GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 243
Tuesday, 24 October 2017: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Chelan 4 (The Conference Center)

T189. Landscapes in the Anthropocene

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Limnogeology Division
Rónadh Cox, José Antonio Constantine and J. Wesley Lauer, Advocates
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:40 PM
GEOLOGY OF THE LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS AT THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART, A REFLECTION OF THE ANTHROPOCENE, 1860 TO 2017
KOLLAR, Albert D., Section of Invertebrate Paleontology, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 and HUGHES, Kay Ann, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 01075, kollara@carnegiemnh.org
1:55 PM
CHANNEL CROSS-SECTIONAL ENLARGEMENT ON THE MINNESOTA RIVER, MINNESOTA AND ITS ROLE IN SEDIMENT PRODUCTION
LAUER, J. Wesley1, ECHTERLING, Caitlyn1, LENHART, Christian F.2, RAUSCH, Rachel2 and BELMONT, Patrick3, (1)Civil & Environmental Engineering, Seattle University, Engineering Building - Room 522, Seattle University, Seattle, WA 98122, (2)Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering Department, University of Minnesota, 1390 Eckles Ave, St. Paul, MN 55108, (3)Watershed Sciences, Utah State University, 5210 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322-5210, lauerj@seattleu.edu
2:10 PM
WIDESPREAD LAND COVER TRANSFORMATION AND THE MANAGEMENT IMPACTS FOR TROPICAL MEANDERING RIVER SYSTEMS
HORTON, Alexander1, CONSTANTINE, José Antonio2 and HALES, T.C.1, (1)School of Earth and Ocean and Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF10 3YE, United Kingdom, (2)Geosciences, Williams College, Clark Hall, 947 Main Street, Williamstown, MA 01267, HortonAJ1@cardiff.ac.uk
2:25 PM
MANAGING A RIVER WITH A HISTORY OF DAM DIVERSIONS AND LOGGING
CROWE CURRAN, Joanna, University of Tennessee, Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2021 1st Avenue C12, Seattle, WA 98121; Indicator Engineering, 7511 Greenway Av N #605, Seattle, WA 98103, joannacurran32@gmail.com
2:45 PM
MARSH COLLAPSE BY POND EXPANSION ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA PLAIN (Invited Presentation)
ORTIZ, Alejandra, Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University, 2501 Stinson Drive, Raleigh, NC 27695, ROY, Samapriya, Geography, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN 47405 and EDMONDS, Douglas A., Center for Geospatial Data Analysis, Indiana Geological Survey, 611 Walnut Grove Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405, aortiz4@ncsu.edu
3:05 PM
DELINEATING FLOODPLAINS AND TERRACES FROM OBJECTIVELY DEFINED TOPOGRAPHIC THRESHOLDS
CLUBB, Fiona J.1, MUDD, Simon Marius2, MILODOWSKI, David T.2, VALTERS, Declan A.3, SLATER, Louise J.4, HURST, Martin D.5 and LIMAYE, Ajay1, (1)Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, 2 SE Third Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55414, (2)School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Drummond Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9XP, United Kingdom, (3)Met Office, FitzRoy Road, Exeter, EX1 3PB, United Kingdom, (4)Department of Geography, Loughborough University, Geography Building, Central Park, Loughborough, LE11 3TU, United Kingdom, (5)Department of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, East Quadrangle, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, United Kingdom, f.clubb25@gmail.com
 
3:20 PM
Break
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3:35 PM
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3:55 PM
CONTROLS ON THE OCCURRENCE AND PREVALENCE OF FLOODPLAIN CHANNELS IN MEANDERING RIVERS
DAVID, Scott, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 E 10th St, Bloomington, IN 47405, EDMONDS, Douglas A., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405 and LETSINGER, Sally L., Center for Geospatial Data Analysis, Indiana University, Indiana Geological and Water Survey, 611 N. Walnut Grove Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405-2208, davids@indiana.edu
4:10 PM
MORPHODYNAMIC INSIGHTS INTO A CHANNELIZED FLOODPLAIN ALONG THE MEANDERING EAST FORK WHITE RIVER, INDIANA, USA
CZUBA, Jonathan A.1, DAVID, Scott R.2, EDMONDS, Douglas A.2 and JOHNSTON, Graham H.2, (1)Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24060, (2)Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, jczuba@vt.edu
4:25 PM
CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE ROLE OF VEGETATION IN THE REDUCTION OF SOIL EROSION
CONSTANTINE, José Antonio, Geosciences, Williams College, Clark Hall, 947 Main Street, Williamstown, MA 01267, CIAMPALINI, Rossano, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR LISAH, Montpellier, 34394, France, HALES, T.C., School of Earth and Ocean and Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF10 3YE, United Kingdom and GABET, Emmanuel, Geology, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA 94070, jac9@williams.edu
4:40 PM
QUANTIFYING 17TH TO EARLY 20TH CENTURY LANDSCAPE CHANGE IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
OUIMET, William B., Dept. of Geography; Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, william.ouimet@uconn.edu
4:55 PM
AN EVALUATION OF THE POTENTIAL OF GROUND PENETRATING RADAR TO DETECT THE PRESENCE AND SPATIAL EXTENT OF SUBSURFACE HYDROPHOBIC SOIL LAYERS
WEIRICH, Frank, NEUMANN, William and CAMPBELL, David, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 121 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, frank-weirich@uiowa.edu
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