Recent research in Coastal Geology at JEL has resulted in the development of maps, scientific publications, technical reports, and presentations. The publications (listed here by research topic) may be obtained or borrowed. Please direct inquiries to Heather Talbot (heather.talbot@unh.edu).

• Estuaries and Coastal Systems
• Sedimentation, Accretional Processes and Change Analysis of Tidal Marshes
• Seafloor Mapping and Characterization
• Continental Shelf

Estuaries and Coastal Systems

Vorosmarty, C.J., J.P. Ericson, S.L. Dingman, L.G. Ward, and M. Meybeck. 2007. Future impacts of fresh water resource management: sensitivity of coastal deltas. Proceedings of Symposium HS2005 at IUGG2007, IAHS Publication 314.

Ericson, J.P., C.J. Vörösmarty, S.L. Dingman, L.G. Ward, and M. Meybeck. 2006. Effective sea-level rise in deltas: causes of change and human dimension implications. Global and Planetary Change 50:63-82.

Ward, L.G. and F.L. Bub. 2005. Temporal variability in salinity, temperature and suspended sediments in a Gulf of Maine Estuary (Great Bay Estuary, New Hampshire). In: FitzGerald, D.F. and Knight, J., (eds.), High Resolution Morphodynamics and Sedimentary Evolution of Estuaries, pp. 115-142. Academic Press. UNH CMB/JEL Contribution Series Number 411.

Grizzle, R.E., L.G. Ward, J.R. Adams, S.J. Dijkstra, and B. Smith. 2005. Mapping and characterizing subtital oyster reefs using acoustic techniques, underwater videography, and quadrat sampling. In: Barnes, P.W. and J.P. Thomas (eds.), Benthic Habitats and the Effects of Fishing, pp. 153-159. American Fisheries Society Symposium 41. UNH CMB/JEL Contribution Series Number 403.

Jakobsson, M., A. Armstrong, B. Clader, L. Huff, L. Mayer and L. Ward. 2005. On the use of historical bathymetric data to determine changes in bathymetry. International Hydrographic Review, Vol. 6, No. 3 (New Series), p. 25-41.

Ward, L.G. 2004. Variations in physical properties and water quality in the Webhannet River Estuary (Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve, Maine). Journal of Coastal Research SI45:39-58. UNH CMB/JEL Contribution Series Number 415.

Ward, L.G., D.M. Burdick and J.R. Adams. 2003. Preliminary studies of the impact of sea level rise on coastal environments (New Hampshire, USA). Proceedings from Coastal Sediments ’03. East Meets West Productions, Corpus Christ, TX 78418. (Proceedings Contained in CD Format). 13 pp.

Ward, L.G. 2002. Sources and controls of suspended sediments and turbidity in the Great Bay Estuary, New Hampshire. Abstracts, Northeastern Geological Society of America (NEGSA) Annual Convention, Springfield, Massachusetts.

Greene, J.K., R.E. Grizzle, D. Burdick, L.G. Ward and Ann Reid. 2002. Constructing shellfish reefs in a polluted, urban estuary: scientists join with the community to work for a common goal. Abstracts, National Shellfisheries Association, Annual Meeting, Mystic, Connecticut.

Ward, L.G. and F.L. Bub. 2001. Suspended sediment dynamics in the Great Bay Estuary, NH: Patterns and controlling processes. Abstracts, Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Convention, Boston, Massachusetts, volume 33, number 6, p. A273.

Ward, L.G. and F.L. Bub. 2000. Suspended Particulate Material and Physical Properties (Salinity, Temperature, Turbidity) of the Great Bay Estuary: Distribution and Major Controlling Processes. Final Report NOAA/UNH Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology (CICEET), Durham, NH. 62 pp., 10 Tables, 25 Figures. UNH JEL Reports File Number 53.

Leo, M.E. 2000. The Geomorphology, Sedimentology, and Storm Response of Beaches Along the Glaciated Coast of the Western Gulf of Maine (New Hampshire and Southwestern Maine). M.S. Thesis, Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham. 123 pp.

Ward, L.G. 1995. Sedimentology of the lower Great Bay/Piscataqua River Estuary. Department of the Navy, NCCOSC RDTE Division Technical Report, San Diego, California. 102 p. UNH CMB/JEL Contribution Series Number 314.

Ward, L.G. 1994. Depositional environments in the Great Bay/Piscataqua River Estuary, New Hampshire. Abstracts, Northeastern Geological Society of America (NEGSA) Annual Convention, Binghamton, NY, volume 26, number 3.

Ward, L.G. 1993. Quaternary sedimentation in a tide-dominated estuary, northern New England. Abstracts, Northeastern Geological Society of America (NEGSA) Annual Convention, Burlington, Vermont, volume 25, number 2, pp. 88.
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Sedimentation, Accretional Processes and Change Analysis of Tidal Marshes

Ward, L.G. and D.M. Burdick. 2004. Salt marsh development and processes in a northern New England System. Abstracts, AGU Chapman Conference Salt Marsh Geomorphology: Physical and Ecological Effects on Landform, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Zaprowski, B.J., P.T. Davis and L.G. Ward. 1999. The use of pine pollen to refine accretion measurements in a new England salt marsh. Abstracts, Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Convention, Denver, Colorado, volume 31, number 7, p. 31.

Zaprowski, B.J., L.G. Ward and P.T. Davis. 1999. The impact of European colonization on an estuarine salt marsh. Abstracts, Northeastern Geological Society of America (NEGSA) Annual Convention, Providence, Rhode Island, volume 31, number 2, p. A-82.

