![['s Photo]](Brent.JPG) Brent
McKee
Professor
Dept. Earth & Env.
Sciences
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA 70118
Room 208 Dinwiddie Hall
Phone: (504) 862-3167
Fax: (504) 865-5199
bmckee@tulane.edu
Director
Tulane Center for
River-Ocean Studies
Education
1976, Ed.B. (English) University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
1980, B.A. (Chemistry) North Carolina State University
1983, M.S. (Marine Geochemistry) North Carolina State University
1986, Ph.D. (Marine Geochemistry) North Carolina State University
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Research Interests
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Sedimentary geochemistry;
geochemical cycling in river-ocean margins, lakes and anoxic environments
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Use
of radioisotopes as tools to quantify rates of environmental processes
- Fate of trace elements and radionuclides in coastal environments
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Courses Taught
- EENS 112 Historical
Geology
- EENS 120 Earth Systems
- EENS 627 Sedimentation
and Stratigraphy
- EENS 608 Scientific
Speaking and Writing: Geosciences
- EENS 629 Sedimentary
Geochemistry
- EENS 622 Major World
Rivers
- EENS 623? River-Dominated
Continental Margins
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Selected Publications
**names in red are graduate
students or post-docs working in my research group**
Corbett, R., B. McKee,
and D. Duncan Submitted. An evaluation of mobile mud dynamics in the
Mississippi River Deltaic region. Marine Geology.
McKee, B., R. Aller, M. Allison, T. Bianchi, and G.
Kineke In Press. Transport and Transformation of Dissolved and Particulate
Materials on Continental Margins Influenced by Major Rivers: Benthic Boundary
Layer and Seabed Processes. Continental Shelf Research.
Skei, J., B. McKee, and B. Sundby In Press.
Fjords. In: Biogeochemistry of Marine Systems.
(Ed.) K. Black. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford.
McKee, B.A. 2003. RiOMar: The Transport,
Transformation and Fate of Carbon in River-dominated Ocean Margins. Report of
the RiOMar Workshop, 1-3 November 2001. Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.
Click here for the RiOMar webpage and a copy of the report
O’Reilly, C.M., S.R. Alin, P-D Plisnie, A.S. Cohen and
B.A. McKee 2003. Climate change decreases aquatic ecosystem productivity of
Lake Tanganyika, East Africa. Nature 424: 766-768.
Alin, S., C. O’Reilly, A. Cohen, D. Dettman, M.
Palacios-Fest, and B. McKee 2002. Effects of land-use change on aquatic
biodiversity: A view from the paleorecord at Lake Tanganyika, East Africa.
Geology 30:12 1143-1146.
Bianchi, T., E. Engelhaupt, B. McKee, S. Miles, R.
Elmgren, S. Hajdu, C. Savage, and M. Baskaran 2002. Do sediments from coastal
sites accurately reflect time trends in water column phytoplankton? A test from
Himmerfjärden Bay
(Baltic Sea proper). Limnology and Oceanography
47
(5): 1537-1544.
Mitra, S., T. Bianchi, B. McKee, and M. Sutula
2002. Black Carbon from the Mississippi River: Quantities, Sources and Potential
Implications for the Global Carbon Cycle. Environmental Science and
Technology 36: 2296-2302.
Bianchi, T, S. Mitra, and B. McKee 2001. Sources of
Terrestrially derived Organic Carbon in Lower Mississippi River and Louisiana
Shelf Sediments: Implications for Differential Sedimentation and Transport at
the Coastal Margin, Marine Chemistry 77
(2/3): 211-223.
Chen, N., T. Bianchi, B. McKee, and J. Bland 2001.
Historical Trends of Hypoxia on the Louisiana Shelf: the Application of Pigments
as Biomarkers. Organic Geochemistry. 32
(4): 543-561.
Booth, J. G., R.L. Miller,
B.A. McKee and R.A. Lethers 2000. Wind-induced sediment resuspension in
a microtidal coastal environment. Continental Shelf Research. 20:
785-806.
Swarzenski. P.W., D.R. Corbett,
J.M. Smoak, and B.A. McKee 2000. The Use of U-series Radionuclides and
Transient Tracers in Oceanography—An Overview. In: Issues in Environmental
Science and Technology, No. 13 Chemistry in the Marine Environment..
