University of East Anglia, School of Environmental Sciences, NR4 7TJ

Environmental Earth Sciences


People

Faculty

Jan Alexander Clastic sedimentology, sedimentary bedforms, sediment transport and deposition in high magnitude floods, submarine gravity currents, tectonic and climatic controls on sediment distribution. Geological record of environmental change
Julian Andrews Geochemistry and diagenesis of sedimentary rocks, stable isotope geochemistry
John Bacon Shore-parallel breakwaters - sediment transport by tidal currents and waves - beach and bathymetric morphology - hydrodynamic modelling
Jenni Barclay Volcanology, particularly volcanic degassing behaviour and experimental petrology applied to understanding magmatic evolution and eruption, physical processes in high viscosity magmas
Paul Burton Earthquake seismology and seismic risk, surface waves and seismic properties in the crust and lithosphere
Mark Chapman Quaternary palaeoclimatology, micropalaeontology, stable isotope geochemistry, palaeoceanography
Neil Chroston Applied and environmental geophysics, crustal seismology and physical properties
Paul Dennis Stable isotope geochemistry
Richard Hey River mechanics and engineering, irrigation, land drainage and flood control, environmental impact assessment
Kevin Hiscock Hydrogeology, natural groundwater chemistry and groundwater contamination
Alan Kendall Carbonate sedimentology, petroleum geology, evaporite basins
Mike Leeder Physical sedimentology; neotectonics and sedimentation; basin analysis; sediment flux and palaeoclimates
Brian Reid Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in soils. Contaminated land, bioremediation and the legislative position regarding contaminant availability. Ecological impacts of ground contamination and potential for groundwater pollution
Keith Tovey Geotechnics, soil micromorphology, image analysis, energy resorces, energy conservation
Chris Vincent Coastal oceanography and marine acoustics, waves, currents and sediment transport, beach processes

Researchers

Sa'ad Al-Omari Quaternary palaeoclimatology from speleothems in Iran and Turkey
Tim Atkinson
(Visiting Fellow)
Quarternary palaeoclimatology and geology, geomorphology and groundwater hydrology
Dave Bescoby Dating landscape changes using tephra chronology
Colin Davenport
(Visiting Fellow)
Earthquake engineering, active tectonics and palaeoseismicity, remote sensing, rock mechanics, structural geology
Liz Farmer Quaternary palaeoclimatology, palaeoceanography, micropalaeontology, stable isotope geochemistry, marine palaeothermometry. Focusing on reconstructing rapid changes in Atlantic thermohaline circulation over multi-decadal timescales throughout the Holocene and back to the last interglacial
Paulette Posen High resolution analysis of cyclicity in Upper Triassic lake sediments
Peter Rowe Quaternary palaeoclimatology, stable isotopes and U-series dating
Annika Swindell Soil science, bioremediation, environmental chemistry
Fred Vine
(Emeritus Professor)
Palaeomagnetism and plate tectonics, the physical properties and structure of the Earth's crust, with particular reference to the oceanic crust and other extensional terrains

Postgraduate Students

Chris Adams Biogoechemistry of newly created inter-tidal mud flat and salt marsh sediments
Gemma Bates Geochemistry and diagenesis of red beds and evaporites
Alex Brasier New evidence for aegean tectonics and palaeoclimate
Clare Coughlan Links between changes in offshore sandbanks and local beach variability
Marina Herrera-Pantoja Modelling the impact of climate change on groundwater-fed wetlands
Carol Hunt Pre-eruptive storage conditions and eruption triggering in the South Aegean volcanic arc
Jenni Mason Palaeoclimatic records from late Quaternary speleothems in Greece and Turkey
Hyobong Park Sand transport by tidal currents around the parallel breakwaters at Sea Palling
Jenni Smith Sedimentology, palaeoenvironments and tectonic significance of uplifting marine terraces in a forearc setting, Southern Greece
Janez Susnik Catastrophic flood events involving volcanic sediment on Monserrat



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