Patricia L. Corcoran

The geological cycle of plastics and their use as a stratigraphic indicator of the Anthropocene

Jan Zalasiewicz, Colin N. Waters, Juliana A. Ivar do Sul et al. · Anthropocene · 2016 · 867 citations · Full text

Sedimentary Record, Engineering, Geological Cycle +7

Sources and sinks of microplastics in Canadian Lake Ontario nearshore, tributary and beach sediments

A. Ballent, Patricia L. Corcoran, Odile Madden et al. · Marine Pollution Bulletin · 2016 · 680 citations

Microplastics, Engineering, Sediment Quality +8

Plastics and beaches: A degrading relationship

Patricia L. Corcoran, Mark C. Biesinger, Meriem D. Grifi · Marine Pollution Bulletin · 2008 · 652 citations

Coastal Management, Engineering, Degrading Relationship +5

Effects of mechanical and chemical processes on the degradation of plastic beach debris on the island of Kauai, Hawaii

David A. Cooper, Patricia L. Corcoran · Marine Pollution Bulletin · 2010 · 628 citations

Engineering, Plastic Beach Debris, Environmental Engineering +9

Comparison of the distribution and degradation of plastic debris along shorelines of the Great Lakes, North America

Maciej Zbyszewski, Patricia L. Corcoran, Alexandra Hockin · Journal of Great Lakes Research · 2014 · 461 citations

Microplastics, Coastal Management, Plastic Debris +9