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Tuesday, December 5th

4:00 to 8:00 pm     Registration
6:00 to 8:00 pm     Welcome Reception (no host beverages)
 

Wednesday, December 6th

7:30 to 5:30 pm     Registration
 
POSTERS
 
8:00 to 5:00pm     Poster Papers will be presented by the registration area
 
1-05     Demonstrating the Utility of a Regional, Web-Based Ocean Mapping and Information System for the Planning of Beach Nourishment Projects
Cohen, Kimberly A. - Technology Planning and Management Corporation NOAA, CMC
2-03     Satellite and Airborne Remote Sensing Observations of Neritic Carbonate Sediment Transport from The Bahamas Banks and Bermuda
Acker, J. G. - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; Hine, A.C. - Univ. of South Florida Dept. of Marine Science; Brown, C.W. - NOAA NESDIS E/RA 3; Armstrong, E.A.- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
8-01     Aggregate Mining on Pacific Reefs: Environmental and Engineering Implications
Maharaj, Russell J. - Commonwealth Secretariat/CFTC Expert, Fiji
10-04     Maintenance of a Recreational Calcium Carbonate Beach at a Hawaiian Resort
Magoon, Orville T. - President, Coastal Zone Foundation, Chuck DeWitt - Outrigger Waikoloa Beach Resort; Billy L. Edge -Texas A & M University & Jeff Lillycrop - U.S. Army Engineer District, Mobile
10-05     Production of Carbonate Sediments: The Secret World of Microbes
Robbins, L., Yates, K. and VanCleave, K.
 
MAIN PROGRAM
 
8:30 to 8:45 am     Welcome, Opening Remarks
Lisa Robbins - USGS, St. Petersburg & Orville Magoon - Coastal Zone Foundation
8:45 to 9:30 am     Plenary Session 1
Co-Chairs-Lisa Robbins ­ USGS, St. Petersburg & Orville Magoon ­ Coastal Zone Foundation
    "Eleven Things a Geologist Thinks an Engineer Should Know About Carbonate Beaches"
Robert Halley - U. S. Geological Survey
    "Eleven Things an Engineer Thinks a Geologist Should Know About Carbonate Beaches"
Billy L. Edge - Texas A & M Univ.
 
9:30 to 9:50 am
 
     
BREAK
 
9:50 am
Room A
    CONCURRENT SESSION 1: Beach Rock
Co-Chairs-Lesley Ewing, California Coastal Commission and Echo Gates, FL Dept of Environmental Protection
1-01     Prograding Beachrock Sequences in Worldwide Shoreline Settings
Friedman, Gerald M. - Brooklyn College and Graduate School of the City Univ. of New York & Northeastern Science Foundation
1-02     Beach Rock that is Not Really Beach Rock: An Example From the Gulf Coast of Florida
Spurgeon, Darren and Davis, Richard A. - Coastal Research Laboratory Dept. of Geology, Univ. of South Florida
1-03     Beach Changes at Long Bay, Negril: Relationship to Physical Processes and Bedrock
Maharaj, R.; Robinson, E. and Mitchell, S.F. - Dept. of Geography and Geology, Univ. West Indies; McKenzie, A. - National Environmental Protection Agency
1-04     Characteristics and Implications of Relict Carbonate Paleoshorelines
Locker, S. D. and Hine, A.C. - College of Marine Science, Univ. of South Florida
 
9:50 am
Room B
     
CONCURRENT SESSION 2: Remote Sensing
Co-Chairs- Stephen Leatherman, International Hurricane Center, Florida Univ. and Adam Kornick, Coastal Engineer
2-01     Airborne Lidar Bathymetric and Topographic Surveys of Carbonate Beaches
Wozencraft, J. M. - U.S. Army Engineer District Mobile Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center of Expertise; Irish, J. L. - US Army Engineer Research & Development Center, Coastal & Hydraulics Lab, Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center of Expertise
2-02     Airborne Lidar Applications to Quantification of Coastal Morphology
Zhang, K.; Whitman, D.; Leatherman, S. P.; Huang, W.; Robertson, V. W. - International Hurricane Center; Shrestha, R.; Carter, B. - Dept. of Civil, Engineering Univ. of Florida
2-03     Processes and Sites of Sand Storage on Hawaiian Reef Tracts: Shoals Imagery, Aerial Photography, and Field Mapping
Field, M. E; Chavez, P.; and Storlazzi, C. - U.S. Geological Survey
2-04     Solving Harmonic Sea-Level Model with Kalman Filter: A Macau Case Study
Mok, K. M.; Tam, S.C. ­ Faculty of Science and Technology, Univ. of Macau; and Choi, I.C., Civil Engineering Laboratory of Macau
 
