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Recent Publications:

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles (* student of C. Fletcher)

1. Fletcher, C.H., Conger*, C.L., Engels*, M., Field, M., Grossman*, E.E., Harney*, J.N., Murray-Wallace, C., Rooney*, J.J., Rubin, K., (in prep.) Complex origin and structure of the Oahu carbonate shelf: Hawaiian Islands. Chapter in “Coral Reefs of the U.S.A.”, Springer, 550p.
2. Vitousek*, S. and Fletcher, C.H. (in revision) Hawaii Buoy 51001 Swell Record Statistics and the Maximum Annually Recurring Wave Height. Pacific Science.
3. Engels*, M.S., Fletcher, C.H., Field, M., Conger*, C.L., Bochicchio* , C. (in review) Reef-flat dominated by middle to late Holocene carbonate accumulation: Molokai, Hawaii. Journal of Coastal Research.
4. Frazer, L.N., Genz*, A.S., and Fletcher, C.H. (in review) Toward parsimony in shoreline change prediction (I): New Methods. Journal of Coastal Research.
5. Genz*, A.S., Frazer, L.N., and Fletcher, C.H. (in review) Toward parsimony in shoreline change prediction (II): Applying statistical methods to real and synthetic data. Journal of Coastal Research.
6. Genz*, A.S., Fletcher, C.H., Dunn, R.A., Frazer, L.N., and Rooney*, J.J. (in press) Predictive accuracy of shoreline change rate methods and alongshore beach variation on Maui, Hawaii. Journal of Coastal Research.
7. Conger*, C.L., Fletcher, C.H., Hochberg, E.J., Frazer, N., Rooney*, J.J., (accepted). Patterns of sand distribution across fringing reefs on Oahu, Hawaii. Marine Geology.
8. Conger*, Christopher L., Eric J. Hochberg, Charles H. Fletcher, III, and Marlin J. Atkinson (2006) Decorrelating remote sensing color bands from bathymetry in optically shallow waters. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 44(6): 1655-1660
9. Conger*, C.L., Fletcher, C.H., Barbee*, M., (2005). Artificial Neural Network Classification of Sand in all Visible Submarine and Subaerial Regions of a Digital Image. Journal of Coastal Research, 21.6, p. 1173-1177.
10. Fletcher , C.H., Murray-Wallace, C., Glenn, C., Popp, B., Sherman*, C. (2005) Age and Origin of Late Quaternary Eolianite, Kaiehu Point (Moomomi), Molokai, Hawaii. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 42, p. 97-112.
11. R ooney*, J.J.B., and Fletcher, C.H. (2005) Shoreline change and Pacific climate oscillations in Kihei, Maui, Hawaii. Journal of Coastal Research, v. 21.3, p. 535-547.
12. R ooney*, J.J. R., Fletcher, C.H., Grossman*, E.E., Engels*, M., Field, M.E. (2004) El Nino influence on Holocene reef accretion in Hawaii. Pacific Science, v. 58, no. 2, p. 305-324.
13. Engels*, M.S., Fletcher, C.H., Field, M.E., Storlazzi, C.D., Grossman*, E.E., Rooney*, J.J.B., Conger*, C.L., and Glenn, C. (2004) Holocene reef accretion: Southwest Molokai, Hawaii, U.S.A., Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 74, no. 2, p. 255-269.
14. Grossman*, E.E. and Fletcher, C.H. (2004) Holocene Reef Development Where Wave Energy Reduces Accommodation Space, Kailua Bay, Windward Oahu, Hawaii, USA. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 74, no. 1, p. 49-63.
15. Fletcher, C., Rooney*, J., Barbee*, M., Lim*, S.-C., and Richmond, B. (2003) Mapping shoreline change using digital orthophotogrammetry on Maui, Hawaii. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 38, p. 106-124.
16. R ooney*, J., Fletcher, C.H., Barbee*, M., Eversole*, D., Lim*, S.C., Richmond, B.M., and Gibbs, A., (2003) Dynamics of sandy shorelines in Maui, Hawaii: Consequences and Causes. Coastal Sediments, ’03.
17. Harney*, J.N., and Fletcher, C.H. (2003) A budget of carbonate framework and sediment production, Kailua Bay, Oahu, Hawaii. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 73, no. 6, p. 856-868.
