`CURRICULUM VITAE (to 1 May 2019)

CHARLES A. NITTROUER

PERSONAL HISTORY

BORN: 20 June 1950, Philadelphia

FAMILY: Wife – Deborah, BA 1975 University of Washington

Children – both were UW undergrads

Jeffrey, PhD 2010 University of Texas

Christina, PhD 2011 UCLA

EDUCATION: PhD - 1978, University of Washington, Geological Oceanography

MS - 1974, University of Washington, Geological Oceanography

BA - 1972, Lafayette College, Geology (with honors)

EMPLOYMENT: 1998-present Professor

School of Oceanography,

and Department of Earth and Space Sciences,

and Quaternary Research Center

University of Washington

1987-1998 Professor

1998 Associate Dean

1987-1990 Associate Director for Research

Marine Sciences Research Center

State University of New York, Stony Brook

1991 NATO Fellow

Istituto de Geologia Marina, CNR

University of Bologna, Italy

1984-1987 Associate Professor

North Carolina State University

1982, 1983 Visiting Assistant Professor

(summers) Institute for Marine Science

University of North Carolina

1978-1984 Assistant Professor

Marine, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences

North Carolina State University

1978 Post-Doctoral Research Associate

Department of Oceanography

University of Washington

LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES MAJOR ORGANIZATIONAL ROLES (also see Professional Activities)

2016-present AGU Ocean Sciences Executive Committee, MG&G Secretary

2011-2017 Coordinator, ONR Tropical River Deltas Research Program

2010 Co-Convener, AGU Chapman Conference, “Source to Sink Systems

Around the World and Through Time,” Oxnard, CA

2007-2013 Coordinator, ONR Tidal-Flat Research Program

2008 Co-Convener, SEPM Research Conference, “Clinoform Sedimentary

Deposits”, Rock Springs, WY

2003-2008 Organizer, NSF MARGINS Source-to-Sink Program in New Guinea

2000-2007 Co-Coordinator, ONR EuroSTRATAFORM Program

2001 Co-Convener, AGU Chapman Conference, "Formation of Sedimentary

Strata on Continental Margins," Ponce, Puerto Rico

1999-2002 Leader, NSF NEPTUNE component “Across-Margin Sediment Flux”

1998-2002 Co-Organizer, NSF MARGINS Sed/Strat component “Source to Sink”

1993-2001 Coordinator, ONR STRATAFORM (STRATA FORmation on Margins)

1986-1995 Co-Coordinator, NSF AmasSeds Project (A Multidisciplinary Amazon

Shelf SEDiment Study)

1991-1993 Editor, Oceanography, published by The Oceanography Society

1993 Convener, ONR Workshop, "Sedimentary Processes on the

Continental Terrace," Stony Brook, NY

1993 Convener, NSF, US-Australia Workshop, "Influence of Tropical

Rivers on Coastal Oceanographic Processes," Townsville, Australia

1988 Co-Convener, AGU Chapman Conference, "The Fate of Particulate

and Dissolved Components: Amazon Dispersal System," Charleston, SC

1987-1989 Organizer, CMISST initiative (Continental Margin Integrated

Sedimentation Studies), merged with CoPO to form CoOP

1986 General Chairman, SEPM National Meeting, Raleigh, NC

1980 Convener, ONR Symposium, International Geological Congress,

"Sedimentary Dynamics on Continental Shelves," Paris, France

MAJOR COMMITTEES (also see Professional Activities)

2015-present TOS Fellows Committee, member

2014-2016 AGU Ocean Sciences Fellows Committee, member

2010-2012 TOS Geology & Geophysics Councillor, Executive Committee

2008-2010 SEPM, Shepard Medal for Excellence in Marine Geology

2002-2005 GSA Committee on Student Research Grants, member

2001-2003 SEPM, Shepard Medal for Excellence in Marine Geology, Chairman

2000-2003 RiOMar (River-dominated Ocean Margins), NSF, Steering Committee

2000-2002 COAST (Coastal Ocean Advanced Science and Technology),

IOC (UNESCO)/SCOR initiative, Steering Committee

1998-2000 NEPTUNE (North East Pacific Time-integrated Undersea Networked

Experiments) NSF initiative, Steering Committee

1997-2000 DEOS (Deep Earth Observations on Seafloor), NSF, Steering Committee

1996-2002 MARGINS, NSF initiative, Steering Committee

1992-1995 CoCO (Committee for Coastal Oceanography), NRC Ocean Studies

Board, Executive Committee

1991-1994 UNOLS, Executive Council

1991-1993 The Oceanography Society, Executive Council

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

GRANTS SINCE 1990

ONR, 2017-2020, $899,997, “Understanding sediment dynamics in the estuarine reach of the

Ayeyarwady Delta” (co-PI, A. Ogston)

ONR, 2017-2018, $117,205, “Disseminating results of research from Mekong Delta”

ONR, 2015-2017, $726,413, “Processes affecting sediment flux and fate through the Mekong

delta and continental shelf – second phase”

ONR, 2013-2014, $394,890, “Instrumentation to support investigation of large tropical deltas”

(co-PI, A. Ogston)

ONR, 2012-2015, 748,958, “Processes affecting sediment flux and fate through the Mekong

delta and continental shelf”

NSF, 2012-2014, $78,267, “Linkages between Amazon mangrove coastlines and fluvial

sediment exchange: how climatic variations could impact mangrove health” (co-PI, A.

Ogston)

ONR, 2011-2013, $136,207, “Sediment flux through the Mekong tidal river, delta, and mangrove

shoreline” (co-PI, A. Ogston)

QRC, 2011, $15,000, “Fieldwork in Columbia Fjord, AK” (co-PI, B. Hallet)

NSF, 2010-2016, $525,635, “Hyperpycnal river plumes: an opportunity to study their transport

and deposition in a controlled dam-removal experiment” (co-PI, A. Ogston)

NSF, 2010-2014, $110,000 “Synthesis of MARGINS Source-to-Sink concepts and integration

of supporting research” (co-PI, S.A. Kuehl)

ONR, 2009-2013, $458,395, “Documenting fine sediment import and export for two

contrasting mesotidal flats”

Multiple contributions (Statoil, Chevron, ExxonMobil, NCED, SEPM), 2011, $47,000,

“Chapman Conference expenses”

UW QRC, 2009-2010, $20,000 “Fieldwork in Jorge Montt Fjord, Patagonia” (co-PI, B. Hallet)

ONR, 2007-2009, $527,654, “Documenting fine sediment import and export for two

contrasting mesotidal flats”

ONR, 2008-2009, $301,059, “Instrumentation to investigate tidal-flat sedimentary dynamics”

(co-PI, A. Ogston)

Sea Grant, 2007-2009, $146,959, Habitat modification due to sediment gravity flows – Elwha

Dam removal baseline study” (co-PI, A. Ogston)

NSF, 2007-2009, $522,975, “Hyperpycnal river plumes: an opportunity to study their

transport and deposition in a controlled dam-removal experiment” (co-PI, A. Ogston)

ONR, 2003-2007, $447,858, “Continental-margin processes recorded in shelf and canyon

sediments”

NSF, 2005-2006, $100,000, "Processes controlling depositional signals of environmental

change in the Fly River sediment dispersal system: mechanisms and rates of shelf

clinoform development" (co-PIs, A. Ogston and R. Sternberg)

NSF (Earth Sciences), 2003-2006, $135,540, “Quantitative sediment routing across pristine

foreland basins” (co-PIs, T. Dunne and R. Aalto)

CALFED (subcontract through UCSB) 2002-2005, $30,000, “Radiochemical and textural

analysis of Sacramento River sediment” (co-PI, R. Aalto)

ONR, 2002-2003, $120,000, “Field support for the EuroSTRATAFORM Program”

ONR, 2002-2003, $335,000, “Instrument systems for EuroSTRATAFORM” (co-PI, A. Ogston)

NSF (Ocean Sciences), 2002-2005, $549,971, "Processes controlling depositional signals of

environmental change in the Fly River sediment dispersal system: mechanisms and

rates of shelf clinoform development" (co-PIs, A. Ogston and R. Sternberg)

ONR, 2001-2003, $259,861, "Processes and products characterizing strata in the

EuroSTRATAFORM study areas"

NOAA/NURP, 2001-2003, $130,289, "The Eel canyon as a modern conduit and sink of

terrestrial material"

JOI, 2000-2001, $16,000, "Source to sink: MARGINS workshop"

ONR, 2001-2002, $300,000, "Instrument systems for investigation of the coastal ocean" (co-PI,

A. Ogston)

National Geographic Society, 2000-2001, $23,500, “Sedimentation in mangrove areas of the

remote tropics”

NSF/JOI, 1999-2000, $91,375, “Source to sink: MARGINS science plan for sedimentology and

stratigraphy”

NSF (Earth Sciences), 1999-2001, $299,976, “Quantitative meso-scale routing of sediment

across foreland basins” (co-PIs, D. Montgomery and T. Dunne)

NSF (Ocean Sciences), 1999-2001, $160,024, “Sediment dispersal from vertically divergent

plumes on a mountainous collision margin: a new paradigm for continental-margin

sedimentation” (co-PI, R. Sternberg)

ONR, 1994-2001, $1,344,457, "The Formation of Sedimentary Strata on Continental Margins."

and "An integrated investigation of inner-shelf strata on the Eel margin"

ONR, 1999-2000, $194,721, “Field Instrumentation for Investigation of the Coastal Ocean.”

