Bateman, Mark, Professor

Professor Mark Bateman

School of Geography and Planning

Professor in Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction

M.D.Bateman@91ֱ��.ac.uk
+44 114 222 7929

Geography and Planning Building

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Professor Mark Bateman
School of Geography and Planning
Geography and Planning Building
Winter Street
91ֱ��
S3 7ND

Profile

Mark Bateman received a First Class BSc in Geography from the University of London in 1991 and a DPhil from Sussex University in 1995 for his research on dating UK coversands. In 1995 he joined the 91ֱ�� Geography department as a post-doctoral research assistant to set up and run the luminescence laboratory for the 91ֱ�� Centre for International Drylands Research.

In 1998, Mark Bateman was appointed Lecturer in Physical Geography, promoted to Senior Lecturer (2004), Reader in Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction (2006), and became a Professor in 2011. In 2018 he was awarded the Sorby medal by the Yorkshire Geological Society for his contribution to Yorkshire Geology.

Qualifications

BSc in Geography
DPhil in Geography
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Research interests

Society faces a Climate Crisis with a number of challenges including rising sea-levels, melting ice, desertification and increased storminess. My research aims to make a contribution towards understanding these changes by understanding the causes and magnitude of past environmental changes. It focuses on Sandscapes as an archive for understanding past depositional processes and environmental changes which have shaped the landscape we live in. Three themes are centred around this:

Past glacial and periglacial landscapes
Past aeolian activity in deserts and on coasts
Advances in Luminescence dating of sediments
The wider past environments in which our human predecessors were living

