News: Fall 2011 - Spring 2012
Graduate News Section:
- Congratulations to Ph.D. student Bryan Grace for successful defense, Biogeochemical cycling of organic nitrogen in the Mississippi River plume, March 30, 2012.
- Congratulations to M.S. student Glenn Fisher for successful defense, Quantifying Neotectonic Control of Alluvial River Morphology in a Low-Gradient Landscape, December 16, 2011.
- Grad student Heather Hoey presents research at AGU conference in San Francisco, December 8, 2011.
http://blogs.agu.org/geospace/2011/12/09/stealthy-but-slipping/
- Congratulations to M.S. student YInan Wang for successful defense, Quantifying Process-Based Controls on Compensational Stacking of Channelized Sedimentary Deposits, November 18, 2011.
Gulf Coast sea level rise in overdrive, study says April 5, 2012
Research led by Torbjörn Törnqvist finds that "human-induced climate change" has had a dramatic effect on the rate of sea level rise in the 20th century.
Dating Mississippi Branches and Chenier Ridges March 8, 2012
Marc Hijma's fieldwork in the Mississippi Delta, researching sea-level changes during the last 6,000 years, has led him to a wide variety of places in Louisiana, sometimes with unexpected participants. Read about his recent research »
Early Humans Loved Living Near Water, Too January 9, 2012
The lure of waterfront property goes back a long way in human history. Ardipithecus ramidus preferred to live close to the water's edge rather than in the interior regions of East Africa. The article, appearing in Nature Communication, is co-authored by professor of practice, Nahid Gani.
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Research into Heavy Metals Makes Social Impact Winter, 2011
With her latest research highlighted in the leading scientific journal Nature, Professor Karen Johannesson is receiving wide acclaim for her important discoveries about the origin of cancer-causing toxins in the drinking water in India, but her next step will be applying those findings right in Tulane's backyard.
Sediment Flow Tracked in Lab-Sized Delta October 14, 2011
Researchers in the sediment dynamics lab at Tulane University are focused on determining how water and sediment travel through river deltas. Using reduced-scale experiments, researchers recreate environments such as the Mississippi delta in order to predict where and how the sediment forms.
Researchers track ‘where the mud goes’ September 27, 2011
A major river event occurred this past spring: The Mississippi and Atchafalaya became the two largest rivers on earth. It was an extraordinary time to be a scientist who is interested in what rivers do to oceans, says Alex Kolker.
Kyle Straub Conducts Short Course to Repsol Employees
Dr. Kyle Straub recently co-lead a three day course on the geomorphology and stratigraphy of continental margins for Repsol Inc., Spain's largest oil company.
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