EP34B
Morphodynamics and Sedimentology of the Fluvial-Tidal Zone II

Wednesday, 16 December 2015: 16:00-18:00
2005 (Moscone West)
Primary Conveners:  Philip J Ashworth, University of Brighton, Brighton, United Kingdom
Conveners:  Jim Best, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Geography, Mechanical Science and Engineering and Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Laboratory, Urbana, IL, United States, Daniel R Parsons, University of Hull, Hull, HU6, United Kingdom and Philip J Ashworth, University of Brighton, Brighton, United Kingdom
Chairs:  Philip J Ashworth, University of Brighton, Brighton, United Kingdom, Jim Best, Univ. Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Geology, Geography & GIS, Mechanical Science and Engineering and Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Laboratory, Champaign, IL, United States and Daniel R Parsons, University of Hull, Hull, HU6, United Kingdom
OSPA Liaisons:  Jim Best, Univ. Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Geology, Geography & GIS, Mechanical Science and Engineering and Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Laboratory, Champaign, IL, United States
16:00
Estuary Turbidity Maxima -- Connections between the Tidal-Fluvial and Estuarine Regimes (Invited) (60973)
David A Jay1, Stefan A Talke1, Austin Scott Hudson1 and Michael Twardowski2, (1)Portland State University, Portland, OR, United States, (2)Western Environmental Technologies, Philomath, OR, United States
16:15
River discharge controlling a tidal delta: the interplay between monsoon input and tidal reworking in SW Bangladesh (82398)
Richard P Hale1, Steven Lee Goodbred Jr1, Rachel Louise Bain2, Carol Wilson3, Jim Best4 and Michael J Reed5, (1)Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States, (2)Vanderbilt University, Earth and Environmental Science, Nashville, TN, United States, (3)Louisiana State University, Geology & Geophysics, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, (4)University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Geography, Mechanical Science and Engineering and Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Laboratory, Urbana, IL, United States, (5)University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States
16:30
The mid-Holocene to present large-scale morphodynamic and coupled fluvial-tidal sedimentologic evolution of the Lower Columbia River, WA/OR, USA (62126)
Eric Prokocki1, Jim Best2, Philip J Ashworth3, Daniel R Parsons4, Gregory Sambrook Smith5, Andrew Paul Nicholas6, Chris Simpson7, Hong Wang8, Steven Sandbach9 and Claire Keevil4, (1)University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States, (2)University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Geography, Mechanical Science and Engineering and Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Laboratory, Urbana, IL, United States, (3)University of Brighton, Brighton, United Kingdom, (4)University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom, (5)University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, (6)University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom, (7)Fulcrum Graphic Communications Inc., Airdrie, AB, Canada, (8)Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, IL, United States, (9)University of Exeter, Geography, Exeter, United Kingdom
16:45
Turning the Tide: Estuaries Shaped by Channel-Shoal Interactions, Eco-engineers and Inherited Landscapes (Invited) (68206)
Maarten G Kleinhans, Utrecht Univ Fac Geoscience, Utrecht, Netherlands
17:00
Quantifying the Effects of Combined Waves and Tides on Deltas: An Experimental Study (79689)
Chris Paola, Univ Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States and Sarah E Baumgardner, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, United States
17:15
Recognition of Tidal Bore Deposits in the Stratigraphic Record (67547)
Christopher R Fielding and Matthew Joeckel, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States
17:30
Evaluating the Role of Tides in Building Delta Stratigraphy: Comparing Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway Deposits (73880)
Sheila M Trampush and Elizabeth A Hajek, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, University Park, PA, United States
17:45
Computer Simulations of Deltas with Varying Fluvial Input and Tidal Forcing (Invited) (85827)
Tao Sun, Chevron Energy Technology Company, Houston, TX, United States