Publications

Journal articles

Carr AS, Hay AS, Bateman MD, Livingstone I & Powell DM (2024) . Geomorphology, 463, 109349-109349.
Ben Arous E, Bateman MD & Duval M (2024) . Quaternary Geochronology, 83, 101580-101580.
Stone A, Bateman MD, Sanderson D, Burrough SL, Cutts R & Cresswell A (2024) . Quaternary Geochronology, 82, 101542-101542.
Briant RM, Jotheri J, Al-Ameri I, Ahmed A, Bateman M, Engels S, Garzanti E, Nymark A & Reynolds TE (2024) . Earth Surface Processes and Landforms.
Rush G, Garrett E, Bateman MD, Bigg GR, Hibbert FD, Smith DE & Gehrels WR (2023) . Quaternary Science Advances, 12, 100119-100119.
Rex CL, Bateman MD, Buckland PC, Panagiotakopulu E, Livingstone SJ, Hardiman M & Eddey L (2023) . Quaternary Science Reviews, 299, 107882-107882.
Baykal Y, Stevens T, Bateman MD, Pfaff K, Sechi D, Banak A, Šuica S, Zhang H & Nie J (2022) . Quaternary Science Reviews, 296.
Gibson SM, Bateman MD, Murton JB, Barrows TT, Fifield LK & Gibbard PL (2022) . Royal Society Open Science, 9(6).
Bateman MD, Bryant RG & Luo W (2022) . Quaternary Geochronology.
Ben Arous E, Duval M & Bateman MD (2022) . Quaternary Geochronology, 70.
Ward IAK, Bateman MD, Larcombe P, Scott PM, Li T, Murai K, Khan NS, Veth P & Cullen P (2022) . Quaternary International.
Taormina R, Nordt L & Bateman M (2022) . Quaternary International.
Gibbard PL, Bateman MD, Leathard J & West RG (2021) . Netherlands Journal of Geosciences, 100.
Bateman MD, Kinnaird TC, Hill J, Ashurst RA, Mohan J, Bateman RBI & Robinson R (2021) . Boreas.
Benetti S, Chiverrell RC, Cofaigh CÓ, Burke M, Medialdea A, Small D, Ballantyne C, Bateman MD, Callard SL, Wilson P , Fabel D et al (2021) . Journal of Quaternary Science.
Scourse JD, Chiverrell RC, Smedley RK, Small D, Burke MJ, Saher M, Van Landeghem KJJ, Duller GAT, Cofaigh C, Bateman MD , Benetti S et al (2021) . Journal of Quaternary Science.
Scott L, Manzano S, Carr AS, Cordova C, Ochando J, Bateman MD & Carrión JS (2021) . Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 569.
Bradwell T, Fabel D, Clark CD, Chiverrell RC, Small D, Smedley RK, Saher MH, Moreton SG, Dove D, Callard SL , Duller GAT et al (2021) . Journal of Quaternary Science.
Evans DJA, Roberts DH, Bateman MD, Clark CD, Medialdea A, Callard L, Grimoldi E, Chiverrell RC, Ely J, Dove D , Ó Cofaigh C et al (2021) . Journal of Quaternary Science.
Scerri EML, Niang K, Candy I, Blinkhorn J, Mills W, Cerasoni JN, Bateman MD, Crowther A & Groucutt HS (2021) . Scientific Reports, 11(1).
Bertran P, Andrieux E, Bateman MD, Fuchs M, Klinge M & Marembert F (2020) . Aeolian Research, 47, 100628-100628.
Niang K, Blinkhorn J, Ndiaye M, Bateman M, Seck B & Sawaré G (2020) . Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 34, 102658-102658.
Garton D, Barton N & Bateman MD (2020) Farndon fields, newark, Nottinghamshire: Windermere interstadial deposits with potential for late upper palaeolithic human activity. Mercian Geologist, 20, 5-14.
Bateman MD, McHale K, Bayntun HJ & Williams N (2020) . Earth Surface Processes and Landforms.
Wolfe S, Murton J, Bateman M & Barlow J (2020) . Quaternary Science Reviews, 242, 106414-106414.
Tamura T, Ta TKO, Saito Y, Bateman MD, Murray-Wallace CV, Nguyen TML, Sato T & Nguyen VL (2020) . Geomorphology, 370, 107371-107371.
Chiverrell RC, Thomas GSP, Burke M, Medialdea A, Smedley R, Bateman M, Clark C, Duller GAT, Fabel D, Jenkins G , Ou X et al (2020) . Journal of Quaternary Science.
Guagnin M, Breeze P, Shipton C, Ott F, Stewart M, Bateman M, Martin L, Graham L, el-Dossary S, Kingwell-Banham E , Zahrani B et al (2020) . Journal of Arid Environments, 178.
Tamura T, Nguyen VL, Ta TKO, Bateman MD, Gugliotta M, Anthony EJ, Nakashima R & Saito Y (2020) . Scientific Reports, 10(1).
Bradwell T, Small D, Fabel D, Clark CD, Chiverrell RC, Saher MH, Dove D, Callard SL, Burke MJ, Moreton SG , Medialdea A et al (2019) . Journal of Quaternary Science.
Veth P, Ditchfield K, Bateman M, Ouzman S, Benoit M, Motta AP, Lewis D & Harper S (2019) . Australian Archaeology, 85(2), 115-125.
Buckland PI, Bateman MD, Bennike O, Buckland PC, Chase BM, Frederick C, Greenwood M, Murton J, Murton D & Panagiotakopulu E (2019) . Royal Society Open Science, 6(7).
Rushby GT, Richards GT, Gehrels WR, Anderson WP, Bateman MD & Blake WH (2019) . The Holocene.
Roberts DH, Grimoldi E, Callard L, Evans DJA, Clark CD, Stewart HA, Dove D, Saher M, Ó Cofaigh C, Chiverrell RC , Bateman MD et al (2019) . Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 44(6), 1233-1258.
Kitchener BGB, Dixon SD, Howarth KO, Parsons AJ, Wainwright J, Bateman MD, Cooper JR, Hargrave GK, Long EJ & Hewett CJM (2019) . HardwareX, 5.
Luo W, Wang Z, Shao M, Lu J, Qian G, Dong Z, Hesp PA & Bateman MD (2019) . Geomorphology, 329, 17-31.
Fattahi M, Woodbridge KP & Bateman MD (2019) . Journal of the Earth and Space Physics, 45(2), 299-312.
Carr AS, Bateman MD, Cawthra HC & Sealy J (2019) . Marine Geology, 407, 1-15.
Bertran P, Andrieux E, Bateman M, Font M, Manchuel K & Sicilia D (2019) . Geomorphology, 327, 629-633.
del Val M, Duval M, Medialdea A, Bateman MD, Moreno D, Arriolabengoa M, Aranburu A & Iriarte E (2019) . Quaternary Geochronology, 49, 108-114.
De Keyzer M & Bateman MD (2018) . Geomorphology, 323, 123-134.
