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GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 36
Sunday, 25 September 2016: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 405 (Colorado Convention Center)

T53. Floodplain Hydrogeomorphology: Dynamics of Sediment, Vegetation, and Organic Matter in Altered and Unaltered Systems

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division; GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division; GSA Soils and Soil Processes Interdisciplinary Interest Group; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology)
Derek M. Schook, Katherine B. Lininger and Nicholas A. Sutfin, Advocates
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
36-1
1:35 PM
RIVERINE LARGE WOOD DISTRIBUTION IN RELATION TO FLOW REGIME IN THE WESTERN US
WOHL, Ellen, Geosciences, Colorado State University, na, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1482 and LAUREL, DeAnna J., Dept of Geosciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1482, ellen.wohl@colostate.edu
36-2
1:50 PM
ALTERNATIVE STATES OF STREAM FORM, FUNCTION, AND CARBON STORAGE INDUCED BY HISTORIC LAND USE IN FORESTED WATERSHEDS OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS
LIVERS, Bridget, Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University, 283 S El Molino Ave Apt 1, Pasadena, CA 91101, WOHL, Ellen, Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University, 1482 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1482, SUTFIN, Nicholas A., Department of Energy, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87544 and JACKSON, Karen J., Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80521, bridgetlivers@gmail.com
36-3
2:05 PM
LINKING ANNUAL FLUX OF FLOODPLAIN SEDIMENT AND ORGANIC CARBON WITH DISCHARGE ALONG A MEANDERING MOUNTAIN RIVER
SUTFIN, Nicholas A.1, ROWLAND, Joel C.1, STAUFFER, Sophie J.1, FRATKIN, Mulu1 and WILLIAMS, Kenneth H.2, (1)Earth & Environmental Science Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS-J495, Los Alamos, NM 87545, (2)Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, nsutfin@lanl.gov
36-4
2:20 PM
THE INFLUENCE OF CHANNEL MIGRATION RATE AND GRAIN SIZE ON DIFFERENCES IN FLOODPLAIN ORGANIC CARBON STORAGE BETWEEN TWO RIVERS IN INTERIOR ALASKA
LININGER, Katherine B.1, WOHL, Ellen1, BENSHOOF, Jessamyn1 and ROSE, Joshua2, (1)Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University, 1482 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1482, (2)U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 7 Inventory & Monitoring Program, 101 12th Ave, Rm 264, Fairbanks, AK 99701, katherine.lininger@colostate.edu
36-5
2:35 PM
QUANTIFYING THE EXPORT OF FLOODPLAIN SOIL CARBON TO ARCTIC RIVERS BY BANK EROSION (Invited Presentation)
ROWLAND, Joel C.1, MUSS, Jordan1, SHELEF, Eitan2, STAUFFER, Sophie1 and SUTFIN, Nicholas A.3, (1)Earth & Environmental Science Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS-J495, Los Alamos, NM 87545, (2)Geological and Environmental Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, (3)Department of Energy, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87544, jrowland@lanl.gov
36-6
2:55 PM
STAGE, DURATION, AND TRANSMISSION LOSSES OF KUISEB RIVER FLOODS ACROSS THE NAMIB AND VEGETATION DYNAMICS AND DISTRIBUTION ACROSS FLOODPLAIN AND RARELY-FLOODED DOWNSTREAM REACHES
GRODEK, Tamir1, ENZEL, Yehouda1, MORIN, Efrat2, BENITO, Gerardo3, SEELY, Mary4, LENSKY, Itamar5, HELMAN, David5 and DAHAN, Ofer6, (1)Institute of Earth Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel, (2)The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Institute of Earth Sciences, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel, (3)Environmental Research Centre, CSIC, Madrid, 28006, Spain, (4)Gobabeb Research and Training Centre, P.O. Box 20232, Windhoek, Namibia, (5)Dept. of Geography and environment, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gab, 5290002, Israel, (6)Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research (ZIWR), Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer, 84990, Israel, yehouda.enzel@mail.huji.ac.il
 
3:10 PM
Break
36-7
3:25 PM
VARIABLE CHANNEL MIGRATION RATES OVER THE PAST TWO CENTURIES, POWDER RIVER, MT
SCHOOK, Derek M., Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University, 1482 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80523, RATHBURN, Sara L., Dept. of Geosciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 and FRIEDMAN, Jonathan M., U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center, 2150 Centre Avenue, Building C, Fort Collins, CO 80526, derek.schook@colostate.edu
36-8
3:40 PM
THE RELATIVE INFLUENCE OF RARE SNOWMELT FLOODS, REGULAR SNOWMELT FLOODS, AND SUMMER THUNDERSTORMS TO FLOODPLAIN DEVELOPMENT ON THE GREEN RIVER IN CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK, UT
WALKER, Alexander E.1, SCHMIDT, John C.1, MOORE, Johnnie N.2, GRAMS, Paul E.3, DEAN, David J.3, SHAFROTH, Patrick B.4, SCOTT, Julian5, RUBIN, David M.6 and TOPPING, David J.3, (1)Department of Watershed Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-5210, (2)Department of Geosciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, (3)Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, (4)U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center, Fort Collins, CO 80526, (5)USDA Forest Service, National Stream and Aquatic Ecology Center, Fort Collins, CO 80526, (6)Earth and Planetary Sciences, UC Santa Cruz, 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA 950604, alexander@aggiemail.usu.edu
36-9
3:55 PM
AGE DATING SEDIMENT TO ESTABLISH GEOCHRONOLOGY OF MID-ATLANTIC FLOODPLAINS AND SEDIMENT WAITING TIME DISTRIBUTIONS (Invited Presentation)
SKALAK, Katherine1, PIZZUTO, James2, KARWAN, Diana3, BENTHEM, Adam1 and MAHAN, Shannon A.4, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, National Research Program, 430 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Delaware, 255 Academy St., Newark, DE 19716, (3)Dept. of Forest Hydrology and Watershed Management, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, (4)U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, kskalak@usgs.gov
36-10
4:15 PM
MODELING HOW ALLUVIAL STORAGE FILTERS UPLAND SEDIMENT SIGNALS AND CONTROLS THE TIMING OF SEDIMENT DELIVERY (Invited Presentation)
PIZZUTO, James, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Delaware, 255 Academy St, Newark, DE 19716-2544, KARWAN, Diana, Dept. of Forest Hydrology and Watershed Management, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108 and SKALAK, Katherine, U.S. Geological Survey, National Research Program, 430 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, pizzuto@udel.edu
36-11
4:35 PM
COMPARISON OF FLOOD PEAK ATTENUATION BY CHANNEL-POND SYSTEMS AND DISTRIBUTARY CHANNEL SYSTEMS IN A FORESTED COASTAL PLAIN FLOODPLAIN
PRESTEGAARD, Karen L., PLANK, Carolyn and MCDOWELL, Mallori, Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, kpresto@umd.edu
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