ONR, 1994-2000, $1,533,869, “Field Support for the STRATAFORM Program”

ONR, 1998-1999, $478,809, "A Shallow-Water Swath Bathymetry System" (co-PI, R. Flood)

ONR, 1997-2000, $113,465, “Augmentation of Studies into the Formation of Sedimentary

Strata on Continental Margins”

ONR, 1997-1998, $90,063, “Field Instrumentation for Investigation of the Coastal Ocean”

NSF (Ocean Sciences/Climate Dynamics), 1994-1998, $220,285, "Fate and Flux of Sediment

and Water from Small, Mountainous Rivers to the Continental Margin: The Gulf of

Alaska Example"

ONR, 1994-1997, $195,325, Augmentation "Physical and Biological Mechanisms Influencing

the Development and Evolution of Sedimentary Structure" (co-PI, G. Lopez)

NRL, 1993-1997, $764,068, "Physical and Biological Mechanisms Influencing the

Development and Evolution of Sedimentary Structure" (co-PI, G. Lopez)

NSF (International Programs), 1995-1996, $17,664, “Planning Visit to Indonesia and Papua

New Guinea for Study of Tropical River/Ocean Processes in Coastal Settings”

ONR, 1994-1995, $175,000, “Field Instrumentation for Investigation of the Coastal Ocean.”

NSF (Polar Programs), 1994-1995, $15,831, “Field Equipment for Antarctic Research”

NSF (Polar Programs), 1989-1995, $297,481, "The Accumulation of Biogenic Silica and

Organic Carbon in the Continental Shelf Deposits of the Ross Sea"

ONR, 1993-1994, $50,108, "Sedimentary Processes of Continental Terraces"

NSF (International Programs), 1993-1994, $23,850, "The Influence of Tropical Rivers on

Coastal Oceanographic Processes"

National Geographic Society, 1992-1993, $19,250, "Geologic History of Amazon River

Sedimentation, Amapa Coastal Plain, Brazil"

NSF (Ocean Sciences), 1988-1994, $1,123,657, "A Multidisciplinary Amazon Shelf SEDiment

Study”

HONORS

American Geophysical Union, Fellow

Geological Society of America, Fellow

Shepard Medal – excellence in Marine Geology, 2008, SEPM Society for Sedimentary Geology

NSF MARGINS Distinguished Lecturer, 2006-2008

Best Paper Award from SEPM, 1999 – “Physical and biological influences on the formation of

sedimentary fabric in an oxygen-restricted depositional environment; Eckernfoerde Bay,

southwestern Baltic Sea”, Palios, 14, 585-600.

WRITTEN PUBLICATIONS

Printed

A. T. Fricke, C.A. Nittrouer, A.S. Ogston, D.J. Nowacki, N.E. Asp, and P.W. M. Souza Filho,

Morphology and dynamics of the intertidal floodplain along the Amazon tidal river, Earth Surf.

Process. Landforms, 44, 204–218, doi: 10.1002/esp.4545 (2019).

D.J. Nowacki, A.S. Ogston, C.A. Nittrouer, A. T. Fricke, N.E. Asp, and P.W. M. Souza Filho,

Seasonal, tidal, and geomorphic controls on sediment export to Amazon River tidal floodplains,

Earth Surf. Process. Landforms, 44, doi: 10.1002/esp.4616 (2019).

E.F. Eidam, A.S. Ogston, and C.A. Nittrouer, Formation and removal of a coastal flood deposit,

Jour. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 124, 1045-1062, doi: 10.1029/2018JC014360 (2019).

N.E. Asp, V.J.C. Gomes, C.A.F. Schettini, P.W.M. Souza-Filho, E. Siegle, A.S. Ogston, C.A.

Nittrouer, J.N.S. Silva, W.R. Nascimento Jr., S.R. Souza, L.C.C. Pereira, and M.C. Queiroz,

Sediment dynamics of a tropical tide-dominated estuary: turbidity maximum, mangroves and the

role of the Amazon River sediment load, Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci., 14, 10-24, doi:

10.1016/j.ecss.2018.09.004 (2018).

C. Moffat, F.J. Tapia, C.A. Nittrouer, B. Hallet, F. Bown, K.B. Love, and C. Iturra, Seasonal

evolution of ocean heat supply and freshwater discharge from a rapidly retreating tidewater

glacier: Jorge Montt, Patagonia, Jour. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 123, 4200–4223, doi:

10.1002/2017JC013069 (2018).

M.L. Thomas, S.Warny, D.M. Jarzen, S.J. Bentley Sr., A.W. Droxler, B.Harper, C.A. Nittrouer,

K. Xu, Palynomorph evidence for tropical climate stability in the Gulf of Papua, Papua New

Guinea, over the latest marine transgression and highstand (14,500 years BP to today), Quat. Int.,

467, 277-291, doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2017.12.035 (2018).

P.T.A. Freitas, N.E. Asp, P.W.M. Souza-Filho, C.A. Nittrouer, A.S. Ogston, and M.S. da Silva,

Tidal influence on the hydrodynamics and sediment entrapment in a major Amazon River

tributary – Lower Tapajós River, Jour. South Am. Earth Sci., 79, 189-201,

dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2017.08.005 (2017).

A.T. Fricke, C.A. Nittrouer, A.S. Ogston, D.J. Nowacki, N.E. Asp, P.W.M. Souza Filho, M.S.

Da Silva, and A.M. Jalowska, River tributaries as sediment sinks: processes operating where the

Tapajos and Xingu rivers meet the Amazon tidal river, Sedimentology, 64, 1731-1753,

doi:10.1111/sed.12372 (2017).

J.B. Sculley, R.L. Lowe, C.A. Nittrouer, T.M. Drexler, and M.E. Power, Eighty years of food-

web response to interannual variation in discharge recorded in river diatom frustules from an

ocean sediment core, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 114, 10155-10159, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1611884114

(2017)

C.A. Nittrouer, D. J. DeMaster, E.F. Eidam, T.T. Nguyen, J.P. Liu, A.S. Ogston, and P.V. Phung,

The Mekong continental shelf: The primary sink for deltaic sediment particles and their

passengers. Oceanography, 30, 60-70, doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2017.314 (2017).

M.A. Allison, C.A. Nittrouer, A.S. Ogston, J.C. Mullarney, and T.T. Nguyen, Sedimentation and

survival of the Mekong Delta: A case study of decreased sediment supply and accelerating rates

of relative sea level rise, Oceanography, 30, 98-109, doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2017.318 (2017).

C.A. Nittrouer, J.C. Mullarney, M.A. Allison, and A.S. Ogston, Introduction to sedimentary

processes building a tropical delta yesterday, today and tomorrow: the Mekong system.

Oceanography, 30, 10-21, doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2017.310 (2017).

J.P. Liu, D.J. DeMaster, C.A. Nittrouer, E.F. Eidam, and T.T. Nguyen, A seismic study of the

Mekong subaqueous delta: proximal versus distal sediment accumulation. Cont. Shelf Res., 147,

197-212, dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2017.07.009 (2017).

E.F. Eidam, C.A. Nittrouer, A.S. Ogston, D.J. DeMaster , J.P. Liu , T.T. Nguyen, and T.N.

Nguyen, Dynamic controls on shallow clinoform geometry: Mekong Delta, Vietnam, Cont. Shelf

Res., 147, 165-181, dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2017.06.001 (2017).

A.T. Fricke, C.A. Nittrouer, A.S. Ogston, and H.P. Vo-Luong, Asymmetric progradation of a

coastal mangrove forest controlled by combined fluvial and marine influence, Cù Lao Dung,

Vietnam. Cont. Shelf Res., 147, 78-90, dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2017.07.012 (2017).

D.J. DeMaster, J.P. Liu, E. Eidam, C.A. Nittrouer, and T.T. Nguyen, Determining rates of

sediment accumulation on the Mekong shelf: timescales, steady-state assumptions, and

radiochemical tracers. Cont. Shelf Res., 147, 182-196, dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2017.06.011

(2017).

A.S. Ogston, M.A. Allison, J.C. Mullarney, and C.A. Nittrouer, Sediment- and hydro-dynamics

of the Mekong Delta: from tidal river to continental shelf” Cont. Shelf Res., 147, 1-6,

dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2017.08.022 (2017).

E.F. Eidam, A.S. Ogston, C.A. Nittrouer, and J.A. Warrick, Tidally dominated sediment

dispersal offshore of a small mountainous river: Elwha River, Washington State, Cont. Shelf

Res., 116, 136-148, dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2016.01.009 (2016).

N.E. Asp, V.J.C. Gomes, A.S. Ogston, J.C.C. Borges, and C.A. Nittrouer, Sediment source,

turbidity maximum, and implications for mud exchange between channel and mangroves in an

Amazonian estuary, Ocean Dynamics, 66, 285-297, doi: 10.1007/s10236-015-0910-2 (2016).

J.P. Walsh, P.L. Wiberg, R. Aalto, C.A. Nittrouer, and S.A. Kuehl, Source-to-sink research:

economy of the Earth’s surface and its strata, Earth-Sci. Rev., 153, 1-6,

doi:dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2015.11.010 (2016).

H.V. Borges and C.A. Nittrouer, Sediment accumulation in Sepetiba Bay (Brazil) during the

Holocene: a reflex of the human influence, Jour. Sed. Environ., 1, 96-112,

doi:10.12957/jse.2016.21868 (2016).

D.J. Nowacki, A.S. Ogston, C.A. Nittrouer, A.T. Fricke, and D.T. Van Pham, Sediment

dynamics in the lower Mekong River: Transition from tidal river to estuary, Jour. Geophys. Res.

Oceans, 120, doi:10.1002/2015JC010754 (2015).

A.T. Fricke, B.A. Sheets, C.A. Nittrouer, M.A. Allison, and A.S. Ogston, An examination of

Froude-supercritical flows and cyclic steps on a subaqueous lacustrine delta, Lake Chelan, WA,

USA, Jour. Sed. Res., 85, 754-767, doi: dx.doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2015.48 (2015).

