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Bill McCaffrey Prof Bill McCaffrey

Professor of Clastic Sedimentology

Telephone number: +44(0) 113 34 36625
Email address: w.d.mccaffrey@leeds.ac.uk
Room: 8.16 SCR

The Centre for Integrated Petroleum Engineering and Geoscience (CiPEG)

Turbidites Research Group

Biography

Further information

Bill is Professor of Clastic Sedimentology, and Principal Investigator on the Turbidites Research Group (TRG) consortium project. He holds a BA in Geology from Oxford (1987) and a Ph.D. from Leeds (1991).

Bill's principal research area is in deep marine clastics - the deposition of particulate sedimentary rocks in the deep ocean. This work involves a combined approach, using theoretical and experimental modelling together with field analogue studies. Aims: better understanding of the mechanics of transportation and deposition of sediment from turbidity currents; development of predictive models for geometries, thicknesses, internal characteristics and textural character of turbidite sandstones; controls on submarine channel development; mechanisms of submarine debris flow generation.

Bill is Executive Director for CiPEG - The Centre for Integrated Petroleum Engineering and Geoscience.

External Collaborators

The TRG is supported by Anadarko, BG, BHP-Billiton, BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Devon Energy, Maersk, Norsk Hydro, Statoil and Woodside.

Associates and External Collaborators.

Publications