GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 211
Tuesday, 24 October 2017: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Chelan 5 (The Conference Center)

T181. The Geological Signature of Natural Hazard Events I

GSA Environmental & Engineering Geology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division
Peter Bobrowsky, David H. Huntley, Jasper Knight and Catherine Chague-Goff, Advocates
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:15 AM
LATE HOLOCENE PALEOFLOODS ON THE MIDDLE FORK WILLAMETTE RIVER: IMPROVING HYDROLOGIC LOADING INPUT FOR USACE DAM SAFETY EVALUATIONS
KELSON, Keith, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, South Pacific Division, Dam Safety Production Center, Sacramento, CA 95814, HALL, Brian, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Dam Safety Modification Mandatory Center of Expertise, Lakewood, CO 80228, HARDEN, Tessa, U.S. Geological Survey, 2130 SW 5th Avenue, Portland, OR 97201, MAHAN, Shannon, US Geol Survey, Box 25046 Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225 and DUREN, Angela, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District, Portland, OR 97204, keith.i.kelson@usace.army.mil
8:30 AM
BETTER ESTIMATING UNCERTAINTY IN GEOLOGIC PALEOFLOOD ANALYSES
OSTENAA, Dean, Ostenaa Geologic, 25 Grays Peak Trail, Dillon, CO 80435, deano3geo@gmail.com
Handouts
  • Ostenaa 2017 GSA Seattle Paleoflood Presentation R1-final-show.ppsx (6.6 MB)
  • 8:45 AM
    SEDIMENTARY SIGNATURE OF HOLOCENE FLOOD DEPOSITS IN UPPER REACHES OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER
    MCKAY, Larry D., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1621 Cumberland Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37996, CYR, Howard J., Archaeological Research Laboratory, University of Tennessee, 5723 Middlebrook Pike, Knoxville, TN 37996-0060, TRAN, Liem, Geography, University of Tennessee, 304 Burchfiel Geography Building, 1000 Phillip Fulmer Way, Knoxville, TN 37996 and HORN, Sally P., Department of Geography, University of Tennessee, 304 Burchfiel Geography Building, 1000 Phillip Fulmer Way, Knoxville, TN 37996, lmckay@utk.edu
    9:00 AM
    PALEOFLOODS IN THE TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN: RECORDS OF MEGAFLOODS USING TRACTIVE-LOAD DEPOSITS
    MILEWSKI, Adam M., Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 and LEIGH, David S., Department of Geography, The University of Georgia, Geog.-Geol. Building, 210 Field St., Room 204, Athens, GA 30602, milewski@uga.edu
    9:15 AM
    POWERFUL HURRICANE STRIKES SERVE AS GEOLOGIC AGENTS ON THE MCFADDIN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, TEXAS
    HODGE, Joshua Brian, Texas State University, Geography Department, 601 University Drive, Evans Liberal Arts, Room 139, San Marcos, TX 78666, jbh113@txstate.edu
    9:30 AM
    MARINE AND TERRESTRIAL SIGNALS IN TSUNAMI DEPOSITS
    TANG, Hui, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tuscon, AZ 85721 and WEISS, Robert, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, huitang@email.arizona.edu
     
    9:45 AM
    Discussion
     
    10:00 AM
    Break
    10:15 AM
    GEOLOGICAL SIGNATURE OF MARINE GEOHAZARDS IN COASTAL NORTHWEST BRITISH COLUMBIA
    HUNTLEY, David H., Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Vancouver, BC V6B 5J3, Canada, BOBROWSKY, Peter, Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, Sidney, BC V8L 4B2, Canada, SAWAI, Yuki, Faculty of Horticulture, Chiba University, 648 Matsudo, Matsudo, 271-8510, Japan, TANIGAWA, Koichiro, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, Tsukuba, 305-8567, Japan, CHAGUE-GOFF, Catherine, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW Australia and ANSTO, UNSW, Sydney, 2052, Australia and GOFF, James, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2052, Australia, david.huntley@canada.ca
    10:30 AM
    METEORITE IMPACT AND AIRBURSTS AS A NATURAL HAZARD (Invited Presentation)
    KOEBERL, Christian, Department of Lithospheric Research, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, A-1090 Vienna, Austria, also of the Natural History Museum, Burgring 7, A-1010 Vienna, Austria, christian.koeberl@univie.ac.at
    10:50 AM
    MILLENNIAL ARCTIC, TEMPERATE, AND TROPICAL STORM RECONSTRUCTIONS; FREQUENCY, PERIODICITY, AND TELECONNECTIONS (Invited Presentation)
    HAWKES, Andrea, Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 601 S. College Road DeLoach Hall, Wilmington, NC 28403 and DONNELLY, Jeffrey P., Geology & Geophysics Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MS #22, 266 Woods Hole Rd, Woods Hole, MA 02543, hawkesa@uncw.edu
    11:10 AM
    THE SUPREME IMPORTANCE OF GEOLOGICAL THINKING FOR COPING WITH NATURAL HAZARD EVENTS (Invited Presentation)
    BAKER, Victor R., Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0011, baker@email.arizona.edu
    11:30 AM
    CHALLENGES IN UNDERSTANDING THE QUATERNARY RECORD OF DUNE DEPOSITS
    LANCASTER, Nick, Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, NV 89512, nick@dri.edu
     
    11:45 AM
    Discussion
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