11:35 to 1:25 pm
 
     
LUNCH - On your own
 
1:25 pm
Room A
    CONCURRENT SESSION 3: Beach Nourishment
Chair­Kathy Fitzpatrick, Martin Co. Board of County Commissioners
3-01     Beach Nourishment Projects Built With Aragonite Sands
Bodge, Kevin R. - Olsen Associates, Inc.
3-02     Carbonate Sand Sources for Beach Renourishment Along the Inner Continental Shelf Off Southeast Florida: A Geomorphological Approach to Sand Searches
Finkl, C. W. - Dept. of Geography & Geology; Khalil, S. M. - Geological Survey of India; Spadoni, R. H.- Coastal Planning and Engineering
3-03     The Halekulani Channel and Makua Terrace Sediment Deposits: Are They A Sand Resource for Replenishing Waikiki¹s Beaches?
Hampton, M. A. - U.S. Geological Survey; Fletcher, C.H. III - Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, UH at Monoa; Barry, J.H. - Sea Engineering Inc.; Lemmo, S.H. - Hawaii State Dept. of Land and Natural Resources
3-04     Beach Fills Utilizing a Mixture of Carbonate and Silicate Sands
Campbell, Thomas - Coastal Planning and Engineering
3-05     Results of Dade County Deepwater Borrow Area Investigations
Andrews, Jeffery L. - Coastal Planning & Engineering
 
1:25 pm
Room B
     
CONCURRENT SESSION 4: Beach Development & Biogenic Framework
Co-Chairs ­ Robert Halley, U. S. Geological Survey and Pam Hallock Muller, Univ. of South Florida
4-01     Larger Foraminifers as Contributors to Carbonate Beach Sands
Hallock, P. - College of Marine Science, Univ. of South Florida
4-02     Beach Profile Variation on Hawaiian Carbonate Beaches
Gibbs, Anne E. and Richmond, Bruce M. - U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Science Center ,UC Santa Cruz; Fletcher, Charles H. - University of Hawaii
4-03     Amino Acid Geochronology Applied to the Dating of Eolianites on San Salvador Island, Bahamas
Oches, Eric A. - Dept. of Geology, Univ. of South Florida and Purcell, Noreen Anne ­ US Geological Survey
4-04     Inferences on Sediment Transport at Carbonate Beaches and Reef Slopes Using Larger Foraminifera
Hohenegger, J. - Institut fur Palaontologie, Universitt Wien, Austria
4-05     Influence of Burrowing on Permeability in Shallow-Water Carbonate Sediments from the Lower Florida Keys
Lavoie, Dawn and Reed, Allen - Naval Research Laboratory
 
3:05 to 3:30 pm
 
     
BREAK
 
3:30 pm
Room A
    CONCURRENT SESSION 5: Pocket Beaches
Co-Chairs - Scott Douglass, Univ. of South Alabama and Karyn Erickson, Applied Technologies and Management
5-01     Estimating the Shape of Pocket Beaches in Bi-directional Wave Climates
Douglass, Scott L. - Dept, of Civil Engineering, Univ. of South Alabama; Pickel, Brad ­ Beaches of South Walton Tourist Development Council; Roland, Rebecca ­ Univ. of South Alabama
5-02     Chesapeake Bay: Pocket Beaches for Shoreline Protection: Design Guidelines
Hardaway, Jr. C.S. ­ Virginia Institute of Marine Science; Gunn, J. R. ­ Coastal Design and Construction, Inc.
5-03     Field Investigations on Formative Mechanism of a Triangular Sand Bar on Reef Flat and Shoreline Change Behind this Sand Bar
Endo, Shubun - Overseas Transportation Engineering Dept. Overseas Infrastructure Development Division Nippon Koei Co; Uda, Takaaki; Ohnaka, Susumu; Onuki, Teruo; Serizawa, Masumi; San-Nami, Toshiro - River Dept., Public Works Research Inst., Ministry of Construction
5-04     Erosion Control on Carbonate Beaches with Composite T-groin Design, 2000 Update on Project Performance
Humiston, Kenneth K.- Humiston & Moore, Inc.
5-05     Carbonate Beaches of the Eastern Part of the Sea of Azov Under Anthropogenic Impact
Kos'yan, R. D; Peshkov, V. M ; Yesin, N. V. -The Southern Branch of the P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanography Russian Academy of Sciences
 
3:30 pm
Room B
     
CONCURRENT SESSION 6: Geotechnical & Geologic Framework
Co-Chairs ­ John R. Clark, Mote Marine Laboratory and Richard Davis, Univ. of Miami
6-01     Carbonate Beaches of Bali, Indonesia
Clark, John R. - Mote Marine Laboratory
6-02     Controls on Beach Sand Composition in a Volcanic-Carbonate Setting, Molokai, Hawaii
Calhoun, R. Scott and Field, Michael E. - Pacific Science Center US Geological Survey, UC Santa Cruz
6-03     A High-Latitude Carbonate Beach in Midcoastal Maine
Knuuti, Kevin - U.S. Army Corp of Engineers San Francisco District and Knuuti, Karen - Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection
6-04     Carbonate Beach System at Negril, Jamaica: Geological Setting and Evolution
Robinson, E.; Maharaj, R. - Dept. of Geography & Geology Univ. of the West Indies; Hendry, M.D. - Halcrow Group Ltd.; Mitchell, S.F. - Dept. of Geography & Geology Univ. of the West Indies
 
