Alexander R. Simms
Department of Earth Science
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Barbara
Associate Professor
Expertise: Quaternary and Coastal Sedimentology
About Me
Publications
Divola, C., Simms, A. R., & Garrett, E. (2024, 09). A record of past earthquakes along the Northern San Andreas Fault from subsidence events within Tomales Bay. Poster Presentation at 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13608
Owings, R., Osleger, D. J., Roman, A., & Simms, A. R. (2023, 11). Late Holocene environmental history of Campus Lagoon, Santa Barbara, California. Poster Presentation at 10th Annual California Islands Symposium. SCEC Contribution 13405
Owings, R., Simms, A. R., Osleger, D. J., & Roman, A. (2023, 09). Late Holocene Environmental History of UCSB Campus Lagoon. Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13148
Avnaim-Katav, S., Garrett, E., Gehrels, W., Brown, L. N., Rockwell, T. K., Simms, A. R., Bentz, J. M., & MacDonald, G. M. (2023). CONTEMPORARY SALT-MARSH FORAMINIFERA FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND IMPLICATIONS FOR RECONSTRUCTING LATE HOLOCENE SEA-LEVEL CHANGES. Journal of Foraminiferal Research, 50(2), 157-176. doi: 10.2113/gsjfr.53.2.157. SCEC Contribution 11012
Reynolds, L. C., Simms, A. R., Rockwell, T. K., Yokoyama, Y., Miyairi, Y., & Hangsterfer, A. (2021). Sedimentary response of a structural estuary to Holocene coseismic subsidence. GSA Bulletin, 134(7-8), 2037-2050. doi: 10.1130/B35827.1. SCEC Contribution 7942
Zurbuchen, J. M., Simms, A. R., & Huot, S. (2020). Episodic coastal progradation of the coastal Oxnard Plain, southern California. Journal of Coastal Research, 36, 1130-1144. doi: https://doi.org/10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-19-00125.1. SCEC Contribution 10844
Reynolds, L. C., Simms, A. R., Ejarque, A., King, B. L., Anderson, S., Carlin, J., Bentz, J. M., Peters, R. B., Rockwell, T. K., Jaffe, B., & Richmond, B. M. (2018). Coastal flooding and the 1861-2 California storm season. Marine Geology, 400, 49-59. SCEC Contribution 7060
Reynolds, L. C., Simms, A. R., Rockwell, T. K., Yokoyama, Y., Miyairi, Y., & Hangsterfer, A. (2017, 08). Evidence for Holocene coseismic subsidence during a non- plate boundary earthquake. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7490
Zurbuchen, J. M., & Simms, A. R. (2016, 08). Floods, storms, and the identification of wave-dominated deltas: Insights from ground-penetrating radar profiles of the Oxnard Plain. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6993
Reynolds, L. C., Simms, A. R., Rockwell, T. K., Bentz, J. M., & Peters, R. B. (2016, 08). Evidence for Abrupt Subsidence Event in Carpinteria Marsh at 2 ± 0.2 ka. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6677
Simms, A. R., Rouby, H., Lambeck, K., & Roman, A. (2016, 08). Marine terraces, isostasy, earthquakes, and uplift rates. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6602
Simms, A. R., Reynolds, L. C., Bentz, J. M., Roman, A., Rockwell, T. K., & Peters, R. B. (2016). Tectonic subsidence of California estuaries increases forecasts of relative sea-level rise. Estuaries and Coasts, 39, 1571-1581. SCEC Contribution 6020
Last updated Sep 19, 2024.
