Overview
biography
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Stephen Leatherman is a Professor in the Dept of Earth and Environment. Dr. Leatherman is an internationally recognized authority on hurricane impacts, beach erosion, effects of sea level rise and rip currents. He has authored or edited 20 books and over 280 scientific journal articles and technical reports on coastal issues.
Dr. Leatherman has given expert testimony 10 times to U.S. Congressional Committees and was the on-screen host and co-producer of the "Vanishing Lands" documentary film, which won three international awards.
research interests
- Coastal science, "Dr. Beach", hurricane impacts, beach erosion, effects of sea level rise and rip currents
Scholarly & Creative Works
selected scholarly works & creative activities
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Article
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2023Snakes on USA beaches: A new management challenge?. OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT. 237.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106540 Web of Science: 000965761400001
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2022Management of invasive snakes in coastal environments: A baseline assessment of the Burmese python invasion in the Florida Everglades. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN. 182.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113996 Web of Science: 000841992500002
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2021Alternative approaches to medium-long term sea level rise mapping in Southern Miami Beach (Florida, USA). ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE. 255.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107365 Web of Science: 000653046900004
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2020Barrier Migration of Nauset Beach, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH. 89-91.Full Text via DOI: 10.2112/JCR-SI101-019.1 Web of Science: 000614771700021
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2020Rip Current Research in South Florida. JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH. 384-385.Full Text via DOI: 10.2112/JCR-SI101-068.1 Web of Science: 000614771700074
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2020Storm-Generated Overwash Processes at Assateague Island, Maryland. JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH. 48-50.Full Text via DOI: 10.2112/JCR-SI101-011.1 Web of Science: 000614771700013
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2020Rip Current Hazard Analysis. JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH. 969-973.Full Text via DOI: 10.2112/SI95-189.1 Web of Science: 000537556600181
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2019Improving the learning processes of Physical Geography through the use of landscape photographs in classFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/03098265.2018.1515189 Web of Science: 000461055100003
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2018Beachgoer's recognition of rip current hazard at Miami Beach, Florida. OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT. 165:63-70.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2018.08.011 Web of Science: 000449894500007
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2018Coastal Erosion and the United States National Flood Insurance Program. OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT. 156:35-42.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2017.04.004 Web of Science: 000429511500004
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2018Rip current literacy of beachgoers at Miami Beach, Florida. NATURAL HAZARDS. 90:601-621.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s11069-017-3060-7 Web of Science: 000417721100004
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2017Rip Current Measurements at Three South Florida Beaches. JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH. 33:1228-1234.Full Text via DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-16-00124.1 Web of Science: 000409252500022
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2017Mapping inundation probability due to increasing sea level rise along El Puerto de Santa Maria (SW Spain). NATURAL HAZARDS. 87:581-598.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s11069-017-2782-x Web of Science: 000401072600002
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2016ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO THE CARTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS AND REPRESENTATION OF SEA LEVEL RISE BY MEANS OF DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS: THE CASE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY (FLORIDA, USA). GEOFOCUS-REVISTA INTERNACIONAL DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGIA DE LA INFORMACION GEOGRAFICA. 115-130.Web of Science: 000379414700007
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2012No-Smoking Policies and Their Outcomes on US Beaches. JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH. 28:143-147.Full Text via DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-10-00137.1 Web of Science: 000299147900016
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2011Hurricane Wind Damage Mitigation: Research and Outlook. NATURAL HAZARDS REVIEW. 12:202-206.Full Text via DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)NH.1527-6996.0000048 Web of Science: 000298249400009
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2011Barrier Island Population along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf Coasts. JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH. 27:356-363.Full Text via DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-10-00126.1 Web of Science: 000288306500013
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2009Destructive Testing under Simulated Hurricane Effects to Promote Hazard Mitigation. NATURAL HAZARDS REVIEW. 10:1-10.Full Text via DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1527-6988(2009)10:1(1) Web of Science: 000208051200001
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2007Wall of wind full-scale destructive testing of coastal houses and hurricane damage mitigation. JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH. 23:1211-1217.Full Text via DOI: 10.2112/07-0829.1 Web of Science: 000249619100015
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2007Innovative testing facility to mitigate hurricane-induced lossesFull Text via DOI: 10.1029/2007EO250002
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2006Reconstruction of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina: A research perspective. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 103:14653-14660.Full Text via DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0605726103 Web of Science: 000241069300005
