Charles Nittrouer
  Professor
  Office: MSB-111B
     ESS Mailing Address
  Phone: 206-543-5099
  Fax: 206-543-0489 (shared)
  Email: nittrouer @ ess.washington.edu
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  Research Groups: Sedimentology/Stratigraphy/Sedimentary Petrology, Marine Geology and Geophysics, Quaternary Research

Areas of Interest:
Coastal and continental-margin sedimentation Marine geology and geophysics

Education:
Ph.D., University of Washington

Current Research Interests:
Chuck Nittrouer's research interests include the modern and ancient formation of sedimentary strata in continental margin environments, and the effects of physical and biological oceanic processes on sedimentary characteristics. Chuck is also coordinator of Strata FORmation on Margins (STRATAFORM) and fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Selected Publications:

T.M. Drexler and C.A. Nittrouer, Stratigraphic signatures due to flood deposition near the Rhône River, Gulf of Lions, northwest Mediterranean Sea, Cont. Shelf Res., 28, 1877-1894 (2008).

C.A. Nittrouer, R. Slingerland and G.R. Dickens (eds), The Papuan Continuum: Source to Sink through the Fly River System and Gulf of Papua, special issue, Jour. Geophys. Res. Earth Surface, 113 (2008).

D.P. Martin, C.A. Nittrouer, A.S. Ogston and J.S. Crockett, Tidal and seasonal dynamics of a muddy inner-shelf environment, Gulf of Papua, Jour. Geophys. Res., 113, F01S07, doi:10.1029/2006JF000681 (2008).

J.S. Crockett, C.A. Nittrouer, A.S. Ogston, D.F. Naar and B.T. Donohue, The origin, evolution and filling of exposed submarine valleys on the Fly River shelf, Jour. Geophys. Res., 113, F01S12, doi:10.1029/2006JF000674 (2008).

C.A. Nittrouer, J.A. Austin, M.E. Field, J.H. Kravitz, J.P.M. Syvitski and P.L. Wiberg (eds.), Continental Margin Sedimentation: From Sediment Transport to Sequence Stratigraphy, IAS Spec. Pub. 37, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, 549 pp. (2007).

C.A. Nittrouer, J.A. Austin, M.E. Field, J.H. Kravitz, J.P.M. Syvitski and P.L. Wiberg, Writing a Rosetta stone: insights into continental-margin sedimentary processes and strata, in C.A. Nittrouer et al. (eds.) Continental Margin Sedimentation: From Sediment Transport to Sequence Stratigraphy, IAS Spec. Pub. 37, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, 1-48 (2007).