EP51F:
Aeolian Geomorphic, Sedimentary, and Atmospheric Processes II

Session ID#: 3583

Friday, 19 December 2014: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
2007 (Moscone West)
Chairs:  Ryan C. Ewing, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States, David M Rubin, University of California-Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, Raleigh L. Martin, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States and David Milledge, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
Primary Convener:  Ryan C. Ewing, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States
Co-conveners:  David M Rubin, University of California Santa Cruz, Earth & Planetary Sciences, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, Raleigh L. Martin, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States and David Milledge, Newcastle University, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
OSPA Liaison:  Raleigh L. Martin, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • A - Atmospheric Sciences
  • NG - Nonlinear Geophysics
  • P - Planetary Sciences
  • PP - Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
Index Terms:

1861 Sedimentation [HYDROLOGY]
1862 Sediment transport [HYDROLOGY]
3344 Paleoclimatology [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
4460 Pattern formation [NONLINEAR GEOPHYSICS]
Virtual Option?: No
Swirl Theme: Dust and Aerosols

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

EP51F-01
Rock Abrasion as Seen by the MSL Curiosity Rover: Insights on Physical Weathering on Mars (Invited) (22159)
Nathan Bridges, Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins, Laurel, MD, United States, Mackenzie D Day, University of Washington Seattle, Seattle, United States, Stephane Le Mouelic, CNRS, Paris Cedex 16, France, Francisco J Martin-Torres, Centro de Astrobiología, Torrejón De Ardoz, Spain, Horton E Newsom, Univ New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States, Robert J Sullivan Jr, Cornell University, CCAPS, Ithaca, NY, United States, Aurora Ullan, Centro de Astrobiología (INTA-CSIC), Torrejón De Ardoz, Spain, Roger C Wiens, Space Science and Applications, Los Alamos, United States, María-Paz Zorzano, Centro de Astrobiologia, Madrid, Spain and MSL Science Team
EP51F-02
Sorting during Migration of Aeolian Megaripples (20909)
Robert J Sullivan Jr, Cornell University, CCAPS, Ithaca, NY, United States and James R Zimbelman, Smithsonian Inst, Washington, DC, United States
EP51F-03
Two Modes for Dune Orientation (Invited) (6480)
Sylvain Courrech Du Pont1, Clement Narteau2 and Xin Gao2, (1)Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France, (2)IPGP, Paris, France
EP51F-04
Controls on Yardang Morphology: Insights from Field Measurements, Lidar Topographic Analyses, and Numerical Modeling (Invited) (6108)
Jon D Pelletier, University of Arizona, Department of Geosciences, Tucson, AZ, United States and Paul A Kapp, University of Arizona, Tucson, United States
EP51F-05
Dune Morphometry in the Age of Digital Elevation Models (25872)
Nicholas Lancaster, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV, United States
EP51F-06
Shelter Index and a simple wind speed parameter to characterize vegetation control of sand transport threshold and Flu (Invited) (22339)
John A Gillies, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV, United States, Joanna M Nield, University of Southampton, School of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Southampton, United Kingdom, William G Nickling, University of Guelph, Geography, Guelph, ON, Canada and Eden Furtak-Cole, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
EP51F-07
Flood Induced Increases in Aeolian Transport Along the Missouri River (25238)
Adam James Benthem, National Research Program Reston, Reston, VA, United States, Larry Strong, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, USGS, Jamestown, ND, United States, Edward Schenk, USGS, Baltimore, MD, United States, Katherine Skalak, U.S. Geological Survey, Water Mission Area-Earth System Processes Division, Reston, United States, Cliff R Hupp, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, United States and Joel Galloway, U.S. Geological Survey, Bismarck, ND, United States
EP51F-08
A Fuzzy Cognitive Model of aeolian instability across the South Texas Sandsheet (17492)
Chris Houser, Texas A & M University, College Station, United States, Michael Peter Bishop, Texas A&M University College Station, Geography, College Station, TX, United States and Clifton Patrick Barrineau, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX, United States
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