Yr Athro Bernd Kulessa

Athro

Geography

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b.kulessa@abertawe.ac.uk

Swyddfa Academaidd - 229D
Ail lawr
Adeilad Wallace
Campws Singleton

Ar gael ar gyfer Goruchwyliaeth Ôl-raddedig

Dolenni Ymchwil

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4830-4949

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Mae fy ngwaith ymchwil yn canolbwyntio ar ddefnyddio geoffiseg gymhwysol i gyfrannu at ein dealltwriaeth o ymateb masau iâ y byd i'r newid yn yr hinsawdd yn y gorffennol, y presennol a'r dyfodol, ac i fynd i'r afael â phroblemau gwyddonol sy'n gysylltiedig ag effaith anthropogenig. Mae diddordebau ymchwil cryosfferig yn cynnwys:

Rôl dŵr daear tanrewlifol a fflwcs gwres geothermol wrth fodiwleiddio'r priodweddau a'r prosesau gwaelodol sy'n rheoli llif iâ cyflym ac ansefydlog.
Priodweddau ffisegol iâ sy'n rheoli holltau iâ ac anffurfiad a llif iâ yn y presennol a'r gorffennol;
Problemau dethol yn ymwneud â'r cofnod palaeo rhewlifol, prosesau amrewlifol, hydroleg eira, dynameg halogyddion mewn tir wedi rhewi, a pheirianneg geodechnegol a geoberyglon mewn tiliau rhewlifol;
Datblygiadau technegol i wneud y mwyaf o ddefnyddioldeb dulliau geoffisegol yn y gwyddorau cryosfferig, gan ganolbwyntio'n benodol ar gymwysiadau magnetelwrig ac electrocinetig newydd (seismodrydanol a hunan-botensial trydanol) ynghyd â thechnegau anisotropig seismig ac adlewyrchiad seismig aml-gydran a phrofion ymateb dyfrdyllau (profion slyg).

Yn fwy cyffredinol, mae gennyf ddiddordeb mawr hefyd mewn delweddu magnetotelwrig o gramen a mantell uchaf y ddaear, a'r defnydd o dechnegau geoffisegol i asesu, nodweddu a monitro peryglon a halogiad tir.

Mae fy ymchwil yn cyfuno gwaith maes, gwaith labordy a modelu ymlaen a gwrthdro. Ceisir datblygiadau newydd i integreiddio gwybodaeth geoffisegol â dulliau gwyddonol eraill e.e. drwy wrthdroad ar y cyd neu fodelu Bayesian, wedi'i feithrin gan gydweithio helaeth â sefydliadau eraill yn y DU ac yn rhyngwladol.

Arweiniodd fy ymchwil gynharach yn yr Alpau Ewropeaidd at ddarganfyddiadau mawr megis effaith llanw'r ddaear ar hydroleg rhewlifoedd a dynameg drwy oblygiad. Mae wedi bod yn Brif Ymchwilydd neu'n Gyd-Ymchwilydd ar lawer o grantiau mawr ar gyfer ymchwil i ddynameg llenni iâ yr Antarctig a’r Ynys Las. Ymhlith y darganfyddiadau nodedig mae mynychder gofodol ac amrywiaeth hydromecanyddol gwaddodion o dan Len Iâ yr Ynys Las, delweddu seismig toriad a ysgogir yn hydrolegol drwy'r llen iâ sydd wedyn yn modiwleiddio cryfderau gwaddodion a llif llenni iâ, a'r rheolaeth sylfaenol sydd gan heterogeneddau mewnol dros sefydlogrwydd Sgafelli Iâ yr Antarctig.

Meysydd Arbenigedd

Geoffiseg gymhwysol
Rhewlifeg
Gwyddoniaeth cryosfferig
Geoffiseg amgylcheddol a pheirianneg
Hydrogeoffiseg
Biogeoffiseg
Hydroleg isarwyneb
Profion dyfrhaenau

Uchafbwyntiau Gyrfa

Diddordebau Addysgu

Geoffiseg Daear Solet
Geoffiseg amgylcheddol a pheirianneg
Rhewlifeg
Hydroddaeareg

