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Overview

Andrea S. Ogston is a researcher affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with additional contributions to Environmental Science. The focus within these domains includes Earth-surface processes, ecology, soil science, oceanography, and aspects of global and planetary change.

Ogston's research topics cover a range of geological and ecological phenomena, including:

  • Geological formations and processes
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Coastal and marine dynamics
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Marine biology and ecology research
  • Isotope analysis in ecology
  • Marine and fisheries research

Frequent collaborators in their research include Hannah Glover, Charles A. Nittrouer, E. Nils, Aaron T. Fricke, and Vando José Costa Gómes. These collaborative relationships have contributed to a variety of published works across multiple venues.

The main publication venues where Ogston's work appears reflect an interdisciplinary approach combining marine and earth sciences. Notable venues include:

  • Water
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Sedimentology
  • UNC Libraries
  • Annual Review of Marine Science

Their recent notable papers demonstrate a focus on sediment transport, sediment dynamics in deltaic systems, and deep-sea ecological monitoring. Examples of recent publications with year and venue are:

  • Amazon Sediment Transport and Accumulation Along the Continuum of Mixed Fluvial and Marine Processes, 2020, Annual Review of Marine Science
  • Visual monitoring of key deep-sea megafauna with an Internet Operated crawler as a tool for ecological status assessment, 2020, Progress In Oceanography
  • Connecting Sediment Retention to Distributary-Channel Hydrodynamics and Sediment Dynamics in a Tide-dominated Delta: The Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • Suspended-Sediment Distribution Patterns in Tide-Dominated Estuaries on the Eastern Amazon Coast: Geomorphic Controls of Turbidity-Maxima Formation, 2021, Water
  • Connection between macrotidal estuaries along the southeastern Amazon coast and its role in coastal progradation, 2020, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science

Best Publications

  • The Shaping of Continental Slopes by Internal Tides

    D. A. Cacchione;Lincoln F. Pratson;A.S. Ogston

  • Observations of storm and river flood-driven sediment transport on the northern California continental shelf

    A.S Ogston;A.S Ogston;D.A Cacchione;D.A Cacchione;R.W Sternberg;G.C Kineke

  • Shelf-to-canyon sediment-transport processes on the Eel continental margin (northern California)

    P. Puig;A.S. Ogston;B.L. Mullenbach;C.A. Nittrouer

  • Measurement of size and settling velocity of suspended aggregates on the northern California continental shelf

    R.W Sternberg;I Berhane;A.S Ogston

  • Origin of Amazon mudbanks along the northeastern coast of South America

    Mead A Allison;Michael T Lee;Andrea S Ogston;Robert C Aller

  • Clinoform mechanics in the Gulf of Papua, New Guinea

    J.P. Walsh;C.A. Nittrouer;C.M. Palinkas;A.S. Ogston

  • Storm‐induced sediment gravity flows at the head of the Eel submarine canyon, northern California margin

    Pere Puig;Andrea S. Ogston;B.L. Mullenbach;C.A. Nittrouer

  • Wave- and tidally-driven flow and sediment flux across a fringing coral reef: Southern Molokai, Hawaii

    Curt D. Storlazzi;Andrea S. Ogston;Michael H. Bothner;Michael E. Field

  • Sediment-transport events on the northern California continental shelf

    A.S Ogston;R.W Sternberg

  • Ecological response and physical stability of habitat enhancements along an urban armored shoreline

    Jason D. Toft;Andrea S. Ogston;Sarah M. Heerhartz;Jeffery R. Cordell

  • Sediment resuspension and transport patterns on a fringing reef flat, Molokai, Hawaii

    A. S. Ogston;C. D. Storlazzi;M. E. Field;M. K. Presto

  • Sediment Delivery to the Seabed on Continental Margins

    Paul S. Hill;Jason M. Fox;John S. Crockett;Kristian J. Curran

  • Sediment dynamics in the lower Mekong River : transition from tidal river to estuary

    Daniel J. Nowacki;Andrea S. Ogston;Charles A. Nittrouer;Aaron T. Fricke

  • Distribution and sources of particulate organic matter in the water column and sediments of the Fly River Delta, Gulf of Papua (Papua New Guinea)

    Miguel A. Goni;Natalie Monacci;Rachel Gisewhite;Andrea Ogston

  • Observations of intermediate nepheloid layers on the northern California continental margin

    E.E. McPhee-Shaw;R.W. Sternberg;B. Mullenbach;A.S. Ogston

  • Coupled ocean-atmosphere nested modeling of the Adriatic Sea during winter and spring 2001

    Julie Pullen;James D. Doyle;Richard Hodur;Andrea Ogston

  • Northern Adriatic response to a wintertime bora wind event

    Craig M. Lee;Farid Askari;Jeff Book;Sandro Carniel

  • Morphodynamic evolution following sediment release from the world’s largest dam removal

    Andrew C. Ritchie;Jonathan A. Warrick;Amy E. East;Christopher S. Magirl

  • Terrigenous organic matter in sediments from the Fly River delta‐clinoform system (Papua New Guinea)

    Miguel A. Goni;Natalie Monacci;Rachel Gisewhite;John Crockett

  • Multiscale impacts of armoring on Salish Sea shorelines: Evidence for cumulative and threshold effects

    Megan N. Dethier;Wendel W. Raymond;Aundrea N. McBride;Jason D. Toft

  • Sediment transport event analysis on the western Adriatic continental shelf

    A.M.V. Fain;A.S. Ogston;R.W. Sternberg

  • Large-scale dam removal on the Elwha River, Washington, USA: coastal geomorphic change

    Guy R. Gelfenbaum;Andrew W. Stevens;Ian M. Miller;Jonathan A. Warrick

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles A. Nittrouer
Charles A. Nittrouer University of Washington
Richard W. Sternberg
Richard W. Sternberg University of Washington
Mead A. Allison
Mead A. Allison Tulane University
Michael E. Field
Michael E. Field United States Geological Survey
Curt D. Storlazzi
Curt D. Storlazzi United States Geological Survey
Jeffery R. Cordell
Jeffery R. Cordell University of Washington
Pere Puig
Pere Puig Spanish National Research Council
David J. DeMaster
David J. DeMaster North Carolina State University
Jonathan A. Warrick
Jonathan A. Warrick United States Geological Survey
Tian-Jian Hsu
Tian-Jian Hsu University of Delaware

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