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Biography
I am a hazard geoscientist with expertise in extreme coastal change including tsunamis and storms with a particular interest in their onshore sedimentological signature. My research considers the impact of submarine landslide tsunamis and the potential for an increase in this hazard to the North Atlantic with the response of climate change in the Arctic. I have wider interest in the sediment ‘fingerprint’ observed in the landscape of a range of natural hazards and use methodologies including sedimentology, paleoecology, geomorphology geology, geomatics, experimental and numerical modelling to investigate these in a range of environments.
External positions
External Examiner , University of Glasgow
2018 → 2021External Examiner , Sheffield Hallam University
2017 → 2020Keywords
- GB Physical geography
- Tsunami geoscience
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Projects
Will Climate Change in the Arctic Increase the Landslide-tsunami Risk to the UK?
Dawson, A. & Dawson, S.
Natural Environment Research Council
1/10/14 → 31/10/17
Project: Research
An Investigation of a Submerged Mound: Bay of Firth, Orkney
Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland
1/03/13 → 31/03/13
Project: Research
Research Output
Reconciling Storegga tsunami sedimentation patterns with modelled wave heights: A discussion from the Shetland Isles field laboratory
Dawson, A., Dawson, S., Bondevik, S., Costa, P. J. M., Hill, J. & Stewart, I., 20 Mar 2020, In : Sedimentology. 67, 3, p. 1344-1353 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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The coastal landslides of Shetland
Ballantyne, C. K., Dawson, S., Dick, R., Fabel, D., Kralikaite, E., Milne, F., Sandeman, G. F. & Xu, S., 2018, In : Scottish Geographical Journal. 134, 1-2, p. 71-96 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Assessing the risks to infrastructure from coastal storms in a changing climate: Project Report PPR800
Milne, F., Winter, M. G., Reeves, S. J., Knappett, J., Dawson, S., Dawson, A. G., Peeling, D., Peeling, J. & Brown, M., 13 Jan 2017, Transport Research Laboratory. 124 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
Imprints in silica grains induced during an open-channel flow experiment: Determination of microtextural signatures during aqueous transport
Costa, P. J. M., Park, Y. S., Kim, Y. D., Quintela, M., Mahaney, W. C., Dourado, F. & Dawson, S., 11 Jul 2017, In : Journal of Sedimentary Research. 87, 7, p. 677-687 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Northern North Sea and Atlantic Northwest Approaches
Dawson, S., Bates, R., Wickham-Jones, C. & Dawson, A., 2017, Submerged Landscapes of the European Continental Shelf: Quaternary Paleoenvironments. Flemming, N. C., Harff, J., Moura, D., Burgess, A. & Bailey, G. N. (eds.). Wiley-Blackwell, p. 187-209 23 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Activities
- 1 Schools engagement
The Science of Tsunamis - Engage Dundee 2014
Sue Dawson (Presenter)
6 May 2014
Activity: Other activity types › Schools engagement
Thesis
Variations and trends in the sensitivity of machair soils and coastal landforms to erosion, South Uist, Outer Hebrides
Author: Young, E., 2015Supervisor: Dawson, S. (Supervisor) & McKenzie, B. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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