Roland Gehrels

Teaching interests

Sea-level and palaeoenvironmental change, Coastal environments, Fieldwork

 

Staff serving as external examiners

External examiner, UCL, Geography undergraduate programme, 2010-2014.

Marc Hijma, PhD. "From river valley to estuary: the early mid-Holocene transgression of the Rhine-Meuse valley, the Netherlands". Utrecht University, 2009.

Andrew Berkeley, PhD. "Foraminiferal assemblage development in tropical intertidal environments: A case study from Cocoa Creek, North Queensland, Australia". Department of Environmental & Geographical Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2008.

Sarah Woodroffe, PhD, "Mid-Late Holocene sea level change and coastal evolution: Central Great Barrier Reef coastline, Australia", Department of Geography, Durham University, 2006. 

Michael Roberts, PhD, "Holocene sea-level change in North Wales: the evolution of the Menai Strait", School of Ocean Sciences, University of Wales - Bangor, 2005.

Thomas Hill, PhD, "The late Quaternary evolution of the Gordano Valley, North Somerset, UK", School of Geography and Environmental Management, University of the West of England, 2005.

Robert Freel, PhD, "Determining the causes, extent and impact of 20th century sea surface elevations around west and north Ireland", Department of Geography, Queen's University Belfast, 2004.

 

 

 

Research interests

Main interest: Holocene sea-level change

Current research focuses on:

(1) Accelerations of sea-level rise in response to global warming

(2) Quantitative methods of sea-level reconstruction using microfossils

(3) Patterns of Holocene isostatic crustal movement in northeastern North America

(4) Late Holocene sea-level changes in western Europe

(5) Dating techniques in recent sea-level reconstruction (with Dr Wil Marshall)

 

Research degrees awarded to supervised students

David Dawson, PhD, ‘Impact of future sea-level rise on the London-Penzance railway line’, 2012.
Zuzanna Stroynowski, PhD, 'A high resolution climatic study of the Norwegian and Iberian shelves during the Holocene: a diatom perspective', 2009.
William Marshall, PhD, 'Geochronology of salt-marsh sediments', 2007.
Katie Szkornik, PhD, 'Middle to late Holocene sea-level changes in western Denmark: a diatom-based study', 2007.
Antony Massey, PhD, 'Holocene sea-level changes along the Channel coast of SW England', 2004.

Current PhD students (* Director of Studies)
Marta Perez (expected submission 2013), ‘A palaeoecological approach to understanding the impact of coastal change on past societies.’ 
Kelly Ross, Keele University (expected submission 2013), ‘Holocene sea-level change in the Dyfi Estuary, West Wales, UK’.
Robert Barnett* (expected submission 2012), ‘Recent sea-level change in Arctic Norway reconstructed from salt-marsh sediments’.
Brigida Orioli Figueira, University of Auckland (expected submission 2011) , ‘Salt marsh foraminiferal record of late Holocene sea level rise around New Zealand’.

Postdoctoral researchers supervised
Dr. Margot Saher (2009-present)
Dr. William A. Marshall (2007-present) 
Dr. Jason R. Kirby (2000-2002)
Dr. Helen M. Roe (1997-1999)

MSc/MRes students (* First supervisor)
Rachel Riley* (2013, MSc Sustainable Environmental Management)
Alexander Macdonald* (2012, MSc Sustainable Environmental Management)
Steffie Haynes* (2011, MSc Applied Marine Science)
Thomas Lawrence* (2011, MRes, Marine Geosciences)
Emily Spalding* (2010, MRes Global Environmental Change)
Mary Fonteh (2009, MSc Water and Coastal Management)
Elizabeth Elliott* (2008, MSc Global Environmental Change)
Charlotte Hall* (2008, MSc Global Environmental Change)
Katie Stokes* (2007, MSc Global Environmental Change)
S. Louise Callard* (2007, MRes Global Environmental Change)
Joseph Stocker (2006, MSc Global Environmental Change)
Jennifer Coates* (2006, MSc Global Environmental Change)
Melanie Bugler* (2006, MRes Global Environmental Change)
Samantha Pillidge (2005, MSc Sustainable Environmental Management)
Katherine E. Southall (2004, MRes Micropalaeontology, UCL)
Guido de Coterlet* (2004, MSc Applied Marine Science)
Hannah Webb* (2004, MRes Micropalaeontology)
Claire E. Manning* (2003, MSc Applied Marine Science)
Jody E. Goodman* (2003, MSc Global Change)
Gillian R. Grieves* (2001, MSc Sustainable Environmental Management)
Ruth Clements* (2001, MSc Sustainable Environmental Management)
 

