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Robert A. Wheatcroft

Robert A. Wheatcroft

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Earth Science

D-Index
41
Citations
5239
World Ranking
5636
National Ranking
2074

Overview

Robert A. Wheatcroft is affiliated with Oregon State University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on earth and planetary sciences and environmental science, with significant work in the subfields of ecology, earth-surface processes, and atmospheric science.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, coastal and marine dynamics, geology and paleoclimatology research, tropical and extratropical cyclones research, and geological formations and processes.

Recent publications by Robert A. Wheatcroft include:

  • Controls on Sediment Accretion and Blue Carbon Burial in Tidal Saline Wetlands: Insights From the Oregon Coast, USA (2020), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • Recovery Rate of a Salt Marsh From the 1700 CE Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquake, Netarts Bay, Oregon (2022), published in Geophysical Research Letters
  • Spatiotemporal controls on organic matter sourcing to minerogenic salt marshes (2024), published in Limnology and Oceanography
  • RATE OF SALT MARSH REEMERGENCE FOLLOWING THE 1700 CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE EARTHQUAKE (2020), published in Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Spatiotemporal variation in Oregon salt marsh expansion and contraction (GIS data) (2021), published in HydroShare Resources

Frequent publication venues for Wheatcroft's research include:

  • HydroShare Resources
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • Limnology and Oceanography
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

Collaborations have often involved several co-authors on multiple occasions, including:

  • Erin K. Peck
  • Miguel A. Goñi
  • T. P. Guilderson
  • Maureen H. Walczak
  • Laura S. Brophy

The body of research produced by Robert A. Wheatcroft provides data and analysis related to coastal wetland ecosystems, sedimentation processes, and responses of salt marshes to geological events such as earthquakes. Their work contributes to understanding long-term ecological and geological changes on the Oregon coast and related marine environments.

Best Publications

  • Vent fauna on whale remains

    C. R. Smith;H. Kukert;R. A. Wheatcroft;P. A. Jumars

  • A mechanistic view of the particulate biodiffusion coefficient: Step lengths, rest periods and transport directions

    R. A. Wheatcroft;P. A. Jumars;C. R. Smith;A. R. M. Nowell

  • Deep-Sea Deposit-Feeding Strategies Suggested by Environmental and Feeding Constraints

    P. A. Jumars;L. M. Mayer;J. W. Deming;J. A. Baross

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

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

  • Oceanic flood deposits on the northern California shelf: large-scale distribution and small-scale physical properties

    R.A Wheatcroft;J.C Borgeld

  • Preservation potential of sedimentary event layers

    Robert A. Wheatcroft

  • Oceanic flood sedimentation: a new perspective

    Robert A Wheatcroft

  • Experimental tests for particle size-dependent bioturbation in the deep ocean

    Robert A. Wheatcroft

  • Overview of SAX99: environmental considerations

    M.D. Richardson;K.B. Briggs;L.D. Bibee;P.A. Jumars

  • Post-depositional alteration and preservation of sedimentary event layers on continental margins, I. The role of episodic sedimentation

    Robert A Wheatcroft;David E Drake

  • The use of 7Be to identify event and seasonal sedimentation near the Po River delta, Adriatic Sea

    C.M. Palinkas;C.A. Nittrouer;R.A. Wheatcroft;L. Langone

  • Particulate organic matter export by two contrasting small mountainous rivers from the Pacific Northwest, U.S.A.

    Miguel A. Goñi;Jeff A. Hatten;Robert A. Wheatcroft;Jeffry C. Borgeld

  • The role of effective discharge in the ocean delivery of particulate organic carbon by small, mountainous river systems

    Robert A. Wheatcroft;Miguel A. Goñ i;Jeff A. Hatten;Gregory B. Pasternack

  • Sediment Delivery to the Seabed on Continental Margins

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

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

    R.A. Wheatcroft;C.K. Sommerfield

  • Chemical characteristics of particulate organic matter from a small, mountainous river system in the Oregon Coast Range, USA

    Jeff A. Hatten;Miguel A. Goñi;Robert A. Wheatcroft

  • The large-scale distribution and internal geometry of the fall 2000 Po River flood deposit: Evidence from digital X-radiography

    Robert A. Wheatcroft;Andrew W. Stevens;Louise M. Hunt;Timothy G. Milligan

  • Size sorting of fine-grained sediments during erosion: Results from the western Gulf of Lions

    B.A. Law;B.A. Law;P.S. Hill;T.G. Milligan;K.J. Curran

  • The Anatomy of an Oceanic Flood Deposit

    Robert Wheatcroft;Jeffry Borgeld;Rebecca Born;David Drake

  • Trends in the suspended-sediment yields of coastal rivers of northern California, 1955–2010

    J.A. Warrick;Mary Ann Madej;M. A. Goñi;R.A. Wheatcroft

  • Seabed properties and sediment erodibility along the western Adriatic margin, Italy

    A.W. Stevens;R.A. Wheatcroft;P.L. Wiberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Miguel A. Goñi
Miguel A. Goñi Oregon State University
Gregory B. Pasternack
Gregory B. Pasternack University of California, Davis
David E. Drake
David E. Drake United States Geological Survey
Jonathan A. Warrick
Jonathan A. Warrick United States Geological Survey
Peter A. Jumars
Peter A. Jumars University of Maine
Patricia L. Wiberg
Patricia L. Wiberg University of Virginia
Charles A. Nittrouer
Charles A. Nittrouer University of Washington
Paul S. Hill
Paul S. Hill Dalhousie University
Christopher K. Sommerfield
Christopher K. Sommerfield University of Delaware
Timothy G. Milligan
Timothy G. Milligan Bedford Institute of Oceanography

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