Ymchwil

Cyhoeddiadau

Uchafbwyntiau Ymchwil

Schoof, C., Cook, S., Kulessa, B., & Thompson, S. (2023). The drainage of glacier and ice sheet surface lakes. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 961
https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2023.130, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62752
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2023.130
Schlegel, R., Kulessa, B., Murray, T., & Eisen, O. (2023). Towards a common terminology in radioglaciology. Annals of Glaciology, 12(51), 1-5.
https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2023.2, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62382
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/aog.2023.2
Hamlyn, J., Cottrell, R., Bird, C., & Kulessa, B. (2023). Observing waterflow within an embankment dam using self-potential monitoring. Dams and Reservoirs, 33(1), 19-26.
https://doi.org/10.1680/jdare.22.00085, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62368
Jones, G., Kulessa, B., Ferreira, A., Schimmel, M., Berbellini, A., & Morelli, A. (2023). Extraction and applications of Rayleigh wave ellipticity in polar regions. Annals of Glaciology, 63(87-89), 3-7.
https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2023.1, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62257
Thompson, S., Kulessa, B., Luckman, A., Halpin, J., Greenbaum, J., Pelle, T., Habbal, F., Guo, J., Jong, L., Roberts, J., Sun, B., & Blankenship, D. (2023). Glaciological history and structural evolution of the Shackleton Ice Shelf system, East Antarctica, over the past 60 years. The Cryosphere, 17(1), 157-174.
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-157-2023, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62245
Li, L., Aitken, A., Lindsay, M., & Kulessa, B. (2022). Sedimentary basins reduce stability of Antarctic ice streams through groundwater feedbacks. Nature Geoscience, 15(8), 645-650.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-022-00992-5, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60697
Shahbaz, M., Bengtson, P., Mertes, J., Kulessa, B., & Kljun, N. (2022). Spatial heterogeneity of soil carbon exchanges and their drivers in a boreal forest. Science of The Total Environment, 831, 154876
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154876, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60021
Hammock, C., Kulessa, B., Hiemstra, J., Hodson, A., & Hubbard, A. (2022). Seismic and Electrical Geophysical Characterization of an Incipient Coastal Open‐System Pingo: Lagoon Pingo, Svalbard. Earth and Space Science, 9(3)
https://doi.org/10.1029/2021ea002093, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59058
Jones, G., Ferreira, A., Kulessa, B., Schimmel, M., Berbellini, A., & Morelli, A. (2021). Uppermost crustal structure regulates the flow of the Greenland Ice Sheet. Nature Communications, 12(1)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27537-5, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59026
Alley, R., Holschuh, N., MacAyeal, D., Parizek, B., Zoet, L., Riverman, K., Muto, A., Christianson, K., Clyne, E., Anandakrishnan, S., Stevens, N., Collaboration), ., & Kulessa, B. (2021). Bedforms of Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica: Character and Origin. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 126(12)
https://doi.org/10.1029/2021jf006339, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58997

