GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 22
Sunday, 25 September 2016: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 404 (Colorado Convention Center)

T190. Modern and Ancient Sediment Transport on Earth and Planetary Surfaces

GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Planetary Geology Division; SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology)
Robert C. Mahon, Sheila Trampush, Thomas Ashley, Anjali M. Fernandes and Man Liang, Advocates
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM
DEVELOPMENT OF PROTODUNES AND LOW-ANGLE CROSS-STRATIFICATION IN AEOLIAN SYSTEMS (Invited Presentation)
EWING, Ryan C.1, PHILLIPS, John D.1, BOWLING, Roy1, WEYMER, Bradley A.2 and BARRINEAUX, Patrick2, (1)Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, 3115 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843, (2)Department of Geography, Texas A&M University, 3147 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843, rce@tamu.edu
8:20 AM
SPATIOTEMPORAL DETAILS OF FLUID TURBULENT STRUCTURES AND SEDIMENT TRANSPORT OVER BEDFORMS: LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS OVER TRIANGULAR RIPPLES
LEARY, Kate C.P., School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85282 and SCHMEECKLE, Mark W., Geomorphology and Sediment Transport Laboratory, U.S. Geological Survey, Golden, CO 80401, learykcp@asu.edu
8:35 AM
MINDING THE GAPS—FLUVIAL PALEODEPTH REVISITED
ALEXANDER, Jason S., MCELROY, Brandon and MURR, Marissa, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, jalexa13@uwyo.edu
8:50 AM
POSSIBLE UPPER FLOW REGIME SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES IN THE DILLINGER MEMBER OF THE KIMBERLEY FORMATION, GALE CRATER, MARS: IMPLICATIONS FOR MARTIAN FLUVIAL PROCESSES (Invited Presentation)
GUPTA, Sanjeev, Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom, SUMNER, D.Y., Geology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, RICE, Melissa S., Geology Department, Western Washington University, 516 High St, Bellingham, WA 98225, RUBIN, David M., Earth and Planetary Sciences, UC Santa Cruz, 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA 950604, EDGAR, Lauren A., U.S. Geological Survey, Astrogeology Science Center, 2255 N. Gemini Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, LEWIS, Kevin, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21210, STACK, Kathryn M., Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 and BARNES, Robert, Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College, London., South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom, s.gupta@imperial.ac.uk
9:05 AM
STRATIGRAPHY AND PALEOHYDROLOGY OF DELTA CHANNEL DEPOSITS, JEZERO CRATER, MARS
GOUDGE, Timothy A.1, MOHRIG, David1, CARDENAS, Benjamin T.1, HUGHES, Cory M.1, LEVY, Joseph2 and FASSETT, Caleb I.3, (1)Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 2275 Speedway, Stop C9000, Austin, TX 78712-1722, (2)Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas, 10100 Burnet Road, Austin, TX 78758, (3)Department of Astronomy, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 01075, tgoudge@jsg.utexas.edu
9:20 AM
SEDIMENTARY SOURCES AND TRANSPORT SYSTEMS IN THE LATE NOACHIAN OF MARS: TESTING COMPETING CLIMATE SCENARIOS
HEAD, James W., Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, James_Head@brown.edu
 
9:35 AM
Break
9:50 AM
COMPARISON OF LONGTERM ANNUAL GRAVEL LOADS AMONG MOUNTAIN STREAM TYPES
BUNTE, Kristin, SWINGLE, Kurt W., ETTEMA, Robert, ABT, Steven R. and CENDERELLI, Daniel A., Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University, Engineering Research Center, 1320 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80523, kbunte@engr.colostate.edu
10:05 AM
QUANTIFYING AND DESCRIBING CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY OF THE COASTAL BACKWATER:  THE LOWER TRINITY RIVER, TEXAS, USA
SMITH, Virginia, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Villanova University, 800 Lancaster Ave., Villanova, PA 19085, MOHRIG, David, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 2275 Speedway, Stop C9000, Austin, TX 78712-1722 and MASON, Jasmine, Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson school of Geosciences, 2275 Speedway, E.P.S. Building 3.112, Austin, TX 78712, virginia.smith@villanova.edu
10:20 AM
LINKED DYNAMICS OF TERRESTRIAL AND SUBMARINE TRANSPORT SYSTEMS ON EXPERIMENTAL SHELF MARGINS (Invited Presentation)
FERNANDES, Anjali M., Integrative Geosciences, The University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269 and STRAUB, Kyle, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, 6823 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70118, anjali.fernandes@uconn.edu
10:35 AM
CHARACTERIZATION OF A SUBMARINE CHANNEL-LOBE TRANSITION ZONE, WESTERN NIGER DELTA
JOBE, Zane, Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois St, Golden, CO 80401, zanejobe@mines.edu
10:50 AM
STRATIGRAPHIC COMPLETENESS AND THE SADLER EFFECT IN MULTI-DIMENSIONS: EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATIONS & THEORY
STRAUB, Kyle, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, 6823 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70118, kmstraub@tulane.edu
11:05 AM
FROM FAN DELTA TO LOWLAND FLUVIAL DELTA: TRANSITIONS IN SURFACE MORPHOLOGY AND STRATIGRAPHY RECORDED BY MASS EXTRACTION IN THE GANGES-BRAHMAPUTRA MEGHNA DELTA, BANGLADESH
SINCAVAGE, Ryan, Vanderbilt University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37235-1805, WILSON, Carol A., Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science, Vanderbilt University, Stevenson Science Center, Bldg.5, Nashville, TN 37235, PICKERING, Jennifer L., Earth & Environmental Science, Vanderbilt University, PMB 351805, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37235-1805 and GOODBRED, Steven, Earth and Environmental Science, Vanderbilt University, PMB 351805, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37235-1805, ryan.s.sincavage@vanderbilt.edu
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