L. Donelson Wright

Education

• B.A., Geology and Geography, University of Miami, Florida
• M.A., Geomorphology, University of Sydney (Australia)
• Ph.D., Louisiana State University

Research Interests

My research is largely focused on: bottom boundary layer and sediment transport processes operating in the coastal ocean and adjoining estuaries; on the cross-shelf flux of particles; on the morphodynamics of the inner continental shelf; river-mouth and estuarine processes including the roles of positive and negative buoyancy; and on the complex interrelationships among numerous physical and biological processes near the sea floor. The research is interdisciplinary and involves elements of physical, geological, and biological oceanography and has direct engineering and environmental applications. Field investigations have been world wide in the coastal waters of the Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic and Indian Oceans, Gulf of Mexico, Chesapeake Bay, Baltic Sea, Timor Sea and Yellow Sea. Wright is currently coordinating a multi-institutional effort to establish a comprehensive coastal ocean-observing program in the southeastern region of the U.S.