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Daniel Whitesell

Daniel Whitesell
dwhitesell@gso.uri.edu
401-874-6113
Degree Program: MS

Educational Background

B.S. Marine science
M.S. Oceanography
 Stony Brook University
University of Rhode Island
 2009

Areas of Specialization

Research

My research focuses on the use of seismic reflection to interpret seafloor geomorphology and investigate sea level regression and transgression on the Crimean shelf, with a particular interest in the early Holocene inundation of the Black Sea. I specialize in processing chirp sub-bottom seismic reflection data along with multibeam and side scan sonar to locate underwater archaeological sites and examine geological features on the seafloor. My other interests include bathymetric mapping and navigation, marine archaeological surveying and the interpretation of submarine landscapes.

Publications:

Brennan, M. L., Turanli, T., Buxton, B., Croff Bell, K. L., Roman, C. N., Kofahl, M., Koyagasioglu, O., Whitesell, D., Chamberlain, T., Sullivan, R., Ballard, R., New Frontiers in Ocean Exploration: The E/V Nautilus 2010 Field Season, Landscape Imaging of the Southeast Aegean Sea, Oceanography, supplement edition volume 24(1), p. 18-19, March, 2011.

Brennan, M. L., Coleman, D., Roman, C. N., Turanli, T., Davis, D., Catsambis, A., Moore, J., Merrigan,M., Bajdek, B., Whitesell, D. and Ballard, R., New Frontiers in Ocean Exploration: The E/V Nautilus 2010 Field Season, Maritime History of ANZAC Cove, Oceanography, supplement edition volume 24(1), p. 20-21, March, 2011.

Teaching Experience:

Spring 2012             OCG 110- Ocean Exploration (TA)

Summer 2011          OCG 110- Ocean Planet (Instructor)

Outreach:

Summer 2011          Instructor for International Oceanography Explorers Program

2009-Present           Outreach scientist for Office of Marine Programs

Presentations:

Whitesell, D. P., Ballard, R. D., Pockalny, R. A., Coleman, D.F. Investigating the Early Holocene Black Sea Flood Using Chirp Sub-bottom Seismic Reflection Profiles of the Crimean Shelf. AGU, fall meeting. Abstract OS13B-1523. (2011) Poster

Smart, C., Whitesell,D. P., Roman, C., Carey, S. Remote Analysis of Grain Size Characteristic in Submarine Pyroclastic Deposits from Kolumbo Volcano, Greece. AGU, fall meeting. Abstract OS13A-1501. (2011) Poster