Shorelines are one of the most dynamic environments in the world. Beaches, composed of mobile sediment are especially susceptible to episodic events and long-term pressures. Storms can catastrophically erode, rising sea level can passively flood, changing in currents can erode or deposit. Understanding how the various processes impact the coast is critical to understanding how the coastal zone will respond into the future. As this area is home to a majority of the world's population and critical infrastructure, we must understand the process-response of the system.

Research Products from authors associated with the Lab

• Kelly, T, Gontz AM, 2019. Rapid assessment of shoreline changes induced by Tropical Cyclone Oma using CubeSat imagery in southeast Queensland. Journal of Coastal Research 36(1), 72-87
• Kelly, JT, McSweeney, S, Shulmeister, J, Gontz, AM, 2019. Bimodal climate control of shoreline change influenced by Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation variability along the Cooloola Sand Mass, Queensland, Australia. Marine Geology 415
• Kelly, JT, Gontz, AM, 2018. Using GPS-surveyed intertidal zones to determine the validity of shorelines automatically mapped by Landsat water indices. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 65, 92-104.