M.L. Thomas, D.T. Pocknall, S. Warny, S.J. Bentley, A.W. Droxler, and C.A. Nittrouer,

Assessing paleobathymetry and sedimentation rates using palynomaceral analysis: A study of

modern sediments from the Gulf of Papua, offshore Papua New Guinea, Palynology, 39,

doi:10.1080/01916122.2015.1014526 (2015).

C.K. Sommerfield and C.A. Nittrouer, Comment on Eel River margin source-to-sink sediment

budgets: revisited, Mar. Geol., 357, dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2014.09.002 (2014).

K.V. Boldt, C.A. Nittrouer, B. Hallet, M.N. Koppes, B.K. Forrest, J.S. Wellner, and J.B.

Anderson, Modern rates of glacial sediment accumulation along a 15o S-N transect: in fjords of

the Antarctic Peninsula and southern Chile, Jour. Geophys. Res. Earth Surface, 118, 2072-2088,

doi:10.1002/jgrf.20145 (2013).

C.A. Nittrouer, B. Raubenheimer and R.A. Wheatcroft, Lessons learned from comparison of

mesotidal sand- and mudflats, Cont. Shelf Res., 33, dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2013.03.003 (2013).

K.V. Boldt, C.A. Nittrouer and A.S. Ogston, Seasonal transfer and net accumulation of fine

sediment on a muddy tidal flat: Willapa Bay, Washington, Cont. Shelf Res., 33,

dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2012.08.012 (2013).

K.L. Webster, A.S. Ogston and C.A. Nittrouer, Delivery, reworking and export of fine-grained

sediment across the sandy Skagit River tidal flats, Cont. Shelf Res., 33,

dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2012.11.002 (2013).

C.A. Nittrouer, B. Raubenheimer and R.A. Wheatcroft (eds), Hydrodynamics and sedimentation

on mesotidal sand- and mudflats, special issue, Cont. Shelf Res., 33 (2013).

J.P. Walsh, D.R. Corbett, A.S. Ogston, C.A. Nittrouer, S.A. Kuehl, M.A. Allison and S.L.

Goodbred, Shelf and slope sedimentation associated with large deltaic systems, in T.S. Bianchi,

M.A. Allison, and W.-J. Cai (eds) , Biogeochemical Dynamics at Large River-Coastal

Interfaces: Linkages with Global Climate Change, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

(2013).

R.P. Hale, C.A Nittrouer, J.T. Liu, R.G. Kiel and A.S. Ogston, Effects of a major typhoon on

sediment accumulation in Fangliao submarine canyon, SW Taiwan, Mar. Geol. 326-328, 116-

130, dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2012.07.008 (2012).

S.J. Bentley and C.A. Nittrouer, Accumulation and intense bioturbation of bioclastic muds along

a carbonate-platform margin: Dry Tortugas, Florida, Mar. Geol., 315-318, 44-57,

doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2012.05.002 (2012).

R. Aalto and C.A. Nittrouer, 210Pb geochronology of flood events in large tropical river systems,

Phil. Trans. Royal Soc., 370, 2040-2074, doi:10.1098/rsta.2011.0607 (2012).

C.M. Palinkas, A.S. Ogston, and C.A. Nittrouer, Observations of event-scale sedimentary

dynamics with an instrumented bottom-boundary-layer tripod, Mar. Geol., 274, 151-164 (2010).

T. Tesi, M.A. Goni, L. Langone, P. Puig, M. Canals, C.A. Nittrouer, X.D. de Madron, A. Calafat,

A. Palanques, S. Heussner, M.H. Davies, T.M. Drexler, and J. Fabres, Reexposure and advection

of 14C-depleted organic carbon from old deposits at the upper continental slope, Global

Biogeochem. Cycles, 24, GB4002, doi:10.1029/2009GB003745 (2010).

J.P. Walsh and C.A. Nittrouer, Understanding fine-grained river-sediment dispersal on

continental margins, Mar. Geol., 263, 34-45 (2009).

T.M. Drexler and C.A. Nittrouer, Stratigraphic signatures due to flood deposition near the Rhône

River, Gulf of Lions, northwest Mediterranean Sea, Cont. Shelf Res., 28, 1877-1894 (2008).

A.L. DeGeest, B.L. Mullenbach, P. Puig, C.A. Nittrouer, T.M Drexler, X. Durrieu de Madron,

D.L. Orange, Sediment accumulation in the western Gulf of Lions, France: the role of Cap de

Creus Canyon in linking shelf and slope sediment dispersal systems, Cont. Shelf Res., 28, 2031-

2047 (2008).

J.S. Crockett, C.A. Nittrouer, A.S. Ogston and M.A. Goni, Variable styles of sediment

accumulation impacting strata formation on a clinoform: Gulf of Papua, Papua New Guinea, in

B. Bolton (ed.) The Fly River, Papua New Guinea: Environmental Studies in an Impacted

Tropical River System, Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 177-204 (2008).

L. Pratson, J. Hughes-Clarke , M. Anderson , T. Gerber , D Twichell , R. Ferrari , C. Nittrouer ,

J. Beaudoin , J. Granet , and J. Crockett, Timing and patterns of basin infilling as documented in

Lake Powell during a drought, Geology, 36, 843-846 (2008).

C.A. Nittrouer, R. Slingerland and G.R. Dickens (eds), The Papuan Continuum: Source to Sink

through the Fly River System and Gulf of Papua, special issue, Jour. Geophys. Res. Earth

Surface, 113 (2008).

D.P. Martin, C.A. Nittrouer, A.S. Ogston and J.S. Crockett, Tidal and seasonal dynamics of a

muddy inner-shelf environment, Gulf of Papua, Jour. Geophys. Res., 113, F01S07,

doi:10.1029/2006JF000681 (2008).

J.S. Crockett, C.A. Nittrouer, A.S. Ogston, D.F. Naar and B.T. Donohue, The origin, evolution

and filling of exposed submarine valleys on the Fly River shelf, Jour. Geophys. Res., 113,

F01S12, doi:10.1029/2006JF000674 (2008).

A.S. Ogston, R.W. Sternberg, C.A. Nittrouer, D.P. Martin, M.A. Goni and J.S. Crockett,

Sediment delivery from the Fly River tidally dominated delta to the nearshore marine

environment and the impact of El Nino, Jour. Geophys. Res., 113, F01S11,

doi:10.1029/2006JF000669, (2008).

M.A. Goni, N. Monacci, R. Gisewhite, J. Crockett, C. Nittrouer, A. Ogston, S. Alin and R. Aalto,

Terrigenous organic matter in sediments from the Fly River delta-clinoform system (Papua New

Guinea), Jour. Geophys. Res., 113, F01S10, doi:10.1029/2006JF000653 (2008).

M.P. Lamb, J.D. Parsons, B.L. Mullenbach, D.P. Finlayson, D.L. Orange and C.A. Nittrouer,

Evidence for superelevation, channel incision, and formation of cyclic steps by turbidity currents

in Eel Canyon, California, Bull. Geol. Soc. Am., 120, p. 463-475 (2008).

C.A. Nittrouer, J.A. Austin, M.E. Field, J.H. Kravitz, J.P.M. Syvitski and P.L. Wiberg (eds.),

Continental Margin Sedimentation: From Sediment Transport to Sequence Stratigraphy, IAS

Spec. Pub. 37, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, 549 pp. (2007).

C.A. Nittrouer, J.A. Austin, M.E. Field, J.H. Kravitz, J.P.M. Syvitski and P.L. Wiberg, Writing a

Rosetta stone: insights into continental-margin sedimentary processes and strata, in C.A.

Nittrouer et al. (eds.) Continental Margin Sedimentation: From Sediment Transport to Sequence

Stratigraphy, IAS Spec. Pub. 37, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, 1-48 (2007).

C.K. Sommerfield, A.S. Ogston, B.L. Mullenbach, D.E. Drake, C.R. Alexander, C.A. Nittrouer,

J.C. Borgeld, R.A. Wheatcroft and E.L. Leithold, Oceanic dispersal and accumulation of river

sediment, in C.A. Nittrouer et al. (eds.) Continental Margin Sedimentation: From Sediment

Transport to Sequence Stratigraphy, IAS Spec. Pub. 37, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, 157-212

(2007).

L.F. Pratson, C.A. Nittrouer, P.L.Wiberg, M.S. Steckler, J.B. Swenson, D.A. Cacchione, J.A.

Karson, A.B. Murray, M. Wolinsky, T. Gerber, B.L. Mullenbach, G.A. Spinelli, C.S. Fulthorpe,

D.B. O’Grady, G. Parker, N.W. Driscoll, R.L. Burger, C. Paola, D.L. Orange, M.E. Field, C.T.

Friedrichs, and J.J. Fedele, Seascape evolution on clastic continental shelves and slopes, in C.A.

Nittrouer et al. (eds.) Continental Margin Sedimentation: From Sediment Transport to Sequence

Stratigraphy, IAS Spec. Pub. 37, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, 339-380 (2007).

C.M. Palinkas and C.A. Nittrouer, Modern sediment accumulation on the Po shelf, Adriatic Sea,

Cont. Shelf Res., 27, 489-505 (2007).

A. García-García, D.L. Orange, S. Miserocchi, A. Correggiari, L. Langone, T.D. Lorenson, F.

Trincardi, and C.A. Nittrouer, What controls shallow gas in Western Adriatic Sea? Cont. Shelf

Res., 27, 359-374 (2007).

B.L. Mullenbach and C.A. Nittrouer, Decadal record of sediment export to the deep sea via the

Eel Canyon, Cont. Shelf Res., 26, 2157-2177 (2006).

