Earth and Planetary Surface Processes



LAIC (Lithosphere-Atmosphere-Ionosphere Coupling) evidences induced by energetic eruptions and seismic events
Primary Convener:  Alessandro Bonforte, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Osservatorio Etneo, Catania, Italy
Conveners:  Angelo De Santis, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome, Italy and Salvatore Roberto Maugeri, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Osservatorio Etneo, Catania, Italy


Robert Sharp Lecture
Primary Convener:  Gordon E. Grant, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States
Convener:  Kimberly M Hill, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States


EP001
Advances in River Morphology Science, Tools and Datasets: Improving Our Understanding of Rivers
Primary Convener:  J. Toby Minear, University of Colorado, Boulder, CIRES, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners:  Venkatesh Merwade, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States, Amanda Cox, Saint Louis University Main Campus, Civil Engineering, Saint Louis, United States and Marian Muste, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States


EP002
Advances in the acquisition and application of high-resolution bathymetry in shallow freshwater environments.
Primary Convener:  Justin C Stout, University of Canterbury, Waterways Centre, Christchurch, New Zealand
Conveners:  James Brasington, University of Canterbury, Waterways Centre, Christchurch, New Zealand and Christopher J Garcia, Bureau of Reclamation Provo, Provo, UT, United States


EP003
Aeolian Processes on Earth and Other Planetary Bodies
Primary Convener:  Claire E Newman, Aeolis Research, Chandler, AZ, United States
Conveners:  Jordan M Bretzfelder, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Pasadena, United States, James King, Université de Montréal, Département de géographie, Montréal, QC, Canada and Kashauna Mason, Texas A&M University, Department of Geology and Geophysics, College Station, TX, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Claire E Newman, Aeolis Research, Chandler, AZ, United States


EP004
Changing Permafrost Landscapes
Primary Convener:  Anastasia Piliouras, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, University Park, PA, United States
Conveners:  Joanmarie Del Vecchio, Dartmouth College, Department of Earth Sciences, Hanover, NH, United States, Rachel Glade, University of Rochester, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rochester, NY, United States and Shawn M Chartrand, Simon Fraser University, School of Environmental Science, Burnaby, BC, Canada


EP005
Coastal Biophysical Interactions: Hydrodynamics, Sedimentary Processes, Morphodynamics, and Coastal Resiliency
Primary Convener:  Muriel Zazie Madeleine Brückner, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4, United Kingdom
Conveners:  Jorge Emilio San Juan, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, United States and Isamar Cortes, Latinas in Earth and Planetary Sciences (GeoLatinas), Newark, United States; Montclair State University, Earth and Environmental Studies, Montclair, NJ, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Isamar Cortes, Latinas in Earth and Planetary Sciences (GeoLatinas), Newark, United States; Montclair State University, Earth and Environmental Studies, Montclair, NJ, United States


EP006
Coastal Geomorphology and Morphodynamics
Primary Convener:  Molly Keogh, University of Oregon, Department of Earth Sciences, Eugene, OR, United States
Conveners:  Jorge Emilio San Juan, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, United States, Matthew P. Conlin, Oregon State University, CEOAS, Corvallis, United States and Stuart Pearson, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands


EP007
Cohesive sedimentary systems: dynamics and deposits
Primary Convener:  Andrew James Manning, University of Hull, Energy & Environment Institute, Hull, United Kingdom; HR Wallingford Ltd, Coasts & Oceans Group, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Conveners:  Leiping Ye, Sun Yat-sen University (Zhuhai Campus), School of Marine Sciences, Guangdong, China, Claire Chassagne, Delft University of Technology, Hydraulic Engineering, Delft, Netherlands and Daniel R Parsons, University of Hull, Energy & Environment Institute, Hull, United Kingdom


EP008
Community Experimentation - Building an Open, Accessible Future in Hydraulics, Geomorphology, Ecohydraulics, and Sedimentology
Primary Convener:  Robert Mahon, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, United States
Conveners:  Julia Cisneros, Texas A&M University, University of Texas at Austin, and Texas Tech University, College Station, United States, Blair A Johnson, University of Texas at Austin, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering, Austin, TX, United States and Rafael O Tinoco, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Urbana, IL, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Julia Cisneros, Texas A&M University, University of Texas at Austin, and Texas Tech University, College Station, United States


