Professor Edward Rhodes
School of Geography and Planning
Professor of Physical Geography
+44 114 222 7910
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School of Geography and Planning
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- Profile
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Ed Rhodes graduated in Geology from the University of Oxford (University College), followed by a DPhil from the same institution studying the optical dating of quartz from sediments in 1990. After 6 months as a post-doc in Oxford, he then held a NERC fellowship in the Sub-department of Quaternary Research, University of Cambridge, until taking up a position as Lecturer in Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London in 1992.
Following this, Ed was director of the Luminescence Dating Laboratory, RLAHA (Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art), University of Oxford (1998-2003), before taking up a fellowship at the Australian National University. From 2007 he held the positions of Senior Lecturer and subsequently Reader at Manchester Metropolitan University, before taking up a position of Full Professor, University of California, Los Angeles in 2009. Ed held a joint position as Professor of Geography at the University of Manchester 2013-14, before being appointed as Professor of Physical Geography at 91ֱ, starting July 2014. He also holds the position of Adjunct Professor of Geology at UCLA.
- Research interests
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Palaeoseismology and fault slip-rate studies, Luminescence technical developments, Low temperature thermochronology, Grain tracing and transport rate, Palaeoclimate and palaeoenvironmental reconstruction, Fluvial and aeolian geomorphology, Grain mixing, surface processes and natural carbon sequestration.
Current Research
Active tectonics, including fault slip rate studies and palaeoseismology – dating ancient earthquake events
Projects are active in the following areas:
New Zealand Marlborough Fault Zone (South Island), with James Dolan (USC, Los Angeles, USA), and Russ Van Dissen and Rob Langridge (GNS, Wellington, NZ). We are determining multiple slip rates and timed slip event magnitudes using innovation post-IR IRSL single grain K-feldspar dating and radiocarbon applied to high resolution geomorphic datasets based on LiDAR. See Zinke et al., (2015, 2016). New collaboration with Barry Parsons and Dave MacKenzie (Oxford, UK), John Elliot (Leeds) and Simon Lamb (Victoria University, Wellington, NZ) is underway looking at the geomorphic effects of the Mw 7.8 2016 Kaikoura Earthquake.
Kazakhstan and China, with Rich Walker, Austin Elliot, Dave MacKenzie, Barry Parsons and Phil England (Oxford, UK), Christoph Gruetzner (Cambridge, UK), James Hollingsworth (Grenoble, France) and Ed Nissen (U of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada), in several related projects. I am also involved in three separate projects in China with Jean-Philippe Avouac (Caltech, Pasadena, USA), with John Shaw (Harvard, USA), and with Gilles Peltzer (UCLA, Los Angeles, USA).
Garlock fault, California, with James Dolan (USC, Los Angeles, USA), and Sally McGill (CSUSB, San Bernardino, USA). After several successful SCEC (Southern California Earthquake Center) projects, Ed is collaborating with the same team in new research funded by the NSF.
San Andreas fault, California, with Kate Scharer (USGS, Pasadena), Ray Weldon (U. of Oregon, Eugene, USA), Sean Beamis (U.of Kentucky, USA), Ramon Arrowsmith (ASU, Tempe, USA), Sinan Akciz (CSUF, Fullerton, USA), Doug Yule (CSUN, Northridge, USA), and others, in several projects.
Southern California seismic hazard assessment from blind thrusts is being investigated by dating sediments that relate to developing anticlines in downtown Los Angeles and Ventura, with James Dolan (USC, Los Angeles, USA), John Shaw (Harvard, USA), Lewis Own (U. of Cincinnati).
Denali, Alaska, with Sean Beamis (U. of Kentucky, USA).
Czech Republic history of Quaternary faulting is being investigated in collaboration with Petra Stepancikova (IRSM, Prague) and Tom Rockwell (CSUSD, San Diego, USA).
SE Spain active tectonics are being explored by a team led by Eulalia Marsana (U. of Barcelona, Spain), including work on the Alhama de Murcia Fault and the Carboneras Fault.
Current areas of collaborative development include: Italy, Turkey, India and Morocco. Please contact Ed if you are interested in collaborating, or would like advice about developing chronological control for active tectonics.
Quaternary palaeoenvironmental reconstruction, low temperature thermochonometry, grain mixing and tracing
- Publications
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Journal articles
- . Quaternary Geochronology, 85, 101626-101626.
- . Science of The Total Environment, 914, 169653-169653.
- . Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 625, 118484-118484.
- . Geophysical Journal International, 237(1), 315-338.
- . Tectonics, 41(10).
- . Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 591.
- . Quaternary Geochronology, 72.
- . Quaternary Geochronology, 70.
- . Radiation Measurements, 153.
- . Sci Adv, 7(39), eabi8620.
- . Tectonics, 40(8).