Grants & contracts
 

2001-2011

Natural Environment Research Council, ‘North Atlantic sea-level variability during the last half-millennium’; AMS 14C dating allocation no. 1566.0511, £101,440, 2011.

Natural Environment Research Council, ‘Using interglacials to assess future sea-level scenarios (iGlass)’, NERC Consortium grant, with University of Southampton (lead PI), Durham University, University of Oxford, University of Bristol, NOC Liverpool, British Antarctic Survey, NE/I008624/1, £284,007 (total project £2.6M), 2011-2015.

Natural Environment Research Council, ‘North Atlantic sea-level variability during the last half-millennium’; AMS 14C dating allocation no. 1490.0810, £11,440, 2010.

Natural Environment Research Council, ‘Constraints on late glacial sea-level change in western Ireland’; AMS 14C dating allocation no. 1462.0410, £1560, 2010.

Natural Environment Research Council, ‘Sea-level changes in Tasmania: implications for the melting history of the Greenland Ice Sheet’, AMS 14C dating allocation no. 1417.1009, £9,980, 2009.

EU, Marie Curie Actions, ‘Sea-level changes in western Europe and New Zealand during the past 500 years’, International Outgoing Fellowship (for Dr E. Leorri; with Geomarine Research, Auckland, New Zealand), € 242,496, 2009-12. (Note: Dr. Leorri decided not to take up this fellowship).

Natural Environment Research Council, ‘North Atlantic sea-level variability during the last half-millennium’, NE/G003440/1, £190,634 (total project £589,016), Lead PI, with co-PIs Prof. Antony Long (Durham University) and Dr Philip Woodworth (Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory), and Project Partner NERC Radiocarbon Facility, 2009-12.

English Heritage, ‘The Lyonesse Project – Isles of Scilly’, with Dan Charman (PI) and Ralph Fyfe, £35,309 (total project £95,000), 2009-12.

Natural Environment Research Council, 'Coastal subsidence in SW Britain', AMS 14C allocation no. 1271.0408, £3640, 2008.

The Royal Society, Conference grant, INQUA Congress, Cairns, Australia, £1180, 2007. 

The Seale-Hayne Educational Trust, ‘Estuarine siltation in Devon and Cornwall: the role of agricultural land use’, £9360, 2007-2008.

The Royal Society, Short-visit grant to New Zealand, £2507, 2006.

Great Western Research, Network Rail, Devon County Council, Cornwall County Council, ‘Impact of future sea-level rise on the London-Penzance railway line’, PhD studentship, £55,200, 2006-2009.

South Hams Society, ‘Avon Estuary Siltation Project’, with Drs. W. Blake and G. Masselink (UoP – Geography), £1300, 2006.

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, ‘Sea-Level change and coastal flooding: past records and future impacts’, Academic Fellowship EP/E500013/1 (lead proposer), £125,000, 2006-2011.

Natural Environment Research Council, ‘The glacio-eustatic contribution to global sea-level rise in the late Holocene', AMS 14C dating allocation no. 1117.1005, £11,700, 2005.

Belgian Geological Survey, ‘Sea-level changes in the Persian Gulf ’, €10,080, 2005.

 

South Hams Society, ‘ Avon Estuary Siltation Project’, with Drs. W. Blake and G. Masselink (UoP – Geography), £12,750, 2005.

