Positions

Professor, Geological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences

Contact Info

culvers@ecu.edu

252-328-6360

Publications in VIVO

Co-author Network

Co-investigator Network

Steve Culver

member of

selected publications

article
- The effects of two hurricanes onforaminiferal assemblages and sediments of a wave-dominated, microtidal barrier-island system, North Carolina, USA.
  . Palaios. 40. 2025
- Distrubution and diversity of mangrove swamp benthic foraminifera from the Kelantan Delta, peninsular Malaysia.. Regional Studies in Marine Science. 81. 2025
- Benthic foraminiferal community changes across the Middle Miocene Climatic Optimum identified by SHE analysis, Calvert Cliffs, Maryland, USA.. Journal of Foraminiferal Research. 54:188-197. 2024
- Microfossil biostratigraphy and aleoenvironments of Cretaceous and Pliocene sediments along Green's Mill Run, North Carolina, USA. Stratigraphy. 21:323-335. 2024
- Ocean-scale species diversity ofliving benthic foraminifera: insights on Neogene diversity, community structure, species duration, and biogeography.. Journal of Foraminiferal Research. 53:256-265. 2023
- Coastal response to the landfall of a hurricane on a series of inlets and back-barrier waterways.. Estuaries and Coasts. 2023
- Benthic foraminiferal and sedimentologic changes in the Pliocene Yorktown Formation, North Carolina, USA.. Journal of Foraminiferal Research. 52:278-304. 2022
- Estuarine responses to long-term changes in inlets, morphology and sea-level rise.. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH OCEANS. 124:9235-9257. 2019
- Inner shelf benthic foraminifera of the South China Sea, east coast peninsular Malaysia. 2019
- Rapid change of foraminiferal distribution in the Setiu Estuary, Terengganu, Malaysia: natural and anthropogenic drivers.. Journal of Foraminiferal Research. 49:206-228. 2019
- Estuarine Responses to LongTerm Changes in Inlets, Morphology, and Sea Level Rise. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH OCEANS. 2018
- Estuarine responses to long-1 term changes in inlets, morphology and sea-level rise 2018
- Sea-surface temperatures for the last 7200 years from the eastern Sunda Shelf, South China Sea: climatic inferences from planktonic foraminiferal Mg/Ca ratios.. Quaternary Science Reviews. 165:13-24. 2017
- The distribution and utility of sea-level indicators in sub-Arctic Eurasian salt marshes (White Sea, Russia).. Boreas. 46:562-584. 2017
- Controls on the stratigraphic record and paleoenvironmental change within a Holocene estuarine system: Pamlico Sound, North Carolina, USA. Marine Geology. 2016
- Foraminifera and Quaternary evolution of the Croatan beach ridge complex, Bogue Sound, and Bogue Banks, NC, USA and implications for coastal evolution. Journal of Coastal Research. 174. 2016
- Sea-surface temperatures for the last 7200 years from the eastern Sunda Shelf, South China Sea: climatic inferences from planktonic foraminifera Mg/Ca ratios.. Quaternary Science Reviews. 2016
- Does the PEB index respond only to hypoxia in the Mississippi Delta, Gulf of Mexico? 2015
- Controls on the stratigraphic record and paleoenvironmental change within a Holocene estuarine system: Pamlico Sound, North Carolina, USA 2015
- Micropaleontologic record of Pliocene and Quaternary paleoenvironments in the southern Albemarle Embayment, NC, USAA. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 2015
- Ecological and Evolutionary consequences of benthic community stasis in the deep sea (>1500 m). Paleobiology. 2013
- Logging for interpreting process-generated stratigraphic sequences and aquifer/reservoir potential: with analog shelf examples from the Atlantic coastal plain province, USA. Journal of Sedimentary Research. 2013
- Distribution of foraminifera of the Poverty margin, New Zealand: implications for sediment transport. Journal of Foraminiferal Research. 2012
- Quaternary coastal lithofacies, sequence development and stratigraphy in a passive margin setting, North Carolina and Virginia, USA. Sedimentology. 2011
- Rapid Holocene coastal change revealed by high resolution micropaleontological analysis, Pamlico Sound, North Carolina, USA. Quaternary Research. 2010
- Standardizing texture, clastic rock classification, facies codes and graphic logs for interpreting process-generated stratigraphic sequences and reservoir potential: with analog shelf examples from the Atlantic coastal plain province, USA. Journal of Sedimentary Research. 2010
- Cushman Special Publications: history and scope. Journal of Foraminiferal Research.
- Distribution of Foraminifera off the Terengganu river mouth, east coast peninsular Malaysia.. Journal of Foraminiferal Research.
- Rapid change of foraminiferal distribution in the Setiu Estuary, Terengganu, Malaysia: natural and anthropogenic drivers.
book
- Troubled Waters: Understanding the Science Behind our Coastal Crisis. Springer: Climate. 2020
- Troubled Waters: Understand the Science Behind our Coastal Crisis. Springer Nature; Springer Climate Series.
chapter
- Barrier island and estuary co-evolution in response to Holocene climate and sea-level change.. Springer International. 2018
proceedings