Steenekamp JMA, van der Westhuizen WA, Bateman MD, Jacobson L & Nel L (2018) . South African Journal of Geology, 121(4), 421-430.
Evans DJA, Roberts DH, Bateman MD, Ely J, Medialdea A, Burke MJ, Chiverrell RC, Clark CD & Fabel D (2018) . Proceedings of the Geologists Association.
Roberts DH, Evans DJA, Callard SL, Clark CD, Bateman MD, Medialdea A, Dove D, Cotterill CJ, Saher M, Cofaigh C , Chiverrell RC et al (2018) . Quaternary Science Reviews, 198, 181-207.
Luo W, Wang Z, Lu J, Yang L, Qian G, Dong Z & Bateman MD (2018) . Earth Surface Processes and Landforms.
Evans DJA, Roberts DH, Bateman MD, Medialdea A, Ely J, Moreton SG, Clark CD & Fabel D (2018) . Journal of Quaternary Science.
Swindles GT, Galloway JM, Macumber AL, Croudace IW, Emery AR, Woulds C, Bateman MD, Parry L, Jones JM, Selby K , Rushby GT et al (2018) . Marine Geology, 403, 262-270.
Bertran P, Andrieux E, Bateman M, Font M, Manchuel K & Sicilia D (2018) . Geomorphology, 310, 84-101.
Bateman MD, Swift DA, Piotrowski JA, Rhodes EJ & Damsgaard A (2018) . Geomorphology, 306, 90-101.
Stone A, Bateman MD, Burrough SL, Garzanti E, Limonta M, Radeff G & Telfer MW (2018) . Quaternary Geochronology.
Andrieux E, Bateman MD & Bertran P (2018) . Global and Planetary Change, 162, 84-100.
Nash DJ, Bateman MD, Bullard JE & Latorre C (2018) . Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 490, 546-562.
Bateman MD, Rushby G, Stein S, Ashurst RA, Stevenson D, Jones JM & Gehrels WR (2017) . Earth Surface Processes and Landforms.
Clark CD, Ely J, Greenwood SL, Hughes ALC, Meehan R, Barr ID, Bateman MD, Bradwell T, Doole J, Evans DJA , Jordan CJ et al (2017) . Boreas.
Bateman MD, Evans DJA, Roberts DH, Medialdea A, Ely J & Clark CD (2017) . Boreas.
Murton JB, Bateman MD, Telka AM, Waller R, Whiteman C & Kuzmina S (2017) . Permafrost and Periglacial Processes.
Bateman MD (2017) . Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 128(2), 296-297.
Evans DJA, Bateman MD, Roberts DH, Medialdea A, Hayes L, Duller GAT, Fabel D & Clark CD (2017) . Journal of Quaternary Science, 32(2), 295-310.
Scerri EML, Blinkhorn J, Niang K, Bateman MD & Groucutt HS (2017) . Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 11, 639-646.
Smedley RK, Scourse JD, Small D, Hiemstra JF, Duller GAT, Bateman MD, Burke MJ, Chiverrell RC, Clark CD, Davies SM , Fabel D et al (2017) . Journal of Quaternary Science, 32(1), 48-62.
Small D, Clark CD, Chiverrell RC, Smedley RK, Bateman MD, Duller GAT, Ely JC, Fabel D, Medialdea A & Moreton SG (2017) . Earth-Science Reviews, 164, 232-250.
Friend R, Buckland P, Bateman MD & Panagiotakopulu E (2016) The 'Lindholme Advance' and the extent of the Last Glacial Maximum in the Vale of York. Mercian Geologist, 19(1), 18-25.
Roberts DL, Carr AS, Matthews T & Bateman MD (2016) . Quaternary International, 404, 212-212.
Quick LJ, Meadows ME, Bateman MD, Kirsten KL, Mäusbacher R, Haberzettl T & Chase BM (2016) . Quaternary International, 404, 136-149.
Vandenberghe J, Woronko B, Nieuwendam A & Bateman M (2016) . Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 27(1), 3-5.
Tamura T, Kodama Y, Bateman MD, Saitoh Y, Yamaguchi N & Matsumoto D (2016) . Quaternary International, 397, 147-158.
Fairburn WA & Bateman MD (2016) . Boreas, 45(1), 133-151.
Bateman MD, Evans DJA, Buckland PC, Connell ER, Friend RJ, Hartmann D, Moxon H, Fairburn WA, Panagiotakopulu E & Ashurst RA (2015) . Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 126(6), 712-730.
Quick LJ, Carr AS, Meadows ME, Boom A, Bateman MD, Roberts DL, Reimer PJ & Chase BM (2015) . Journal of Quaternary Science, 30(8), 870-885.
Bateman MD, Stein S, Ashurst RA & Selby K (2015) . Quaternary Geochronology, 30, 141-146.
Sitzia L, Bertran P, Bahain J-J, Bateman MD, Hernandez M, Garon H, de Lafontaine G, Mercier N, Leroyer C, Queffelec A & Voinchet P (2015) . Quaternary Science Reviews, 124, 84-105.
Murton JB, Goslar T, Edwards ME, Bateman MD, Danilov PP, Savvinov GN, Gubin SV, Ghaleb B, Haile J, Kanevskiy M , Lozhkin AV et al (2015) . Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 26(3), 208-288.
Livingstone SJ, Piotrowski JA, Bateman MD, Ely JC & Clark CD (2015) . Quaternary Science Reviews, 112, 86-108.
Stone AEC, Bateman MD & Thomas DSG (2015) . Quaternary Geochronology, 30, 134-140.
Lokier SW, Bateman MD, Larkin NR, Rye P & Stewart JR (2015) . Quaternary Research, 84(1), 69-81.
Mighall T, Martínez Cortizas A, Silva Sánchez N, Foster IDL, Singh S, Bateman M & Pickin J (2014) . The Holocene, 24(12), 1719-1730.
Cawthra HC, Bateman MD, Carr AS, Compton JS & Holmes PJ (2014) . Quaternary Science Reviews, 99, 210-223.
Livingstone I, Baas A, Bateman MD, Bristow C, Bryant RG, Bullard JE, Nield JM, Thomas DSG, White KH & Wiggs GFS (2014) . Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 69(3), 151-156.
Bateman MD, Hitchens S, Murton JB, Lee JR & Gibbard PL (2014) . Journal of Quaternary Science, 29(4), 301-317.
Sutton G, Bennett J & Bateman M (2014) . Insect Conservation and Diversity, 7(1), 64-72.
Baker C, Bateman M, Bateman P, Jones H & Bateman MD (2013) The aeolian sand record in the Trent valley. Mercian Geologist, 18(2), 108-118.
Bertran P, Sitzia L, Banks WE, Bateman MD, Demars PY, Hernandez M, Lenoir M, Mercier N & Prodeo F (2013) . Journal of Archaeological Science, 40(5), 2274-2285.