18. Norcross*, Z., Fletcher, C.H., Rooney*, J.J. R., Eversole*, D., and Miller*, T.L., 2003. Hawaiian beaches dominated by longshore transport. Proceedings, Coastal Sediments ’03, Clearwater, Florida, May 18-23, 2003.
19. Eversole*, D. and Fletcher, C.H. (2003) Longshore sediment transport rates on a reef-fronted beach: field data and empirical models, Kaanapali Beach, Hawaii: Journal of Coastal Research, v. 19, p. 649-663.
20. Miller*, T.L. and Fletcher, C.H. (2003) Waikiki: Historical analysis of an engineered shoreline. Journal of Coastal Research, v. 19.4, p. 1026-1043.
21. Harney*, J.N. and Fletcher, C.H. (2003) Modeling biogenic sediment production on carbonate coasts. Coastal Sediments ’03.
22. Isoun*, E., Fletcher, C.H., Frazer, N., and Gradie, J. (2003) Multi-spectral mapping of reef bathymetry and coral cover. Coral Reefs, v. 22, p. 68-82.
23. Norcross*, Z.M., Fletcher, C.H., and Merrifield, M. (2002) Annual and interannual changes on a reef-fringed pocket beach: Kailua Bay, Hawaii. Marine Geology 190, p. 553-580.
24. Calhoun*, R.S., C.H. Fletcher, and J.N. Harney* (2002) A budget of marine and terrigenous sediments, Hanalei Bay, Kauai, Hawaiian Islands. Sedimentary Geology, 150, 1-2, 61-87.
25. Anderson, J, Rodriquez, A., Fletcher, C.H., Fitzgerald, D., (2001) Researchers focus attention on coastal response to climate change. American Geophysical Union, EOS, v.82, no. 44, October 30.
26. R ichmond, B.M., Fletcher, C.H., Grossman*, E.E., and Gibbs, A.E. (2001) Islands at Risk: Coastal hazard assessment and mapping in the Hawaiian Islands: Environmental Geosciences, v. 8, no. 1, p. 21-37.
27. R ubin, K.H., Fletcher, C.H., and Sherman*, C. (2000) Fossiliferous Lana’i deposits formed by multiple events rather than a single giant tsunami. Nature (article), p. 675-681, v. 408, Dec. 7.
28. Fletcher , C.H. (2000) Research in the sedimentary geology of the coastal zone and inner shelf. GSA Today, v. 10, no. 6, p. 10-11.
29. Fletcher , C.H., Anderson, J, Crook, K.A.W., Kaminsky, G., Larcombe, P., Murray-Wallace, C.V., Sansone, F., Scott, D.B., Riggs, S., Sallenger, A.H., Shennan, I., Theiler, E. R., Wehmiller, J.F. (2000) Coastal sedimentary research examines critical issues of National and Global priority. Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, v. 81, no. 17, p. 181-186.
30. R ooney*, J.J.B. and Fletcher, C.H. (2000) A high resolution, digital, aerial photogrammetric analysis of historical shoreline change and net sediment transport along the Kihei Coast of Maui, Hawaii. Beach Preservation Technology, v. 13, p. 281-296.
31. Harney*, J.N., Grossman*, E.E., Richmond, B.M., and Fletcher, C.H. (2000) Age and composition of carbonate shoreface sediments, Kailua Bay, Oahu, Hawaii: Coral Reefs, v. 19, pg. 141-154.
32. Calhoun*, R.S., and Fletcher, C.H. (1999) Measured and predicted sediment yield from a subtropical, heavy rainfall, steep-sided river basin: Hanalei, Kauai. Geomorphology, v. 30, p. 213-226.
33. Fletcher , C.H., and Lemmo, S.J. (1999) Hawaii’s Emergent Coastal Erosion Management Program. Shore and Beach, v. 67, no. 4, pp. 15-20
34. Sherman*, C., Fletcher, C.H., and Rubin, K. (1999) Marine and meteoric diagenesis of Pleistocene carbonates from a nearshore submarine terrace, Oahu, Hawaii. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 69, no. 6.
35. Coyne*, M.A., Fletcher, C.H., and Richmond, B.M., (1999) Mapping erosion hazard areas in Hawaii: Observations and Errors. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue #28, p. 171-185.
36. Harney*, J.N., Hallock-Muller, P., Fletcher, C.H., Resig, J.M., and Richmond, B.M. (1999) Standing crop and sediment production of reef-dwelling foraminifera on Oahu, Hawaii. Pacific Science, v. 53, no. 1, p. 61-73.
