
Profiles
Dr Jenny Gales
Lecturer in Hydrography & Ocean Exploration
School of Biological and Marine Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
Biography
Biography
- Lecturer in Hydrography and Ocean Exploration
- Programme Lead for BSc Ocean Exploration and Surveying
- Deputy Programme Lead for MSc Hydrography
Research: Antarctic Continental Margin Processes and Evolution, Continental Margin Geomorphology, Process Sedimentology, Ice Sheet Change, Antarctic Climate History.
Specialities: Marine Geomorphology, Bathymetry, Marine Geophysics, Marine Geology, Glacial Processes, Marine Robotics
Qualifications
2022 - present Programme Lead - BSc Ocean Exploration and Surveying
2017 - present Lecturer in Hydrography and Ocean Exploration
2017 - present Deputy Programme Lead - MSc Hydrography
2015 - 2017 Post Doctoral Research, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton
2013 - 2015 Marine Geoscientist, British Geological Survey, Edinburgh
2009 - 2013 PhD, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge
2008 - 2009 MRes Marine Geology & Geophysics, University of Southampton
2005 - 2008 BSc Oceanography with Physical Geography, University of Southampton
Professional membership
The Hydrographic Society UK & Ireland
Teaching
Teaching
Teaching interests
Currently teaches:
- OS105 Mapping the Marine Environment (Module Leader)
- OS305 Coastal Survey
- OS316 Exploration for Energy and Minerals (Module Leader)
- MAR521 Acoustic and Oceanographic Survey
- Maxine King - Deciphering submarine slope processes on the Ross Sea continental margin
Research
Research
Research interests
- Submarine geomorphology
- Process sedimentology and process geomorphology
- Antarctica and the Southern Ocean
- High-latitude continental margins, submarine canyons, landslides, gullies, channels, fjords, deltas
- Marine robotics
Research groups
Publications
Publications
Key publications
Key publications are highlighted
Journals
Kulhanek, D., Prunella, C., McLaughlin, J., Griffin, B., McKay, R., Patterson, M., Gales, J., Shevenell, A., van Peer, T., IODP Expedition 374 Scientists. 2022. Data report: IODP Site U1523 composite section and stratigraphic splice based on X-ray fluorescence data. Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program 374. Dorschel, B., Hehemann, L., Viquerat, S….Gales, J., et al., 2022. The International Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean Version 2 (IBSCO v2). Nature - Scientific Data 9, 1-13. King, M., Gales, J.A., Laberg, J.S., McKay, R., De Santis, L., Kulhanek, D., Hosegood, P., Morris, A., IODP Expedition 374 Scientists. 2022. Pleistocene depositional environments and links to cryosphere-ocean interactions on the eastern Ross Sea continental slope, Antarctica (IODP Hole U1525A). Marine Geology 443, 106674. Conte, R., Rebesco, M., De Santis, L., Colleoni, F., Bensi, M., Bergamasco, A., Kovacevic, V., Gales, J., Zgur, F., Accettella, D., De Steur, L., Ursella, L., McKay, R., Kim, S., Lucchi, R. 2021. Bottom current control on sediment deposition between the Iselin Bank and the Hillary Canyon (Antarctica) since the late Miocene: An integrated seismic-oceanographic approach. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 176, 103606. Benetti, S., Chiverrell, R., O Cofaigh, C., Burke, M., Medialdea, A., Small, D., Ballantyne, C., Bateman, M., Callard, L., Wilson, P., Fabel, D., Clark, C., Arosio, R., Bradley, S., Dunlop, P., Ely, J., Gales, J., Livingstone, S., Moreton, S., Purcell, C., Saher, M., Schiele, K., Van Landeghem, K., Weilbach, K. 2021. Exploring Controls of the early and stepped deglaciation on the western margin of the British Irish Ice Sheet. Journal of Quaternary Science 36, 833-870. Gales, J.A., Rebesco, M., De Santis, L., Bergamasco, A., Colleoni, F., Kim, S., Accettella, D., Kovacevik, V., Liu, Y., Olivo, E., Colizza, E., Florindo-Lopez, C., Zgur, F., McKay, R. 2021. Role of dense shelf water in the development of Antarctic submarine canyon morphology. Geomorphology 372, 107453. Lo Iacono, C., Guillen, J., Guerrero, Q., Duran, R., Wardell, C., Hall, A., Aslam, T., Carter, G., Gales, J., Huvenne, V. 2020. Bidirectional bedform fields at the head of a submarine canyon (NE Atlantic). Earth and Planetary Science Letters 542, 116321. Heerema, C., Talling, P., Cartigny, M., Paull, C., Bailey, L., Simmons, S., Parsons, D., Clare, M., Gwiazda, R., Lundsten, E., Anderson, K., Maier, K., Xu, J., Sumner, E., Rosenberger, K., Gales, J., McGann, M., Carter, L., Pope, E., Monterey Coordinated Canyon Experiment CCE Team. Insights from field observations into controls on flow front speed in submarine sediment flows. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 532, 116023. Maier, K., Rosenberger, K., Paull, C., Gwiazda, R., Gales, J., Lorenson, T., Barry, J., Talling, P., McGann, M., Xu, J., Lundsten, E., Anderson, K., Litvin, S., Parsons, D., Clare, M., Simmons, S., Sumner, E., Cartigny, M. 2019. Sediment and organic carbon transport and deposition driven by internal tides along Monterey canyon, offshore California. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 153, 103108. Hage, S., Cartigny, M., Sumner, E., Clare, M., Hughes Clarke, J., Talling, P., Lintern, G., Simmons, S., Jacinto, R., Vellinga, A., Allin, J., Azpiroz-Zabala, M., Gales, J., Hizzett, J., Hunt, J., Mozzato, A., Parsons, D., Pope, E., Stacey, C., Symons, W., Vardy, M., Watts, C. 2019. Direct monitoring reveals initiation of turbidity currents from extremely dilute river plumes. Geophysical Research Letters 46, 11310-11320. McKay, R., De Santis, L., Kulhanek, D., Ash, J., Beny, F., Browne, I., Cortese, G., Cordeiro de Sousa, I., Dodd, J., Esper, O., Gales, J.A., Harwood, D., Ishino, S., Keisling, B., Kim, S., Kim, S., Laberg, J.S., Leckie, R., Muller, J., Patterson, M., Romans, B., Romero, O., Sangiorgi, F., Seki, O., Shevenell, A., Singh, S., Sugisaki, S., Van de Flierdt, T., van Peer, T., Xiao, W., Xiong, Z. 2019. Ross Sea West Antarctic Ice Sheet History. Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program, 374, College Station TX, International Ocean Discovery Program. Maier, K., Gales, J.A., Paull, C., Rosenberger, K., Talling, P., Simmons, S., Gwiazda, R., McGann, M., Cartigny, M., Lundsten, E., Anderson, K., Clare, M., Xu, J., Parson, D., Barry, J., Wolfson-Schwehr, M., Nieminski, N., Sumner, E. 2019. Linking direct measurements of turbidity currents to submarine canyon-floor deposits. Frontiers in Earth Science 7, 144. Callard, L., O Cofaigh, C., Benetti, S., Chiverrell, R., Van Landeghem, K., Saher, M., Gales, J., Small, D., Clark, C., Livingstone, S., Fabel, D., Moreton, S. 2018. Extent and retreat history of the Barra Fan Ice Stream offshore western Scotland and Northern Ireland during the last glaciation. Quaternary Science Reviews 201, 280-302. Carter, G., Huvenne, V., Gales, J., Lo Iacono, C., Marsh, L., Ougier-Simonin, A., Robert, K., Wynn, R. 2018. Ongoing evolution of submarine