- . Quaternary Science Reviews, 260.
- . Tectonics.
- . Geosphere, 16.
- . Science of The Total Environment, 143341-143341.
- . Quaternary Science Reviews, 238.
- . Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.
- . Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.
- . Radiation Measurements.
- . Permafrost and Periglacial Processes.
- . Quaternary Research.
- . Earth Surface Processes and Landforms.
- . Quaternary Research.
- . Geophysical Research Letters, 46(2), 717-725.
- . California Archaeology, 11(1), 5-20.
- . Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 43(13), 2724-2737.
- . Basin Research, 30(4), 613-635.
- . Quaternary Research.
- . Tectonophysics, 730, 132-140.
- . Geomorphology, 306, 90-101.
- . Sedimentary Geology, 366, 47-66.
- . Journal of Quaternary Science, 33(2), 238-254.
- . Geophysical Research Letters, 44(22), 11301-11310.
- . Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 479, 179-191.
- . Quaternary Geochronology, 42, 31-41.
- . Geomorphology, 292, 85-103.
- . Quaternary Science Reviews, 167, 47-62.
- . Geological Society of America bulletin, 129(9-10), 1337-1356.
- . Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 122(3), 654-677.
- . Geophysical Journal International, 209(2), 535-558.
- . Geology.
- . Radiation Measurements, 96, 53-61.
- . Tectonics, 35(11), 2754-2777.
- . Earth and Planetary Science Letters.
- . Quaternary Science Reviews, 146, 161-181.
- . Geology, 44(8), e392-e393.
- . Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 446, 123-136.
- . Geological Society of America Bulletin, 128(7-8), 1228-1248.
- . Tectonophysics, 680, 122-128.
- . Latin American Antiquity, 27(2), 169-183.
- Chronostratigraphic context for artefact-bearing palaeosols in late Pleistocene Tamala Limestone, Rottnest Island, Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 99(1), 17-26.
- . Annals of Geophysics, 59(FASTTRACK5).
- . Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 438, 352-363.
- . Geology, 43(11), 1019-1022.
- . Geosphere, 11(5), 1629-1650.
- . Marine Geology, 367, 83-93.
- . Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 423, 232-243.
- . Quaternary International, 362, 1-2.
- . Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 422, 36-45.
- . Quaternary International, 362, 132-138.
- . Quaternary Geochronology, 25, 37-48.
- . Quaternary International, 362, 34-41.
- . Quaternary Geochronology, 30, 239-244.
- . Quaternary International, 362, 14-22.
- . Quaternary International, 362, 124-131.
- . Quaternary Science Reviews, 101, 159-176.
- . Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 384, 209-218.
- . Anthropocene, 1, 3-13.
- . CATENA, 103, 30-43.
- . Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography, 95(1), 15-32.
- . Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 124(3), 417-476.
- . Quaternary Geochronology, 10, 285-290.
- . Quaternary Geochronology, 10, 314-319.
- . Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française, 108(4), 645-669.
- . Geology, 39(9), 831-834.
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- . Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 39(1), 461-488.
- . Archaeometry, 53(5), 1044-1066.
- . Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 346(1), 185-223.
- . Journal of Archaeological Science, 37(11), 2821-2830.
- . Quaternary International, 223-224, 369-382.
- . Quaternary Science Reviews, 29(19-20), 2694-2704.
- . Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 297(1-2), 183-189.
- . Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 292(1-2), 192-200.
- . Quaternary Geochronology, 5(2-3), 348-352.
- . Quaternary Geochronology, 5(2-3), 91-95.
- . Quaternary Science Reviews, 29(5-6), 732-752.
- . Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 121(4), 369-392.
- . Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 289(1-2), 30-42.
- . Geology, 37(1), 51-54.
- . Quaternary Science Reviews, 28(15-16), 1511-1520.
- . Global and Planetary Change, 67(3-4), 141-152.
- . The Holocene, 19(4), 680-681.
- . Quaternary Science Reviews, 28(9-10), 830-839.
- . Geoarchaeology, 24(2), 121-146.
- . Environmental Archaeology, 14(1), 50-61.
- . Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 18(2), 195-214.
- . Geomorphology, 101(3), 524-532.
- . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 105(38), 14319-14324.
- . Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 26(1), 68-77.
- . CATENA, 73(3), 225-238.
- . The Holocene, 18(3), 403-412.
- . Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 55(6-7), 917-935.
- . Quaternary Science Reviews, 26(19-21), 2598-2616.
- . Geodinamica Acta, 20(4), 275-286.
- . Journal of Quaternary Science, 22(5), 549-558.
- . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104(24), 9964-9969.
- . Quaternary Science Reviews, 26(9-10), 1236-1300.
- . Quaternary International, 166(1), 42-48.
- . Geomorphology, 83(3-4), 307-321.
- . Geochronometria, 26(-1), 19-29.
