Marine Geology
Ph.D., University of South Florida, 1986

Galbraith Marine Science Laboratory
727-864-8992 (Office), 727-864-7699 (Fax)
brooksgr@eckerd.edu

Author of over 150 published papers, abstracts and technical reports concentrating on the geologic development of continental margins and the study of sediments and sedimentary processes in marine and coastal systems. Awarded over $2,000,000 in research funding over the past 10 years from NSF, USGS, and a variety of other federal, state and local governmental agencies as well as private foundations. Served as Editor on a Special Publication in Marine Geology, Neogene Geology of a linked coastal/inner shelf system: west-central Florida (2003). Served as Sedimentologist on ODP Leg 182, Great Australian Bight (1998). Current research focuses on distribution and rates of sediment input into coastal systems. Current projects include recent sedimentary development of TampaBay and CharlotteHarbor (both on Florida's west coast), and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Supervises labs for analyses of sediment texture and composition, and sediment geochronology (over past 100 years) using short-lived radioisotopes (Pb-210, Cs-137, Be-7). Actively supports 10-20 students/year on grant funded projects.

Courses offered:

Marine Geology; Sedimentation and Stratigraphy; Descriptive Physical Oceanography; Hydrogeology; Environmental Geology; Earth Materials; Coastal Geology; Earth Science; Scientific Writing; Tropical Marine Environments, Florida Keys; Geology and Biology of the Bahamas; Coral Reef Environments, Belize; Roatan; Cultural and Natural Environments of the World: Southeastern Alaska, Australia, Africa, Morocco, Fiji.

Selected Recent Publications:

Brooks, G.R., In Press, Florida gulf coast estuaries: TampaBay and CharlotteHarbor, In, Gulf of Mexico, origin, waters, and marine life, Texas A&M Press, College Station.

Brooks, G.R., Devine, B. Larson, R.A. and Rood, B.P., In Press, Sedimentary development of Coral Bay, St. John, USVI: Natural and anthropogenic influences: Caribbean Journal of Science.

Brooks, G.R. and Holmes, C.W., In Press, The west Florida continental slope, In, Gulf of Mexico, origin, waters, and marine life, Texas A&M Press, College Station.

Brooks, G.R., Doyle, L.J., Suthard, B.C., Locker, S.D. and Hine, A.C., 2003, Facies architecture of the mixed carbonate/siliciclastic inner continental shelf of west-central Florida: implications for Holocene barrier development, in, Brooks, G.R. (ed.), Neogene Geology of a linked coastal/ inner shelf system: west-central Florida: Spec. Publ. In Marine Geology, v. 200, p. 325-349.

Brooks, G. R., Doyle, L.J., Davis, R.A., DeWitt, N.T. and Suthard, B.C., 2003, Patterns and controls of surface sediment distribution: west-central Florida inner shelf, in, Brooks, G.R. (ed.), Neogene Geology of a linked coastal/ inner shelf system: west-central Florida: Spec. Publ. In Marine Geology, v. 200, p. 307-324.