1 Our Dynamic Coasts: Delta Plain Management—What Are We Learning From the Geological Record?

Monday, 28 March 2011
8:00 AM - 9:45 AM
D.H. Holmes A & B

Presentations

• 8:05 AM
  CONTINUOUS HOLOCENE RELATIVE SEA-LEVEL RISE ALONG THE CENTRAL US GULF COAST: IMPLICATIONS FOR MISSISSIPPI DELTA SUBSIDENCE RATES
  Torbjörn E. Törnqvist, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA and Shiyong Yu, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA and Ping Hu, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
  186756 (Symposia Sessions)
• 8:20 AM
  BASEMENT CONTROLS ON SUBSURFACE GEOLOGIC PATTERNS AND COASTAL GEOMORPHOLOGY ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO: A DEEPER PERSPECTIVE ON COASTAL LOUISIANA
  Bryan P. Stephens, BOEMRE, New Orleans, LA
  186772 (Symposia Sessions)
• 8:35 AM
  FLUVIAL AND METEOROLOGICAL CONTROLS on WETLAND DEVELOPMENT IN THE CHENIER PLAIN
  Cyndhia G. Ramatchandirane, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA and Alexander S. Kolker, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Chauvin, LA and Brittina A. Argow, Harvard, MA and Liviu Giosan, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA and J. Donnelly, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA
  186915 (Symposia Sessions)
• 8:50 AM
  QUANTIFYING SEDIMENT TRAPPING EFFICIENCY AND ACCRETION RATES OF A RECENT CREVASSE SPLAY IN THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA: IMPLICATIONS FOR COASTAL RESTORATION
  Zhixiong Shen, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA and Torbjörn E. Törnqvist, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA and Jonathan W. Marshak, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA and Austin G. Nijhuis, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA and Laure Sandoval, Limoges, N/A and Jennifer I. Kuykendall, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA and Barbara Mauz, University of Salzburg, Salzburg
  186906 (Symposia Sessions)
• 9:05 AM
  THE EVOLUTION OF HEWE'S POINT, CHANDELEUR ISLANDS, LA: A RARE NATURAL RESOURCE
  James G. Flocks, U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg, FL and David C. Twichell, U.S. Geol Survey, Woods Hole, MA and Michael D. Miner, Marine Minerals Program, New Orleans, LA
  186944 (Symposia Sessions)
• 9:20 AM
  LEGAL ASPECTS OF COASTAL CHANGE
  Kelly Haggar, Riparian, Inc, Baton Rouge, LA
  186990 (Symposia Sessions)