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School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
209C O'Neill
P.O. Box 757220
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK 99775-7220
Phone: (907) 474-6991
Fax: (907) 474-7204
samvan@sfos.uaf.edu

Sam VanLaningham Assistant Professor

Geological Oceanography • Marine Geology and Geophysics

Specialty

Education

Research Overview

My research interests focus on "source to sink" problems related to the production, transport and delivery of sediment and nutrients from the terrestrial landscape to the deep ocean. I incorporate geochemistry, geochronology,and mineralogy with quantitative geomorphic analysis methods that involve field study, digital topography and GIS datasets. From these data and analytical tools, I develop conceptual and physically based models that reveal linkages between surface processes, climate, ecosystems, and tectonics.

Publications

VanLaningham, S., N. G. Pisias, R. A. Duncan, P.D. Clift, 2009, Glacial-Interglacial Sediment Transport to the Meiji Drift, Northwest Pacific Ocean: Evidence for Timing of Beringian Outwashing. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 277, 64-72.

VanLaningham, S., R. A. Duncan, N. G. Pisias, D.W. Graham, 2008, Tracking Fluvial Response to Climate Change Using Ar and Nd Isotopic Systems: A New Provenance Approach in the Pacific Northwest, USA. Quaternary Science Reviews, doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.10.018

VanLaningham, S., R. A. Duncan, N. G. Pisias, 2006, Erosion by Rivers and Transport Pathways in the Ocean: A Provenance Tool using 40Ar-39Ar Incremental Heating on Fine-Grained Sediment: Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 111, No. F4, F04014, doi:10.1029/2006JF000583

VanLaningham, S., A. Meigs, C. Goldfinger, 2006, The Effects of Rock Uplift and Rock Resistance on River Morphology in a Subduction Zone Forearc, Oregon, USA. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 31, 1257-1279, DOI: 10.1002/esp.1326

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