J.M. Jaeger and C.A. Nittrouer, A quantitative examination of modern sedimentary lithofacies

formation on the glacially influenced Gulf of Alaska continental shelf, Cont. Shelf Res., 26,

2178-2204 (2006).

C.M. Palinkas and C.A. Nittrouer, Clinoform sedimentation along the Apennine shelf, Adriatic

Sea, Mar. Geol., 234, 245-260 (2006).

A. Garcia-Garcia, D. Orange, T. Lorenson, O. Radakovitch, T. Tesi, S. Miserocchi, S. Berne,

P.L. Friend, C. Nittrouer and A. Normand, Shallow gas off the Rhone prodelta, Gulf of Lions,

Mar. Geol., 234, 215-231 (2006).

M. Goni, N. Monacci, R. Gisewhite, A. Ogston, J. Crockett, and C. Nittrouer, Distribution and

sources of particulate organic matter in the water column and sediments of the Fly River delta,

Gulf of Papua (Papua New Guinea), Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci., 69, 225-245 (2006).

C.M. Palinkas, C.A. Nittrouer and J.P. Walsh, Inner-shelf sedimentation in the Gulf of Papua,

New Guinea: a mud-rich shallow shelf setting, Jour. Coast. Res., 22, 760-772 (2006).

T.M. Drexler, C.A. Nittrouer, and B.L. Mullenbach, Impact of local morphology on

sedimentation in a submarine canyon, ROV studies in Eel Canyon, northern California, USA,

Jour. Sed. Res., 76, 839-853 (2006).

J.D. Parsons and C.A. Nittrouer, Extreme events moving particulate material on continental

margins, in A.R. Robinson and K.H. Brink (eds.) The Sea, v. 13, The Global Coastal Ocean:

Multiscale Interdisciplinary Processes, 681-713 (2005).

A.S. Ogston, R.W. Sternberg, and C.A. Nittrouer, Recent advances in fine-grained sediment

transport processes on the continental shelf, in A.R. Robinson and K.H. Brink (eds.) The Sea, v.

13, The Global Coastal Ocean: Multiscale Interdisciplinary Processes, 101-127 (2005).

C.M. Palinkas, C.A. Nittrouer, R.A. Wheatcroft, and L. Langone, The use of 7Be to identify

event and seasonal sedimentation near the Po River delta, Adriatic Sea, Mar. Geol, 222, 95-112

(2005).

D. Orange, A. Garcia-Garcia, T. Lorenson, C. Nittrouer, T. Milligan, S. Miserocchi, L. Langone,

A. Correggiari, and F. Trincardi, Shallow gas and flood deposition in the Po delta. Mar. Geol.,

222, 159-177 (2005).

J.S. Crockett, C.A. Nittrouer, et al., Where rivers and oceans collide. EOS, 86, 25-32 (2005).

C.A. Nittrouer, S. Miserocchi, F. Tricardi, Investigation of Po and Apennine Sediment Transport

and Accumulation. Oceanography, 17, 46-57 (2004).

J.P. Walsh, C.A. Nittrouer, C.M. Palinkas, A.S. Ogston, R.W. Sternberg and G.J. Brunskill,

Clinoform mechanics in the Gulf of Papua, New Guinea, Cont. Shelf Res., 24, 2487-2510 (2004).

B.L. Mullenbach, C.A. Nittrouer, P. Puig and D.L. Orange, Sediment deposition in a modern

submarine canyon: Eel Canyon, northern California, Mar.Geol., 211, 101-119 (2004).

J.P. Walsh and C.A. Nittrouer, Mangrove-bank sedimentation in a mesotidal environment with

large sediment supply, Gulf of Papua. Mar. Geol. 208, 225-248 (2004).

J.S. Crockett, and C.A. Nittrouer, The sandy inner shelf as a repository for muddy sediment: an

example from northern California, Cont. Shelf Res., 24, 55-73 (2004).

P. Puig, A.S. Ogston, B.L. Mullenbach, C.A. Nittrouer, J.D. Parsons and R.W. Sternberg, Storm-

induced sediment gravity flows at the head of the Eel submarine canyon, Jour. Geophys.

Res.,109, C03019, doi:10.1029/2003JC001918 (2004).

S.J. Bentley and C.A. Nittrouer, Emplacement, modification and preservation of event

stratigraphy on a flood-dominated continental shelf: Eel shelf, northern California, Cont. Shelf

Res., 23, 1465-1493 (2003).

J.P. Walsh and C.A. Nittrouer, Contrasting styles of off-shelf sediment accumulation in New

Guinea, Mar. Geol., 196, 105-125 (2003).

R. Aalto, L. Maurice-Bourgoin, T. Dunne, D.R. Montgomery, C.A. Nittrouer, J.-L. Guyot,

ENSO-orchestrated sediment accumulation on Amazonian floodplains, Nature, 425, 493-497

(2003).

P. Puig, A.S. Ogston, B.L. Mullenbach, C.A. Nittrouer and R.W. Sternberg, Shelf-to-canyon

sediment-transport processes on the Eel continental margin (northern California), Mar. Geol.,

193, 129-149 (2003).

L. Langone, R.B. Dunbar, D.A. Mucciarone, M. Ravaioli, R. Meloni, and C.A. Nittrouer, Rapid

sinking of biogenic material during the late austral summer in the Ross Sea, Antarctica, in G.

DiTullio and R. Dunbar (eds.), Biogeochemistry of the Ross Sea, American Geophysical Union,

Antarctic Research Series Monograph, 78, 221-234 (2003).

Aalto, R.E., T. Dunne, C.A. Nittrouer, L. Maurice-Bourgoin and D.R. Montgomery, Fluvial

transport of sediment across a pristine tropical foreland basin: channel-flood plain interaction and

episodic flood plain depositionm, in F.J. Dyer, M.C. Thoms and J.M. Olly (eds.), The structure,

function and management implications of fluvial sedimentary systems: IAHS Press, Wallingford,

U.K., 339-344 (2002).

C.K. Sommerfield, R.C. Aller and C.A. Nittrouer, Sedimentary C-S-Fe relationships in modern

and ancient diagenetic environments of the Eel River Basin (USA), J. Sed. Res., 70, 335-345

(2001).

B.L. Mullenbach and C.A. Nittrouer, Rapid deposition of fluvial sediment in the Eel Canyon,

northern California, Cont. Shelf Res., 20, 2191-2212 (2000).

J.M. Jaeger and C.A. Nittrouer, Marine record of surge-induced outburst floods from the Bering

Glacier, Alaska, Geology, 27, 847-850 (1999).

S.J. Bentley and C.A. Nittrouer, Physical and biological influences on the formation of

sedimentary fabric in an oxygen-restricted depositional environment; Eckernfoerde Bay,

southwestern Baltic Sea, Palios, 14, 585-600 (1999).

J.M. Jaeger and C.A. Nittrouer, Sediment deposition in an Alaskan fjord: controls on the

formation and preservation of sedimentary structures in Icy Bay, J. Sed. Res., 69, 1011-1026

(1999).

C.K. Sommerfield, C.A. Nittrouer and C.R. Alexander, 7Be as a tracer of flood sedimentation on

the northern California continental margin, Cont. Shelf Res., 19, 335-361 (1999).

C.A. Nittrouer, STRATAFORM: overview of its design and synthesis of its results, Mar. Geol.,

154, 3-12 (1999).

J.P. Walsh and C.A. Nittrouer, Observations of sediment flux on the Eel continental slope,

northern California, Mar.Geol., 154, 55-68 (1999).

C.K Sommerfield and C.A. Nittrouer, Modern accumulation rates and a sediment budget for the

Eel shelf: a flood-dominated depositional environment, Mar. Geol., 154, 227-241 (1999).

C.A. Nittrouer, G.R. Lopez, L.D. Wright, S.J. Bentley, A.F. D’Andrea, C.T. Friedrichs, C.K.

Sommerfield and N.I. Craig, Oceanic processes and the formation of sedimentary strata in

Eckernfoerde Bay, Baltic Sea, Cont. Shelf Res., 18, 1689-1714 (1998).

M.A. Allison and C.A. Nittrouer, Identifying accretionary mud shorefaces in the geologic record:

insights from the modern Amazon dispersal system, in Shales and Mudstones: J. Schieber, W.

Zimmerle, and P.S. Sethi, eds., Schweizerbart Verlag, Stuttgart, pp. 147-161 (1998).

J.M. Jaeger, C.A. Nittrouer, N.D. Scott and J.D. Milliman, Sediment accumulation along a

glacially impacted mountainous coastline: north-east Gulf of Alaska, Basin Res. 10, 155-173

(1998).

S.J. Bentley and C.A. Nittrouer, Environmental influences on the formation of sedimentary fabric

in a fine-grained carbonate-shelf environment: Dry Tortugas, Florida Keys, Geo-Mar. Letts. 17,

268-275 (1997).

R.A. Wheatcroft, C.K. Sommerfield, D.E. Drake, J.C. Borgeld, and C.A. Nittrouer, Rapid and

widespread dispersal of flood sediment on the northern California continental margin, Geology

25, 163-166 (1997).

C.A. Nittrouer and J.H. Kravitz, STRATAFORM: A program to study the creation and

interpretation of sedimentary strata on continental margins, Oceanography 9, 146-152 (1996).

R.A. Wheatcroft, J.C. Borgeld, R.S. Born, D.E. Drake, E.L. Leithold, C.A. Nittrouer, and C.K.

Sommerfield, Anatomy of an oceanic flood deposit, Oceanography 9, 158-162 (1996).

C.A. Nittrouer and D.J. DeMaster, The Amazon shelf setting -- tropical, energetic, and

influenced by a large river, Cont. Shelf Res. 16, 553-574 (1996).