Bateman MD & Reimer PJ (2013) . BOREAS, 42(2), 257-258.
Bateman MD (2013) , 8, 416-429.
Bateman MD, Swift DA, Piotrowski JA & Sanderson DCW (2012) . Quaternary Geochronology, 10, 230-236.
Tamura T, Saito Y, Nguyen VL, Ta TKO, Bateman MD, Matsumoto D & Yamashita S (2012) . GEOLOGY, 40(4), 303-306.
Tamura T, Saito Y, Bateman MD, Nguyen VL, Ta TKO & Matsumoto D (2012) . Marine Geology, 326-328, 140-153.
Bateman MD, Bryant RG, Foster IDL, Livingstone I & Parsons AJ (2012) . Geomorphology, 161-162, 93-109.
Holmes PJ, Thomas DSG, Bateman MD, Wiggs GFS & Rabumbulu M (2012) . Land Degradation and Development, 23(6), 601-610.
Foroutan M, Sébrier M, Nazari H, Meyer B, Fattahi M, Rashidi A, Le Dortz K & Bateman MD (2012) . Geophysical Journal International, 189(1), 6-18.
Forsyth AJ, Nott J, Bateman MD & Beaman RJ (2012) . Marine Geology, 307-310, 111-116.
Andreucci S, Bateman MD, Zucca C, Kapur S, Akşit I, Dunajko A & Pascucci V (2012) . Sedimentology, 59(3), 917-938.
Tamura T, Bateman MD, Kodama Y, Saitoh Y, Watanabe K, Yamaguchi N & Matsumoto D (2011) Building of shore-oblique transverse dune ridges revealed by ground-penetrating radar and optical dating over the last 500 years on Tottori coast, Japan Sea. Geomorphology.
Tamura T, Kodama Y, Bateman MD, Saitoh Y, Watanabe K, Matsumoto D & Yamaguchi N (2011) Coastal barrier dune construction during sea-level highstands in MIS 3 and 5a on Tottori coast-line, Japan. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.
Roberts DL, Matthews T, Herries AIR, Boulter C, Scott L, Dondo C, Mtembi P, Browning C, Smith RMH, Haarhoff P & Bateman MD (2011) Regional and global context of the Late Cenozoic Langebaanweg (LBW) palaeontological site: West Coast of South Africa. Earth-Science Reviews.
Bertran P, Bateman MD, Hernandez M, Mercier N, Millet D, Sitzia L & Tastet JP (2011) . Journal of Quaternary Science.
Bateman MD, Buckland PC, Whyte MA, Ashurst RA, Boulter C & Panagiotakopulu E (2011) Re-evaluation of the Last Glacial Maximum typesite at Dimlington, UK. Boreas.
Le Dortz K, Meyer B, Sébrier M, Braucher R, Nazari H, Benedetti L, Fattahi M, Bourlès D, Foroutan M, Siame L , Rashidi A et al (2011) Dating inset terraces and offset fans along the Dehshir Fault (Iran) combining cosmogenic and OSL methods. Geophysical Journal International.
Bateman MD, Carr AS, Dunajko AC, Holmes PJ, Roberts DL, McLaren SJ, Bryant RG, Marker ME & Murray-Wallace CV (2011) . Quaternary Science Reviews, 30(1-2), 63-81.
Bateman MD, Ayala G & Wainwright J (2010) . GEOARCHAEOLOGY, 25(6), 671-674.
Boulter C, Bateman MD & Frederick CD (2010) . J QUATERNARY SCI, 25(6), 889-902.
Aiuvalasit MJ, Neely JA & Bateman MD (2010) . J ARCHAEOL SCI, 37(6), 1207-1213.
Murton JB, Bateman MD, Dallimore SR, Teller JT & Yang ZR (2010) . NATURE, 464(7289), 740-743.
Carr AS, Bateman MD, Roberts DL, Murray-Wallace CV, Jacobs Z & Holmes PJ (2010) . QUATERNARY RES, 73(2), 351-363.
Carr AS, Boom A, Dunajko A, Bateman MD, Holmes PJ & Berrio JC (2010) . South African Journal of Geology, 113(3), 241-256.
Dunajko AC & Bateman MD (2010) . Terra Nova, 22(6), 417-423.
Forsyth AJ, Nott J & Bateman MD (2010) . Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 297(3-4), 707-716.
Hansen EC, Fisher TG, Arbogast AF & Bateman MD (2010) . Aeolian Research, 1(3-4), 111-127.
Livingstone I, Bristow C, Bryant RG, Bullard J, White K, Wiggs GFS, Baas ACW, Bateman MD & Thomas DSG (2010) . Aeolian Research, 2(2-3), 93-104.
Nazari H, Fattahi M, Meyer B, Sebrier M, Talebian M, Foroutan M, Le Dortz K, Bateman MD & Ghorashi M (2009) . TERRA NOVA, 21(6), 417-426.
Briant RM & Bateman MD (2009) . J QUATERNARY SCI, 24(8), 916-927.
Le Dortz K, Meyer B, Sebrier M, Nazari H, Braucher R, Fattahi M, Benedetti L, Foroutan M, Siame L, Bourles D , Talebian M et al (2009) . GEOPHYS J INT, 179(2), 700-710.
McLaren SJ, Al-Juaidi F, Bateman MD & Millington AC (2009) . J QUATERNARY SCI, 24(2), 198-207.
Roberts DL, Bateman MD, Murray-Wallace CV, Carr AS & Holmes PJ (2009) . PALAEOGEOGR PALAEOCL, 271(1-2), 24-38.
Holmes PJ, Bateman MD, Thomas DSG, Telfer MW, Barker CH & Lawson MP (2008) . HOLOCENE, 18(8), 1193-1205.
Bateman MD, Carr AS, Murray-Wallace CV, Roberts DL & Holmes PJ (2008) . GEOARCHAEOLOGY, 23(6), 715-741.
Borejsza A, Lopez IR, Frederick CD & Bateman MD (2008) . J ARCHAEOL SCI, 35(7), 1854-1866.
Telfer MW, Bateman MD, Carr AS & Chase BM (2008) . QUAT GEOCHRONOL, 3(1-2), 137-142.
Roberts DL, Bateman MD, Murray-Wallace CV, Carr AS & Holmes PJ (2008) . PALAEOGEOGR PALAEOCL, 257(3), 261-279.
Bateman MD (2008) . BOREAS, 37(4), 574-588.
Bateman MD, Buckland PC, Chase B, Frederick CD & Gaunt GD (2008) . BOREAS, 37(2), 195-210.
Langford HE, Bateman MD, Penkman KEH, Boreham S, Briant RM, Coope GR & Keen DH (2007) Age-estimate evidence for Middle-Late Pleistocene aggradation of River Nene 1st Terrace deposits at Whittlesey, eastern England. P GEOLOGIST ASSOC, 118, 283-300.
Holmes PJ, Bateman MD, Carr AS & Marker ME (2007) . S AFR J GEOL, 110(1), 125-136.
Bateman MD (2007) Global environments through the quaternary. GEOGRAPHY, 92, 165-165.
Murton JB & Bateman MD (2007) . PERMAFROST PERIGLAC, 18(1), 33-47.