canyon rockwalls: examples from the Whittard Canyon, Celtic margin (NE Atlantic). Progress in Oceanography 169, 79-88. Paull, C., Talling, P., Maier, K., Parsons, D., Xu, J., Caress, D., Gwiarzda, R., Lundsten, E., Anderson, K., Barry, J., Chaffey, M., O’Reilly, T., Rosenberger, K., Gales, J., Kieft, B., McGann, M., Simmons, S., McCann, M., Sumner, E., Clare, M., Cartigny, M. 2018. Powerful turbidity currents driven by dense basal layers. Nature Communications 9, 1-9. Gales, J.A., Talling, P., Hughes Clarke, J., Stacey, C. 2018. What controls submarine channel development and the morphology of deltas entering deep-water fjords? Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 44, 535-551. Gales, J.A., Hillenbrand, C.D., Laberg, J.S., Melles, M., Benetti, S., Passchier, S. 2018. Processes influencing differences in Arctic and Antarctic Trough Mouth Fan sedimentology. Glaciated Margins: The Sedimentary & Geophysical Archive, Geological Society Special Publication 475, 203-221. Gales, J.A., Leat, P.T., Larter, R.D., Jokat, W. 2016. Components of an Antarctic trough mouth fan: examples from the Crary Fan. In: Dowdeswell, J.A., Canals, M., Jakobsson, M., Todd, B.J., Dowdeswell, E.K., Hogan, K.A. (Eds). Atlas of Submarine Glacial Landforms: Modern, Quaternary and Ancient. Geological Society, London, Memoirs. Gales, J.A., Larter, R.D., Leat, P.T. 2016. Iceberg scours and associated sediment ridges on the southern Weddell Sea margin. In: Dowdeswell, J.A., Canals, M., Jakobsson, M., Todd, B.J., Dowdeswell, E.K., Hogan, K.A. (Eds). Atlas of Submarine Glacial Landforms: Modern, Quaternary and Ancient. Geological Society, London, Memoirs. Gales, J.A., Leat, P.T., Larter, R.D. 2016. Submarine gullies on the southern Weddell Sea slope. In: Dowdeswell, J.A., Canals, M., Jakobsson, M., Todd, B.J., Dowdeswell, E.K., Hogan, K.A. (Eds). Atlas of Submarine Glacial Landforms: Modern, Quaternary and Ancient. Geological Society, London, Memoirs. Forwick, M., Laberg, J.S., Husum, K., Gales, J.A. 2015. Submarine mass wasting on Hovgaard Ridge, Fram Strait, European Arctic. In: Lamarche, G., Mountjoy, J. (Eds) et al. Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences. Springer International Publishing, pp. 253-263. Gales, J.A., Leat, P.T., Larter, R.D., Mitchell, N.C., Hillenbrand, C.-D., Tate, A.T., Buys, G.B., Jokat, W., Kuhn, G. 2014. Large-scale submarine landslides, channel and gully systems on the southern Weddell Sea margin, Antarctica. Marine Geology 348, 73-87. Gales, J.A., Forwick, M., Larter, R.D., Laberg, J.S., Vorren, T., Graham, A.G.C., Baeten, N.J., Amundsen, H. 2013. Arctic and Antarctic submarine gullies - a comparison of high latitude continental margins. Geomorphology 201, 449-461. Gales, J.A., Larter, R.D., Mitchell, N.C., Dowdeswell, J.A. 2013. Geomorphic signature of Antarctic submarine gullies: Implications for continental slope processes. Marine Geology 337, 112-124. Larter, R.D., Graham, A.G.C., Hillenbrand, C.-D., Smith, J.A., Gales, J.A. 2012. Late Quaternary grounded ice extent in the Filchner Trough, Weddell Sea, Antarctica: new marine geophysical evidence. Quaternary Science Reviews 53, 111-122. Gales, J.A., Larter, R.D., Mitchell, N.C., Hillenbrand, C.-D., Østerhus, S., Shoosmith, D. 2012. Southern Weddell Sea shelf edge geomorphology: Implications for gully formation by the overflow of high-salinity water. Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface 117, F04021, doi:10.1029/2012JF002357. |