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2005Quantification of beach changes caused by Hurricane Floyd along Florida's Atlantic coast using airborne laser surveys. JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH. 21:123-134.Full Text via DOI: 10.2112/02057.1 Web of Science: 000226987500009
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2004Mapping shoreline position using airborne laser altimetry. JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH. 20:884-892.Full Text via DOI: 10.2112/1551-5036(2004)20[884:MSPUAL]2.0.CO;2 Web of Science: 000225203600026
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2004Global warming and coastal erosion. CLIMATIC CHANGE. 64:41-58.Full Text via DOI: 10.1023/B:CLIM.0000024690.32682.48 Web of Science: 000220927500004
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2003Sea level and coastal erosion require large-scale monitoringFull Text via DOI: 10.1029/2003EO020001
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2002The high water line as shoreline indicator. JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH. 18:329-337.Web of Science: 000176068400010
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2002Do storms cause long-term beach erosion along the U.S. East Barrier Coast?. JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY. 110:493-502.Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/340633
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2001Chapter 8 Social and economic costs of sea level riseFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/S0074-6142(01)80011-5
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2001Beach erosion potential for severe nor'easters. JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH. 17:309-321.Web of Science: 000169316900005
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2000Twentieth-century storm activity along the US east coast. JOURNAL OF CLIMATE. 13:1748-1761.Full Text via DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<1748:TCSAAT>2.0.CO;2 Web of Science: 000087350100008
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1998Considerations for shoreline position prediction. JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH. 14:1025-1033.Web of Science: 000075421100027
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1998Trends and Variability of Shoreline Position. JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH. 282-291.Web of Science: 000486291200040
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1997Beach Rating: A Methodological Approach. JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH. 13:253-258.
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1997On forecasting future U.S. Shoreline positions: A test of algorithms. JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH. 13:1245-1255.
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1996Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in Asia and the Pacific: Workshop summary. WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION. 92:1-12.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/bf00175548
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1996Shoreline stabilization approaches in response to sea level rise: U.S. experience and implications for Pacific Island and Asian nations. WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION. 92:149-157.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/bf00175561
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1995Historic and future land loss for upland and marsh islands in the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, U.S.A.. JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH. 11:1195-1203.
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1995A conceptual fairweather-storm model of beach nearshore profile evolution at Duck, North Carolina, USA. JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH. 11:1157-1166.
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1994Historic evolution of a marsh island: Bloodsworth Island, Maryland. JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH. 10:1031-1044.
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1991Beach erosion rates and the National Flood Insurance ProgramFull Text via DOI: 10.1029/90EO00009
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1991Greenhouse effect and sea level rise: The cost of holding back the seaFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/08920759109362138
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1991Historical shoreline change: error analysis and mapping accuracy. JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH. 7:839-852.
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1990Modelling shore response to sea-level rise on sedimentary coastsFull Text via DOI: 10.1177/030913339001400402
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1989Sea level rise, consequences and policies. CLIMATIC CHANGE. 15:175-189.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/BF00138851
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1989Anatomy of a barrier platform: outer barrier lagoon, southern Delmarva Peninsula, Virginia. MARINE GEOLOGY. 88:303-318.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/0025-3227(89)90103-5
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1989Role of inlets in geomorphic evolution of the south shore barriers of Long Island, New York, USA. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. 13:109-115.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/BF01867592
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1987Annotated chronological bibliography of Barrier Island migration.. JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH. 3:1-14.
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1987Coastal geomorphological applications of ground-penetrating radar.. JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH. 3:397-399.
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1987Effects of off-road vehicles on coastal foredunes at Fire Island, New York, USA. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. 11:45-52.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/BF01867178
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1987Overwash and aeolian processes on a U.S. northeast coast barrier. SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY. 52:183-206.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/0037-0738(87)90061-3
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1986Vegetative physiographic analysis of a U.S. northern barrier systemFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/BF02524947
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1986CLIFF STABILITY ALONG WESTERN CHESAPEAKE BAY, MARYLAND.. MARINE TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY JOURNAL. 20:28-36.
