Publications

Publications

Journal Articles

  1. Paprocki, J., Stark, N., & Lippmann, T. (2024). Geotechnical Characterization of a Tidal Estuary Mudflat Using Portable Free-Fall Penetrometers. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 150(1), 04023131. https://doi.org/10.1061/JGGEFK.GTENG-11579
  2. Kim, M., Yetkin, H., Stilwell, D. J., Jimenez, J., Shrestha, S., & Stark, N. (2023). Toward optimal placement of spatial sensors. IEEE Access, 11, 121991-121998, 2023, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3326349.
  3. Jaber, R., & Stark, N. (2023). Geotechnical Properties from Portable Free Fall Penetrometer Measurements in Coastal Environments. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 149(12), 04023120, https://doi.org/10.1061/JGGEFK.GTENG-110.
  4. Hunstein, E., Stark, N., & Rodriguez-Marek, A. (2023). Finding the Mudline: Automatization of Seabed Impact Selection for a Portable Free-Fall Penetrometer. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 149(12), 06023008.https://doi.org/10.1061/JGGEFK.GTENG-11550
  5. Paprocki, J., Stark, N., & Wadman, H. (2023). A Framework for Assessing the Bearing Capacity of Sandy Coastal Soils from Remotely Sensed Moisture Contents. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 149(10), 04023083.https://doi.org/10.1061/JGGEFK.GTENG-11339
  6. Smith, L., Stark, N., & Jaber, R. (2023). Relating side scan sonar backscatter data to geotechnical properties for the investigation of surficial seabed sediments. Geo-Marine Letters, 43(2), 9.https://doi.org/10.1007/s00367-023-00750-5
  7. Gardner, M., Nichols, E., Stark, N., Lemnitzer, A., & Frost, D. (2023). Multispectral Imaging for Identification of High-Water Marks in Postdisaster Flood Reconnaissance. Natural Hazards Review, 24(2), 06023002. https://doi.org/10.1061/NHREFO.NHENG-1735
  8. Paldor, A., Stark, N., Florence, M., Raubenheimer, B., Elgar, S., Housego, R., … & Michael, H. A. (2022). Coastal topography and hydrogeology control critical groundwater gradients and potential beach surface instability during storm surges. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 26(23), 5987-6002. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-5987-2022
  9. Stark, N., Parasie, N., & Peuchen, J., 2022. Deepwater Soil Investigation using a Free Fall Penetrometer. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 59(12), 2196-2201. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2022-0029.
  10. Consolvo, S. T., Stark, N., Castellanos, B., Castro-Bolinaga, C. F., Hall, S., & Massey, G. (2022). Effects of shell hash on friction angles of surficial seafloor sediments near oysters. Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering, 148(5), 04022015.https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)WW.1943-5460.0000716
  11. Stark, N., Green, B., Brilli, N., Eidam, E., Franke, K. W., & Markert, K. (2022). Geotechnical Measurements for the Investigation and Assessment of Arctic Coastal Erosion—A Review and Outlook. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 10(7), 914. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10070914
  12. Florence, M., Stark, N., Raubenheimer, B., & Elgar, S. (2022). Nearshore Vertical Pore Pressure Gradients and Onshore Sediment Transport under Tropical Storm Forcing. Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering, 148(6), 04022023. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)WW.1943-5460.0000723
  13. Jaber, R., Stark, N., Jafari, N., & Ravichandran, N., 2021. Combined portable free fall penetrometer and chirp sonar measurements of three texas river sections post hurricane Harvey. Engineering Geology, 294,  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2021.106324
  14. Florence, M., Stark, N., & Kennedy, A., 2021. Scour Development and Possible Effects of Momentary Liquefaction in Inundated Coastal Areas during Hurricane Michael. ASCE Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, 148(2), https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)WW.1943-5460.0000699.
  15. Stark, N., Mewis, P., Reeve, B., Florence, M., Piller, J., & Simon, J., 2021. Vertical pore pressure variations and geotechnical sediment properties at a sandy beach. Coastal Engineering, 172, 104058. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2021.104058
  16. Paprocki, J., Stark, N., Graber, H. C., Wadman, H., & McNinch, J. E. (2021). Assessment of Moisture Content in Sandy Beach Environments from Multispectral Satellite Imagery. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 59(2): 225-238. https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2020-0624.
  17. Mumtaz, M.B., & Stark, N., 2020. Pore Pressure Dissipation Induced by High-Velocity Impacts of a Portable Free-Fall Penetrometer in Clays. ASCE Journal for Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 143(9), 05020008. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002273.
  18. Stark, N., Shafii, I., Jafari, N., Ravichandran, R., Figlus, J., Smallegan, S.M., & Bassal, P., 2020. Scour At The Seawall In Surfside, Texas, During Hurricane Harvey (2017). International Journal of Geo-Engineering Case Histories, 5(4), 62-76. http://dx.doi.org/10.4417/IJGCH-05-04-04
  19. Smallegan, S.M., Figlus, J., Stark, N., Sasanakul, I., Arboleda Monsalve, L.G., Shafii, I., Jafari, N., Ravichandran, N., & Bassal, P., 2020. Post-2017 Hurricane Season Assessment of Civil Infrastructure Impacts on Beach and Near-Beach Environments. International Journal of Geo-Engineering Case Histories, 5(4), 47-61. http://dx.doi.org/10.4417/IJGCH-05-04-03
  20. Bilici, C., Stark, N., Friedrichs, C. T., & Massey, G. M., 2019. Coupled sedimentological and geotechnical data analysis of surficial sediment layer characteristics in a tidal estuary. Geo-Marine Letters, 39, 175–189. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00367-019-00565-3
  21. Albatal, A., Stark, N., & Castellanos, B., 2019. Estimating in-situ relative density and friction angle of nearshore sand from portable free fall penetrometer tests. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 57(1): 17-31, https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2018-0267.
  22. Bilici, C., & Stark, N., 2019. Performance of a novel sediment sampler as an add‐on unit for portable free‐fall penetrometers: Combining in situ geotechnical testing with sediment sampling. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods. https://doi.org/10.1002/lom3.10308
