Current Post: (Retired) Senior Lecturer

Email: p.chroston@uea.ac.uk

Publications: EPrints Digital Repository

Research Interests

High resolution geophysics applied to the Quaternary; archaeology, and hydrogeology; seismic velocities and electrical conductivity of crystalline rocks at simulated crustal conditions.


Biography

Much of the first half of my career was involved with seismic refraction experiments and gravity studies related to upper crustal problems. These were particularly in Northern Norway (the Seiland Igneous Province) and in eastern England (the sub Mesozoic structure and the granite foundations of Norfolk). This developed into laboratory measurements of seismic velocities and electrical conductivity of dry and saturated rocks at high pressures (1Gpa) and temperatures in order to provide constraints on the makeup of the deep continental crust. Simulated crustal models from N Scandinavia and from the Kohistan Arc (N Pakistan) were significant steps. These studies were interrupted by forays into marine seismic profiling of Quaternary sequences, with projects in fjords in Svalbard and inshore NW Scotland. In recent years I have continued to work on relatively shallow targets using high resolution geophysical methods. As part of the LOEPS project I conducted a very detailed seismic investigation (onshore refraction and offshore reflection) of the Quaternary sediments along the coastal zone of N Norfolk. In the last few years I have been involved with a geophysical contribution to the archaeological investigation of Butrint, Albania with the Institute of World Archaeology (UEA). The rewarding survey developed into the development of new interpretation techniques using artificial neural networks. I also have some interests in the use of geophysics in hydrogeology, and I am keen to promote the use of TEM.


Significant Publications

• Hounslow, M.W. and Chroston, P.N. (2002) Structural layout of the suburbs of Roman Butrint, Southern Albania: results from a gradiometer and resistivity survey. Archaeological Prospection, 9(4), 229-242. DOI:10.1002/arp.202
• Bescoby, D.J., Cawley, G.C. and Chroston, P.N. (2003). Interpretation of geophysical surveys of archaeological sites using artificial neural networks.  Proceedings of the IEEE/INNS International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, 2, Portland Oregon, 1132-1137.
• Bescoby, D.J., Cawley, G.C. and Chroston, P.N. (2004). Enhanced interpretation of magnetic field survey data using artificial neural networks: a case study from Butrint, southern Albania. Archaeological Prospection, 11, 189-199. DOI:10.1002/arp.236
• Bescoby, D.J., Cawley, G.C. and Chroston, P.N. (2006). Enhanced interpretation of magnetic survey data from archaeological sites using artificial neural networks. Geophysics, 71(5), 45-53. DOI:10.1190/1.2231110.

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