Publications
* = graduate student or Georgiou group member/scholar
Under review/submitted
70. Carruthers, T.J.B., Jones, B., et al., Progress in identifying and meeting critical knowledge gaps for one of the world’s largest tidal wetlands can reduce uncertainty and improve viability of blue carbon projects, Frontiers in Environmental Science, in review.
69. Georgiou, I.Y., FitzGerald, D.M., Sakib, Md.M., Miner, M.D., Kulp, M.A., Messina, F., Storm dynamics control sedimentation and Shelf-Bay-Marsh sediment exchange along the Louisiana Coast, Geophysical Research Letters, in review.
68. Shawler, J.L., Hein, C.J., Sakib, Md.M., Messina, F., Georgiou, I.Y., Large-Scale hydrodynamics can overprint allogenic environmental signals recorded in progradational beach- and foredune-ridge archives, JGR-Earth Surface, in-review.
67. Cardigan, J., Jafari, N., Bentley, S.J., Georgiou, I.Y., Maloney, J/M., Xu, K., Obelcz, J., Duxbury, J., Combined Geotechnical and Geological Identification of Sub-Decadal Mass Failures in the Subaqueous Mississippi River Delta Front, in review.
66. Bastian, M.M., et al., Current and future potential net greenhouse gas sinks and sources of existing, converted, and restored marsh and mangrove forest habitats, Restoration Ecology, in revision.
Published and in print/press
2024
65. Georgiou, I.Y., FitzGerald, Hanegan, K., 2024, Storm and tidal interactions control sediment exchange at mixed-energy coastal systems. PNAS Nexus, 3(2), pgae042, https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae042.
64. Hein, C.J., Connell, J.E., FitzGerald, D.M., Georgiou, I.Y., Hughes, Z.J., King, K., 2024, Vertical accretion trends project doughnut-like fragmentation of saltmarshes, Communications Earth and Environment, Springer Nature, Commun Earth Environ 5, 74. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01219-8.
63. Courtois, A., Bentley, S., Maloney, J., Xu, K., Chaytor, J., Georgiou, I. Y., Miner, M. D., Obelcz, J., Jafari, N. H., & Damour, M. (2024). Short-Term Sediment Dispersal on a Large Retreating Coastal River Delta via 234Th and 7Be Sediment Geochronology: The Mississippi River Delta Front. Water, 16(3), 463. https://doi.org/10.3390/w16030463
62. Figueredo, N., Bentley, S., Chaytor, J. D., Xu, K., Jafari, N., Georgiou, I.Y., Damour, M., Duxbury, J., Obelcz, J., & Maloney, J. (2024). Sedimentary Processes and Instability on the Mississippi River Delta Front near the Shipwreck of the SS Virginia. Water, 16(3), 421. https://doi.org/10.3390/w16030421.
2023
61. Brogdon, J., Baer, A., Constant, G., Glaspie, C., Miner, M., Georgiou, I.Y., Dance, M.A., 2023, Variability in estuarine habitat use of a threatened species in the northern Gulf of Mexico: implications for coastal restoration. Global Ecology and Conversation, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2023.e02766
60. Hanegan, K.*, FitzGerald, D.M., Georgiou, I.Y., Hughes, Z.H., 2023. Long-term sea level rise modeling of a basin and tidal inlet system reveals sediment sinks, Nature Communications, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42895-y
59. Liu, B., J, E., Messina, F., Baustian, M. M., Maiti, K., Huang, W., & Georgiou, I. Y., 2023, Dissolved organic carbon dynamics and fluxes in Mississippi-Atchafalaya deltaic system impacted by an extreme flood event and hurricanes: A multi-satellite approach using Sentinel-2/3 and Landsat-8/9 Data, Frontiers in Marine Science, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1159367
58. Georgiou, I.Y., Messina, F., Sakib, Md M , Zou, S. , Foster-Martinez, M. , Bregman, M., Hein, C.J., Fenster, M.S., Shawler, J.L., McPherran, M., Trembanis, A.C., 2023, Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport at a Mixed energy Spit-Inlet System: a Modeling Study at Chincoteague Inlet (Virginia USA), Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2023, 11, 1075. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11051075
57. Bloemendaal, L.H., FitzGerald, D.M., Hughes, Z.H., Novak, A., Georgiou, I.Y., 2023, Reevaluating the wave power-salt marsh retreat relationship, Sci Rep 13, 2884 (2023). https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-30042-y
