GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

T206. The Effects of Discharge Variability on Alluvial Stratigraphy: Toward a New Facies Model

Session No. 228
Tuesday, 27 September 2016: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 401 (Colorado Convention Center)
 
Introductory Remarks
Abstract ID#: 288584
ANALYSIS OF MULTI-DECADAL (1960-2010) DYNAMICS IN SEDIMENT AND WATER DISCHARGES FROM GLOBAL RIVERS: TEMPORAL VARIABILITY AND INTRA-BASIN CONTROLS
Abstract ID#: 280555
COHEN, Sagy, Geography, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, SYVITSKI, James, Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, 80305, KETTNER, Albert, institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80305 and DUNN, Frances, Geography and Environment, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1B, United Kingdom, sagy.cohen@ua.edu
PERSISTENCE AND PEAKEDNESS OF RIVER DISCHARGE ACROSS MULTIPLE TIMESCALES
Abstract ID#: 276436
JONES, Evan, Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1516 Illinois St, Golden, CO 80401 and PLINK-BJORKLUND, Piret, Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, evjones@mines.edu
STRONGLY SEASONAL RIVERS IN THE SUBHUMID TROPICS OF NORTHEAST AUSTRALIA – DISCHARGE VARIABILITY AS A CONTROL ON DEPOSITIONAL PROCESS AND PRODUCT
Abstract ID#: 279508
FIELDING, Christopher R., Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 214 Bessey Hall, P.O. Box 880340, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, cfielding2@unl.edu
EFFECT OF SHIFTING HYDROLOGIC REGIMES ON THE BENGAL BASIN AND GANGES-BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER DELTA SEQUENCE: MONSOON VARIABILITY AND LAKE-BURST FLOODS IN THE LATE QUATERNARY
Abstract ID#: 280062
GOODBRED, Steven L., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, PICKERING, Jennifer L., Earth & Environmental Science, Vanderbilt University, PMB 351805, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37235-1805, SINCAVAGE, Ryan, Vanderbilt University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37235-1805 and HOSSAIN, Saddam, Department of Geology, Dhaka University, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh, steven.goodbred@vanderbilt.edu
CHARACTERISTICS AND CONTROLS ON HIGH LATITUDE SEDIMENTATION IN THE CRETACEOUS OF ALASKA AND THE PERMIAN OF ANTARCTICA
Abstract ID#: 287580
FLAIG, Peter P., Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences, 10100 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX 78758, HASIOTIS, Stephen T., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lindley Hall, rm 120, Lawrence, KS 66045, VAN DER KOLK, Dolores A., Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences, 10100 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX 78758, MCCARTHY, Paul J., Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Alaska, PO Box 755780, Fairbanks, AK 99775-5780, FIORILLO, Anthony R., Perot Museum of Nature and Science, 2201 N. Field St., Dallas, TX 75201, SUAREZ, Celina, Department of Geosciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701 and JACKSON, Adam, Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd., rm 120, Lawrence, KS 66045, peter.flaig@beg.utexas.edu
FROUDE SUPERCRITICAL FLOW IS GEOMORPHICALLY FORMATIVE FLOW IN SOME VARIABLE DISCHARGE RIVERS
Abstract ID#: 280095
PLINK-BJORKLUND, Piret, Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, pplink@mines.edu
A FACIES MODEL FOR RIVERS IN THE SEASONAL TROPICS AND SUBTROPICS, AND APPLICATION TO PALEOCLIMATIC INVESTIGATIONS OF ANCIENT SUCCESSIONS
Abstract ID#: 279514
FIELDING, Christopher R., Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 214 Bessey Hall, P.O. Box 880340, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340 and ALLEN, Jonathan P., Chevron North American Exploration and Production, Bakersfield, CA 93311, cfielding2@unl.edu
 
Break
Abstract ID#: 288585
INTEGRATING DISCHARGE AND RAINFALL INDICATORS IN RIVER AND FLOODPLAIN DEPOSITS: AN EXAMPLE SPANNING THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM
Abstract ID#: 277538
FOREMAN, Brady Z.1, MAXBAUER, Daniel P.2 and RASMUSSEN, Dirk M.1, (1)Geology, Western Washington University, 516 High St, Bellingham, WA 98225, (2)Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, brady.foreman@wwu.edu
PROVENANCE-CALIBRATED FLUVIAL RESPONSE TO WARMING DURING THE EARLY EOCENE CLIMATIC OPTIMUM, BRIDGER BASIN, WYOMING
Abstract ID#: 284508
KRUEGER, Rachel, School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86005 and SMITH, M. Elliot, Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, Rck46@nau.edu
STABILIZATION OF EOCENE CLIMATE RECORDED IN FLUVIAL DEPOSITS OF THE DOUGLAS CREEK MEMBER IN THE GREEN RIVER FORMATION, MAIN CANYON, UINTA BASIN, UTAH
Abstract ID#: 286469
GALL, Ryan D.1, BIRGENHEIER, Lauren P.1 and VANDEN BERG, Michael D.2, (1)Geology and Geophysics Department, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0102, (2)Utah Geological Survey, 1594 W. North Temple Suite 3110, Salt Lake City, UT 84114, gall.ryand@gmail.com
VERTISOLS AND ALLUVIAL STRATIGRAPHIC MODELS: SOIL AND PALEOSOL INDICATORS OF DISCHARGE VARIABILITY
Abstract ID#: 277760
DRIESE, Steven G. and NORDT, Lee C., Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Dept. of Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, Steven_Driese@baylor.edu
CLIMATIC VS TECTONIC CONTROL ON SOIL DRAINAGE FLUCTUATIONS: USING ALLUVIAL STRATIGRAPHY CONCEPTS AT JOGGINS FOSSIL CLIFFS, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA
Abstract ID#: 285562
LETOURMY, Yohan, Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798 and DRIESE, Steven G., Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Dept. of Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, Yohan_Letourmy@baylor.edu
FLUVIAL CONTROLS ON SOIL MOISTURE TRENDS OBSERVED IN NACIMIENTO FORMATION PALEOSOLS, SAN JUAN BASIN, U.S.A
Abstract ID#: 284994
HOBBS, Kevin M., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, MSC03 2040, Albuquerque, NM 87131 and FAWCETT, Peter J., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, 220 Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, khobbs84@unm.edu
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