Holl Ymchwil

Erthyglau Cylchgronau

Meju, M., Kulessa, B., Gallardo, L., Thompson, S., Ruffell, A., & Parker, K. (2023). Improved imaging of ground deformation and brine seepage around abandoned flooded salt mines by joint inversion of multiphysics data. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 219, 105217
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jappgeo.2023.105217, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64787
McCormack, F., Roberts, J., Kulessa, B., Aitken, A., Dow, C., Bird, L., Galton-Fenzi, B., Hochmuth, K., Jones, R., Mackintosh, A., & McArthur, K. (2023). Assessing the potential for ice flow piracy between the Totten and Vanderford glaciers, East Antarctica. The Cryosphere, 17(11), 4549-4569.
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-4549-2023, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64775
http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-4549-2023
Jones, G., Kulessa, B., Ferreira, A., Schimmel, M., Berbellini, A., & Morelli, A. (2023). Extraction and applications of Rayleigh wave ellipticity in polar regions. Annals of Glaciology, 63(87-89), 3-7.
https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2023.1, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62257
Aitken, A., Li, L., Kulessa, B., Schroeder, D., Jordan, T., Whittaker, J., Anandakrishnan, S., Dawson, E., Wiens, D., Eisen, O., & Siegert, M. (2023). Antarctic Sedimentary Basins and Their Influence on Ice‐Sheet Dynamics. Reviews of Geophysics, 61(3)
https://doi.org/10.1029/2021rg000767, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64122
http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2021rg000767
Jones, G., Ferreira, A., Kulessa, B., Schimmel, M., Berbellini, A., Morelli, A., & Jones, G. (2023). Constraints on the Cryohydrological Warming of Firn and Ice in Greenland From Rayleigh Wave Ellipticity Data. Geophysical Research Letters, 50(15)
https://doi.org/10.1029/2023gl103673, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63708
http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2023gl103673
Jordan, T., Thompson, S., Kulessa, B., & Ferraccioli, F. (2023). Geological sketch map and implications for ice flow of Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica, from integrated aerogeophysical observations. Science Advances, 9(22)
https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adf2639, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63536
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adf2639
Schoof, C., Cook, S., Kulessa, B., & Thompson, S. (2023). The drainage of glacier and ice sheet surface lakes. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 961
https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2023.130, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62752
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2023.130
Schlegel, R., Kulessa, B., Murray, T., & Eisen, O. (2023). Towards a common terminology in radioglaciology. Annals of Glaciology, 12(51), 1-5.
https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2023.2, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62382
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/aog.2023.2
Hamlyn, J., Cottrell, R., Bird, C., & Kulessa, B. (2023). Observing waterflow within an embankment dam using self-potential monitoring. Dams and Reservoirs, 33(1), 19-26.
https://doi.org/10.1680/jdare.22.00085, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62368
Thompson, S., Kulessa, B., Luckman, A., Halpin, J., Greenbaum, J., Pelle, T., Habbal, F., Guo, J., Jong, L., Roberts, J., Sun, B., & Blankenship, D. (2023). Glaciological history and structural evolution of the Shackleton Ice Shelf system, East Antarctica, over the past 60 years. The Cryosphere, 17(1), 157-174.
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-157-2023, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62245
Li, L., Aitken, A., Lindsay, M., & Kulessa, B. (2022). Sedimentary basins reduce stability of Antarctic ice streams through groundwater feedbacks. Nature Geoscience, 15(8), 645-650.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-022-00992-5, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60697
Priestley, A., Kulessa, B., Essery, R., Lejeune, Y., Gac, E., & Blackford, J. (2022). Towards the development of an automated electrical self-potential sensor of melt and rainwater flow in snow. Journal of Glaciology, 68(270), 720-732.
https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2021.128, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58636
Shahbaz, M., Bengtson, P., Mertes, J., Kulessa, B., & Kljun, N. (2022). Spatial heterogeneity of soil carbon exchanges and their drivers in a boreal forest. Science of The Total Environment, 831, 154876
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154876, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60021
Hammock, C., Kulessa, B., Hiemstra, J., Hodson, A., & Hubbard, A. (2022). Seismic and Electrical Geophysical Characterization of an Incipient Coastal Open‐System Pingo: Lagoon Pingo, Svalbard. Earth and Space Science, 9(3)
https://doi.org/10.1029/2021ea002093, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59058
Jones, G., Ferreira, A., Kulessa, B., Schimmel, M., Berbellini, A., & Morelli, A. (2021). Uppermost crustal structure regulates the flow of the Greenland Ice Sheet. Nature Communications, 12(1)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27537-5, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59026
Alley, R., Holschuh, N., MacAyeal, D., Parizek, B., Zoet, L., Riverman, K., Muto, A., Christianson, K., Clyne, E., Anandakrishnan, S., Stevens, N., Collaboration), ., & Kulessa, B. (2021). Bedforms of Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica: Character and Origin. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 126(12)
https://doi.org/10.1029/2021jf006339, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58997
Carless, D., Kulessa, B., Booth, A., Drocourt, Y., Sinnadurai, P., Street-Perrott, F., & Jansson, P. (2021). An integrated geophysical and GIS based approach improves estimation of peatland carbon stocks. Geoderma, 402, 115176
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2021.115176, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56894
Hollmann, H., Treverrow, A., Peters, L., Reading, A., & Kulessa, B. (2021). Seismic observations of a complex firn structure across the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica. Journal of Glaciology, 67(265), 777-787.
https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2021.21, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56893
Thompson, S., Cook, S., Kulessa, B., Winberry, J., Fraser, A., & Galton-Fenzi, B. (2020). Comparing satellite and helicopter-based methods for observing crevasses, application in East Antarctica. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 178, 103128
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coldregions.2020.103128, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56895
Blauvelt, D., Russell, A., Large, A., Tweed, F., Hiemstra, J., Kulessa, B., Evans, D., & Waller, R. (2020). Controls on jökulhlaup-transported buried ice melt-out at Skeiðarársandur, Iceland: Implications for the evolution of ice-marginal environments. Geomorphology, 360, 107164
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107164, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53839
Brisbourne, A., Kulessa, B., Hudson, T., Harrison, L., Holland, P., Luckman, A., Bevan, S., Ashmore, D., Hubbard, B., Pearce, E., White, J., Booth, A., Nicholls, K., & Smith, A. (2020). An updated seabed bathymetry beneath Larsen C Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula. Earth System Science Data, 12(2), 887-896.