56. Hemmerling, S. Demyers, C., Parfait, J., Piñero, E., Baustian, M.M., Bregman, M., D. Leonardo, D., Esposito, C., Georgiou, I.Y., Grismore, A., Jung, H., Mcmann, B., Miner, M.D., 2023. A community-informed transdisciplinary approach to coastal restoration planning, Frontiers of Marine Science, Interdisciplinary Climate Studies, Volume 11 - 2023 | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2023.1105671/full
2022
55. Souza, P.*, Georgiou, I.Y., FitzGerald, D.M., Hughes, Z.H., Howes, N., Kulp, M.A., 2022, Hydrodynamic controls on sedimentary facies of tidal point bars: A case study in the Georgia coastal plain, Sedimentology, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/sed.13060
54. Caffey, R., Petrolia, D.R., Georgiou, I.Y., Miner, M.D., Wang, H., Kime, B., 2022, The economics of sediment quality on barrier shoreline restoration, Journal of Environmental Management, 319, 115730, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115730
53. FitzGerald, Hughes, Z.H., Alice, S., Hein, C., Sakib, MD, Georgiou, I.Y., Novak, A., 2022, Following the sand grains, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 10, 631. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10050631
52. Cardigan, J., Jafari, N., Georgiou, I.Y., 2022, Mobilized Shear Strengths of Mississippi River Delta Front Sediments during Submarine Slides, GeoMarine Letters, Geo-Marine Letters (2022) 42:8, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00367-022-00731-0
2021
51. Bendoni, M., Georgiou, I.Y., Novak, A.B., 2021. In D. FitzGerald & Z. Hughes (Eds.), Salt Marshes: Function, Dynamics, and Stresses (pp. 388-422). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781316888933.018
50. FitzGerald, D.M., Hein, C.J., O'Connell, J.E., Hughes, Z..J, Georgiou, I.Y., Novak, A, 2021, Largest Marsh in New England near a Precipice, Geomorphology, 379 (2021), 107625, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2021.107625
2020
49. Torres, J., Kulp, M.A., FitzGerald, D.M., Georgiou, I.Y., Lepper, K., 2020. Geomorphic and Temporal Evolution of a Mississippi River flanking barrier: Grand Isle, LA, Marine Geology, 430(2020) 106341, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2020.106341
48. FitzGerald, D.M., Hughes, Z.J., Georgiou, I.Y., Black, S., Novak, A., 2020. Climate Driven Event Sedimentation on Marshes, Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 47, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL086737
47. FitzGerald, D.M., Ryerson, O., Hughes, Z.J., Black, S., Georgiou, I.Y., Novak, A., 2020. Long-term Variability in Inorganic Sediment Contributions to the Great Marsh, Massachusetts, Journal of Coastal Research Vol. 95, 490-494
46. Esposito, C., Georgiou, I.Y., Straub, K., 2020. The role of flow loss in distributary networks on channel sedimentation and morphology, Water Resources Research, Volume 56, e2019WR026463. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019WR026463
45. Maloney, J.M., Bentley, S.J., Xu, K., Obelcz, j., Georgiou, I.Y., Jafari, N., Miner, M.D., 2020. Mass Wasting on the Mississippi River subaqueous Delta, Invited Paper, Annual Reviews – Earth Sciences, 200(2020)103001
2019
44. Bendoni, M., Georgiou, I.Y., Roelvink, D., Oumeraci, H., 2019. Numerical Modeling of the Erosion of Marsh Boundaries due to Wave Impact, Coastal Engineering, 152 (2019) 103514, DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2019.103514
43. Shawler, J.L, Hein, C.J., Canuel, E.A., Kaste, J.M., Fitzsimons, G.G., Georgiou, I.Y., Willard, D.A., 2019. Historical land-use changes drive time-varying sedimentation in a formerly glaciated New England estuary, Anthropocene Coasts, 2: 340–361 (2019) dx.doi.org/10.1139/anc-2018-0034
42. Hein, C.J. Fallon, A.R., Rosen, P., Hoagland, P., Morris, M., Georgiou, I.Y., FitzGerald, D.M., Baker, S., Marino, G.B., 2019. Shoreline dynamics along a developed river mouth barrier island: Multi-decadal cycles of erosion and event-driven mitigation, Frontiers in Earth Sciences, 7, 103, 10.3389/feart.2019.00103
41. Carney, J.A., Twilley, R.R., Agre, C., Hird, J., Georgiou, I.Y., Shelden, J., The Giving Delta, 2019. In: Elizabeth Mossop (eds) Sustainable Coastal Design and Planning, CRC Press - Taylor and Francis, ISBN 978-1-4987-7454-3.