Bateman MD & Murton JB (2006) . QUATERNARY SCI REV, 25(19-20), 2552-2568.
Carr AS, Thomas DSG, Bateman MD, Meadows ME & Chase B (2006) . PALAEOGEOGR PALAEOCL, 239(1-2), 147-165.
Carr AS, Thomas DSG & Bateman MD (2006) . QUATERNARY RES, 65(2), 252-263.
Shaw PA & Bateman MD (2006) Provenance and chronology of the Barcavecchia Tufa, Southwest Etna, Sicily. BOLL SOC GEOL ITAL, 125(3), 265-272.
Briant RM, Bateman MD, Coope GR & Gibbard PL (2005) . SEDIMENTOLOGY, 52(6), 1397-1423.
Boardman J, Holmes PJ, Rhodes EJ & Bateman MD (2005) . South African Geographical Journal, 87(1), 73-79.
Clark CD, Evans DJA, Khatwa A, Bradwell T, Jordan CJ, Marsh SH, Mitchell WA & Bateman MD (2004) . BOREAS, 33(4), 359-375.
Bateman MD & Godby SP (2004) . HOLOCENE, 14(4), 579-588.
Bateman MD, Holmes PJ, Carr AS, Horton BP & Jaiswal MK (2004) . QUATERNARY SCI REV, 23(14-15), 1681-1698.
Wilson P, McGourty J & Bateman MD (2004) . HOLOCENE, 14(3), 406-416.
Murton JB, Bateman MD, Baker CA, Knox R & Whiteman CA (2003) . PERMAFROST PERIGLAC, 14(3), 217-246.
Moumani K, Alexander J & Bateman MD (2003) . PALAEOGEOGR PALAEOCL, 191(2), 221-242.
White K, Livingstone I, Gurney S, Dearing J & Bateman M (2002) . International Journal of Remote Sensing, 23(15), 3091-3106.
Bateman MD (2002) . Journal of Arid Environments, 50(3), 523-524.
Meadows ME, Rogers J, Lee-Thorp JA, Bateman MD & Dingle RV (2002) Holocene geochronology of a continental-shelf mudbelt off southwestern Africa. HOLOCENE, 12(1), 59-67.
van Huissteden K, Schwan JCG & Bateman MD (2001) Environmental conditions and paleowind directions at the end of the Weichselian Late Pleniglacial recorded in aeolian sediments and geomorphology (Twente, Eastern Netherlands). GEOL MIJNBOUW-N J G, 80(2), 1-18.
Srivastava P, Juyal N, Singhvi AK, Wasson RJ & Bateman MD (2001) Luminescence chronology of river adjustment and incision of Quaternary sediments in the alluvial plain of the Sabarmati River, north Gujarat, India. GEOMORPHOLOGY, 36(3-4), 217-229.
Thomas DSG, O'Connor PW, Bateman MD, Shaw PA, Stokes S & Nash DJ (2000) Dune activity as a record of late Quaternary aridity in the Northern Kalahari: new evidence from northern Namibia interpreted in the context of regional arid and humid chronologies. PALAEOGEOGR PALAEOCL, 156(3-4), 243-259.
Bateman MD, Murton JB & Crowe W (2000) Late Devensian and Holocene depositional environments associated with the coversand around Caistor, north Lincolnshire, UK. BOREAS, 29(1), 1-15.
Howard AJ, Bateman MD, Garton D, Green FML, Wagner P & Priest V (1999) Evidence of Late Devensian and early Flandrian processes and environments in the Idle Valley at Tiln, North Nottinghamshire. P YORKS GEOL SOC, 52, 383-393.
Keen DH, Bateman MD, Coope GR, Field MH, Langford HE, Merry JS & Mighall TM (1999) Sedimentology, palaeoecology and geochronology of Last Interglacial deposits from Deeping St James, Lincolnshire, England. J QUATERNARY SCI, 14(5), 411-436.
Bateman MD & Van Huissteden J (1999) The timing of last-glacial periglacial and aeolian events, Twente, eastern Netherlands. J QUATERNARY SCI, 14(3), 277-283.
Bateman MD & Herrero AD (1999) Thermoluminescence dates and palaeoenvironmental information of the late Quaternary sand deposits, Tierra de Pinares, Central Spain. CATENA, 34(3-4), 277-291.
Bateman MD & Holmes PJ (1999) Orange River alluvial terraces: is luminescence dating a useful teal?. S AFR J SCI, 95(2), 57-58.
Bateman MD, Hannam J & Livingstone I (1999) Late Quaternary dunes at Twigmoor Woods, Lincolnshire, UK: A preliminary investigation. Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, Supplementband, 116, 131-146.
Bateman MD (1998) The origin and age of coversand in north Lincolnshire, UK. PERMAFROST PERIGLAC, 9(4), 313-325.
Bateman MD (1998) Reconstructing quaternary environments, 2nd edition. APPL GEOGR, 18(2), 193-193.
Garcia-Guinea J, Harffy M & Bateman MD (1998) Museums: A palliative or solution for declining historical mines?. EPISODES, 21(1), 32-36.
Thomas DSG, Bateman MD, Mehrshahi D & OHara SL (1997) Development and environmental significance of an eolian sand ramp of last-glacial age, central Iran. QUATERNARY RES, 48(2), 155-161.
Bateman MD, Garton D, Priest V & Sainty D (1997) The dating of linear banks found at Tiln, North Northamptonshire, using thermoluminescence. East Midland Geographer, 20(1-2), 42-49.
Bateman MD & Catt JA (1996) An absolute chronology for the raised beach and associated deposits at Sewerby, East Yorkshire, England. J QUATERNARY SCI, 11(5), 389-395.
Dawson AG, Hindson R, Andrade C, Freitas C, Parish R & Bateman M (1995) . The Holocene, 5(2), 209-215.
Helm CW, Bateman MD, Carr AS, Cawthra HC, De Vynck JC, Dixon MG, Lockley MG, Stear W & Venter JA () . Ichnos, 1-17.
Niang K, Blinkhorn J, Bateman MD & Kiahtipes CA () . Nature Ecology & Evolution.
Clark CD, Ely JC, Hindmarsh RCA, Bradley S, Ignéczi A, Fabel D, Ó Cofaigh C, Chiverrell RC, Scourse J, Benetti S , Bradwell T et al () . Boreas.
Eddey LJ, Bateman MD, Livingstone SJ & Lee JR () . Journal of Quaternary Science.
Chiverrell R, Thomas G, Burke M, Medialdea A, Smedley R, Bateman M, Clark C, Duller G, Fabel D, Jenkins G , Ou X et al () .
Fairburn WA & Bateman MD () . Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, pygs2020-019.

