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Dawson, Sue

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 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8115-4551
  • 1276 Citations
  • 19 h-Index
19962019
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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 → 2021

External Examiner , Sheffield Hallam University

2017 → 2020

Keywords

  • GB Physical geography
  • Tsunami geoscience

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Projects 2012 2017

Assessment of the Impact of Drainage Works Carried Out in 2012, on the Scientific Interest of the Philorth Valley SSSI

Dawson, S.

Project: Research

Assessing the Risk to Coastal and Rural Road Network in Scotland Due to the Effects of Storms and Extreme Rainfall Events (Joint with Transport Research Laboratory)

Brown, M., Dawson, S. & Knappett, J.

Natural Environment Research Council

1/01/16 → 30/09/16

Project: Research

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

Dawson, S.

Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland

1/03/13 → 31/03/13

Project: Research

Will Climate Change in the Arctic Increase the Landslide-Tsunami Risk to the UK? (joint with National Oceanography Centre Southampton, Imperial College London, Universities of Manchester, Aberdeen, Cambridge, Southampton, Ulster and NERC British Geological Survey)

Dawson, S.

Natural Environment Research Council

1/10/12 → 31/10/17

Project: Research

Research Output 1996 2019

37 Downloads (Pure)

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., 24 Jun 2019, In : Sedimentology. 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access
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wave height
tsunami
sedimentation
peat
sea level
3 Citations (Scopus)

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

landslide
erosion
cliff
dip-slip fault
coast

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

3 Citations (Scopus)
114 Downloads (Pure)

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

Open Access
File
open channel flow
silica
sediment
experiment
glass

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

geological survey
raster
archaeology
bathymetry
sea level change

Activities 2014 2014

  • 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., 2015

Supervisor: Dawson, S. (Supervisor) & McKenzie, B. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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