Prof C. Richard Bates
Professor
Teaching
Applied Geophysics at sub-honours and honours level with application to environmental investigation, hydrogeological appraisal, engineering studies and resource development. Petroleum Geosciences taught as industry style, CPD short courses. Environmental studies including Environmental Impact Assessment, fate of contaminants in the sub-surface, managing the impacts of climate change. An emphasis is placed throughout on bringing industry best practice to the student learning experience through the use of case-histories, practical classes based on applied problems for industry, government and society and through joint teaching with industry experts.
Research areas
Application of high resolution geophysical survey techniques for near surface investigations and the use of geophysics in a multi-disciplinary team approach to environmental problem solving.
http://geophysicistatlarge.blogspot.co.uk/
Specific focus on the fields of near surface, high resolution terrestrial geophysics (archaeology, palaeo-environmental reconstruction, groundwater investigations, contamination mapping, structural investigations, climate change impact) and marine, high resolution survey (palaeo-landscape reconstruction, ecosystem evaluation, resource mapping, sediment dynamics). Development of multi-sensor equipment for environmental investigations with an emphasis on climate impact studies such as marine benthic mapping and glacier retreat in the maritime Arctic. Recent archaeological research investigations include the use of multi-sensor techniques at iconic sites such Stonehenge and the World Heritage sites in Orkney. Commercialization of applied geophysics for marine investigation of Special Areas of Conservation and offshore marine resource development both internationally and on the UK Continental Shelf.
PhD supervision
- Ella Wood
- Amanda Woods
Selected publications
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Open access
Changing volatile emissions and sources along the Ethiopian Rift
Melaku, A. A., Teferi, G. B., Mihretie, T., Gudbrandsson, S., Sinetebeb, Y., Barry, P. H., Fischer, T. P., Stuart, F. M., Balci, U., Halldórsson, S. A., Ballentine, C. J., Hillegonds, D. J., Chambers, E. L., Keir, D., Bates, R. & Hutchison, W., 15 Feb 2026, In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 676, p. 1-15 15 p., 119782.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Early colonization before inundation consistent with northern glacial refugia in Southern Doggerland revealed by sedimentary ancient DNA
Allaby, R. G., Ware, R., Cribdon, R., Hansford, T. A., Kinnaird, T., Hamilton, D., Kistler, L., Murgatroyd, P., Bates, R., Fitch, S. & Gaffney, V., 17 Mar 2026, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 123, 11, 12 p., e2508402123.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Groundwater spatial variability within an atoll island: assessing shallow aquifer heterogeneity with geophysical and physicochemical measurements
Tobon-Velazquez, N. I., Masselink, G., O’Hare, T. J., Bates, R., Oberle, F. K. J., Storlazzi, C. D. & Conley, D. C., 1 Jan 2026, In: Journal of Hydrology. 664, Part C, 12 p., 134560.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Amplifying immersive climate learning
Andrei, M., Pisani, S., Miller, A., Oliver, I., Cassidy, C. A., Heinrich, S. & Bates, C. R., 2025, Immersive Learning Research Network. iLRN 2024. : 10th International Conference on Immersive Learning, ILRN 2024, Glasgow, UK, June 10–13, 2024, revised selected papers, part II. Krüger, J. M., Pedrosa, D., Beck, D., Bourguet, M.-L., Dengel, A., Ghannam, R., Miller, A., Peña-Rios, A. & Richter, J. (eds.). Cham: Springer, p. 37-51 15 p. 3. (Communications in computer and information science; vol. 2272).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Climate change, coastal heritage digitization, and local community engagement at the ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani World Heritage Site, Tanzania
Pollard, E., Bates, R., Comte, J.-C., Graham, E., Lubao, C., Munisi, N. & Ichumbaki, E. B., 2 Jan 2025, In: Journal of Field Archaeology. 50, 1, p. 6-21 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Digital twins at the city and town scale: Europe and beyond
Gaffney, C., Croucher, K., Bates, C. R., Booker, O., Dunn, R., Evans, A., Ichumbaki, E. B., Moore, J., Ogden, J., Ritchings, J., Simpson, S., Sparrow, T., Walker, A. & Wilson, A. S., 28 Mar 2025, In: Internet Archaeology. 70, 13 p., 5.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Sounding out horse mussel sediment thickness: an integrated data approach
Sheehy, J., Bates, R., Bell, M. & Porter, J., 10 Apr 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 11, 1321366.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sounding out maerl sediment thickness: an integrated data approach
Sheehy, J., Bates, R., Bell, M. & Porter, J., 3 Mar 2024, In: Scientific Reports. 14, 17 p., 5220.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A bathymetric and sub-bottom investigation of the Tammisheh Wall's northernmost section submerged in the Caspian Sea
Bates, C. R., Rekavandi, H. & Tofighain, H., 25 Jun 2022, Ancient arms race - Antiquity's largest fortresses and Sasanian military networks of Northern Iran: a joint fieldwork project by the Iranian Center for Archaeological Research, the Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism and the University of Edinburgh (2014-2016). Sauer, E., Nokandeh, J. & Rekavandi, H. O. (eds.). Oxford: Oxbow, p. 415-425 11 p. (British institute of Persian studies archaeological monograph series; vol. VII).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Open access
A description of palaeolandscape features in the southern North Sea
Fitch, S., Gaffney, V., Harding, R., Walker, J., Bates, C. R., Bates, M. & Fraser, A., 1 Aug 2022, Europe's lost frontiers: Volume 1: context and methodology. Gaffney, V. & Fitch, S. (eds.). Oxford: Archaeopress, p. 36-55 20 p. (Europe's lost frontiers; vol. 1).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter