Liviu Giosan

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA

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Born: 1968

Interests: Marine Geology, Paleoclimatology, Sedimentology, Science Policy

Details:
Carte:
Giosan, L. and Bhattacharya, J.(Editors):
"River Deltas: Concepts, Models and Examples",
October 2005, Special Publication 83, SEPM - Society for Sedimentary Geology, 508 pages.
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Selected publications:
• James P. M. Syvitski, Albert J. Kettner, Irina Overeem, Eric W. H. Hutton, Mark T. Hannon, G. Robert Brakenridge, John Day, Charles Vörösmarty, Yoshiki Saito, Liviu Giosan & Robert J. Nicholls. Sinking deltas due to human activities. Nature Geoscience, 2(10), pp. 681 - 686, 2009.
• Coolen, M. J. L., J. P. Saenz, L. Giosan, N. Y. Trowbridge, P. Dimitrov, D. Dimitrov, T. I. Eglinton. DNA and lipid molecular stratigraphic records of haptophyte succession in the Black Sea during the Holocene. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, in press, 2009.
• Charles J. Vörösmarty, James Syvitski, John Day, Alex de Sherbinin, Liviu Giosan & Chris Paola. Battling to save the world's river deltas. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 65, pp. 31-43, 2009.
• N. J. Drenzek, K. A. Hughen, D. B. Montluçon, J. R. Southon, G. M. dos Santos, E. R. M. Druffel, L. Giosan, and T. I. Eglinton. A new look at old carbon in active margin sediments. Geology, 37, pp. 239-242, 2009.
• Giosan, L., Filip. F. and Constantinescu, S. Was the Black Sea catastrophically flooded in the early Holocene?. Quaternary Science Reviews, 26, pp. 1-6, 2009.
• J. P. Donnelly and L. Giosan. Research Focus: Tempestuous highs and lows in the Gulf of Mexico. Geology, 36, pp. 751-752, 2008.
• J. W. Day and L. Giosan. Survive or subside?. Nature Geoscience, 1, pp. 156 - 157, 2008.
• J. Maddox, J. B. Anderson, K. T. Milliken, A. B. Rodriguez, T. M. Dellapenna, and L. Giosan. The Holocene evolution of the Galveston estuary complex, Texas: Evidence for rapid change in estuarine environments. In Anderson J. B., and Rodriguez, A. B. (eds.), GSA Special Publication, 443, p. in press. The Geological Society of America, 2008.
• C. M. G. McHugh, D. Gurung, L. Giosan, W. B. F. Ryan, Y. Mart, U. Sancar, L. Burckle and M. N. Çagatay. The last reconnection of the Marmara Sea (Turkey) to the World Ocean: A paleoceanographic and paleoclimatic perspective. Marine Geology, in press, 2008.
• Clift, P D., Giosan, L., Blusztajn, J., Campbell, I. H., Allen., C., Pringle, M., Tabrez, A. R., Danish, M., Rabbani, M. M., Alizai, A., Carter., A., Luckge, A. . Holocene Erosion of the Lesser Himalaya Triggered by Intensified Summer Monsoon. Geology, 36(1), pp. 79-82, 2008.
• Giosan, L. . BOOK REVIEW: V. Yanko-Hombach, A. S. Gilbert, N. Panin and P. M. Dolukhanov, Editors, The Black Sea Flood Question: Changes in Coastline, Climate and Human Settlement, Springer, Berlin (2007) ISBN 978-1-4020-4774-9 971pp., 246 illus. . Quaternary Science Reviews, 26, pp. 1897-1900, 2007.
• Inam, A., Clift, P., Giosan, L., Tabrez, A., Tahir, M., Rabbani, M. . The Indus. In Avijit Gupta (ed.), LARGE RIVERS: GEOMORPHOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT. John Wiley & Sons, 2007.
• Giosan, L., J. P. Donnelly, S. Constantinescu, F. Filip, I. Ovejanu, A. Vespremeanu-Stroe, E. Vespremeanu and G. A. T. Duller. Young Danube delta documents stable Black Sea level since the middle Holocene: Morphodynamic, paleogeographic, and archaeological implications. Geology, 34/9, pp. 757-760, 2006.
• Giosan, L., Constantinescu, S., Clift, P. D., Tabrez, A. R., Danish, M., Inam, A. Recent morphodynamics of the Indus delta shore and shelf. Continental Shelf Research, 26/14, pp. 1668-1684, 2006.
• Giosan, L., Donnelly, J., Vespremeanu, E., Bhattacharya, J., Olariu, C., Buonaiuto, F. River delta morphodynamics: Examples from the Danube delta. In Giosan and Bhattacharya (Eds. ) (eds.), River Deltas: Concepts, Models, Examples. 2005.
• Giosan, L. and Bhattacharya, J. . New Directions in River Delta Studies. In Giosan and Bhattacharya (Eds. ) (eds.), River Deltas: Concepts, Models, Examples. SEPM, 2005.
• Giosan, L. and Flood, R. D. . Drilling to Investigate Extreme Environmental Changes. EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 85, 18, p. 179, 2004.
• M. Siddall, L. Pratt, K. Helfrich, L. Giosan. Testing the physical oceanographic implications of the suggested sudden Black Sea in-fill 8400 years ago. Paleoceanography, 19/1, 2004.
• Janok P. Bhattacharya and Liviu Giosan. Wave-Influenced Deltas: Geomorphological Implications for Facies Reconstruction. Sedimentology, 50,1, 2003.
• Roger D. Flood and Liviu Giosan. Migration history of a fine-grained abyssal sediment wave on the Bahama Outer Ridge. Marine Geology, 192, pp. 259-273, 2002.
• J. Grützner, L. Giosan, S. O. Franz, R. Tiedemann, E. Cortijo, W. P. Chaisson, R. D. Flood, S. Hagen, L. D. Keigwin, S. Poli et al. . Astronomical age models for Pleistocene drift sediments from the western North Atlantic (ODP Sites 1055-1063). Marine Geology, 189, 1-2, 2002.
• Giosan, L., Flood, R. D., Grützner, J., Mudie, P. Paleoceanographic significance of sediment color on western North Atlantic drifts: II. Plio-Pleistocene sedimentation. Marine Geology, 189, 1-2, 2002.
• Giosan, L., Flood, R. D., and Aller, R. C. Paleoceanographic significance of sediment color on western North Atlantic drifts: I. Origin of color. Marine Geology, 189, 1-2, 2002.
• Giosan, L., Flood, R. D., Grützner, J., Franz, S. -O., Poli, M. -S., and Hagen, S. High-Resolution Carbonate Content Estimated from Diffuse Spectral Reflectance for Leg 172 Sites. In Keigwin, L. D., Rio, D., Acton, G. D., and Arnold, E. (eds.), ODP Leg 172 Scientific Results, 172. 2001.
• Giosan, L., Bokuniewicz, H., Panin, N., and Postolache, I. Longshore Sediment Transport Pattern Along the Romanian Danube Delta Coast. Journal of Coastal Research, 15, (4), pp. 859-871, 1999.
• Giosan, L. . Long term sediment dynamics on Danube delta coast. In J. Dronkers and M. B. A. M. Scheffers (eds.), Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas, pp. 365-376. A. A. Balkema, 1998.

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