EP34B:
Surface Processes in the Anthropocene: Human Dimensions of Geomorphic Change and Anthropogenic Chronological Markers in Sediments II

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Session ID#: 17745

Session Description:
Geomorphologists have been measuring and quantifying human impacts on sediment transfer and other elements of landscape form and function for decades. In this session we seek contributions from scientists working at the intersection of earth-surface processes, society, and management to evaluate current understanding of how humans affect various elements of geomorphic forms and processes across fluvial, hillslope, coastal, urban, and other environments. Relevant contributions could pertain to measurements and modeling of human-induced geomorphic change, changes in erosion rates from geological to human time scales, and effects of geomorphic change on society. Abstracts could also address, for example, geomorphology perspectives on investigations of sustainability, the nexus of food- energy-water systems, hazards, and other societal concerns.
Primary Convener:  Andrew C Wilcox, University of Montana, Geosciences, Missoula, MT, United States
Conveners:  Katherine Skalak, USGS Headquarters, Reston, VA, United States, Michele N Koppes, University of British Columbia, Geography, Vancouver, BC, Canada and Laura Reynolds, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
Chairs:  Andrew C Wilcox, University of Montana, Geosciences, Missoula, MT, United States, Michele N Koppes, University of British Columbia, Geography, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Katherine Skalak, USGS Headquarters, Reston, VA, United States and Laura Reynolds, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Andrew C Wilcox, University of Montana, Geosciences, Missoula, MT, United States
Index Terms:

1625 Geomorphology and weathering [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1803 Anthropogenic effects [HYDROLOGY]
1825 Geomorphology: fluvial [HYDROLOGY]
1862 Sediment transport [HYDROLOGY]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Human-induced geomorphic change across environmental gradients (Invited) (168064)
Veerle Vanacker, University of Louvain, Earth and Life Institute, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium, Armando Molina, Escuela Politecnica Nacional - EPN, Departemento de Geologia, Quito, Ecuador, Nicolas Bellin, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium and Marcus Christl, ETH Zurich, Laboratory of Ion Beam Physics, Zurich, Switzerland
Natural vs Anthropocene Streams in Europe: History, Ecology and Implications for Sustainable River Restoration (Invited) (150063)
Tony G Brown, University of Southampton, Geography and Environment, Southampton, United Kingdom, Laurent Lespez, Université de Paris Est Créteil (UPEC), Département de Géographie, Paris, France, David Ayres Sear, University of Southampton, Geography and Environment, Southampton, SO14, United Kingdom, Peter Houben, Leiden University College, Environmental Earth Science and Sustainability, The Hague, Netherlands and Kazimierz Klimek, University of Silesia, Department of Physical Geography, Katowice, Poland
Legacy sediment storage in New England river valleys: anthropogenic processes in a postglacial landscape (181635)
Noah P Snyder1, Kaitlin M Johnson2, Mason Waltner2, Austin J Hopkins2,3, Samantha Dow2, Elisabeth Ames2, Dorothy Merritts4, Robert C. Walter4 and Michael A Rahnis5, (1)Boston College, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Chestnut Hill, MA, United States, (2)Boston College, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Chestnut Hill, MA, United States, (3)Idaho Conservation League, Boise, ID, United States, (4)Franklin & Marshall College, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, and The Chesapeake Watershed Initiative, Lancaster, United States, (5)Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA, United States
Modification of river meandering caused by tropical deforestation along the Kinabatangan River, Borneo. (147079)
Alexander Horton, Cardiff University, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff, CF24, United Kingdom, José Antonio Constantine, Williams College, Geosciences, Williamstown, MA, United States, Tristram C Hales, Cardiff University, Sustainable Places Research Institute, Cardiff, United Kingdom and Benoît R Goossens, Cardiff University, School of Biosciences, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Estimating Sediment Delivery to The Rio Maranon, Peru Prior to Large-Scale Hydropower Developments Using High Resolution Imagery from Google Earth and a DJI Phantom 3 Drone (199472)
Jaime Ruth Goode1, Thomas Candelaria1, Natalie R Kramer2 and Alice Frances Hill3, (1)The College of Idaho, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, Caldwell, ID, United States, (2)Colorado State University, Boise, ID, United States, (3)Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, United States
The Forgotten Legacy: Sediment From Historical Gold Mining Greatly Exceeds all Other Anthropogenic Sources in SE Australian Rivers (174616)
Ian Rutherfurd, University of Melbourne, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Parkville, Australia, Peter Davies, LaTrobe University,, Department of Archaeology and History, , VIC 3086., Melbourne, Australia, Mark G Macklin, University of Lincoln, School of Geography, Lincoln, United Kingdom and James Robin Grove, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
Spheroidal Carbonaceous Particles (SCPs) as Chronological Markers in Marine Sediments (138332)
Neil Rose, University College London, Dept. of Geography, London, United Kingdom, David Thornalley, University College London, Department of Geography, London, United Kingdom and Delia Oppo, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States
Examining Reservoir Influences on Fluvial Sediment Supply to Estuaries and Coastal Oceans with Sediment Geochronologies: Example from Conowingo Reservoir (Upper Chesapeake Bay, USA) (184941)
Cindy M Palinkas, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Horn Point Lab, Cambridge, MD, United States and Emily Russ, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Horn Point Laboratory, Cambridge, MD, United States

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