EP54A:
Multiscale and Multidisciplinary Fluvial Research in Tropical Regions II

Friday, 19 December 2014: 4:00 PM-6:00 PM
Chairs:  Edgardo M Latrubesse, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States, Jorge D Abad, University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus, Pittsburgh, PA, United States and Ton Hoitink, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands
Primary Conveners:  Edgardo M Latrubesse, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
Co-conveners:  Jorge D Abad, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States and Ton Hoitink, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands
OSPA Liaisons:  Ton Hoitink, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

4:00 PM
EP54A-01
 
Biogeochemical patchiness, geomorphic feedbacks, and flow connectivity in river-floodplain corridors
Laurel Larsen, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States, Jud W Harvey, USGS Headquarters, Reston, VA, United States and Morgan Maglio, USGS Wisconsin Water Science Center, Middleton, WI, United States
4:15 PM
EP54A-02
 
Sediment dynamics within the intertidal floodplain of the lower Amazon River
Aaron T Fricke1, Charles A Nittrouer1, Andrea S Ogston1, Daniel J. Nowacki1, Nils E Asp2 and Pedro Walfir Souza Filho3, (1)University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States, (2)Universidade Federal do Pará, Institute for Coastal Studies, Bragança, Pará, Brazil, (3)Universidade Federal do Pará, Departamento de Geologia, Belém, Pará, Brazil
4:30 PM
EP54A-03
 
A Multi-temporal MODIS Based Platform to Analyze Suspended Sediment Distribution Patterns in the Amazon River
Edward Park and Edgardo M Latrubesse, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
4:45 PM
EP54A-04
 
Documenting spatial diversity and complexity in a large tropical river system: implications for river health and management
Rajiv Sinha, Haridas Mohanta and Sampat K Tandon, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India
5:00 PM
EP54A-05
 
Cyclone Driven Sediment Loads in a Tropical Mega-River
Stephen E Darby1, Julian Leyland2, Christopher R Hackney1, Eleanore Heasley1, Matti Kummu3, Hannu Lauri3, Daniel R Parsons4, Andrew Paul Nicholas5, Rolf E Aalto6 and Jim Best7, (1)University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, (2)University of Southampton, Southampton, SO14, United Kingdom, (3)Aalto University, Aalto, Finland, (4)University of Hull, Hull, HU6, United Kingdom, (5)University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom, (6)University of Exeter, Geography, Exeter, United Kingdom, (7)University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States
5:15 PM
EP54A-06
 
Uncertainty and variability in sediment loads in the largest tributary of the Mekong Basin using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool
Mauricio Eduardo Arias1,2, Ornanorg Vonnarart3, Thomas A Cochrane1, Thanapon Piman1,3 and Dat Nguyen Dinh3, (1)University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, (2)Harvard University, Kennedy School of Goverment and Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Cambridge, MA, United States, (3)Mekong River Commission, Bangkok, Thailand
5:30 PM
EP54A-07
 
Assessing Timescales and Controls of Floodplain Evolution in Monsoonal Australia during the Late Quaternary
Jan-hendrik May, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia and Frank Preusser, Stockholm University, Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology, Stockholm, Sweden
5:45 PM
EP54A-08
 
Quaternary Morphodynamics for two large rivers: the Fly River, PNG, and the Mekong River, Cambodia.
Rolf E Aalto, University of Exeter, Geography, Exeter, United Kingdom, John Wesley Lauer, Seattle University, Seattle, WA, United States, Stephen E Darby, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, Miguel A Goni, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States and William E Dietrich, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States
 
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