Office
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Room 202 Blessey Hall
New Orleans, LA 70118
Courses Taught
EENS 2090 – Shaping the Earth’s Surface
EENS 3270 – Sedimentation and Stratigraphy
EENS 6080 – Depositional Mechanics
EENS 6160 – Construction and Interpretation of 3D Stratigraphy
Education & Affiliations
Biography
Dr. Straub's research interests include Experimental Sedimentology, Quantitative Stratigraphy, Submarine Morphodynamics and Seismic Geomorphology
More detailed descriptions of this work can be found at the website of the TSDS Group.
Recent Publications
Griffin, C., Duller, R.A, Straub, K.M., 2024, The incomplete record of autogenic processes on the limits on signal detectability, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, 129, e2023JF007538, DOI: 10.1029/2023JF007538.
Reece, J.K., Dorrell, R.M., Straub, K.M., 2024, Circulation of hydraulically ponded turbidity currents and the filling of continental slope minibasins, Nature Communications, v. 15, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46120-2.
Sylvester, Z., Straub, K.M., Covault, J.A., 2024, Stratigraphy in space and time: A reproducible approach to analysis and visualization, Earth-Science Reviews, v. 250, 104706, DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2024.104706.
Griffin, C., Duller, R.A, Straub, K.M., 2023, The degradation and detection of environmental signals in sediment transport systems, Science Advances, v. 9, eadi8046, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adi8046.
Zapp, S., Silvestre, J.R., Sanks, K.M., Shaw, J.B., Dutt, R., Straub, K.M., 2023, Exploring sediment compaction in experimental deltas: Towards a meso-scale understanding of coastal subsidence patterns, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, DOI: 10.1029/2023JF007238.
Sanks, K.M., Shaw, J.B., Zapp, S.M., Silvestre, J.R., Dutt, R., Straub, K.M., 2023, Marsh-induced backwater: the influence of non-fluvial sedimentation on a delta’s channel morphology and kinematics, v. 11, p. 1035-1060 Earth Surface Dynamics, DOI: 10.5194/esurf-11-1035-2023.
Straub, K.M., Dutt, R., Duller, R.A., 2023, Coupled channel-floodplain dynamics and resulting stratigraphic architecture viewed through a mass-balance lens, Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 93, p. 595-616, DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2022.112.
Barefoot, E.A., Nittrouer, J.A., Straub, K.M., 2023, Sedimentary processes and the temporal resolution of sedimentary strata, Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2023GL103925, DOI: 10.1029/2023GL103925.
Wahab, A., Hoyal, D.C., Shringarpure, M., Straub, K.M., 2022, A dimensionless framework for predicting submarine fan morphology, Nature Communications, v. 13, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34455-7.
Sanks, K.M., Zapp, S.M., Silvestre, J.R., Dutt, R., Shaw, J.B., Straub, K.M., 2022, Experimental investigation of the influence of marsh sedimentation on morphology and mass balance of river deltas, Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2022GL098513, DOI: 10.1029/2022GL098513.
Toby, S.C., Duller, R.A., De Angelis, S., Straub, K.M., 2022, Morphodynamic limits to environmental signal propagation across landscapes and into strata, Nature Communications, v. 13, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27776-6.
