Dr Allen Gontz is moving to Clarkson University in July 2021. This site will no longer be maintained. A new Clarkson University site is pending.
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.