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Research in Geomorphology and Coastal Processes

For Graduate School Opportunties in Geomorphology and Earth Surface Processes for Geology, Physics, Computer Science and Engineering Majors click here > .

Recent and Ongoing Research Projects and Abstracts

A. B. Murray, Strategies for modeling multi-scale systems, abstract for a keynote talk at the NSF-sponsored workshop on* Process-Driven Risk Assessment and Sustainable Mitigation Strategies, *September 11-14, 2005*/, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee/*

Murray, A.B., Coco, G., Green, M., Hume, T., and Thieler, R., 2005 Different approaches to modeling inner-shelf ‘sorted bedforms,’ 4th International symposium on River, Coastal, and Estuarine Morphodynamics, Champaign-Urbana, Oct. 2005.

Kirwan, M., and Murray, A.B., 2005, Response of an ecomorphodynamic model of tidal marshes to varying sea level rise rate, 4th International symposium on River, Coastal, and Estuarine Morphodynamics, Champaign-Urbana, Oct. 2005.

Valvo, L., Murray, A.B., and Ashton, A., 2005, Investigating shoreface lithology effects in a process-based model of coastal change, Coastal Dynamics ’05, in press.

Murray, A.B., and Ashton, A., 2004, Extending a 1-line modeling approach to explore emergent coastline behaviors, Coastal Engineering 2004, 2035-2047.

Conference Proceedings Paper: Ashton, A., Murray, A.B., Guessink, G.B., 2003, Initial tests of a possible explanation for alongshore sandwaves on the Dutch Coast, submitted for the 3rd International symposium on River, Coastal, and Estuarine Morphodynamics, Barcelona, Sept. 2003. (click for .pdf)

Conference Proceedings Paper: Murray, A.B., and Ashton, A., 2003, Sandy-coastline evolution as an example of pattern formation involving emergent structures and interactions, Proceedings of Coastal Sediments ’03, in press. (click for .pdf)

Conference Proceedings Paper: Ashton, A., List, J.H., Murray, A.B., and Farris, A.S., and 2003, Investigating links between hotspots and alongshore sediment transport using field measurements and simulations, Proceedings of Coastal Sediments ’03, in press. (click for .pdf)

Conference Proceedings Paper: Murray, A.B., Thieler, E.R., and Tighe, B.., 2003, Sorted sediment patterns on shallow shelves: Instability and finite-amplitude self-organization, submitted for the 3rd International symposium on River, Coastal, and Estuarine Morphodynamics, Barcelona, Sept. 2003. (click for .pdf)

Abstract: Murray, A.B., 2003, The interplay between patterns of human coastal development and large-scale patterns of coastal erosion/accretion, Framing Land Use Dynamics International Conference, Utrecht, April 2003.

Abstract: Murray, A.B., Thieler, E.R., 2003, Inner continental shelf
grain-size sorted patterns: Instability and self-organization, European Geophysical Society/American Geophysical Union joint meeting, EOS Trans.

Abstract: Ashton, A., Murray, A.B., 2003, Self-Organized behavior of modeled shoreline shapes, European Geophysical Society/American Geophysical Union joint meeting, EOS Trans.

Abstract: Pattern formation from finite-amplitude interactions (Muray & Ashton, 2002)

Abstract: Responses of Simulated and Natural Shorelines to High-Angle Waves (Muray & Ashton, 2001)

Abstract: A New View of Nearshore Sediment Sorting (Murray, Thieler, Guillemot & Tang, 2001)

Abstract: Large-Scale Coastal Behavior (Murray, Arnoult, & Ashton, 2000)

Abstract: Rip-Current Channels and Rippled Scour Depressions (Murray, Thieler, Ashton &Tang , 2000)

Abstract: Modeling Rip Channel Development (Murray and Guillon, 1999)

Abstract: Tests of a model for rip currents that is based on newly hypothesized interactions and feedbacks (Murray and LeBars, 1998)

Abstract: Local Generation of Infragravity Energy in the Swash Zone? Model Evaluation (Murray, Werner and Ramamoorthi, 1996)

Abstract: Comparing model-generated and real bedform patterns by measuring the distance between state-space plots (Murray, 1996)

Abstract: Modeling the basics of river-bar formation, and model evaluation (Murray, 1996)

Abstract: Comparing real and mode-generated braided-stream patterns by measuring the distance between state-space plots using a probability-distribution metric (Murray, 1995)

Abstract: A cellular computational model of braided streams (Murray, 1994)

 
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