C.A. Nittrouer, S.A. Kuehl, A.G. Figueiredo, M.A. Allison, C.K. Sommerfield, J.M. Rine, L.E.C.

Faria, and O.M. Silveira, The geological record preserved by Amazon shelf sedimentation, Cont.

Shelf Res. 16, 817-841 (1996).

S.J. Bentley, C.A. Nittrouer, and C.K. Sommerfield, Development of sedimentary strata in

Eckernfoerde Bay, western Baltic Sea, Geo-Mar. Letts. 16, 148-154 (1996).

J.M. Jaeger, C.A. Nittrouer, D.J. DeMaster, C. Kelchner and R.B. Dunbar, Lateral transport of

settling particles in the Ross Sea and implications for the fate of biogenic material, J. Geophys.

Res. 101, 18,479-18,488 (1996).

D.J. DeMaster, O. Ragueneau, and C.A. Nittrouer, Preservation efficiencies and accumulation

rates of biogenic Si and organic C, N, and P in high-latitude sediments: the Ross Sea, J.

Geophys. Res. 101, 18,501-18,518 (1996).

S.A. Kuehl, C.A. Nittrouer, M.A. Allison, L.E.C. Faria, D.A. Dukat, J.M. Jaeger, T.D. Pacioni,

A.G. Figueiredo, and E.C. Underkoffler, Sediment deposition, accumulation, and seabed

dynamics in an energetic, fine-grained coastal environment, Cont. Shelf Res. 16, 787-816 (1996).

J.D. Milliman, J. Snow, J.M. Jaeger, and C.A. Nittrouer, Catastrophic discharge of fluvial

sediment to the ocean: evidence of Jokulhlaups events in the Alsek Sea Valley, southeast

Alaska, in Erosion and Sediment Yield: Global and Regional Perspectives, D.E. Walling and

B.W. Webb, eds., Int. Assoc. Hydrol. Sci. 236, 367-379 (1996).

C.K. Sommerfield, C.A. Nittrouer, and D.J. DeMaster, Sedimentary carbon-isotope systematics

on the Amazon shelf, Geo-Mar. Letts. 16, 17-23 (1996).

A.G. Figueiredo, C.A. Nittrouer, and E.A. Costa, Gassy sediment in the Amazon submarine

delta, Geo-Mar. Letts. 16, 31-35 (1996).

M.A. Allison, C.A. Nittrouer, L.E.C. Faria, O.M. Silveira, and A.C. Mendes, Sources and sinks

of sediment to the Amazon margin: the Amapa coast, Geo-Mar. Letts. 16, 36-40 (1996).

C.A. Nittrouer, G.J. Brunskill, and A.G. Figueiredo, The importance of tropical coastal

environments, Geo-Mar. Letts. 15, 121-126 (1995).

C.A. Nittrouer, S.A. Kuehl, R.W. Sternberg, A.G. Figueiredo, and L.E.C. Faria, An introduction

to the geological significance of sediment transport and accumulation on the Amazon continental

shelf, Mar. Geol. 125, 177-192 (1995).

J.M. Jaeger and C.A. Nittrouer, Tidal controls on the formation of fine-scale sedimentary strata

near the Amazon river mouth, Mar. Geol. 125, 259-281 (1995).

M.A. Allison, C.A. Nittrouer, and G.C. Kineke, Seasonal sediment storage on mudflats adjacent

to the Amazon River, Mar. Geol. 125, 303-328 (1995).

C.K. Sommerfield, C.A. Nittrouer, and A.G. Figueiredo, Stratigraphic evidence of changes in

Amazon shelf sedimentation during the Holocene, Mar. Geol. 125, 351-371 (1995).

M.A. Allison, C.A. Nittrouer, and L.E.C. Faria, Rates and mechanisms of shoreface progradation

and retreat downdrift of the Amazon river mouth, Mar. Geol. 125, 373-392 (1995).

A.G. Figueiredo and C.A. Nittrouer, New insights to high-resolution stratigraphy on the Amazon

continental shelf, Mar. Geol. 125, 393-399 (1995).

C.A. Nittrouer and J.H. Kravitz, Integrated continental margin research to benefit ocean and earth

sciences, EOS 76, 121-126 (1995).

L.D. Wright and C.A. Nittrouer, Dispersal of river sediments in coastal seas: six contrasting

cases, Estuaries 18, 494-508 (1995).

C.A. Nittrouer, J.M. Jaeger, and D.J. DeMaster, Advection of suspended sediment in the Ross

Sea and implications for the fate of biogeochemical materials, Antarctic J. 29, 106-107 (1994).

C.A. Nittrouer and L.D. Wright, Transport of particles across continental shelves, Rev. Geophys.

32, 85-113 (1994).

M.A. Allison, C.A. Nittrouer, G.C. Kineke, and R.W. Sternberg, Use of an instrumented tripod

system to examine sediment dynamics and fine-scale strata formation in muddy surf-zone and

nearshore deposits, J. Coast. Res. 10, 488-496 (1994).

C.A. Nittrouer and G.J. Brunskill, The gateway for terrestrial material entering the ocean, EOS

75, 191-192 (1994).

C.A. Nittrouer, G.H. Pierson, J.M. Morrison, and D.J. DeMaster, The movement of suspended

materials in the Ross Sea, Antarctic J. 27, 77-78 (1993).

C.A. Nittrouer and L.D. Wright, Unique opportunities of oil platforms for the study of sediment

transport and accumulation, Mar. Tech. Soc. J. 27, 83-86 (1993).

C.A. Nittrouer, Controlling the ingredients that flow to the sea, oceanic processes near river

mouths, Oceanus 36, 12-18 (1993).

D.J. DeMaster, R.B. Dunbar, L.I Gordon, A.R. Leventer, J.M. Morrison, D.M. Nelson, C.A.

Nittrouer, and W.O. Smith, Jr., Cycling and accumulation of biogenic silica and organic matter in

high-latitude environments: The Ross Sea, Oceanography 5, 146-153 (1992).

S.L. Harden, D.J. DeMaster, and C.A. Nittrouer, Developing geochronologies for high-latitude

continental shelf deposits: a radiochemical approach, Mar. Geol. 103, 69-98 (1992).

D.J. DeMaster, T.M. Nelson, S.L. Harden, and C.A. Nittrouer, The cycling and accumulation of

biogenic silica and organic carbon in Antarctic deep sea and continental margin environments,

Mar. Chem. 35, 489-502 (1991).

C.A. Nittrouer, S.A. Kuehl, J.M. Rine, A.G. Figueiredo, L.E.C. Faria, G.T.M. Dias, M.A.M.

Silva, M.A. Allison, T.D. Pacioni, M.P. Segall, E.C. Underkoffler, H.V. Borges, and O.F.

Silveira, Sedimentology and stratigraphy of the Amazon continental shelf, Oceanography 4, 33-

38 (1991).

C.A. Nittrouer, D.J. DeMaster, A.G. Figueiredo, and J.M. Rine, AmasSeds: an interdisciplinary

investigation of a complex coastal environment, Oceanography 4, 3-7 (1991).

C.A. Nittrouer, A multidisciplinary study of Amazon shelf sediment, Earth in Space 3, 8-9

(1991).

S.A. Kuehl, T.M. Hariu, M.W. Sanford, C.A. Nittrouer, and D.J. DeMaster, Millimeter-scale

sedimentary structure of fine-grained sediments: examples from continental margin

environments, in R.H. Bennett, W.R. Bryant, and M.H. Hulbert, eds., Microstructure of Fine-

Grained Sediments, Springer-Verlag, New York pp. 33-45 (1991).

C.R. Alexander, C.A. Nittrouer, D.J. DeMaster, Y.-A. Park, and S.-C. Park, Macrotidal mudflats

of the southwestern Korean coast: a model for interpretation of intertidal deposits, J. Sed. Petrol.

61, 805-824 (1991).

D.J. DeMaster, D.C. Brewster, B.A. McKee, and C.A. Nittrouer, Rates of particle scavenging,

sediment reworking, and longitudinal ripple formation at the HEBBLE site based on

measurements of 234Th and 210Pb, Mar. Geol. 99, 423-444 (1991).

C.R. Alexander, D.J. DeMaster, and C.A. Nittrouer, Sediment accumulation in a modern

epicontinental shelf setting: The Yellow Sea, Mar. Geol. 98, 51-72 (1991).

D.J. DeMaster, S.L. Harden, R.H. Pope, C.A. Nittrouer, and G.H. Pierson, Biogeochemical

fluxes in Ross Sea continental shelf sediments, Antarctic J. 25, 91-95 (1990).

M.W. Sanford, S.A. Kuehl, and C.A. Nittrouer, Modern sedimentary processes in the

Wilmington Canyon area, U.S. East Coast, Mar. Geol. 92, 205-226 (1990).

C.A. Nittrouer et al., A multidisciplinary Amazon shelf sediment study, EOS 71, 1771-1777

(1990).

S.J. Culver, C.A. Brunner, and C.A. Nittrouer, Observations of a fast burst of the deep western

boundary undercurrent and sediment transport in South Wilmington Canyon from DSRV Alvin,

Geo-Mar. Lett 8, 159-165 (1988).

S.A. Kuehl, C.A. Nittrouer, and D.J. DeMaster, Microfabric study of fine-grained sediments:

observations from the Amazon subaqueous delta, J. Sed. Pet. 58, 12-23 (1988).

C.A. Nittrouer, B.E. Bergenback, D.J. DeMaster, and S.A. Kuehl, Accumulation of mixed

carbonate and siliciclastic muds on the continental shelf of eastern Spain, in Carbonate-Clastic

Transitions, L.J. Doyle and H.H. Roberts, eds., Elsevier Scientific Publishing Co., Amsterdam, p.

251-269 (1988).

