John Milliman

John D. Milliman (born 5 May 1938) is a retired^[1] American Emeritus Professor of marine geology. He is a professor emeritus in the department of physical sciences and in the Virginia Institute of Marine Science at the College of William & Mary.

Education

Milliman earned Bachelor of Science from the University of Rochester, a Master of Science from the University of Washington, Seattle, and a PhD from the University of Miami.^[1]

Research

In 1968, Milliman and K.O. Emery published an article in Science suggesting that the Holocene transgression began 14,000 years ago and was over by 7,000 years ago.^[2] In 2003 he and Jonathan A. Warrick found that rivers of Southern California, such as Santa Clara River and Transverse Ranges, discharge a huge amount of sediment especially during El Niño–Southern Oscillation.^[3] In 2005 Milliman studied seven rivers in Taiwan after typhoon Herb swept through the region.^[4][5] He and his colleagues also studied the following river and shelf systems: Yangtze,^[6] Yellow,^[7] Fly, etc.

Milliman was named one of Virginia's "outstanding scientists" by Governor Bob McDonnell in 2012.^[8]

Selected publications

• J.D. Milliman (6 December 2012). Recent Sedimentary Carbonates: Part 1 Marine Carbonates. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-3-642-65528-9. (pbk reprint of 1974 publication)
• John D. Milliman; Katherine L. Farnsworth (28 March 2013). River Discharge to the Coastal Ocean: A Global Synthesis. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-49350-5.^[9][10]