Assistant Professor
Department of Marine Science
1020 Balch Blvd.
Stennis Space Center, MS 39529-9904
phone: 228-688-7098
fax: 228-688-1121
kevin.yeager@usm.edu

Personal Web Page
Environmental Radioactive Laboratory

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. Geology, Texas A&M University, 2002
• M.S. Geology, University of Toledo, 1997
• B.S. Geology, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 1995 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

1. Sedimentary processes in fluvial, coastal and marine environments

2. Fates and impacts of terrestrial and aquatic contaminants

3. Human environmental impacts and the roles of science in public policy

4. Application and development of radiochemical and geochemical methods in geology, geomorphology, limnology, and marine sciences

COURSES

• MAR 151 - Introduction to Ocean Science
• MAR 620 - Marine Sediments and Sedimentary Environments

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Yeager, K. M. , P. H. Santschi, H. Rifai, M. Suarez, R. Brinkmeyer, C. C. Hung, K. J. Schindler, M. Andres and E. Weaver, 2007. Dioxin chronology and fluxes in sediments of the Houston Ship Channel, Texas : influences of non-steady state sediment transport and total organic carbon. Environmental Science and Technology 41 (15): 5,291-5,298.  

Hung, C. C., G. Gwo-Ching, J. Kuotung, K. M. Yeager , P. H. Santschi, T. L. Wade and J. L. Sericano, 2006. Relationship between carbonaceous materials and Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in the sediments of the Danshui River and adjacent coastal areas, Taiwan . Chemosphere 65: 1,452-1,461.

Yeager, K.M., P.H. Santschi, K.J. Schindler, M.J. Andres and E.A. Weaver, 2006. The relative importance of terrestrial versus marine sediment sources to the Nueces-Corpus Christi Estuary, Texas : an isotopic approach. Estuaries and Coasts, vol. 29, no. 3, p. 443-459.

Wan, G.J., J.A. Chen, S.Q. Xu, F.C. Wu, R.G. Huang, K.M. Yeager and P.H. Santschi, 2005, Coupling between ²¹⁰Pb_ex and organic matter in sediments of Lake Chenghai, China, Chemical Geology, vol. 224, no. 4, p. 223-236.

Yeager, K.M. , P.H. Santschi, J.D. Phillips and B.E. Herbert, 2005, Suspended sediment sources and tributary effects in the lower reaches of a coastal plain stream as indicated by radionuclides, Loco Bayou, Texas. Environmental Geology , vol. 47(3), p. 382-395.

Yeager, K.M. , P.H. Santschi and G.T. Rowe, 2004, Sediment accumulation and radionuclide inventories ( ^239,240Pu, ²¹⁰Pb and ²³⁴Th) in the northern Gulf of Mexico, as influenced by organic matter and macrofaunal density. Marine Chemistry , vol. 91(1-4), p. 1-14.

Yeager, K.M. and P.H. Santschi, 2003, Invariance of isotope ratios of lithogenic radionuclides: more evidence for their use as sediment source tracers. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity , vol. 69, p. 159-176.

Yeager, K.M. , P.H. Santschi, J.D. Phillips and B.E. Herbert, 2002, Sources of alluvium in a coastal plain stream based on radionuclide signatures from the ²³⁸U and ²³²Th decay series. Water Resources Research , vol. 38, no. 11, p. 24-1 - 24-11.