Publications

Wheatcroft, R.A., P.L. Wiberg & 6 others. Post-depositional alteration and preservation of sedimentary strata. STRATAFORM Master Volume (in review).


Palinkas, C.M., C.A. Nittrouer, R.A. Wheatcroft & L. Langone. The use of Be-7 to identify event and seasonal sedimentation near the Po River delta, Adriatic Sea. Marine Geology (in review).


Wheatcroft, R.A. & C.K. Sommerfield. River sediment flux and sedimentation rates on the Pacific Northwest margin. Continental Shelf Research (in review) (preprint).


Fritz, C.E. & R.A. Wheatcroft. Rates of sediment reworking by Neotrypaea californiensis in Yaquina Bay, Oregon. Marine Ecology Progress Series (accepted, in revision).


Wheatcroft, R.A. & D.E. Drake. 2003. Post-depositional alteration and preservation of sedimentary event layers on continental margins, I. The role of episodic sedimentation. Marine Geology, 199: 123-137 (reprint).


Decho, A.W., T. Kawaguchi, M.A. Allison, E. M. Louchard, R.P. Reid, C. Stephens, K.J. Voss, R.A. Wheatcroft & B.B. Taylor. 2003. Sediment properties influencing upwelling spectral reflectance signatures: The “biofilm gel effect” Limnology and Oceanography, 48: 431-443. (reprint)


Goff, J.A., R.A. Wheatcroft, H. Lee, D.E. Drake, D.J.P. Swift & S. Fan. 2002. Spatial variability of shelf sediments in the STRATAFORM natural laboratory, northern California. Continental-Shelf Research 22: 1199-1223


Wheatcroft, R.A. 2002. In situ measurements of near-surface porosity in shallow-water marine sands. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 27: 561-570. (pdf)


Sherwood, C.R., D.E. Drake, P.L. Wiberg & R.A. Wheatcroft. 2002. Prediction of the fate of p,p’-DDE in sediment on the Palos Verdes shelf, California, USA. Continental-Shelf Research, 22: 1025-1058


Sommerfield, C.K., D.E. Drake & R.A. Wheatcroft. 2002. Shelf record of climatic changes in flood magnitude and frequency, north-coastal California. Geology 30: 395-398 (reprint)


Sternberg, R.W., K. Aagaard, D. Cacchione, R.A. Wheatcroft, R.A. Beach, A.T. Roach & M.A.H. Marsden. 2001. Long-term near-bed observations of velocity and hydrographic properties in the northwest Barents Sea with implications for sediment transport. Continental Shelf Research, 21: 509-529


Richardson, M.L., 38 other authors & R.A. Wheatcroft. 2001. An overview of SAX99: Environmental considerations. IEEE Journal of Ocean Engineering, 26: 26-53


Fries, J.S., C.A. Butman & R.A. Wheatcroft. 2000. Ripple formation induced by biogenic mounds-reply. Marine Geology, 168: 153-155


Wheatcroft, R.A. (Editor) 2000. Oceanic flood sedimentation. Special issue of Continental-Shelf Research, 20: 2059-2294.


Wheatcroft, R.A. & J. C. Borgeld. 2000. Oceanic flood layers on the northern California margin: Large-scale distribution and small-scale physical properties. Continental-Shelf Research, 20: 2163-2190


Wheatcroft, R.A. 2000. Oceanic flood sedimentation: A new perspective. Continental-Shelf Research, 20: 2059-2066


Fries, J.S., C.A. Butman & R.A. Wheatcroft. 1999. Ripple formation induced by biogenic mounds. Marine Geology, 159: 289-303


Wheatcroft, R.A., V.S. Starczak & C.A. Butman. 1998. The impact of population abundance on the deposit-feeding rate of a cosmopolitan polychaete worm. Limnology and Oceanography, 43: 1948-1953 (reprint)


Wheatcroft, R.A., C.K. Sommerfield, D.E. Drake, J.C. Borgeld & C.A. Nittrouer. 1997. Rapid and widespread dispersal of flood sediment on the northern California continental margin. Geology, 25: 163-166 (reprint)


Wheatcroft, R.A. & C.A. Butman. 1997. Spatial and temporal variability in aggregated grain-size distributions, with implications for sediment dynamics. Continental Shelf Research, 17: 367-390


Wheatcroft, R.A., J.C. Borgeld, R.S. Born, D.E. Drake, E.L. Leithold, C.A. Nittrouer & C.K. Sommerfield. 1996. The anatomy of an oceanic flood deposit. Oceanography, 9: 158-162


Wheatcroft, R.A. & W.R. Martin. 1996. Spatial variation in short-term (234Th) sediment bioturbation intensity along an organic carbon-gradient. Journal of Marine Research, 54: 763-792


Wheatcroft, R.A., I. Olmez & F.X. Pink. 1994. Particle bioturbation in Massachusetts Bay: Preliminary results using a new deliberate tracer technique. Journal of Marine Research, 52: 1129-1150


Olmez, I., F.X. Pink & R.A. Wheatcroft. 1994. New particle labeling technique for use in biological and physical sediment transport studies. Environmental Science and Technology, 28: 1487-1490


Wheatcroft, R.A. 1994. Temporal variation in bed configuration and one- dimensional bottom roughness at the mid-shelf STRESS site. Continental Shelf Research, 14: 1167-1190


Wheatcroft, R.A. 1992. Experimental tests for particle-size dependent bioturbation rates in the deep ocean. Limnology and Oceanography, 37: 90-104 (reprint)


Wheatcroft, R.A. 1991. Conservative tracer study of horizontal sediment mixing rates in a bathyal basin, California borderland. Journal of Marine Research, 49: 565-588


Jumars, P.A., L.M. Mayer, J.W. Demming, J.A. Baross & R.A. Wheatcroft. 1990. Deep-sea deposit-feeding strategies suggested by environmental and feeding constraints. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, London, Ser. A, 331: 85-101


Wheatcroft, R.A. 1990. Preservation potential of sedimentary event layers. Geology, 18: 843-845


Wheatcroft, R.A., P.A. Jumars, C.R. Smith & A.R.M. Nowell. 1990. A mechanistic view of the particulate biodiffusion coefficient: Step lengths, rest periods and transport directions. Journal of Marine Research, 48: 177-207


Smith, C.R., H. Kukert, R.A. Wheatcroft, P.A. Jumars & J.W. Demming. 1989. Vent fauna on whale remains. Nature, 341: 27-28


Jumars, P.A. & R.A. Wheatcroft. 1989. Responses of benthos to changing food quality and quantity, with a focus on deposit feeding and bioturbation. In: Productivity of the Ocean: Present and Past. W.H. Berger, V.S. Smetacek and G. Wefer (eds.), Wiley, NY, pp. 235-253


Wheatcroft, R.A. 1989. Characteristic trace-fossil associations in oxygen poor sedimentary environments: A comment. Geology, 17: 674-675


Frey, R.W. & R.A. Wheatcroft. 1989. Organism-substrate relations and their impact on sedimentary petrology. Journal of Geological Education, 37: 261- 279


Wheatcroft, R.A., C.R. Smith & P.A. Jumars. 1989. Dynamics of surficial trace assemblages in the deep sea. Deep-Sea Research, 36: 71-91


Wheatcroft, R.A. & P.A. Jumars. 1987. Statistical re-analysis for size dependency in deep-sea mixing. Marine Geology, 77: 157-163