We are a research group within the UW School of Oceanography that studies sediment transport and deposition over timescales of minutes to millennia in coastal and oceanic environments. Read on for more information about our current and previous research, group members, facilities, and student opportunities. Below is a sampling of photos from the field and lab, highlighting some of the diverse work we do in environments ranging from tropical mangroves to glacial-fed fjords.
Research and teaching photo gallery:
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- A lovely sky reflected in the mud flats at the Amazon!
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- With the help of D. Thoreson from UW Oceanography, we prepare to deploy a mini instrument system.
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- Chuck leads a Rivers & Beaches class field trip aboard the R/V Thompson
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- Dan confirms that all sensors are still present after a several-month-long instrument deployment
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- Aaron pilots an inflatable down the Mekong to the mangrove fringe
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- Andrea gets ready for Mekong River channel studies in Vietnam
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- Maggie, from UW CEE, helps prep sensors in advance of the next instrument deployment
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- Students help collect shipek grab samples aboard the R/V Barnes at the Elwha
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- Dan and Niall work on both tripods at the Port Angeles harbor in August
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- Kevin and Wenhua collect surface water samples in November
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- We caught barnacle season during the summer deployment. Lots of scrubbing happened immediately after this photos as taken.
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- Andrea and Trevor prepare to collect a surface water sample with a Niskin bottle.
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- Ben and Tianna collect water samples.
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- The primary tripod, ready for re-deployment at the Elwha
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- Loading up for Mekong studies
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- digging holes (of course)
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- The class investigates different substrates in False Bay
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- Ian Miller (WA Sea Grant) deploys a LISST in the Elwha surface plume
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- The Mekong modeling workshop group at Vietnam National University, Sept 16-20, 2015.
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- The Rivers & Beaches class learns about grain-size in rivers downstream of the Nisqually Glacier at Mt. Rainier
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- Chuck and Dan deploy a turbidity sensor at sunset in the Mekong
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- Our container returned from Vietnam – time to process samples!
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- Mekong Delta mangrove forest
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- Mekong Delta tidal flat
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- The muddy Sai Gon River
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- Prepping boats for Mekong field work
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- Kayaks and inflatable boats came in handy for Mekong mangrove studies
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- The muddy expanse of the Amazon
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- Tropical forests
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- An instrumented tripod ready to be deployed from the deck of the R/V Barnes in Port Angeles
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- Fieldwork on the Mekong River
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- MUD! (and sand) Finally seeing noticeable amounts of mud mixed with sand near the river mouth.
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- Aaron and Dan setting up the ADCP.