(Ed.) R.E. Hester. The Royal Society of
Chemistry. pp.33-53.
Wells, T.M., A.S. Cohen, L.E. Park, D.L. Dettman and
B.A. McKee 1999. Ostracode stratigraphy and paleoecology from surficial
sediments of Lake Tanganyika, Africa. Journal of Paleolimnology 22(3):
259-276
McKee, B. and J. Skei 1999. Framvaren Fjord as a
natural laboratory for examining biogeochemical processes in anoxic
environments. Marine Chemistry 67
(3/4): 147-148.
Swarzenski, P.W., B.A.
McKee, J.M. Skei, J.G. Booth and J.F. Todd
1999. Uranium biogeochemistry across the redox transition zone of a permanently
stratified fjord: Framvaren, Norway. Marine Chemistry. 67
(3/4): 181-198.
Swarzenski, P.W., B.A.
McKee, K. Sorensen and J.F. Todd 1999. 210Pb and 210Po,
manganese and iron cycling across the O2/H2S interface of
a permanently anoxic fjord: Framvaren, Norway. Marine Chemistry. 67
(3/4): 199-217.
McKee, B.A., and M. Baskaran 1999. Sedimentary
Processes of Gulf of Mexico Estuaries. In: Biogeochemistry of Gulf of Mexico
Estuaries T. Bianchi, J. Pennock and R. Twilley
(eds). John Wiley and Sons, New York. pp. 63-85.
Chesney, E., B. McKee, T. Blanchard and L-H. Chan.
1998. Microchemistry of Otoliths from Juvenile Menhaden, Brevoortia Patronus:
Evaluating Strontium, Calcium and Strontium Isotope Ratios as Environmental
Indicators. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 171: 261-273.
Swarzenski, P.W. and B.A.
McKee. 1998. Seasonal uranium distributions in the coastal waters off the
Amazon and Mississippi Rivers. Estuaries. 21: 379-390.
Dagg, M.J., E.P. Green, B.A. McKee and P.B Ortner
1996. Biological removal of fine grained lithogenic particles from a river
plume. Journal of Marine Research. 54: 149-160.
Moore, W.S., D. DeMaster, B.McKee, J. Smoak and
P. Swarzenski 1996. Radionuclide tracers of
sediment-water interactions on the Amazon Shelf. Continental Shelf Research.
16: 645-666.
Smoak, J. M., D.J. DeMaster, S.A.
Kuehl, P.H. Pope and B.A. McKee 1996. The behavior of particle-reactive
tracers in a high turbidity environment:: 234Th and 210Pb
on the Amazon continental shelf. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.
60: 2123-2137.
Blackwelder, P., T. Hood, C.
Alvarez-Zarikian, T. Nelsen and B. McKee 1996. Benthic foraminifera
from the NECOP study area impacted by the Mississippi River plume and seasonal
hypoxia. Quaternary International. 31: 19-36.
McKee, B.A., P.W. Swarzenski
and J.G. Booth 1996. The Flux of uranium isotopes from river-dominated
shelf sediments. In: Geochemistry of the Earth’s Surface, p. 85-91
(S.H. Bottrell (ed). University of Leeds Press.
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Active Research Projects
Controls on the Optical properties of
Coastal Waters in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. P.I.: M. Dagg with T. Bianchi,
R. Powell, C. Del Castillo and R. Miller
NASA-EPSCoR.
Collaborative Research: Chemical Weathering in Taylor
Valley Streams: Sources, Mechanisms, and Global Implications. w/ B. Lyons. The
National Science Foundation. Office of Polar Programs: Antarctic Geology
and Geophysics.
River Dominated Ocean Margins: Workshop Management. The
National Science Foundation. Division of Earth Sciences: Geology and
Geophysics
Planning grant for an NSF
Science and Technology Center for River-Ocean Studies. LA Board of Regents.
Collaborative Research: Tracing
Groundwater Discharge into River-Dominated Coastal Waters. P.I.:
D. R. Corbett w/ L. Smith and Z. Top. National Science Foundation.
Division of Ocean Sciences, Chemical Oceanography Program.
