Imperial College London

Dr Alex Whittaker

Faculty of EngineeringDepartment of Earth Science & Engineering

Reader in Landscape Dynamics
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 7491a.whittaker Website

 
 
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Location

 

3.51Royal School of MinesSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Summary

I am a Reader in Landscape Dynamics at the Department of Earth Science and Engineering. My research lies at the interface between active tectonics; erosion; sediment transport; and deposition at the Earth's surface.  I use a combination of field, observational, remote sensing and modelling approaches. I am passionate about (i) active faulting, geohazards and landscape evolution; (ii) the tectonic, climatic and lithological controls on sediment in river and submarine channel systems, and the implications this has for depositional stratigraphy on a variety of spatial scales; (iii) Quantitative palaeohydrology and landscape sensitivity to environmental change in the past, present and future.  

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Biography

  • 2022-              Reader in Landscape Dynamics
  • 2014-2022      Senior Lecturer in Tectonics, Imperial College
  • 2010-2014      Lecturer in Tectonics, Imperial College
  • 2007-2009      Post-Doc, Imperial College
  • 2007               PhD, University of Edinburgh
  • 2005               M.A., University of Cambridge
  • 2002                MSci., University of Cambridge
  • 2001                 B.A., University of Cambridge     

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

Lonergan L, Jolly BA, Whittaker A, 2016, Growth history of fault-related folds and interaction with seabed channels in the toe-thrust region of the deep-water Niger delta, Marine and Petroleum Geology, Vol:70, ISSN:0264-8172, Pages:58-76

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