Friday, October 2nd |
8:00-4:00 |
Fieldtrip: Geomorphology of the Valley & Ridge, Blue Ridge, and Piedmont Provinces: A Transect in a Day |
5:00-8:00 |
Icebreaker and Registration (Torgerson Museum) |
Saturday, October 3rd
(Chem/Phys 140) |
7:30-8:30 |
Registration, Continental Breakfast & Poster Setup |
8:30-9:00 |
Welcome & Introductions |
Cully Hession |
Session I: Geomorphic Processes and Vegetation (Moderator: Lynn Resler) |
9:00-9:50 |
Keynote: Richard Marston |
Linkages among Hillslope Features, Processes, and Vegetation |
9:50-10:15 |
Mary Ann Madej |
Redwoods, Restoration, and Implications for Carbon Budgets |
10:15-10:40 |
Erkan Istanbulluoglu |
The Implications of Geology, Soils, and Vegetation on Landscape Morphology: Inferences from Semiarid Basins with Complex Vegetation Patterns in Central New Mexico, USA |
10:40-11:00 |
Coffee Break & Posters |
11:00-11:25 |
Sujith Ravi |
Land Degradation in Drylands: On Incorporating Overlooked Interactions among Hydrologic-aeolian Erosion and Vegetation Dynamic Processes |
11:25-11:50 |
Francisco Perez |
Biogeomorphological Relationships between Slope Processes, Climate, and Globular Grimmia Mosses in Haleakala’s Crater (Maui, Hawaii) |
11:50-12:15 |
Jake Bendix |
Fire, Floods and Woody Debris: Interactions between Biotic and Geomorphic Processes |
| 12:15 - 1:15 |
Lunch (box lunches provided); BGS Steering Committee Meeting |
1:15-2:00 |
Group Discussions & Synthesis (Session I)
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Session II: Floodplain Vegetation, Hydraulics, and Erosion/Sedimentation (Moderator: Joanna Curran) |
2:00-2:50 |
Keynote: Cliff Hupp |
Fluvial Processes and Vegetation (Floodplains) - Glimpses of the Past, Present, and Perhaps the Future |
2:50-3:15 |
Panos Diplas |
Hydrodynamics of Flow through Double Layer Vegetation |
3:15-3:40 |
Martin Thoms |
Drivers of Structural Complexity of Vegetation in a Fragmented Floodplain Ecosystem |
3:40-4:00 |
Coffee Break & Posters |
4:00-4:25 |
Heidi Nepf |
Flow and Deposition in and around a Finite Patch of Vegetation |
4:25-4:50 |
Jim Pizzuto (Presented by: Stephanie Stotts & Katie Skalak) |
On the Retreat of Forested, Cohesive Riverbanks |
4:50-5:15 |
Natasha Pollen-Bankhead |
Hydrologic and Hydraulic effects of Riparian Root Networks on Streambank Stability: Is Mechanical Root-Reinforcement the Whole Story? |
5:15-6:15 |
Group Discussions & Synthesis (Session II) |
7:00-9:00 |
Banquet (Torgerson Museum) |
Sunday, October 4th
(Chem/Phys 140) |
8:00-9:00 |
Continental Breakfast & Posters |
Session III: Riparian Vegetation, Channel Morphology, and In-stream Processes (Moderator: Tess Wynn) |
9:00-9:50 |
Keynote: Waite Osterkamp |
Fluvial Processes and Vegetation (Channels) - Glimpses of the Past, Present, and Perhaps the Future |
9:50-10:15 |
David Sear |
Logjam Controls on Channel: Floodplain Interactions in Wooded Catchments and the Formation of Multi-channel Patterns |
10:15-10:40 |
Maeve McBride |
Riparian Reforestation and Channel Change: How Long Does it Take? |
10:40-11:00 |
Coffee Break & Posters |
11:00-11:25 |
Leslie Hopkinson |
Interactions Between Riparian Vegetation Form and Headwater Channel Morphology |
11:25-11:50 |
Joanna Curran |
Mobility of Large Woody Debris (LWD) Jams in a Low Gradient Channel |
11:50-12:15 |
Karen Prestegaard |
Geomorphic Framework for the Measurement and Prediction of Nitrogen Loss in Tidal Wetlands |
12:15-2:00 |
Lunch (provided); Discussion, Synthesis (Session); Wrap-up |
2:00 |
Adjourn |
