I am presently studying sedimentation processes and patterns in several marine and fresh water environments. Precise characterization of sedimentary environments is important for understanding marine and freshwater environmental problems. These studies, undertaken in multidisciplinary groups, provide new insights into long-standing management issues. It is important to understand the structure and development of submarine fans and sediment drifts on the continental margin. Submarine fans contain much of the sediment eroded from continents during sea level lowstands and significant hydrocarbon reserves.
Sediment drifts on continental margins collect sediment transported to the site by bottom currents.
High sedimentation rates result in expanded climate records, and bedforms created by flowing waters contain a record of those flows. ODP Leg 172 studied bed forms and climate records on the Blake Bahama Outer Ridge in early 1997. Selected Publications Flood, R.D. and Piper, D.J.W., 1997. Hawley, N., Wang, X., Brownawell, B. and Flood, R.D. , 1996. Sediment resuspension in Lake Ontario during the unstratified period, 1992-1993.