A5078622873- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Geological formations and processes
- earthquake and tectonic studies
- Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Aeolian processes and effects
- Geological and Geochemical Analysis
- Cryospheric studies and observations
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Geological and Geophysical Studies
- Marine and environmental studies
- Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
- Veterinary Practice and Education Studies
- Climate change and permafrost
- Landslides and related hazards
- Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
- Healthcare Systems and Technology
- Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
- Climate variability and models
- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
University of Dundee
2014-2024
Heidelberg University
2023
Ghent University
2023
Heidelberg University
2023
Instituto de Ciências da Terra
2023
Institute of Natural Sciences
2023
University of Applied Sciences Ravensburg-Weingarten
2023
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
2023
Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation
2015
Coventry University
1996-2011
One of the largest Holocene sub‐marine slides mapped on Earth is Storegga slide offshore Norway [ Bugge , 1987] (Figure 1). Approximately 3500 km 3 material slid out and generated a huge tsunami dated to about 7300 14 C yr BP Bondevik et al ., 1997a], or ca 8150 calendar years BP. The known from onshore deposits in Faroe Islands Grauert 2001], Scotland Dawson 1993]. Of these, western reaches highest elevation, indicating runup 10–12 m. In this article, we demonstrate that at Shetland between...
High-resolution relative sea-level (RSL) reconstructions are important for managing coastal-protection challenges and a complete hazard assessment. For the determination of palaeo-tsunami run-up heights in Shetland Islands, United Kingdom, within NORSEAT Project (Storegga beyond – North Sea tsunami deposits offshore Islands), RSL far existing data crucial. Existing limited to two time periods (ca. 7900–5990 cal BP around 3500 BP) extrapolation these leads large vertical...
Understanding the evolution of coastal environments requires integrating evidence from both onshore regions and shallow marine environments. The Shetland Islands offer a unique natural laboratory to investigate episodic impacts on environment through abundant well-preserved tsunami deposits. While numerous studies have identified deposits in Islands, offshore remain underexplored. This study aims reconstruct stratigraphic history these by utilizing seismic surveys, geomorphological analyses,...
The late Holocene relative sea-level (RSL) history of Scotland is spatially and temporally variable, as it lies close to the boundaries former British-Irish Ice Sheet (BIIS) within maximum fingerprint Antarctic melt. It therefore an interesting location understand interplay drivers RSL consequences on rates change, over centennial millennial timescales. However, there are few records from region, especially islands offshore mainland Scotland. Along mid-latitude coastlines, salt-marsh...
Understanding the North Sea Pleistocene succession requires identifying sequence of glacial events and sea-level fluctuations. The presence Last Glacial Maximum is supported by numerous geomorphic evidence in Shetland archipelago. However, older ice sheets dominance a locally sourced ‘Shetland cap’ or an invasive Fennoscandian Ice Sheet over islands still debated. Microtextures quartz grains originating from tsunami deposits retrieved at four offshore sites Dury Voe (E...
ABSTRACT Severe storm flooding poses a major hazard to the coasts of north‐western Europe. However, long‐term recurrence patterns extreme coastal and their governing factors are poorly understood. Therefore, high‐resolution sedimentary records past North Atlantic required. This multi‐proxy study reconstructs storm‐induced overwash processes from lake sediments on Shetland Islands using grain‐size geochemical data, re‐analysis historical data. The chronostratigraphy is based Bayesian...
The aim of this study is to discuss and extend the characterization (palaeo)tsunami deposits, their source materials, based upon detailed heavy mineral assemblages. Results obtained from three distinct locations (Portugal, Scotland Indonesia), different coastal contexts chronologies (the tsunami events studied took place at 1500 cal. yr BP, AD 1755 2004) are summarized discussed in order contribute sedimentological onshore deposits. indicate that assemblages primarily reflect local specific...
Abstract Recent work has applied microtextural and heavy mineral analyses to sandy storm tsunami deposits from Portugal, Scotland, Indonesia the USA. We looked at interpretation of imagery (scanning electron microscopy) quartz grains compositions. consider inundation events different chronologies sources (the AD 1755 Lisbon 2004 Indian Ocean tsunamis, Great Storm 11 January 2005 in Hurricane Sandy 2012) that affected contrasting coastal hinterland settings with regional oceanographic...
Previous reports have suggested a link between increased storminess in the North Atlantic during recent years with period of time which Oscillation Index has been strongly positive. New analyses late nineteenth-century gale-day data for meteorological stations northern Scotland and western Ireland indicate that relatively high characterized this was associated monthly NAO values rarely exceeded +2 and, on several occasions, were negative. It is speculated difference may reflect influence an...
Evidence is presented for Holocene relative sea-level changes on the margin of a glacio-isostatically uplifted area: lower Wick River valley, northern Caithness, Scotland. Lithostratigraphic, biostratigraphic and chronostratigraphic analyses intercalated clastic organic sediments disclose evidence rapid rise sea level from at least as low -3.6 m to +1.5 O.D. during mid-Holocene, culminating between c. 6900 5900 BP. This correlated with Main Postglacial Transgression, identified widely in...
Abstract In West Greenland, early and mid Holocene relative sea level (RSL) fall was replaced by late RSL rise during the Neoglacial, after 4–3 cal. ka BP (thousand calibrated years before present). Here we present results of an isolation basin study completed near to coastal town Sisimiut, in central Greenland. fell from 14 m above at 5.7 reach a lowstand −4.0 2.3–1.2 BP, rising equivalent amount present. Differences timing magnitude between this other sites South Greenland record varied...
Research Article| October 01, 2012 Barrier islands on bedrock: A new landform type demonstrating the role of antecedent topography barrier form and evolution J.A.G. Cooper; Cooper 1University Ulster, School Environmental Sciences, Coleraine BT52 1SA, Northern Ireland, UK Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar D.W.T. Jackson; Jackson A.G. Dawson; Dawson 2University Aberdeen, Geosciences, Elphinstone Road, Aberdeen AB24 3UF, Scotland, S. 3University Dundee, Environment,...
ABSTRACT We reconstruct one of the longest relative sea‐level (RSL) records in north‐west Europe from north coast mainland Scotland, using data collected three sites Loch Eriboll (Sutherland) that we combine with other studies region. Following deglaciation, RSL fell a Lateglacial highstand +6−8 m OD (Ordnance Datum = ca. mean sea level) at 15 k cal BP to below present, then rose an early Holocene and remained +1 between 7 3 BP, before falling present. find no evidence for significant...