R. Scott Calhoun

I am a Ph.D student in Coastal Geology in the Department of Geology and Geophysics, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, SOEST, University of Hawai'i Manoa.

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Address

Scott Calhoun
Department of Geology and Geophysics
University of Hawaii, Manoa
2525 Correa Road
Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.
Phone (808) 956-4239
FAX (808) 956-5154
e-mail: calhoun@akule.soest.hawaii.edu
Finger Traverse, Mt. Constance, Washington State

Education

I graduated from Middlebury College in 1990 with a BA in Biology and Geology. For my geology senior thesis, I mapped a portion of the bottom of Lake Champlain using a side-scan sonar system and bathymetry data. The title is "Bottom Morphology and Bottom Currents of Lake Champlain between Schuyler Island and The Four Brothers Islands" Take a look at the abstract.
In February, 1995, I completed my Master's thesis at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. In it, I cored and dated marine and fluvial sediments on the Hanalei coastal plain on the northshore of the Hawaiian Island of Kauai. The title of my thesis is "Holocene History of Sediment Deposition and Stratigraphy on the Hanalei Coastal Plain, Kauai, Hawaii." If you are still interested, please read my abstract.

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Present

I am presently continuing work on the Hanalei area for my doctorate here at UH Manoa. My dissertation will be a complete evaluation of the sediment budget of Hanalei Bay. To do this, I have collected side-scan sonar and seismic data, bathymetry, benthic samples, grain-size analysis, U.S.G.S. daily Hanalei River discharge, and fluvial suspended sediment, as well as sediment deposition rates from the Hanalei coastal plain. My adviser says that all these data cause a pain in my brain, but my big sister, Dr. Barbara Calhoun, says I have no nerves in my brain, and you would think she would know what she is talking about.

The introduction of my 1996 annual report to the state reads as follows:

"In order to document marine resources in Hanalei Bay as part of the state-wide MHI-MRI project, sedimentary processes are being assessed in the bay and its environs. These processes provide a starting point from which to determine a sediment budget. A complete understanding of the potential impacts to bay biota from siltation, changes in river discharge, watershed changes, and other sedimentation controls requires baseline measurements to quantify a budget of sediment flux and partitioning within the Hanalei region. The complex natural environment of Hanalei Bay combines two related geologic systems: the marine system and the terrestrial system. Although the two systems do overlap and mix, each is predominantly a separate and complete component of the total sediment budget."

Publications (including abstracts)

Calhoun, R.S. and Fletcher, C.H. 1996. Late Holocene coastal-plain stratigraphy and sea-level history at Hanalei, Kauai, Hawaiian Islands. Quaternary Research; 45 (1), p. 47-58. Abstract

Fletcher, C.H., Calhoun, R.S., Grossman, E.E., and Richmond, B.M. 1995. Holocene Sea-level highstand in Hawaii. Abstracts with Programs, 1995 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, American Geophysical Union.

Fletcher, C.H., Grossman, E.E., Sherman, C.E., and Calhoun, R.S. 1995. Episodicity in sea-level change on Oahu, Hawaiian Islands. Abstracts with Programs, 1995 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, American Geophysical Union.

Fletcher, C.H., Sherman, C.E., Grossman, E.E., Calhoun, R.S., and Rubin, K.H. 1995. Post-glacial sea-level movements on Oahu, Hawaiian Islands: Implications for episodicity and a middle Holocene highstand. EOS, Transactions, 1995 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, American Geophysical Union; 76 (46).

Fletcher, C.H., Grossman, E.E., Mullane, R.A., Sherman, C.E., Calhoun, R.S., and Rooney, J. 1995. Sea-level change in Hawaii: post-glacial episodicity, late Holocene emergence, and modern beach loss. Extended abstract, National Science Foundation, Global Sea Level Change Workshop, Key Biscayne, FL.

Fletcher, C.H., Grossman, E.E., Mullane, R.A., Sherman, C.E., and Calhoun, R.S. 1995. Late Quaternary sea-level and coastal sedimentation patterns in Hawaii. Abstracts with Programs, 1995 Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Geological Society of America.

Calhoun, R.S. and Fletcher, C.H. 1994. Sediment deposition and implications for relative sea level on the Hanalei Coastal Plain, Kauai, Hawaii. Abstracts with Programs, p. A-306, 1994 Annual Meeting, Seattle Washington, Geological Society of America.

For more information on coastal geology in Hawaii or world and Hawaiian sea level changes, you might want to check out our SOEST Coastal Geology Group homepage, Eric Grossman's homepage, or Chip Fletcher's homepage.

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Double rainbow across the taro patches of the Hanalei coastal plain.

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Ok, Ok. So occasionally I sneak off and have some fun too.

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