Dr Katie Maier

Position:

Marine Sedimentologist

Phone:

+64-4-386-0910

Location:

Wellington

Science Centres:

Coasts and Oceans

Qualifications:

Ph.D. Stanford University, Geological and Environmental Sciences

B.S. University of Miami, Marine Science and Geology

Biography:

I utilize geologic, geophysical, and oceanographic data to study transport of sediments, link tectonic and sedimentary processes, decipher records in marine stratigraphy, and evaluate long-standing assumptions in the deep-marine realm. My recent research has focused on (1) submarine canyon, channel, and fan evolution, (2) building blocks of deep-sea channels, (3) how processes of sediment transport are recorded and preserved in seabed deposits, and (4) marine geohazards, including turbidity currents, submarine landslides, and offshore active faults. I am particularly interested in sediment transfer across tectonically active, earthquake-prone continental margins.

Articles:

Select Recent Publications:

Maier, K.L., Rosenberger, K., Paull, C.K., Gwiazda, R., Gales, J., Lorenson, T., Barry, J., Talling, P.J., McGann, M., Xu, J.P., Lundsten, E., Anderson, K., Litvin, S.Y., Parsons, D., Clare, M.A., Simmons, S.M., Sumner, E.J., Cartigny, M.J., and the Monterey Coordinated Canyon Experiment Team, in press (2019). Sediment and organic carbon transport and deposition driven by internal tides along Monterey Canyon, offshore California. Deep-Sea Research I, doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2019.103108.

Maier, K.L.,Gales, J., Paull, C.K., Rosenberger, K., Talling, P.J., Simmons, S.M., Gwiazda, R., McGann, M., Cartigny, M.J.B., Lundsten, E., Anderson, K., Clare, M.A., Xu, J., Parsons, D., Barry, J., Wolfson-Schwehr, M., Nieminski, N., Sumner, E.J., 2019. Linking direct measurements of turbidity currents to submarine canyon-floor deposits. Frontiers in Earth Science: Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Diagenesis: 7, 144, doi:10.3389/feart.2019.00144.

Maier, K.L., Johnson, S.Y., Hart, P., 2018. Controls on submarine canyon head evolution: Monterey Canyon, offshore central California. Marine Geology: 404, 24–40, doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2018.06.014.

Paull, C.K., Talling, P.J., Maier, K.L., Parsons, D., Xu, J., Caress, D.W., Gwiazda, R., Lundsten, E., Anderson, K., Barry, J., Chaffey, M., O’Reilly, T., Rosenberger, K., Simmons, S.M., McCann, M., McGann, M., Kieft, B., Gales, J., Sumner, E.J., Clare, M.A., Cartigny, M.J., Monterey Coordinated Canyon Experiment Team, 2018. Powerful turbidity currents driven by dense basal layers. Nature Communications: 9, 4114, doi:10.1038/s41467-018-06254-6.

Maier, K.L., Roland, E., Walton, M., Conrad, J.E., Brothers, D.S., Dartnell, P., Kluesner, J.W., 2018. The tectonically controlled channel-lobe transition zone of the San Gabriel deep-water depositional system, Catalina Basin, southern California Borderland. Journal of Sedimentary Research: 88, 942–959, doi:10.2110/jsr.2018.50.

Maier, K.L., Brothers, D.S., Paull, C.K., McGann, M., Caress, D.W., Conrad, J.E., 2017. Records of continental slope sediment flow morphodynamic responses to gradient and active faulting from integrated AUV and ROV data, offshore Palos Verdes, southern California Borderland. Marine Geology: 393, 47–66, doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2016.10.001.

Maier, K.L., Fildani, A., Paull, C.K., Graham, S.A., McHargue, T., Caress, D.W., 2013. Deep-sea channel evolution and stratigraphic architecture from inception to abandonment from high-resolution Autonomous Underwater Vehicle surveys offshore central California. Sedimentology: 60(4), 935-960, doi: 10.111/j.1365-3091.2012.01371.x.