EP11B:
Hydraulic Reconstructions of Sedimentary Deposits and Landforms: Modern and Ancient I

Monday, 15 December 2014: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Chairs:  Bruce E Jaffe, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, David C Mohrig, Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States, Michael P Lamb, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States and Ryan C Ewing, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States
Primary Conveners:  Bruce E Jaffe, USGS Pacific Science Ctr, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
Co-conveners:  David C Mohrig, Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States, Michael P Lamb, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States and Ryan C Ewing, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Ryan C Ewing, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

8:00 AM
EP11B-01
 
Using experimental tsunami deposits to evaluate and reduce uncertainty in hydraulic reconstructions
Joel P Johnson1, Katie L Delbecq1, Wonsuck Kim2 and David C Mohrig3, (1)University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States, (2)University of Texas, Austin, TX, United States, (3)Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
8:15 AM
EP11B-02
 
Polydispersed Gravity Currents Along a V-Shaped Valley: Experiments and Box Model.
Catherine Anne Marie Dominique Meriaux, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal and Cathy Kurz Besson, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
8:30 AM
EP11B-03
 
Reconstructing ancient river dynamics from the stratigraphic record: can lessons from the past inform our future?
Elizabeth A Hajek, Ellen Chamberlin and Tramond Baisden, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, University Park, PA, United States
8:45 AM
EP11B-04
 
Hydraulic Reconstructions of Outburst Floods on Earth and Mars
Mathieu Gaetan Andre Lapotre and Michael P Lamb, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
9:00 AM
EP11B-05
 
Surface-based aeolian stratigraphy
Travis Swanson1, David C Mohrig1, Gary Kocurek1, Matthew A Wolinsky2 and Caroline Hern2, (1)University of Texas, Austin, TX, United States, (2)Shell Int'l E & P, Houston, TX, United States
9:15 AM
EP11B-06
 
The threshold between storm overwash and inundation and the implication to paleo-storm records and climate signatures.
Christopher G Smith1, Joseph Long1, Lisa E. Osterman1, Nathaniel G Plant1, Marci E Marot1, Julie Bernier1, James G Flocks1 and C. Scott Adams2, (1)U.S Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Science Center, Saint Petersburg, FL, United States, (2)Cherokee Nation Technology Solutions contractor for the U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg, FL, United States
9:30 AM
EP11B-07
 
A new meso-scale discrete element model to study deposit differences in tsunamis and storms
Wei Cheng, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States and Robert Weiss, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States
9:45 AM
EP11B-08
 
Reconstructing the Catastrophic Flood History of Eastern Valles Marineris, Mars
Nicholas H Warner, SUNY at Geneseo, Geneseo, NY, United States, Mariam Sowe, Free University Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Sanjeev Gupta, Imperial College London, London, SW7, United Kingdom and Alexander Dumke, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Berlin, Germany
 
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