University of Southern Mississippi

Department of Marine Science

Coastal and Marine Geology

Publications:

Published or in press:

Hung, C.C., G. Gwo-Ching, J. Kuotung, K.M. Yeager, P.H. Santschi, T.L. Wade and
J.L. Sericano, 2006. Relationship between carbonaceous materials and

Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in sediments of the Danshui River and

adjacent coastal areas, Taiwan. Chemosphere (in press).

Yeager, K.M., P.H. Santschi, K.J. Schindler, M.J. Andres and E.A. Weaver, 2006.

The relative importance of terrestrial versus marine sediment sources to the

Nueces-Corpus Christi Estuary, Texas: an isotopic approach. Estuaries and

Coasts (in press).

Wan, G.J., J.A. Chen, S.Q. Xu, F.C. Wu, R.G. Huang, K.M. Yeager and P.H.

Santschi, 2005. Coupling between ²¹⁰Pb_ex and organic matter in sediments of

Lake Chenghai, China. Chemical Geology, vol. 224, no. 4, p. 223-236.

Yeager, K.M., P.H. Santschi, J.D. Phillips and B.E. Herbert, 2005. Suspended

sediment sources and tributary effects in the lower reaches of a coastal plain

stream as indicated by radionuclides, Loco Bayou, Texas. Environmental

Geology, vol. 47, no. 3, p. 382-395.

Yeager, K.M., P.H. Santschi and G.T. Rowe, 2004. Sediment accumulation and

radionuclide inventories (^239,240Pu, ²¹⁰Pb and ²³⁴Th) in the northern Gulf of

Mexico, as influenced by organic matter and macrofaunal density. Marine

Chemistry, vol. 91, no. 1-4, p. 1-14.

Yeager, K.M. and P.H. Santschi, 2003. Invariance of isotope ratios of lithogenic

radionuclides: more evidence for their use as sediment source tracers. Journal

of Environmental Radioactivity, vol. 69, p. 159-176.

Yeager, K.M., P.H. Santschi, J.D. Phillips and B.E. Herbert, 2002. Sources of

alluvium in a coastal plain stream based on radionuclide signatures from the

²³⁸U and ²³²Th decay series. Water Resources Research, vol. 38, no. 11, p. 24-1

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Submitted or in preparation:

Yeager, K.M., P.H. Santschi, H. Rifai, M. Suarez, R. Brinkmeyer, C.C. Hung, K.J.

Schindler, M. Andres and E. Weaver, 2006. Dioxin chronology in sediments of

the Houston Ship Channel, Texas: influences of sedimentary texture and total

organic carbon. Environmental Science and Technology (submitted).

Yeager, K.M., P.H. Santschi, K.J. Schindler, M.J. Andres and E.A. Weaver. The

importance of physical mixing in driving the efflux of radium from sediments:

evidence based on fallout and lithogenic radionuclides in the Nueces-Corpus

Christi Estuary, Texas. To be submitted to Journal of Environmental Radioactivity.

Abstracts and reports (presenter in bold):

Yeager, K.M., P.H. Santschi, K.J. Schindler, M.J. Andres and E.A. Weaver, 2006.

The relative importance of terrestrial versus marine sediment sources to the

Nueces-Corpus Christi Estuary, Texas: an isotopic approach. EOS Transactions

AGU, 87(36), National Joint Meeting, Abstract OS01-841.

Hieke, C., R. Brinkmeyer and K.M. Yeager, 2005. Diversity of bacterial

communities in dioxin-contaminated sediments from the Houston ship channel.

Texas A&M University Student Research Symposium, Galveston, TX.

Schindler, K.J., K.M. Yeager and P.H. Santschi, 2005, Recent and ongoing

research using environmental radionuclides, specifically ^239,240Pu for sediment

tracing and accumulation. Texas A&M University Student Research Symposium,

Galveston, TX

Yeager, K.M., P.H. Santschi, J.D. Phillips and B.E. Herbert, 2005, Suspended

sediment sources and the importance of transient storage and human agency

as indicated by radionuclides in the Loco Bayou watershed, Texas. Geological

Society of America South-Central Regional Meeting, San Antonio, TX

Santschi, P.H. and K.M. Yeager, 2004. Quantifying terrestrial vs. marine sources

of sediment to a managed fluvial, deltaic and estuarine system: Nueces-Corpus

Christi Estuary, Texas. Final report to the Texas Water Development Board,

Austin, TX.

Yeager, K.M., P.H. Santschi, G. Rowe and K.J. Schindler, 2004, Sedimentation

and radionuclide inventories (^239,240Pu, ²¹⁰Pb and ²³⁴Th) in the northern Gulf

of Mexico, the importance of macrofauna and organic matter. EOS Transactions

AGU, 84(52), Ocean Science Meeting Supplemental, Abstract OS22C-0014

Yeager, K.M., P.H. Santschi, J.D. Phillips and B.E. Herbert, 2002, Sources of

alluvium in a coastal plain stream based on radionuclide signatures from the

²³⁸U and ²³²Th decay series: hillslope to channel coupling and the effects of

human agency. Texas A&M University 125^th Anniversary Symposium: A

Sustainable Gulf of Mexico: Research, Technology and Observation 1950-2050,

College Station, TX

Bowman, J.A., K.M. Yeager and J.D. Phillips, 2002, Suspended Sediment Retention

in Bottomland Hardwood Forest Stream Corridors of the Upper Angelina River

Basin, Texas. Final Report to the Texas Water Development Board, Austin, TX

Yeager, K.M., P.H. Santschi, J.D. Phillips and B.E. Herbert, 2000, Resolution of

fluvial sediment sources, residence times and resuspension using lithogenic,

atmospheric and cosmogenic radionuclides, Bayou Loco, Texas. Geological

Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, vol. 32, no.7, p. A23