GSA Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA - 2018

Session No. 277
Wednesday, 7 November 2018: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 234 (Indiana Convention Center)

D62. Clastics - Floodplains as Repositories of Information on Climate, Hydrology, Ecology, and Human Activities

GSA Soils and Soil Processes Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Limnogeology Division

 

Larry D. McKay, Gary E. Stinchcomb and Steven L. Forman, Chairs
Ryan F. Morgan and Piret Plink-Bjorklund, JTPCS
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
FLOODPLAIN LAKES AS A ROSETTA STONE FOR PALEOHYDROLOGY, PALEOECOLOGY, AND PALEOCLIMATOLOGY
MUNOZ, Samuel, Marine & Environmental Sciences, Northeastern Universiy, Marine Science Center, 430 Nahant Road, Nahant, MA 01908
1:55 PM
A 1000-YEAR PALEOFLOOD RECORD FROM THE TENNESSEE RIVER NEAR DECATUR, TENNESSEE
HORN, Sally P.1, MCKAY, Larry D.2, CYR, Howard J.3, DRIESE, Steven G.4, PERILLA-CASTILLO, Paula J.2, BOEHM, Mathew S.1, KERR, Matthew T.1 and TRAN, Liem1, (1)Geography, University of Tennessee Knoxville, 304 Burchfiel Geography Building, 1000 Phillip Fulmer Way, Knoxville, TN 37996, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee Knoxville, 1621 Cumberland Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37996, (3)Archaeological Research Laboratory, University of Tennessee, 5723 Middlebrook Pike, Knoxville, TN 37996-0060, (4)Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Department of Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798
2:10 PM
FLOOD HISTORY FROM PALEOFLOOD DEPOSITS IN CUT BANK SOIL PROFILES IN CHICKAMAUGA RESERVOIR, TENNESSEE RIVER, U.S.A
PERILLA-CASTILLO, Paula J.1, CYR, Howard J.2, HORN, Sally P.3, MCKAY, Larry D.1 and DRIESE, Steven G.4, (1)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee Knoxville, 1621 Cumberland Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37996, (2)Archaeological Research Laboratory, University of Tennessee, 5723 Middlebrook Pike, Knoxville, TN 37996-0060, (3)Department of Geography, University of Tennessee Knoxville, 304 Burchfiel Geography Building, 1000 Phillip Fulmer Way, Knoxville, TN 37996, (4)Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Department of Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798
2:25 PM
IDENTIFYING SINKHOLES WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR THE ACCUMULATION AND PRESERVATION OF PALEOFLOOD SEDIMENTS IN THE UPPER TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN
FRITZ, Bridgette1, TRAN, Liem1, HORN, Sally P.1 and MCKAY, Larry D.2, (1)Geography, University of Tennessee Knoxville, 304 Burchfiel Geography Building, 1000 Phillip Fulmer Way, Knoxville, TN 37996, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee Knoxville, 1621 Cumberland Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37996
2:40 PM
INVESTIGATIONS OF URBAN FLOODPLAIN SEDIMENT TEXTURE, DEPOSITIONAL RATE AND CONTAMINATION IN KNOXVILLE, TN
WENHOLD, Leah, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 602 Strong Hall, 1621 Cumberland Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37996 and MCKAY, Larry D., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee Knoxville, 1621 Cumberland Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37996
2:55 PM
NO STONE UNTURNED, LITERALLY: HUNTING FOR PALEOFLOOD DEPOSITS IN THE TENNESSEE RIVER GORGE
HARDEN, Tessa, U.S. Geological Survey, 2130 SW 5th Avenue, Portland, OR 97201 and O'CONNOR, Jim E., U.S. Geological Survey, 2130 SW 5th Ave., Portland, OR 97201
3:10 PM
THE PRE-DEPOSITIONAL AGE OF ORGANIC MATTER IN FLOOD DEPOSITS: INSIGHTS TO THE TIMESCALE OF BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
BLACKABY, Emily1, HOCKADAY, William C.2, FORMAN, Steven L.3, STINCHCOMB, Gary E.4, STEWART, C. Lance5 and CRAVEN, Owen1, (1)Department of Geosciences, Baylor University, 1 Bear Place, mail stop 97354, Waco, TX 76798, (2)Department of Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798, (3)Department of Geosciences, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798, (4)Watershed Studies Institute and Earth and Environmental Sciences, Murray State University, Murray, KY 42071, (5)Watershed Studies Institute and Earth and Environmental Sciences, Murray State University, 334 Blackburn Hall, Murray, KY 42071
3:25 PM
LATE HOLOCENE PALEOFLOODS AND GRAIN-SIZE VARIABILITY ALONG THE MIDDLE TENNESSEE RIVER IN NORTHERN ALABAMA
STEWART, C. Lance1, STINCHCOMB, Gary E.2, FORMAN, Steven L.3, DAVIS, Lisa4, LOMBARDI, Rachel4, LEIGH, David S.5, BLACKABY, Emily6 and HOCKADAY, William C.7, (1)Watershed Studies Institute and Earth and Environmental Sciences, Murray State University, 334 Blackburn Hall, Murray, KY 42071; Watershed Studies Institute and Earth and Environmental Sciences, Murray State University, Murray, KY 42071, (2)Watershed Studies Institute and Earth and Environmental Sciences, Murray State University, Murray, KY 42071, (3)Institute of Archaeology, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798, (4)Geography, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0322, (5)Department of Geography, The University of Georgia, Geog.-Geol. Building, 210 Field St., Room 204, Athens, GA 30602, (6)Department of Geosciences, Baylor University, 1 Bear Place, mail stop 97354, Waco, TX 76798, (7)Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798
3:40 PM
FLOODPLAINS AS REPOSITORIES OF INFORMATION ON CARBON ADDITION RATES IN DEPOSITIONAL SOIL PROFILES
STINCHCOMB, Gary E.1, STEWART, C. Lance2, BLACKABY, Emily3, LOMBARDI, Rachel4, DAVIS, Lisa4, FORMAN, Steven L.5, HOCKADAY, William C.6 and LEIGH, David S.7, (1)Watershed Studies Institute and Earth and Environmental Sciences, Murray State University, Murray, KY 42071, (2)Watershed Studies Institute and Earth and Environmental Sciences, Murray State University, 334 Blackburn Hall, Murray, KY 42071, (3)Department of Geosciences, Baylor University, 1 Bear Place, mail stop 97354, Waco, TX 76798, (4)Geography, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0322, (5)Department of Geosciences, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798, (6)Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798, (7)Department of Geography, The University of Georgia, Geog.-Geol. Building, 210 Field St., Room 204, Athens, GA 30602
 
3:55 PM
Discussion
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