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Gareth Keevil Dr Gareth Keevil

Sorby Experimental Officer; Laser Safety Officer

Telephone number: +44(0) 113 34 36765
Email address: eargmk@leeds.ac.uk
Room: Sedi Prep lab (8.129)

Biography

I am currently the Experimental Officer in the Sorby Environmental Fluid Dynamics Laboratory hosted within the Earth Surface Science Institute at the School of Earth & Environment. My research focuses on process sedimentology and I am interested in the fluid and sediment dynamics of natural systems. I undertook a Geology BSc at Bristol, an MSc in Sedimentology at Reading and a PhD at Leeds on the bend dynamics of submarine channel systems.

Research Interests

  • Experimental modelling of submarine channel systems.
  • The processes of sand injection.
  • Development of novel imaging techniques to monitor fluidised sediment systems.
  • Interaction of vegetation and coherent flow structures within rivers.
  • Development of new techniques in experimental sedimentology.
  • Application of PIV and LDA within experimental sedimentology

Current PhD Student and Projects

  • Jess Ross. Project Title: The dynamics of sand injectites and associated soft sediment deformation structures .
  • Kat Hunter. Project title: Mechanisms of auto-regulation in submarine channel-levee development.

Publications

  • Peakall, J; Kane, IA; Masson, DG; Keevil, G; McCaffrey, W; Corney, R (2012) Global (latitudinal) variation in submarine channel sinuosity , GEOLOGY, 40, pp.11-14. doi:10.1130/G32295.1
  • Carrivick, JL; Jones, R; Keevil, GM (2011) Experimental insights on geomorphological processes within dam break outburst floods, Journal of Hydrology, 408, pp.153-163. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.07.037
  • Hardy, RJ; Best, JL; Parsons, DR; Keevil, GM (2011) On determining the geometric and kinematic characteristics of coherent flow structures over a gravel bed: a new approach using combined PLIF-PIV, EARTH SURF PROC LAND, 36, pp.279-284. doi:10.1002/esp.2118
  • Amos, KJ; Peakall, J; Bradbury, PW; Roberts, M; Keevil, G; Gupta, S (2010) The influence of bend amplitude and planform morphology on flow and sedimentation in submarine channels, MAR PETROL GEOL, 27, pp.1431-1447. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.05.004
  • Corney, RKT; Peakall, J; Parsons, DR; Elliott, L; Best, JL; Thomas, RE; Keevil, GM; Ingham, DB; Amos, KJ (2008) Reply to Discussion of Imran et al. on "The orientation of helical flow in curved channels" by Corney et al., Sedimentology, 53, 249-257, SEDIMENTOLOGY, 55, pp.241-247. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3091.2007.00925.x
  • Peakall, J; Amos, KJ; Keevil, GM; Bradbury, PW; Gupta, S (2007) Flow processes and sedimentation in submarine channel bends, MAR PETROL GEOL, 24, pp.470-486. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2007.01.008
  • Keevil, GM; Peakall, J; Best, JL (2007) The influence of scale, slope and channel geometry on the flow dynamics of submarine channels, MAR PETROL GEOL, 24, pp.487-503. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2007.01.009
  • Keevil, GM; Peakall, J; Best, JL; Amos, KJ (2006) Flow structure in sinuous submarine channels: Velocity and turbulence structure of an experimental submarine channel, MAR GEOL, 229, pp.241-257. doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2006.03.010
  • Corney, RKT; Peakall, J; Parsons, DR; Elliott, L; Amos, KJ; Best, JL; Keevil, GM; Ingham, DB (2006) The orientation of helical flow in curved channels, SEDIMENTOLOGY, 53, pp.249-257. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3091.2006.00771.x
  • Ross, JA; Peakall, JP; Keevil, GM (Not yet published) An integrated model of extrusive sand injectites in cohesionless sediments, Sedimentology, . doi:10.1111/j.1365-3091.2011.01230.x
  • Thomas, RE; Parsons, DR; Sandbach, SD; Keevil, GM; Marra, WA; Hardy, RJ; Best, JL; Lane, SN; Ross, JA (Not yet published) An experimental study of discharge partitioning and flow structure at symmetrical bifurcations, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, . doi:10.1002/esp.2231