Patrick Limber

Duke University
Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences
322 Old Chemistry Box 90229
Durham, NC 27708
email: pwl3@duke.edu

Research Interests:
Rocky coastline geomorphology, coastal processes

Bio:
My research focuses on rocky coastlines and their millenial-scale, plan-view evolution. Currently I am working on a numerical model in which planform shapes (i.e. rocky headlands and bays) grow from simple nonlinear interactions between waves, beach sand, and sea cliffs. Prior to Duke, I spent two years on a NOAA fellowship in Raleigh, NC. My fellowship research centered on a shoreline mapping project for the NC Division of Coastal Management in which we explored the feasibility of using high-resolution LIDAR data to calculate long-term beach erosion rates (and oceanfront structure setbacks).

Education:

• M.S. UC-Santa Cruz, Earth Sciences (Coastal Geology)
• B.A. Purchase College, Environmental Science, Summa Cum Laude

Publications:

• Limber, P.W. and Warren, J.D., 2006. Development of Sediment Criteria Regulations for Beach Fill Projects Along North Carolina's Atlantic Coast. Proceedings of the 20th International Conference of the Coastal Society. 463-469.
• Limber, P.W., List, J.H., Warren, J.D., Farris, A.S., and Weber, K.M., 2007. Using topographic lidar data to delineate the North Carolina shoreline. In: Proceedings of Coastal Sediments '07 (New Orleans), American Society of Civil Engineers, 1837-1850.
• Limber, P.W., List, J.H., and Warren, J.D., 2007. Management applications of lidar-derived mean high water shorelines in North Carolina. Proceedings of Coastal Zone '07 (Portland), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, available online here >
• Warren, J.D., Cleary, W.J., Limber, P.W., and Richardson, K.R., 2007. Delineation of inlet hazard areas in North Carolina. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, 39(2), p. 74.
• Limber, P.W., Patsch, K.B., and Griggs, G.B., 2008. Coastal sediment budgets and the littoral cut-off diameter: a sediment grain-size threshold for quantifying active sediment inputs. Journal of Coastal Research, 24(sp2), 122-133.
• Limber, P., Murray, A.B., Littlewood, R., and Valvo, L. 2008. Numerical modeling of large-scale rocky coastline evolution. Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS23A-1250.

Hobbies:
Photography, guitar, candy, coffee, the beach, and California