37. Grossman*, E., Fletcher, C., and Richmond, B. (1998) The Holocene sea-level highstand in the Equatorial Pacific: Analysis of the insular paleosea-level database. Coral Reefs. Special Issue on Holocene and Pleistocene coral reef geology: v. 17, p. 309-327.
38. Grossman*, E.E., and Fletcher, C.H., (1998) Sea level 3500 years ago on the Northern Main Hawaiian Islands. Geology, April, v. 26, no. 4, p. 363-366
39. Fletcher , C.H. (1997) The case of the vanishing beaches. Nature, v. 388, July 3.
40. Fletcher , C.H., Mullane*, R.A., and Richmond, B.M. (1997) Beach loss along armored shorelines of Oahu, Hawaiian Islands. Journal of Coastal Research, v. 13, p. 209-215.
41. Coyne*, M., Mullane*, R.A., and Fletcher, C.H. (1996) Losing Oahu, (featured cover article), Geotimes, v. 41, no. 12, p. 23-26.
42. Calhoun*, R.S., Fletcher, C.H. (1996) Late Holocene coastal-plain stratigraphy and sea level history at Hanalei, Kauai, Hawaiian Islands. Quaternary Research. 45, p. 47-58.
43. Fletcher , C.H., Jones, A.T. (1996) Sea-level highstand recorded in Holocene shoreline deposits on Oahu, Hawaii. Journal of Sedimentary Research. 66.3, p. 632-641.
44. Fletcher , C.H. and Sherman*, C. (1995) Submerged shorelines on Oahu, Hawaii: Archive of episodic transgression during the deglaciation? Journal Coastal Research, Special Issue 17 Holocene Cycles: Climate, Sea Level, and Sediment, p. 141-152.
45. Fletcher , C.H., Richmond, B.M., Barnes, G.M., Schroeder, T.A. (1995) Marine flooding on the coast of Kauai during Hurricane Iniki: Hindcasting inundation components and delineating washover. Journal of Coastal Research, 10.4, p. 890-907.
46. Fletcher , C.H., Schroeder, T.A., and Richmond, B.M. (1994) Impact of Hurricane Iniki overwash on the coastal zone of Kauai. Proceedings of the American Society of Civil Engineers Conference on Hurricanes of 1992, p. 746-755, Miami.
47. Fletcher , C.H., Van Pelt*, J.E., Brush, G.S., and Sherman, J. (1993) Tidal wetland record of Holocene sea-level movements and climate history. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 102, p. 1-37.
48. Fletcher , C.H., Pizzuto, J., John, S., and van Pelt*, J. (1993) Sea-level rise acceleration and the drowning of the Delaware Bay coast at 1.8 ka. Geology, 21, p. 121-124
49. Fletcher , C., Fairbridge, R., Moller, J., and Long, A. (1993) Emergence of the Varanger Peninsula, Norway and Climate since Deglaciation. The Holocene, v. 3.2, p. 116-127.
50. Fletcher , C.H., (1992) Sea-Level Trends and Physical Consequences: Applications to the U.S. shore. Earth-Science Reviews, v. 33, p. 1-36.
51. Fletcher , C.H., Knebel, H.J., Kraft, J.C. (1992) Holocene depocenter migration and sediment accumulation in Delaware Bay, a submerging marginal marine sedimentary basin. Marine Geology, v. 103, p. 165-183.
52. Fletcher , C.H., Knebel, H., and Kraft, J. (1990) Holocene evolution of an estuarine coast and tidal wetlands. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 102, p. 283 - 297.
53. Knebel, J., Fletcher, C., Kraft, J.C. (1988) Late Wisconsinan-Holocene paleogeography of Delaware Bay, a large coastal plain estuary. Marine Geology, v. 83, p. 115-133.
54. Fletcher , C.H. (1988) Holocene sea-level history and neotectonics of the United States Mid-Atlantic region: applications and corrections. J. of Geology, v. 96, p. 323-337.
55. Fletcher , C.H. (1985) Distribution of Chloride in a transgression sequence of fine grained sediments, Geo-Marine Letters, v. 4, p. 185-189.
56. Sallenger, A.H., Howard, P.C., Fletcher, C.H., Howd, P. (1983) A system for measuring bottom profile, waves and currents in the high energy nearshore environment. Marine Geology, v. 51, p. 63-76.

