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

Session No. 39
Sunday, 1 November 2015: 9:00 AM-5:30 PM
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)

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

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; Marine/Coastal Science Discipline
Authors will be present from 3:30 to 5:30 PM.
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SHELF MORPHOLOGY AND SUBMERGED SHORELINE PRESERVATION: EXAMPLES FROM KWAZULU-NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA
GREEN, Andrew1, COOPER, J. Andrew G.2 and SALZMANN, Leslee1, (1)Geological Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville, Durban, 4000, South Africa, (2)Environmental Science, University of Ulster, Cromore Road, Coleraine, BT52 1SA, United Kingdom, greena1@ukzn.ac.za
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RACEMIZATION-INFERRED AGE DISTRIBUTION OF MOLLUSKS IN THE US ATLANTIC MARGIN COASTAL SYSTEM
WEHMILLER, J.F., Department of Geological Sciences, College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, University of Delaware, 103 Penny Hall, Newark, DE 19716, YORK, Linda L., Natural Resources Division, U.S. National Park Service, Southeast Regional Office, 100 Alabama St. S.W, Atlanta, GA 30303, PELLERITO, Vincent, 650 Brooke Road, B15, Glenside, PA 19038 and THIELER, E. Robert, U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, 384 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA 02543, jwehm@udel.edu
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SHELF MUD DEPOCENTERS AND STORM-DRIVEN BOTTOM TRANSPORT CONTROLLING THEIR FORMATION
HANEBUTH, Till J.J.1, ZHANG, Wenyan2, OBERLE, Ferdinand K.2, CUI, Yongsheng3, SANTOS, Ana I.4 and LANTZSCH, Hendrik2, (1)School of Coastal and Marine Systems Science, Coastal Carolina University, 290 Allied Drive, Conway, SC 29826, (2)MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, 28359, Germany, (3)Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 28659, China, (4)Hydrographic Institute, Lisbon, 26598, Portugal, thanebuth@coastal.edu
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ONSHORE-OFFSHORE CORRELATION OF QUATERNARY INCISED VALLEYS AND TIDAL PALEOCHANNELS, CAPE MAY, NJ
UPTEGROVE, Jane, MONTEVERDE, Donald H., STANFORD, Scott D., GAGLIANO, Michael P. and CARONE, Alexandra R., New Jersey Geological and Water Survey, P.O. Box 420, Trenton, NJ 08625, janeuptegrove@icloud.com
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IMPORTANCE OF REGIONAL GEOPHYSICAL AND GEOLOGICAL STUDIES OF OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY AREAS
PONTE, Ali, CRIBB, Coty and MADSEN, John, Department of Geological Sciences, Center for Carbon-Free Power Integration, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, anponte@udel.edu
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QUANTIFYING MACRO-SCALE GEOMORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES POST-HURRICANE SANDY AT ASSATEAGUE ISLAND UTILIZING BATHYMETRIC MAPPING TECHNIQUES
HAULSEE, Kenneth, College of Earth Ocean and Environment, Lewes, DE 19958, TREMBANIS, Arthur, College of Earth Ocean and Environment, University of Delaware, 109 Penny Hall, Newark, DE 19716 and DUVAL, Carter, College of Earth Ocean and Environment, Newark, DE 19716, khaulsee@UDel.Edu
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SEA-FLOOR FEATURES AND SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS IN WESTERN BLOCK ISLAND SOUND, OFFSHORE OF FISHERS ISLAND, NEW YORK
MCMULLEN, Katherine Y.1, POPPE, Lawrence J.1 and WINNER, William G.2, (1)USGS, Woods Hole, MA 02543, (2)National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 439 West York Street, Norfolk, VA 23510, kmcmullen@usgs.gov
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REPURPOSING NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA) HYDROGRAPHIC DATA FOR SEA FLOOR SEDIMENT MAPPING ALONG THE CONTINENTAL SHELF OF THE DELMARVA PENINSULA
MAHMUD, Akim, Department of Earth & Atmospheric Science, City College of New York, 160 Convent Ave, New York, NY 10031, PENDLETON, Elizabeth, Woods Hole Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 384 Quissett Campus, Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA 02543, BROTHERS, Laura, Woods Hole, MA, ANDREWS, Brian, U.S. Geological Survey, 384 Woods Hole Rd, Woods Hole, MA 02543 and THIELER, E. Robert, U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, 384 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA 02543, amahmud02@citymail.cuny.edu
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ANALYSIS OF SIDE-SCAN SONAR DATA TO CONSTRAIN GEOLOGIC SETTING OF OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY AREAS
CRIBB, Coty, PONTE, Ali and MADSEN, John, Department of Geological Sciences, Center for Carbon-Free Power Integration, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, cotycrib@udel.edu
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OBSERVATIONS OF RIPPLE VARIABILITY ALONG THE ASSATEAGUE ISLAND INNER CONTINENTAL SHELF
FRIEDRICHS, Andrew, Middlebury, VT 05753, DUVAL, Carter, College of Earth Ocean and Environment, Newark, DE 19716 and TREMBANIS, Arthur, College of Earth Ocean and Environment, University of Delaware, 109 Penny Hall, Newark, DE 19716, amfriedrichs@middlebury.edu
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MORPHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT OF NEARSHORE PLACED DREDGED MATERIAL, ST. JOHN’S COUNTY, FLORIDA
OUSLEY, Jase D.1, ENGLE, Jason A.2, MAGLIO, Coraggio K.1, BRUTSCHÉ, Katherine E.1 and MCFALL, Brian C.1, (1)U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Coastal Hydraulics Laboratory, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180, (2)U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, 701 San Marco Blvd., Jacksonville, FL 32207, jase.d.ousley@usace.army.mil
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GEOSPATIALLY REFERENCED AND GROUND-TRUTHED HOLOCENE ESTUARINE SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY OF THE WESTMORELAND PARK REGION, CENTRAL POTOMAC ESTUARY, VA
WONDOLOWSKI, Nicholas A.1, HUBENY, J. Bradford1, TIBERT, Neil E.2, NEILSON, Miles2, RIZZO, Brian3 and KING, John W.4, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Salem State University, 352 Lafayette Street, Salem, MA 01970, (2)Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Mary Washington, Jepson Science Center, 1301 College Avenue, Fredericksburg, VA 22401, (3)Geography and Geographic Information Systems, University of Mary Washington, 1301 College Ave, Fredericksburg, VA 22401, (4)Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI 02882, nickwondo@gmail.com
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STRATIGRAPHIC ARCHITECTURE OF THE TIDAL POTOMAC AND RAPPAHANNOCK RIVERS ALONG THE COASTAL CLIFFS OF VIRGINIA’S HISTORIC NORTHERN NECK
NEILSON, Miles A.1, CLEVENGER, Megan2, WONDOLOWSKI, Nicholas A.3, TIBERT, Neil4, HUBENY, J. Bradford3 and RIZZO, Brian5, (1)Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Mary Washington, 1701 College Avenue, Fredericksburg, VA 22401, (2)University of Mary Washington, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, 1301 College Avenue, Fredericksburg, VA 22401, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, Salem State University, 352 Lafayette Street, Salem, MA 01970, (4)Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Mary Washington, 1301 College Avenue, Fredericksburg, VA 22401, (5)Geography and Geographic Information Systems, University of Mary Washington, 1301 College Ave, Fredericksburg, VA 22401, mneilson@mail.umw.edu
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