Chapters

Bousman B, Brink J, Rossouw L, Bateman M, Morris S, Meier H, Bronk Ramsey C, Trower G, Herries AIR, Ringstaff C , Thornton-Barnett S et al (2023) , Handbook of Pleistocene Archaeology of Africa (pp. 1431-1450). Springer International Publishing
Bateman MD (2015) In Shennan I, Long AJ & Horton BP (Ed.), Handbook of Sea-Level Research (pp. 404-417). Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd..
Bateman MD (2013) , Treatise on Geomorphology (pp. 556-568). Elsevier
Bateman MD (2013) , Treatise on Geomorphology: Volume 1-14 (pp. 416-429).
Cawthra HC & Bateman MD () , Quaternary Environmental Change in Southern Africa (pp. 203-218). Cambridge University Press

Conference proceedings papers

Murton JB, Bateman MD & Waller RI (2015) Late Wisconsin glaciation of Hadwen and Summer islands, Tuktoyaktuk Coastlands, NWT, Canada. GeoQuebec 2015 (pp 1-6), 20 September 2015 - 23 September 2015.
Bateman MD, Murton JB & Boulter C (2010) . QUATERNARY GEOCHRONOLOGY, Vol. 5(2-3) (pp 250-256)
Fattahi M, Nazari H, Bateman MD, Meyer B, Sebrier M, Talebian M, Le Dortz K, Foroutan M, Givi FA & Ghorashi M (2010) . QUATERNARY GEOCHRONOLOGY, Vol. 5(2-3) (pp 286-292)
Bateman MD, Boulter CH, Carr AS, Frederick CD, Peter D & Wilder M (2007) . SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY, Vol. 195(1-2) (pp 5-19)
Carr AS, Bateman MD & Holmes PJ (2007) . QUATERNARY GEOCHRONOLOGY, Vol. 2(1-4) (pp 110-116)
Boulter C, Bateman MD & Frederick CD (2007) . QUATERNARY GEOCHRONOLOGY, Vol. 2(1-4) (pp 45-50)
Bateman MD, Boulter CH, Carr AS, Frederick CD, Peter D & Wilder M (2007) . Quaternary Geochronology, Vol. 2(1-4) (pp 57-64)
Bateman MD, Frederick CD, Jaiswal MK & Singhvi AK (2003) . QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS, Vol. 22(10-13) (pp 1169-1176)
Thomas DSG, Brook G, Shaw P, Bateman M, Haberyan K, Appleton C, Nash D, McLaren S & Davies F (2003) . Quaternary International, Vol. 104(1) (pp 53-67)
Bateman MD, Thomas DSG & Singhvi AK (2003) . QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL, Vol. 111 (pp 37-49)
Shaw PA, Bateman MD, Thomas DSG & Davies F (2003) . QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL, Vol. 111 (pp 23-35)
Frederick CD, Bateman MD & Rogers R (2002) Evidence for eolian deposition in the sandy uplands of east texas and the implications for archaeological site integrity. GEOARCHAEOLOGY-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL, Vol. 17(2) (pp 191-217)
Thomas DS, Holmes PJ, Bateman MD & Marker ME (2002) Geomorphic evidence for late Quaternary environmental change from the eastern Great Karoo margin, South Africa. QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL, Vol. 89 (pp 151-164)
Singhvi AK, Bluszcz A, Bateman MD & Rao MS (2001) Luminescence dating of loess-palaeosol sequences and coversands: methodological aspects and palaeoclimatic implications. EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS, Vol. 54(1-3) (pp 193-211)
Bateman MD & Herrero AD (2001) The timing and relation of aeolian sand deposition in central Spain to the aeolian sand record of NW Europe. QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS, Vol. 20(5-9) (pp 779-782)
Dearing JA, Livingstone IP, Bateman MD & White K (2001) Palaeoclimate records from OIS 8.0-5.4 recorded in loess-palaeosol sequences on the Matmata Plateau, southern Tunisia, based on mineral magnetism and new luminescence dating. QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL, Vol. 76-7 (pp 43-56)
Bateman MD (1995) Thermoluminescence dating of the British coversand deposits. QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS, Vol. 14(7-8) (pp 791-798)

Other

Larcombe P, Wilson M, Whitley T, Ward I, Pirrie D, Li T, Hill J, Florec V & Bateman M () .

Teaching interests

The undergraduate and postgraduate teaching I specialise in relates to understanding past changes in climate and environment which have shaped the landscape we live in. I enjoy bringing across to my students how and why the fields of geomorphology, sedimentology and Quaternary Science are relevant to a wide range of geographical challenges we face.

My teaching interests reflect my research interests so I can keep students up-to-date on current developments. The style of my teaching varies from teaching out and about on field classes, in the laboratory and through lectures and small group tutorials. I have particular interests in former glacial and coastal environments and each year supervise students' projects in these areas.

Professional activities and memberships

Editorial responsibilities

Editor Board member for Boreas and Journal of Archaeological Science Reports and Associate Editor for Proceeding of the Yorkshire Geological Society. Former Editor of Special publications for the International Association of Sedimentologists (2014-2018) and former Editorial board member for Quaternary Science Reviews (2010-2014).
Journal Reviewer for >40 International, peer-reviewed journals

Committee/panel activities

NERC Peer-Review College (2012-).
Bureau Member for International Association of Sedimentologists (2014-2018)
Council Member of the British Society for Geomorphology (BSG: 2005-2008)
Meeting Officer for Quaternary Research Association (QRA: 2002-2005)
Secretary for the International Global Correlation Programme 413 (1998-2003)

External Examiner roles

University of York (2025-
Northumbria University (2023-2025)
Queens University (2020-2024)
University of Exeter (2014-2018)
Sussex University (2012-2015)
Queen Mary’s College London (2008-2012)
26 PhD Examinations (16 external and 11 internal) - including overseas

Invited Lectures and Visiting Positions

I have given 39 invited and keynote talks both in UK and internationally.

In 2019 I was an invited Visiting Fellow at University of Western Australia.

Additional research projects

Past periglacial and glacial environments

During much of the last 2.5 million years, NW Europe experienced cold glacial and non-glacial conditions which have shaped the landscape we live in and the sediments beneath our feet. From understanding how they were deposited and when we can understand key aspects of past climates, how they changed and how quickly they changed. For example my work has shown that erosion of dune systems in the McKenzie Delta (Arctic Canada) are tied to mega Lake Aggassiz outburst flood (USA) which may have caused the Younger Dryas hemispheric cooling event (Murton et al. 2010, Nature).

Thermal map showing the possible route of outburst floods from pro-glacial Lake Aggassiz. Work in McKenzie Delta showed for the first time evidence for the Northern route at just before the start of the Younger Dryas (Murton et al 2010).

Possible route of outburst floods from pro-glacial Lake Aggassiz. Work in McKenzie Delta showed for the first time evidence for the Northern route at just before the start of the Younger Dryas (Murton et al 2010).

Work on the last icesheet to cover Britain has been able to reconstruct ice thickness and show that different parts of it advanced and retreated at different times. Ice in the North sea reached its maximum limits very late within the glacial stage and was dynamic, ponding up significant pro-glacial Lakes Humber and Pickering (Bateman et al 2018). More recent work has been trying to date the previous icesheet to cover Britain around 160,000 years ago (Fairburn and Bateman 2021). Over 40 publications have come from this work so far with past funding from NERC, QRA, BSG and Royal Society.

