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Patricia Wiberg
Professor, University of Virginia
Member, Earth and Planetary Surface Processes Awards Committee
Professional Experience
University of Virginia
Professor
1990 - Present
Education
University of Washington Seattle
Doctorate
1987
Honors & Awards
Union Fellow
Received December 2017
Citation
For insight into and development of widely used tools for the study of sediment dynamics from source to sink.
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Publications
Effects of Seasonal Variations in Seagrass Density and Storms on Sediment Retention and Connectivity...
Both submerged aquatic vegetation and salt marsh are important coastal ecosystems known for their effectiveness in sediment trapping and carbon bur...
April 02, 2024
The Importance of Storm Surge for Sediment Delivery to Micro...
September 02, 2022
Quantifying Seasonal Seagrass Effects on Flow and Sediment D...
February 02, 2021
Intense Storms Increase the Stability of Tidal Bays
June 05, 2018
Stability and resilience of seagrass meadows to seasonal and...
January 27, 2012
AGU Abstracts
Surging Seas and Saline Soils: Coupled Coastal Surge and Terrestrial Ecohydrology to Assess Soil salinization
COASTAL HYDROLOGY: OBSERVATION, MODELING, AND PREDICTION OF SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE PROCESSES AND PATTERNS I POSTER
hydrology | 12 december 2024
Hanne Borstlap, Lawrence E. Band, Qingguang Zhu, P...
The rural coastal communities on the Eastern Shore of Virginia (ESVA) and their natural resources are increasingly threatened by climate change. These...
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Tidal Flat Erosion Supports Salt Marsh Accretion in a Back-Barrier Bay
COASTAL GEOMORPHOLOGY AND MORPHODYNAMICS V ELIGHTNING
earth and planetary surface processes | 11 december 2024
Tyler Barnes, Patricia Wiberg
Coastal wetlands must gain elevation at rates comparable to relative sea level rise (RSLR) to avoid salt marsh drowning. Vertical marsh accretion is r...
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Interannual and Spatial Variability of Deposition within a Vegetated Shallow Coastal Bay
REMOTE SENSING OF NEARSHORE PHYSICAL PROCESSES AND COASTAL MORPHOLOGY III POSTER
ocean technologies and observatories | 22 february 2024
Tyler Barnes, Patricia Wiberg
Sea level rise is a major driver of change within shallow coastal bays, resulting in deeper water depths unless bay bottoms accumulate sediment at rat...
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Volunteer Experience
2025 - 2026
Member
Earth and Planetary Surface Processes Awards Committee
2023 - 2023
Member
Earth and Planetary Surface Processes Fellows Committee
2023 - 2023
Member
Earth and Planetary Surface Processes Fellows Committee
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