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Overview

Stanley R. Riggs is affiliated with East Carolina University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work encompasses a variety of subfields including Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Geophysics, Molecular Biology, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientific focus of Riggs's research covers multiple main topics such as:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Marine and environmental studies
  • Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques

Riggs has contributed to academic literature with papers published recently in venues like Palaios and the EMPIAR dataset. Notable papers include:

  • CHARACTERIZING MODERN AND HOLOCENE BARRIER-ISLAND ENVIRONMENTS WITH FORAMINIFERAL ASSEMBLAGES: AN EXAMPLE FROM A WAVE-DOMINATED, MICROTIDAL BARRIER-ISLAND SYSTEM, NORTH CAROLINA, USA, 2022, published in Palaios
  • EMinsight: a tool to capture cryoEM microscope configuration and experimental outcomes for analysis and deposition, 2024, published in EMPIAR dataset

Collaborations have played a role in Riggs's research activities, with frequent coauthors including Randolph A. McBride, John B. Anderson, Ilya V. Buynevich, Mark R. Byrnes, and William Cleary. Each of these collaborators has contributed to at least one published work alongside Riggs.

Best Publications

  • Influence of inherited geologic framework on barrier shoreface morphology and dynamics

    Stanley R. Riggs;William J. Cleary;Stephen W. Snyder

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

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

  • Paleoceanographic model of neogene phosphorite deposition, u.s. Atlantic continental margin.

    Stanley R. Riggs

  • Sedimentation dynamics and redox iron-cycling: controlling factors for the apatite—glauconite association on the East Australian continental margin

    G. W. O’Brien;A. R. Milnes;H. H. Veeh;D. T. Heggie

  • Nd isotope evidence for the evolution of the paleocurrents in the Atlantic and Tethys Oceans during the past 180 Ma

    Peter Stille;Marc Steinmann;Stanley R. Riggs

  • Petrology of the Tertiary phosphorite system of Florida

    S. R. Riggs

  • Ecological Response to Hurricane Events in the Pamlico Sound System, North Carolina, and Implications for Assessment and Management in a Regime of Increased Frequency

    Hans W. Paerl;Lexia M. Valdes;Alan R. Joyner;Benjamin L. Peierls

  • Phosphorite sedimentation in Florida; a model phosphogenic system

    S. R. Riggs

  • Holocene sea-level changes along the North Carolina Coastline and their implications for glacial isostatic adjustment models

    B.P. Horton;W.R. Peltier;S.J. Culver;R. Drummond

  • Geological characteristics and spatial distribution of paleo-inlet channels beneath the outer banks barrier islands, North Carolina, USA

    David J. Mallinson;Curtis W. Smith;Stephen J. Culver;Stanley R. Riggs

  • Hardbottom Morphology and Relationship to the Geologic Framework: Mid-Atlantic Continental Shelf

    Stanley R. Riggs;Stephen W. Snyder;Albert C. Hine;David L. Mearns

  • Depositional Patterns Resulting From High Frequency Quaternary Sea Level Fluctuations In Northeastern North Carolina

    Stanley R. Riggs;Linda L. York;John F. Wehmiller;Stephen W. Snyder

  • Late Holocene barrier island collapse: Outer Banks, North Carolina, U.S.A.

    Stephen J. Culver;Candace A. Grand Pre;David J. Mallinson;Stanley R. Riggs

  • Late Neogene and Quaternary evolution of the northern Albemarle Embayment (mid-Atlantic continental margin, USA)

    David Mallinson;Stan Riggs;E. Robert Thieler;Stephen Culver

  • Sea-level rise research and dialogue in North Carolina: Creating windows for policy change

    Benjamin Poulter;Rebecca L. Feldman;Rebecca L. Feldman;Mark M. Brinson;Benjamin P. Horton

  • Geologic framework of phosphate resources in Onslow Bay, North Carolina continental shelf

    Stanley R. Riggs;Stephen W. P. Snyder;Albert C. Hine;Scott W. Snyder

  • Stratigraphy of Back-Barrier Coastal Dunes, Northern North Carolina and Southern Virginia

    K. G. Havholm;D. V. Ames;G. R. Whittecar;B. A. Wenell

  • Regional seismic stratigraphy and controls on the Quaternary evolution of the Cape Hatteras region of the Atlantic passive margin, USA

    David J. Mallinson;Stephen J. Culver;Stanley R. Riggs;E. Robert Thieler

  • Sediment production on sediment-starved continental margins; the interrelationship between hardbottoms, sedimentological and benthic community processes, and storm dynamics

    Stanley R. Riggs;William G. Ambrose;Jeffrey W. Cook;Scott W. Snyder

  • Micropaleontologic record of Pliocene and Quaternary paleoenvironments in the southern Albemarle Embayment, North Carolina, U.S.A

    Stephen J. Culver;Kathleen M. Farrell;David J. Mallinson;Benjamin P. Horton

  • Morphodynamics of Barrier Systems: A Synthesis

    Radolph A. McBride;John B. Anderson;Ilya V. Buynevich;William J. Cleary

  • Extended late Holocene relative sea-level histories for North Carolina, USA

    Andrew C. Kemp;Jessica J. Kegel;Stephen J. Culver;Donald C. Barber

  • Holocene sea-level changes along the North Carolina Coastline and their implications for glacial isostatic adjustment models

    B. P. Horton;W. R. Peltier;S. J. Culver;R. Drummond

Frequent Co-Authors

David J. Mallinson
David J. Mallinson East Carolina University
Stephen J. Culver
Stephen J. Culver East Carolina University
John F. Wehmiller
John F. Wehmiller University of Delaware
Benjamin P. Horton
Benjamin P. Horton City University of Hong Kong
Albert C. Hine
Albert C. Hine University of South Florida
E. Robert Thieler
E. Robert Thieler United States Geological Survey
Andrew C. Kemp
Andrew C. Kemp Tufts University
D. Reide Corbett
D. Reide Corbett East Carolina University
Debra A. Willard
Debra A. Willard United States Geological Survey
Hans W. Paerl
Hans W. Paerl University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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