Marine and Coastal Sediment Studies

Eckerd College

  • Research interests include the geologic development of continental margins and the study of sediments and sedimentary processes in marine and coastal systems (>40 peer-reviewed publications).
  • Research funding (>$5,000,000 over the past 10 years) from NSF, USGS, and a variety of other federal, state and local governmental agencies as well as private foundations.
  • Served as Editor on a special publication in Marine Geology, Neogene Geology of a linked coastal - inner shelf system: west-central Florida (2003).
  • Served as Sedimentologist on ODP Leg 182, Great Australian Bight (1998).
  • Current research focuses on distribution and rates of sediment input into coastal systems. Current projects include recent sedimentary development of Tampa Bay and Charlotte Harbor (both on Florida's west coast), and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
  • Supervises labs for analyses of sediment texture and composition, and sediment geochronology (over past 100 years) using short-lived radioisotopes (Pb-210, Cs-137, Be-7, Th-234).
  • Actively support 10-20 students/year on grant-funded projects.

Selected Recent Publications:

Brooks, G.R., 2011, Florida gulf coast estuaries: Tampa Bay and Charlotte Harbor, in Gulf of Mexico, origin, waters, and marine life, Texas A&M Press, College Station, p. 73-87.

Brooks, G.R. and Holmes, C.W., 2011, The west Florida continental slope, in Gulf of Mexico, origin, waters, and marine life, Texas A&M Press, College Station, p. 129-139.

Brooks, G.R., Devine, B. Larson, R.A. and Rood, B.P., 2007, Sedimentary development of Coral Bay, St. John, USVI: Natural and anthropogenic influences: Caribbean Journal of Science.

Brooks, G.R., Doyle, L.J., Suthard, B.C., Locker, S.D. and Hine, A.C., 2003, Facies architecture of the mixed carbonate/siliciclastic inner continental shelf of west-central Florida: implications for Holocene barrier development, in Brooks, G.R. (ed.), Neogene Geology of a linked coastal/ inner shelf system: west-central Florida: Spec. Publ. in Marine Geology, v. 200, p. 325-349.

Brooks, G. R., Doyle, L.J., Davis, R.A., DeWitt, N.T. and Suthard, B.C., 2003, Patterns and controls of surface sediment distribution: west-central Florida inner shelf, in Brooks, G.R. (ed.), Neogene Geology of a linked coastal/ inner shelf system: west-central Florida: Spec. Publ. in Marine Geology, v. 200, p. 307-324.

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