GCAGS Offers Coastal Sessions In New Orleans
The special session on "Restoring America's Coastal Heartland" is part of the technical program set for this year's Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies annual meeting, set Sept. 25-27 at the Hyatt Regency in New Orleans.
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The special session on "Restoring America's Coastal Heartland" is part of the technical program set for this year's Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies annual meeting, set Sept. 25-27 at the Hyatt Regency in New Orleans.
This year's meeting theme is "Gulf Coast Geologic Gumbo -- A Recipe for Success." The coastal restoration and processes symposium represents a first-of-its-kind event for GCAGS, and some of the talks scheduled for the four sessions are:
- Major World Delta Variability and Wetland Loss.
- A Revised Delta Cycle Curve for the Holocene Deltaic Deposits of South Louisiana.
- Backbarrier and Sea Level Controls on Tidal Prism and Impacts on Barrier Islands.
- An Improved Ocean Observing System for Coastal Louisiana.
- Modeling Future Changes in Barrier Island Wetlands on Galveston Island, Texas.
- Rebuilding the Louisiana Coastline: How Long Can We Wait?
- Meteorological Influences of Coastal Processes on Fecal Coliform Pollution in the Mississippi Sound.
- Understanding Subsurface Contributions to Subsidence in Coastal Louisiana.
The symposium will end with a panel discussion on "Predicting Subsidence for the 21st Century: Understanding of Contemporary and Future Subsidence Processes and Rates."
Complete meeting information can be found at the GCAGS Web site, accessible via www.aapg.org.