Browsing Geography, Planning and Environment by Author "Wasklewicz, Thad"
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Analysis of Sediment Erosion and Deposition Across High Marsh and Tide Channel Sites in Wellfleet, Massachusetts.
Kirk, Donnie (East Carolina University, 2016-07-27)Bare spots associated with vegetation die-off along a tidal channel and adjacent marsh platform in the "Gut" in Wellfleet, MA area are a direct result of winter storms and increased crab herbivory. Sediment transport from ... -
ASSESSMENT OF DEBRIS-FLOW HAZARDS, NORTH MOUNTAIN, PHOENIX, AZ
Reavis, Kathryn Jeanette (East Carolina University, 2014)Population increases in many western cities have led to urban sprawl, which has been a constant issue in metropolitan Phoenix, AZ. The Metropolitan Phoenix Area (MPA) has sprawled exponentially since its initial development ... -
Characterizing the geographic variability of opioid mortality in North Carolina, 2014-2016
Washington, Tyquin (East Carolina University, 2019-12-10)The opioid crisis has proven to be one of the most devastating drug epidemics experienced in the United States. While many studies have associated the rise in opioid mortality rates to overprescribing of opioid painkillers, ... -
Debris Flow Fan Evolution, Chalk Creek Natural Debris Flow Laboratory, Colorado
Scheinert, Cal R. (East Carolina University, 2012)Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) is a surveying technique used to gather dense point cloud data that can be converted to high-resolution digital elevation models (DEM). TLS techniques are employed in the current study to ... -
Evaluating the Ability of Multi-Sensor Techniques to Capture Topographic Complexity
Cooper, Hannah; Wasklewicz, Thad; LeCompte, Karley; Heffentrager, Madison; Smaby, Rachel; Brady, Julian; Howard, Robert; Zhu, Zhen; Lewis, William (2021-03-17) -
Functional and Structural Sediment Connectivity within a Recently Burned Basin
Wester, Thad (East Carolina University, 2011)Human populations have continued their unrelenting expansion into the wildland-urban interface and in locales which are prone to wildfire, the risk of secondary hazards associated with wildfires such as debris flows and ... -
Washover Fan Evolution, Assateague Island National Seashore, MD (2012-2019)
Lecompte, Karley (East Carolina University, 2021-05-03)Washover fans are coastal geomorphological features found on barrier islands. These features often help aid with barrier island landward migration. Within the scientific community, research is often based around pre- and ...