 

Royal Society, ‘Recent acceleration of sea-level rise in the Southern Hemisphere’, £3353, 2004.

 

Natural Environment Research Council, ‘Sea-level changes in the North Atlantic Ocean during the past 500 years’, AMS 14C dating allocation no. 1083.0404, £9900, 2004.

 

South Hams District Council, ‘Slapton Coastal Zone Management Main Study’, with ScottWilson Ltd. and Prof. Andrew Chadwick (Coastal Engineering), £10,000, 2004.

 

Natural Environmental Research Council, ‘Holocene sea-level change in Denmark’, Research funds with quota studentship. NER/S/A/2003/11314, £5132, 2003.

 

Royal Society, Study visit to New Zealand, £2748, 2003.

 

Natural Environment Research Council, ‘Late Holocene sea-level and climate change’, AMS 14C dating allocation no. 968/0402, £20,808, 2002.

 

Natural Environment Research Council, ‘Late Holocene sea-level and climate change’, AMS 14C dating allocation no. 930/0801, £7700, 2001.

 

Devon County Council, Slapton Sands core analyses, £1580, 2001.

 

European Commission, Vth Framework (Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development), ‘Late Holocene Shallow Marine Environments of Europe (HOLSMEER)’, €188,005 (total project €2,010,563), 1/1/01-30/6/04.

 

Natural Environment Research Council, ‘Holocene sea-level changes along the Channel coast of southwest England’, AMS 14C dating allocation no. 883/0800, £6660, 2000.

 

Natural Environment Research Council, ‘Holocene sea-level changes along the Channel coast of southwest England’, AMS 14C dating allocation no. 835/1299, £6000, 2000.

 

Natural Environment Research Council, ‘Rapid sea-level rise during the past 300 years?’, GR9/04647, £35,889, 1/7/00-30/6/02.

 

 

Publications

 

Authored/edited books or chapters in books (since 2001)

Gehrels, W.R., 2011. Sea level studies: Microfossil reconstructions. In: Encyclopedia of Quaternary Sciences, 2nd edition (Elias, S., ed.).

Masselink. G. and Gehrels, R. (eds.), in prep (to be published in 2012). Coastal Environments and Global Change. Wiley-Blackwell, 512 pp.

Mitchum, G.T., Nerem, R.S., Merrifield, M.A. and Gehrels, W.R. 2010. Modern sea level change estimates. In: Church, J.A., Woodworth, P.L., Aarup, T. and Wilson, S.W. (ed.), Understanding Sea-level Rise and Variability, Wiley-Blackwell, 122-142.

Lambeck, K., Woodroffe, C.D., Antonioli, F., Anzidei, M., Gehrels, W.R., Laborel, J. and Wright, A.J., 2010. Paleo-environmental records, geophysical modelling and reconstruction of sea-level trends and variability on centennial and longer time scales. In: Church, J.A., Woodworth, P.L., Aarup, T. and Wilson, S.W. (ed.), Understanding Sea-level Rise and Variability, Wiley-Blackwell, 61-121.

Gehrels, W.R., 2010. Global sea-level rise. In: Encyclopedia of Geography (Warf, B. ed.), Sage Publications.

Gehrels, R., 2009. Rising sea levels as an indicator of global change. In: Letcher, T. (ed.), Climate Change: Observed Impacts on Planet Earth, Elsevier, 325-336.

Gehrels, W.R. and Long, A.J. (eds.), 2007. Quaternary Land-Ocean Interactions: Sea-Level Change, Sediment Exchange and Tsunami. Marine Geology 242, issues 1-3.

Gehrels, W.R., 2006. Sea level studies: Microfossil reconstructions. In: Encyclopedia of Quaternary Sciences (Elias, S., ed.), Elsevier, 3015-3023.

Baeteman, C. and Gehrels, R. (eds.), 2005. Late Quaternary Coastal and Marine Deposits of Northwest Europe: A Tribute to Hansjörg Streif. Quaternary International 133-134.

