College of Forestry

Watershed Processes Group

Geomorphology Round Table Seminar Series

Geomorphology Round Table - Fall 2016
Wilkinson 203, Tuesdays noon to 1pm
Current Research

Welcome to a brand new year of Geomorphology Round Table!  Fall quarter we focus on sharing our own research. You can tell us how you spent your summer, ask us to read a manuscript draft, practice for your AGU presentation, or lead a discussion on a newly published article. Anything goes, as long as it's current.

Presenter: Group

Introductions & Sign-ups (for those not attending GSA in Denver)

Presenter: Laura Hempel

Flume show & tell

Presenter: Scott Feehan

Sandbar Aeolian Dune Exchange Experiment (Sedex)2

Presenter: Chris Goldfinger

GSA 2016 Kirk Bryan Award Lecture:

Sub-aqueous paleoseismology: Site selection, phyiography, sediment supply, current dynamics and temporal considerations as applied in Cascadia and elsewhere.

Presenter: Group

Geomorphic (and seismologic) perspective on the proposed OSU Marine Studies Initiative (MSI) building at Hatfield.

A history via media coverage and social media:

http://www.osualum.com/s/359/file_lib/1/50/02_ed_said_marine_studies_201408_635442327215307108.pdf (OSU visioning)

http://www.osufoundation.org/s/359/foundation/index.aspx?sid=359&gid=34&pgid=4545 (follow the money)

http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/sea-change-osu-building-interdisciplinary-marine-studies-program/article_c90504bb-8a99-5c62-8cb5-b26a2b0e0ba9.html (Marine Studies Initiative)

http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/panel-debates-marine-studies-building/article_b9cb448f-8484-56ea-b19c-c58db912b0cb.html  (panel discussion)

http://oregonstate.edu/ua/ncs/archives/2016/aug/osu-announces-location-new-marine-studies-building-newport (New building)

https://atquake.wordpress.com/2016/09/23/a-lot-of-opinions-how-about-some-facts-regarding-the-osu-building-in-the-tsunami-zone/ (a reality/geology check)

http://oregonstate.edu/ua/ncs/archives/2016/oct/tsunami-safety-panel-oversee-construction-marine-studies-building-student-housing (oversight panel creation)

http://www.opb.org/news/article/oregon-state-university-marine-center-tsunami/ (oversight concerns)

Video of tsunami inundation, Japan 2011: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TlRKOb4cyU

Presenter: Carolyn Gombert

Evolution of off-channel habitat and cold water refuges on the Willamette River

Presenter: Rebecca Flitcroft

Thinking like a fish: Relationships among discharge, temperature and habitat in Oregon rivers.

Presenter: Andrew Meigs

NZ Earthquakes of 13 November 2016 (and maybe a little of my summer vacation)

Presenter: Gordon Grant & Sarah Lewis

Evaluating hydro-geomorphic risk near a restless volcano: the Spirit Lake story

 

Presenter: Laura Hempel

Practice AGU talk: Hydrograph Shape Controls Channel Morphology and Organization in a Sand-Gravel Flume

Presenter: Group

Choose topic for next quarter