presentations

presentation
- Colonization of a hurricane overwash by foraminifera, Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, SE GSA, Wilmington, NC 2011
- Lecture to the Department of Geography, University of Durham, on the Outer Banks, 6/03, Lecture to the Department of Geography 2003

principal investigator on

FORAMINIFERAL AND SEDIMENTOLOGIC EVIDENCE OF HURRICANE-DRIVEN SEDIMENT TRANSPORT AND DEPOSITION IN AN INNER SHELF/ BARRIER-ISLAND SYSTEM awarded by ACS - Petroleum Research Fund (PRF) 2023 - 2026
Defining and Differentiating Marine Coastal Facies and Subenvironments: a Foraminiferal Approach awarded by American Chemical Society (ACS) Petroleum Research Fund 2015 - 2020
Defining and differentiating marine coastal facies and subenvironments: a foraminiferal approach awarded by American Chemical Society, Petroleum Research Fund 2016 - 2019
Collaborative Research: sea-level rise and salt-marsh response: a paleo perspective awarded by National Science Foundation (NSF) 2013 - 2017
Collaborative: Sea-level rise and salt-marsh response: a paleo perspective 2016
Initiating a New Collaboration between East Carolina University and Universiti Malaysia Terengganu: Post-Glacial Variations in the East Asian Monsoon awarded by National Science Foundation (NSF) 2012 - 2015
Post-glacial variations in the East-Asian monsoon 2015
North Carolina Coastal Geology Cooperative Research Program awarded by U.S. Geological Survey 2007 - 2012
The Foraminiferal Signature of Hurricanes: Northern Gulf of Mexico awarded by American Chemical Society, The Petroleum Research Fund 2010 - 2012
North Carolina Coastal Geology Cooperative Research Program - Renewal Funding awarded by U.S. Geological Survey 2007 - 2010
The Foraminifera Signature of Hurricanes, Northern Gulf of Mexico awarded by PRI-American Chemical Society 2009
North Carolina Coastal Geology Cooperative awarded by GOV-U.S. Department of the Interior 2009
Wind Turbine Feasibility awarded by Duke Energy/ UNC Ch Hill 2009
North Carolina Coastal Geology Cooperative awarded by GOV-U.S. Department of the Interior 2008
Towards Integration of Estuarine Observing awarded by North Carolina University System 2008
Patterns of Species Diversity As Paleoenvironmental Indicators: A New Approach awarded by American Chemical Society, The Petroleum Research Fund 2004 - 2007
North Carolina coastal hazards: Economic implications of severe storms and sea-level rise awarded by U.N.C.-General Administration (Office of the President) 2007
North Carolina Quaternary Stratigraphy and Regional Geology Synthesis awarded by US Geological Survey Grant 2006
North Carolina Quaternary Stratigraphy and Regional Geology Synthesis awarded by US Geological Survey Grant 2005
North Carolina Quaternary Stratigraphy and Regional Geology Synthesis awarded by US Geological Survey Grant 2004
North Carolina Quaternary Stratigraphy and Regional Geology Synthesis awarded by US Geological Survey Grant 2003
Conference on Hurricane Floyd awarded by U.N.C.-Sea Grant Program 2001

co-principal investigator on

professional service activities

North Carolina Land of Water Member 2018 - 2023
Aurora Fossil Museum Member 2016 - 2018

awards and honors

Outstanding Service Award, conferred by Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research, 2017
Honorary Doctorate, conferred by Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 2017

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