EP009
Deciphering the Stratigraphic Record of Surface Processes: New Insights into Ancient Landscape Dynamics on Earth and other Planetary Bodies
Primary Convener:  Sinead Lyster, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Geosciences, University Park, United States
Conveners:  Victoria Milanez Fernandes1, Kartikeya Singh Sangwan2 and Alexander C Whittaker2, (1)Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany(2)Imperial College London, Department of Earth Science & Engineering, London, United Kingdom
Student/Early Career Convener:  Safiya Alpheus, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Geosciences, University Park, United States


EP010
Earth and Planetary Surface Processes General Contributions
Primary Convener:  Brooke Hunter, University of Oregon, Department of Earth Sciences, Eugene, OR, United States
Conveners:  Rose Palermo, MIT-WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography/Applied Ocean Science & Engineering, Woods Hole, United States, Mackenzie D Day, University of California Los Angeles, Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States and Tian Yang Dong, University of Texas at Austin, Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX, United States


EP011
Earth Surface Processes and the Global Carbon Cycle
Primary Convener:  Preston Cosslett Kemeny, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
Conveners:  Nicole M M Fernandez, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States, Gen Li, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States and Yi Hou, Rice University, Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Houston, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Yi Hou, Rice University, Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Houston, United States


EP012
Ecohydraulics and Ecomorphodynamics: Biophysical Interactions Across Scales in Natural and Engineered Aquatic Systems
Primary Convener:  Rafael O Tinoco, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Urbana, IL, United States
Conveners:  Maria Maza, Enviromental Hydraulics Institute of Cantabria, Santander, Spain, Elowyn Yager, Univ of ID-Idaho Water Ctr, Boise, United States and William Nardin, University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences, Horn Point Laboratory, Cambridge, MD, United States


EP013
Granular and Fluid Physics in Geomorphology
Primary Convener:  Andrew Gunn, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Conveners:  Nakul Deshpande, University of Pennsylvania, Earth and Environmental Science, Philadelphia, PA, United States, Rachel Glade, University of Rochester, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rochester, NY, United States and Kevin Pierce, University of Oslo, Department of Physics, Oslo, Norway
Student/Early Career Convener:  Nakul Deshpande, University of Pennsylvania, Earth and Environmental Science, Philadelphia, PA, United States


EP014
Interactions of Flow, Sediment, and Wood in River Ecosystems: Observations and Modeling
Primary Convener:  Elizabeth Follett, Cardiff University, Hydro-environmental Research Centre, Cardiff, CF24, United Kingdom
Conveners:  Isabella Schalko, ETH Zurich, Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW), Dept. of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, Zurich, Switzerland, Heidi Margaret Nepf, MIT, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cambridge, MA, United States and Ellen Wohl, Colorado State University, Geosciences, Fort Collins, United States


EP015
Landscape Evolution Beneath and Beyond the Ice
Primary Convener:  Andrew D Wickert, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Minneapolis, MN, United States; University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory, Minneapolis, MN, United States
Conveners:  Lucas Zoet, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Geoscience, Madison, WI, United States, Phil Larson, Minnesota State University Mankato, EARTH Systems Laboratory and Department of Geography, Mankato, MN, United States and Shanti Bhattacharya Penprase, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences and Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory, Minneapolis, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Shanti Bhattacharya Penprase, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences and Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory, Minneapolis, United States


EP016
Landslides, Rockfalls, and Debris Flows: The Influence of Mass Wasting on Large-Scale Sediment Dynamics
Primary Convener:  Benjamin Campforts, University of Colorado Boulder, INSTAAR, Boulder, United States
Conveners:  Annette Patton, University of Oregon, Department of Earth Sciences, Eugene, United States, Charles Shobe, West Virginia University, Department of Geology and Geography, Morgantown, WV, United States and Alison R Duvall, University of Washington, Seattle, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Annette Patton, University of Oregon, Department of Earth Sciences, Eugene, United States


