Research Themes
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Ongoing research explores the evolution of barrier islands in response to cross-shore flooding and sediment transport
Impacts of Sequential Storm Events
Seaward (ebb-directed) outwash and barrier recovery
Nawaz et al., in revision
Barrier Breaching and Evolution
Prediction of barrier island morphodynamics using Bayesian Networks
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Tempestite deposition by a non-local storm (Eleuthera, The Bahamas)
Lagoon-depositing washover along a storm-dominated coast (Matagorda Peninsula, TX)
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Research at Boston College is investigating rates and processes of reservoir sedimentation within impounded lakes in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint watershed.
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Fossilized carbonate coastal dune morphology in the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos record signatures of paleo-wind and sea-level from the Late Pleistocene.
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A reduced complexity Aeolian Surface Model (Swanson et al., 2017) is used to explore the environmental controls on coastal dune morphology and beach-dune interactions
Wilson et al., in press
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Awards and Keynotes in Coastal Geoscience and Engineering
Publication: Wilson et al., 2026
Data: Wilson et al., 2026