EP43D:
Advances in Understanding Fluvial-Deltaic Processes and Their Interactions with the Tectonic Setting II

Thursday, 18 December 2014: 1:40 PM-3:40 PM
Primary Conveners:  John B Shaw, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States
Co-conveners:  Jeffrey Nittrouer, Rice University, Houston, TX, United States, Meredith D Reitz, Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory, Marine Geology and Geophysics, Palisades, NY, United States and Carol Wilson, Vanderbilt University, Dept Earth and Environmental Sciences, Nashville, TN, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  John B Shaw, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

1:40 PM
EP43D-01
 
Exploring the Effects of Base-level Change and Differential Subsidence on Fluviodeltaic Channels with a Reduced-Complexity Model
Man Liang1, Corey Van Dyk1, Paola Passalacqua1, Steven Lee Goodbred Jr2 and Wonsuck Kim3, (1)University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States, (2)Vanderbilt-Earth & Envir Scies, Nashville, TN, United States, (3)University of Texas, Austin, TX, United States
1:55 PM
EP43D-02
 
GROWTH AND EVOLUTION OF RIVER MOUTH BARS UNDER WAVE ATTACK
William Nardin1, Douglas A Edmonds2 and Sergio Fagherazzi1, (1)Boston University, Boston, MA, United States, (2)Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, United States
2:10 PM
EP43D-03
 
Evaluating the signatures of fluvial, wave, and tidal processes on deltaic deposits in the Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway
Elizabeth A Hajek and Sheila M Trampush, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, University Park, PA, United States
2:25 PM
EP43D-04
 
A New Method for Quantifying Compaction Rates and Their Spatial Variability in the Mississippi Delta
Elizabeth L Chamberlain, Tulane University of Louisiana, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, New Orleans, LA, United States, Zhixiong Shen, Coastal Carolina University, Department of Marine Science, Conway, SC, United States, Torbjorn E Tornqvist, Tulane University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA, United States and Barbara Mauz, University of Liverpool, School of Environmental Sciences, Liverpool, United Kingdom
2:40 PM
EP43D-05
 
Mechanics of Backwater-Mediated Avulsions on River Deltas
Vamsi Ganti, Hima J Hassenruck-Gudipati, Austin John Chadwick and Michael P Lamb, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
2:55 PM
EP43D-06
 
A Synthetic View of Delta Progradation, Distributary Channel Stability and Alluvial Aggradation in Terms of the Control of Basin Water Depth
Tetsuji Muto, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
3:10 PM
EP43D-07
 
Patterns and Rates of Deltaic Aggradation and Progradation: Insights from the Mississippi Delta
Torbjorn E Tornqvist1, Zhixiong Shen2, Elizabeth L Chamberlain1, Christopher R Esposito1, Barbara Mauz3, Jonathan Marshak1, Christopher D White1, Austin N Nijhuis1 and Laure Sandoval1, (1)Tulane University of Louisiana, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, New Orleans, LA, United States, (2)Coastal Carolina University, Department of Marine Science, Conway, SC, United States, (3)University of Liverpool, School of Environmental Sciences, Liverpool, United Kingdom
3:25 PM
EP43D-08
 
How Does Subsidence Affect Deltaic River Systems?
Chris Paola1, Steven Lee Goodbred Jr2, Syed Humayun Akhter3, Jennifer Pickering4, Meredith D Reitz5, Leonardo Seeber6 and Michael S Steckler6, (1)Univ Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States, (2)Vanderbilt-Earth & Envir Scies, Nashville, TN, United States, (3)University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh, (4)Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States, (5)Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory, Marine Geology and Geophysics, Palisades, NY, United States, (6)Lamont-Doherty Earth Obs, Palisades, NY, United States
 
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