The Coastal Sedimentology Lab (CSL) is led by Dr. Susanne Moskalski.  Sedimentology is a field where geology and oceanography overlap, and sometimes meteorology and freshwater hydrology as well.  Typical CSL research studies involve using both the properties of sediments and characteristics of fluid flows to determine the amount, direction, and duration of sediment transport in coastal environments like salt marshes and estuaries.  Recent CSL student research includes pre-construction characterization of sediment deposition patterns in a salt marsh about to undergo reengineering; storm effects on sediment transport over a restored oyster reef; acoustic bathymetry and bottom classification in the Mullica River estuary; and a comparison of storm effects on water level and turbidity in four East Coast estuaries.

STUDENT RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS:

• Birdsall, C. and Moskalski, S., 2019.  Acoustic bottom classification of oyster habitat in the Mullica river estuary (poster presentation). Geological Society of America Northeastern Section Meeting, 2019.
• Repoli, D. and Moskalski, S., 2018. Storm effects on SSC and water level in 4 East Coast estuaries (poster presentation). Atlantic Estuarine Research Society Fall meeting, 2018.
• Zappas, J. and Moskalski, S., 2018. Suspended sediment concentration and sediment flux over a restored oyster reef (poster presentation). Geological Society of America Northeastern Section Meeting, 2018. 
• Williams, B. and Moskalski, S., 2017. Marsh stratigraphy and sedimentation rate of Higbee Beach marsh, Cape May, NJ (poster presentation). Geological Society of America Northeastern North-Central Joint Section Meeting, 2017. 

For more information on sediment transport and marine geology research or to collaborate on related projects in our area contact Dr. Susanne Moskalski.

 

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Students learn to conduct beach profiling.