Sunday, 19 October 2014: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Vancouver Convention Centre-West 306
GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Geology and Society Division

 

Jessica Pilarczyk, Andrea D. Hawkes and Benjamin P. Horton, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:00 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:05 PM
MICROFOSSILS IN TIDAL SETTINGS AS INDICATORS OF SEA-LEVEL CHANGE, PALEOEARTHQUAKES, TSUNAMIS AND TROPICAL CYCLONES
HORTON, Benjamin P., Institution of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University, 71 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, bphorton@marine.rutgers.edu, DURA, Tina, Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, ENGELHART, Simon E., Department of Geosciences, University of Rhode Island, Woodward Hall, 9 East Alumni Avenue, Kingston, RI 02881, HAWKES, Andrea D., Geography and Geology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 5600 Marvin K. Moss Lane, Wilmington, NC 28409, KEMP, Andrew C., Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, KHAN, Nicole, Institute of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, PILARCZYK, Jessica, Institute of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University, 71 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, and SAWAI, Yuki, Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Higashi 1-1-1 C7, Tsukuba, 305-8567, Japan
1:20 PM
FORAMINIFERAL ASSEMBLAGES AND OXYGEN: TIME SERIES OF SEASONAL LOW-OXYGEN EVENTS AT A SITE IN THE MISSISSIPPI BIGHT, USA
BRUNNER, Charlotte A., Retired from Department of Marine Science, University of Southern Mississippi, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529, Charlotte.Brunner@usm.edu
1:35 PM
LARGER BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL POPULATIONS ON THE FLORIDA REEF TRACT REVEAL THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN INSHORE AND OFFSHORE ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS
FISHER MOSES, Elizabeth, Science, Engineering and Technology Division, Howard Community College, 10901 Little Patuxent Pkwy, Columbia, MD 21044, HALLOCK, Pamela, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, 140 7th Ave South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, pmuller@usf.edu, FAUTH, John E., Department of Biology, University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Boulevard, Orlando, FL 32816, and WOODLEY, Cheryl M., Coral Health and Disease Program, DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS, Hollings Marine Laboratory, 331 Fort Johnson Rd, Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research, Charleston, SC 29412
1:50 PM
TOWARD A MORE AQUATIC FUTURE: RISING SEAS AND COASTAL STORMS IN NEW YORK CITY
GORNITZ, Vivien1, HORTON, Radley2, BADER, D.A.3, LITTLE, C.4, and ROSENZWEIG, Cynthia1, (1) Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia University/NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, 2880 Broadway, New York, NY 10025, vmg1@columbia.edu, (2) Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia University/ NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, 2880 Broadway, New York, NY 10025, (3) Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia University, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, 2880 Broadway, New York, NY 10025, (4) Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544
2:05 PM
ARE WE SIGNIFICANTLY UNDERESTIMATING THE CURRENT RISK OF EXTREME FLOODING TO NEW YORK CITY?
WOODRUFF, Jonathan D.1, BRANDON, Christine M.1, DONNELLY, Jeffrey P.2, and SULLIVAN, Richard M.2, (1) Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 611 North Pleasant St, 233 Morrill Science Center, Amherst, MA 01003, woodruff@geo.umass.edu, (2) Geology & Geophysics Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MS #22, 266 Woods Hole Rd, Woods Hole, MA 02543
2:20 PM
ESTABLISHING HISTORICAL SEA-LEVEL TRENDS USING SALT-MARSH FORAMINIFERA. A NEW RECORD FOR THE CROATIAN COAST OF THE ADRIATIC SEA
SHAW, Timothy1, PLATER, Andrew2, KIRBY, Jason3, and HOLGATE, Simon2, (1) Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, 71 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, tshaw@marine.rutgers.edu, (2) Geography, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, 74 Bedford Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZT, United Kingdom, (3) School of Natural Sciences & Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool, L3 3AF, United Kingdom
2:35 PM
DETAILS OF THE MID-HOLOCENE RELATIVE SEA-LEVEL HIGHSTAND AT BELITUNG ISLAND, INDONESIA, ON THE SUNDA SHELF, FROM CORAL MICROATOLLS
MELTZNER, Aron J.1, SWITZER, Adam D.1, HORTON, Benjamin P.2, SUWARGADI, Bambang W.3, NATAWIDJAJA, Danny H.3, CAHILL, Niamh4, HILL, David5, and MAJEWSKI, Jedrzej1, (1) Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, 639798, Singapore, (2) Institution of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University, 71 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, bphorton@marine.rutgers.edu, (3) LabEarth, Geoteknologi LIPI, Bandung, 40135, Indonesia, (4) School of Mathematical Sciences, University College Dublin, Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland, (5) School of Civil and Construction Engineering, OR 97331-3212, Oregon State University, 220 Owen Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331-3212
 
