53 Land Subsidence Attributable to Subsurface Fluid Extraction in Coastal Lowlands: Contributions to Relative Sea-Level Rise

Monday, 6 October 2008
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Presentations

• 8:05 AM
  SUBSIDENCE: Whose Problem Is It, Anyway?
  Ronald J. Neighbors, Harris-Galveston Subsidence District, Friendswood, TX and Thomas A. Michel, Harris-Galveston Subsidence District, Friendswood, TX
  148028 (JOINT SESSIONS)
• 8:25 AM
  Integrating Spatial Infrastructure Components for Measuring “True” Local Sea Level Rise
  Dave Zilkoski, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, MD and Galen Scott, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, MD
  146630 (JOINT SESSIONS)
• 8:45 AM
  Relative Sea Level Rise at Venice, Italy
  Laura Carbognin, National Research Council, Venezia, N/A and Pietro Teatini, University of Padova, Padova, N/A and Luigi Tosi, National Research Council, Venezia, N/A
  146406 (JOINT SESSIONS)
• 9:05 AM
  Injecting Seawater Underground to Raise Lowlying High-Value Coastland. A Pilot Project at Venice, Italy
  Nicola Castelletto, University of Padova, Padova, N/A and Massimiliano Ferronato, University of Padova, Padova, N/A and Giuseppe Gambolati, University of Padova, Padova, N/A and Mario Putti, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova, N/A and Pietro Teatini, University of Padova, Padova, N/A
  149549 (JOINT SESSIONS)
• 9:40 AM
  Subsidence, Wetland Loss, and Hydrocarbon Production In the Mississippi Delta Plain
  Robert A. Morton, U.S. Geological Survey, Austin, TX and Julie C. Bernier, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg, FL and John A. Barras, U.S. Geological Survey, Baton Rouge, LA
  145337 (JOINT SESSIONS)
• 10:00 AM
  Land Surface Subsidence In Southwestern Louisiana Caused by Seasonal Groundwater Withdrawal
  Jeffrey A. Nunn, Louisiana State Univ, Baton Rouge, LA
  144733 (JOINT SESSIONS)
• 10:15 AM
  Subsidence in the Louisiana Coastal Zone Due to Hydrocarbon Production
  Ellen P. Mallman, BP America, Houston, TX and Mark D. Zoback, Stanford University, Stanford, CA and Paul Hagin, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
  150800 (JOINT SESSIONS)
• 10:30 AM
  Coastal Restoration In the Mississippi Delta - a Geo-Ecological Perspective
  Torbjörn E. Törnqvist, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA and John W. Day, Louisiana State Univ, Baton Rouge, LA
  146897 (JOINT SESSIONS)
• 10:45 AM
  Unravelling Shallow Causes of Subsidence
  Rik P. Noorlandt, TNO, Utrecht, N/A and Annemarie G. Muntendam-Bos, TNO, Utrecht, N/A and Mahmoud Bakr, TNO, Utrecht, N/A and Ger de Lange, TNO, Utrecht, N/A and Peter A. Fokker, TNO, Utrecht, N/A
  145633 (JOINT SESSIONS)
• 11:00 AM
  Delta Subsidence in Northwest Washington
  Ralph Haugerud, Seattle, WA
  151718 (JOINT SESSIONS)
• 11:15 AM
  Analysis and Simulation of Land Subsidence Caused by Groundwater Exploitation in the Hangzhou-Jiaxiang-Huzhou Plain, Southern China
  Guoliang Cao, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL and Chunmiao Zheng, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL and Jiankang Zhao, Geological Environment Monitoring Station of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, N/A
  149192 (JOINT SESSIONS)
• 11:30 AM
  Mid-Holocene Rapid Sea-Level Rise: A Window into the Future?
  Shiyong Yu, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA and Yong-Xiang Li, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA and Torbjörn E. Törnqvist, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
  152166 (JOINT SESSIONS)