Daniel F. Belknap Ph.D. University of Delaware, 1979 Professor of Geological Sciences, Marine Studies, and Quaternary Studies Telephone: (207)581-2159  E-mail:  Belknap@maine.edu Fax: (207)581-2202 Click here for a more complete CV

I have been at the University of Maine since 1982.  My research is interdisciplinary, combining stratigraphy, sedimentology, Quaternary paleoclimates and geoarchaeology.  My main research themes have included sea-level change, coastal plan stratigraphy, deglaciation of the Gulf of Maine, and coastal geoarchaeology.  Present studies include nearshore and inner shelf sedimentation and stratigraphy, coastal sediment processes and geomorphology, salt marsh environments, and effects of deglacial isostasy on coastal and lake systems.  The University of Maine marine sedimentology working group has a suite of primary research tools including seismic reflection profilers, side-scan sonar, vibracorers, sedimentology laboratory, and acoustic current meters.  A new departure this year will be the addition of Ground Penetrating Radar to our suite of equipment.  Recent studies have concentrated on Maine and the Gulf of Maine, but other studies include Northern Ireland, Peru, the Atlantic coastal plain and shelf, the eastern Mediterranean, and the Caribbean.

For more information visit www.ume.maine.edu/~marine/index.html

Some Sample Publications:

Belknap, D.F., 1995, Geoarchaeology in central coastal Maine, Appendix 5,
    In: Bourque, B.J.,  Diversity and Complexity in Prehistoric Maritime
    Societies: A Gulf of Maine Perspective: New York, Plenum Press,
    p. 275-296.

Gehrels, W.R., Belknap, D.F. and Kelley, J.T., 1996, Integrated
    coast of Maine: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 108,
    p. 1073-1088.

Bacchus, T.S. and Belknap, D.F., 1997, Glacigenic features and shelf basin
    stratigraphy of the eastern Gulf of Maine: In: T.A. Davis et al., eds.,
    Glaciated Continental Margins: An Atlas of Acoustic Images,
    Chapman-Hall Pub. Co., New York, p. 213-216.

Barnhardt, W.A., Belknap, D.F. and Kelley, J.T., 1997, Stratigraphic
    evolution of the inner continental shelf in response to late Quaternary
    relative sea-level change, northwestern Gulf of Maine:  Geological
    Society of America Bulletin, v. 109, p. 612-630.   May.

Barnhardt, W.A., Kelley, J.T., Dickson, S.M. and Belknap, D.F., 1998,
    Mapping the Gulf of Maine with side-scan sonar: a new bottom-type
    classification for complex seafloors: Journal of Coastal Research,
    v. 14, p. 646-659.

Balco, G., Belknap, D.F. and Kelley, J.T., 1998, Glacioisostasy and
    lake-level change, Moosehead Lake, Maine: Quaternary Research,
    v. 49, p. 157-170.