EP12A
Advancements in Understanding Deep-Sea Clastic Sedimentary Processes II

Monday, 14 December 2015: 10:20-12:20
2005 (Moscone West)
Primary Conveners:  Michele Rebesco, National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics OGS, Trieste, Italy
Conveners:  David Piper, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada, Gert J De Lange, Utrecht University, Utrecht, 3584, Netherlands and John Wells, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA, United States
Chairs:  Michele Rebesco, National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics OGS, Trieste, Italy, John Wells, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA, United States, David Piper, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada and Gert J De Lange, Utrecht University, Utrecht, 3584, Netherlands
OSPA Liaisons:  Michele Rebesco, National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics OGS, Trieste, Italy
10:20
Introductory Remarks
10:25
EP12A-01
Supercritical Submarine Channel Morphodynamics from Integrated Investigation of the Western North American Continental Margin (Invited) (60506)
Jacob A Covault, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States, Andrea Fildani, Statoil Gulf ASA, Houston, TX, United States, Stephen Michial Hubbard, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, John E Hughes Clarke, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada, Svetlana Kostic, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, United States, Charles K Paull, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Watsonville, CA, United States and Zoltan Sylvester, Chevron Energy Technology Company, Houston, TX, United States
10:45
EP12A-02
Vertical and Lateral Changes in Facies, Bed Thickness, and Grain Size in Submarine Channels from an Ultra-High Resolution Dataset, Western Niger Delta Slope: Implications for Turbidity Current Stratification (86372)
Zane R Jobe1, Carlos Pirmez2, Zoltan Sylvester3, Alessandro Frascati2, Michele Bolla Pittaluga2 and Nick C Howes2, (1)Shell Houston, Houston, TX, United States, (2)Shell, Houston, TX, United States, (3)Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States
11:00
EP12A-03
Direct Monitoring of Turbidity Currents: New Insights, Challenging Preconceptions and Future Directions (79170)
Michael Andrew Clare1, Peter J Talling1, Matthieu Cartigny1, Mark E Vardy1, María Azpiroz1, James Hunt1, Esther Sumner2, Jamie Hizzett1, Age Vellinga1 and John E Hughes Clarke3,4, (1)National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom, (2)University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, (3)University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada, (4)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States
11:15
EP12A-04
Linking Slope Sedimentation, Gradient, Morphology, and Active Faulting: An Integrated Example from the Palos Verdes Slope, Southern California Borderland (75781)
Katherine L Maier1, Daniel S Brothers1, Charles K Paull2, Mary McGann3, David W Caress2 and James E Conrad4, (1)US Geological Survey, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, (2)Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Watsonville, CA, United States, (3)USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center Menlo Park, Menlo Park, CA, United States, (4)USGS Western Regional Offices Menlo Park, Menlo Park, CA, United States
11:30
EP12A-05
Swept Away by a Turbidity Current in Mendocino Submarine Canyon, California (69307)
Esther Sumner, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom and Charles K Paull, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Watsonville, CA, United States
11:45
EP12A-06
Sediment Pathways Across Trench Slopes: Results From Numerical Modeling (65797)
Marie-Helene Cormier1, Leonardo Seeber2, Cecilia M McHugh3, Toshiya Fujiwara4, Toshiya Kanamatsu4 and John W King5, (1)University of Rhode Island Narragansett Bay, Narragansett, RI, United States, (2)Lamont-Doherty Earth Obs, Palisades, NY, United States, (3)CUNY Queens College, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Flushing, NY, United States, (4)JAMSTEC Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Kanagawa, Japan, (5)Univ Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI, United States
12:00
EP12A-07
Turbidity currents and turbidites: towards quantitative interpretation and prediction of process and product. (Invited) (60774)
Joris T Eggenhuisen, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
 
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