Groundwater occurrence and discharge at coral atoll and barrier reef systems

This project will, for the first time, assess the role of the reef flat plate - a lithified carbonate unit ubiquitously present in coral reef systems - on the distribution and rate of submarine groundwater discharge. Focusing our studies on a high-island barrier reef (Moorea, French Polynesia) and a low-island coral atoll (Tetiaroa, French Polynesia) with the same tidal and climate forcing, we will apply multiple methods...

Development of a CSUN GeoAnalytical Center for Research, Teaching, and Outreach in Earth Systems Science

This project will create a “GeoAnalytical Center” within the Department of Geological Sciences (DGS) at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) with the goal of expanding STEM research and educational opportunities in laboratory and computational settings. The GeoAnalytical Center will consolidate existing CSUN DGS research facilities with the requested instrumentation to create an exce...