Collaborative Research: How
temporal changes in river discharge and storms affect the source and age
distribution of sedimentary organic carbon across a river-dominated margin.
P.I.: T. S. Bianchi w/ Elizabeth Canuel, Stuart Wakeham, and Mead Allison.
National Science Foundation. Integrated Carbon Cycle Program.
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Recent Research Projects
The Fate of Particle-reactive
Contaminants in Shallow Coastal Environments. McKee P.I. with R. Powell, S.
Mitra, G. Booth and R. Miller. March 16, 2000 – March 15, 2003.
Environmental Protection Agency-EPSCoR.
Enhancement for Sampling
Particulate Materials in the Mississippi River and Adjacent Louisiana Coastal
Environments. September 1, 2001 – August 31, 2002. LA BoR Support Fund
Transport and Transformation of
Dissolved and Particulate Materials on Continental Shelves Influenced by Large
Rivers. McKee P.I with R. Aller, M. Allison, T. Bianchi, and G. Kineke. July
1, 2000—June 30, 2001. Office of Naval Research.
Dynamic Particle Processes and
Biogeochemical Material Flux in River-Dominated Ocean Margins. McKee P.I. with
F. Clark. Aug. 1, 1999 – July 31, 2002. NASA Graduate Student
Researchers Program.
River-Ocean Interactions: Phase
1: The Processing and fates of Nutrients and Organic Carbon from the Mississippi
River. McKee P.I with T. Bianchi, G. Booth, M. Dagg, R. Miller and R. Powell.
August 1, 1999 – April 30, 2002. Office of Naval Research.
Evaluating the Effects of
Seasonal Sediment Storage, Diagenesis, and Remobilization on the Fate of
Sediment Contaminants in the Lower Mississippi River. McKee P.I. with T.
Bianchi and S. Mitra. November 1, 1998 – September 28, 2000. Department of
Defense.
Evaluating the Flux of Uranium
Isotopes from River-Dominated Shelf Sediments. McKee P.I. with Ken Nealson.
February 1, 1997 - February 29, 2001. National Science Foundation,
Division of Ocean Sciences, Chemical Oceanography Program.
Carbon Cycling and Hydrology in
a Shallow Coastal Estuary. McKee P.I. with R. Miller. February 1, 1994 - May
31, 2001. NASA-EPSCoR
Exploring Links Between
Increased Population Pressure and Biodiversity in Lake Tanganyika. P.I. : P.
Swarzenski. February 1, 1999 – May 31, 2000. National Geographic Research
and Exploration Fund.
Acquisition of an ICP-MS for
Elemental and Isotopic Analysis in the Earth and Environmental Sciences.
($262, 372 total) August 15, 1998 – August 14,
2000. P.I.: F. Marcantonio w/ T. Bianchi, G. Flowers, and S. Nelson.
National Science Foundation
(MRI program).
Establishing an Ultra-Clean Laboratory for the Enhancement of Environmental and
Earth Sciences. June 1, 1998 – May 31, 1999. P.I.: F. Marcantonio w/ T.
Bianchi, G. Flowers and S. Nelson. Louisiana Board of Regents Support Fund.
(Enhancement Program).
The Use of
Remote Sensing in Understanding Geochemical Processes in Nearshore
Environments. with G. Booth. March 1, 1994 - February 29, 1997. NASA
Ecological Effects of Marsh
Progradation by Native and Non-Native Species in Two Pacific Northwest
Estuaries. with C. Simenstad, D. Reed, R. Emmett and B. Atwater. March 1, 1994
- February 28, 1997. NOAA Coastal Ocean Program.
Uranium-Bacteria Associations in a Permanently Anoxic Marine Environment. with
J. Skei. June 1, 1993 - May 31, 1996. NATO Collaborative Research.
Processes
Affecting the Riverine Flux of Uranium Isotopes from Coastal Margins to the
Ocean: A Study of the Mississippi River and Adjacent Shelf. Jan 1, 1993 - June
30, 1996. National Science Foundation, Division of Ocean Science,
Chemical Oceanography Program.
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