D.J. DeMaster, S.L. Harden, and C.A. Nittrouer, Rates of Holocene sedimentation on the western

margin of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctic J. 23, 94-96 (1988).

B.A. McKee, D.J. DeMaster, and C.A. Nittrouer, Uranium geochemistry on the Amazon Shelf:

evidence for uranium release from bottom sediments, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 51, 2779-2786

(1988).

C.A. Nittrouer, J.M. Coleman, R.D. Flood, R.N. Ginsburg, D.S. Gorsline, A.C. Hine, R.W.

Sternberg, D.J.P. Swift, and L.D. Wright, Sedimentation on continental margins: an integrated

program for innovative studies during the 1990s, EOS 69, 58-68 (1988).

C.A. Nittrouer and D.J. DeMaster, eds., Sedimentary Processes on the Amazon Continental

Shelf, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 379 pp. (1987).

L.A. Levin and C.A. Nittrouer, Textural characteristics of sediments on deep seamounts in the

eastern Pacific Ocean between 10N and 30N, in Seamounts, Islands and Atolls, B.H. Keating,

P. Fryer, R. Batiza, and G.W. Boehlert, eds., Am. Geophys. Union, Geophys. Mongr. 43, 187-203

(1987).

D.J. DeMaster, T.B. Nelson, C.A. Nittrouer, and S.L. Harden, Biogenic silica and organic carbon

accumulation in modern Bransfield Strait sediments, Antarctic J. 22, 108-110 (1987).

C.A. Nittrouer, D.J. DeMaster, S.A. Kuehl and B.A. McKee, Association of sand and mud

deposits accumulating on continental shelves, in Shelf Sands and Sandstones, R.J. Knight and

J.R. McLean, eds., Can. Soc. Petrol. Geol., Mem. 11, 11-25 (1986).

P.A. Ledford-Hoffman, D.J. DeMaster, and C.A. Nittrouer, Biogenic-silica accumulation in the

Ross Sea and the importance of Antarctic continental-shelf deposits in the marine silica budget,

Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 50, 2099-2110 (1986).

C.R. Alexander, C.A. Nittrouer, and D.J. DeMaster, High-resolution seismic stratigraphy and its

sedimentological interpretation on the Amazon continental shelf, Cont. Shelf Res. 6, 337-357

(1986).

S.A. Kuehl, C.A. Nittrouer, and D.J. DeMaster, Distribution of sedimentary structures in the

Amazon subaqueous delta, Cont. Shelf Res. 6, 311-336 (1986).

S.A. Kuehl, D.J. DeMaster, and C.A. Nittrouer, Nature of sediment accumulation on the Amazon

continental shelf, Cont. Shelf Res. 6, 209-225 (1986).

C.A. Nittrouer, T.B. Curtin, and D.J. DeMaster, Concentration and flux of suspended sediment

on the Amazon continental shelf, Cont. Shelf Res. 6, 151-174 (1986).

D.J. DeMaster, S.A. Kuehl, and C.A. Nittrouer, Effects of suspended sediments on geochemical

processes near the mouth of the Amazon River: examination of biological silica uptake and the

fate of particle-reactive elements, Cont. Shelf Res. 6, 107-125 (1986).

B.A. McKee, D.J. DeMaster, and C.A. Nittrouer, Temporal variability in the partitioning of

thorium between dissolved and particulate phases on the Amazon shelf: implications for

scavenging of particle-reactive species, Cont. Shelf Res. 6, 87-106 (1986).

C.A. Nittrouer and D.J. DeMaster, Sedimentary processes on the Amazon continental shelf:

past, present, and future research, Cont. Shelf Res. 6, 5-30 (1986).

B. Carson, E.T. Baker, B.M. Hickey, C.A. Nittrouer, D.J. DeMaster, K.W. Thorbjarnarson, and

G.W. Snyder, Modern sediment dispersal and accumulation in Quinault submarine canyon: a

summary, Mar. Geol. 71, 1-13 (1986).

K.W. Thorbjarnarson, C.A. Nittrouer, and D.J. DeMaster, Accumulation of modern sediment in

Quinault submarine canyon, Mar. Geol. 71, 107-124 (1986).

N.H. Cutshall, I.L. Larson, C.R. Olsen, C.A. Nittrouer, and D.J. DeMaster, Columbia River

sediment in Quinault canyon, evidence from artificial radionuclides, Mar. Geol. 71, 125-136

(1986).

C.A. Nittrouer, D.J. DeMaster, S.A. Kuehl, and R.O. Kowsmann, The deltaic nature of Amazon

shelf sedimentation, Geol. Soc. Am. Bull. 97, 444-458 (1986).

K.W. Thorbjarnarson, C.A. Nittrouer, D.J. DeMaster, and R.B. McKinney, Sediment

accumulation in a back-barrier lagoon, Great Sound, New Jersey, J. Sed. Petrol. 55, 856-863

(1985).

D.J. DeMaster, B.A. McKee, C.A. Nittrouer, D.C. Brewster, and P.E. Biscaye, Rates of sediment

reworking at the HEBBLE site based on profiles of naturally occurring Th-234 and Pb-210, Mar.

Geol. 66, 133-148 (1985).

D.J. DeMaster, B.A. McKee, C.A. Nittrouer, J. Qian, and G. Cheng, Rates of sediment

accumulation and particle reworking based on radiochemical measurements from continental

shelf deposits in the East China Sea, Cont. Shelf Res. 4, 143-158 (1985).

S.A. Kuehl, C.A. Nittrouer, D.J. DeMaster, and T.B. Curtin, A long, square-barrel gravity corer

for sedimentological and geochemical investigation of fine-grained sediments, Mar. Geol. 62,

365-370 (1985).

S.A. Kuehl, C.A. Nittrouer, D.J. DeMaster, and T.B. Curtin, An overview of sedimentation on

the Amazon continental shelf, Geo-Mar. Lett. 4, 207-210 (1985).

C.A. Nittrouer, D.J. DeMaster, S.A. Kuehl, B.A. McKee, and K.W. Thorbjarnarson, Some

questions and answers about the accumulation of fine-grained sediment in continental margin

environments, Geo-Mar. Lett. 4, 211-213 (1985).

C.A. Nittrouer, D.J. DeMaster, and B.A. McKee, Modern sediment accumulation in the East

China Sea, in Marine Geology and Physical Processes in the Yellow Sea, Y.A. Park, O.H.

Pilkey, and S.W. Kim, eds., Korean Institute of Energy and Resources, Seoul, p. 208-216 (1984).

A.P. Belperio, B.W. Smith, H.A. Polach, C.A. Nittrouer, D.J. DeMaster, J.R. Prescott, J.R. Hails,

and V.A. Gostin, Chronological studies of the quaternary marine sediments of northern Spencer

Gulf, southern Australia, Mar. Geol. 61, 265-296 (1984).

C.A. Nittrouer, B.A. McKee, and D.J. DeMaster, Fine-scale stratigraphy in proximal and distal

deposits of sediment dispersal systems in the East China Sea, Mar. Geol. 61, 13-24 (1984).

I.N. McCave, C.D. Hollister, D.J. DeMaster, C.A. Nittrouer, A.J. Silva, and J.Y. Yingst,

Analysis of a longitudinal ripple from the Nova Scotian continental rise, Mar. Geol. 58, 275-286

(1984).

B.A. McKee, D.J. DeMaster, and C.A. Nittrouer, The use of 234Th/238U disequilibrium to

examine the fate of particle-reactive species on the Yangtze continental shelf, Earth Plan. Sci.

Lett. 68, 431-442, (1984).

J.R.A. Dias and C.A. Nittrouer, Continental shelf sediments of northern Portugal, Cont. Shelf

Res. 3, 147-165 (1984).

A. Maldonado, D.J.P. Swift, R.A. Young, G. Han, C.A. Nittrouer, D.J. DeMaster, J. Rey, C.

Palomo, A.J. Acosta, A. Ballester, and J. Castellvi, Sedimentation on the Valencia continental

shelf: preliminary results, Cont. Shelf Res. 2, 195-211 (1984).

C.A. Nittrouer, D.J. DeMaster, B.A. McKee, N.H. Cutshall, and I.L. Larsen, The effect of

sediment mixing on Pb-210 accumulation rates for the Washington continental shelf, Mar. Geol.

54, 201-221 (1984).

D.J. DeMaster, C.A. Nittrouer, and P.A. Hoffman, Biogenic silica accumulation on the Antarctic

continental shelf, Antarctic J. 18, 132-134 (1983).

Sedimentation on the Continental Shelf with Special Reference to the East China Sea, Q. Jin and

J.D. Milliman, eds., Springer-Verlag, New York, 1029 pp. (1983), including the following

papers:

D.J. DeMaster and C.A. Nittrouer, Uptake, dissolution and accumulation of silica near the

mouth of the Changjiang, 235-240;

G. Cheng, J. Qian, C.A. Nittrouer, D.J. DeMaster, and B.A. McKee, Modern sediment

structure of the East China Sea, 511-521;

D.J. DeMaster, B.A. McKee, C.A. Nittrouer, J. Qian, and G. Cheng, Rates of sedimentary

processes based on radiochemical profiles from continental shelf deposits in the East

China Sea, 581-589;

B.A. McKee, D.J. DeMaster, and C.A. Nittrouer, The use of 234Th/238U disequilibrium in

examining particle scavenging near the Changjiang river mouth; 617-625;

C.A. Nittrouer, D.J. DeMaster, B.A. McKee, G. Cheng, and J. Qian, Formation of

sedimentary strata in the East China Sea, 696-704.

R.A. Young, D.J.P. Swift, C.A. Nittrouer, D.J. DeMaster, and B. Bergenback, Event-dominated

sediment transport on the Valencian continental shelf, Spain, and its effect on sediment

accumulation and Holocene stratigraphy, in Estudio Oceanografico de la Plataforma

Continental, J. Castellvi, ed., Cadiz, 1-13 (1983).