Ward, L.G., M.S. Kearney and J.C. Stevenson. 1998. Variations in sedimentary environments and accretionary processes in estuarine marshes undergoing rapid sea level rise, Chesapeake Bay. Marine Geology 151:111-134.

Zaprowski, B.J. 1998. The Geological and Climatic History of a Salt Marsh along the Squamscott River, Southeastern New Hampshire. M.S. Thesis, Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham. 99 pp.

Ward, L.G., K. Trainer, D.M. Burdick and A.C. Mathieson. 1997. Condition and Change Analysis of Tidal Wetlands on the Squamscott River, Great Bay Estuary, New Hampshire Using Remote Sensing. New Hampshire Water Resources Research Center Technical Report, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824. 29 p., plus figures and appendices.

Trainer, K.D. 1997. Stratigraphy and Evolution of the Tidal Marshes on the Great Bay and Squamscott River, New Hampshire. M.S. Thesis, Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham. 116 pp.

Kearney, M.S., J.C. Stevenson and L.G. Ward. 1994. Spatial and temporal changes in marsh vertical accretion rates at Monie Bay: implications for sea-level rise. Journal of Coastal Research 10:1010-1020.

Ward, L.G. 1994. Geomorphology, accretionary processes and sea level rise in salt marshes in northern New England. Abstracts, Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Convention, Seattle, Washington, volume 26, number 7.
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Seafloor Mapping and Characterization

Ward, L.G, R.Grizzle, J. Irish and R. Langan. 2007. Environmental monitoring of an experimental open ocean aquaculture facility if the western Gulf of Maine. Invited Presentation at Symposium entitled “Impacts of Coastal Ocean Aquaculture”. American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, September 3-6, San Francisco, CA.

Pe’eri, S., J.V. Gardner, L. Ward, R. Morrison, and J. Lillycrop. 2007. Identifying subtidal coastal environments using airborne lidar bathymetry (ALB). Abstracts, American Geophysical Union Meeting, December 10-14, San Francisco, CA.

Pe’eri, S., J.V. Gardner, L. Ward, R. Morrison, and J. Lillycrop. 2007. The seafloor as key component for the success of lidar in bottom detection. Abstracts, JALBTCX 8th Annual Workshop, May 23-24, Seattle, WA.

Ward, L.G., M.A. Malik, G. R.Cutter, M.A. Brodeur, R.E. Grizzle, L.A. Mayer and L. Huff. 2006. High resolution benthic mapping using multibeam sonar, videography, and sediment sampling in the Gulf of Maine: Application to geologic and fisheries research. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, volume 38, number 7, p. 377.

Grizzle, R.E., L.G. Ward, L.A. Mayer, A.B. Cooper, A.A. Rosenberg, M. Brodeur, J.K. Greene, H. Abeels, and M. Malik. 2006. Effects of a large fishing closure area on bottom habitats in the western Gulf of Maine, USA. Abstracts, International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) Conference, Boston, MA.

Grizzle, R.E., L.G. Ward, L.A. Mayer, A.B. Cooper, A.A. Rosenberg, M. Brodeur, J.K. Greene, H. Abeels, and M. Malik. 2006. Effects of the Western Gulf of Maine Closure Area on seafloor habitats: GIS-based assessments. Abstracts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sea Grant Symposium on Geographic Information Systems and Ocean Mapping in Support of Fisheries Research and Management, Cambridge, MA.
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Continental Shelf

Grizzle, R.L., L.G. Ward, R. Langan, G.M. Schnaittacher, J.A. Dijkstra and J.R. Adams. 2003. Environmental monitoring in the vicinity of an open ocean aquaculture site in the southwestern Gulf of Maine: some preliminary results. In: C.J. Bridger and B.A. Costa-Pierce (eds.), Open Ocean Aquaculture from Research to Commercial Reality, p. 105-117. World Aquaculture Society, Baton Rouge, LA., USA.

Ward, L.G. 2003. Sedimentologic and stratigraphic studies on the New Hampshire shelf. Abstracts, Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, volume 35, number 6.

Ward, L.G. and F.S. Birch. 1999. Sedimentology of the New Hampshire inner continental shelf based on subbottom seismics, side scan sonar, bathymetry, and bottom samples. Marine Georesources and Geotechnology 17:165-172.

Ward, L.G. and F.S. Birch. 1998. Sedimentology of the New Hampshire inner continental shelf based on seismics, side-scan sonar, bathymetry, and bottom samples. In: G. Dellagiarino, L.A. Miller, and S. Doenges (eds.), Studies Related to Continental Margins - A Summary of Year - Nine and Year - Ten Activities, p. 62-68. U.S. Department of Interior Minerals Management Service and Association of American State Geologists Continental Margins Committee, Verdon, Virginia.

Ward, L.G. 1994. Nearbottom currents and sediment transport on the inner continental shelf of New Hampshire. In: G. Dellagiarino, A.R. Masterson and L.A. Miller (eds.), Studies Related to Continental Margins - A Summary of Year - Five and Year - Six Activities, p. 150-156. U.S. Department of Interior Minerals Management Service and Association of American State Geologists Continental Margins Committee, Verdon, Virginia.

Ward, L.G. 1993. Geomorphology and sedimentology of the New Hampshire coastline and inner shelf. Abstracts, Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Convention, Boston, Massachusetts, volume 25, number 6.
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