Leslie Reyonds Sautter

Leslie on board ship submarine pod about to be lowered into the ocean

Leslie in Clelia pod

Leslie Reynolds Sautter
"Doc"
Associate Professor of Geology
Director, Project Oceanica
Dept. of Geology, College of Charleston
Email: sautterl@cofc.edu
Phone: 843-953-5586 or 953-7847

Areas of Interest:

Marine Geology
Exploration of the southeast U.S. continental shelf
Marine Science Education
Paleoceanography
Marine Micro-Fossils + Stable Isotope Geochemistry

Click below to visit the Project Oceanica web site:

Current Activities:

Project Oceanica Director
NSF-funded Transects Program: Pathways to Ocean Research for Undergraduate and Graduate Students
Benthic foraminiferal distribution along the continental shelf-edge of the southeastern U.S.
Planktonic foraminiferal flux and stable isotopic composition from tropical Atlantic
COASTeam Program in Marine Science for K-12 teachers
College of Charleston liaison for SEA Semester

Recent Publications:

A Model for Teaching Interdiscipilinary Science to Precollege Teachers, Sautter, L.R., Keener-Chavis, P, and Jessen, A.L., Journal of Geoscience Education, v.47, 1999, p. 40 - 44.
Morphologic and Stable Isotopic Variability within the Planktic Foraminireral Genus Neogloboquadrina, Sautter, L.R., 1998, Journal of Foraminiferal Res., v.28, p. 220 - 232.
Of Sand and Sea, Keener-Chavis, P. and Sautter, L., S.C. Sea Grant Consortium, 2000, 120 pp.

Courses Taught:

Geol 101 / 101L - Dynamic Earth
Geol 105 / 105L - Earth History
Geol 107 - Introduction to Coastal and Marine Geology
Geol 207 - Marine Geology
Geol 290 - Special Topics: Oceanographic Research (Transects Program)
Geol 300 - Independent Study

Student research:

Morphological seasonal variability of planktonic forminifera - studies in the tropical Atlantic, Gulf Stream, and Caribbean.
Sedimentological analyses of shelf-edge and upper slope surface sediments from the southeast continental margin.
Benthic foraminiferal distribution along the Oculina Coral Banks, shelf-edge off Florida.
Beach erosion/accretion studies.

Some Marine-Related Links:

Project Oceanica (Dept. of Geology, College of Charleston)

Transects Program: pathways to ocean research for undergraduate and graduate students (coming soon!)
At Sea! Program: shipboard oceanographic research experiences for high school and college students
COASTeam Program: Marine science for K-12 teachers
Coastal Geology Online (CGO): a web-based educators resource
Research and Exploration Expeditions: a variety of image- and video-rich science resources

NOAA

Sea Education Association (Woods Hole, MA)
SEA at College of Charleston
South Carolina Marine Educators Association (SCMEA)
The Ocean Drilling Program
USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Last Updated: July 4, 2006