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

Session No. 329
Wednesday, 4 November 2015: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 327/328/329 (Baltimore Convention Center)

P5. Appalachian Geomorphology II

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division
Frank J. Pazzaglia, Gregory S. Hancock and Sean F. Gallen, Conveners
Paper #
Start Time
1:30 PM
LIDAR, ORTHOIMAGERY, AND FIELD ANALYSIS OF PERIGLACIAL LANDFORMS AND THEIR COLD CLIMATE SIGNATURE, UNGLACIATED PENNSYLVANIA AND MARYLAND
MERRITTS, Dorothy J.1, WALTER, Robert C.1, BLAIR, Aaron2, DEMITROFF, Mark3, POTTER Jr., Noel4, ALTER, Samuel1, MARKEY, Erin1, GUILLORN, Sally1, GIGLIOTTI, Sophia1 and STUDNICKY, Caroline1, (1)Department of Earth and Environment, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA 17604, (2)United States Department of Agriculture - Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 240 W Prospect, Fort Collin, PA 80526, (3)School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Stockton University, Galloway, NJ 08205-9441, (4)Department of Earth Sciences (retired), Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA 17013, dorothy.merritts@fandm.edu
2:00 PM
NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE MECHANICAL WEATHERING OF ROCK IN HUMID-TEMPERATE CLIMATES
EPPES, Martha Cary, Department of Geography & Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28223 and KEANINI, Russell, Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, meppes@uncc.edu
2:30 PM
TOPOGRAPHIC FINGERPRINTS OF MICRO-CLIMATE AND LITHOLOGY IN THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS
WEST, Nicole, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 542 Deike Bldg, University Park, PA 16802 and KIRBY, Eric, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Wilkinson 202D, Corvallis, OR 97331, nxw157@psu.edu
 
3:00 PM
Break
3:15 PM
REGOLITH PRODUCTION AND TRANSPORT IN THE SUSQUEHANNA SHALE HILLS CRITICAL ZONE OBSERVATORY: INSIGHTS FROM U-SERIES ISOTOPES
MA, Lin, Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. University Ave, El Paso, TX 79968, CHABAUX, Francois, 2Laboratoire d’Hydrologie et de Geochimie de Strasbourg, EOST, University of Strasbourg and CNRS, Strasbourg, France, WEST, Nicole, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 542 Deike Bldg, University Park, PA 16802, KIRBY, Eric, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, JIN, Lixin, Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968 and BRANTLEY, Susan L., Geosciences, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802, lma@utep.edu
3:45 PM
TOPOGRAPHIC AND COLLUVIAL SIGNATURES OF LITHOLOGY, BASE LEVEL, AND CLIMATE IN THE SHAVERS CREEK WATERSHED, PENNSYLVANIA
DIBIASE, Roman A.1, DEL VECCHIO, Joanmarie1 and GRANKE, Sarah B.2, (1)Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, (2)Department of Geology, Pomona College, Pomona, CA 91711, rdibiase@psu.edu
4:15 PM
GEOMORPHIC RESPONSE TO EXTREME FLOODS IN THE APPALACHIANS
KOCHEL, R. Craig, Dept. of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Bucknell University, 1 Dent Drive, Lewisburg, PA 17837, kochel@bucknell.edu
 
4:45 PM
Discussion
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