Charles McClennen
William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Geology

Ph.D. University of Rhode Island

Teaching Specialties: Oceanography, marine geology, General Education - global change, technology and choice, as well as world food and hunger

Research Interests/Related Travel: Coastal and continental shelf sediment dynamics and morphology, water-sediment interaction / Antarctic Peninsula, Caribbean, Gulf of Maine, Southern New England, New Jersey, Southeastern Lake Ontario, and Venice, Italy

Distinctions: Colgate Presidential Scholar in the Department of Geology (2000-2004); Doherty Chair of Ocean Studies at Sea Educational Association, Woods Hole, MA (2000); Visiting Professorial Fellow, School of Geosciences, Faculty of Science, University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia (1999);

Recent Publications:
Charles E. McClennen, 2001, Navigating Environments of Coastal Change in the Venetian Lagoon, in Venice Before San Marco: Recent Studies on the Origins of the City, Exhibition and Conference Catalogue, Albert J. Ammerman and Charles E. McClennen, Editors, Colgate University, October 5-6, 2001, p. 42

Woodrow, D.L. and McClennen, C.E., 2001, Sub-bottom profile, side-scan-sonar and vibro-coring data from Eastern lake Ontario, presented at the Eastern Lake Ontario Sand transport Workshop, convened by EPA-Great Lakes National Program, The Nature Conservancy and New York Sea Grant Offices in Pulaski, New York, June 5, 2001.

Woodrow, D.L. and McClennen, C.E., 2001, Progress Report to Eastern Lake Ontario Sand Transport Advisory Committee, held at SUNY ESF, Syracuse, New York, November 2000.


Links:

Eastern Lake Ontario Sand Transport Study (ELOSTS) Final Report on Sediment Transport Patterns and Management Implications for Eastern Lake Ontario, October 28, 2002 (PDF 837Kb 27 pages)

2002 Report to The Nature Conservancy - Aerial Photography-Based GIS and Historic Map Analysis of the Eastern Lake Ontario Shoreline: a follow-up study on beach, dune, inlet and bar changes and processes

Aerial Photography-Based GIS Analysis of the Eastern Lake Ontario Shore: Coastal zone change and processes 1938-1994

Venice Conference, held October 5-6,2001




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