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Thieler, E. Robert Research Geologist, Coastal/Shelf Geology

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Research Geologist, Coastal/Shelf Geology , USGS Woods Hole Coastal & Marine Science Center 1995 -

Dr. Rob Thieler is a Research Geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Rob received his B.A. in political science from Dickinson College, and his M.S. degree in environmental science and Ph.D. in geology from Duke University. Rob conducts marine geologic research on the geologic framework and evolution of the coastal zone. This includes understanding relationships between geology, sediment transport, climate and sea-level change, and coastal erosion. Rob has conducted assessments of sea-level rise vulnerability for the U.S. and locations worldwide. He recently served as a Lead Author of a U.S. Global Change Research Program report on potential impacts of sea-level rise. He works with many federal and state agencies to develop science and policy plans for addressing climate change impacts. Rob also studies habitat use and availability for beach-nesting and migratory shorebirds. Rob developed the widely-used DSAS software package for measuring coastal erosion and accretion and has recently developed smartphone applications for coastal science.

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- Transient coastal landscapes: Rising sea level threatens salt marshes.. Science of the Total Environment. 640-641:1148-1156. 2018
- UAS-SfM for Coastal Research: Geomorphic Feature Extraction and Land Cover Classification from High-Resolution Elevation and Optical Imagery 2017
- Evaluation of dynamic coastal response to sea-level rise modifies inundation likelihood 2016
- Coupling centennial-scale shoreline change to sea-level rise and coastal morphology in the Gulf of Mexico using a Bayesian network 2016
- Using a Bayesian network to predict barrier island geomorphologic characteristics 2015
- Effects of sea-level rise on barrier island groundwater system dynamics - ecohydrological implications 2014
- A Bayesian network approach to predicting nest presence of the federally-threatened piping plover (Charadrius melodus) using barrier island features. Ecological Modelling. 276:38-50. 2014
- Geologic framework of the northern North Carolina, USA inner continental shelf and its influence on coastal evolution. Marine Geology. 348:113-130. 2014
- Bridging groundwater models and decision support with a Bayesian network. Water Resources Research. 49:6459-6473. 2013
- A Bayesian network to predict coastal vulnerability to sea level rise. Journal of Geophysical Research. 116. 2011
- Micropaleontologic record of late Pliocene and Quaternary paleoenvironments in the northern Albemarle Embayment, North Carolina, U.S.A.. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 264:54-77. 2008
- Sorted bed forms as self-organized patterns: 2. Complex forcing scenarios. Journal of Geophysical Research. 112. 2007
- A catastrophic meltwater flood event and the formation of the Hudson Shelf Valley. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 246:120-136. 2007
- Simulating the evolution of coastal morphology and stratigraphy with a new morphological-behaviour model (GEOMBEST). Marine Geology. 218:17-36. 2005
- Exploring the persistence of sorted bedforms on the inner-shelf of Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. Continental Shelf Research. 25:65-90. 2005
- A new hypothesis and exploratory model for the formation of large-scale inner-shelf sediment sorting and “rippled scour depressions”. Continental Shelf Research. 24:295-315. 2004
- Birth of the modern Chesapeake Bay estuary between 7.4 and 8.2 ka and implications for global sea-level rise. Geo-Marine Letters. 22:188-197. 2002
- Modern Sedimentation on the Shoreface and Inner Continental Shelf at Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, U.S.A. 2001
- HISTORICAL SHORELINE MAPPING .1. IMPROVING TECHNIQUES AND REDUCING POSITIONING ERRORS. Journal of Coastal Research.
- HISTORICAL SHORELINE MAPPING .2. APPLICATION OF THE DIGITAL SHORELINE MAPPING AND ANALYSIS SYSTEMS (DSMS DSAS) TO SHORELINE CHANGE MAPPING IN PUERTO-RICO. Journal of Coastal Research.
- The use of mathematical models to predict beach behavior for US coastal engineering: A critical review. Journal of Coastal Research.