B.A. McKee, C.A. Nittrouer, and D.J. DeMaster, The concepts of sediment deposition and

accumulation applied to the continental shelf near the mouth of the Yangtze River, Geology 11,

631-633 (1983).

D.J. DeMaster, G.B. Knapp, and C.A. Nittrouer, Biological uptake and accumulation of silica on

the Amazon continental shelf, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 47, 1713-1723 (1983).

C.A. Nittrouer, M.T. Sharara, and D.J. DeMaster, Variations of sediment texture on the Amazon

continental shelf, J. Sed. Petrol. 53, 179-191 (1983).

S.A. Kuehl, C.A. Nittrouer, and D.J. DeMaster, Modern sediment accumulation and strata

formation on the Amazon continental shelf, Mar. Geol. 49, 279-300 (1982).

C.A. Nittrouer, ed., Sedimentary Dynamics of Continental Shelves, Elsevier Scientific Publishing

Co., Amsterdam, 452 pp. (1981).

C.A. Nittrouer and R.W. Sternberg, The formation of sedimentary strata in an allochthonous

shelf environment: the Washington continental shelf, Mar. Geol. 42, 201-232 (1981).

W.M. Smethie, C.A. Nittrouer, and R.F.L. Self, The use of Radon-222 as a tracer of sediment

irrigation and mixing on the Washington continental shelf, Mar. Geol. 42, 173-200 (1981).

C.A. Nittrouer, R.W. Sternberg, R. Carpenter, and J.T. Bennett, The use of Pb-210

geochronology as a sedimentological tool: application to the Washington continental shelf, Mar.

Geol. 31, 297-316 (1979).

C.A. Nittrouer, The process of detrital sediment accumulation in a continental shelf environment:

an examination of the Washington shelf, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Washington, 243 p.

(1978).

R.W. Faas and C.A. Nittrouer, Post-depositional facies development in fine-grained sediments of

the Wilkinson Basin, Gulf of Maine, J. Sed. Petrol. 46, 337-344 (1976).

C.A. Nittrouer and R.W. Sternberg, The fate of a fine-grained dredge spoils deposit in a tidal

channel of Puget Sound, Washington, J. Sed. Petrol. 45, 160-170 (1975).

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

RECENT COURSES (University of Washington)

Rivers and Beaches, ESS/OCEAN 230 (general undergraduate course)

Evolution of the Earth, ESS 203 (undergraduate core course)

Introduction to Field Oceanography, OCEAN 220 (undergraduate core course)

Marine Geology and Geophysics, OCEAN 410 (senior undergraduate course)

Stratigraphy, ESS 455 (senior undergraduate course)

Depositional Environments, ESS 456 (senior undergraduate course)

Marine Geology and Geophysics, OCEAN 540 (first-year graduate, core course)

Marine Sedimentary Processes, OCEAN 541 (first-year graduate, core course)

Marine Sedimentary Processes, OCEAN 499 (FHL Research Apprenticeship)

Continental-Margin Sedimentation, OCEAN 546/ESS 546 (advanced graduate course)

MG&G Current theory and research, OCEAN 549 A (seminar course)

Advanced field techniques for marine sedimentology, OCEAN 549 B (advanced

graduate course)

PAST COURSES (other universities)

Geological Oceanography (first-year graduate and senior undergraduate, core course)

Oceanographic Problem Solving (second-year graduate, required course)

Marine Sedimentology (advanced graduate course)

Continental-Margin Sedimentation (advanced graduate course)

Coastal Geology Seminar (graduate course)

Introductory Oceanography (undergraduate course)

Field and Laboratory Techniques for Investigation of the Seabed (graduate course)

Glacial-Marine Sedimentation (advanced graduate course)

Deltaic Sedimentation (advanced graduate course)

Carbonate Sedimentation (advanced graduate course)

Deep-Sea Sedimentation (advanced graduate course)

HONORS

1989 Student-Alumni Award, MSRC, SUNY, Stony Brook

2013 Invited Instructor, Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute, “Toward a

Sustained Operational River-to-Shelf Observation & Prediction System for the

Amazon”, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Universidade de São Paulo

2014 Invited Instructor, Austral Summer Institute XIV “Fluvial and Glacial Sediments

Impacting Coastal Ocean Processes: an Interdisciplinary Perspective”,

Universidad de Concepcion, Chile

Ph.D. STUDENTS (Chairman or co-chairman of their advisory committee)

2017 Dr. Emily F. Eidam

(assistant professor)

Department of Marine Sciences

University of North Carolina

Chapel Hill, NC 27599

2017 Dr. Aaron T. Fricke

(post-doctoral fellow)

School of Oceanography

University of Washington

Seattle, WA 98195

2014 Dr. Richard P. Hale

(assistant professor)

Department of Ocean, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences

Old Dominion University

Norfolk, VA 23529

2014 Dr. Katherine Boldt Love

(Geoscientist)

Upstream Research

ExxonMobil Corporation

Houston, TX 77252

2013 Dr. Kristen Lee Webster

2008 Dr. Tina M. Drexler

(Geoscience Associate)

Upstream Research

ExxonMobil Corporation

Irving, TX 75039

2006 Dr. John S. Crockett

(Director for Research Project Development)

Research Foundation

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA 92182

2005 Dr. Cindy L. Palinkas

(Associate Professor)

Horn Point Laboratory

University of Maryland

Cambridge, MD 21613

2002 Dr. Beth L. Mullenbach

(Research Scientist)

Fisheries Research

Idaho Department of Fish & Game

Boise, ID 83686

2001 Dr. J.P. Walsh

(Professor and Director)

Coastal Resources Center

Graduate School of Oceanography

University of Rhode Island

Narraganset, RI 02882

1998 Dr. Samual J. Bentley

(Professor)

Department of Geology & Geophysics

Louisiana State University

Baton Rouge, LA 70803

1998 Dr. Heloisa Borges

(Professor)

Marine Geology & Geophysics

Universidade Federal Fluminense

Niteroi, RJ, Brazil

1998 Dr. John M. Jaeger

(Associate Professor)

Department of Geological Sciences

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL 32611

1997 Dr. Christopher K. Sommerfield

(Professor)

College of Earth, Ocean and Environment

University of Delaware

Lewes, DE 19958

1993 Dr. Mead A. Allison

(Professor and Chair)

Department of River-Coastal Science and Engineering

Tulane University

New Orleans, LA 70118

1990 Dr. Clark A. Alexander

(Professor and Director)

Skidaway Institute of Oceanography

University of Georgia

Savannah, GA 31416

1986 Dr. Brent A. McKee

(Professor)

Department of Marine Sciences

University of North Carolina

Chapel Hill, NC 27599

1985 Dr. Steven A. Kuehl

(Professor)

Virginia Institute of Marine Science

College of William and Mary

Gloucester Point, VA 23062

MASTERS STUDENTS (Chairman or co-chairman of their advisory committee)

2013 Emily F. Eidam, UW

2012 Aaron T. Fricke, UW

2011 Richard P. Hale, UW

2010 Katherine V. Boldt, UW

2006 D. Preston Martin, UW

2006 Maureen H. Davies, UW

2004 Tina M. Drexler, UW

2002 Cynthia M. Palinkas, UW

2001 John S. Crockett, UW

1997 John P. Walsh, SUNY-Stony Brook

1994 John M. Jaeger, SUNY-Stony Brook

1993 Christopher K. Sommerfield, SUNY-Stony Brook

1992 Geoffrey H. Pierson, SUNY-Stony Brook

1989 Stephen L. Hardin, NCSU

1988 Thomas M. Nelson, NCSU

1987 Ross Elliot, NCSU

1985 Clark R. Alexander, NCSU

1984 David C. Brewster, NCSU

1984 Paula A. Ledford-Hoffman, NCSU

1983 Bruce E. Bergenback, NCSU

1983 Brent A. McKee, NCSU

1983 Kathyrn W. Thorbjarnarson, NCSU

1981 Gary B. Knapp, NCSU

1981 Steven A. Kuehl, NCSU

1981 Mouhab T. Sharara , NCSU

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

American Association of Petroleum Geologists

American Geophysical Union (fellow)

American Society of Limnology and Oceanography

Geological Society of America (fellow)

International Association of Sedimentologists

Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM)

The Oceanography Society

OFFICES AND COMMITTEES (in addition to those listed on page 2)

2018-present UCSD, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Cody Award in Oceanography,

member Selection Committee

2018 Ocean University of China (Qingdao), Marine Science Review Committee

2016-present AGU Fall Meeting Program Committee, Ocean Sciences (chair 2018)

2016-present Lake Chelan Research Institute, member Board of Directors

2013-present Xiamen University, Department of Marine Geology, Advisory Committee

2010-2012 Geology & Geophysics Councillor, TOS Executive Committee

2008-2009 Organizing Committee, Liege Symposium, 2009

2003-2004 Steering Committee, ASLO/TOS Ocean Research Conference (Honolulu)

2001-2002 Steering Committee, AGU/ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting (Honolulu)

1993-1995 Organizing Committee, Liege Symposium, 1995

1992-1994 UNOLS-FIC Coastal Ship Committee

1990-1992 UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

1990-1991 Technical Program Committee SEPM National Meeting (Portland)

1989-1990 Chairman SEPM Coastal and Shelf Research Group

1988-1989 Vice-Chairman SEPM Coastal and Shelf Research Group

1985-1986 President SEPM Eastern Section

1984-1994 SEPM Convention Policy Committee

1984-1985 Vice-President SEPM Eastern Section

1980-1982 President and Vice-President of SANDS Group (Shelf and Nearshore Dynamics

of Sedimentation)

MEETING ORGANIZATION

Steering Committee, workshop, “Asian Sedimentary Continuum”, 2019, Xiamen University,

Xiamen, China

Co-convener, Special Session, “General Topics in Oceanography”, 2018, AGU Fall Meeting,

Washington, DC

Co-convener, Special Session, “River-Delta-Ocean Linkages: Sediment and Nutrient Fluxes from

Source to Sea”, 2018, EGU Meeting, Vienna, Austria

Co-onvener, Special Session, “General Topics in Oceanography”, 2017, AGU Fall Meeting, New

Orleans, LA

Co-convener, Special Symposium, “Sediment Dynamics of a Tropical River-Marine Dispersal

System: the Mekong from River Source to Ocean Sink”, 2016, AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting,

New Orleans, LA.

