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Ph.D. in Geological Oceanography, University of Washington, (2014)

Expertise

Research Interests

I investigate sediment transport and deposition across a variety of spatial and temporal scales. I use acoustic and optical sensors to measure the movement of water and sediment in coastal environments. These observations are then compared with data from sediment cores, where textural, radioisotopic, and geochemical signatures can fingerprint sediment sources and rates of sediment deposition and erosion. Ideally, I can connect a specific event (e.g., storm or flood) observed in the acoustic and optical sensors, with a corresponding deposit or erosive horizon observed in the sediment cores. By studying sediment dynamics in modern systems, I hope to better understand the behavior of past systems, the remnants of which may now be buried beneath more recent sediment, or exposed in eroding cliff faces. I am excited to work with students from a variety of backgrounds, including (but not limited to) geology, oceanography, and civil engineering.

Articles

Bain, R., Hale, R. and Goodbred, S. (2019). Flow Reorganization in an Anthropogenically Modified Tidal Channel Network: An Example from the Southwestern Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Delta. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface.

Chamberlain, E. L., Goodbred, S. L., Hale, R., Steckler, M. S., Wallinga, J. and Wilson, C. (2019). Integrating geochronologic and instrumental approaches across the Bengal Basin. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms.

Hale, R., Bain, R., Goodbred, Jr, S. and Best, J. (2019). Observations and scaling of tidal mass transport across the lower Ganges-Brahmaputra delta plain: implications for delta management and sustainability. Earth Surface Dynamics 7 (1).

Hale, R., Wilson, C. A. and Bomer, E. Jefferson. (2019). Seasonal variability of forces controlling sedimentation in the Sundarbans National Forest, Bangladesh. Frontiers in Earth Science 7 , pp. 211.

Hale, R. and Goodbred, Jr, S. L. (2018). Ocean Margin Sediments. Elsevier.

Wilson, C., Goodbred, S., Small, C., Gilligan, J., Sams, S., Mallick, B. and Hale, R. (2017). Widespread infilling of tidal channels and navigable waterways in human-modified tidal deltaplain of southwest Bangladesh. Elem Sci Anth 5.

Wilson, C., Goodbred, S., Small, C., Gilligan, J., Sams, S., Mallick, B. and Hale, R. (2017). Widespread infilling of tidal channels and navigable waterways in the human-modified tidal deltaplain of southwest Bangladesh. Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene 5 (78).

Kuehl, S. A., Alexander, C. R., Blair, N. E., Harris, C. K., Marsaglia, K. M., Ogston, A. S., Orpin, A. R., Roering, J. J., Bever, A. J., Bilderback, E. L. and others (2016). A source-to-sink perspective of the Waipaoa River margin. Earth-Science Reviews 153 , pp. 301--334.

Hale, R. and Ogston, A. S. (2015). In situ observations of wave-supported fluid-mud generation and deposition on an active continental margin. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface 120 (11) , pp. 2357--2373.

Hale, R., Ogston, A., Walsh, J. and Orpin, A. (2014). Sediment transport and event deposition on the Waipaoa River Shelf, New Zealand. Continental Shelf Research 86 , pp. 52--65.

Walsh, J., Corbett, D., Kiker, J., Orpin, A., Hale, R. and Ogston, A. (2014). Spatial and temporal variability in sediment deposition and seabed character on the Waipaoa River margin, New Zealand. Continental Shelf Research 86 , pp. 85--102.

Hale, R., Nittrouer, C. A., Liu, J. T., Keil, R. G. and Ogston, A. S. (2012). Effects of a major typhoon on sediment accumulation in Fangliao Submarine Canyon, SW Taiwan. Marine Geology 326 , pp. 116--130.

Conference Proceeding

Hale, R., Lucio, J. and Brown, K. (2018). Determining bathymetric change in a tidal inlet using satellite-based synthetic aperture radar AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts.

Wilson, C., Bomer, J. and Hale, R. (2018). Is the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta drowning? Elevation and sediment dynamics in the natural and human altered tidal deltaplain AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts.

Hale, R., Alvarado, A., Waggoner, D., Noffke, N. and Hatcher, P. G. (2018). Microplastics in the Lafayette River estuary, Norfolk, Virginia, USA AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts.

Adams, J., Overeem, I., Perignon, M., Passalacqua, P. and Hale, R. (2018). Modeling sediment depositional patterns over varying fluvio-tidal regimes AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts.

Brown, K., Hale, R., Datta, D. and Datta, S. (2018). Persistence of Depositional Features in a Strongly Seasonal, Tide-Dominated Delta AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts.

McGill, S., Hale, R. and Mulholland, M. (2018). Sediment Resuspension and its Possible Link to Harmful Algal Blooms in a Shallow Micro-tidal Estuary AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts.