  23. Albatal, A., Wadman, H., Stark, N., Bilici, C., & McNinch, J., 2018. Investigation of spatial and short-term temporal nearshore sandy sediment strength using a portable free fall penetrometer. Coastal Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1016/ j.coastaleng.2018.10.013
  24. Bilici, C., Stark, N. and Ghose Hajra, M., 2018. In-situ geotechnical characteristics of surficial wetland waterway sediments. ASCE Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering 144(6): 04018014. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)WW.1943-5460.0000462
  25. Stark, N., McNinch, J., Wadman, H., Graber, H.C., Albatal, A. and Mallas, P.A., 2017. Friction angles at sandy beaches from remote imagery. Géotechnique Letters 7(4): 292-297 https://doi.org/10.1680/jgele.17.00053
  26. Dorvinen, J., Stark, N., Hatcher, B., Hatcher, M., Leys, V. and Kopf, A., 2017. Estimating in-situ sediment consolidation state using a free-fall penetrometer: Sydney Harbour, NS. ASCE Journal for Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering 144(2): 04017001. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)WW.1943-5460.0000423
  27. Albatal, A. and Stark, N., 2017. Rapid sediment mapping and in situ geotechnical characterization in challenging aquatic areas. Limnology and Oceanography Methods 15(8): 690-705. https://doi.org/10.1002/lom3.10192
  28. Lucking, G., Stark, N., Lipmann, T. and Smyth, S., 2017. Variability of in situ sediment strength and pore pressure behavior of tidal estuary surface sediments. Geo-Marine Letters 37(5): 441-456. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00367-017-0494-6
  29. Moernaut, J., Wiemer, G., Reusch, A., Stark, N., De Batist, M., Urrutia, R., Ladrón de Guevara, B., Kopf, A. and Strasser, M., 2017. The influence of overpressure and focused fluid flow on subaquatic slope stability in a formerly glaciated basin: Lake Villarrica (South-Central Chile). Marine Geology 383: 35-54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2016.11.012
  30. Stark, N., 2016. Geotechnical site investigation in energetic nearshore zones: opportunities and challenges. Australian Geomechanics 51(4): 1-7.
  31. Stark, N. and Hay, A.E., 2016. Pebble and cobble transport on a steep, mega-tidal, mixed sand and gravel beach. Marine Geology 382: 210-223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2016.10.012
  32. Stark, N., Radosavljevic, B., Quinn, B. and Lantuit, H., 2016. Application of a portable free-fall penetrometer for the geotechnical investigation of the Arctic nearshore zone. Canadian Geotechnical Journal 54(1):31-46. https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2016-0087
  33. Corella, J.P., Loizeau, J.-L., Kremer, K., Hilbe, M., Gerard, J., le Dantec, N., Stark, N., Gonzalez-Quijano, M. and Girardclos, S., 2016. The role of mass-transport deposits and turbidites in shaping modern lacustrine deepwater channels. Marine and Petroleum Geology 77: 515-525.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2016.07.004
  34. Wiemer, G., Moernaut, J., Stark, N., Kempf, P., De Batist, M., Pino, M., Urrutia, R., Ladron de Guevara, B., Strasser, M. and Kopf, A., 2015. The role of sediment composition and behavior under dynamic loading conditions on slope failure initiation: a study of a subaqueous landslide in earthquake-prone South-Central Chile. International Journal of Earth Sciences 104(5): 1439-1457. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-015-1144-8
  35. Stark, N., Hay, A.E., Cheel, R. and Lake, C.B., 2014. The impact of particle shape on the angle of internal friction and the implications for sediment dynamics at a steep, mixed sand-gravel beach. Earth Surface Dynamics 2: 469-480. https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-2-469-2014
  36. Hay, A.E., Zedel, L. and Stark, N., 2014. Sediment dynamics on a steep, megatidal, mixed sand-gravel-cobble beach. Earth Surface Dynamics 2: 443-453.https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-2-443-2014
  37. Stark, N., Hay, A.E., Cheel, R., Zedel, L. and Barclay, D., 2014. Laboratory Measurements of Coarse Sediment Bedload Transport Velocity Using a Prototype Wideband Coherent Doppler Profiler (MFDop). Journal for Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology 31: 999-1011. https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-13-00095.1
  38. Stark, N., Le Dantec, N., Corella, J.P., Barry, D.A., Lemmin, U., Girardclos, S. and Kopf, A., 2013. Deployment of a dynamic penetrometer from manned submersibles for fine-scale geomorphology studies. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 11: 529-539. https://doi.org/10.4319/lom.2013.11.529
  39. Corella, J.P., Arantegui, A., Loizeau, J.-L., DelSontro, T., Le Dantec, N., Stark, N., Anselmetti, F. and Girardclos, S., 2013. Sediment dynamics in the subaquatic channel of the Rhone Delta (Lake Geneva, France/Switzerland). Aquatic Sciences 76(1): 73-87.https://doi.org/10.1007/s00027-013-0309-4
  40. Stark, N., Coco, G., Bryan, K.R. and Kopf, A., 2012. In-situ geotechnical characterization of mixed-grainsize bedforms using a dynamic penetrometer. Journal of Sedimentary Research 82(7): 540-544. https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2012.45
  41. Stark, N., Wilkens, R., Ernstsen, V.B., Lambers Huesmann, M., Stegmann, S. and Kopf, A., 2012. Geotechnical Properties of Sandy Seafloors and the Consequences for Dynamic Penetrometer Interpretations: Quartz Sand vs. Carbonate Sand. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering 30(1):1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10706-011-9444-7
  42. Stark, N., Hanff, H., Svenson, C., Ernstsen, V.B., Lefebvre, A., Winter, C. and Kopf, A., 2011. Coupled penetrometer, MBES and ADCP assessments of tidal variations of the surface sediment layer along active subaqueous dunes, Danish Wadden Sea. Geo-Marine Letters 31:249-258. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00367-011-0230-6
  43. Stark, N. and Wever, T.F., 2009. Unraveling subtle details of expendable bottom penetrometer (XBP) deceleration profiles. Geo-Marine Letters 29: 39-45. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00367-008-0119-1

Recent Conference Proceedings

  1. Stark, N., Lemnitzer, A., Franke, K.W., Gardner, M., Hubler, J., Lingwall, B., Nichols, E., Quinn, B., Thom, C., Markert, K., & Harman, D. (2023). The role of gravel shoals on scour and erosion in the Yellowstone River during the 2022 flood event initial observations. 11th Int Conference on Scour and Erosion (ICSE11), Sept 17-21, 2023, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  2. Stark, N. (2023). An initial geotechnical field investigation of a dune scarp. In Coastal Sediments 2023: The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2023, 647-655, April 11-15, 2023, New Orleans, Louisiana.
  3. Shrestha, S., & Stark, N. (2023). Statistical considerations of geotechnical properties in three different coastal environments. In Coastal Sediments 2023: The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2023, 2420-2433, April 11-15, 2023, New Orleans, Louisiana.
  4. Cox, C. E., Dorgan, K. M., Stark, N., Massey, G., Rodriguez-Marek, A., Friedrichs, C., … & Rahman, M. R. (2023). Investigating the influence of biogenic processes on seabed properties in the York River Estuary, Chesapeake Bay. In Coastal Sediments 2023: The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2023, 1082-1094, April 11-15, 2023, New Orleans, Louisiana.
  5. Moore, J., Stark, N., Massey, G., Friedrichs, C., Dorgan, K., Rodriguez-Marek, A., … & Hunstein, E. (2023). Investigating the relationship between geotechnical seabed properties and erodibility. In Coastal Sediments 2023: The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2023, 2408-2419, April 11-15, 2023, New Orleans, Louisiana.
  6. Dorgan, K., Lockridge, G., Frey, M., Clemo, W., Venegas, G., Lee, K., … & Calantoni, J. (2023). Relating tensile strength to other sediment properties along a sand-mud gradient in Mobile Bay, Alabama. In Coastal Sediments 2023: The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2023, 1565-1575, April 11-15, 2023, New Orleans, Louisiana.
  7. Rahman, M. R., Hunstein, E., Rodriguez-Marek, A., Stark, N., Massey, G., Dorgan, K., & Cox, C. (2023). Probilistic soil characterization based on portable free fall penetrometer measurements. In Coastal Sediments 2023: The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2023, 2398-2407, April 11-15, 2023, New Orleans, Louisiana.

 

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