Coastal Geomorphology
& Sedimentology
We use remote sensing, hydrologic monitoring, and a suite of sediment characterization techniques (physical, chemical, stratigraphic) to investigate past geomorphic and environmental change.
Regions: Umpqua River Estuary, Eel River Estuary, Salinas River Estuary, Scott Creek Estuary, Bahia San Quintin
Students: Julianna McDonnell, Brandon Fong
Funding: UC MEXUS-Conacyt, CalTrans (via ESA contract), USDA Hatch
Partners: Beth Watson (Drexel); Alehandro Hinojosa (CICESE); Greg Pasternack (UCD), Dane Behrens (ESA)
Publications:
Gray AB, Pasternack GB, Watson EB. 2018. Estuarine abandoned channel sedimentation rates record peak fluvial discharge magnitudes. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 203: 90-99. https://doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2018.02.007.
Gray AB, Pasternack GB, Watson EB, Goñi MA. 2016. Abandoned channel fill sequences in the tidal estuary of a small mountainous, dry-summer river. Sedimentology 63(1): 176-206. https://doi: 10.1111/sed.12223.
Gray AB, Pasternack GB, Watson EB. 2010. Hydrogen peroxide treatment effects on the particle size distribution of alluvial and marsh sediments. Holocene 20(2): 293- 301. https://doi: 10.1177/0959683609350390.
Regions: Umpqua River Estuary, Eel River Estuary, Salinas River Estuary, Scott Creek Estuary, Bahia San Quintin
Students: Julianna McDonnell, Brandon Fong
Funding: UC MEXUS-Conacyt, CalTrans (via ESA contract), USDA Hatch
Partners: Beth Watson (Drexel); Alehandro Hinojosa (CICESE); Greg Pasternack (UCD), Dane Behrens (ESA)
Publications:
Gray AB, Pasternack GB, Watson EB. 2018. Estuarine abandoned channel sedimentation rates record peak fluvial discharge magnitudes. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 203: 90-99. https://doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2018.02.007.
Gray AB, Pasternack GB, Watson EB, Goñi MA. 2016. Abandoned channel fill sequences in the tidal estuary of a small mountainous, dry-summer river. Sedimentology 63(1): 176-206. https://doi: 10.1111/sed.12223.
Gray AB, Pasternack GB, Watson EB. 2010. Hydrogen peroxide treatment effects on the particle size distribution of alluvial and marsh sediments. Holocene 20(2): 293- 301. https://doi: 10.1177/0959683609350390.