GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 228
Tuesday, 27 September 2016: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 401 (Colorado Convention Center)

T206. The Effects of Discharge Variability on Alluvial Stratigraphy: Toward a New Facies Model

SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology); GSA Sedimentary Geology Division
Evan Jones, Peter P. Flaig, Brady Z. Foreman and Mark Hansford, Advocates
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:40 PM
ANALYSIS OF MULTI-DECADAL (1960-2010) DYNAMICS IN SEDIMENT AND WATER DISCHARGES FROM GLOBAL RIVERS: TEMPORAL VARIABILITY AND INTRA-BASIN CONTROLS
COHEN, Sagy, Geography, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, SYVITSKI, James, Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, 80305, KETTNER, Albert, institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80305 and DUNN, Frances, Geography and Environment, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1B, United Kingdom, sagy.cohen@ua.edu
1:55 PM
PERSISTENCE AND PEAKEDNESS OF RIVER DISCHARGE ACROSS MULTIPLE TIMESCALES
JONES, Evan, Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1516 Illinois St, Golden, CO 80401 and PLINK-BJORKLUND, Piret, Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, evjones@mines.edu
2:10 PM
STRONGLY SEASONAL RIVERS IN THE SUBHUMID TROPICS OF NORTHEAST AUSTRALIA – DISCHARGE VARIABILITY AS A CONTROL ON DEPOSITIONAL PROCESS AND PRODUCT
FIELDING, Christopher R., Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 214 Bessey Hall, P.O. Box 880340, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, cfielding2@unl.edu
2:25 PM
EFFECT OF SHIFTING HYDROLOGIC REGIMES ON THE BENGAL BASIN AND GANGES-BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER DELTA SEQUENCE: MONSOON VARIABILITY AND LAKE-BURST FLOODS IN THE LATE QUATERNARY (Invited Presentation)
GOODBRED, Steven L., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, PICKERING, Jennifer L., Earth & Environmental Science, Vanderbilt University, PMB 351805, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37235-1805, SINCAVAGE, Ryan, Vanderbilt University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37235-1805 and HOSSAIN, Saddam, Department of Geology, Dhaka University, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh, steven.goodbred@vanderbilt.edu
2:45 PM
CHARACTERISTICS AND CONTROLS ON HIGH LATITUDE SEDIMENTATION IN THE CRETACEOUS OF ALASKA AND THE PERMIAN OF ANTARCTICA
FLAIG, Peter P., Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences, 10100 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX 78758, HASIOTIS, Stephen T., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lindley Hall, rm 120, Lawrence, KS 66045, VAN DER KOLK, Dolores A., Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences, 10100 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX 78758, MCCARTHY, Paul J., Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Alaska, PO Box 755780, Fairbanks, AK 99775-5780, FIORILLO, Anthony R., Perot Museum of Nature and Science, 2201 N. Field St., Dallas, TX 75201, SUAREZ, Celina, Department of Geosciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701 and JACKSON, Adam, Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd., rm 120, Lawrence, KS 66045, peter.flaig@beg.utexas.edu
3:00 PM
FROUDE SUPERCRITICAL FLOW IS GEOMORPHICALLY FORMATIVE FLOW IN SOME VARIABLE DISCHARGE RIVERS (Invited Presentation)
PLINK-BJORKLUND, Piret, Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, pplink@mines.edu
3:15 PM
A FACIES MODEL FOR RIVERS IN THE SEASONAL TROPICS AND SUBTROPICS, AND APPLICATION TO PALEOCLIMATIC INVESTIGATIONS OF ANCIENT SUCCESSIONS (Invited Presentation)
FIELDING, Christopher R., Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 214 Bessey Hall, P.O. Box 880340, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340 and ALLEN, Jonathan P., Chevron North American Exploration and Production, Bakersfield, CA 93311, cfielding2@unl.edu
 
3:35 PM
Break
3:50 PM
INTEGRATING DISCHARGE AND RAINFALL INDICATORS IN RIVER AND FLOODPLAIN DEPOSITS: AN EXAMPLE SPANNING THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM
FOREMAN, Brady Z.1, MAXBAUER, Daniel P.2 and RASMUSSEN, Dirk M.1, (1)Geology, Western Washington University, 516 High St, Bellingham, WA 98225, (2)Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, brady.foreman@wwu.edu
4:05 PM
PROVENANCE-CALIBRATED FLUVIAL RESPONSE TO WARMING DURING THE EARLY EOCENE CLIMATIC OPTIMUM, BRIDGER BASIN, WYOMING
KRUEGER, Rachel, School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86005 and SMITH, M. Elliot, Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, Rck46@nau.edu
4:20 PM
STABILIZATION OF EOCENE CLIMATE RECORDED IN FLUVIAL DEPOSITS OF THE DOUGLAS CREEK MEMBER IN THE GREEN RIVER FORMATION, MAIN CANYON, UINTA BASIN, UTAH
GALL, Ryan D.1, BIRGENHEIER, Lauren P.1 and VANDEN BERG, Michael D.2, (1)Geology and Geophysics Department, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0102, (2)Utah Geological Survey, 1594 W. North Temple Suite 3110, Salt Lake City, UT 84114, gall.ryand@gmail.com
4:35 PM
VERTISOLS AND ALLUVIAL STRATIGRAPHIC MODELS: SOIL AND PALEOSOL INDICATORS OF DISCHARGE VARIABILITY (Invited Presentation)
DRIESE, Steven G. and NORDT, Lee C., Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Dept. of Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, Steven_Driese@baylor.edu
4:55 PM
CLIMATIC VS TECTONIC CONTROL ON SOIL DRAINAGE FLUCTUATIONS: USING ALLUVIAL STRATIGRAPHY CONCEPTS AT JOGGINS FOSSIL CLIFFS, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA
LETOURMY, Yohan, Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Department of Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354 and DRIESE, Steven G., Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Dept. of Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, Yohan_Letourmy@baylor.edu
5:10 PM
FLUVIAL CONTROLS ON SOIL MOISTURE TRENDS OBSERVED IN NACIMIENTO FORMATION PALEOSOLS, SAN JUAN BASIN, USA
HOBBS, Kevin M., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, MSC03 2040, Albuquerque, NM 87131 and FAWCETT, Peter J., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, 220 Northrop Hall, MSC 03 2040, Albuquerque, NM 87131, khobbs84@unm.edu
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