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41 T180. Philosophy of Extreme Events and Landscape Evolution on Earth and Other Planets: Thinking Geologically in the Spirit of Victor Baker


Session Chairs:
Tao Liu, Lisa L. Ely, Virginia Claire Gulick

This session highlights Victor Baker’s contributions to Earth-based and planetary research on catastrophic events in shaping landscapes and the role of outrageous hypotheses in scientific inquiry. Presentations explore these transformative influences on understanding surface processes.



Presentations

Paper No. Title Presenting Author Start Time End Time Item Duration (min) Action
Introductory remarks 01:30 PM 01:35 PM 5 min
41-1 Beyond Deep Time: The Early 19th Century Recognition of Planetary, Biotic, and Cosmic Evolution Alan Lester 01:35 PM 01:50 PM 15 min View
41-2 Six Decades of (Sometimes Outrageous) Geological Hypothesizing about Catastrophic Flooding Victor Baker 01:50 PM 02:10 PM 20 min View
41-3 Geomorphic Effects of Major Floods – Integrating Ancient, Modern and Experimental Data Piret Plink-Bjorklund 02:10 PM 02:25 PM 15 min View
41-4 Fluvial and Catastrophic Flood Activity Late in Mars Geologic History: Implications for Late Paleoclimate Changes? Virginia Gulick 02:25 PM 02:40 PM 15 min View
41-5 Eroded basins in the Channeled Scablands: Evidence for extensive food erosion Rowan Huang 02:40 PM 02:55 PM 15 min View
41-6 Arctic gullies as an analog to Martian Lowlands gully formation Rowan Huang 02:55 PM 03:10 PM 15 min View
41-7 Landscape Change After a Glacial Lake Outburst Flood in the Mt. Everest Region, Nepal Lucia Manatschal 03:10 PM 03:25 PM 15 min View
41-8 Quantum Tunneling in Late Heavy Bombardment Impact-Generated Nanofracture Networks as a Pathway to Abiogenesis J. Alexis Rodriguez 03:25 PM 03:45 PM 20 min View



Philosophy of Extreme Events and Landscape Evolution on Earth and Other Planets: Thinking Geologically in the Spirit of Victor Baker

Description


Date and Time: Sunday, 19 Oct - 1:30 PM (Central Time (US & Canada))

Room: HBGCC, 213AB

Session Type: Topical Sessions

Session Format: Oral


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