Geological Society of America

8:15 AM

OVERVIEW OF HURRICANE JOAQUIN EFFECTS IN THE BAHAMAS (29 SEPTEMBER-3 OCTOBER 2015)

H. Curran, Smith College, Northampton, MA

282947 (Technical Sessions)

8:30 AM

HURRICANE JOAQUIN AND THE GERACE RESEARCH CENTRE, SAN SALVADOR, THE BAHAMAS: PREPARATIONS AND RECOVERY

Thomas A. Rothfus, University of Illinois-Springfield, Lewistown, IL

287481 (Technical Sessions)

8:45 AM

HETEROGENEOUS VULNERABILITY TO HURRICANE JOAQUIN’S INFLUENCE ALONG THE PERIMETER OF SAN SALVADOR ISLAND, BAHAMAS

Michael Savarese, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL and Ilya V. Buynevich, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA and Jon Caris, Smith College, Northampton, MA and H. Curran, Smith College, Northampton, MA and Bosiljka Glumac, Smith College, Northampton, MA and Lisa Park Boush, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT and Karen Kopcznski, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

282743 (Technical Sessions)

9:00 AM

DRONE USE IN RAPID ASSESSMENT OF HURRICANE JOAQUIN COASTAL IMPACT ON SAN SALVADOR ISLAND, BAHAMAS

Eliana Perlmutter, Smith College, Northampton, MA and Jon Caris, Smith College, Northampton, MA and Alex Widstrand, Smith College, Northampton, MA and H. Curran, Smith College, Northampton, MA and Bosiljka Glumac, Smith College, Northampton, MA

282290 (Technical Sessions)

9:15 AM

WHY WAS STORM SURGE ON SAN SALVADOR ISLAND, BAHAMAS, LOWER FOR HURRICANE JOAQUIN (2015) THAN FOR HURRICANE FRANCIS (2004)?

Michael Champion, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY and Nan Arens, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY and Diana L. Boyer, SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY

277834 (Technical Sessions)

9:30 AM

HIGH-RESOLUTION UAV IMAGING AND MAPPING OF COASTAL EROSION AND BOULDER MOVEMENT PRODUCED BY THE 2015 HURRICANE JOAQUIN ON SAN SALVADOR, THE BAHAMAS

Anniya Preisberga, University of Missouri- Kansas City, Kansas City, MO and Tina Niemi, University of Missouri - Kansas City, Kansas City, MO and Joseph Nolan, University of Missouri - Kansas City, Kansas City, MO and Jennica Grady, University of Missouri - Kansas City, Kansas City, MO and John D. Rucker, University of Missouri - Kansas City, Kansas City, MO and Sara Lamprise, University of Missouri - Kansas City, Kansas City, MO

287520 (Technical Sessions)

10:00 AM

RAPID-RESPONSE TRACKING: NEOICHNOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS IN THE WAKE OF HURRICANE JOAQUIN, SAN SALVADOR, THE BAHAMAS

Karen Kopcznski, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA and Ilya V. Buynevich, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA and H. Curran, Smith College, Northampton, MA and Lisa Park Boush, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT and Michael Savarese, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL and Bosiljka Glumac, Smith College, Northampton, MA and Jon Caris, Smith College, Northampton, MA

284239 (Technical Sessions)

10:15 AM

MONITORING CHANGES IN BOULDER RIDGES ALONG ROCKY SHORELINES OF SAN SALVADOR ISLAND, BAHAMAS, AS INDICATORS OF STORM ACTIVITY

Bosiljka Glumac, Smith College, Northampton, MA and Naomi Jahan, Smith College, Northampton, MA and H. Curran, Smith College, Northampton, MA

282135 (Technical Sessions)

10:30 AM

COMPARISON OF COASTAL BOULDER DEPOSITS (HOLOCENE AGE) ON ELEUTHERA, BAHAMAS, WITH STORM-TRANSPORTED BOULDERS ON ARAN ISLANDS, IRELAND

Ronadh Cox, Williams College, Williamstown, MA and Paul J. Hearty, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, NC and Daniel Russell, Williams College, Williamstown, MA and Kyrien R. Edwards, Williams College, Williamstown, MA

281076 (Technical Sessions)

10:45 AM

COMMENTS ON THE BAHAMIAN EVIDENCE FOR SUPERSTORMS DURING THE LAST INTERGLACIAL

John E. Mylroie, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS

280595 (Technical Sessions)

11:00 AM

MILLENNIAL SCALE HURRICANE ACTIVITY ALONG THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COASTLINE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO NORTH ATLANTIC BASIN HURRICANE ACTIVITY

Joanne Muller, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL

285093 (Technical Sessions)

11:15 AM

TRACKING HURRICANE HISTORY IN THE BAHAMAS—FROM JOAQUIN AND BEYOND

Lisa Park Boush, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT and Amy Myrbo, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN and Mary Jane Berman, Miami University, Oxford, OH and Perry L. Gnivecki, Miami University, Hamilton, OH and Ilya V. Buynevich, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA and Eric Kjellmark, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL and Michael Savarese, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL

287168 (Technical Sessions)

T103 Geological Effects of Extreme Storm Events on Small Tropical Island Nations

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