PUBLICATIONS - Books, Special Issues, Reports

1. Fletcher, C.H. (in prep.-2007) Earth: An Enduring Understanding, J. Wiley and Sons, Pub., NY
2. Fletcher, C.H. (in prep.) On the Shores of Paradise. UH Press.
3. Fierstein*, E., and Fletcher, C.H. (2004) Hawaii, in, The World’s Coasts, ed. Eric Bird, (44p.) http://www.wkap.nl/subjects/TWCO
4. Fletcher, C.H. and co-authors (2001-2003) Erosion hazard maps of the Kihei, Maui coastline, http://www.co.maui.hi.us/departments/Planning/erosion.htm, 1:3000
5. Fletcher, C.H. and co-authors (2001-2003) Erosion hazard maps of the West Maui coastline, http://www.co.maui.hi.us/departments/Planning/erosion.htm, 1:3000
6. Fletcher, C.H. and co-authors (2001-2003) Erosion hazard maps of the North Maui coastline, http://www.co.maui.hi.us/departments/Planning/erosion.htm, 1:3000
7. Fletcher, C.H. and Murray-Wallace, C., Eds. (2002) Coastal environmental change during sea level highstands: Special Issue, 12 papers, Sedimentary Geology.
8. Fletcher, C.H., Grossman, E.E., Richmond, B.M., Gibbs, A.E. (2002) Atlas of Natural Hazards on the Hawaiian Coast. U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO, Geologic Investigations Series I-2761, 182p. http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/i-map/i2761/
9. Gibbs, A.E., Richmond, B.M., Fletcher, C.H., and Hilman, K.P. (2001) Hawaii Beach Monitoring Program: Beach Profile Data: USGS Open File Report 01-308, ver. 1.0.
10. Wiswall, C.G. and Fletcher, C.H. (1996) Investigating Earth (2nd Ed.). Wm. C. Brown Publishers, p. 240.
11. Fletcher, C.H. and Wiswall, C.G. (1991) Investigating Earth (1st Ed.). Wm. C. Brown Publishers, p. 264.
12. Fletcher, C.H. and Wehmiller, J. W., Eds. (1992) Quaternary Coasts of the United States: Marine and Lacustrine Systems. SEPM Special Publication No. 48, (Society for Sedimentary Geology) Tulsa, 450p.
13. Donoghue, J.F., Davis, R.A., Fletcher, C.H., and Suter, J. R., Eds., (1991) Quaternary Coastal Evolution, Sedimentary Geology (Special Issue), 15 papers, p. 137-331.
14. Fletcher, C.H. and 6 co-authors (2000) Coastal Geology: A Critical National and Global Priority, Workshop Report, Geology and Paleontology Program, NSF.
15. Fletcher, C.H., and 11 co-authors (1998) FUMAGES, Shelf and Shoreface Sediments: Thematic Working Group #3. The Future of Marine Geology and Geophysics (FUMAGES), Report of a Workshop, Ashland Hills, Oregon, December 5-7, 1996, Baker, P. and McNutt, M. (Eds.), Chapter 4, p. 47-70, Sponsored by National Science Foundation’s Marine Geology and Geophysics and Ocean Drilling Programs, Division of Ocean Sciences, 264p.
16. Fletcher, C.H. (1998) COEMAP – The COastal Erosion MAnagement Plan for the State of Hawaii: Board of Land and Natural Resources. Adopted and endorsed by all state and county agencies with decision-making authority in the Hawaiian coastal zone (by unanimous vote, March, 1999). Created new Coastal Lands Program, and new “Beaches Fund” by Legislative and Executive Authority, Act 84 - passed in FY’99.
17. Fletcher, C.H., and Hwang, D.J. (1994) Shoreline certification review and recommendations. A Report to the Hawaii Coastal Zone Management Program, 76p.
18. Hwang, D., and Fletcher, C. (1992) Beach management plan with beach management districts. A Report to the Hawaii Coastal Zone Management Program, 192p.
19. Fletcher, C.H. (1999) Paleoclimate and Geography. Atlas of Hawaii, UH Press, p.64-67.
20. Fletcher, C.H. (1999) Coastal Hazards. Atlas of Hawaii, UH Press, p. 79-82.
21. Fletcher, C.H. (1997) Hawaii’s Beaches and Coastal Lands, Landscape Hawaii, v.1.4.
22. Fletcher, C.H. (1997) The Science and Management of Hawaii’s Beaches. Hawaii Planning, v. xviii, p. 1-5.