Gehrels, W.R., 2004. Sea-level changes during the last millennium. In: Encyclopaedia of Coastal Science, Schwartz, M.L. (ed.), Kluwer Academic, 830-833.

Gehrels, W.R., 2002. Intertidal foraminifera as palaeoenvironmental indicators. Chapter 5, in Haslett, S.K. (ed.) Quaternary Environmental Micropalaeontology, Arnold Publishers, 91-114.



Articles in journals – refereed (since 2001)

Gehrels, W.R., Callard, S.L., Moss, P.T., Marshall, W.A., Hunter, J., Milton, J.A., Garnett, M.H., 2011. High rates of sea-level rise in the Southwest Pacific from the start of the 20th century. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2011.08.046

Di Rita, F., Simone, S., Caldara, M., Gehrels, W.R., Magri, D., 2011. Holocene environmental changes in the coastal Tavoliere Plain (Apulia, southern Italy): a multiproxy approach. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 310, 139-151.

Gehrels, W.R., Dawson, D.A., Shaw, J., Marshall, W.A., 2011. Using Holocene relative sea-level data to inform future sea-level predictions: an example from Southwest England. Global and Planetary Change 78, 116-126..

Gehrels, R., Horton, B., Kemp, A., Sivan, D., 2011. Sea-level records of the last 2000 years hold the key to understanding contemporary and future sea-level change. Eos 92, 289-296.

Callard, S.L., Gehrels, W.R., Morrison, B.V. Grenfell, H.R., 2011. Suitability of salt-marsh foraminifera as proxy indicators of sea level in Tasmania. Marine Micropaleontology 79, 121-131.

Woodworth, P., Gehrels, R., Nerem, S., 2011. Nineteenth and twentieth century changes in sea level. Oceanography 24, 80-93.

Woodworth, P.L., Menéndez, M., Gehrels, W.R., 2011. Evidence for century-timescale acceleration in mean sea levels and for recent changes in extreme sea levels. Surveys in Geophysics, doi:10.1007/s10712-011-9112-8.

Gehrels, W.R., 2010. Late Holocene relative sea-level changes and crustal motion around the British Isles: lessons for the 21st century. Quaternary Science Reviews 29, 1648-1660.

Charman, D.J., Gehrels, W.R., Manning, C., Sharma, C., 2010. Reconstruction of recent sea-level change using testate amoebae. Quaternary Research 72, 208-219.

Leorri, E., Cearreta, A., Corbett, R., Blake, W., Fatela, F., Gehrels, R., Irabien, M.J., 2010. Identification of suitable areas for high-resolution sea-level studies in SW Europe using commonly applied 210Pb models. Geogaceta 48, 35-38.

Gehrels, W.R., 2010. Sea-level changes since the Last Glacial Maximum: an appraisal of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report. Journal of Quaternary Science 25, 26-38, doi:10.1002/jqs.1273.

Leorri, E., Gehrels, W.R., Horton, B.P., Fatela, F., Cearreta, A., 2010. Distribution of foraminifera in salt marshes along the Atlantic coast of SW Europe: tools to reconstruct past sea-level variations. Quaternary International 221, 104-115, doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2009.10.033.

Kemp, A.C., Horton, B.P., Culver, S.J., Corbett, D.R., van de Plassche, O., Gehrels, W.R., Douglas, B.C., Parnell, A.C., 2009. Timing and magnitude of recent accelerated sea-level rise (North Carolina, United States). Geology 37, 1035-1038.

Gehrels, W.R., 2009. Sea-level changes since the Last Glacial Maximum: an appraisal of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report. Journal of Quaternary Science, doi:10.1002/jqs.1273.

Masselink, G., Cointre, L., Williams, J., Gehrels, R., Blake, W., 2009. Tide-driven dune migration and sediment transport on an intertidal shoal in a shallow estuary in Devon, UK. Marine Geology 262, 82-95.

