Other Affiliations:

Director, Applied Coastal Research Laboratory , Georgia Southern University

Education:

B.A. Humboldt State University, Geology 1983
B.S. Humboldt State University, Oceanography 1983
M.S. North Carolina State University, Marine Geology 1985
Ph.D. North Carolina State University, Marine Sedimentology 1990

 

Research Interests and Projects:

Rates and processes of sediment accumulation and strata formation in estuarine, coastal, shelf, and slope environments using radiochemical techniques and tracers. Sediment dynamics and coastal erosion. Historical records of anthropogenic impacts on the coastal zone.

Courses:

• Introduction to Coastal Oceanography, Savannah State University
• Natural History and Environmental Management of the Georgia Coast, through Georgia Southern University
• Summer Field Course in Oceanography, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography.

Current Projects:

Sedimentology Lab Webpage

• An Integrated GIS-Based Approach to Quantifying the Rates of Shoreline Change in the Georgia Bight, USGS.
• Salinity Intrusion and the Distribution of Fine-Grained Sediment Within the ACE Basin, ACE Basin NERR.
• State of Knowledge of the Satilla River Estuary, Georgia Sea Grant.
• GIS and Field-Based Analysis of the Individual and Cumulative Impacts of Recreational Docks on the Saltmarshes of Georgia. GA CZM Program.
• Developing a Coordinated Research Strategy for Marsh Hammock Research. GA CZM Program.
• Habitat Mapping using Sidescan Sonar in Lake George, NY. Darren Freshwater Institute.
• GEOCLUTTER: Deep Sampling of Buried Geologic Structure in the New Jersey Margin, ONR.
• Sediment Mixing, Accumulation and Budget in the Southern California Bight. USGS.

Adjunct Appointments:

Georgia Southern University , Dept. of Geology and Geography
Georgia Institute of Technology , Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
University of Georgia , Dept. of Marine Sciences
Savannah State University , Dept. of Marine Sciences

Selected Publications:

2003	Blanton, J., H. Seim, C. Alexander, J. Amft and G. Kineke. Transport of Salt and Sediments in a Curving Channel of a Coastal Plain Estuary: Satilla River, GA. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 57:993-1006.
2003	Jahnke, R.A., Alexander, C.R. and J.E. Kostka. Advective Pore Water Input of Nutrients to the Satilla River Estuary, Georgia, USA. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 56:641-653.
2003	McGann, M., Alexander, C.R. and S.M. Bay. Response of benthic foraminifers to sewage discharge and remediation in Santa Monica Bay, California. Marine Environmental Research, 56:299-342.
2003	Alexander, C.R. and C. Venherm. Modern sedimentary processes in the Santa Monica, California continental margin: sediment accumulation, mixing and budget. Marine Environmental Research, 56:177-204.
2002	Chiarenzelli, J., Alexander, C., Scrudato, R., Pagano, J., Falanga, L., Connor, B. and M. Milligan. Anomalous concentrations and chlorination of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in sediment downwind of Lake Ontario. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 28:674-687.
2002	Smith, L.M., Alexander, C.R. and A.E. Jennings. Sediment Accumulation in East Greenland Fjords and on the Continental Shelves Adjacent to the Denmark Strait Based on 210Pb Geochronology. The Arctic, 55:109-122.
2001	Chiarenzelli, J., Alexander, C., Isley, A. and R. Scrudato. Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Non-Accumulating, Century-Old Sediments: Sources, Signatures and Mechanisms of Introduction. Environmental Science and Technology, 35:3280-3286.
1999	Alexander, C., Smith, R., Loganathan, B., Ertel, J., Windom, H. and R. Lee. Pollution History of the Savannah River Estuary and Comparisons with Baltic Sea Pollution History. Limnologica, 29:267-273.
1999	Alexander, C. and H. Windom. Quantification of Natural Backgrounds and Anthropogenic Contaminants in a Pristine Arctic Environment: The Anadyr River Basin, Chukotka Peninsula, Russia. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 38:276-284.
1999	Alexander, C. and A. Simoneau. Spatial Variability in Sedimentary Processes on the Eel River Continental Slope. Marine Geology, 154:243-254.
1999	Sommerfield, C.K., Nittrouer, C.A. and C.R. Alexander. 7Be as a Tracer of Flood Sedimentation on the Northern California Continental Margin. Continental Shelf Research, 19:335-361.
1998	Alexander, C., Davis, R. and J. Henry (eds.). Tidalites: Processes & Products. SEPM Special Publication No. 61, 176 p.
1997	Lent, R. and C. Alexander. Mercury Accumulation in Devils Lake, North Dakota -Effects of Environmental Variation in Closed-Basin Lakes on Mercury Chronologies. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 98: 275-296.
1993	Alexander, C.R., Smith, R., Schropp, S., Calder, F. and H. Windom. The Historical Record of Metal Enrichment in Two Florida Estuaries. Estuaries, 16: 627-637.
1991	Alexander, C.R., Nittrouer, C.A., DeMaster, D.J., Park, Y.A. and S.C. Park. Macrotidal Mudflats of the Southwestern Korean Coast: A Model For the Interpretation of Intertidal Deposits. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, 61: 805-824.
1991	Alexander, C.R., Nittrouer, C.A. and D.J. DeMaster. Sediment Accumulation in a Modern Epicontinental Shelf Setting: The Yellow Sea. Marine Geology, 98: 51-72.
1986	Alexander, Jr., C.R., Nittrouer C.A. and D.J. DeMaster. High-resolution seismic stratigraphy and its sedimentological interpretation on the Amazon continental shelf. Continental Shelf Research, 6:337-357.