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Brendan Yuill Research Associate Pontchartrain Institute University of New Orleans contact: byuill@uno.edu, 504-280-6672 interests: · fluvial & coastal geomorphology · sediment transport & erosion · resource economics & planning · management science |
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I am working under Dr Denise Reed on an assortment of problems concerning the policy-science interface of coastal geomorphology. Topics that particularly peak my curiosity are the environmental processes that drive the coastal landscape at management timescales (i.e. short) and the development of effective policy that manages the anthropogenic manipulation of these processes in a sustainable and efficient manner. Further, I am in the process of completing a doctoral degree at the University of Arizona (under Dr Mary Nichols, USDA ARS), examining sediment transport in ephemeral channels. |
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One issue we are addressing is the massive amount of subsidence experienced along coastal Louisiana. A substantial mass of related research defines a wide range of subsidence rates attributed to many different processes (some in agreement, some not). The range of rates probably stem from the variable spatial and temporal scales of analysis as well as the utility and limitations of the different analytical tools used (tide gauge, 14C, re-leveling survey) in each study. To properly understand what is really going on, we are in the process of setting up a series of workshops & symposiums that aim to build a unified understanding of the effects of methodology and scale in subsidence research. |
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avoiding flash-flood related destruction, summer 2006 |
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Our research group at UNO has constructed an expansive array of Sediment Elevation Tables (SETs) to monitor sediment accretion and subsidence along the Gulf Coast and the San Joaquin valley. |
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Ann Commagere noting the evolving landscape at Blind Lagoon. |