GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 132
Monday, 26 September 2016: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Mile High Ballroom 4D (Colorado Convention Center)

T71. A Centennial Celebration of Geology and Hydrology in the National Parks: Research, Mapping, and Resource Management II

GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Geology and Society Division
Bruce Heise, F. Edwin Harvey and Jason P. Kenworthy, Advocates
 
1:30 PM
Wally Hansen: An Appreciation
1:40 PM
THE VALUE OF ‘STAGE’ IN COASTAL GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPS (Invited Presentation)
PSUTY, Norbert P.1, SCHMELZ, William J.1, AMES, Katherine1, BEAL, Irina2, PATEL, Monica3 and FREEMAN, Joelle M.4, (1)New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, Rutgers University, 74 Magruder Road, Highlands, NJ 07732, (2)Coastal Research Center, Stockton University, 101 Vera King Farris Drive, Galloway, NJ 08205, (3)2 Tutty Circle, Sayreville, NJ 08872, (4)Hatch Mott MacDonald, Environmental Division, 111 Wood Avenue South, Iselin, NJ 08830, psuty@marine.rutgers.edu
2:00 PM
COASTAL GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MONITORING IN FEDERAL HOLDINGS AS A CONTRIBUTION TO A REGIONAL GEODATABASE
PSUTY, Norbert P.1, SCHMELZ, William J.1, SILVEIRA, Tanya M.2, SPAHN, Andrea1, AMES, Katherine1, SKIDDS, Dennis3 and GREENBERG, Joshua1, (1)New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, Rutgers University, 74 Magruder Road, Highlands, NJ 07732, (2)Centro de Geologia, Universidade de Lisboa, Ed. C6, 2º Piso, Sala 6.2.79, Campo Grande, 1749-016, Portugal, (3)National Park Service, URI Dept of Natural Resources Science, 1 Greenhouse Road, Kingston, RI 02881, psuty@marine.rutgers.edu
2:15 PM
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT OF COASTAL PARKS: ADAPTATION STRATEGIES IN AN ERA OF CLIMATE CHANGE
BEAVERS, Rebecca L.1, SCHUPP, Courtney A.1 and CAFFREY, Maria A.2, (1)Geologic Resources Division, U.S. National Park Service, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science, 12795 West Alameda Parkway, Denver, CO 80225, (2)Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, UCB 399, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0399, rebecca_beavers@nps.gov
2:30 PM
ALLUVIAL SEDIMENTS IN THE VALLEYS OF CHANNEL ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK CHRONICLE FLUVIAL SYSTEM RESPONSES TO CHANGING CLIMATE, SEA-LEVEL, AND HISTORIC LAND USE
SCHUMANN, R. Randall, U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 980, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046, PIGATI, Jeffrey S., U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225 and MCGEEHIN, John P., U.S. Geol Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, rschumann@usgs.gov
2:45 PM
REGIONAL MULTIYEAR STUDIES DEFINE NATURAL AND HUMAN FACTORS IN SOLUTE LOADING TO THE WATERSHEDS OF THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS NATURAL RECREATION AREA
HIBBS, Barry J., KUEPPER, Kathleen and DEMETER, Geza I., Geosciences and Environment, California State University, Los Angeles, 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90032, bhibbs@calstatela.edu
3:00 PM
HYDROLOGY OF THE RHYOLITE PLATEAU, YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
BURNETT, Benjamin N. and MEYER, Grant A., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, burnettben@unm.edu
3:30 PM
USING A SIMPLE ANALYTICAL MODEL TO TEST FOR EQUIPMENT TAMPERING AT PORCUPINE HILL GEYSER, YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WYOMING
LINDSEY, Cary R., PRICE, Adam, AUNAN, Megan M., VILLEGAS, Gabriela and FAIRLEY, Jerry P., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-3022, lind0505@vandals.uidaho.edu
3:45 PM
RADIOGENIC SR AND U ISOTOPES AS NATURAL TRACERS OF SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL FLOW OF THERMAL WATERS IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, USA
PACES, James B., U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO 80225, HURWITZ, Shaul, U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, LOWENSTERN, Jacob B., USGS Volcano Science Center, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025 and CULLEN, Jeffrey, Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, jbpaces@usgs.gov
4:00 PM
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF THE RIO GRANDE IN BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK AND THE RIO GRANDE WILD AND SCENIC RIVER
URBANCZYK, Kevin M., Department of Biological, Geological and Physical Sciences, Sul Ross State University, Box C-139, Alpine, TX 79832 and BENNETT, Jeffery, Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River, National Park Service, BBNP-ScRM, 266 Tecolote Drive, Big Bend National Park, TX 79834, kevinu@sulross.edu
4:15 PM
SELF-POTENTIAL MEASUREMENTS: AN EMERGING TECHNIQUE FOR EVALUATING GROUNDWATER FLOW IN FRAGILE ENVIRONMENTS
VOYTEK, Emily B., Hydrologic Science and Engineering Program, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401; Office of Groundater, Branch of Geophysics, U.S. Geological Survey, Storrs, CT 06269, CLOW, David W., Colorado Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO 80225 and SINGHA, Kamini, Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401; Hydrologic Science and Engineering Program, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, evoytek@mines.edu
4:30 PM
THE ROLE OF MONAZITE WEATHERING ON PHOSPHORUS BUDGETS OF THE LOCH VALE WATERSHED, ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, COLORADO, USA
PRICE, Jason R.1, MOORE, Joel2 and KERANS, Dalton1, (1)Environmental Studies Program, Illinois College, 1101 West College Avenue, Jacksonville, IL 62650, (2)Dept. of Physics, Astronomy, & Geosciences, Towson University, 8000 York Road, Towson, MD 21252, jason.price@mail.ic.edu
Handouts
  • Price et al Presentation.pptx (30.5 MB)
  • 4:45 PM
    FIELD OBSERVATIONS FROM A MASSIVE LANDSLIDE TSUNAMI IN TAAN FJORD, WRANGELL ST. ELIAS NATIONAL PARK, AK
    BLOOM, Colin K., Department of Geological Sciences, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA 98926, MACINNES, Breanyn, Department of Geological Sciences, Central Washington University, 400 E University Way, Ellensburg, WA 98926, HIGMAN, Bretwood, Ground Truth Trekking, Seldovia, AK 99663, STARK, Colin, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Earth Institute at Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964-8000, LYNETT, Patrick, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2531, EKSTRÖM, Göran, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, HIBERT, Clément, Institut de Physique du Globe de Strasbourg, University of Strasbourg/EOST, Strasbourg, 67084, France, WILLIS, Michael J., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 and SHUGAR, Dan H., University of Washington Tacoma, Tacoma, WA 98402, colinkbloom@gmail.com
    5:00 PM
    ANALYZING MORE THAN A CENTURY OF PHOTOGRAPHY FOR SCIENCE AND STEWARDSHIP IN GLACIER BAY, WRANGELL–ST. ELIAS, AND KENAI FJORDS NATIONAL PARKS
    MOLNIA, Bruce F., U.S. Geological Survey, National Civil Applicatons Center, 562 National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, bmolnia@usgs.gov
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