Advisors: Vaughan Voller and Chris Paola

Abstract:

Today, many of the world’s deltas are highly populated and experiencing rapid rates of deterioration. We need tools that can explain and predict the long-term evolution of these systems to the formation of baselines for sustainable restoration. Deltas are complex systems in which diverse processes interact across a vast range of time and space scales. However, contrary to what intuition might suggest, we find that simple geometric models can be powerful at explaining the long-term system response to different external forcing. In this line, we construct the first delta building model that focuses on the long-term interactions between organic sediment dynamics and delta evolution. 

 

10:00 a.m. on Friday, February 3, 2012, in the SAFL Auditorium.