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1986Dynamics of a northern barrier beach: Nauset Spit, Cape Cod, Massachusetts.. GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN. 97:116-124.Full Text via DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1986)97<116:DOANBB>2.0.CO;2
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1985Genesis of Fire Island foredunes, New York. SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY. 42:201-216.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/0037-0738(85)90045-4
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1985Geomorphic and stratigraphic analysis of Fire Island, New York. MARINE GEOLOGY. 63:173-195.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/0025-3227(85)90083-0
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1985Mainland influence on coastal transgression: Delmarva Peninsula. MARINE GEOLOGY. 63:19-33.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/0025-3227(85)90078-7
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1985Response of tidal salt marshes of the US Atlantic and Gulf coasts to rising sea levels.. JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH. 1:29-37.
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1984Holocene sedimentation in Port Royal Bay, Bermuda. MARINE GEOLOGY. 56:289-298.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/0025-3227(84)90020-3
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1983Barrier dynamics and landward migration with Holocene sea-level rise. NATURE. 301:415-417.Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/301415a0
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1983Vertical sedimentation units in a barrier island washover fan. EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS. 8:141-150.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/esp.3290080205
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1982Virginia barrier island configuration: A reappraisal. SCIENCE. 215:285-287.Full Text via DOI: 10.1126/science.215.4530.285
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1981Recreational impacts on the distribution of ghost crabs Ocypode quadrata fab.. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION. 20:111-122.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/0006-3207(81)90022-7
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1979Beach and dune interactions during storm conditionsFull Text via DOI: 10.1144/GSL.QJEG.1979.012.04.05
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1979An inexpensive suspended sediment sampler. ESTUARIES. 2:135-136.Full Text via DOI: 10.2307/1351641
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1979Barrier dune systems: A reassessment. SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY. 24:1-16.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/0037-0738(79)90025-3
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1979Migration of Assateague Island, Maryland, by inlet and overwash processes. GEOLOGY. 7:104-107.Full Text via DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1979)7<104:MOAIMB>2.0.CO;2
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1978A new aeolian sand trap design. SEDIMENTOLOGY. 25:303-306.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.1978.tb00315.x
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1977Overwash sedimentation associated with a large-scale northeaster. MARINE GEOLOGY. 24:109-121.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/0025-3227(77)90004-4
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1977Sedimentation patterns in Repulse Bay, Hong KongFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7878(77)80027-8
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Book
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Book Chapter
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2019Erosion: Historical Analysis and Forecasting. 792-798.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-93806-6_138
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2019Modes and Patterns of Shoreline Change. 1171-1180.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-93806-6_217
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2018Erosion: Historical Analysis and Forecasting. 1-7.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-48657-4_138-2
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2018Modes and Patterns of Shoreline Change. 1-10.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-48657-4_217-2
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2005
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2005Modes and patterns of shoreline change. 651-656.
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2005Rating beaches. 785-790.
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2004Coastal Hazards and Barrier Beach Development. 455-460.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-2352-1_74
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1996Methods for Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment. 3-48.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-3653-4_2
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1989Response of Sandy Beaches to Sea-Level Rise. 57-69.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-0873-4_4
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1987CHAPTER 12 Reworking of Glacial Outwash Sediments along Outer Cape Cod: Development of Provincetown Spit. 307-325.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-257870-0.50016-7
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Book Review
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2014The Human Shore: Seacoasts in History. Ed. 76.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/hisn.12048_74 Web of Science: 000342740500077
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2001Beaches and dunes of developed coasts.. Ed. 53.Web of Science: 000170476400013
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Conference
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2014Rip Current: Science and Threat Communication. JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH. 93-95.Full Text via DOI: 10.2112/SI72-017.1 Web of Science: 000347275100017
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2011Rip currents: A major coastal hazard and public safety challenge. 131-136.Full Text via DOI: 10.1061/41185(417)13
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2008Full-scale destructive testing of houses to Hurricane-force wind and rain. 818-824.Full Text via DOI: 10.1061/40968(312)73
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2007Airborne laser derived shoreline and volume changes caused by hurricane charley. 3504-3515.Full Text via DOI: 10.1142/9789812709554_0295
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2003Shoreline change mapping and management along the US East Coast. JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH. 5-13.Web of Science: 000188120700002
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1999
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1998State of our coasts. 1360.