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-887-2020, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53996
Behm, M., Walter, J., Binder, D., Cheng, F., Citterio, M., Kulessa, B., Langley, K., Limpach, P., Mertl, S., Schöner, W., Tamstorf, M., & Weyss, G. (2020). Seismic characterization of a rapidly-rising jökulhlaup cycle at the A.P. Olsen Ice Cap, NE-Greenland. Journal of Glaciology, 66(256), 329-347.
https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2020.9, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53470
Schaap, T., Roach, M., Peters, L., Cook, S., Kulessa, B., & Schoof, C. (2020). Englacial drainage structures in an East Antarctic outlet glacier. Journal of Glaciology, 66(255), 166-174.
https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2019.92, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53161
Kulessa, B., Booth, A., O'Leary, M., McGrath, D., King, E., Luckman, A., Holland, P., Jansen, D., Bevan, S., Thompson, S., & Hubbard, B. (2019). Seawater softening of suture zones inhibits fracture propagation in Antarctic ice shelves. Nature Communications, 10(1)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13539-x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52656
Brisbourne, A., Kulessa, B., Hudson, T., Harrison, L., Luckman, A., Pearce, E., Hubbard, B., Ashmore, D., Bevan, S., Holland, P., Nichols, K., White, J., Smith, A., & Booth, A. (2019). An updated seabed bathymetry beneath Larsen C Ice Shelf, west Antarctic. Earth System Science Data Discussions
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2019-205, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52600
Bevan, S., Luckman, A., Munneke, P., Hubbard, B., Kulessa, B., & Ashmore, D. (2018). Decline in Surface Melt Duration on Larsen C Ice Shelf Revealed by The Advanced Scatterometer (ASCAT). Earth and Space Science, 5(10), 578-591.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2018EA000421, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43852
Munneke, P., Luckman, A., Bevan, S., Smeets, C., Gilbert, E., Broeke, M., Wang, W., Zender, C., Hubbard, B., Ashmore, D., Orr, A., King, J., & Kulessa, B. (2018). Intense Winter Surface Melt on an Antarctic Ice Shelf. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(15), 7615-7623.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2018gl077899, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa39953
Hudson, E., Kulessa, B., Edwards, P., Williams, T., & Walsh, R. (2018). Integrated Hydrological and Geophysical Characterisation of Surface and Subsurface Water Contamination at Abandoned Metal Mines. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 229(8)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-018-3880-4, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa41145
Butler, K., Kulessa, B., & Pugin, A. (2018). Multimode seismoelectric phenomena generated using explosive and vibroseis sources. Geophysical Journal International, 213(2), 836-850.
https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggy017, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38331
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggy017
Shakesby, R., Hiemstra, J., Kulessa, B., & Luckman, A. (2018). Re-assessment of the age and depositional origin of the Paviland Moraine, Gower, south Wales, UK. Boreas, 47(2), 577-592.
https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.12294, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa36295
Bevan, S., Luckman, A., Hubbard, B., Kulessa, B., Ashmore, D., Munneke, P., O'Leary, M., Booth, A., Sevestre, H., & McGrath, D. (2017). Centuries of intense surface melt on Larsen C Ice Shelf. The Cryosphere, 11(6), 2743-2753.
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2743-2017, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa37587
Munneke, P., McGrath, D., Medley, B., Luckman, A., Bevan, S., Kulessa, B., Jansen, D., Booth, A., Smeets, P., Hubbard, B., Ashmore, D., Broeke, M., Sevestre, H., Steffen, K., Shepherd, A., & Gourmelen, N. (2017). Observationally constrained surface mass balance of Larsen C ice shelf, Antarctica. The Cryosphere, 11(6), 2411-2426.
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2411-2017, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa36483
Thompson, S., Kulessa, B., Benn, D., & Mertes, J. (2017). Anatomy of terminal moraine segments and implied lake stability on Ngozumpa Glacier, Nepal, from electrical resistivity tomography (ERT). Scientific Reports, 7(1), 46766
https://doi.org/10.1038/srep46766, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa32816
Kulessa, B., Hubbard, A., Booth, A., Bougamont, M., Dow, C., Doyle, S., Christoffersen, P., Lindbäck, K., Pettersson, R., Fitzpatrick, A., & Jones, G. (2017). Seismic evidence for complex sedimentary control of Greenland Ice Sheet flow. Science Advances, 3(8), e1603071
https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1603071, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa34932
Chester, M., Kulessa, B., Luckman, A., Bassis, J., Kuipers Munneke, P., & Kulessa, B. (2017). Systems Analysis of complex glaciological processes and application to calving of Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica. Annals of Glaciology, 58(74), 60-71.
https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2017.1, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa32214
Siegert, M., Kulessa, B., Bougamont, M., Christoffersen, P., Key, K., Andersen, K., Booth, A., & Smith, A. (2017). Antarctic subglacial groundwater: a concept paper on its measurement and potential influence on ice flow. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, SP461.8
https://doi.org/10.1144/SP461.8, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa32212
https://sp.lyellcollection.org/content/461/1/197/tab-article-info
Ashmore, D., Hubbard, B., Luckman, A., Kulessa, B., Bevan, S., Booth, A., Kuipers Munneke, P., O'Leary, M., Sevestre, H., & Holland, P. (2017). Ice and firn heterogeneity within Larsen C Ice Shelf from borehole optical televiewing. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface
https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JF004047, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa33179
Thompson, S., Kulessa, B., Essery, R., & Lüthi, M. (2016). Bulk meltwater flow and liquid water content of snowpacks mapped using the electrical self-potential (SP) method. The Cryosphere, 10(1), 433-444.
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-433-2016, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa26521
Hubbard, B., Luckman, A., Bevan, S., Ashmore, D., Kulessa, B., Munneke, P., Philippe, M., Jansen, D., Booth, A., Sevestre, H., Tison, J., O’Leary, M., & Rutt, I. (2016). Massive subsurface ice formed by refreezing of ice-shelf melt ponds. Nature Communications, 7(1), 11897
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11897, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa28824
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11897
Parsekian, A., Bradford, J., Tsoflias, G., Arcone, S., Kulessa, B., & Kulessa, B. (2016). Advancements in the measurement of the cryosphere using geophysics — Introduction. GEOPHYSICS, 81(1), WAi-WAii.
https://doi.org/10.1190/2015-1120-SPSEINTRO.1, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa32215
http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84961221315&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Axtell, C., Murray, T., Kulessa, B., Clark, R., & Gusmeroli, A. (2016). Improved accuracy of cross-borehole radar velocity models for ice property analysis. GEOPHYSICS, 81(1), WA203-WA212.
https://doi.org/10.1190/geo2015-0131.1, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa26446
