EP51D:
Multiscale and Multidisciplinary Fluvial Research in Tropical Regions I Posters

Session ID#: 4440

Friday, 19 December 2014: 8:00 AM-12:20 PM
Poster Hall (Moscone_South)
Chairs:  Edgardo M Latrubesse, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States, Jorge D D Abad, University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus, Pittsburgh, PA, United States and Ton Hoitink, Wageningen University, Environmental Sciences, Wageningen, Netherlands
Primary Convener:  Edgardo M Latrubesse, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
Co-conveners:  Jorge D D Abad, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States and Ton Hoitink, Wageningen University, Environmental Sciences, Wageningen, Netherlands
OSPA Liaison:  Ton Hoitink, Wageningen University, Environmental Sciences, Wageningen, Netherlands
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
  • H - Hydrology
  • NH - Natural Hazards
Index Terms:

1803 Anthropogenic effects [HYDROLOGY]
1813 Eco-hydrology [HYDROLOGY]
1825 Geomorphology: fluvial [HYDROLOGY]
1862 Sediment transport [HYDROLOGY]
Virtual Option?: No

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

 
EP51D-3550
Characterising the Geomorphic Response of a Tropical Mega-River to an Extreme, Cyclone Induced, Flood Event. (15677)
Christopher R Hackney, Newcastle University, School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom, Julian Leyland, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, Stephen E Darby, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO14, United Kingdom, Daniel R Parsons, University of Hull, Energy & Environment Institute, Hull, United Kingdom, Rolf E Aalto, University of Exeter, Geography, Exeter, EX4, United Kingdom, Andrew Paul Nicholas, University of Exeter, Geography, Exeter, United Kingdom and Jim Best, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Departments of Mechanical Science and Engineering and Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Laboratory, Champaign, United States
 
EP51D-3551
Defining Fluvial Megafans through Geomorphic Mapping and Metrics (21148)
Moulay Anwar Sounny-Slitine, Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX, United States and Edgardo M Latrubesse, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
 
EP51D-3552
Assesing Hydrophysical/Enivornmenal impacts by Dams in the Amazon (fluvial) Basin (22746)
Charles Wight and Edgardo M Latrubesse, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
 
EP51D-3553
Rivers as Political Boundaries: Peru and its Dynamic Borders (22761)
Catalina Escobar1, Jorge D D Abad2, Adrian Mikhail Palaci Garcia2, Collin Ortals2, Christian E Frias2 and Jorge Vizcarra3, (1)Michael Baker International, Pittsburgh, PA, United States, (2)University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus, Pittsburgh, PA, United States, (3)Peruvian Navy, Lima, Peru
 
EP51D-3554
Change of flooding patterns in the upper Amazon as a consequence of river regime change, a case study of Iquitos city (27462)
Cesar A Simon1, Alejandro Mendoza1, Jorge D D Abad1 and Eddy J Langendoen2, (1)University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus, Pittsburgh, PA, United States, (2)USDA-ARS National Sedimentation Laboratory, Oxford, MS, United States
 
EP51D-3555
Conceptual Morphologic Consideration for Long-term Hydrodynamics Simulation in the Pirai River in Santa Cruz-Bolivia (27790)
Mauricio Florencio Villazon, San Simon University, Civil Engineering, Cochabamba, Bolivia
 
EP51D-3556
ANDEAN BASINS MORPHOMETRY: ASSESING SOUTH AMERICAN LARGE RIVERS' SOURCE AREAS (29489)
Robert A Bean, University of Texas at Austin, Geography and the Environment, Austin, TX, United States and Edgardo M Latrubesse, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
 
EP51D-3557
Hydrology and Sediment Transport in a Highly Impacted Large Tropical River for Deforestation: The Araguaia, Central Brazil (29596)
Samia Aquino and Edgardo M Latrubesse, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
 
EP51D-3558
The Birthplace of the Amazon River, the Confluence of the Maranon and Ucayali Rivers (31820)
Jorge D D Abad1, Collin Ortals1, Jorge Paredes2 and Jorge Vizcarra3, (1)University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus, Pittsburgh, PA, United States, (2)Service of Hydrography and Navigation, Iquitos, Peru, (3)Peruvian Navy, Lima, Peru
 
EP51D-3559
Insight on the Peruvian Amazon River: A Planform Metric Characterization of its Morphodynamics (16237)
Adrian Mikhail Palaci Garcia1, Collin Ortals1, Christian E Frias1, Jorge D D Abad1 and Jorge Vizcarra2, (1)University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus, Pittsburgh, PA, United States, (2)Peruvian Navy, Service of Hydrography and Navigation of the Amazon, Lima, Peru
 
EP51D-3560
Anabranching Channel Patterns: the Kingdom of Large Alluvial Rivers (19593)
Edgardo M Latrubesse, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
 
EP51D-3561
Anabranching Flume Experiments, How Channel Pattern Affect Bed Morphology (29330)
Jiaoli Ren1, Christian E Frias1, Catalina Escobar2 and Jorge D D Abad1, (1)University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus, Pittsburgh, PA, United States, (2)Michael Baker International, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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