My primary research interest is in sediment erosion, transport, and deposition in river, coastal, and wetland environments. Current research topics include storm-driven transport and the formation of sedimentary strata on the continental shelf, sediment deposition on tidal salt marshes, flow and transport in gravel bed streams, sediment-associated contaminant transport, small-scale sediment particle dynamics, and overland flow and transport.

Selected Recent Publications

Harris, C.K. and P.L. Wiberg. 2001. A two-dimensional, time-dependent model of suspended sediment transport and bed reworking for continental shelves. Computers and Geosciences 27:675-690.

Wiberg, P.L., 2000. A perfect storm: formation and potential for preservation of storm beds on the continental shelf. Oceanography 13:93-99.

Christiansen, T., P.L. Wiberg and T.G. Milligan. 2000. Flow and sediment transport on a tidal salt marsh surface. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 50:315-331.

Cacchione, D.A., P.L. Wiberg, J.F. Lynch, J.D. Irish, and P. Traykovski, 1999. Estimates of suspended-sediment flux and bedform activity on the inner shelf off northern California during STRATAFORM. Marine Geology 154:83-97.

Harris, C.K., and P.L. Wiberg, 1997. Approaches to quantifying long-term continental shelf sediment transport with an example from the northern California STRESS mid-shelf site. Continental Shelf Research, 17(11):1389-1418.

Kastler, J.A. and P.L. Wiberg. 1996. Sedimentation and boundary changes of Virginia salt marshes. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 42, 683-700.

Wiberg, P.L., D.A. Cacchione, R.W. Sternberg, L.D. Wright, 1996. Linking sediment transport and stratigraphy on the continental shelf. Oceanography 9 (3), 153-157.