Research Projects
The devastating effects of hurricanes on low-lying sandy coasts, especially during the 2004 and 2005 seasons have pointed at an urgent need to be able to assess the vulnerability of coastal areas and (re-)design coastal protection for future events, but also to evaluate the performance of exist...
Sedimentation in San Pablo Bay changed dramatically during the past 140 years. From 1856 (the earliest detailed hydrographic survey) until at least the late nineteenth century hydraulic mining debris filled San Pablo Bay. During the early 1900's sedimentation slowed and, in the late 1900's, San...