Jansen, D., Luckman, A., Cook, A., Bevan, S., Kulessa, B., Hubbard, B., Holland, P., Luckman, A., Kulessa, B., & Bevan, S. (2015). Brief Communication: Newly developing rift in Larsen C Ice Shelf presents significant risk to stability. The Cryosphere, 9(3), 1223-1227.
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-1223-2015, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa22062
Sentenac, P., Hogson, T., Keenan, H., & Kulessa, B. (2015). Small scale monitoring of a bioremediation barrier using miniature electrical resistivity tomography. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 115, 24-31.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jappgeo.2014.11.006, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa20569
Mao, D., Revil, A., Hort, R., Munakata-Marr, J., Atekwana, E., Kulessa, B., & Kulessa, B. (2015). Resistivity and self-potential tomography applied to groundwater remediation and contaminant plumes: Sandbox and field experiments. Journal of Hydrology, 530, 1-14.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.09.031, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa23528
Doherty, R., McPolin, B., Kulessa, B., Frau, A., Kulakova, A., Allen, C., & Larkin, M. (2015). Microbial Ecology and Geo-electrical Responses across a Groundwater Plume. Interpretation, 3(4), SAB9-SAB21.
https://doi.org/10.1190/INT-2015-0058.1, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa22774
Dow, C., Kulessa, B., Rutt, I., Tsai, V., Pimentel, S., Doyle, S., van As, D., Lindbäck, K., Pettersson, R., Jones, G., Hubbard, A., Kulessa, B., & Jones, G. (2015). Modeling of subglacial hydrological development following rapid supraglacial lake drainage. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 120(6), 1127-1147.
https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JF003333, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21869
Luckman, A., Elvidge, A., Jansen, D., Kulessa, B., Kuipers Munneke, P., King, J., & Barrand, N. (2014). Surface melt and ponding on Larsen C Ice Shelf and the impact of föhn winds. Antarctic Science, 26(6), 625-635.
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954102014000339, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa21907
Dow, C., Kulessa, B., Rutt, I., Doyle, S., Hubbard, A., Kulessa, B., & Rutt, I. (2014). Upper bounds on subglacial channel development for interior regions of the Greenland ice sheet. Journal of Glaciology, 60(224), 1044-1052.
https://doi.org/10.3189/2014JoG14J093, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18799
Schanwell, C., Murray, T., Kulessa, B., Gusmeroli, A., Saintenoy, A., & Jansson, P. (2014). An automatic approach to delineate the cold-temperate transition surface with ground-penetrating radar on polythermal glaciers. Annals of Glaciology, 55(67), 89-96.
https://doi.org/10.3189/2014AoG67A102, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18122
Revil, A., Barnier, G., Karaoulis, M., Sava, P., Jardani, A., & Kulessa, B. (2014). Seismoelectric coupling in unsaturated porous media: theory, petrophysics, and saturation front localization using an electroacoustic approach. Geophysical Journal International, 196(2), 867-884.
https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggt440, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18123
Kulessa, B., Jansen, D., Luckman, A., King, E., & Sammonds, P. (2014). Marine ice regulates the future stability of a large Antarctic ice shelf. Nature Communications, 5(1)
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms4707, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18121
Jansen, D., Luckman, A., Kulessa, B., Holland, P., & King, E. (2013). Marine ice formation in a suture zone on the Larsen C Ice Shelf and its influence on ice shelf dynamics. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 118(3), 1628-1640.
https://doi.org/10.1002/jgrf.20120, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18124
Dow, C., Hubbard, A., Booth, A., Doyle, S., Gusmeroli, A., & Kulessa, B. (2013). Seismic evidence of mechanically weak sediments underlying Russell Glacier, West Greenland. Annals of Glaciology, 54(64), 135-141.
https://doi.org/10.3189/2013AoG64A032, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18125
Gusmeroli, A., Murray, T., Clark, R., Kulessa, B., & Jansson, P. (2013). Vertical seismic profiling of glaciers: appraising multi-phase mixing models. Annals of Glaciology, 54(64), 115-123.
https://doi.org/10.3189/2013AoG64A106, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18126
Jones, G., Kulessa, B., Doyle, S., Dow, C., & Hubbard, A. (2013). An automated approach to the location of icequakes using seismic waveform amplitudes. Annals of Glaciology, 54(64), 1-9.
https://doi.org/10.3189/2013AoG64A074, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13753
Doyle, S., Hubbard, A., Dow, C., Jones, G., Fitzpatrick, A., Gusmeroli, A., Kulessa, B., Lindback, K., Pettersson, R., Box, J., Kulessa, B., & Jones, G. (2013). Ice tectonic deformation during the rapid in situ drainage of a supraglacial lake on the Greenland Ice Sheet. The Cryosphere, 7(1), 129-140.
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-7-129-2013, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa48845
Booth, A., Clark, R., Kulessa, B., Murray, T., Carter, J., Doyle, S., Hubbard, A., Murray, T., & Kulessa, B. (2012). Thin-layer effects in glaciological seismic amplitude-versus-angle (AVA) analysis: implications for characterising a subglacial till unit, Russell Glacier, West Greenland. The Cryosphere, 6(4), 909-922.
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-6-909-2012, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa8181
Thompson, S., Kulessa, B., & Luckman, A. (2012). Integrated electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) and self-potential (SP) techniques for assessing hydrological processes within glacial lake moraine dams. Journal of Glaciology, 58(211), 849-858.
https://doi.org/10.3189/2012JoG11J235, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13728
Kulessa, B., Chandler, D., Revil, A., Essery, R., & Kulessa, B. (2012). Theory and numerical modeling of electrical self-potential signatures of unsaturated flow in melting snow. Water Resources Research, 48(9), n/a
https://doi.org/10.1029/2012WR012048, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13751
Hiemstra, J., Kulessa, B., King, E., & Ntarlagiannis, D. (2011). The use of integrated sedimentological and geophysical methods in drumlin research - a case study of Pigeon Point, Clew Bay, Northwest Ireland. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 36(14), 1860-1871.
https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.2207, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa7607
Luckman, A., Jansen, D., Kulessa, B., King, E., Sammonds, P., & Benn, D. (2011). Basal crevasses in Larsen C Ice Shelf and implications for their global abundance. The Cryosphere Discussions, 5(4), 2035
https://doi.org/10.5194/tcd-5-2035-2011, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa7642
Hubbard, C., West, L., Morris, K., Kulessa, B., Brookshaw, D., Lloyd, J., & Shaw, S. (2011). In search of experimental evidence for the biogeobattery. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116(G4)
https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JG001713, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa7645
King, M., Padman, L., Nicholls, K., Clarke, P., Gudmundsson, G., Kulessa, B., & Shepherd, A. (2011). Ocean tides in the Weddell Sea: New observations on the Filchner-Ronne and Larsen C ice shelves and model validation. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116(C6), n/a
https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JC006949, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa7640
