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Hull University of London

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Research

Current research projects

Controls on alluvial fan deposition, Crete. Role of fans as sensitive recorders of late Quaternary environmental change. The project focuses on a tectonically active coastal piedmont at Sfakion, southern Crete. With Dr G. Ferrier (Hull) and Dr R. Pope (Derby). Supported by the RGS-IBG and BSG (BGRG).

Dispersion and geochemical evolution of sediment-borne contaminants derived from abandoned mines and their long-term environmental impact. Projects combine remote sensing (hyperspectral analyses) and geomorphological survey. (1) Valle de Rodalquilar in the Sierra Cabo de Gato, southern Spain. Former gold mine, where a cyanide-based leachate was used for extraction. Currently subject to remediation activity. (2) Parys Mountain, Anglesey. Former copper mine subject to long-term weathering and erosion of heavy metal products. (3) Aznacollar mine dam tailings failure, Southern Spain. Post-clean up contamination and geomorphological implications. With Dr G. Ferrier (Hull), Dr G. Greenway (Hull Chemistry), Dr P. Brewer & Prof. M.G. Macklin (Aberystwyth), Dr K. Hudson-Edwards (Birkbeck). Supported by NERC ARSF.

Quantifying contemporary, reach-scale sediment delivery in active braided systems. (1) the R. Feshie, Cairngorms, using high resolution GPS survey. Patterns of channel change and sediment delivery established through DEM differencing. With Dr J. Brasington (Cambridge) and funded by The University of Hull, the BSG (BGRG) and the NERC (PhD studentship). (2) morphological estimation of sediment budget in the Brahamaputra-Jamuna, Bangladesh. With Dr N. Islam (Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh), funded by The Royal Society and a Commonwealth Fellowship.

Postgraduate research students

I am interested in supervising postgraduate research at doctoral and masters level in any of my research areas. I am pleased to discuss research topics and funding avenues with prospective students. Current and past PhD students include:

 

  • Lynda Yorke: Late Quaternary valley fill sediments in the River Tyne valley. Uunderstanding the late Devensian deglaciation and early postglacial response in northern England
  • Michelle Farrell: The palaeoecology of Orkney in relation to past human occupation of the islands
  • Clare Langrick (nee Goldsmith): High resolution Holocene ecosystem dynamics of small water courses at the upland-lowland transition
  • Gavyn Rollinson (awarded 2007): Mechanisms for infiltration of fine sediment into gravel bed rivers
  • Joe Langham (awarded 2005): Self-organisation in braided systems: a DEM analysis of the River Feshie, Scotland
  • Nazrul Islam (awarded 2000): Braiding and channel expansion: the Brahmaputra-Jamuna River, Bangladesh

Professional service and membership

 

  • Transactions of the IBG, Editorial Board Member, 2008-2013.
  • Member of NERC Peer Review college, 2005-8
  • Member of: RGS-IBG; EGU; BSG; QRA; GLOCOPH
  • Honorary Secretary of the British Society for Geomorphology (incorporating the BGRG), 2004-7

Modules taught

  • 16140 : Dangerous Planet (leader)
  • 16273 : Core Skills in Physical Geography (leader)
  • 16280 : Field Study and GIS
  • 16325 : Quaternary Environments
  • 16327 : Rivers and Estuaries (leader)
  • 16453 : Applied Environmental Change