American Association of Geographers American Association of Geographers
2009 Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV Online Program
Paper Session:

6148 Hurricanes V: Paleotempestology

is scheduled on Friday, 3/27/09, from 8:00 AM - 9:40 AM in North Hall N109, Las Vegas Convention Center

Sponsorship(s):
Paleoenvironmental Change Specialty Group
Coastal and Marine Specialty Group
Climate Specialty Group

Organizer(s):
Kam-Biu Liu - Louisiana State University
Harry Williams - University of North Texas

Chair(s):
Lisa M. Kennedy - Virginia Tech

Abstract(s):
 
8:00 AM   Author(s): *Jonathan Nott - James Cook University

 Abstract Title: Tripling the odds of reducing risk from tropical cyclones under a future climate - probabilistic and deterministic models and palaeodata

8:20 AM   Author(s): *Lisa M. Kennedy, PhD - Department of Geography, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Kam-biu Liu, PhD - Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA
Devyani Kar, PhD Candidate - Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA
Terrence McCloskey, PhD Candidate - Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA
Allison Leblanc, MS Student - Department of Geography, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Amos Desjardins, PhD Student - Department of Geography, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

 Abstract Title: Sedimentary Records of Hurricane Landfalls in Coastal Lakes of the Dominican Republic

8:40 AM   Author(s): *Terry McCloskey - Louisiana State University
Kam-biu Liu - Lousiana State University
Gerald R Urquhart - Michigan State University
Claudia Patricia Taleno - Centro para la Investigacion en Recursos Acuaticos, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Nicaragua

 Abstract Title: Hurricane history for the southern Caribbean coast of Nicaragua

9:00 AM   Author(s): *Devyani Kar, PhD Candidate - Louisiana State University
Kam-biu Liu, PhD - Louisiana State University
Terrence McCloskey, PhD Candidate - Louisiana State University

 Abstract Title: Applications of Paleotempestology in Hurricane Risk Assessment of Northern Nicaragua's Mosquito Coast

9:20 AM   Author(s): *Lawrence M Kiage - Georgia State University

 Abstract Title: The Paleohurricane Record from the Barrier Islands of Coastal Georgia





  

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