EP51F:
Aeolian Geomorphic, Sedimentary, and Atmospheric Processes II

Friday, 19 December 2014: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
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, CA, United States and Jonathan P Perkins, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
Primary Conveners:  Ryan C Ewing, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States
Co-conveners:  David M Rubin, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, Raleigh L. Martin, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States and Jonathan P Perkins, UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Raleigh L. Martin, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

8:00 AM
EP51F-01
 
Rock Abrasion as Seen by the MSL Curiosity Rover: Insights on Physical Weathering on Mars
Nathan Bridges1, Mackenzie D Day2, Stephane Le Mouelic3, Francisco J Martin-Torres4, Horton E Newsom5, Robert J Sullivan Jr6, Aurora Ullan4, Roger C Wiens7 and Maria-Paz Zorzano8, (1)Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins, Laurel, MD, United States, (2)University of Texas, Austin, TX, United States, (3)CNRS, Paris Cedex 16, France, (4)Centro de Astrobiología (INTA-CSIC), Torrejón De Ardoz, Spain, (5)Univ New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States, (6)Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States, (7)Space Science and Applications, Los Alamos, NM, United States, (8)Centro de Astrobiologia, Madrid, Spain
8:15 AM
EP51F-02
 
Sorting during Migration of Aeolian Megaripples
Robert J Sullivan Jr, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States and James R Zimbelman, Smithsonian Inst, Washington, DC, United States
8:30 AM
EP51F-03
 
Two Modes for Dune Orientation
Sylvain Courrech Du Pont1, Clement Narteau2 and Xin Gao2, (1)Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France, (2)IPGP, Paris, France
8:45 AM
EP51F-04
 
Controls on Yardang Morphology: Insights from Field Measurements, Lidar Topographic Analyses, and Numerical Modeling
Jon D Pelletier and Paul A Kapp, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
9:00 AM
EP51F-05
 
Dune Morphometry in the Age of Digital Elevation Models
Nicholas Lancaster, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV, United States
9:15 AM
EP51F-06
 
Shelter Index and a simple wind speed parameter to characterize vegetation control of sand transport threshold and Flu
John A Gillies, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV, United States, Joanna M Nield, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO14, 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
9:30 AM
EP51F-07
 
Flood Induced Increases in Aeolian Transport Along the Missouri River
Adam James Benthem1, Larry Strong2, Edward Schenk3, Katherine Skalak4, Cliff Hupp4 and Joel Galloway5, (1)National Research Program Reston, Reston, VA, United States, (2)Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, USGS, Jamestown, ND, United States, (3)USGS, Baltimore, MD, United States, (4)U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, United States, (5)U.S. Geological Survey, Bismarck, ND, United States
9:45 AM
EP51F-08
 
A Fuzzy Cognitive Model of aeolian instability across the South Texas Sandsheet
Chris Houser, Michael Peter Bishop and Clifton Patrick Barrineau, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX, United States
 
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