32 Geomorphic Anomalies and Underlying Geologic Controls Identified from Surficial and Bedrock Mapping, Southeastern United States

Friday, 13 April 2018
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Room 300 D

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  GEOMORPHIC FEATURES AND PROCESSES ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS
  Scott Southworth, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
  312673 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:50 PM
  BEDROCK CONTROLS ON QUATERNARY DEBRIS DEPOSIT MORPHOLOGY, COMPOSITION AND PROCESSES: SWANNANOA MOUNTAINS, OTEEN AND BLACK MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLES, BUNCOMBE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
  Richard M. Wooten, North Carolina Geological Survey, Swannanoa, NC and Bart Cattanach, North Carolina Geological Survey, Swannanoa, NC and Sierra J. Isard, North Carolina Geological Survey, Swannanoa, NC and G. Nicholas Bozdog, North Carolina Geological Survey, Swannanoa, NC
  312234 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:10 PM
  40AR/39AR AGES OF MANGANESE OXIDE ORES IN SURFICIAL AND BEDROCK DEPOSITS OF THE CENTRAL APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS
  Daniel Doctor, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, Reston, VA and Ryan J. McAleer, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, Reston, VA and Sarah Carmichael, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC and Michael J. Kunk, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
  311760 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  MAPPING PREGLACIAL FLUVIAL LANDFORMS AND DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY — PRELIMINARY RESULTS
  Steven Martin, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
  312596 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:50 PM
  INITIAL ASSESSMENT OF THE PRE-CHATTANOOGA TECTONIC HISTORY ALONG THE SOUTHERN CINCINNATI ARCH USING AUTOMATED GIS TOOLS
  Kenneth S. Boling, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN and Robert Hatcher, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN and Gary G. Bible, Cougar Dome, LLC, Helenwood, TN and Peter J. Lemiszki, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Knoxville, TN and Andrew L. Wunderlich, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
  313096 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:30 PM
  BEDROCK CONTROL ON MARINE SEDIMENT DEPOSITION AND PRESERVATION IN THE EASTERNMOST PIEDMONT: RESULTS FROM 1:24,000-SCALE GEOLOGIC MAPPING IN THE PETERSBURG, VA AREA
  Marcie Occhi, Division of Geology and Mineral Resources, Charlottesville, VA and Jessica S. Blanchette, Division of Geology and Mineral Resources, Charlottesville, VA and Carl Berquist, Virginia Division of Mines and Mineral Energy, Charlottesville, VA
  312600 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:50 PM
  SUPERSTORM DEPOSITS IN THE BAHAMAS; A RECORD OF CLIMATE INSTABILITY FROM ELEUTHERA ISLAND DURING THE EARLY PEAK LAST INTERGLACIAL (MIS 5E)
  Blair Tormey, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC and Paul J. Hearty, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Bailey G. Donovan, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
  312757 (Theme Sessions)
• 4:10 PM
  GEOMORPHIC EXPRESSION OF SUBSURFACE STRUCTURE AND STRATIGRAPHY ON ST. CATHERINES ISLAND, GEORGIA
  R. Kelly Vance, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA and James S. Reichard, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA and Brian K. Meyer, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA and Jacque Kelly, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA and Frederick J. Rich, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
  313067 (Theme Sessions)
• 4:30 PM
  USING HIGH-RESOLUTION LIDAR TO IDENTIFY ANOMALOUS GEOMORPHIC FEATURES THAT SUPPORT ALTERNATIVE GEOMORPHIC MODELS FOR DYNAMIC COASTAL PLAIN EVOLUTION, NORTH CAROLINA
  Kathleen Farrell, Raleigh, NC
  311987 (Theme Sessions)
• 4:50 PM
  AND YET THEY PERSIST; LIDAR BARE-EARTH DEMS ELUCIDATE CAROLINA BAY RIMS AS PALIMPSEST FEATURES CONTROLLING THEIR TOPOGRAPHIC EXPRESSION THROUGH DIFFERENTIAL WEATHERING AND EROSION
  Michael Davias, Cintos Research, Stamford, CT and Thomas H.S. Harris, Lockheed-Martin, retired, Valley Forge, PA
  311644 (Theme Sessions)
• 5:10 PM
  CAROLINA BAYS OF THE U.S. ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN ARE RELICT THERMOKARST LAKES THAT FORMED EPISODICALLY DURING THE LAST GLACIATION
  Christopher Swezey, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, Reston, VA
  310370 (Theme Sessions)