2018
40. FitzGerald, D.M., Hein, C.J., Hughes, Z., Kulp, A.M., Georgiou, I.Y., Miner, M.D., 2018. Runaway barrier island transgression concept: Global case studies, In: Moore, L.J. and Murray, A.B., (eds) Barrier Dynamics and the Impact of Climate Change on Barrier Evolution, ISBN 978-3-319-68084-2, pp 3-56.
39. Maloney, J.M., Bentley, S.J., Xu, K., Obelcz, j., Georgiou, I.Y., Miner, M.D., 2018. Mississippi River subaqueous delta is entering a stage of decline, Marine Geology, 400, pp 12-23, DOI 10.1016/j.margeo.2018.03.001
38. Obelcz, J., Xu, K., Georgiou, I.Y., Maloney, J., Bentley, S.J., Miner, M.D. 2017. Sub-decadal submarine landslides are important drivers of deltaic sediment flux: insights from the Mississippi River Delta Front, Geology, 45(8), pp 703-706, DOI 10.1130/G38688.1
2017
37. Darnell, K., Carruthers, T., Biber, P., Georgiou, I.Y., Michot, T.C., Boustany, R.G., 2017. Implications of spatial and temporal patterns in Thalassia testudinum tissue nutrients at the Chandeleur Islands, Estuaties and Coasts.
36. Keller, G., Bentley S.J., Georgiou, I.Y., Maloney, J., Miner, M.D., Xu, K, 2016. River-plume sedimentation and 210Pb/7Be seabed delivery on the Mississippi River delta front, Geo-Marine Letter, DOI 10.1007/s00367-016-04760-0
2015-16
35. Hein, C.J., FitzGerald, D.M., de Souza, L.H.P., Georgiou, I.Y., Buynevich, I.V., Klein, A.H.F., de Menezes, J.T., Cleary, W.J., *Scolaro, T., 2016. Complex coastal change in response to autogenic basin infilling: An example from a sub-tropical Holocene strandplain, Sedimentology, doi: 10.1111/sed.12265.
34. Hanegan, K.*, Georgiou, I.Y., 2015. Tidal modulated flow and sediment flux through Wax Lake Delta distributary channels: Implications for delta development. International Association of Hydrological Sciences, 367(367), 391–398. doi:10.5194/piahs-367-391-2015
2014
33. El Kheiashy, K.*, McCorquodale, J.A., Georgiou, I.Y., and Meselhe, E., 2014, Bed Forms Resistance Dependency on Numerical Models Grid Size Spatial Resolution, Journal of Spatial Science, 59:2, 363-372, DOI: 10.1080/14498596.2014.879746.
32. FitzGerald, D., Georgiou, I.Y., and Miner, M., 2014, Estuaries and Tidal Inlets, in: Coastal Environments and Global Change (Masselink, G. and Gehrels, R., eds), Wiley Press, New York, Chapter 12, p. 356-465.
31. Kulp, M.K, FitzGerald, D.M., Georgiou, I.Y., 2014, The Mississippi river Deltas; in Encyclopedia or the worlds Deltas, Elsevier, 17 pp
2011-2013
30. Esposito, C.R.*, Georgiou, I.Y., Kolker, A.K., 2013, Hydrodynamic and Geomorphic controls on mouth bar evolution, Geophysical Research Letters, doi: 10.1002/grl.50333
29. Barbier E.B., Georgiou I.Y., Enchelmeyer, B., Reed, D.J., 2013, The Value of Wetlands in Protecting Southeast Louisiana from Hurricane Storm Surges. PLoS ONE 8(3): e58715. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0058715
28. Meselhe, E., Georgiou, I.Y., Allison, M.A., McCorquodale, J.A., 2012, Delta building diversions: Numerical modeling of hydrodynamics and sediment transport in the Lower Mississippi River near Myrtle Grove River Bend, Journal of Hydrology, 472, 340-354.