King, M., Padman, L., Nicholls, K., Clarke, P., Gudmundsson, G., Kulessa, B., Shepherd, A., & Gourmelen, N. (2011). Correction to “Ocean tides in the Weddell Sea: New observations on the Filchner-Ronne and Larsen C ice shelves and model validation”. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116(C8)
https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JC007463, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18129
Jansen, D., Kulessa, B., Sammonds, P., Luckman, A., King, E., Glasser, N., Luckman, A., & Kulessa, B. (2010). Present stability of the Larsen C ice shelf, Antarctic Peninsula. Journal of Glaciology, 56(198), 593
https://doi.org/10.3189/002214310793146223, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa7333
Gusmeroli, A., Clark, R., Murray, T., Booth, A., Kulessa, B., & Barrett, B. (2010). Seismic wave attenuation in the uppermost glacier ice of Storglacïaren, Sweden. Journal of Glaciology, 56(196), 249
https://doi.org/10.3189/002214310791968485, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa8167
Davis, C., Slater, L., Kulessa, B., Ferguson, A., Atekwana, E., Doherty, R., & Kalin, R. (2010). Self-potential signatures associated with an injection experiment at an in-situ biological permeable reactive barrier. Near Surface Geophysics
https://doi.org/10.3997/1873-0604.2010034, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa7639
Doherty, R., Kulessa, B., Ferguson, A., Larkin, M., Kulakov, L., Kalin, R., & Kulessa, B. (2010). A microbial fuel cell in contaminated ground delineated by electrical self-potential and normalized induced polarization data. Journal of Geophysical Research, 115(G3), n/a
https://doi.org/10.1029/2009JG001131, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa995
Revil, A., Mendonça, C., Atekwana, E., Kulessa, B., Hubbard, S., Bohlen, K., & Kulessa, B. (2010). Understanding biogeobatteries: Where geophysics meets microbiology. Journal of Geophysical Research, 115
https://doi.org/10.1029/2009JG001065, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa7646
Mewes, A., Kulessa, B., McKinley, J., & Binley, A. (2010). Anisotropic seismic inversion using a multigrid Monte Carlo approach. Geophysical Journal International, 183(1), 267
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04707.x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa7643
Sentenac, P., Montinaro, A., & Kulessa, B. (2010). Diesel transport monitoring in simulated unconfined aquifers using miniature resistivity arrays. Environmental Earth Sciences, 61(1), 107
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-009-0325-9, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa7644
Glasser, N., Kulessa, B., Luckman, A., Jansen, D., King, E., Sammonds, P., Scambos, T., Jezek, K., Luckman, A., & Kulessa, B. (2009). Surface structure and stability of the Larsen C ice shelf, Antarctic Peninsula. Journal of Glaciology, 55(191), 400
https://doi.org/10.3189/002214309788816597, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa7341
Ruffell, A. & Kulessa, B. (2009). Application of Geophysical Techniques in Identifying Illegally Buried Toxic Waste. Environmental Forensics, 10(3), 196
https://doi.org/10.1080/15275920903130230, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa7641
Kulessa, B., Booth, A., Hobbs, A., Hubbard, A., & Kulessa, B. (2008). Automated monitoring of subglacial hydrological processes with ground-penetrating radar (GPR) at high temporal resolution: scope and potential pitfalls. Geophysical Research Letters, 35(24)
https://doi.org/10.1029/2008GL035855, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa994
Kulessa, B. & Kulessa, B. (2007). A Critical Review of the Low-frequency Electrical Properties of Ice Sheets and Glaciers. Journal of Environmental & Engineering Geophysics, 12(1), 23-36.
https://doi.org/10.2113/JEEG12.1.23, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18131
Kulessa, B., Woodward, J., & Kulessa, B. (2007). Introduction to this Special Issue of Jeeg: The Geophysics of Glacial and Frozen Materials. Journal of Environmental & Engineering Geophysics, 12(1), 1-2.
https://doi.org/10.2113/JEEG12.1.1, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18132
Kulessa, B., Chiarulli, B., McCarthy, P., Haney, S., & Jones, K. (2006). Large-scale geophysical reconstruction of man-made ground at former industrial iron-furnace plantations. GEOPHYSICS, 71(3), B55-B61.
https://doi.org/10.1190/1.2194902, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18133
Kulessa, B., Hubbard, B., & Brown, G. (2006). Time-lapse imaging of subglacial drainage conditions using three-dimensional inversion of borehole electrical resistivity data. Journal of Glaciology, 52(176), 49-57.
https://doi.org/10.3189/172756506781828854, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18134
Kulessa, B., Murray, T., Rippin, D., & Kulessa, B. (2006). Active seismoelectric exploration of glaciers. Geophysical Research Letters, 33(7)
https://doi.org/10.1029/2006GL025758, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa2119
Kulessa, B., Hubbard, B., Williamson, M., & Brown, G. (2005). Hydrogeological analysis of slug tests in glacier boreholes. Journal of Glaciology, 51(173), 269-280.
https://doi.org/10.3189/172756505781829458, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18135
Kulessa, B., Chiarulli, B., & Haney, S. (2004). Geophysics in support of industrial archaeology in a challenging environment: Shade iron furnace, Pennsylvania, USA. Archaeological Prospection, 11(4), 181-187.
https://doi.org/10.1002/arp.237, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18136
Kulessa, B. & Murray, T. (2003). Slug-test derived differences in bed hydraulic properties between a surge-type and a non-surge-type Svalbard glacier. Annals of Glaciology, 36(1), 103-109.
https://doi.org/10.3189/172756403781816257, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18137
Kulessa, B., Hubbard, B., & Brown, G. (2003). Earth tide forcing of glacier drainage. Geophysical Research Letters, 30(1)
https://doi.org/10.1029/2002GL015303, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa2117
Kulessa, B. (2003). Cross-coupled flow modeling of coincident streaming and electrochemical potentials and application to subglacial self-potential data. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(B8)
https://doi.org/10.1029/2001JB001167, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa2118
Kulessa, B., Jaekel, U., Kemna, A., & Vereecken, H. (2002). Magnetometric Resistivity (MMR) Imaging of Subsurface Solute Flow: Inversion Framework and Laboratory Tests. Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, 7(3), 111
https://doi.org/10.4133/JEEG7.3.111, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18138
Kemna, A., Kulessa, B., & Vereecken, H. (2002). Imaging and characterisation of subsurface solute transport using electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) and equivalent transport models. Journal of Hydrology, 267(3-4), 125-146.
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-1694(02)00145-2, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18139
Hubbard, B., Binley, A., Slater, L., Middleton, R., & Kulessa, B. (1998). Inter-borehole electrical resistivity imaging of englacial drainage. Journal of Glaciology, 44(147), 429-434.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18141
Kulessa, B. & Hubbard, B. (1997). Interpretation of borehole impulse tests at Haut Glacier d’Arolla, Switzerland. Annals of Glaciology, 24, 397-402.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18140
Slater, L., Kulessa, B., & Barton, K. (1996). An investigation of the ability of geophysical methods to detect and define Fulachta Fia (Burnt Mounds) on Clare Island, Co. Mayo, Ireland. Archaeological Prospection, 3, 53-69.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18142

