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

5440 Fluvial Geomorphology III

is scheduled on Thursday, 3/26/09, from 1:00 PM - 2:40 PM in Skybox 212, Riviera Hotel, 2nd Floor

Sponsorship(s):
Geomorphology Specialty Group

Organizer(s):
Inci Guneralp - Texas A&M University
Michael Slattery - Texas Christian University

Chair(s):
Robert T. Pavlowsky - Missouri State University

Abstract(s):
 
1:00 PM   Author(s): *Lisa Davis, Assistant Professor - University of Alabama

 Abstract Title: Characteristics of Transport Limited Reaches: Implications for Geomorphic Adjustment

1:20 PM   Author(s): *Frank Magilligan - Dartmouth College
G. Burch Fisher - UC-Santa Barbara
Keith H. Nislow - USDA-Forest Service

 Abstract Title: The geomorphic function and characteristics of large woody debris in low gradient rivers, coastal Maine, USA

1:40 PM   Author(s): *Dan Royall - UNC-Greensboro
Joseph Owusu-Adjei - UNC-Greensboro
Anita Henderson - Guilford County Information Services

 Abstract Title: Contrasting Characteristics of Woody Debris in Urban and Rural Streams: An Example from the North Carolina Piedmont

2:00 PM   Author(s): *Alexis McGraw, Graduate Student - University of Alabama

 Abstract Title: An EcoGeomorphological Analysis of the Spatial Distribution and Diversity of Freshwater Mussels in an Alluvial River

2:20 PM   Author(s): *Barbara Burkholder - GeoEngineers
Gordon E Grant - USDA Forest Service
Roy Haggerty - Oregon State University
Tarang Khangaonkar - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Peter J Wampler - Grand Valley State University

 Abstract Title: Effects of Hyporheic Flow and Geomorphology on Temperature in a Large, Gravel-bed River, Clackamas River, Oregon




Session Description: Oral presentations on topics in fluvial geomorphology, including:
river channel dynamics, soil erosion and sediment storage and transport, floodplain processes, recent trends in modeling and measurement techniques, global climate change and fluvial systems, linking geomorphological, hydrological, and ecological processes
  

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