Daniel Parsons
Professor in Process Sedimentology
Department of
Geography, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull, HU6
7RX
Tel: +44(0)1482 465343; Fax: +44(0)1482
466340; Email: D.Parsons@hull.ac.uk
Background
Hi there! My name is Dan and I am a Professor
in Process Sedimentology here at the University of Hull. I
completed my PhD at The University of Sheffield in 2003 before
moving to work on a NERC funded Post-Doctoral Research Assistant
post in Earth Sciences at the University of Leeds. In 2005 I was
awarded a NERC Research Fellowship, which allowed me to follow my
own independent research programme for 3 years. Following the
completion of my Fellowship term, I spent a year at the Department
of Geology at the University of Illinois, USA, before returning to
Leeds in 2010 to take up a Lectureship post in Earth System Science
at the School of Earth and Environment. In 2011 I moved east down
the M62 to the University of Hull, where I hold a Personal Chair as
Professor in Process Sedimentology. I am actively researching in
several areas related to fluvial, estuarine, coastal and deep
marine sedimentology. My research focuses on the interaction
between fluid flows and mobile sediment, using a process based
approach that combines fieldwork, laboratory experimentation and
numerical modelling. I am keen on techniques and methodological
developments that enhance substantive understanding of the
processes within the field of sedimentology. I teach on modules
that align with my research, enabling me to bring cutting-edge
research into the lecture theatre. You can find out about my
current and recent research projects and my teaching interests on
my personal website (link forthcoming), where you can also find a
complete list and download information on my publications, and also
a fuller biography and CV.
Teaching
My philosophy to to bring in as much of my
research into my teaching, with the aim of engaging students at the
forefront of research in the field. I currently teach on the
following modules:
Research Interests
My research interests are based around
an integrated, interdisciplinary approach to the study of earth
surface processes, and investigating process, form and product
linkages in hydraulics and sedimentology. I believe that the future
of internationally significant research lies in developing research
links across traditional subject divides, developing new
methodologies and research tools and focusing these activities into
the key areas that face the earth and environmental sciences. More
details on all of my research interests, ongoing and completed
projects and the future directions I see my research moving into
can be found on my personal website (link forthcoming).
Research Team: Post-Doctoral
Researchers
I am working on several ongoing
research projects that involve a number of post-doctoral
investigators
- Dr Esther Sumner -
Monitoring the dynamics of gravity driven currents in submarine
channel bends
-
Dr Steve Sandbach - Modelling the morphodynamics and
sedimentology of the tidally-influenced fluvial zone
- Dr
Rob Dorrell - Modelling
the dynamics of gravity driven currents in submarine
bends
- Dr Tao Wei -
Plunging dynamics of gravity
driven flows
- Dr Rob Schindler -
Realistic Sedimentary Bedform Processes: incorporating cohesive
forces
-
Dr Jonathan Malarkey - Realistic Sedimentary Bedform Processes:
incorporating cohesive forces
Research Team: Post-Graduate
Research Students
I have a team Postgraduates, who I am
supervising and guiding in their research projects. I would welcome
the opportunity to supervise new projects in any of the areas
broadly related to my present research themes. See Opportunities
section on my personal website (forthcoming). The present team
include:
- Claire Keevil - Estuarine
sediment transport processes and morphodynamics
- Jordan Royce - Vegetation and the fluvial
system
- Chris Unsworth - Unsteady
bedform dynamics
- Daowei Yin (Leeds) -
Erosive bedform evolution and dynamics
-
Timothy Marjoribanks (Durham) – Numerical modelling of
vegetation in open-channel flows
- Kevin Woodbridge - Fluvio-tectonic
interactions
Publications
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
Edmonds, D; Slingerland, R; Best, J; Parsons,
D; Smith, N (2010) Response of river-dominated delta channel
networks to permanent changes in river discharge, GEOPHYS
RES LETT, 37, . doi:10.1029/2010GL043269
Parsons, DR; Peakall, J; Aksu, AE; Flood, RD;
Hiscott, RN; Besiktepe, S; Mouland, D (2010) Gravity-driven flow in
a submarine channel bend: Direct field evidence of helical flow
reversal, GEOLOGY, 38,
pp.1063-1066. doi:10.1130/G31121.1
Best, J; Simmons, S; Parsons, D; Oberg, K;
Czuba, J; Malzone, C (2010) A new methodology for the quantitative
visualization of coherent flow structures in alluvial channels
using multibeam echo-sounding (MBES), GEOPHYS RES
LETT, 37, . doi:10.1029/2009GL041852
Shugar, DH; Kostaschuk, R; Best, JL; Parsons,
DR; Lane, SN; Orfeo, O; Hardy, RJ (2010) On the relationship
between flow and suspended sediment transport over the crest of a
sand dune, Rio Parana,
Argentina,SEDIMENTOLOGY, 57,
pp.252-272. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3091.2009.01110.x
Kay, P; Armstrong, A; McDonald, A; Parsons, D;
Best, J; Peakall, J; Walker, A; Foulger, M; Gledhill, S; Tillotson,
M (2009) A pilot study of the efficacy of residuum lodges for
managing sediment delivery to impoundment
reservoirs, WATER ENVIRON
J, 23, pp.52-62. doi:10.1111/j.1747-6593.2008.00111.x
Szupiany, RN; Amsler, ML; Parsons, DR; Best,
JL (2009) Morphology, flow structure, and suspended bed sediment
transport at two large braid-bar confluences, WATER RESOUR
RES, 45, . doi:10.1029/2008WR007428
Kostaschuk, R; Shugar, D; Best, J; Parsons, D;
Lane, S; Hardy, R; Orfeo, O (2009) Suspended sediment transport and
deposition over a dune: Rio Parana, Argentina, EARTH SURF
PROC LAND, 34, pp.1605-1611. doi:10.1002/esp.1847
Smith, GHS; Ashworth, PJ; Best, JL; Lunt, IA;
Orfeo, O; Parsons, DR (2009) THE SEDIMENTOLOGY AND ALLUVIAL
ARCHITECTURE OF A LARGE BRAID BAR, RIO PARANA,
ARGENTINA, J SEDIMENT RES, 79,
pp.629-642. doi:10.2110/jsr.2009.066
Lane, SN; Parsons, DR; Best, JL; Orfeo, O;
Kostaschuk, RA; Hardy, RJ (2008) Causes of rapid mixing at a
junction of two large rivers: Rio Parana and Rio Paraguay,
Argentina, J GEOPHYS
RES-EARTH, 113, . doi:10.1029/2006JF000745
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
Hardy, RJ; Lane, SN; Ferguson, RI; Parsons, DR
(2007) Emergence of coherent flow structures over a gravel surface:
A numerical experiment, WATER RESOUR
RES, 43, . doi:10.1029/2006WR004936
Parsons, DR; Best, JL; Lane, SN; Orfeo, O;
Hardy, RJ; Kostaschuk, R (2007) Form roughness and the absence of
secondary flow in a large confluence-diffluence, Rio Parana,
Argentina, EARTH SURF PROC LAND,32,
pp.155-162. doi:10.1002/esp.1457
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
A full list of my publications is available in pdf
format.
Outside Interests
Outside of work I enjoy playing
and watching many sports including football, squash, rugby and snooker, having
played County standard Association Football for the past 11 years. I
also used to play Futsal,
playing in the FA Futsal Cup and English National Finals in 2008
and 2009 - but am getting too old to keep up at that high intensity
form of the game! I often go hiking in the Peak Distinct and
Snowdonia National Parks and I also enjoy watching films and
reading books, particularly biographies.
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