Penodau Llyfrau

Kulessa, B., Clarke, G., Hughes, D., & Barbour, S. (2007). Anatomy and Facies Association of a Drumlin in Co. Down, Northern Ireland, from Seismic and Electrical Resistivity Surveys. Glacial Sedimentary Processes and Products -176).
https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444304435.ch11, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18130
French, H., Binley, A., Kharkhordin, I., Kulessa, B., & Krylov, S. (2006). COLD REGIONS HYDROGEOPHYSICS: PHYSICAL CHARACTERISATION AND MONITORING. Applied Hydrogeophysics -232).
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4912-5_7, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18143
Kulessa, B., Ruffell, A., & Glynn, D. (2004). Characterising ground hazards induced by historic salt mining using ground-penetrating radar. Geotechnical and Geophysical Site Characterisation (pp. 497-504).
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18146
Barton, K. & Kulessa, B. (1994). Geophysical images of a Fulacht Fia at Capnagower, Clare Island. Clare Island and Inishbofin. Field Guide No. 17 (pp. 39-42). Irish Association for Quaternary Studies
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18145

Cyfraniadau Cynadleddau

Kulessa, B., Key, K., Thompson, S., & Siegert, M. (2019). Heat and groundwater transport between the Antarctic Ice Sheet and subglacial sedimentary basins from electromagnetic geophysical measurements. In SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts 2019 (pp. 4819-4823). Society of Exploration Geophysicists.
https://doi.org/10.1190/segam2019-3215566.1, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52361

Cynnyrch Ymchwil Arall

Siegert, M. & Kulessa, B. (2019). Antarctic subglacial lakes
https://doi.org/10.18124/c5yf-hm03, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51298
https://www.environments.aq/information-summaries/antarctic-subglacial-lakes/

Goruchwyliaeth

How soil amendments used in carbon capture effect the soil physical properties and hydrology (cyfredol)

PhD

Goruchwyliwr arall: Dr Emilia Urbanek
Typo: this should be 'The Hydrogeophysical Changes Associated with Forest-to-Bog Restoration of Peatlands in the Upland Regions of South Wales'. (cyfredol)

PhD

Goruchwyliwr arall: Prof Tavi Murray
Development of a viscoelastic model of ice shelf dynamics (dyfarnwyd 2023)

PhD

Goruchwyliwr arall: Prof Adrian Luckman
Integrated Geophysical Investigations of a Methane Releasing Pingo in a Changing Permafrost Environment, Svalbard (dyfarnwyd 2023)

PhD

Goruchwyliwr arall: Dr John Hiemstra
Impact of Tides and Calving on Glacier Flow (dyfarnwyd 2024)

MSc

Goruchwyliwr arall: Miss Rebecca Schlegel

Goruchwyliwr arall: Prof Tavi Murray
Characterising the Downstream Shoulder of an Earth Embankment Dam Using Geophysical Methods and Developing a Bespoke Self-Potential Monitoring Array (dyfarnwyd 2023)

MSc

Goruchwyliwr arall: Prof Tavi Murray

Modiwlau a Addysgir

GEG133 Natural Hazards and Society

This module investigates hazardous aspects of Earth¿s natural environment and how society relates to them. Introductory principles include the definition of natural hazard, disaster, risk and loss, and approaches to reducing risk and managing disasters. Major types of natural hazard are studied in order to understand how they operate, where, and how frequently they are likely to occur. Hazardous consequences are explored, as well as how society can respond to hazardous events. Key aspects include discussion of primary and secondary hazards, prediction, forecasting and monitoring of hazards, and understanding how their harmful effects can be minimised. Natural hazards considered during this module include volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, wildfires, landslides, extreme weather events, flooding, avalanches and Mega Hazards. Lecture material considers general principles as well as case studies. The module is compulsory for students taking BSc Environmental Geoscience.
GEG278 Dissertation Preparation Skills

This module builds upon student knowledge of social research methods and environmental methods (delivered in GEG277) through to the formulation of a dissertation proposal. The module focuses on key dissertation planning and preparation skills.
GEG331 Dissertation Report: Geography

