2:40 PM
ASSESSMENT OF COASTAL LANDSCAPE ADAPTABILITY TO SEA LEVEL RISE THROUGH A DECISION SUPPORT LENS
LENTZ, Erika E., U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, 384 Woods Hole Rd, Woods Hole, MA 02543, THIELER, E. Robert, U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, 384 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA 02543, PLANT, Nathaniel, U.S. Geological Survey, 600 4th St. South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, STIPPA, Saywer, Woods Hole, MA 02543, HORTON, Radley, Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia University/ NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, 2880 Broadway, New York, NY 10025 and GESCH, Dean, U.S. Geological Survey, Sioux Falls, SD 57198, erika.lentz@gmail.com
2:55 PM
EFFECTS OF SEA-LEVEL RISE ON COASTAL AQUIFER SYSTEMS – POTENTIAL ECONOMIC AND ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS, EASTERN U.S
MASTERSON, John P.1, WALTER, Donald A.1 and LANGEVIN, Christian2, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, 10 Bearfoot Road, Northborough, MA 01532, (2)Office of Groundwater, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Mail Stop 411, Reston, VA 20192, jpmaster@usgs.gov
 
3:15 PM
Break
 
3:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
MACDONALD, Francis A., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 2, Cambridge, MA 02138, fmacdon@fas.harvard.edu
 
3:35 PM
Arthur L. Day Medal: SEA LEVEL CHANGE FROM THE PALEOZOIC TO THE 21ST CENTURY: A RECORD OF CONTROVERSY
MITROVICA, Jerry X., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, jxm@eps.harvard.edu
3:55 PM
USING MANGROVE SUCCESSION TO MEASURE CHANGES IN THE RATE OF SEA LEVEL RISE ON SAN SALVADOR ISLAND, BAHAMAS: 1929-1994 AND 1994-2014
DAVIS, R. Laurence and GIBSON III, Solomon Ashton, Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of New Haven, 300 Boston Post Rd, West Haven, CT 06516, rldavis@newhaven.edu
4:10 PM
MILLENNIAL HISTORY OF SEA CLIFF RETREAT DERIVED USING COSMOGENIC 10BE REVEALS A RECENT ACCELERATION IN EROSION
HURST, Martin D.1, ROOD, Dylan H.2, ANDERSON, Robert S.3, ELLIS, Michael A.1 and DORNBUSCH, Uwe4, (1)British Geological Survey, Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG, United Kingdom, (2)Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, Royal School of Mines, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom, (3)Department of Geological Sciences and INSTAAR, University of Colorado, UCB 450, Boulder, CO 80309-0450, (4)Environment Agency, Chatsworth Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 1LD, United Kingdom, mhurst@bgs.ac.uk
4:25 PM
FORECASTING THE FATE OF LOUISIANA’S COASTAL WETLANDS USING PAST AND PRESENT MARSH RECORDS
TORNQVIST, Torbjörn E. and JANKOWSKI, Krista L., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, 6823 St. Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA 70118, tor@tulane.edu
4:45 PM
RESPONSE OF TIDAL FRESHWATER MARSHES IN CHESAPEAKE BAY TRIBUTARIES TO SHORT-TERM VARIABILITY IN SEA LEVEL AND SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS
PALINKAS, Cindy, Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Box 775, Cambridge, MD 21613 and ENGELHARDT, Katharina, Appalachian Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Frostburg, MD 21532, cpalinkas@hpl.umces.edu
5:00 PM
MODELING APPLICATIONS TO FORECAST SEA-LEVEL RISE AND COASTAL HABITAT MIGRATION UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE
DOYLE, Thomas, U.S. Geological Survey, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, 700 Cajundome Blvd., Lafayette, LA 70508, doylet@usgs.gov
5:15 PM
COUPLING OYSTER REEF WITH SALTMARSH ENHANCES CARBON STORAGE IN THE FACE OF SEA-LEVEL RISE
RIDGE, Justin T., Institute of Marine Sciences, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 3431 Arendell Street, Morehead City, NC 28557 and RODRIGUEZ, Antonio B., Institute of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 3431 Arendell Street, Morehead City, NC 28557, ridge@unc.edu
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