2:50 PM
Break
3:05 PM
HOLOCENE RELATIVE SEA-LEVEL HIGHSTAND PATTERNS, PENINSULAR MALAYSIA EAST COAST
PARHAM, Peter R., SAPON, Noraisyah, SURIADI, Rokiah, and MOHTAR, Noor Azariyah, Institute of Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia, parhamp@umt.edu.my
3:20 PM
A RECORD OF LATE HOLOCENE COASTAL EVOLUTION AND RELATIVE SEA-LEVEL CHANGE FROM A COASTAL SALT POND, SOUTHWEST PUERTO RICO
SHERMAN, Clark and FERNANDEZ, Joel, Department of Marine Sciences, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, PO Box 9000, Mayagüez, PR 00681, clark.sherman@upr.edu
3:35 PM
HOLOCENE SEA-LEVEL DATABASE FOR THE CARIBBEAN REGION
KHAN, Nicole, Institute of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, khann@marine.rutgers.edu, DUTTON, Andrea, Geological Sciences, University of Florida, PO Box 112120, Gainesville, FL 32611, HORTON, B.P., Institution of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University, 71 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, ENGELHART, Simon E., Department of Geosciences, University of Rhode Island, Woodward Hall, 9 East Alumni Avenue, Kingston, RI 02881, KOPP, Robert E., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, PELTIER, W. Richard, Physics, University of Toronto, 60 St George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 1A7, Canada, BROCARD, Gilles Y., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, 240 South 33rd Street, Hayden Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19104, HILL, David, School of Civil and Construction Engineering, OR 97331-3212, Oregon State University, 220 Owen Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331-3212, and SCATENA, Frederick N., Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
3:50 PM
LATE HOLOCENE SEDIMENTATION AND HYDROLOGIC DEVELOPMENT IN A SHALLOW COASTAL SINKHOLE ON GREAT ABACO ISLAND, THE BAHAMAS
KOVACS, Shawn E., School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada, kovacs2@mcmaster.ca, VAN HENGSTUM, Peter J., Department of Marine Sciences, Texas A&M University at Galveston, 1001 Texas Clipper Road, Galveston, TX 77554, REINHARDT, Eduard G., School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main St. W, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada, DONNELLY, Jeffrey P., Geology & Geophysics Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MS #22, 266 Woods Hole Rd, Woods Hole, MA 02543, and ALBURY, Nancy, Antiquities, Monuments and Museums Corporation, The National Museum of The Bahamas, P.O. Box AB20755, Marsh Harbour, Bahamas
4:05 PM
3000 YEARS OF INTENSE HURRICANE SURGE IN THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS
VAN HENGSTUM, Peter J., Department of Marine Sciences, Texas A&M University at Galveston, 1001 Texas Clipper Road, Galveston, TX 77554, vanhenp@tamug.edu, DONNELLY, Jeffrey P., Geology & Geophysics Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MS #22, 266 Woods Hole Rd, Woods Hole, MA 02543, TOOMEY, Michael R., Geology & Geophysics Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 360 Woods Hole Rd, Woods Hole, MA 02543, ALBURY, Nancy, Antiquities, Monuments and Museums Corporation, The National Museum of The Bahamas, P.O. Box AB20755, Marsh Harbour, Bahamas, and KAKUK, Brian, Bahamas Caves Research Foundation, PO Box AB20755, Marsh Harbour, ABACO, Bahamas
4:20 PM
A 1000 YEAR GEOLOGIC RECORD OF TSUNAMIS FROM THE JAPAN TRENCH:  EVIDENCE FROM THE KUJUKURI BEACH RIDGE PLAIN, CHIBA PREFECTURE
PILARCZYK, Jessica1, SAWAI, Yuki2, HORTON, Benjamin P.1, TANIGAWA, Koichiro3, DURA, Tina4, NAMEGAYA, Yuichi3, FUJIWARA, Osamu2, SHISHIKURA, Masanobu5, SHINOZAKI, Tetsuya6, and VANE, Christopher H.7, (1) Institute of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University, 71 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, jpilar@marine.rutgers.edu, (2) Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Higashi 1-1-1 C7, Tsukuba, 305-8567, Japan, (3) Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, 305-8567, Japan, (4) Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, (5) Active Fault Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Sci and Technology, SiteC7, 1-1-1Higashi, Tsukuba, 305-8567, Japan, (6) Graduate School of Life and Environmental Scienes, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, 305-8577, Japan, (7) British Geological Survey, Environmental Science Centre, Keyworth, United Kingdom
4:35 PM
THE RAPID RISE IN SEA LEVEL AND COASTAL FLOODING RELATED TO THE FINAL DRAINAGE OF LAKE AGASSIZ, WITH SPECULATIONS ABOUT A TSUNAMI
TELLER, James T., Geological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Canada, tellerjt@ms.umanitoba.ca
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