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GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 303
Wednesday, 28 September 2016: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 407 (Colorado Convention Center)

T59. Paleofloods and Related Fluvial Processes during the Late Quaternary: Reconstructions and Causes

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; American Quaternary Association; Past Global Changes (PAGES) - Floods Working Group; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division
Matthew Therrell, Lisa Davis and Samuel Munoz, Advocates
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
303-1
1:45 PM
CASE STUDIES SHOWING THE UTILITY OF A VARIETY OF METHODOLOGIES TO CHARACTERIZE THE MAGNITUDE AND FREQUENCY OF PALEOFLOODS IN THE ASSESSMENT OF FLOOD HAZARDS (Invited Presentation)
KLINGER, R.E. and GODAIRE, J.E., Bureau of Reclamation, P.O. Box 25007, 85-833000, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0007, rklinger@usbr.gov
303-2
2:05 PM
PALEOFLOOD ANALYSIS OF MEANDER SCARS AND NATURAL LEVEES OF THE UPPER TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN, BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS (Invited Presentation)
LEIGH, David S., Department of Geography, The University of Georgia, Geog.-Geol. Building, 210 Field St., Room 204, Athens, GA 30602, dleigh@uga.edu
303-3
2:25 PM
WHAT HISTORIC FLOODS IN CENTRAL APPALACHIAN CANYONS TELL US ABOUT PALEOFLOOD RECONSTRUCTION (Invited Presentation)
KITE, J. Steven, Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, P. O. Box 6300, 330 Brooks Hall, Morgantown, WV 26506-6300, jkite@wvu.edu
303-4
2:45 PM
HISTORICAL AND PALEO PERSPECTIVES ON THE ORIGIN, TIMING, AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF EXTREME FLOODING IN THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
COOK, Timothy L., Department of Earth, Environment and Physics, Worcester State University, Worcester, MA 01602 and BRADLEY, Raymond S., Department of Geosciences, Univ of Massachusetts, Morrill Science Center, 611 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003-9297, tcook3@worcester.edu
303-5
3:00 PM
LEGACY OF MID-PLEISTOCENE JöKULHLAUPS ON THE FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF THE WEST BRANCH SUSQUEHANNA RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES
HAYES, Benjamin, Center for Sustainability and the Environment, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837, KOCHEL, R. Craig, Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Bucknell University, 1 Dent Drive, Lewisburg, PA 17837 and NEWLIN, Jessica, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837, benjamin.hayes@bucknell.edu
303-6
3:30 PM
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3:15 PM
Break
303-7
3:45 PM
BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN THE PALEO- AND HISTORICAL- FLOOD RECORD OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER: ASSESSMENT OF DAMS, LEVEES, AND OTHER SOURCES OF NON-STATIONARITY
REMO, Jonathan W.F.1, ROSS, Julia1 and THERRELL, Matthew2, (1)Department of Geography and Environmental Resources, Southern Illinois University, 1000 Fanner Drive, MC 4531, Carbondale, IL 62901, (2)Geography, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0322, diamict@siu.edu
303-8
4:00 PM
TREE-RING RECORDS OF LARGE-SCALE FLOODING ON THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER
THERRELL, Matthew, Department of Geography, University of Alabama, Box 870322, Farrah Hall, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0322, REMO, Jonathan W.F., Department of Geography and Environmental Resources, Southern Illinois University, 1000 Fanner Drive, MC 4531, Carbondale, IL 62901, MEKO, Matthew D., Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona, Box 210045, Tucson, AL 85721-0045, BIALECKI, Margaret, Department of Geography, Environment & Society, University of Minnesota, 414 Social Sciences Building, Minneapolis, MN 55455 and HARLEY, Grant, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, mdtherrell@ua.edu
303-9
4:15 PM
A NEW GENERATION OF PALEOFLOOD RECORDS FOR THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER
MUNOZ, Samuel, Geology & Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 266 Woods Hole Road, MS #22, Woods Hole, MA 02543-1050, GIOSAN, Liviu, Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MS# 22, Woods Hole, MA 02543 and DONNELLY, Jeffrey P., Geology & Geophysics Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MS #22, 266 Woods Hole Rd, Woods Hole, MA 02543, smunoz@whoi.edu
303-10
4:30 PM
A ~4000 YEAR RECORD OF HYDROLOGIC VARIABILITY FROM THE OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS, WASHINGTON
SMITH, Stephen G.1, WEGMANN, Karl W.2, LEITHOLD, Elana L.2 and BOHNENSTIEHL, DelWayne R.2, (1)Department of Geology, Washington & Lee University, Lexington, VA 24450, (2)Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, smithers710@gmail.com
Handouts
  • SGS_GSA2016_1.pdf (4.7 MB)
    • 303-11
    4:45 PM
    DIGITAL IMAGE ANALYSIS AS A TOOL TO EXPLORE OSL OVERDISPERSION AND SEDIMENT IN THIN SECTION
    STEWART, C. Lance, Dept. of Geosciences, Murray State University, 334 Blackburn Hall, Murray, KY 42071, STINCHCOMB, Gary E., Watershed Studies Institute, Dept. of Geosciences, Murray State University, 334 Blackburn Hall, Murray, KY 42071, HASENMUELLER, Elizabeth A., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Saint Louis University, 205 O'Neil Hall, 3642 Lindell Blvd, Saint Louis, MO 63108 and FORMAN, Steven L., Dept. of Geology, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798, cstewart19@murraystate.edu
     
    5:00 PM
    Discussion
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