EP017
Linking nearshore and onshore sediment transport processes and geomorphic responses: Insights from field, laboratory, and modeling studies
Primary Convener:  Ethan J Theuerkauf, Michigan State University, Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences, East Lansing, United States
Conveners:  Katherine Serafin, University of Florida, Department of Geography, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States and Phillipe Alan Wernette, USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Chelsea Volpano, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Geoscience, Madison, WI, United States


EP018
Modeling Earth Surface Processes Using Community Surface-Dynamics Software
Primary Convener:  Christopher Sheehan, Boston College, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Chestnut Hill, MA, United States
Conveners:  Shelby Ahrendt1, Benjamin Campforts2 and Tian Gan2, (1)University of Washington Seattle Campus, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Seattle, WA, United States(2)University of Colorado Boulder, INSTAAR, Boulder, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Shelby Ahrendt, University of Washington Seattle Campus, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Seattle, WA, United States


EP019
Predicting the fate of river deltas and coastal wetlands: remote sensing, numerical modeling and field advances
Primary Convener:  Alexandra Christensen, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
Conveners:  Olivier Gourgue, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, John McDevitt Mallard, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States and Anna Elizabeth Braswell, University of Florida, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Elena Solohin, Florida International University, Miami, FL, United States


EP020
Quantifying the drivers of landscape evolution across spatial and temporal scales
Primary Convener:  Victoria Milanez Fernandes, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
Conveners:  Gaia Stucky de Quay, Harvard University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, MA, United States and Sinead Lyster, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Geosciences, University Park, United States


EP021
Reorganization of River Basins
Primary Convener:  Helen Willemien Dow, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center Santa Cruz, U.S. Geological Survey, Santa Cruz, United States
Conveners:  Maya F. Stokes, Yale University, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, New Haven, CT, United States, Kristin Sweeney, University of Portland, Portland, OR, United States and William Struble, University of Arizona, Department of Geosciences, Tucson, United States


EP022
River Deltas: Hydrology, Geomorphology, and Sedimentology
Primary Convener:  Lisanne Braat, European Space Agency, ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Conveners:  Jose Silvestre, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, United States and Jana Cox, Utrecht University, Physical Geography, Utrecht, Netherlands


EP023
Submarine Fans: Turbidity Current Morphodynamics, their Deposits, and Impacts on Global Climate Change
Primary Convener:  Abdul Wahab, Tulane University, Earth and Environmental Sciences, New Orleans, LA, United States
Conveners:  Mrugesh Shringarpure1, David C J D Hoyal1 and Andrew J Moodie2, (1)ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, TX, United States(2)University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Abdul Wahab, Tulane University, Earth and Environmental Sciences, New Orleans, LA, United States


EP024
Surface Processes on Rocky and Icy Bodies across the Solar System
Primary Convener:  Gaia Stucky de Quay, Harvard University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, MA, United States
Conveners:  Ali M Bramson, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States, Susan J Conway, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France and Benjamin Thomas Cardenas, Caltech, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Pasadena, United States


EP025
Tectonic and climatic controls on the evolution of mountain belts
Primary Convener:  Xiaoping Yuan, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
Conveners:  Charles Shobe, West Virginia University, Department of Geology and Geography, Morgantown, WV, United States, Jing Liu-Zeng, Tianjin University, Institute of Surface Earth System Science, Tianjin, China and Jean Braun, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany


EP026
The Morphodynamic Trinity: Linkages among fluid flow, sediment transport, and morphology in fluvial systems across scales
Primary Convener:  Kieran Bernard Jiamin Dunne, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
Conveners:  Julia C. Carr, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, University Park, PA, United States, Tian Yang Dong, University of Texas at Austin, Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX, United States and Scott A Feehan, University of Nevada Reno, Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering, Reno, United States


EP027
Tropical Coasts: Land-Ocean Environments at Low-Latitudes
Primary Convener:  Juan Felipe Paniagua-Arroyave, Universidad EAFIT, Department of Earth Sciences, HyNA Research Group, Medellin, Colombia; University of Colorado, INSTAAR, Boulder, United States
Conveners:  Isamar Cortes, Montclair State University, Earth and Environmental Studies, Montclair, NJ, United States; Latinas in Earth and Planetary Sciences (GeoLatinas), Newark, United States, Oscar Andrés Alvarez-Silva, Universidad del Norte, Department of Physics and Geosciences, Puerto Colombia, Colombia and Shalimar Moreno, East Carolina University, Greenville, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Isamar Cortes, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan


