Publications

 Peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters, listed below

27.  Bianchette, T.A., Pandey, V., Mollan, C., Hall, S., McCloskey, T.A., and Liu, K.-b. 2023. Machine learning based anomaly detection to sedimentological data: Application to a Holocene multi-proxy paleoenvironmental reconstruction from Laguna Boquita, Jalisco, Mexico. Marine Geology (107125).

26.  Bianchette, T.A., Liu, K.-b., and McCloskey, T.A. 2022. A 4000-year paleoenvironmental reconstruction and extreme event record from Laguna Nuxco, Guerrero, Mexico. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 594(110933).

25.  Dietz, M.E., Liu, K.-b., Bianchette, T.A., Ryu, J., and Yao, Q. 2022. Linking backbarrier lacustrine stratigraphy with spatial dynamics of shoreline retreat in a rapidly subsiding region of the Mississippi River Delta. Geomorphology, 108008. 

24.  Dietz, M.E., Liu, K.-b., Bianchette, T.A., and Smith, D. 2021. Differentiating hurricane       deposits in coastal sedimentary records: two storms, one layer, but different processes.         Environmental Research Communications. https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7620/ac26dd.

23.   Ryu, J., Liu, K.-b., Bianchette, T.A., and McCloskey, T.A. 2021. Identifying forcing agents  of environmental change and ecological response on the Mississippi River Delta, Southeastern  Louisiana. Science of the Total Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitoenv.2021.148730.    

22.   Ryu, J., Liu, K.-b., and Bianchette, T.A.  2021.  Holocene environmental history of a freshwater wetland in southern Louisiana: a sedimentary record of delta development, coastal evolution, and human activity. Journal of Quaternary Science, 1-11.

21.   Yao, Q., Liu, K.-b., Rodrigues, E., Bianchette, T.A., Aragón-Moreno, A.A., and Zhang,  Z.  2020.  A geochemical record of Late-Holocene hurricane events from the Florida Everglades.  Water Resources Research, 56, e2019WR026857, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019WR026857.

20.   Zhang, Z., Bianchette, T.A., Meng, C., Xu, Q., and Jiang, M.  2020.  Holocene vegetation-hydrology-climate interactions of wetlands on Heixiazi Island, China.  Science of the Total Environment, 743, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140777.

19.   Yao, Q., Liu, K.-b., Williams, H., Joshi, S., Bianchette, T.A., Ryu, J., and Dietz, M. 2019. Hurricane Harvey storm sedimentation in the San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge, Texas: Fluvial versus storm surge deposition. Estuaries and Coasts.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-019-00639-6.

18.   Wang, L., Bianchette, T.A., and Liu, K.-b. 2019. Diatom evidence of a paleohurricane-induced coastal flooding event in Weeks Bay, Alabama, USA. Journal of Coastal Research, 35(3), 499-508.

17.   Lam, N.S.-N., Xu, Y.J., Pace, R.K., Liu, K.-b., Qiang, Y., Narra, S., Bianchette, T.A., Cai, H., Zou, L., Li, K., Joshi, S., and Mihunov, V. 2019. Collaboration across: boundaries: Reflections on studying the sustainability of the Mississippi River Delta as a coupled natural-human system. In: Perz S. (eds) Collaboration across boundaries for social ecological systems science. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.

16.  Zhang, Z., Wang, G., Liu, K.-b., Yao, Q., and Bianchette, T.A. 2018. A multi-proxy quantitative record of Holocene hydrological regime on the Heixiazi Island (NE China): Indications for the evolution of the East Asian summer monsoon. Climate Dynamics. 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-018-4544-1.

15.  Dietz, M., Liu, K.-b., and Bianchette, T.A. 2018. Hurricanes as a major driver of coastal erosion in the Mississippi River Delta: A multi-decadal analysis of shoreline retreat rates at Bay Champagne, Louisiana (USA). Water, 10, 1480. DOI: 10.3390/w10101480.

