EP13C:
Sinuous Channels in Subaerial and Submarine Environments: Comparing Flow, Form, and Fill Posters

Session ID#: 3551

Monday, 15 December 2014: 1:40 PM-6:00 PM
Poster Hall (Moscone_South)
Chairs:  Zane R Jobe, Colorado School of Mines, Geology and Geological Engineering, Golden, CO, United States, Zoltan Sylvester, University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Austin, United States and Jacob A Covault, Chevron Corporation Houston, Energy Technology Company, Houston, TX, United States
Primary Convener:  Zane R Jobe, Colorado School of Mines, Geology and Geological Engineering, Golden, CO, United States
Co-Convener:  Jacob A Covault, Chevron Corporation Houston, Energy Technology Company, Houston, TX, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Nick C Howes, Shell, Houston, TX, United States
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • H - Hydrology
  • NH - Natural Hazards
  • OS - Ocean Sciences
Index Terms:

1856 River channels [HYDROLOGY]
3022 Marine sediments: processes and transport [MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS]
3045 Seafloor morphology, geology, and geophysics [MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS]
5419 Hydrology and fluvial processes [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLID SURFACE PLANETS]
Virtual Option?: No

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

 
EP13C-3529
Predicting Facies Patterns within Fluvial Channel Belts (Invited) (3516)
Brian J Willis1, Richard Sech1, Tao Sun2 and Michael Pyrcz1, (1)Chevron Energy Technology Company, Houston, TX, United States, (2)Chevron Energy Technology Company, Earth Science Dept., Houston, TX, United States
 
EP13C-3530
Driven around the bend: Spatial evolution and controls on the orientation of helical bend flow in a natural submarine gravity current (Invited) (3457)
Esther Sumner, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Watsonville, CA, United States, Jeffrey Peakall, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, Robert Michael Dorrell, University of Hull, Energy and Environment Institute, Hull, United Kingdom, Daniel R Parsons, University of Hull, Energy & Environment Institute, Hull, United Kingdom, Stephen E Darby, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO14, United Kingdom and Russell B. Wynn, National Oceanography Center, Soton, Southampton, United Kingdom
 
EP13C-3532
Evolution of Submarine Gullies on a Prograding Slope: Insights from 3D Seismic Reflection Data (19357)
Lauren Shumaker, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States and Zane R Jobe, Colorado School of Mines, Geology and Geological Engineering, Golden, CO, United States
 
EP13C-3533
Multi-phase submarine channel-fill history recorded by stratigraphic architectures in outcropping slope-channel deposits, Tres Pasos Formation, southern Chile (24832)
Neal Auchter1, Brian Romans1, Stephen Michial Hubbard2, Aaron P Reimchen3, Allison A Jackson4, Lisa Stright4 and Benjamin Daniels5, (1)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States, (2)University of Calgary, Department of Earth, Energy and Environment, Calgary, AB, Canada, (3)University of Calgary, Department of Geoscience, Calgary, AB, Canada, (4)University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, (5)University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
 
EP13C-3534
Delivery of Terrigenous Material to Submarine Fans: Biological Evidence of Local, Staged, and Possibly Full Canyon Sediment Transport Down the Ascension-Monterey Canyon System Off Central California, USA (9297)
Mary McGann, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center Menlo Park, Menlo Park, CA, United States
 
EP13C-3535
Turbulent Mixing and Flow Resistance over Dunes and Scours (18254)
Armin Arfaie1, Alan D Burns2, Robert Michael Dorrell1, Joris T Eggenhuisen3, Derek B Ingham4 and William D McCaffrey4, (1)University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2, United Kingdom, (2)University of Leeds, School of Chemical and Process Engineering, Leeds, United Kingdom, (3)Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands, (4)University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
 
EP13C-3536
Dynamics of an Array of Hydraulic Jumps in an Active Submarine Channel (18675)
Jeffrey Peakall1, Robert Michael Dorrell1, Esther J Sumner2, Daniel R Parsons3, Stephen E Darby4, Russell B. Wynn5, Emin Ozsoy6 and Devrim Tezcan7, (1)University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2, United Kingdom, (2)National Oceanography Center, Liverpool, United Kingdom, (3)University of Hull, Energy & Environment Institute, Hull, United Kingdom, (4)University of Southampton, Southampton, SO14, United Kingdom, (5)National Oceanography Center, Soton, Southampton, United Kingdom, (6)Middle East Technical University, Institute of Marine Sciences, Erdemli, Turkey, (7)Middle East Technical University, Institute of Marine Sciences, Mersin, Turkey
 
EP13C-3537
Seismic features and evolution of a late Miocene submarine channel system in the Yinggehai basin, northwestern South China Sea (23072)
Hui Sun1, Tao Jiang1, Zhenfeng Wang2 and Yingzhao Zhang2, (1)Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources, Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China, (2)China National offshore oil Zhanjiang Ltd. Corporation, Zhanjiang, China
 
EP13C-3538
Experimental investigation of Mars meandering rivers: Chemical precipitation process (30416)
Wonsuck Kim1, YeJin Lim2, Joey Cleveland2, Ellen Reid3 and Calyn Lee Jew2, (1)Yonsei University, Department of Earth System Sciences, Seoul, South Korea, (2)University of Texas, Austin, TX, United States, (3)Apache Corporation, Houston, TX, United States
 
EP13C-3539
New observations of sinuous channels on the Amazon Fan (30642)
Roger D Flood, Stony Brook Univ, Marine Sciences Research Center, Stony Brook, NY, United States
 
EP13C-3540
Unidirectionally migrating deep-water channels: Architectural styles and flow processes (18246)
Chenglin Gong1, Ronald Steel1, Yingmin Wang2 and Qiang Xu3, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas, Austin, TX, United States, (2)State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting (China University of Petroleum, Beijing), Beijing, China, (3)CNOOC Research Center, Beijing, China
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