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1996Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation in Asia and the Pacific: Workshop summary. WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION. 1-12.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-1053-4_1
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1996Shoreline stabilization approaches in response to sea level rise: U.S. experience and implications for Pacific island and Asian nations. WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION. 149-157.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-1053-4_14
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1991Shoreline change analysis. A case study. 1043-1053.
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1984
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1983HISTORICAL AND PROJECTED SHORELINE MAPPING.. 2902-2910.
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1980BARRIER ISLAND MANAGEMENT.. 1470-1480.
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1977BARRIER ISLAND DYNAMICS: OVERWASH PROCESSES AND SOLIAN TRANSPORT. 1958-1974.Full Text via DOI: 10.1061/9780872620834.114
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1977
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1975OVERWASH PROCESSES ON ASSATEAGUE ISLAND.. 1194-1212.
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1975Overwash Processes on Assateague Island. 1194-1212.Full Text via DOI: 10.1061/9780872621138.072
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Editorial Material
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Letter
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2019Reassessment of Large-Scale Reversals in Shoreline Trends along the US Mid-Atlantic Coast. JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH. 2-3.Full Text via DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-18A-00005 Web of Science: 000457248700002
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2012Undertow, Rip Current, and Riptide. JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH. III-V.Full Text via DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-12-00052.1 Web of Science: 000306450700001
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2004Questioning the rules in coastal erosion - Reply. PHYSICS TODAY. 21-22.Full Text via DOI: 10.1063/1.4796650 Web of Science: 000223003600010
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Note
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Other Scholarly Work
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2023In loving memory of Prof. AT Williams: A life dedicated to Coastal Geomorphology, Conservation and Management. OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106618 Web of Science: 001009784300001
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2021Prof. Dr. Keqi Zhang IN MEMORIAM. JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH. 882-882.Full Text via DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-21A-00004.1 Web of Science: 000670317400020
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2012JOHN R. CLARK (1927-2010) IN MEMORIAM. JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH. 991-991.Full Text via DOI: 10.2112/12A-00006.1 Web of Science: 000306450700027
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2010Rip Currents and Beach Safety Education. JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH. 1-3.Full Text via DOI: 10.2112/09A-0005.1 Web of Science: 000274041300001
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Review
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1997Beach dewatering as a 'soft' engineering solution to coastal erosion - A history and critical review. JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH. 1050-1063.
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Works By Students
chaired theses and dissertations
- Fallon, Kathleen Michelle, Rip Current Formation and Beach Safety Implications for Several U.S. Atlantic Coast Beach Areas 2017
Research
principal investigator on
- Coastal Processes Research. awarded by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2006 - 2014
- The Florida Hurricane Alliance Research Program - Round 4 (Program Management, Coastal Vulnerability and Subcontracts). awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin 2007 - 2011
- The Florida Hurricane Alliance Research Program - Round 1. awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin 2004 - 2010
- Rip Current Symposium awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin 2009 - 2010
- Hurricane Loss Reduction (RCMP) 08-09. awarded by Florida Department of Community Affairs 2008 - 2009
- Hurricane Loss Reduction (RCMP) 07-08. awarded by Florida Department of Community Affairs 2007 - 2008
- Subcontract to Main Project IDNbr120000596 (Leatherman/Nbr6440):Hurricane Loss Reduction for Housing in Florida Year 6. awarded by Florida Department of Community Affairs 2007 - 2008
subproject principal investigator on
- Subproject to Institution Nbr 5030 awarded by Florida Department of Community Affairs 2004 - 2005
- Subproject to Institution Nbr 5030 awarded by Florida Department of Community Affairs 2004 - 2005
Contact
full name
- Stephen Leatherman
Identifiers
ORCID iD
- https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6889-9177 (confirmed)
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