Geomorphological Evolution of Carbonate Systems through Time

Session ID#: 124207

Session Description:
Carbonate depositional systems represent unique archives of sea-level, oceanographic, and climatic conditions. Their sensitivity to ecological and physical drivers make them useful records for assessing environmental change through time. Recent advances in remote-sensing techniques, high-resolution data collection, and geophysical subsurface data, have opened a new chapter in the evaluation of carbonate geomorphology through geologic history. These innovations help advance our understanding of the complex depositional and diagenetic processes that entomb information in the rock record. New insights regarding the relative contribution of ice sheet melt, glacio-isostatic adjustment, dynamic topography, tectonics, and thermal expansion to sea-level change are crucial to key societal challenges. This session invites contributions that use field work, remote sensing, geophysical data, geochemistry, numerical modeling, and other tools to improve our understanding of carbonate geomorphology. Contributions are encouraged from a broad range of communities such as geology, paleoclimatology, oceanography, remote sensing, ecology, biology, and computational science.
Index Terms:

1051 Sedimentary geochemistry [GEOCHEMISTRY]
1640 Remote sensing [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1641 Sea level change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
4220 Coral reef systems [OCEANOGRAPHY: BIOLOGICAL]


Primary Convener:  Abdulah Eljalafi, University of Texas, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX, United States; The University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX, United States
Conveners:  Scarlette Hsia1, Shawn Fullmer1, Roger Creel2 and Abdulah Eljalafi3,4, (1)University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX, United States(2)Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States(3)University of Texas, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX, United States(4)The University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX, United States
Primary Liaison:  Scarlette Hsia, University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX, United States