14.  Lam, N.S.N., Xu, Y.J., Liu, K.-b., Dismukes, D.E., Reams, M., Pace, R.K., Qiang, Y., Narra, S., Li, K., Bianchette, T.A., Cai, H., Zou, L., and Mihunov, V. 2018. Understanding the Mississippi River Delta as a coupled natural-human system: Research methods, challenges, and prospects. Water, 10(8), 1054. DOI: 10.3390/w10081054.

13.  Ryu, J., Bianchette, T.A., Liu, K.-b., and Maiti, K.D. 2018. Palynological and geochemical records of environmental changes in a Taxodium swamp near Lake Pontchartrain in Southern Louisiana (USA) during the last 150 years.  Journal of Coastal Research, SI 85, 381-385.

12. Zhang, Z., Liu, K.-b., Bianchette, T.A., and Wang, G. 2017. The mid-Holocene decline of the East Asian summer monsoon indicated by a lake to wetland transition in the Sanjiang Plain, NE China. The Holocene. DOI: 10.1177/0959683617721321.

11.  Bianchette, T.A., McCloskey, T.A., and Liu, K.-b. 2017.  A 7000-year history of coastal environmental changes from Mexico’s Pacific Coast: A multi-proxy record from Laguna Mitla, Guerrero.  The Holocene. DOI: 10.1177/09596836166873.

10.  Bianchette, T.A., McCloskey, T.A., and Liu, K.-b. 2016. Re-evaluating the geological evidence for Late Holocene marine incursion events along the Guerrero Seismic Gap on the Pacific Coast of Mexico. PLoS-One, 11(8), e0161568.  DOI: 10.1371/ journal.pone.0161568.

9.  Bianchette, T.A., Liu, K.-b., Qiang, Y., and Lam, N.S.-N.  2016. Wetland accretion along coastal Louisiana: Spatial and temporal variability in light of Hurricane Isaac’s impacts.  Water, 8(1). DOI: 10.3390/w8010001.

8.  McCloskey, T.A., Bianchette, T.A., and Liu, K.-b.  2015. Geological and sedimentological evidence of a large tsunami occurring ~1100 year BP from a small coastal lake along the Bay of La Paz in Baja California Sur, Mexico.  Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 3(4). 1544-1567. 

7.  Liu, K.-b., McCloskey, T.A., Bianchette, T.A., Keller, G., Lam, N.S.-N., Cable, J.E., and Arriola, J.  2014.  Hurricane Isaac storm surge deposition in a coastal wetland along Lake Pontchartrain, southern Louisiana.  Journal of Coastal Research, SI 70.  266-271.

6.  Naquin, J.D., Liu, K.-b., McCloskey, T.A., and Bianchette, T.A.  2014.  Storm deposition induced by hurricanes in a rapidly subsiding coastal zone.  Journal of Coastal Research, SI 70.  308-313.

5.  McCloskey, T.A., Bianchette, T.A., and Liu, K.-b.  2013.  Track patterns of landfalling and coastal tropical cyclones in the Atlantic basin, their relationship with the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), and the potential effect of global warming.  American Journal of Climate Change, 2. 12-22.

4.  Kiage, L., Deocampo, D., McCloskey, T.A., Bianchette, T.A., and Hursey, M.  2011.  A 1900-yr paleohurricane record from Wassaw Island, Georgia.  Journal of Quaternary Science, 26.  714-722.

3.  Lam, N.S.-N., Liu, K.-b., Liang, W., Bianchette, T.A., and Platt, W.J.  2011.  Effects of hurricanes of the Gulf Coast ecosystems: A remote sensing study of land cover change around Weeks Bay, Alabama.  Journal of Coastal Research, SI 64.  1707-1711.

2.  Liu, K.-b., Li, C., Bianchette, T.A., McCloskey, T.A., Yao, Q., and Weeks, E.  2011.  Storm deposition in a coastal backbarrier lake in Louisiana caused by hurricanes Gustav and Ike.  Journal of Coastal Research, SI 64. 1866-1870. 

1.  Bianchette, T.A., Liu, K.-b., Lam, N.S.-N, and Kiage, L.M.  2009.  Ecological impacts of Hurricane Ivan on the Gulf Coast of Alabama: A remote sensing study.  Journal of Coastal Research, SI 56.  1622-1626.