Research
Research Interest 1
Sea-level change
Quaternary Geology
Geochronology with focus on optical dating
Shallow marine sedimentary environment
Research groups
Research grants
Linking the structural and optical properties of biogenic silica.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
July 2004 - September 2004
Pump-probe studies of defects in wide band-gap aluminio-silicates.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
September 2004
Research collaborations
Prof Mansour Elbabour
Academiae Europaeae
Chronology and genesis of coastal deposits in the Gulf of Sirte (Libya) Funding awarded: 35,420 Libyan Dinars (~£17,000)
Prof Adam Switzer
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Chronology and genesis of beach ridges in Vietnam Funding: £12,400
Dr Yongsheng Chen
Chinese Academy of Sciences
sea level change in North China Sea Funding awarded: £9750
Duncan Bailey
Addenbrooke's NHS Trust
Research on elevated environmental radiactivity and associated heath risk in Africa Funding received: £11,250 (2010); 16,000 (2013)
Dr Rodolfo Angulo
Universidade Federal do Paraná (Brazil)
Optical dating of Pleistocene/Holocene beachrock at the north Brazilian coast
Prof Giorgio Spada
University of Urbino (Italy)
improving the model of Holocene sea level rise in the Mediterranean
Prof Jim Marshall
Formation of ooids in the Mediterranean Sea during the Quaternary
Dr Jan Bloemendal
Linking Chinese loess to changing monsoon strength in the late Pleistocene and Holocene
Prof Torbjörn E. Törnqvist
Tulane University, New Orleans
Late Pleistocene sea level changes at the Gulf of Mexico coast Funding received:£10,800 (2010-2013)
Dr Fabienne Marret, Dr Andy Plater
How to establish new records of sea level change at UK coasts using the combination of microfossil transfer function and optical dating