Role
Science Officer
Support and provision of teaching and research in:
Hydro-geomorphology, rainfall simulation and erosion, soil and sediment physical analysis, particle size analysis, environmental monitoring, levelling, surveying (total station and RTK GPS).
Responsibility for Geomorphology Laboratory, Davy 806.
Working knowledge of:
PSA: sieving, sedimentation, laser diffraction (Malvern Mastersizer X and 2000, LISST 100ST), image analysis and associated software
Enviro-monitoring: Squirrel, Rustrak and Campbell loggers, Kestrel meters, Davis weather station and associated software
Surveying/GPS: auto levels, total stations (Trimble 5600, Geodimeter 610, Zeiss Elta 5 and S20), Garmin 'leisure' GPS, Trimble Pro-XL, GeoXH, 5800 RTK (ACU and TSC2) and associated software (Terrasync, Survey Controller, Trimble Geomatics, Pathfinder Office, etc.)
Softree 'Terrain' survey software. Rockworks_15 earth science software.
Roles on external bodies
Provision of 'benchmark' laser diffraction analysis for National Marine Biological Association Quality Control Scheme
http://www.nmbaqcs.org/
Teaching interests
First year part-time lecturing in 'Labskills' covering introductory particle size analysis.
Second year part-time lecturing in dissertation planning with particular emphasis on techniques with soils and sediments; planning and introductory sessions covering topographic survey and GPS
Other support roles covering:
Class / laboratory work in Glacial Environments, Catchment processes, Catchment management, Coastal geomorphology
First, second and third year field work ranging from local day field work to residential overseas.
Third year and Masters' dissertation support
Research interests
Provision of research support for:
Catchment and Coastal Environments Research Group
http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/pages/view.asp?page=35220
and
Quaternary Environments
http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/pages/view.asp?page=35223
Publications
Blake W.H., Theocharopoulos S.P., Skoulikidis N., Clark P., Tountas P., R. Hartley, Amaxidis Y. (2010). Wildfire impacts on hillslope sediment and phosphorus yields. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 10(4), 671-682.
Blake W.H., Theocharopoulos S.P., Skoulikidis N., Clark P., Tountas P., R. Hartley, Amaxidis Y. (2008). Wildfire, soil erosion and the risk to aquatic resources: evidence from the burnt Evrotas River basin, southern Peloponnese, Greece. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 10, EGU2008-A-03770, 2008. ISSN 1029-7006
Mather, A.E., Stokes, M., Pirrie, D., Hartley, R. 2008. Generation, transport and preservation of armoured mudballs in an ephemeral gully system. Geomorphology 100, 104-119
Buscombe, D, Masselink, G, Austin, M J, Gehrels, W R, Chadwick, A, Hartley, R and Ruiz de Alegria Arzaburu, A. 2006. Coastal Processes Research at Slapton Sands. Poster presentation for National Nature Reserve Information Centre, Slapton Ley.
H. A. Hernandez Arana, M. J. Attrill, R. Hartley and G. Gold Bouchot. 2005. Continental Shelf Research, 25. Transitional carbonate-terrigenous shelf sub-environments inferred from textural characteristics of surficial sediments in the Southern Gulf of Mexico
Ternan, J.L., Williams, A.G., Elmes, A. and Hartley, R., 1996. Aggregate stability of soils in central Spain and the role of land management. Earth Surf. Proc. Landforms 21
Links
Geography (within School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences)
http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/geography
Geography techical and science info
http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/pages/view.asp?page=31180
