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Dr. Corbett may be reached via email : corbettd@ecu.edu
Current Professional and Scholarly Interests
My
overall scientific interest is to better understand the cycling of biologically
active constituents (e.g., carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus) in coastal and open
ocean environments. I am especially
interested in evaluating and quantifying pathways of nutrient delivery to the
coastal ocean that have been either under estimated or potentially ignored
altogether, such as groundwater discharge and advective transport associated
with sediment disturbances. Specific
areas of my on-going research include those focused on:
·
Sedimentary
and geochemical processes in coastal environments
·
Naturally-occurring
radionuclides as tools for quantifying rates of sedimentary and biogeochemical
processes
·
Investigations
of the discharge of groundwater into the coastal zone
·
Deposition,
remineralization and burial of carbon and nutrients in coastal margins
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Recent Publications (Corbett’s
complete vita)
Ryan, K., J.P. Walsh, D.R. Corbett, 2007. A record of recent change in terrestrial sedimentation, La Parguera, Puerto Rico. Marine Pollution Bulletin. In Press.
Culver, S.J., C.A. Grand Pre, D.J. Mallinson, S.R. Riggs, D.R. Corbett, F. Foley, M. Hale, L. Metger, J. Ricardo, J. Rosenberger, S.G. Smith, S.W. Snyder, D. Twamley, 2007. Late Holocene barrier island collapse: Outer Banks, North Carolina, U.S.A. Sedimentary Record, 5 (4), 4-8.
Kennedy, C. D., D. P. Genereux, D. R. Corbett, and H. Mitasova, 2007. Design of a light-oil piezomanometer for measurement of hydraulic head differences and collection of groundwater samples, Water Resour. Res., 43, W09501, doi:10.1029/2007WR005904
Dail, M.D., Corbett, D.R., Walsh, J.P., 2007. Assessing the Importance of a Major Hurricane on Continental Margin Sedimentation in the Mississippi Delta Region. Continental Shelf Research, 27, 1857-1874.
Corbett, D.R., Dail, M.D, McKee, B.A., 2007. High frequency time-series of the dynamic sedimentation processes on the western shelf of the Mississippi River delta. Continental Shelf Research, 27, 1600-1615.
McCoy, C.A., D.R. Corbett, J.E. Cable, and R.K. Spruill, 2007. Hydrogeological characterization and quantification of submarine groundwater discharge in the southeast Coastal Plain of North Carolina, Journal of Hydrology,339, 159-171.
Engelhart,S.E., B.P. Horton, D.H. Roberts, G.A. Milne, C.L. Bryant and D.R. Corbett, 2007. Mangrove Pollen of Indonesia and its suitability as a sea-level indicator. Marine Geology, 242, 65-81.
Smith, C. G. S.J. Culver, S.R. Riggs, D. Ames, D.R. Corbett, and D. Mallinson, 2007. Geospatial Analysis of Barrier Island Width of Two Segments of the Outer Banks, North Carolina, USA: anthropogenic curtailment of natural self-sustaining processes. Journal of Coastal Research. In Press.
Goni, M., Y. Alleau, D.R. Corbett, J.P. Walsh, D. Mallinson, M.A. Allison, E. Gordon, S. Petsch, T.M. Dellapenna, 2007. The Effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on the Seabed of the Louisiana Shelf. Sedimentary Record, 5(1), 4-9.
McCoy, C. A., D. R. Corbett, B. A. McKee, and Z. Top, 2007. An evaluation of submarine groundwater discharge along the continental shelf of Louisiana using a multiple tracer approach, J. Geophys. Res., 112, C03013, doi:10.1029/2006JC003505.
Corbett, D.R., D. Vance, E. Letrick, D. Mallinson, S. Culver, 2007. Decadal-scale sediment dynamics and environmental change in the Albemarle estuarine system, North Carolina. Estuarine, Coastal, and Shelf Science. 71 (3-4) 717-729.
I
try to keep this fairly up-to-date; Feb. 2008.