John Milliman

John D. Milliman (born 5 May 1938) is a retired[1] American Emeritus Professor of marine geology. He is a professor emeritus in the department of physical sciences and in the Virginia Institute of Marine Science at the College of William & Mary.

Education[edit]

Milliman earned Bachelor of Science from the University of Rochester, a Master of Science from the University of Washington, Seattle, and a PhD from the University of Miami.[1]

Research[edit]

In 1968, Milliman and K.O. Emery published an article in Science suggesting that the Holocene transgression began 14,000 years ago and was over by 7,000 years ago.[2] In 2003 he and Jonathan A. Warrick found that rivers of Southern California, such as Santa Clara River and Transverse Ranges, discharge a huge amount of sediment especially during El Niño–Southern Oscillation.[3] In 2005 Milliman studied seven rivers in Taiwan after typhoon Herb swept through the region.[4][5] He and his colleagues also studied the following river and shelf systems: Yangtze,[6] Yellow,[7] Fly, etc.

Milliman was named one of Virginia's "outstanding scientists" by Governor Bob McDonnell in 2012.[8]

Selected publications[edit]

  • J.D. Milliman (6 December 2012). Recent Sedimentary Carbonates: Part 1 Marine Carbonates. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-3-642-65528-9. (pbk reprint of 1974 publication)
  • John D. Milliman; Katherine L. Farnsworth (28 March 2013). River Discharge to the Coastal Ocean: A Global Synthesis. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-49350-5.[9][10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "John Milliman". Retrieved April 19, 2019.
  2. ^ John D. Milliman; K. O. Emery (1968). "Sea Levels during the Past 35,000 Years". Science. 162 (3858). AAAS: 1121–1123. Bibcode:1968Sci...162.1121M. doi:10.1126/science.162.3858.1121. PMID 17746818. S2CID 41474857.
  3. ^ Jonathan A. Warrick and John D. Milliman (2003). "Hyperpycnal sediment discharge from semiarid southern California rivers: Implications for coastal sediment budgetsz". Geology. 31 (9): 781–784. Bibcode:2003Geo....31..781W. doi:10.1130/G19671.1.
  4. ^ John Milliman and Shuh‐Ji Kao (September 2005). "Hyperpycnal Discharge of Fluvial Sediment to the Ocean: Impact of Super‐Typhoon Herb (1996) on Taiwanese Rivers". The Journal of Geology. 113 (5). The University of Chicago Press/JSTOR: 503–516. Bibcode:2005JG....113..503M. doi:10.1086/431906. JSTOR 431906. S2CID 225043073.
  5. ^ JP Liu, CS Liu, KH Xu, JD Milliman, JK Chiu, SJ Kao, SW Lin (2008). "Flux and fate of small mountainous rivers derived sediments into the Taiwan Strait". Marine Geology. 256 (1–4): 65–76. Bibcode:2008MGeol.256...65L. doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2008.09.007.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ JP Liu, KH Xu, AC Li, JD Milliman, DM Velozzi, SB Xiao, ZS Yang (2007). "Flux and fate of Yangtze River sediment delivered to the East China Sea". Geomorphology. 85 (3–4): 208–224. Bibcode:2007Geomo..85..208L. doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.03.023.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ J Paul Liu, John D Milliman, Shu Gao, Peng Cheng (2004). "Holocene development of the Yellow River's subaqueous delta, North Yellow Sea". Marine Geology. 209 (1–4): 45–67. Bibcode:2004MGeol.209...45L. doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2004.06.009.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ David Malmquist (January 18, 2012). "W&M professor honored as outstanding scientist". College of William & Mary. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
  9. ^ Owens, Philip N. (2012). "Research resource review: River Discharge to the Coastal Ocean: A Global Synthesis". Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment. 36 (3): 449–450. doi:10.1177/0309133312436888. ISSN 0309-1333. S2CID 131415420.
  10. ^ Paola, Chris (2011). "Review of River Discharge to the Coastal Ocean: A Global Synthesis, by J.D. Milliman and K.L. Farnsworth". Oceanography. 24 (4): 143–144. doi:10.5670/oceanog.2011.108.

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