Marshall, W.A., Clough, R. and Gehrels, W.R., 2009. The isotopic record of atmospheric lead fall-out on an Icelandic salt-marsh since AD 50. The Science of the Total Environment 407, 2734-2748, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.12.009.

Cearreta, A., Leorri, E., Gehrels, R. and Horton, B., 2008. A high marsh transfer function for sea-level reconstructions in the southern Bay of Biscay. Revista de Investigación Marina 3, 66-67.

Woodworth, P.L., White, N.J., Jevrejeva, S., Holgate, S.J., Church, J.A. and Gehrels, W.R., 2008. Evidence for the accelerations of sea level on multi-decade and century timescales. International Journal of Climatology, doi:10.1002/joc.1771.

Szkornik, K., Gehrels, W.R. and Murray, A.S., 2008. Aeolian sand movement and relative sea-level rise in Ho Bugt, western Denmark, during the Little Ice Age. The Holocene 18. 951-965.

Vincente, I. V., Leorri, E.S., Cearreta, A.B., Gehrels, R. and Horton, B., 2008. Salt marsh response to recent sea-level acceleration in the southern Bay of Biscay. Geo-Temas 10, 659-662.

Massey, A.C., Gehrels, W.R., Charman, D.J., Milne, G.A., Peltier, W.R., Lambeck, K., Selby, K.A., 2008. Relative sea-level change and postglacial isostatic adjustment along the coast of south Devon, United Kingdom. Journal of Quaternary Science 23, 415-433.

Gehrels, W.R., Hayward, B.W., Newnham, R.M. and Southall, K.E., 2008. A 20^th century sea-level acceleration in New Zealand. Geophysical Research Letters 35, L02717, doi 10.1029/2007GL032632.

Gehrels, W.R. and Long, A.J., 2008. Sea level is not level. The case for a new approach to predicting UK sea-level rise. Geography 93, 11-16.

Hayward, B.W., Grenfell, H.R., Sabaa, A.T., Southall, K.E. and Gehrels, W.R., 2007. Foraminiferal evidence of Holocene subsidence and fault displacements, Coastal South Otago, New Zealand. Journal of Foraminiferal Research 37, 344-359.

Marshall, W.A., Gehrels, W.R., Garnett, M.H., Freeman, S.P.H.T., Maden, C. and Xu, S., 2007. The use of ‘bomb spike’ calibration and wiggle-matched high-precision AMS ¹⁴C analyses to date salt-marsh sediments deposited during the past three centuries. Quaternary Research 68, 325-337.

Goodman, J.E., Wood, M.E. and Gehrels, W.R., 2007. A 17-yr record of sediment accretion in the salt marshes of Maine (USA). Marine Geology 242, 109-121.

Gehrels, W.R., 2006. Sea-level rise and coastal subsidence in southwest England. Reports and Transactions of the Devonshire Association 138, 25-42.

Szkornik, K., Gehrels, W.R. and Kirby, J.R., 2006. Using salt-marsh diatoms to reconstruct sea-level changes in Ho Bugt western Denmark. Marine Geology 235, 137-150.

Gehrels, W.R., Szkornik, K., Bartholdy, J., Kirby, J.R., Bradley, S.L., Marshall, W.A., Heinemeier, J. and Pedersen, J.B.T., 2006. Late Holocene sea-level changes and isostasy in western Denmark. Quaternary Research 66, 288-302.

Gehrels, W.R., Marshall, W.A., Gehrels, M.J., Larsen, G., Kirby, J.R., Eiriksson, J., Heinemeier, J. and Shimmield, T., 2006. Rapid sea-level rise in the North Atlantic Ocean since the first half of the 19^th century. The Holocene 16, 948-964.

Massey, A.C., Taylor, G.K., Gehrels, W.R., and Charman, D.J. 2006. The electrical resistivity of coastal back-barrier sediments in south Devon, UK. Journal of Coastal Research 22, 1179-1191.

