Research
Randolph A. McBride
Research Interests:
Dr. McBride’s research interests and publications focus on coastal depositional systems along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts, with an emphasis on late Quaternary coastal, shelf, and estuarine geology; coastal geomorphology and processes; and coastal oceanography. Active field sites for research include the Mississippi River deltaic plain, the Mississippi River Chenier Plain in southwestern Louisiana, the Mississippi-Alabama-Florida barrier island coast, the northeastern Gulf of Mexico shelf, the Outer Banks of Virginia/North Carolina, the barrier islands of the Eastern Shore of Virginia, and the Chesapeake Bay. He currently advises several M.S. and Ph.D. students as described below.
Graduate Students:
Masters of Science Students
1. Chris Stone (graduated Dec 2006) - Geology of a bayhead delta within a Potomac River tidal-freshwater estuary: Pohick Bay, Virginia
2. Kevin Moyer (graduated Aug 2007) – An assessment of an ephemeral breach along Cedar Island, Virginia
3. Monica Gelsinger – Geologic framework of Old Currituck Inlet, Virginia/North Carolina: a high resolution perspective using GPR and vibracores
4. Julia Welch – Coastal impacts of large storms
Ph.D. Students
1. Marci Robinson (graduated May 2007) – Paleo-inlet dynamics and the genesis of shelf sand ridges using benthic foraminifera: Old Currituck Inlet along the Outer Banks of Virginia and North Carolina
2. Trent Richardson (Ph.D. candidate, April 2007) – Historical shoreline changes and morphodynamics of Parramore and Cedar Islands, Virginia (1852-2007)
3. Tom Hanley – Geologic framework of Parramore Island, VA: a tide-dominated barrier island along the Virginia Eastern Shore