Bain, R., Goodbred, Jr, S. and Hale, R. (2018). The Significance of Instantaneous and Seasonal Water Surface Gradients for Driving Mass Exchange within a Macrotidal Distributary Channel Network AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts.

Wilson, C., Bain, R., Goodbred, Jr, S. and Hale, R. (2017). Channel Capture as a Response to Anthropogenic Modification of a Tidal Landscape: Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Delta, Southwest Bangladesh AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts.

Bomer, J., Wilson, C. and Hale, R. (2017). Coupled Landscape and Channel Dynamics in the Ganges-Brahmaputra Tidal Deltaplain, Southwest Bangladesh AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts.

Tasich, C., Gilligan, J., Goodbred, Jr, S., Hale, R. and Wilson, C. (2017). Modeling Elevation Equilibrium and Human Adaptation in the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts.

Hale, R., Wilson, C., Bomer, J., Goodbred, Jr, S. and Bain, R. (2017). The role of seasonal sediment storage in tidal channels on a mesotidal delta AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts.

Wilson, C., Goodbred, Jr, S., Sincavage, R., Hale, R. and Patrick, M. (2016). Inorganic and organic deposition and preservation in the Ganges-Brahmaputra (GB) delta: trends through the Holocene and with recent anthropogenic perturbations American Geophysical Union, Ocean Sciences Meeting 2016, abstract\# MG44B-1997.

Ogston, A., Eidam, E., Webster, K. and Hale, R. (2016). Linking research and education: an undergraduate research apprenticeship focusing on geologic and ecological impacts of the Elwha River Restoration American Geophysical Union, Ocean Sciences Meeting 2016, abstract\# ED44B-1724.

Tasich, C., Gilligan, J., Goodbred, Jr, S., Hale, R. and Wilson, C. (2016). Modeling Elevation Equilibrium in the Face of Sea Level Rise AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts.

Hale, R., Goodbred, Jr, S., Wilson, C., Peters, C., Bain, R. and Tasich, C. (2016). Quantifying the seasonal and spatial variability of sedimentation in a mesotidal mangrove stand on a mega delta AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts.

Wilson, C., Goodbred, Jr, S., Hale, R. and Bain, R. (2016). The development of the Ganges-Brahmaputra tidal delta plain: construction to maintenance phase changes in platform and channel morphology AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts.

Bain, R., Goodbred, Jr, S. and Hale, R. (2016). Tidally-Driven Flow through a System of Interconnected Tidal Channels with Varying Hydraulic Geometry and Planform Configuration AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts.

Hale, R., Goodbred, Jr, S., Bain, R. and Wilson, C. (2016). Time and tide: examining the potential for sediment delivery to a heavily modified tidal delta plain American Geophysical Union, Ocean Sciences Meeting 2016, abstract\# MG41A-01.

Bain, R., Goodbred, Jr, S., Hale, R., Reed, M. and Best, J. (2015). Hydrodynamic Properties of a Large Tidal Channel on the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta, Bangladesh, with Implications for Channel Morphology and Sediment Transport AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts.

Tasich, C., Gilligan, J., Goodbred, Jr, S., Wilson, C., Hale, R. and Wallace Auerbach, L. (2015). Rejuvenating Poldered Landscapes: A Numerical Model of Elevation Equilibrium in Coastal Bangladesh AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts.

Hale, R., Goodbred, Jr, S., Bain, R., Wilson, C., Best, J. and Reed, M. (2015). River discharge controlling a tidal delta: the interplay between monsoon input and tidal reworking in SW Bangladesh AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts.

Hale, R., Ogston, A., Walsh, J. and Orpin, A. (2013). Spatial Extent of Wave-Supported Fluid Mud on the Waipaoa Continental Margin AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts.

WALSH, J., CORBETT, D. Reide., Hale, R., HARRIS, C. K., KIKER, J. M., MORIARTY, J., NITTROUER, C., OGSTON, A., ORPIN, A. and YOUNG, D. (2012). EMPLACEMENT, CHARACTER, AND PRESERVATION OF SHELF EVENT STRATA: INSIGHTS FROM RIVER DISPERSAL SYSTEMS 2012 GSA Annual Meeting in Charlotte.

Ogston, A., Walsh, J. and Hale, R. (2011). Contrasts in Sediment Delivery and Dispersal from River Mouth to Accumulation Zones in High Sediment Load Systems: Fly River, Papua New Guinea and Waipaoa River, New Zealand AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts.

Hale, R., Ogston, A., Walsh, J. and Nittrouer, C. (2010). Evidence of Wave-Induced Sediment-Gravity Flows on the Continental Shelf, East Coast New Zealand AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts.