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This page is no longer updated as of 2022. Please refer to our Google Scholar page for a more updated list. Below are a a list of our publications from 2022 and before:

45. Woodruff, J.D., Venti, N., Mabee, S., DiTroia, A. and Beach, D., (2021). Grain size and beach face slope on paraglacial beaches of New England, USA. Marine Geology, p.106527. PDF

44. Yellen, B., Woodruff, J.D., Ladlow, C., Ralston, D.K., Fernald, S. and Lau, W., (2021). Rapid tidal marsh development in anthropogenic backwaters. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 46:5 pp. 54-572, DOI: 10.1002/esp.5045.

43. Ralston, D.K., Yellen, B. and Woodruff, J.D., (2021). Watershed Suspended Sediment Supply and Potential Impacts of Dam Removals for an Estuary. Estuaries and Coasts, 44(5), pp.1195-1215. PDF

42. Castagno, K.A., Donnelly, J.P. and Woodruff, J.D., (2021). Grain-Size Analysis of Hurricane-Induced Event Beds in a New England Salt Marsh, Massachusetts, USA. Journal of Coastal Research, 37(2), pp.326-335. PDF

41. Castagno, K.A., Donnelly, J.P., and Woodruff, J.D. (2021). Storm processes and salt marsh dynamics, in Marshes: Function, Dynamics and Stresses, Eds. Fitzgerald, D. and Hughes, Z., Cambridge Univ. Press. IBSN: 9781316888933 PDF

40. Wallace, E.J., Donnelly, J.P., van Hengstum, P.J., Winkler, T.S., Dizon, C., LaBella, A., Lopez, I., D’Entremont, N.E., Sullivan, R.M., Woodruff, J.D., Hawkes, A.D., Maio, C., (2021), Regional shifts in paleohurricane activity over the last 1500 years derived from blue hole sediments offshore of Middle Caicos Island, Quaternary Science Reviews, 268, p.107126, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.107126. PDF

39. Wallace, E.J., Donnelly, J.P., van Hengstum, P.J., Winkler, T.S., McKeon, K., MacDonald, D., d’Entremont, N.E., Sullivan, R.M., Woodruff, J.D., Hawkes, A.D. and Maio, C., (2021). 1,050 years of hurricane strikes on Long Island in The Bahamas. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 36(3), p.e2020PA004156.

38. (Student Author) Baranes, H.E., Woodruff, J.D., Talke, S.A., Kopp, R.E., Ray, R.D. and DeConto, R.M., 2020. Tidally driven interannual variation in extreme sea level frequencies in the Gulf of Maine. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 125(10), p.e2020JC016291. PDF

37. Ralston, D.K., Yellen, B., Woodruff, J.D. and Fernald, S., (2020). Turbidity hysteresis in an estuary and tidal river following an extreme discharge event. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(15), p.e2020GL088005. PDF

36. Rodysill, J.R., Donnelly, J.P., Sullivan, R., Lane, P.D., Toomey, M., Woodruff, J.D., Hawkes, A.D., MacDonald, D., d’Entremont, N., McKeon, K. and Wallace, E., (2020). Historically unprecedented Northern Gulf of Mexico hurricane activity from 650 to 1250 CE. Scientific reports, 10(1), pp.1-17. PDF

35. Wallace, D. and Woodruff, J.D., (2020) Experimental and Numerical Models of Fine Sediment Transport by Tsunamis, in “Geological Records of Tsunamis and other Extreme Waves, 1st Edition”, Editors Brill, D., Engel, M., Garrett, E., May, M., & Pilarczyk, J., pp 491-509, Elsevier, ISBN: 978-0-12-815686-5 PDF

34. Dow, S., Snyder, N.P., Ouimet, W.B., Martini, A.M., Yellen, B., Woodruff, J.D. and Newton, R.M. (2020), Estimating the timescale of fluvial response to anthropogenic disturbance using two generations of dams on the South River, Massachusetts, USA, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, doi: 10.1002/esp.4886 PDF

33. Contributing Author, (2019), Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate: Chapter 4 on Sea Level Rise and Implications for Low Lying Islands, Coasts and Communities, Cambridge University Press. PDF

32. (Student Author) Ladlow, C., Woodruff, J.D., Cook, T.L., Baranes, H., and Kanamaru, K. (2019), A fluvially derived flood deposit dating to the Kamikaze typhoons near Nagasaki, Japan, Natural Hazards, doi: 10.1007/s11069-019-03777-z. PDF

31. Woodruff, J.D., (2018), Future of tidal wetlands depends on coastal management (News&Views). Nature, 561(7722):183-185: doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-06190-x. PDF

30. Talke, S.A., Kemp, A.C., and Woodruff, J.D., (2018), Relative Sea Level, Tides, and Extreme Water Levels in Boston Harbor From 1825 to 2018. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, DOI: 10.1029/2017JC013645. PDF

29. *Baranes, H., Woodruff, J.D., Loveless, J.P., Hyodo, M., (2018), Interseismic Coupling?Based Earthquake and Tsunami Scenarios for the Nankai Trough. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(7): pp. 2986-1994. PDF

28. *Yellen, B., Woodruff, J.D., Ralston, D., MacDonald, D., and Jones, D., (2017) , Salt
wedge dynamics lead to enhanced sediment trapping within side embayments in high?energy estuaries. Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, 122(3): pp. 2226-2242, DOI: 10.1002/2016JC012595. PDF

27. Baranes, H., Woodruff, J.D., Wallace, D. , Kanamaru, K., and Cook, T., 2006, Sedimentological records of regional and Nankai Trough derived tsunamis from the Bungo Channel, southwestern Japan. Natural Hazards, DOI 10.1007/s11069-016-2498-3

26. *Brandon, C., Woodruff, J.D., Donnelly, J.P., Orton, P.M., 2016, Increased overwash by storms following European disturbance of oyster beds in New York City. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

25. *Yellen, B., Woodruff, J.D., Cook, T., Newton, B., 2016, Unprecedented Historical Erosion from Tropical Storm Irene due to High Antecedent Precipitation . Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

24. Toomey, M., Woodruff, J.D., Donnelly, J.P., Aston, A., Perron, J. T., 2016, Rivers and reef forms. Marine Geology

23. Woodruff, J.D.,Kanamaru, K., Kundu, S, and Cook, T., 2015, Depositional Evidence for the Kamikaze Typhoons and Links to Changes in Typhoon Climatology. Geology, v. 43(1), p. 91-94 : PDF

22. Cook, T., Yellen, B., Woodruff, J.D., Miller, D., 2015, Contrasting Human versus Climate Impacts on Erosion. Geophysical Research Letters, v. 42, doi:10.1002/2015GL064436. PDF

21. Donnelly, J.P.,  Hawkes, A.D. , Lane, P., MacDonald, D., Shuman, B. N., Toomey, M.R.,  van Hengstum, P. J., and Woodruff, J.D., 2015,  Climate Forcing of Unprecedented Intense-Hurricane Activity in the Last 2,000 Years. Earth’s Future PDF

20. *Brandon, C., Woodruff, J.D., and Donnelly, J.P., 2014, How Unique was Hurricane Sandy?  Sedimentary Reconstructions of Extreme Flooding from New York Harbor. Scientific Reports PDF

19. *Yellen, B., Woodruff, J.D., Kratz, L.N., Mabee, S.B., Morrison, J., Martini, A.M., 2014, Source, Conveyance and Fate of Suspended Sediments Following Hurricane Irene. New England, USA. Geomorphology, DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.07.028: PDF

18. Wallace, D., Woodruff, J.D., Anderson, J., and Donnelly, J.P., 2014, Palaeohurricane reconstructions along the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and western Atlantic Ocean margins. Geological Society London, Special Publications, SP388.12: PDF

17. Donnelly, J.P., Anderson, J.B., Hawkes, A.D., Otvos, E.G., Toomey, M.R., van Hengstum, P.J., Wallace, D.J., Woodruff, J.D., 2014, Comment on “The geological legacy of Hurricane Irene: Implications for the fidelity of the paleo-storm record”, p. e28-e29, doi: 10.1130/GSATG205C.1: PDF