Series showing icelobes of the last British and Irish icesheet

A series of time slices showing the advance, dynamics and retreat of the Vale of York and North sea icelobes of the last British and Irish Icesheet and the resulting proglacials lakes of Lake Humber and Lake Pickering (Eddey et al 2022).

A reconstruction from Lidar of the glacial moraine in the Vale of Pickering which research has shown to have been formed by ice ~160,000 years ago (Fairburn and Bateman et al 2021). LiDAR data from Open Survey online store (data.gov.uk).

Key outcomes

Erosion of dune systems in the McKenzie Delta have been dated and tied to Lake Aggassiz outburst floods which may have caused the Younger Dryas event
The Northsea icelobe of the last British and Irish Icesheet was dynamic and advanced to its maximum only 24000 years ago
Evidence exists for the previous icesheet which covered Britain 160000 years ago.

Recent papers

Clark, C.D., Ely, J.C., Hindmarsh, R.C.A, Bradley, S., Igneczi, A., Fabel, D., Ó Cofaigh, C., Chiverrell, R.C., Scourse, J., Benetti, S., Bradwell, T., Evans, D.J.A., Roberts, D.H., Burke, M., Callard, L., Medialdea, A., Saher, M., Small, D., Smedley, R., Gasson, E., Gregoire, L., Gandy, N. , Ballantyne, C., Bateman, M.D., Bigg, G.R., Doole, J., Dove, D., Duller, G., Livingstone, S.L., McCarron, S., Moreton, S., Pollard, D., Sejrup, H-P., Van Landeghem, K., Wilson, P. and Praeg, D. (2022). Growth and retreat of the last British-Irish Ice Sheet, 31,000 to 15,000 years ago: the BRITICE-CHRONO reconstruction. Boreas 51, 699-758 DOI:.
Eddey, L., Bateman, M.D., Livingstone, S.J., Lee, J,R. (2022). New evidence for Glacial Lake Pickering, Yorkshire, UK. Journal of Quaternary Science 37 1407-1421.
Evans, D.J.A., Robert, D.H., Bateman, M.D., Clark, C.D., Medialdea, A., Callard, L., Grimoldi, E., Chiverrell, R.C., Ely, J.C., Dove, D., Ó Cofaigh, C., Saher, M., Bradwell, T., Moreton, S.G., Fabel, D., Bradley, D. (2021). Retreat dynamics of the eastern sector of the British-Irish Ice Sheet during the last glaciation. Journal of Quaternary Science. Doi:
Bateman, M.D., Evans, D.J.A., Roberts, D.H., Medialdea, A., Ely, E., Clark C.D. (2018). The timing and consequences of the blockage of the Humber Gap by the last British-Irish Ice Sheet. Boreas, 47, 41-61.
Fairburn, W.A. and Bateman, M.D. (2021). Possible new evidence for a Mid-Pleistocene Glaciation in the Vale Of Pickering, North Yorkshire, U.K. Proceedings of the Geological Society of Yorkshire. Doi: .

Understanding past aeolian activity

Part of my research has focussed on coastal dune systems which form a key landscape component in protecting coastal assets from coastal storms and rising sea levels. Understanding how they have developed through time and how they have been impacted by historic storms (and tsunami) will lead to a better understanding of coastal resilience as well as return intervals of impactful storms. This work has formed the basis of over 50 printed journal articles with past funding from Leverhulme Trust, National Geographic, QRA, BSG, White Rose and a NERC DTP award.

Recent work on Spurn Point has been able to show how it has evolved over the last 200 years and where it is must vulnerable to breaches by the North Sea (Bateman et al 2020).

How the coastal spit system at Spurn Point, East Yorkshire, UK has changed over the last 200 years as shown from historical maps (Bateman et al 2020).

How dunes and beach ridges on the Mekong Delta has helped understand when it developed and why 19^th century canalisation and agriculture might be responsible for its current erosion.

(A) Reconstruction of past shorelines on the Mekong Delta; (B) Estimates of shoreline change through time; (C) Changes in population, agriculture with the grey area indicating when the delta had canals dug into it. (Tamura et al 2020 Nature Scientific Reports 10, 8085) — (A) Reconstruction of past shorelines on the Mekong Delta; (B) Estimates of shoreline change through time; (C) Changes in population, agriculture with the grey area indicating when the delta had canals dug into it. (Tamura et al 2020 Nature Scientific Rep

On longer time scales work has been able to show how a tsunami 8200 years ago impacted on the coastline of eastern Scotland (Bateman et al 2021) and how coastal dunes from the Atacama Desert, Chile are able to show how fast this coastline is tectonically uplifting (Nash et al. 2018).

Model of how the Storegga tsunami wave 8200 years ago flooded the Montrose basin (Bateman et al 2021).

Key outcomes

Coastal dunes show dynamic responses to climate changes in particular sediment supply from erosion, sea level changes and storms.

Recent papers

Carr, A.S., Hay, A.S., Bateman, M.D., Livingstone, I., Powell, D.M. (2024). How old are the Mojave topographic dunes? The implications of new luminescence dating analyses from the Cady Mountains, Mojave Desert, southwest USA. Geomorphology 463, 109349. DOI:
Tamura T., Nguyen V.P., Ta T.K.O., Bateman, M.D., Gugliotta M., Anthony, E.J., Saito, Y. (2020). Long-term sediment decline causes ongoing shrinkage of the Mekong megadelta, Vietnam. Nature Scientific Reports, 10, No. 8085 . DOI:
Bateman, M.D., Kinnaird T.C., Hill, J., Ashurst, R.A., Mohan, J., Bateman, R.B.I., Robinson, R. (2021). Detailing the impact of the Storegga tsunami at Montrose, Scotland. Boreas.
Bateman, M.D., McHale, K., Bayntun, H.J., Williams N. (2020). Understanding Historical Coastal Spit Evolution: a Case Study from Spurn, East Yorkshire, UK. Earth Surface Landforms and Processes 45, 3670-3686. DOI:
Bateman, M.D., Rushby, G., Stein, S., Ashurst, R.A., Stevenson, D., Jones, J.M. and Gehrels, W.R. (2018). Can sand dunes be used to study historic storm events? Earth surface Processes and Landforms 43, 779-790.

