This is a listing of articles my colleagues and I have published on the subject of tidal freshwater deltas. A few more are still in prep.

Refereed Journal Publications

1. Pasternack, G. B. and Brush, G. S. 1998. Sedimentation cycles in a river-mouth tidal freshwater marsh. Estuaries 21:3:407-415. (download)
2. Pasternack, G. B., Hilgartner, W. B., and Brush, G.S. 2000. Biogeomorphology of an upper Chesapeake Bay river-mouth tidal freshwater marsh. Wetlands 20:3:520-537. (download)
3. Knight, M. A. and Pasternack, G. B. 2000. Sources, input pathways, and distributions of Fe, Cu, and Zn in a Chesapeake Bay tidal freshwater marsh. Environmental Geology 39:12:1359-1371. (download)
4. Pasternack, G. B., Brush, G. S., and Hilgartner, W. B. 2001. Impact of Historic Land-Use Change on Sediment Delivery to an Estuarine Delta. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 26:409-427. (download)
5. Pasternack, G. B. and Brush, G. S. 2001. Seasonal Variations in Sedimentation and Organic Content in Five Plant Associations on a Chesapeake Bay Tidal Freshwater Delta. Estuarine, Coastal, and Shelf Science 53:93-106.(download)
6. Pasternack, G. B. 2001. Animal Response to River Evolution in the Tidal Freshwater Zone. In (J. M. Dorava, D. R. Montgomery, B. B. Palcsak, and F. A. Fitzpatrick, Eds) Geomorphic Processes and Riverine Habitat. American Geophysical Union, Water Science and Application Volume 4, p. 139-157.(download)
7. Pasternack, G. B. and Brush, G. S. 2002. Biogeomorphic controls on sedimentation and substrate on a vegetated tidal freshwater delta in upper Chesapeake Bay. Geomorphology 43:293-311. (download)
8. Pasternack, G. B. and Hinnov, L. A. 2003. Hydro meteorological controls on water level in a vegetated Chesapeake Bay tidal freshwater delta. Estuarine, Coastal, and Shelf Science 58:2:373-393.(download)
9. Pasternack, G. B. submitted. Hydrogeomorphology and Sedimentation. In (A. Barendregt, A. Baldwin, P. Meire, D. Whigham, Eds) Tidal Freshwater Wetlands. Backhuys Publishers.
10. Pasternack, G. B. submitted. Wind induced sediment resuspension on a Chesapeake Bay subestuarine delta and its management implications. Estuaries.

1. Tietze, W. 1993. Modeling the physical processes of flow through a logjam. Master's thesis, The Johns Hopkins University.
2. Hilgartner, W. B. 1995. Habitat development in a freshwater tidal wetland: a paleoecological study of human and natural influences. Ph.D. dissertation, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 216pp.
3. Pasternack, G. B. 1996. The forces shaping the Otter Point Creek ecosystem. Chesapeake Bay NERR-MD Reserve Tidings, 4-5.
4. Pasternack, G. B. 1997. How scientists use mud to understand the Chesapeake Bay. Otter Point Creek NERR newsletter, 1-2.
5. Pasternack, G. B. 1998. Physical dynamics of tidal freshwater delta evolution. Ph. D. Dissertation. The Johns Hopkins University, 227pp, 5 appendices.