16. Woodruff, J.D., Irish, J., and Camargo, S., 2013, Coastal flooding by tropical cyclones and sea-level rise. Nature, v. 504, p. 44-52: PDF

15. *Brandon, C., Woodruff, J.D., Lane, P. and Donnelly, J.P., 2013, Constraining flooding conditions for prehistoric hurricanes from resultant deposits preserved in Florida sinkholes. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, v. 14 (8), p. 2993-3008: PDF

14. Toomey, M.R., Donnelly, J.P., Woodruff, J.D., 2013, Reconstructing mid-late Holocene cyclone variability in the Central Pacific using sedimentary records from Tahaa, French Polynesia. Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 77 (1), p. 181-189: PDF

13. Woodruff, J.D., Martini, A.M., Naughton, T.N., Elzidani, E.Z., Kekacs, D., MacDonald, D., 2013, Off-river waterbodies on tidal rivers: Human impact on rates of infilling and the accumulation of pollutants. Geomorphology, v. 184, p. 38-50: PDF

12. Woodruff, J.D., Sriver, R.L., Lund, D.C., 2012, Tropical cyclone activity and western North Atlantic stratification over the last millennia: A comparative review with viable connections. Journal of Quaternary Science, v. 27 (4), p. 337-343: PDF

11. Lane, P., Donnelly, J.P., Woodruff, J.D., Hawkes, A.D., 2011, A decadally-resolved paleohurricane record archived in the late Holocene sediments of a Florida sinkhole. Marine Geology, v. 179, p. 105-119: PDF

10. Boldt, K.V., Lane, P, Woodruff, J.D., and Donnelly, J.P., 2010, Calibrating a sedimentary record of overwash from Southeastern New England using modeled historic hurricane surges. Marine Geology, v. 275: 127-139: PDF

9. Mann, M.E., Woodruff, J.D., Donnelly, J.P., and Zhang, Z., 2009, Atlantic hurricanes and climate over the past 1,500 years. Nature, v. 460, p. 880-883: PDF

8. Woodruff, J.D., Donnelly, J.P., and Okusu, A., 2009, Exploring typhoon variability over the mid-to-late Holocene: evidence of extreme coastal flooding from Kamikoshiki, Japan. Quaternary Science Reviews.  v. 28, p. 1774-1785: PDF

7. Done, J., Hu, H., Farmer, E.C., Yin, J., Bates, S., Frappier, A.B., Halkides, D.J. Kilbourne, K.H., Sriver, H., Woodruff, J.D., 2009, The Thermohaline Circulation and Tropical Cyclones in Past, Present, and Future Climates. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, v. 90(7), p. 1015-1017: PDF

6. Woodruff, J.D., Donnelly, J.P. and Emanuel, K. , 2008, Assessing sedimentary records of paleo-hurricane activity using modeled hurricane climatology. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, v. 9 (9), p. 1-12: PDF

5. Woodruff, J.D., Donnelly, J.P., Mohrig, D. and Geyer, W.R., 2008, Reconstructing relative flooding intensities responsible for hurricane-induced deposits from Laguna Playa Grande, Vieques, Puerto Rico. Geology, v. 36, p. 391-394: PDF, Supplemental

4. Donnelly, J.P. and Woodruff, J.D., 2007, Intense hurricane activity over the past 5,000 years controlled by El Nino and the West African monsoon. Nature, v. 447, p. 465-468: PDF, Supplemental

3. Woodruff, J.D., Geyer, W.R., Sommerfield, C.K., and Driscoll, N.W., 2001, Seasonal variation of sediment deposition in the Hudson River estuary. Marine Geology, v. 179, p. 105-119: PDF

2. Geyer, W.R., Woodruff, J.D., and Traykovski, P., 2001, Sediment transport and trapping in the Hudson River estuary. Estuaries, v. 24, p. 670-679: PDF

1. Barton, D.A., Woodruff, J.D., Bousquet, T.M., Purrish, A.M., 1997. Treatment system response to transient AOX (Adsorbable Organic Halogen) loadings. Water Science and Technology, vol 35(2-3) pp. 85-91: PDF