Samuel Bentley
Professor
Professor and Billy and Ann Harrison Chair in Sedimentary Geology
Fellow 鈥� American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Bachelor's Degree(s): University of Georgia, BA in Theater with minor in Geology- 1985
Master's Degree: University of Georgia, MS in Geology- 1992
PhD: SUNY Stony Brook, PhD Coastal Geological Oceanography- 1998
Phone: (225) 578-5735
Fax: (225) 578-2302
E-mail: sjb@lsu.edu
Office: E307 Howe-Russell Building
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Selected Professional Activities:
2019-2022: 海角社区 Vice President for Research and Economic Development
2017-2019: Associate Dean of Research, 海角社区 College of Science
2013-2017: Director, 海角社区 Coastal Studies Institute
2010-2013: member, Special Engineering and Science Team, organized by the National Audubon Society, National Wildlife Federation, and Environmental Defense Fund, for evaluating conservation and restoration of the Mississippi Delta
2010-2012: Research Councilor (elected), Executive Committee, Society for Sedimentary Geology
2009-2012: Associate Editor for sedimentology and stratigraphy, Canadian Journal of Earth Science
2009 Chief Scientist, Leg 4B of CCGS Amundsen 2009 Arctic Expedition, Leg 4b, Canada ArcticNet
Research Interests:
Coastal and marine sedimentology, sediment radiochemistry, fine sediment dynamics on continental shelves, bioturbation, predictive modeling of sedimentary fabric and structures
Selected Publications
Haddadian, S, *CE Ozdemir, BL Goodlow, G Xue, SJ Bentley, 2021, Direct Numerical Simulations
of Miniature Along鈥怱helf Current鈥怱upported Turbidity Currents: Conceptual Investigation
of Velocity Structure and Drag Coefficient. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans,
126: 8, e2020JC016736
*DeLong, K. L., Gonzalez, S., Obelcz, J. B., Truong, J. T., Bentley, S. J. Sr, Xu,
K., Reese, C. A., Harley, G. L., Caporaso, A., Shen, Z. & Middleton, B. A., 2021:
Late Pleistocene baldcypress (Taxodium distichum) forest deposit on the continental
shelf of the northern Gulf of Mexico. Boreas. .
Maloney, Jillian, Samuel J. Bentley, Kehui Xu, Ioannis Y. Georgiou, Navid H. Jafari,
Michael D. Miner, 2020, Mass wasting on the Mississippi River Subaqueous Delta. Earth
Science Reviews,
Bomer, E.J., Bentley, S.J., Crawford, F., Hughes, J.E.T., et al., 2019, Sediment Dynamics
and Stratigraphic Evolution of Middle Barataria Bay and Middle Breton Sound, Louisiana,
USA: Implications for the Implementation of River-Sediment Diversions. Estuarine,
Coastal, and Shelf Science, .
Denommee, K.D*., Harazim, D., and Bentley, S.J., 2019, Mud deposition and diagenesis
within an Early Paleozoic clinothem: Power Steps Formation, Newfoundland, Canada.
Geological Magazine, . DOI:
Restreppo, G.*, Bentley, S.J., Xu, K., and Wang, J., 2018, Riverine Sediment Contribution
to Distal Wetlands: Fourleague Bay, LA. Estuaries and Coasts, doi.org/10.1007/s12237-018-0453-0.
Obelcz, J*., Xu, K., Bentley, S.J., O'Connor, M. and Miner, M.D., 2018. Mud-capped
dredge pits: An experiment of opportunity for characterizing cohesive sediment transport
and slope stability in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science,
Maloney, J.M*., S.J. Bentley, K. Xu, J. Obelcz, I.Y. Georgiou, M. Miner, 2018, Mississippi
River subaqueous delta is entering a stage of retrogradation. Invited research article,
Marine Geology .
Twilley, R. R.*, Bentley, S.J., Chen, Q.J., Edmonds, D.A., Hagen, S.C., Lam, N.S.L.,
et al., 2016, Co-evolution of wetland landscapes, flooding, and human settlement in
the Mississippi River Delta Plain. Sustainability Science DOI: 10.1007/s11625-016-0374-4.
Septama, E*., and Bentley, SJ., 2016, Late Quaternary geomorphology, seabed evolution,
and terrigenous sediment delivery to the Pandora and Moreseby Troughs, Gulf of Papua.
Marine Geology doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2016.06.004.
Bentley, SJ*, Blum, MD, Maloney, J, Pond, LG, and Paulsell, RL, 2016, The Mississippi
River Source to Sink System: Perspectives on Tectonic, Climatic, and Anthropogenic
Influences, Miocene to Anthropocene. Earth Science Reviews doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2015.11.001.
Appointments:
2011-Present, Harrison Chair in Sedimentary Geology and Professor, Louisiana State University, Department of Geology and Geophysics
2011-Present, Adjunct Professor, Memorial University of Newfoundland
2006-2011, Canada Research Chair in Seabed Processes and Seabed Imaging, and Associate Professor, Earth Sciences Dept., Memorial University of Newfoundland
2004-2006, Associate Professor, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences (DOCS), 海角社区.
2006-Present, Adjunct Professor, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, 海角社区
1999-2004, Assistant Professor, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, 海角社区
1998-1999 Naval Research Laboratory Postdoctoral Fellow, Stennis Space Center, MS, Seafloor Sciences