27. Grzegorzewski, S.A.*, Georgiou, I.Y., 2011, Sediment transport trends along an island terminus; A model study during storms in the northern Chandeleur Islands, in Coastal Sediments, eds. Wang, P., Rosati, J.D., and Roberts, T.M., v. 3, 2198-2211
2010
26. El Kheiashy, K.*, McCorquodale, J.A., Georgiou, I.Y., and Meselhe, E., 2010, Three dimensional hydrodynamic modeling over bed forms in open channels, International Journal of Sediment Research, Vol. 25, No.4, 2010, pp. 431 - 440.
25. Georgiou I.Y., Kulp, M.A., FitzGerald, D.M., Miner, M., 2010, “The Louisiana Coastline”, in Encyclopedia of the World’s Coastal Landforms, (eds) E.C.F. Bird, Springer, New York, ISBN: 1402086385, pp. 61 - 68. (invited)
24. Howes, N.C., FitzGerald, D.M., Hughes, Z.J., Georgiou, I.Y., Kulp, M.K., Miner, M.D., Smith, J.M., and Barras, J.A., 2010, Hurricane Induced failure of low salinity wetlands, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, v. 107, 32, 14014-14019, doi/10.1073/pnas.0914582107.
2009
23. Georgiou, I.Y., McCorquodale, J. A., Schindler*, J., Retana A.G., FitzGerald, D.M., Hughes, Z., Howes, N., 2009, Impact of Multiple Freshwater Diversions on the Salinity Distribution in the Pontchartrain Estuary under Tidal Forcing, Journal of Coastal Research, Vol. 54, pp. 59 – 70.
22. McCorquodale, J.A., Roblin, R.J., Georgiou, I.Y., Haralampides, K., 2009, Salinity, nutrient, and sediment dynamics in the Pontchartrain Estuary, Journal of Coastal Research, Vol. 54, pp. 71- 87.
21. Pereira, J.F.*, J.A. McCorquodale, E.A. Meselhe, I.Y. Georgiou and M.A. Allison, 2009, Numerical Simulation of Bed Material Transport in the Lower Mississippi River, Journal of Coastal Research, v. 56, ISSN 0749-0248, pp. 1449 – 1453.
20. Georgiou, I.Y., Schindler, J.*, 2009, Wave forecasting and longshore sediment transport gradients along a transgressive barrier island; Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana, GeoMarine Letters, DOI 10.1007/s00367-009-0165-3, pp. 467 – 476.
19. Miner, M.D., Kulp, M.A., FitzGerald, D.M., and Georgiou, I.Y., 2009, Hurricane-associated ebb-tidal delta sediment dynamics: Geology, v. 37, no. 9, p. 851-854, doi: 10.1130/G25466A.1.
18. Georgiou, I.Y., and Schindler, J.*, 2009, Numerical simulation of waves and sediment transport along a transgressive barrier island, Chapter H., in Lavoie, D., ed., Sand resources, regional geology, and coastal processes of the Chandeleur Islands coastal system—an evaluation of the Breton National Wildlife Refuge: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009–5252, Reston, VA, p. 143–168.
2008
17. Li, C, N., Walker, A.,Hou , Georgiou I.Y., H., Roberts, E., Laws, E., Weeks, X., Li, J., Crochet. 2008. Circular Plumes in Lake Pontchartrain under Wind Straining, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, v. 80, iss. 1, p. 161-172.
16. Li, C., C. Chen, D. Guadagnoli, I.Y. Georgiou. 2008. Geometry-Induced Residual Eddies in Estuaries with Curved Channels: Observations and Modeling Studies, J. Geophys. Res, 113, C01005, doi:10.1029/2006JC004031.
2000-2005
15. Georgiou, I.Y., Fitzgerald, D., Stone, G., 2005, Physical Processes Along the Louisiana Coastal Waters, J. of Coastal Research, Vol. 44, pp. 72-89.