Massey, A.C., Gehrels, W.R., Charman, D.J. and White, S.V., 2006. An intertidal foraminifera-based transfer function for reconstructing Holocene sea-level change in southwest England. Journal of Foraminiferal Research 36, 215-232.

Gehrels, W.R., Hendon, D., and Charman, D.J., 2006, Distribution of testate amoebae in salt marshes along the North American East Coast. Journal of Foraminiferal Research 36, 201-214.

Southall, K.E., Gehrels, W.R. and Hayward, B.C., 2006. Foraminifera in a New Zealand salt marsh and their suitability as sea-level indicators. Marine Micropaleontology 60, 167-179.

Brückner, H., Müllenhoff, M., Gehrels, R., Herda, A., Knipping, M. and Vött, A., 2006. From archipelago to floodplain – geographical and ecological changes in Miletus and its environs during the last six millennia (Western Anatolia). Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie (Annals of Geomorphology) N.F., Suppl. 142, 63-83.

Massey, A.C., Paul, M.A., Gehrels, W.R. and Charman, D.J., 2006. Autocompaction in Holocene coastal back-barrier sediments from south Devon, south-west England, UK. Marine Geology 226, 225-241.

Chadwick, A.J., Karunarathna, H., Gehrels, R., O’Brien, D., Dales, D. and Massey, A.C., 2005. A new analysis of coastal processes for the Slapton barrier beach system. Maritime Engineering 158, 147-161.

Price, G.D., Winkle, K. and Gehrels, W.R., 2005. A geochemical record of the mining history of the Erme estuary, south Devon, UK. Marine Pollution Bulletin 50, 1706-1712.

Gehrels, W.R., Kirby, J.R., Prokoph, A., Newnham, R.M., Achterberg, E.P., Evans, E.H., Black, S., Scott, D.B., 2005. Onset of recent rapid sea-level rise in the western Atlantic Ocean. Quaternary Science Reviews 24, 2083-2100.

Edwards, R.J., van de Plassche, O., Gehrels, W.R. and Wright, A.J., 2004. Assessing sea-level data from Connecticut, USA, using a foraminiferal transfer function for tide level. Marine Micropalaeontology 51, 239-255.

Hayward, B.W., Cochran, U., Southall, K., Wiggins, E., Grenfell, H.R., Sabaa, A., Shane, P.R., and Gehrels, R. 2004. Micropaleontological evidence for the Holocene earthquake history of the eastern Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, and a new index for determining the land elevation record. Quaternary Science Reviews 23, 1651-1667.

Gehrels, W.R. and Newman, S.W.G., 2004. Salt-marsh foraminifera in Ho Bugt, western Denmark, and their use as sea-level indicators. Danish Journal of Geography 104, 49-58.

Patterson, R.T., Gehrels, W.R., Belknap, D.F. and Dalby, A.P., 2004. The distribution of salt marsh foraminifera at Little Dipper Harbour, New Brunswick, Canada: Implications for development of widely applicable transfer functions in sea-level research. Quaternary International v. 120, 185-194.

Gehrels, W.R., Milne, G.A., Kirby, J.R., Patterson, R.T. and Belknap, D.F., 2004. Late Holocene sea-level changes and isostatic crustal movements in Atlantic Canada. Quaternary International 120, 79-89.

Van de Plassche, O., van der Schrier, G., Weber, S.L., Gehrels, W.R. and Wright, A.J., 2003. Sea-level variability in the northwest Atlantic during the past 1500 years: a delayed response to solar forcing? Geophysical Research Letters 30, 1921, doi. 10.1029/2003GL017558.

Roe, H.M., Charman, D.J., and Gehrels, W.R., 2002. Fossil testate amoebae in coastal deposits in the UK: Implications for studies of sea-level change. Journal of Quaternary Science 17, 411-429.

Charman, D.J., Roe, H.M., and Gehrels, W.R., 2002. Modern distribution of saltmarsh testate amoebae: regional variability of zonation and response to environmental variables. Journal of Quaternary Science 17, 387-409.

