Geoscience Grab Bag: Seafloor Pockmarks, Sailing Rocks, and Atomic Bomb Craters - Fall Meeting 2019
Diverse geoscience discoveries: seafloor pockmarks, sailing rocks linked to dinosaur footprints, and atomic bomb test craters mapped on the ocean floor. Experts discuss intriguing findings across Earth and space science.
Geoscience Grab Bag - Mountain Heights, Earthquakes, and Continental Impacts - Fall Meeting 2019
Explore diverse geological findings: mountain height limits, earthquake connections in Cascadia and Southern California, and distant quakes' impact on Australia. Gain insights from experts in this multi-topic geoscience briefing.
Loess and Wind-Blown Sediments - Episode Q with Mark Sweeney
Explore the fascinating world of loess with geologist Mark Sweeney in this in-depth discussion, covering its formation, distribution, and significance in understanding Ice Age floods and climate history.
Columbia Submergence - Ice Age Floods A to Z, Episode M
Explore the geological history of the Columbia Basin's submergence during the Ice Age, including Bretz's groundbreaking research and its implications for understanding prehistoric floods.
Bonneville Flood - Ice Age Floods Series Episode 5
In-depth exploration of the Bonneville Flood, featuring expert discussions with Shawn Willsey and Jim O'Connor. Covers geological history, impact, and significance of this massive Ice Age flood event in the Pacific Northwest.
Glacial Lake Missoula - Ice Age Floods Series Episode U
Explore the fascinating history of Glacial Lake Missoula with geologist Larry Smith. Discover the impact of Ice Age floods on the Pacific Northwest landscape through expert insights and visual aids.
Influences of Syndepositional Deformation on Deposition
Explore how syndepositional deformation impacts depositional processes, examining case studies from Trinidad, USA, and Germany. Gain insights into the interplay between tectonics, eustasy, and sedimentation.
Carbonate Platforms, Margins, and Slopes - Session 1
Exploration of carbonate platforms, margins, and slopes through case studies in South China Sea, Red Sea, Senegal, and Mediterranean, focusing on seismic stratigraphy, depositional signatures, and platform evolution.
Glacial Deposits and Earth's Glaciation Sediment Record - What is Normal?
Explore Earth's diverse glacial deposits across geological eras, challenging assumptions about 'typical' glacial sediments and encouraging critical analysis of glaciation records.
Fluvial Models - Assessing Variability in Distributive Fluvial Systems
Explore variability in fluvial systems through case studies of Huesca and Salt Wash, examining facies models and their implications for interpreting geological records and building predictive models.
Fates of World Major River-Derived Sediments - Along-shore vs Cross-shelf Transport
Explores sediment transport patterns of major rivers, highlighting extensive alongshore dispersal and formation of distal mud depocenters, with few rivers directly reaching deep sea.
Supercritical Flows: The Sedimentology of the Upper Flow-Regime
Explore sedimentology of supercritical flows, including bedforms, Froude number transitions, and cyclic steps. Understand flow regimes and their impact on sediment patterns in fluid dynamics.
Deep Water Sediment Deposition from Hybrid Contour-Turbidity Currents
Explore the interaction between sediment gravity flows and bottom currents in continental slope morphologies, revealing new insights from laboratory experiments on hybrid bottom-turbidity currents.
What Does the Sedimentary Record Tell Us About the Future of Rivers?
Explore how river sedimentary facies serve as proxies for past precipitation patterns, offering insights into future climate-driven changes in river systems.
A Geoarchaeological Perspective on Mississippi Delta Communities - Challenges and Trajectories
Explores human-landscape interactions in the Mississippi Delta through geoarchaeological research, offering insights into prehistoric settlements and future challenges for coastal communities.
Sinkholes - Formation, Risks, and Management
Explore the fascinating world of sinkholes with expert Dr. John Jaeger. Learn about their formation, impacts, and significance in geology and environmental science.
New Insights into Boulder Transport by Major Storms
Explore groundbreaking research on boulder movement during severe storms, revealing insights into coastal erosion and storm intensity through advanced scientific methods.
Bedrock Hillslopes to Deltas: New Insights into Landscape Mechanics - Sharp Lecture
Exploring landscape mechanics from bedrock hillslopes to deltas, examining sediment transport processes, erosion rates, and morphodynamics through field observations, experiments, and theoretical models.
The Great Mississippi Flood of 2011 - Scientific Findings and Impacts
Explore the impacts of the 2011 Mississippi River flood on sediment distribution and ecosystem restoration efforts, with insights from researchers tracking nutrient movements and assessing restoration strategies.
The 11 March 2011 Japan Tsunami - New Insights and Impacts - Press Conference
Insights from the 2011 Japan tsunami: wave behavior, coastal impacts, and global effects. Scientists discuss new findings on tsunami dynamics, damage patterns, and ecological consequences.
Noise is the New Signal: Moving Beyond Zeroth-Order Geomorphology - 2010 Sharp Lecture
Explore geomorphic transport laws, scale dependence, and robust patterns in Earth's surface processes. Gain insights into sediment transport systems and future research directions.