Northeastern Section - 54th Annual Meeting - 2019

Session No. 25
Monday, 18 March 2019: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Connecticut Room (Holiday Inn - Portland by the Bay)

T13. River Corridor Processes and Related Decision Making I

GSA Energy Geology Division; GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA Hydrogeology Division

 

Sean M. Smith, Anne Lightbody and Melissa Landon, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Part I Introduction - Geomorphology, Hydrology, and Hydraulics
8:10 AM
GEOCHRONOLOGY AND STRATIGRAPHY OF HOLOCENE AND RECENT SEDIMENTS OF THE WHITE CLAY CREEK VALLEY, SOUTHEASTERN PA
PIPALA, James1, PIZZUTO, James2, STOTTS, Stephanie3, SHERIF, M.I.4, STURCHIO, N.C.4 and LEBIVIC, Rejanne1, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Delaware, 255 Academy St, Newark, DE 19716-2544, (2)Dept. of Geol. Sci. U of Delaware, 255 Academy St, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, (3)Wesley College, Dover, DE 19901, (4)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716
8:30 AM
CHANGES IN THE MORPHOLOGY OF ESOPUS CREEK, CATSKILL MOUNTAINS, NEW YORK, 2004-2016, DUE TO ANTHROPOGENIC AND NATURAL FACTORS
SKAGGS, Elizabeth R., Dept of Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies, Binghamton University, P.O. Box 6000, Dept Geol Sci & Envi Studies, Binghamt, NY 13902-6000 and KNUEPFER, Peter L.K., Dept. of Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies, Binghamton Univ, Binghamton, NY 13902
8:50 AM
WATERSHED MONITORING IN ACADIA NATIONAL PARK: PRELIMINARY RESULTS BASED ON THREE YEARS OF DATA COLLECTED ACROSS MULTIPLE WATERSHEDS
HENKEL, Brian1, HALL, Sarah R.2, GALLARDO GARCÍA FREIRE, Patricio2 and LÖWGREN, Sara3, (1)Wild Acadia, Friends of Acadia, Bar Harbor, ME 04609, (2)College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME 04609, (3)College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME 04649
9:10 AM
HUMANS, DAMS, AND FLOW REGIMES IN THE PENOBSCOT RIVER
NEWCOMB, Andrew, School of Earth and Climate Sciences, University of Maine, 5790 Bryand Global Sciences Center, Orono, ME 04469 and SMITH, Sean M., University of Maine, School of Earth and Climate Sciences, 5790 Bryand Global Sciences Center, Orono, ME 04469-5790
9:30 AM
IMPACT OF NEW ENGLAND DAMS ON FLOOD FREQUENCIES AND NITROGEN FLUX
LIGHTBODY, Anne1, SIMON, David1 and SMITH, Sean M.2, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire, James Hall, 56 College Road, Durham, NH 03824, (2)University of Maine, School of Earth and Climate Sciences, 5790 Bryand Global Sciences Center, Orono, ME 04469-5790
 
9:50 AM
Break
 
10:05 AM
Pop Up "Lightning" Talks with Poster Highlights
10:20 AM
THE HISTORICAL CONSEQUENCES OF IGNORING RIVER SCIENCE: THE FLOWAGE CONTROVERSY IN THE CONCORD RIVER VALLEY, MASSACHUSETTS (1635-1862)
THORSON, Robert M., Geoscience, University of Connecticut, U-1045, 354 Mansfield Road, Storrs, CT 06269-1045
10:40 AM
FISHY BUSINESS: A MULTI-OBJECTIVE APPROACH TO CULVERT AND DAM DECISIONS FOR IMPROVED INFRASTRUCTURE, ECOSYSTEMS, AND COST
ROY, Samuel G.1, DAIGNEAULT, Adam2, TRUHLAR, Allison3, JAIN, Shaleen2 and SMITH, Sean M.C.1, (1)Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, University of Maine, 5710 Norman Smith Hall, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, (2)University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, (3)Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-5701
11:00 AM
INVESTIGATION OF SNOWMELT IMPACT ON TRENDS IN RUNOFF COEFFICIENTS OF FLOODS CAPABLE OF DAM BREAKS IN NEW ENGLAND
HOSSEINI SHAKIB, Iman, Civil & Environmental Engineering Department, University of New Hampshire, 35 Colovos Rd, 330 Gregg Hall, Durham, NH 03824; Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of New Hampshire, 35 Colovos Rd, 336 Gregg Hall, Durham, NH 03824, GARDNER, Kevin, Durham, NH 03824, LIGHTBODY, Anne, Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire, James Hall, 56 College Road, Durham, NH 03824, SMITH, Sean M.C., School of Earth and Climate Sciences, University of Maine, 5790 Bryand Global Sciences Center, Orono, ME 04469 and GOLD, Arthur J., Department of Natural Resources Science, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881
Handouts
  • Presentation 20190318 - NEGSA.pptx (5.4 MB)
  • 11:20 AM
    THE HYDRAULIC IMPLICATIONS OF RELICT INDUSTRIAL (LOG DRIVE ERA) INFRASTRUCTURE ON LARGE RIVERS IN THE NORTHEAST
    RICHMOND, Nick, School of Earth and Climate Sciences, University of Maine, 5790 Bryand Global Sciences Center, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, SMITH, Sean M.C., School of Earth and Climate Sciences, University of Maine, 5790 Bryand Global Sciences Center, Orono, ME 04469, ROY, Samuel G., Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, 5710 Norman Smith Hall, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469 and KOONS, Peter O., School of Earth and Climate Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469
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