Advances in luminescence dating and applications

The time dimension is fundamental to understanding past change. Although vast advances in dating have been made, methods all require laboratory-based protocols that are not available during field sampling. It is now possible to make in field measurements of luminescence intensity which give a first order approximation for sediment age.

Prof Mark Bateman using a portable luminescence reader — A portable luminescence reader able to find out a relative age of sediment whilst out in the field.

Research I have undertaken (funded by NATURAL ENGLAND, WHITE ROSE and RGS) has shown how portable luminescence can be used to understand phases of coastal dune building.

High resolution portable luminescence results from a sediment archive found at Arclid, Cheshire showing multiple phases of sand deposition, hiatuses and also sedimentation rates (from Rex et al 2023)

Following on from work to understand post-depositional processes on the sediment archive (Bateman et al . 2007), recently I developed an approach to used harder to reset luminescence signals (pIRSL₁₈₀ and pIRSL₂₂₅) to find the location of where sediment were eroded from. This was applied to Storegga tsunami deposits in Scotland which helped find the sediment source and therefore the direction of the wave that impacted the coastline (Bateman et al 2021).

Dated Storegga sand had pIRSL180 and pIRSL225 signals of a similar age to a nearby Marine sand enabling the source of the tsunami sediment to be recognised and also the direction the wave travelled in (from Bateman et al. 2021).

In 2019 I edited together “The Handbook of Luminescence dating” in order to demystify the technique of luminescence dating for Quaternary geologists and archaeologists who require luminescence ages for their research.

The Handbook of Luminescence Dating (Bateman 2019) aims to help those wanting to understand luminescence dating for use in their own research.

Key Outcomes

It is possible to rapidly generate accurate, high resolution down core OSL data using a portable OSL reader to enable differentiation of older from the younger sediments, identify phases of sedimentation and temporal hiatuses. Luminescence can provide information on both post-depositional disturbance and be used to locate sediment sources.

Recent papers

Rex, C.L., Bateman, M.D., Buckland, P.C., Panagiotakopulu, E., Livingstone S.J., Hardiman, M., Eddey, L. (2023). A revision of the British Chronostratigraphy within the Last Glacial-Interglacial Cycle based on new evidence from Arclid, Cheshire UK. Quaternary Science Reviews 299, 107882. DOI:
Stone, A., Bateman, M.D., Sanderson, D., Burrough, S.L.,Cutts, R., Cresswell, A. (2024). Probing sediment burial age, provenance and geomorphic processes in dryland dunes and lake shorelines using portable luminescence data. Quaternary Geochronology 82,101542. DOI:
Bateman, M.D., Rushby, G., Stein, S., Ashurst, R.A., Stevenson, D., Jones, J.M. and Gehrels, W.R. (2018). Can sand dunes be used to study historic storm events? Earth surface Processes and Landforms 43, 779-790.
Bateman, M.D., Kinnaird T.C., Hill, J., Ashurst, R.A., Mohan, J., Bateman, R.B.I., Robinson, R. (2021). Detailing the impact of the Storegga tsunami at Montrose, Scotland. Boreas.
Bateman, M.D. (2019). Handbook of luminescence dating. Whittles Publishing, p416.

Past Environmental Change and our predecessors

As our climates and environments have changed in the past so this has affected where ancient people lived and what resources they had available to them. My work has shown humans were living in coastal dune fields on the South African coast for over 100,000 years. These dunes provided a range of ecosystems and animals to hunt based on preserved animal trackways (Helm et al 2023). Thery also, through lithification, are instrumental in some (cave) shelter formation occupied by humans and dunes have been key in preserving some of the cave archaeological records found there. In West Africa research I have contributed to has shown our early ancestors were also living in tropical rainforests as long ago as 150,000 years (Ben Arous et al 2025). We have also shown that the Middle Stone extended from this time into the Holocene in places despite more modern lithic technologies being prevalent elsewhere by then (Scerri et al 2021). My work using single grain luminescence has also helped understand the impacts through time of bioturbation on sandy sediments and the archaeological sites found within them.

Sediment exposures at the Bété I archaeological site in Ivory Coast where luminescence sampling was able to show the archaeology extended back to 150,000 years when the environment was Tropical Rainforest (Ben Arous et al 2025).

Key outcomes

We have a better understanding of archaeological site integrity in sandy sediments Our predecessor lived in Tropical Rain Forests and coastal dune systems as far back as 150,000 years ago.

Recent papers

Ben Arous E., Blinkhorn J. A., Elliott, S., Kiahtipes, C., N’zi, C.D., Bateman M.D., Duval M., Roberts, P., Palalano, R., Blackwood, A., Niang K.,Kouamé, E.A., Lbato, E., Hallett, E., Cerasoni, J.N., Scott, E., Ilgner, J., Escaraza, M.J.A., Guedé, F.Y., Scerri E.M.L. (2025). Humans in Africa’s wet tropical forests 150 thousand years ago. Nature (in press)
Helm, C.W., Bateman, M.D., Carr, A.S., Cawthra, H.C., De Vynck, J.C., Dixon, M.G. Locklye, M.G., Steer, W., Venter, J.A. (2023). Pleistocene fossil snake traces on South Africa’s Cape south coast. Ichnos 30, 98-114. Doi:
Niang, K., Blinkhorn, J., Bateman, M.D., Kiahtipes, C.A. (2023). Longstanding behavioural stability in West Africa extends to the Middle Pleistocene at Bargny, coastal Senegal. Nature Ecology & Evolution 7, 1141-1151. Doi:
Scerri, E.M.L., Niang, K., Candy, I., Blinkhorn, J., Mills, W., Cerasoni, J.N., Bateman, M.D., Crowther, A., Groucutt, H.S. (2021) Continuity of the Middle Stone Age into the Holocene. Nature Scientific Reports 11, 70. Doi:

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