- . Quaternary International, 159(1), 47-56.
- . Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, 30(sup1), 367-387.
- . Quaternary Science Reviews, 25(19-20), 2569-2585.
- . Quaternary Geochronology, 1(3), 167-187.
- . Quaternary Geochronology, 1(2), 142-150.
- . Quaternary Science Reviews, 25(7-8), 704-719.
- . Quaternary Science Reviews, 25(5-6), 595-611.
- . Quaternaire(vol. 16/3), 217-227.
- . African Archaeological Review, 22(2), 77-100.
- . South African Geographical Journal, 87(1), 73-79.
- . Archaeology in Oceania, 39(3), 101-130.
- . Journal of Quaternary Science, 19(1), 49-54.
- . Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 69, 315-324.
- . The Island Arc, 12(1), 1-12.
- Bunger Hills, East Antarctica: Ice free at the Last Glacial Maximum. Geology, 29(12), 1103-1103.
- . The Astrophysical Journal, 561(2), 1127-1143.
- Asynchronous glaciation at Nanga Parbat, northwestern Himalaya Mountains, Pakistan: Comment. Geology, 29(3), 287-287.
- . Radiation Measurements, 32(5-6), 873-880.
- . Radiation Measurements, 32(5-6), 717-723.
- . Radiation Measurements, 32(5-6), 595-602.
- Timing of late Quaternary glaciations south of Mount Everest in the Khumbu Himal, Nepal. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 112(10), 1621-1632.
- . Quaternary International, 68-71, 117-132.
- . Journal of Quaternary Science, 15(3), 283-297.
- . Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, 20(2), 181-192.
- . Journal of the Geological Society, 156(3), 457-464.
- . Journal of Archaeological Science, 26(4), 439-469.
- . Journal of Quaternary Science, 13(6), 539-547.
- . Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 22(5), 511-511.
- . Radiation Measurements, 27(2), 123-136.
- . Journal of Quaternary Science, 12(2), 83-109.
- First ESR dates for the Acheulian of Atlantic Morocco, Rhinoceros Cave, Casablanca. Comptes Rendus - Academie des Sciences, Serie II: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes, 319(9), 1109-1115.
- . Radiation Measurements, 23(1), 159-173.
- . Quaternary Science Reviews, 13(5-7), 517-520.
- . Radiation Measurements, 23(2-3), 581-585.
- . Radiation Measurements, 23(2-3), 329-333.
- . Advances in Space Research, 14(6), 21-31.
- . International Journal of Radiation Applications and Instrumentation. Part D. Nuclear Tracks and Radiation Measurements, 18(1-2), 273-278.
- Luminescence dating of zircon using an imaging photon detector. Nuclear Tracks and Radiation Measurements, 18(1-2), 273-278.
- . Archaeometry, 33(1), 135-135.
- . The Astrophysical Journal, 351, 687-687.
- . Archaeometry, 32(1), 19-31.
- . Quaternary Science Reviews, 7(3-4), 395-400.
- . Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 17(1-4), 229-233.
- . Nature, 315(6018), 378-382.
- . Seismica, 3(2).
- . Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.
- . Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.
- . Geophysical Research Letters.
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- . Tectonics.
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- . Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems.
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Chapters
- , Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms (pp. 2306-2307). Springer New York
- , Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms (pp. 2287-2287). Springer New York
- , Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms (pp. 1-2). Springer New York
- , New Directions in Archaeological Science ANU Press
- Assemblage accumulation as a time-dependent process in the arid zone of Western New South Wales, Australia, Time in Archaeology: Time Perspectivism Revisited (pp. 110-133).
Conference proceedings papers
- . Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs
- . Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs
- . Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs
- . Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs
- . Proceedings of EGU2020: Sharing Geoscience Online. Online, 4 May 2020 - 8 May 2020.
- . Proceedings of EGU2020: Sharing Geoscience Online. Online conference, 4 May 2020 - 8 May 2020.
- . Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs
- . Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs
- . Radiation Measurements, Vol. 47(9) (pp 830-836)
- . Quaternary Science Reviews, Vol. 25(3-4) (pp 299-309)
- . Radiation Measurements, Vol. 37(4-5) (pp 305-313)
- . Quaternary Science Reviews, Vol. 22(10-13) (pp 1231-1244)
- Effect of line asymmetry on determination of high-degree mode frequencies. European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP(508) (pp 87-90)
- A new method for measuring frequencies and splittings of high-degree modes. European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP(508) (pp 91-94)
- . Quaternary Science Reviews, Vol. 16(3-5) (pp 445-454)
- . Quaternary Science Reviews, Vol. 16(3-5) (pp 291-298)
- . Radiation Protection Dosimetry, Vol. 34(1-4) (pp 75-78)
- . Instrumentation in Astronomy VI
Other
Preprints