EP028
Understanding bedforms across a range of scales and environments
Primary Convener:  Julia Cisneros, Texas A&M University College Station, College Station, TX, United States
Conveners:  Anne W Baar, University of Hull, Energy and Environment Institute, Hull, United Kingdom, Debsmita Das, University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Geography, Santa Barbara, CA, United States and Jiyong Lee, University of Minnesota, Civil, Environmental and Geo-Engineering, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, Minneapolis, MN, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Sabrina Khan, Johns Hopkins University, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Baltimore, MD, United States


ED033
Undergraduate Earth, Atmospheric, Ocean, and Space Science Research and Outreach Posters
Primary Convener:  Anika Knight, UNAVCO, Inc. Boulder, ECE, Boulder, United States
Conveners:  Anika Knight, UNAVCO, Inc. Boulder, ECE, Boulder, United States, Mark Lord, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC, United States and Pranoti M. Asher, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States


H004
Advancements in Watershed Modeling: Hydrologic/WQ Processes and Management Implementations on Regulatory Science
Primary Convener:  Haw Yen, Bayer CropScience, Environmental Safety North America, St. Louis, MO, United States
Conveners:  Latif Kalin, Auburn University, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn, AL, United States, Raghavan Srinivasan, Texas A&M University, Director of Spatial Sciences Laboratory, Agrilife Research, College Station, TX, United States and Bernard A Engel, Purdue University, Agricultural & Biological Engineering, West Lafayette, United States


H033
Basin to Global Scale River Processes in the Anthropocene
Primary Convener:  Elad Dente, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Geology and Environmental Science, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Conveners:  Dongmei Feng, University of Cincinnati Main Campus, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Cincinnati, United States, John Gardner, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Geology and Environmental Science, Pittsburgh, PA, United States and Beth Tellman, University of Arizona, School of Geography, Development and Environment, Tucson, AZ, United States


H064
Hydroclimatic Modeling, Analyses, and Projections in the South and Southeast Asia: Challenges and Opportunities
Primary Convener:  Sangam Shrestha, Asian Institute of Technology, Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, Surathani, Thailand
Conveners:  Rocky Talchabhadel, Texas A&M University, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, El Paso, United States, Sanjib Sharma, Pennsylvania State University, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, University Park, PA, United States and Ganesh R Ghimire, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Jeeban Panthi, University of Rhode Island, Geosciences, Kingston, United States


H107
The MacGyver Session: Novel, Exciting, Self-Made, Hacked, and/or Improvised Sensors, Data Acquisition, and Data Transmission Solutions to Understand the Geosphere
Primary Convener:  Andrew D Wickert, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Minneapolis, MN, United States; University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory, Minneapolis, MN, United States
Conveners:  Theresa Blume, GFZ German Research Centre, Potsdam, Germany, James T. Dietrich, University of Northern Iowa, Geography, Cedar Falls, IA, United States, Austin Madson, University of Wyoming, WyGISC, Laramie, WY, United States and Chet Udell, Oregon State University, Biological and Ecological Engineering, Corvallis, OR, United States


NH004
Characterization, Mitigation, Mission Designs, and Consequences of Asteroid Impacts on Earth
Primary Convener:  Souheil M Ezzedine, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States
Conveners:  Brent Barbee, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Catherine S Plesko, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Catherine S Plesko, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States


S007
Environmental Seismology: A Geophysical Tool to Study Surface and Near-Surface Processes
Primary Convener:  Danica L Roth, Colorado School of Mines, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering; Department of Geophysics; Hydrologic Science & Engineering Program, Golden, CO, United States
Conveners:  Bradley Paul Lipovsky, University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Seattle, United States, Thomas Hudson, University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences, Oxford, United Kingdom and Richard C Aster, Colorado State University, Geosciences Department, Fort Collins, CO, United States