Co-convener, Special Symposium, “Antarctic Fjords, Interaction of Biotic, Oceanographic, and

Cryospheric Systems under Changing Climate”, 2014, GSA Annual Meeting, Vancouver.

Co-convener, Special Symposium, “Source to Sink: Earth-surface-process connections from

mountains to margins”, 2013, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Co-coordinator, NSF Catalyst course at Universidade Federal do Para, Belem, Brazil, 2013,

“Linkages between Amazon mangrove coastlines and fluvial sediment exchange: how

climatic variations could impact mangrove health”.

Executive committee, NSF Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute, Niteroi, Brazil, 2013,

"Toward a sustained operational river-to-shelf observation & prediction system for the

Amazon".

Co-Convener, Special Symposium, “Source to sink sediment pathways and the evolution of

continental margins”, 2012, International Geological Congress, Brisbane, Australia.

Co-Convener, AGU Chapman Conference, "Source to Sink Systems Around the World and

Through Time", 2011, Oxnard, CA.

Co-Convener, Special Symposium, “Sediment Sources and Transfer Processes Extending From

Terrestrial Settings to Ocean Sinks”, 2010, AGU Meeting of the Americas, Foz do Iguaçu,

Brazil.

Co-Convener, Special Symposium, “Sediment Transport and Accumulation Under Normal and

Extreme Conditions”, 2010, AGU Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, Taipei, Taiwan.

Co-Convener, Special Symposium, “Source-to-Sink Sediment Dispersal, Modern and Ancient”,

2010, AAPG/SEPM Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Co-Convener, Special Symposium, “Tidal Flats: Hydrodynamic and Sedimentary Processes of

Mesotidal Environments”, 2010, AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, OR.

Co-Convener, SEPM Research Conference, “Clinoform Sedimentary Deposits: the Processes

Producing Them and the Stratigraphy Defining Them”, 2008, Rock Springs, WY.

Co-Convener, Special Symposium, “Sedimentation Associated with Wet Tropical Rivers:

Interdisciplinary Linkages”, 2007, AGU Spring Meeting, Acapulco, Mexico.

Co-Convener, Special Symposium, “Studies of Sediment Transfer From Land Through the

Ocean and Into the Stratigraphic Record”, 2006, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Co-Convener, Special Symposium, “Integrated Strata Analysis”, 2006, IAS International

Sedimentological Congress, Fukuoka, Japan.

Co-Convener, Special Symposium, “Sediment Transport and Accumulation from Terrestrial

Sources to Marine Sinks”, 2006, AMSA (Australian Marine Sciences Association) Annual

Meeting, Cairns, Australia.

Co-Convener, Special Symposium, “Transportation, Deposition, and Stratigraphic Organization

of Muddy Sediments”, 2005, SEPM/AAPG Annual Meeting, Calgary, Canada.

Co-Convener, Special Symposium, “Mass Transfer from Source to Sink in New Guinea: an

Interdisciplinary Perspective”, 2004, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Co-Convener, Special Symposium, “Strata Formation on European Margins”, 2004, AGU Fall

Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Co-Convener, Special Symposium, “Geology of Continental Margins”, 2004, International

Geological Congress, Florence, Italy.

Co-Convener, Special Symposium, “Sedimentation on European Margins,” 2003, AGU Fall

Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Co-Convener, Special Symposium, “Geological and Biogeochemical Processes in a Wet

Tropical Setting: New Guinea,” 2003, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Co-Convener, Special Symposium, “Clinoforms: Past, Present, and Modeled”, 2003, GSA

Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.

Co-Convener, Special Symposium, “Ocean Margin Sedimentary Systems: Forcing and

Depositional Products”, 2003, EGS-AGU-EGU Joint Meeting, Nice, France.

Co-Convener, Symposium, "Continental Shelves – Processes, Record, Utilization, and

Management", 2002, IAS/SEPM research conference, Hong Kong, China.

Co-Convener, AGU Chapman Conference, "Formation of Sedimentary Strata on Continental

Margins", 2001, Ponce, Puerto Rico.

Convener, Special Symposium, "The Sea Floor", 2001, TOS meeting, Miami, FL.

Co-Convener, Special Symposium, "Frontiers of Marine Sediment Transport & Continental

Margin Geology", 2000, AGU meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Co-Convener, Special Symposium, “Physical Forcing and Impacts on Particulate Dispersal over

Continental Margins”, 2000, AGU/ASLO meeting, San Antonio, TX.

Co-Convener, Special Symposium, “Material Flux and Fate in the Tropical Coastal Ocean”,

2000, AGU/ASLO meeting, San Antonio, TX.

Convener, Special Symposium, “Strata Formation on Margins”, 1998, AGU meeting, San

Francisco, CA.

Co-Convener, SEPM Research Conference, “Strata and Sequences on Shelves and Slopes”,

1998, Sicily, Italy.

Co-Convener, Special Symposium, “TROPICS”, 1998, AGU/ASLO meeting, San Diego, CA.

Convener, Special Symposium, “Strata Formation on Margins”, 1996, AGU meeting, San

Francisco, CA.

Convener, NSF Workshop, “Tropical River/Ocean Processes In Coastal Settings”, 1994,

Honolulu, HI.

Convener, ONR Workshop, "Sedimentary Processes on the Continental Terrace", 1993,

Stony Brook, NY.

Co-Convener, International Symposium, "The Amazon Meets the Atlantic and the World--

Oceanographic Processes Near the Mouth of the Amazon River in a Global Perspective",

1993, Niteroi, Brazil.

Convener, NSF Workshop, "The Influence of Tropical Rivers on Coastal Oceanographic

Processes", 1993, Townsville, Australia.

Co-Convener, Special Symposium, "Coastal Oceanography in Low Latitudes", 1992, AGU

meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Co-Convener, Special Symposium, "A Multidisciplinary Amazon Shelf SEDiment Study",

1990, AGU meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Co-Convener, AGU Chapman Conference, "The Fate of Particulate and Dissolved

Components within the Amazon Dispersal System: River and Ocean", 1988, Charleston, SC.

General Chairman, 1986, SEPM National Meeting, Raleigh, NC.

Co-Convener, Special Symposium, "Southern Ocean", 1984, AGU meeting, San Francisco,

CA.

Co-Convener, Special Symposium, "Amazon Shelf Studies", 1984, AGU/ASLO meeting, New

Orleans, LA.

Executive Committee, 1982, ASLO National Meeting, Raleigh, NC.

Convener, Special Symposium, "Shelf and Nearshore Dynamics of Sedimentation", 1982,

AGU/ASLO meeting, San Antonio, TX.

Convener, Special Symposium, "Sedimentary Dynamics of Continental Shelves", 1980,

International Geological Congress, Paris, France.

EDITORSHIPS

Continental Shelf Research, Editorial Board, 1982-present.

Annual Reviews of Marine Science, Editorial Board, 2008-2016.

Reviews of Geophysics, Associate Editor, 1997-2001.

Marine Geology, Editorial Board, 1995-2004.

Oceanography, Editor, 1991-1993.

Oceanography, Associate Editor, 1990-1991.

“Sedimentary processes building a tropical delta yesterday, today and tomorrow: the Mekong

system” Guest Editor, Oceanography, 30, 2017.

“Sediment- and hydrodynamics of the Mekong Delta: from tidal river to continental shelf”,

Guest Editor, Continental Shelf Research, 147, 2017.

“Hydrodynamics and Sedimentation on Mesotidal Sand- and Mudflats”, Guest Editor,

Continental Shelf Research, 33, 2013.

“The Papuan Continuum: Source to Sink through the Fly River System and the Gulf of Papua”,

Guest Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research (Earth Surface), 113, special issue, 2008

“Continental-Margin Sedimentation: Sediment Transport to Sequence Stratigraphy”, Editor, IAS

Spec. Pub. 37, Blackwell Publishing, 2007.

“Strata Formation on European Margins: A tribute to EC-NA Cooperation in Marine Geology,

Guest Editor, Oceanography, 17 (4), 2004.

“The Formation of Continental-Margin Strata, Guest Editor, Marine Geology, 154, 1999.

“Oceanography of the Amazon Continental Shelf”, Guest Editor, Continental Shelf Research, 16

(5/6), 1996.

“STRATAFORM: A Program to Study the Creation and Interpretation of Sedimentary Strata on

Continental Margins”, Guest Editor, Oceanography, 9 (3), 1996.

“Tropical Coastal Sedimentary Environments”, Guest Editor, Geo-Marine Letters, 15 (3/4) and

16 (1), 1995-1996.

“Geological Significance of Sediment Transport and Accumulation on the Amazon Continental

Shelf”, Guest Editor, Marine Geology, 125 (3/4), 1995.

“Sedimentary Processes on the Amazon Continental Shelf”, Guest Editor, Continental Shelf

Research, 6 (1/2), 1986.

“Sedimentary Dynamics on Continental Shelves”, Guest Editor, Marine Geology, 42, 1981.