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Orrin H. Pilkey

Orrin H. Pilkey

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Earth Science

D-Index
52
Citations
7941
World Ranking
3120
National Ranking
1259

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2000 - GSA Public Service Award, The Geological Society of America

Overview

Orrin H. Pilkey is affiliated with Duke University in the United States and has contributed to the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research primarily focuses on coastal and marine dynamics, microplastics and plastic pollution, and coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics.

The primary topics covered in their work include:

  • Coastal and Marine Dynamics
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Marine and Offshore Engineering Studies
  • Coastal and Marine Management
  • Marine Ecology and Invasive Species

Recent significant papers authored or coauthored by Orrin H. Pilkey include:

  • "Sandy beaches can survive sea-level rise," 2020, Nature Climate Change
  • "The global impact of sand mining on beaches and dunes," 2023, Ocean & Coastal Management
  • "Not all that glitters is gold: Can the real scenic value of the Colombian Caribbean coast be restored?", 2022, Ocean & Coastal Management
  • "Woody debris on beach environments: Magnitudes, collateral effects, and management," 2021, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • "Sailors and Scientists Don't Mix," 2020, Journal of Coastal Research

Orrin H. Pilkey frequently collaborates with other researchers including William J. Neal, Nelson Rangel-Buitrago, Andrew Cooper, Gerd Masselink, and Giovanni Coco.

The scientist's work has appeared multiple times in notable publication venues, most frequently in:

  • Ocean & Coastal Management
  • Nature Climate Change
  • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • Journal of Coastal Research

In addition to articles, Orrin H. Pilkey has contributed to book publications with titles such as ":," published by eBooks in 2020.

Among awards, Orrin H. Pilkey received the GSA Public Service Award from The Geological Society of America in 2000.

Best Publications

  • The Concept of Shoreface Profile of Equilibrium: A Critical Review

    Orrin H. Pilkey;Robert S. Young;Stanley R. Riggs;A. W. Sam Smith

  • Shelf sediment transport : process and pattern

    Donald J. P. Swift;David B. Duane;Orrin H. Pilkey

  • Sea-Level Fluctuation and Coastal Evolution

    Dag Nummedal;Orrin H. Pilkey;James D. Howard

  • Open-Ocean Barrier Islands: Global Influence of Climatic, Oceanographic, and Depositional Settings

    Matthew L. Stutz;Orrin H. Pilkey

  • The Use of Mathematical Models to Predict Beach Behavior for U.S. Coastal Engineering: A Critical Review

    E. Robert Thieler;Orrin H. Pilkey;Robert S. Young;David M. Bush

  • Society and Sea Level Rise

    Orrin H. Pilkey;J. Andrew G. Cooper

  • Sandy beaches can survive sea-level rise

    J. A. G. Cooper;J. A. G. Cooper;G. Masselink;G. Coco;A. D. Short

  • Utilization of geoindicators for rapid assessment of coastal-hazard risk and mitigation

    David M. Bush;William J. Neal;Robert S. Young;Orrin H. Pilkey

  • Algarve Barrier Islands: A Noncoastal-Plain System in Portugal

    O. H. Pilkey;W. J. Neal;J. H. Monteiro;J. M. A. Dias

  • Sediments of the Continental Margin off the Eastern United States

    John D Milliman;Orrin H Pilkey;David A Ross

  • Geology of Continental Slopes

    Larry J. Doyle;Orrin H. Pilkey

  • Summary of Beach Nourishment Episodes on the U.S. East Coast Barrier Islands

    Hugo R. Valverde;Arthur C. Trembanis;Orrin H. Pilkey

  • Modern Sedimentation on the Shoreface and Inner Continental Shelf at Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, U.S.A.

    E. Robert Thieler;Orrin H. Pilkey;William J. Cleary;William C. Schwab

  • The World's Beaches: A Global Guide to the Science of the Shoreline

    Orrin Pilkey;William Neal;Joseph Kelley;Andrew Cooper

  • Living by the rules of the sea

    David M. Bush;Orrin H. Pilkey;William J. Neal

  • An Analysis of Coastal Recession Models: North Carolina Coast

    Orrin H. Pilkey;Thomas W. Davis

  • Tropical reef corals: tolerance of low temperatures on the north carolin.

    Ian G. Macintyre;Orrin H. Pilkey

  • The Effect of Environment on the Concentration of Skeletal Magnesium and Strontium in Dendraster

    Orrin H. Pilkey;John Hower

  • Black Shell turbidite, Hatteras Abyssal Plain, western Atlantic Ocean

    R. Douglas Elmore;Orrin H. Pilkey;William J. Cleary;H. Allen Curran

  • Global Distribution and Geomorphology of Fetch-Limited Barrier Islands

    Orrin H. Pilkey;J. Andrew G. Cooper;David A. Lewis

  • Sedimentation on the Eastern United States Continental Slope

    Larry J. Doyle;Orrin H. Pilkey;C. C. Woo

Frequent Co-Authors

E. Robert Thieler
E. Robert Thieler United States Geological Survey
Joseph T Kelley
Joseph T Kelley University of Maine
J. Andrew G. Cooper
J. Andrew G. Cooper University of Ulster
Michael E. Field
Michael E. Field United States Geological Survey
João Alveirinho Dias
João Alveirinho Dias University of Algarve
Derek Jackson
Derek Jackson University of Ulster
Robert C. Harriss
Robert C. Harriss University of New Hampshire
Ian G. Macintyre
Ian G. Macintyre National Museum of Natural History
Edward J. Anthony
Edward J. Anthony Aix-Marseille University
Stanley R. Riggs
Stanley R. Riggs East Carolina University

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