T227 The Mississippi River Delta as a Natural Laboratory for Evaluating Coastal Response to Relative Sea-Level Rise and Innovations in Transgressive Coastal Management: Shea Penland Memorial Session

Tuesday, 7 October 2008
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Presentations

• 8:25 AM
  Geologic Considerations for the Management of the Transgressive Mississippi River Delta Plain
  Mark A. Kulp, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA and Duncan M. FitzGerald, Boston University, Boston, MA and Michael D. Miner, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA and Ioannis Y. Georgiou, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
  152010 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:40 AM
  Towards a comprehensive understanding of Mississippi Delta subsidence
  Torbjörn E. Törnqvist, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
  141768 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:55 AM
  The Ups and Downs of Mississippi Delta
  Mike Blum, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS and Jonathan Tomkin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
  151094 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:10 AM
  Recent Reductions of Subsidence Rates In the Mississippi River Delta Plain
  Julie C. Bernier, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg, FL and Robert A. Morton, U.S. Geological Survey, Austin, TX and John A. Barras, U.S. Geological Survey, Baton Rouge, LA
  146548 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:25 AM
  Land Area Change in Coastal Louisiana 1956 to 2006
  John A. Barras, U.S. Geological Survey, Baton Rouge, LA and Julie C. Bernier, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg, FL and Robert A. Morton, Austin, TX
  148463 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:40 AM
  Regional Coastal Evolution along the Mississippi River Delta Plain Barrier Shorelines
  Michael D. Miner, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA and Mark A. Kulp, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA and James Flocks, U.S. Geol Survey, St. Petersburg, FL and David C. Twichell, U.S. Geol Survey, Woods Hole, MA and Duncan M. FitzGerald, Boston University, Boston, MA and Darin Lee, Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, Thibodaux, LA
  149941 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:55 AM
  Assessing the Importance of Shoreward Vs. Alongshore Sand Transport during the Late Holocene Evolution of the Chandeleur Islands, LA
  David C. Twichell, US Geological Survey, Woods Hole, MA and James G. Flocks, U.S. Geological Survey, Saint Petersburg, FL and Michael D. Miner, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA and Wayne Baldwin, U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole, MA and Elizabeth A. Pendleton, US Geological Survey, Woods Hole, MA and Mark A. Kulp, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA and I. Georgiou, Univ. of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
  145691 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:10 AM
  Preliminary Assessment of Transport Trends in a Transgressive Barrier Island Chain Using Multidimensional Numerical Models
  Ioannis Y. Georgiou, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA and Mark A. Kulp, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA and Michael D. Miner, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA and James G. Flocks, U.S. Geological Survey, Saint Petersburg, FL and David C. Twichell, U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole, MA
  151260 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:25 AM
  Storm Erosion and Partial Recovery of Barrier Islands in Deltaic Settings
  Julie Dean Rosati, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile, AL and Robert G. Dean, Univ of Florida, Gainesville, FL and John Dingler, Portland, OR
  148306 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:40 AM
  The Role of Storms In the Dynamics of Deltaic Coastal Wetlands
  Denise J. Reed, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
  145681 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:55 AM
  The Modern Atchafalaya Shelf Mud Clinoform and Its Overlooked Implications for Large River Diversions
  Mead A. Allison, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
  148583 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:10 AM
  The Mississippi River Flood of 2008: Sediment Dynamics and Implications for Coastal Restoration
  Alexander S. Kolker, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA and Mead A. Allison, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX and Kristen A. Butcher, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA and Robinson W. Fulweiler, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA and Sara Green, Lousiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA and Jeff Nittrouer, University of Texas, Austin, TX and J. Andrew Nyman, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA and Brad Rosenheim, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
  150405 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:25 AM
  Long-Term Use of Louisiana Offshore Sand Resources: Implications for Unique Sediment Dynamics Over Intermittent Sandy and Muddy Seabed on Ship Shoal for Short-Term Geomorphological Changes, South-Central Louisiana
  Daijiro Kobashi, Coastal Studies Institute, Baton Rouge, LA and Gregory Stone, Coastal Studies Institute, Baton Rouge, LA and Syed Khalil, Coastal engineering Div, Baton Rouge, LA
  150171 (Technical Sessions)