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Research Group Activities

Projects, Publications and Workshops

Previous Research Projects by Group Members

  • Controls on the behaviour of sand avalanches on the lee side of barchan dunes: a field and numerical modeling study (Jericoacoara, Brazil)
  • Evaluating the geomorphological and sedimentological effects of a beach nourishment using dredged material for restoring bayside sediment processes, (Sailors Haven Marina, New York, USA)
  • Hydrodynamic modeling of beaches and reef platforms in Torres Strait islands (Torres Strait, Australia)
  • Characterizing mass-flux profiles in aeolian saltation (Jericoacoara, Brazil)
  • Wave induced setup behind a detached breakwater (Marina di Pisa, Italy)
  • Morphodynamic response to two cobble beaches during an El Nino season (Malibu and San Pedro, CA, USA)
  • The generation of cusps on gravel beaches: an evaluation of edge waves and self organization hypotheses (Malin Head, Republic of Ireland)
  • Topographic mapping of a cloud forest (San Isidro, Costa Rica)
  • The formation and behavior of aeolian streamers (Guadalupe, CA, USA)
  • Coherent structures and aeolian saltation (Shoalhaven Heads, NSW, Australia)
  • Aeolian saltation: field measurements and numerical simulations (Pismo Beach, CA, USA)
  • Tracing beach nourishment material in the surf zone to mitigate impact of dumped material on nearshore benthos (Carlsbad, CA, USA)
  • Shoreline erosion by boat wakes along the Savannah River (Fort Pulaski, GE, USA)
  • Wave transformation over a rock platform (Belinho, Portugal)
  • Quantifying levee erosion in the Sacramento River Delta (CA, USA)
  • Shear stress partitioning of bed roughness: a field investigation (Green River, UT, USA)
  • Sediment oscillations in the swash zone (Point Mugu, CA, USA)