Gehrels, W.R., Belknap, D.F., Black, S., and Newnham, R.M., 2002. Rapid sea-level rise in the Gulf of Maine, USA, since AD 1800. The Holocene 12, 383-389.

Gehrels, W.R., Roe, H.M., and Charman, D.J., 2001. Foraminifera, testate amoebae and diatoms as sea-level indicators in UK saltmarshes: a quantitative multiproxy approach. Journal of Quaternary Science 16, 201-220.

Gehrels, W.R., 2001. Discussion of: Nunn, Patrick D., 1998. Sea-Level Changes over the Past 1,000 Years in the Pacific. Journal of Coastal Research, 14(1), 23-30. Journal of Coastal Research 17, 244-245.

 

Reports & invited lectures
 

2001-2011

Invited lectures

Trinity College, Department of Geology, Dublin, Ireland, 12/2/10

Manchester Metropolitan University, Dept of Environmental and Geographical Sciences, 2/12/08

British Association Festival of Science, University of Liverpool, 9/9/08

Keele University, School of Physical and Geographical Sciences, 5/2/08

Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory, Liverpool, 3/10/07

University of Exeter in Cornwall, Department of Geography, 14/3/07

University of Wollongong, School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Wollongong, Australia, 29/11/06

University of Tasmania, Antarctic Climate & Ecosystems, Hobart, Australia, 16/11/06

Appalachian State University, Dept of Geology, Boone, North Carolina, USA, 16/10/06

The Devonshire Association, Salcombe, 2/6/06 (Annual Public Lecture)

The Geological Society, Exeter, 2/7/04

University of Aberdeen, Dept of Geography and Environment, 26/2/04

Institute for Nuclear and Geological Sciences, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, 17/3/03

Auckland University, Dept of Geology, Auckland, New Zealand, 5/3/03

Waikato University, Dept of Earth Sciences, Hamilton, New Zealand, 4/3/03

University of Bari, Dept of Geology and Geophysics, Italy, 25/11/02

Bath Spa University College, Faculty of Applied Science, 23/5/01

University of Exeter, Dept of Geography, 26/01/01

Keynote and invited conference papers

INQUA/IGCP588, Hong Kong, 1/12/10

American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, 19/12/08

Quaternary Research Association, London, 9/1/08

Geological Society of America, Philadelphia, USA, 24/10/06

Geological Society of America, Philadelphia, USA, 22/10/06

World Climate Research Programme, UNESCO, Paris, France, 7/6/06

Royal Geographical Society, London, 3/9/03

EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Nice, France, 11/4/03

 

Conferences organised

Gehrels, W.R. and Long, A.J., 2011. ‘Sea-Level Jumps: Evidence from Quaternary Proxy Records’. Session at XVIII INQUA Congress, 21-27 July, Bern, Switzerland.

Milne , G., Gehrels, R., Hughes, C. and Tamisiea, M., 2008. ‘Observations and Causes of Sea-Level Changes on Millennial to Decadal Timescales’. William Smith Conference, Geological Society, 1-2 September, London.

Gehrels, W.R. and Long, A.J., 2007. ‘Late Holocene Sea Level and Climate’. Session at XVII INQUA Congress, 28 July – 3 August, Cairns, Australia.

Ruz, M., Baeteman, C., Mrani, M., Gehrels, R., 2005, INQUA and IGCP Project 495, “Late Quaternary Coastal Changes: Sea Level, Sedimentary Forcing and Anthropogenic Impacts”, Dunkerque, France, 28 June - 2 July.

Hart, M., Gehrels, W.R. and others, 1997, Fifth International Workshop on Agglutinated Foraminifera, 6-11 September, Plymouth, UK.

Gehrels, W.R. and Healy, M., 1996, IGCP Project 367 “Late Quaternary coastal records of rapid change: Application to present and future conditions”, U.K. working group meeting, 8-11 September, Falmouth , Cornwall , UK .


 

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