14. Reyes, E., Georgiou, I.Y., McCorquodale, J.A., Reed, D., 2005, Modeling Barrier Island Effects in Coastal Ecosystems, J. of Coastal Research, Vol. 44, pp. 176-185.
13. McCorquodale J. A., Carnelos S., Georgiou I.Y., Barbé D., Cothren G., Englande A.J., 2004, Fate of Pathogens in Stormwater Plumes, Chapter 5 in: Innovative Modeling of Urban Water Systems, James, William, (eds), Monograph 12, pp. 91-113, CHI Publications.
12. McCorquodale, J.A., Georgiou, I.Y., Susanne Carnelos, and Andrew J. Englande, 2004, Modeling Coliforms in Storm Water Plumes, J. Environ. Eng. Sc., Vol. 3, pp. 419-431.
11. Georgiou, I.Y., Tittlebaum, E.M., 2001, Sanitary Sewer Overflows Associated with non-NPDES Entities, J. of Environ. Engg. and Policy, Springer & Verlag, Vol. 2, No.3, pp. 121-130.
10. Georgiou, I.Y., McCorquodale, J.A., 2000, Salinity Stratification from a Navigation Canal in a Shallow Lake, Stratified Flows, Laurence G.A., Pieters R. and Yonemitsu N., Eds., IAHR, Vol. 2, 859 – 864.
Other publications
Edited Conference Proceedings and monographs
9. Hein, C.J., Georgiou, I.Y., FitzGerald, D.M., de Souza, L.H.P., Klein, A.H.F., de Menezes, J.T, (2015), Wave energy, sediment supply, and sea-level fall: Late Holocene basin infilling in southern Brazil, In: Coastal Sediments '11, Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Coastal Engineering and Science of Coastal Sediment Processes.
8. Georgiou, I.Y. and McCorquodale J.A., 2004, Modeling Freshwater Inflows into a Shallow Lake, J. of Hydro-Engineering and Env. Mechanics, Vol. 51, No. 1, pp. 75-84.
7. Sadid, K., Meselhe, E., Allison, M.A, McCorquodale, J.A., Gaweesh, A., Pereira, P, Georgiou, I.Y., Vosburg, B., 2012, Numerical Modeling of Bonnet Carré Spillway as a large controlled diversion during the 2011 Mississippi River Flood, Environmental Water Resources Institute, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), May 19-23, Cincinatti, Ohio
6. Grzegorzewski, S.A.*, Georgiou, I.Y., 2011, Sediment transport trends along an island terminus; A model study during storms in the northern Chandeleur Islands, in Coastal Sediments, eds. Wang, P., Rosati, J.D., and Roberts, T.M., v. 3, 2198-2211
5. Meselhe, E., Pereira, J.F., Georgiou, I.Y, Allison, M.A., McCorquodale, J.A., Davis, M.A., 2010, Numerical modeling of mobile bed hydrodynamics in the lower Mississippi River, in World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Richard N. Palmer, Ed., ASCE, New York, pp. 1433-1442
4. Meselhe, E., Habib, E., Griborio, A., Georgiou, I.Y., and McCorquodale, J.A., 2006, Multidimensional Modeling of the Lower Mississippi River, Estuarine and Coastal Modeling, Malcolm L. Spaulding and Butler Lee H., Eds., ASCE, New York, pp. 152-160.
3. Georgiou, I.Y., McCorquodale, J.A., 2002, Stratification and Circulation Patterns in Lake Pontchartrain, Estuarine and Coastal Modeling, Malcolm L. Spaulding and Butler Lee H., Eds., ASCE, New York, pp. 140-151.
2. McCorquodale, J.A., Georgiou, I.Y., Carnelos, S., and Haralampides, K., 2002, Modeling of Fresh and Saltwater Inflow to Lake Pontchartrain, Proceedings from the Coastal Water Resources Conference, AWRA, May 15-17, New Orleans, LA.
1. Haralampides, K., McCorquodale, J.A., and Georgiou, I.Y., 2001, Modelling of Lake Pontchartrain, Louisana; Environmental Management Applications, Proceedings of the 15th Bi-annual Canadian Hydrotechnical conference, CSCE, May 30 – June 2, Victoria, British Colombia, Canada.