6:00 to 8:00 pm
     
Tropical Reception (no host beverages)
Poster Presentations and Exhibits on Display
 

Thursday, December 7th

8:00 to 12:00 pm
 
    Registration
 
8:45 am
Room A
    SESSION 7: Beach Nourishment
Co-Chairs ­ Billy L. Edge, Texas A & M University & Ralph Clark, Florida Dept of EPO
7-01     Use of Turks and Caicos Islands Sand Resources for Nourishment of U. S. Beaches
Erickson, Karyn, Applied Technologies and Management (ATM)
7-02     Evaluation of the Suitability and Efficacy of Aragonite Sand for Beach Nourishment
Altman, David - Noble Consultants, Inc.; Dean, Robert G. - Dept. of Civil and Coastal Engineering at the Univ. of Florida
7-03     Management of the Carbonate Beaches of the Florida Keys
Clark, Ralph R. - Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection Office of Beaches & Coastal Systems
 
10:25 to 10:45 am
 
     
BREAK
 
7-04     Geotechnical Aspects of Beach Restoration
Rosen, Douglas S. - Jacksonville District, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
8-02     Testing a Multi-Tiered Stress-Gradient Model for Risk Assessment Using Sediment Constituents from Coral-Reef Environments
Lidz, B. H. - U.S. Geological Survey; and Hallock, P. - College of Marine Science Univ. of South Florida
8-03     Episodic Erosion Events on Maui, Hawaii
Mullane, Rob ­Univ. of Hawaii Sea Grant, Maui Community College; Niles, Matt ­ Marine Resources Management, Oregon State Univ.
 
12:00 to 1:30 pm
 
     
LUNCH - Sponsored by Parker Beach Restoration
Chair - Lisa Robbins, USGS St. Petersburg

AWARDS PRESENTATION
John G. Moffatt - Frank E. Nichol, Harbor & Coastal Engineering Award
Coastal Zone Management Award, Coastal Zone Foundation

Co-Chairs - Robert Weigel, Professor Emeritus, UC Berkeley, and Orville T. Magoon, President Coastal Zone Foundation
 

1:30 to 2:30 pm     Plenary Session 2
Co-Chairs, Richard A. Davis, Univ. of Miami and Billy L. Edge, Texas A & M

Speakers: William Merrell, Heinz Center & Robert Dean, Univ. of Florida
 
2:30 pm
Room A
    SESSION 9: Reef Structures & Beaches
Chair ­ Robert Halley, US Geological Survey
9-01     Changes in Carbonate Beach Sediment Composition at a Tourist Beach, Negril, Jamaica
Mitchell, Simon F.; Khan, Shakira; Maharaj, Ravidya; and Robinson, Edward - Dept. of Geography and Geology, Univ. of the West Indies
9-02     Field Observations of Wave and Nearshore Currents in the Vicinity of a Reef Gap on Nusa Dua Beach in Bali Island in Indonesia
Onaka, Susumu - Design Dept. Civil Engineering Division Toa Corporation; Uda, Takaaki; Onuki, Teruo; Shubun, Endo; Serizawa, Masumi; and San-Nami, Toshiro - River Dept., Public Works Research Inst., Ministry of Construction
9-03     Assessments on Coastal Morphological Changes at the Mid-East Coast, Taiwan
Hsu, Tai-Wen - Dept. of Hydraulics and Ocean Engineering; Hou, Ho-Shong - Dept. of Marine Environmental Engineering National Sun Yat-Sen Univ.
9-04     Overview of Pacific Island Carbonate Beach Systems
Richmond, Bruce M., U.S. Geological Survey Pacific Science Center, UC Santa Cruz
 
3:45 to 4:05 pm
 
     
BREAK
 
4:05 pm
Room A
    SESSION 10: Coastal Processes
Chair - Orville T. Magoon, Coastal Zone Foundation
10-01     Role of Carbonates in Beach and Nearshore Sediments of the Gulf Peninsula Coast of Florida
Davis, Richard A., Coastal Research Laboratory Dept. of Geology
10-02     Beach Erosion Studies on Tropical Islands
Leatherman, Stephen P., International Hurricane Center Florida International Univ.
10-03     The Distribution and Impact of Carbonate Sands on Southern Australian Beach-dune Systems
Short, Andrew D. - School of Geosciences, Univ. of Sydney
 
Conference Wrap Up, Recommendations for Future Research, and Drawing for Prizes
Lisa Robbins, Lesley Ewing
 

Friday, December 8th

9:00 am to 4:00 pm     Field Trip
 

Saturday, December 9th

8:30 am to 5:00 pm     ASCE Meeting: American Society of Civil Engineers, Coast, Ocean, Port, and River Institute, Coastal Zone Management Committee Meeting. Chair Lesley Ewing. (Guests and interested participants are welcome to attend.)
 
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