Brad Murray

abmurray@duke.edu
NSOE; EOS

Location 1

Research Location
British Columbia, Canada

Research Objective
To address tidal wetland change caused by sea-level rise and damming of coastal rivers.

Collaborating Institution
Canadian Geological Survey (CGS)

Funding Source/Sponsor
National Science Foundation and CGS

Students Involved
Matt Kirwan (PhD) – currently Assistant Professor at Virginia Institute of Marine Sceinces

 

Location 2

Research Location
Ebro Delta, Mediterranean Coast of Spain

Research Objective
To explain delta formation and evolution as a consequence of historic land use change.

Collaborating Institution
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)

Funding Source/Sponsor
National Science Foundation, WHOI

Students Involved
Andrew Ashton (PhD) – currently Associate Scientist at WHOI

 

Location 3

Research Location
NE Coast of North Island, New Zealand

Research Objective
Project 1: To understand rocky-coastline evolution.  To understand the formation of cliffs, pocket beaches, arches, and sea stacks,

Project 2: To analyze observations of near-shore seabed changes and patterns.

Collaborating Institution
National Institute Of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)

Funding Source/Sponsor
National Science Foundation, NIWA

Students Involved
Evan Goldstein (PhD), Patrick Limber (PhD)

 

Location 4

Research Location
North Sea Coast, United Kingdom

Research Objective
To address coastline evolution and its dependency on climate change and human manipulation.

Collaborating Institution
British Geological Survey (BGS)

Funding Source/Sponsor
National Science Foundation and BGS

Students Involved
Patrick Limber (PhD)

 

Location 5

Research Location
Santandur, Spain

Research Objective
To analyze near-shore seabed sediment dynamic.

Collaborating Institution
University of Cantabria

Funding Source/Sponsor
University of Cantabria

Students Involved
Evan Goldstein (PhD)

 

Location 6

Research Location
Western Sahara, North Africa

Research Objective
Project 1: To explain what determines the size of the largest desert sand dunes.

Project 2: To understand the interactions within fields of sand dune.

Collaborating Institution
ESPCI Paris Tech; CNRS, France

Funding Source/Sponsor
ESPCI

Students Involved
Ryan Littlewood (PhD), Stacey Evans (PhD)

 

Website
https://nicholas.duke.edu/people/faculty/murraya

 

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