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Christopher K. Sommerfield

Christopher K. Sommerfield

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Earth Science

D-Index
32
Citations
3780
World Ranking
8704
National Ranking
2834

Overview

Christopher K. Sommerfield is affiliated with the University of Delaware in the United States. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on Ecology, Earth-Surface Processes, Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, and Global and Planetary Change.

Sommerfield's work covers a range of topics related to coastal and marine environments, including:

  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Coastal and Marine Dynamics
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems

The scientist has published in multiple venues, reflecting the diversity of their research interests. Notable publication venues include:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • Data
  • Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Sommerfield include:

  • Impact of Historical Channel Deepening on Tidal Hydraulics in the Delaware Estuary, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • The ebb and flow of protons: A novel approach for the assessment of estuarine and coastal acidification, 2020, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • Carbon Sequestration Rate Estimates in Delaware Bay and Barnegat Bay Tidal Wetlands Using Interpolation Mapping, 2020, Data
  • Long-term sediment accretion and nutrient deposition in a tidal marsh of the Delaware Bay, 2020, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
  • Accuracy and Precision of Tidal Wetland Soil Carbon Mapping in the Conterminous United States: Public Soil Carbon Data Release, 2024, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

Collaborations are an aspect of Sommerfield's research activity. Frequent co-authors include:

  • David J. Velinsky
  • Elizabeth Watson
  • L. Fernando Pareja-Roman
  • Robert J. Chant
  • D. Tye Pettay

Best Publications

  • Modern accumulation rates and a sediment budget for the Eel shelf: a flood-dominated depositional environment

    Christopher K Sommerfield;Charles A Nittrouer

  • Rapid and widespread dispersal of flood sediment on the northern California margin

    R. A. Wheatcroft;C. K. Sommerfield;D. E. Drake;J. C. Borgeld

  • Seabed characterization on the New Jersey middle and outer shelf: correlatability and spatial variability of seafloor sediment properties

    John A. Goff;Barbara J. Kraft;Larry A. Mayer;Steven G. Schock

  • 7Be as a tracer of flood sedimentation on the northern California continental margin

    C.K. Sommerfield;C.A. Nittrouer;C.R. Alexander

  • Seasonal variation of sediment deposition in the Hudson River estuary

    Jonathan D Woodruff;W.Rockwell Geyer;Christopher K Sommerfield;Neal W Driscoll

  • The geological record preserved by Amazon shelf sedimentation

    Charles A. Nittrouer;Steven A. Kuehl;Alberto G. Figueiredo;Mead A. Allison

  • Bigger tides, less flooding: Effects of dredging on barotropic dynamics in a highly modified estuary.

    David K. Ralston;Stefan Talke;W. Rockwell Geyer;Hussein A. M. Al-Zubaidi

  • Accuracy and Precision of Tidal Wetland Soil Carbon Mapping in the Conterminous United States.

    James R. Holmquist;Lisamarie Windham-Myers;Norman Bliss;Stephen Crooks

  • Mechanisms of sediment flux and turbidity maintenance in the Delaware Estuary

    Christopher K. Sommerfield;Kuo-Chuin Wong

  • Seismic geomorphology of buried channel systems on the New Jersey outer shelf: assessing past environmental conditions

    Sylvia Nordfjord;John A. Goff;James A. Austin;Christopher K. Sommerfield

  • River sediment flux and shelf sediment accumulation rates on the Pacific Northwest margin

    R.A. Wheatcroft;C.K. Sommerfield

  • Salt Marsh Carbon Pool Distribution in a Mid-Atlantic Lagoon, USA: Sea Level Rise Implications

    Tracy Elsey-Quirk;Tracy Elsey-Quirk;Denise M. Seliskar;Christopher K. Sommerfield;John L. Gallagher

  • Recent and modern marine erosion on the New Jersey outer shelf

    John A Goff;James A Austin;Sean S Gulick;Sylvia Nordfjord

  • Marsh sediments as records of sedimentation, eutrophication and metal pollution in the urban Delaware Estuary

    T.M. Church;C.K. Sommerfield;D.J. Velinsky;D. Point

  • Observations of tidal and springtime sediment transport in the upper Delaware Estuary

    Timothy L. Cook;Christopher K. Sommerfield;Kuo-Chuin Wong

  • Rapid sediment deposition and fine‐scale strata formation in the Hudson estuary

    Peter A. Traykovski;W. Rockwell Geyer;Christopher K. Sommerfield

  • Shelf record of climatic changes in flood magnitude and frequency, north-coastal California

    Christopher K. Sommerfield;David E. Drake;Robert A. Wheatcroft

  • Late Holocene sediment accumulation on the northern California shelf: Oceanic, fluvial, and anthropogenic influences

    Christopher K. Sommerfield;Robert A. Wheatcroft

  • Suspended sediment deposition and trapping efficiency in a Delaware salt marsh

    Susanne M. Moskalski;Christopher K. Sommerfield

  • On sediment accumulation rates and stratigraphic completeness: Lessons from Holocene ocean margins

    Christopher K. Sommerfield

  • Seasonal variability of the inorganic carbon system in a large coastal plain estuary

    Andrew Joesoef;David L. Kirchman;Christopher K. Sommerfield;Wei-Jun Cai

  • Accuracy and Precision of Tidal Wetland Soil Carbon Mapping in the Conterminous United States: Public Soil Carbon Data Release

    James R. Holmquist;Lisamarie Windham-Myers;Norman Bliss;Stephen Crooks

Frequent Co-Authors

John A. Goff
John A. Goff The University of Texas at Austin
James A. Austin
James A. Austin The University of Texas at Austin
Charles A. Nittrouer
Charles A. Nittrouer University of Washington
Benjamin P. Horton
Benjamin P. Horton City University of Hong Kong
Robert A. Wheatcroft
Robert A. Wheatcroft Oregon State University
Donald E. Weller
Donald E. Weller Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
W. Rockwell Geyer
W. Rockwell Geyer Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Joseph M. Smoak
Joseph M. Smoak University of South Florida St. Petersburg
James T. Morris
James T. Morris University of South Carolina
Tiffany G. Troxler
Tiffany G. Troxler Florida International University

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