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| Samuel
Bentley |
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Associate
Professor
Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
Coastal Studies Institute
302 Howe-Russell Geosciences
Complex
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA - 70803
Tel: 225-578-2954
Fax: 225-578-2520
E-mail: sjb@lsu.edu
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| Education |
- Ph. D. SUNY Stony Brook, Marine Science
Research Center, 1998
- M. S. University of Georgia, Department
of Geology, 1992
- B. A. University of Georgia, Phi Beta
Kappa, Magna Cum Laude
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| Research
Interests |
- Formation of the stratigraphic record,
bioturbation, sedimentation
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Grants |
- Building the Sedimentary Record: Physical
and Biological Processes of Stratal Formation.
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
CAREER Award. Funding Level: $564,000. Duration:
May 2001-May 2006.
- Late Quaternary Siliciclastic and Carbonate
Sediment Fluxes on the Slopes and Basin
Floors of the Gulf of Papua, Papua New Guinea.
Principal investigators Andre Droxler, Larry
Peterson, Sam Bentley, Gerry Dickens, and
Brad Opdyke. Funding agency: National Science
Foundation Margins program. Funding Level:
$750,000. Duration: October 2003-September
2006.
- Fisheries Habitat of Juvenile Red Snapper
in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Principal
investigators: James Cowan, Will Patterson,
Sam Bentley, and Chuck Wilson. Funding Agency:
National Sea Grant. Funding Level: $171,000.
Duration: May 2002-April 2004.
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- Bentley, S.J., and Sheremet, A., 2003,
A new model for the emplacement, bioturbation,
and preservation of sedimentary strata.
Geology 31: 725-728.
- Bentley, S.J., and Nittrouer, C.A., 2003,
Emplacement, modification, and preservation
of event stratigraphy on a flood-dominated
continental Shelf: Eel River Shelf, Northern
California. Continental Shelf Research 23:
1465-1493
- Fan, S., Swift, D.J.P., Traykovski, P.,
Bentley, S.J., and Reed, C.W., Dynamics
of cross-shelf sediment transport, northern
California Shelf: Role of high and low concentration
suspensions in the formation of flood beds.
In press, Marine Geology.
- Bentley, S.J., 2002, Dispersal of fine
sediments from river to shelf: process and
product. Gulf Coast Association of Geological
Societies Transactions v. 52, p. 1055-1067
- H.H. Roberts, S. Bentley, J.M. Coleman,
S.A. Hsu, O.K. Huh, K. Rotondo, M. Inoue,
L.J. Rouse, Jr., A. Sheremet, G. Stone,
N. Walker, S. Welsh, and W.J. Wiseman, Jr,
2002, Geological Framework and Sedimentology
of Recent Mud Deposition on the Eastern
Chenier Plain Coast and Adjacent Inner Shelf,
Western Louisiana. In Press, Gulf Coast
Association of Geological Societies Transactions
v. 52, p. 849-859.
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"...strategies
we develop for managing our coastal resources in a sustainable
manner can provide a model for the intelligent stewardship
of similar resources throughout the world."
Dean
Ed Laws
LSU's
School of the Coast & Environment |
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