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South-Central Section - 50th Annual Meeting - 2016

Session No. 1
Monday, 21 March 2016: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Governor Room (Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center)

T7. Subsidence, Accretion: Coastal Depletion?

 

Christopher Esposito, Elizabeth L. Chamberlain and Krista L. Jankowski, Advocates
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Start Time
1-1
8:00 AM
QUANTIFYING LATE QUATERNARY FAULT MOVEMENT IN THE TEPETATE-BATON ROUGE FAULT ZONE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA: IMPLICATIONS FOR COASTAL SUBSIDENCE
TORNQVIST, Torbjörn E., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, 6823 St. Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA 70118, SHEN, Zhixiong, Department of Marine Science, Coastal Carolina University, P.O. Box 261954, Conway, SC 29528, DAWERS, Nancye H., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, 6823 St. Charles Ave, 101 Blessey Hall, New Orleans, LA 70118, GASPARINI, Nicole M., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, 101 Blessey Hall, New Orleans, LA 70118, HIJMA, Marc, Department of Applied Geology and Geophysics, Deltares, Princetonlaan 6, Utrecht, 3584 CB, Netherlands and MAUZ, Barbara, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZT, United Kingdom, tor@tulane.edu, tor@tulane.edu
1-2
8:20 AM
ASSESSING THE SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATIONS IN SUBSIDENCE AND WETLAND LOSS RESULTING FROM ACTIVE FAULTS IN COASTAL LOUISIANA, USA
LOPEZ, John, Coastal Sustainability program, Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation, 2045 Lakeshore Dr, Suite 339, New Orleans, LA 70122, jlopez@saveourlake.org, jlopez@saveourlake.org
1-3
8:40 AM
QUANTIFYING DIFFERENTIAL SUBSIDENCE RATES FROM CONTINUOUS GPS IN NEW ORLEANS EAST, LOUISIANA
KENT, Joshua D., Louisiana State University, Center for Geoinformatics, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, jkent4@lsu.edu, jkent4@lsu.edu
1-4
9:00 AM
CAUSES OF ACCELERATED LAND LOSS IN COASTAL LOUISIANA
MCLINDON, Chris, New Orleans Geological Society, 321 Rosedown Way, Mandeville, LA 70471, chris_mclindon@att.net, chris_mclindon@att.net
1-5
9:20 AM
THE IMPACT OF MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUE ON QUANTIFYING SEDIMENT SUPPLY FROM THE MISSISSIPPI-ATCHAFALAYA RIVER IN SUPPORT OF COASTAL RESTORATION
ALLISON, Mead A., The Water Institute of the Gulf, 301 N. Main Street, Suite 2000, Baton Rouge, ME 70825; Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, meadallison@tulane.edu, meadallison@tulane.edu
 
9:40 AM
Break
1-6
9:55 AM
USING STRATIGRAPHY AND OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE DATING TO QUANTIFY SUBSIDENCE IN AN ABANDONED SUBDELTA
CHAMBERLAIN, Elizabeth L., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, SHEN, Zhixiong, Department of Marine Science, Coastal Carolina University, P.O. Box 261954, Conway, SC 29528, TORNQVIST, Torbjörn E., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, 6823 St. Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA 70118 and MAUZ, Barbara, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZT, United Kingdom, echambe1@tulane.edu, echambe1@tulane.edu
1-7
10:15 AM
SEASONAL-SCALE PROCESSES OF SEDIMENT ACCRETION AND RETENTION IN A DIVERSION-FED MISSISSIPPI DELTA WETLAND
KEOGH, Molly, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, 101 Blessey Hall, New Orleans, LA 70118, mkeogh@tulane.edu, mkeogh@tulane.edu
1-8
10:35 AM
MEASURING COASTAL LOUISIANA WETLAND RESILIENCE TO RELATIVE SEA-LEVEL RISE USING LARGE-SCALE REGIONAL MONITORING DATA
JANKOWSKI, Krista L., TORNQVIST, Torbjörn E. and FERNANDES, Anjali M., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, 6823 St. Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA 70118, kjankows@tulane.edu, kjankows@tulane.edu
1-9
10:55 AM
SURFACE ELEVATION CHANGE, VERTICAL ACCRETION, AND SHALLOW SUBSIDENCE RATES INDICATED BY LOUISIANA’S COASTWIDE REFERENCE MONITORING SYSTEM (CRMS)
SHARP, Leigh Anne, Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, Lafayette, LA 70503 and BOSHART, Bill, Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, New Orleans, LA 70122, leighanne.sharp@la.gov, leighanne.sharp@la.gov
1-10
11:15 AM
ELEVATED ANTHROPOGENICALLY DRIVEN SUBSIDENCE RATES WITHIN GALVESTON BAY PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO DETERMINE IF SEDIMENTATION WITHIN A COASTAL PLAIN ESTUARY KEEPS PACE WITH RAPID SUBSIDENCE
DELLAPENNA, Timothy, Oceanography, Texas A&M Univ, 5007 Ave. U, Galveston, TX 77551, ALMUKAIMI, Mohammad, Oceanography Department, Texas A and M University, 1001 Texas Clipper Road, Galveston, TX 77553 and WILLIAMS, Joshua, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, Galveston, TX 77554, dellapet@tamug.edu, dellapet@tamug.edu
1-11
11:35 AM
ELUCIDATING SEA-LEVEL RISE, SUBSIDENCE, AND SEDIMENT ACCRETION IN THE GANGES-BRAHMAPUTRA (G-B) TIDAL DELTAPLAIN
WILSON, Carol A.1, STECKLER, Michael2, GOODBRED Jr, Steven L.3, HALE, Richard3 and MONDAL, Dhiman R.4, (1)Dept of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, (2)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, PO Box 1000, Palisades, NY 10964, (3)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, (4)School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Queens College - CUNY, Queens, NY 11367, carolw@lsu.edu, carolw@lsu.edu
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