The dissertation is an original, substantive and independent research project in an aspect of Geography. The dissertation research project is based on 20 - 25 days of primary research (e.g fieldwork, lab work, archive work) and several months of analysis and write-up. The end result must be less than 10,000 words of text. The dissertation offers you the chance to follow your personal interests and to demonstrate your capabilities as a Geographer. During the course of your dissertation, you will be supported by a peer-led discussion group and a staff supervisor. Lectures and guidance are delivered via this module and peer and staff led Dissertation Support Groups are delivered via GEG332. Participating in Dissertation Support Groups is vital, and is assessed and, in these groups, students will provide constructive criticism to fellow students undertaking related research projects, learning from their research problems and subsequent solutions. This support and supervision is delivered through GEG332, which is a co- requisite.
GEG332 Dissertation Support: Geography

This module provides structured, student-led peer-group support and academic staff group supervision for students undertaking the 30-credit 'Dissertation Report: Geography' module. This support and supervision is assessed through the submission of the Dissertation Outline and the Dissertation Support Group Reflection and Attendance Log. Working within a supervised Student Peer Group, students have the opportunity to provide constructive criticism to fellow students undertaking related research projects, learning from their research problems and subsequent solutions. Group sessions are the main support provision as student¿s work through their Dissertation. This module complements the 'Dissertation Report: Geography' module, which is a co-requisite.
GEG344 The Cryosphere in a Changing Climate

This module will provide you with the scientific basis to understand the physical behaviour of glacier ice in our changing climate. We will look at spatial scales ranging from individual ice crystals to continental-scale glaciation. The module core topics will include glacier mass balance, transformation of snow to ice, glacier hydrology, glacier dynamics, ice crystal structure and deformation, glacier sliding, deformation of glacial sediments, glacier flow instabilities and glacier surging. We will introduce example topics of current research interest. The module is assessed through examination, as well as group presentation on a seminar and a short individual report.
GEG348 Plate Tectonics and Global Geophysics

Over the past century our view of the dynamic earth system has shifted from continental drift to sea floor spreading and, in the 1960s and 70s, to plate tectonics. However, given greatly improved observational data and mathematical models a new revolution has been initiated in the last decade: it turns out that many familiar concepts of plate tectonics may in fact be incorrect and outdated! This includes, for instance, what we thought were established concepts of mantle plumes, hot spots, evolving subduction zones and the plates¿ driving mechanisms. Consequently, a fully revamped plate dynamics framework is currently being drawn up and integrated into a whole-earth geodynamic model. This model views the earth¿s lithosphere, deeper mantle and core-mantle boundary as coupled entities that are considerably more complex than previously thought. This has fundamentally surprising and challenging, but at the time exciting and intellectually rewarding, consequences for the dynamics of the earth¿s lithospheric plates on which we live. This module thus aims to attract open-minded students excited at the prospect of turning their view of the workings of our planet upside down, as challenged with the latest scientific hypotheses of the internal anatomy and dynamics of the earth; and indeed those of many planets in the solar system! The majority of up-to-date hypotheses and concepts will be new to the student, and are not covered by existing undergraduate textbooks. Successful completion of the module will thus require the ability and willingness to engage critically with the latest scientific literature, along with conscientious lecture attendance and continuous review of lecture materials.
GEGM04 Environmental Modelling

An understanding of the environment is increasingly important in many areas, e.g. industry, agriculture, conservation, health, science, and planning. This module introduces computational modelling in a geographical context. It aims to develop thinking about environmental issues within a modelling framework, and to develop practical skills in developing and using computational models, and in computer data analysis and visualisation. Examples are focused on solving practical scientific problems in environmental dynamics and climate change, focussing on modelling the terrestrial carbon and hydrological cycles.

Mae prosiectau cyfredol mawr yn cynnwys

Mae IGIS (Impact of Deep Groundwater on Ice Stream Flow in West Antarctica, 2022-2025) yn brosiect a ariennir gan NERC dan arweiniad Grŵp Rhewlifeg Abertawe sy'n cynnwys cydweithio ag Arolwg Antarctig Prydain, Prifysgol Caergrawnt a Choleg Imperial Llundain. Bydd y prosiect yn nodi'r cyfraniad mae rhyngweithio rhwng dŵr daear cramennol a fflycs gwres geothermol a Ffrydlif Iâ Institute a Chodiad Iâ Bungenstock yn ei wneud at reoleiddio sefydlogrwydd Sector Môr Weddell ganolog Gorllewin Antarctica. Mae'r prosiect yn cyfuno efelychiadau cyfrifiadurol ag arolygon geoffisegol seismig a magnetotelwrig yn y fan a'r lle yn ogystal â synhwyro o bell drwy loeren (https://www.swansea.ac.uk/geography/research-and-impact/igis/).

Larsen C Ice Shelf (LCIS): Mae Grŵp Rhewlifeg Abertawe wedi denu pum grant NERC ar gyfer ymchwil i sefydlogrwydd Sgafell Iâ Larsen C (LCIS) ym Mhenrhyn yr Antarctig, ers 2008, ac ar hyn o bryd mae'n ehangu'r gwaith ymchwil hwn i sgafelli iâ ar draws yr Antarctig. Mae sgafelli iâ yn bwysig gan eu bod yn rheolaethau trefn un ar gyfraniad lefel y môr ac adborth hinsawdd o Len Iâ'r Antarctig, gan roi cyfyngiad ffisegol mawr ar y nentydd iâ a'r rhewlifoedd sy'n eu bwydo o'r mewndir cyfandirol. Pan fydd sgafell iâ yn cwympo neu'n cilio'n sylweddol, yna bydd yr ataliad cynhaliol hwnnw'n gostwng a bydd cyflymder llif rhewlifoedd a’r iâ sy’n cael ei ryddhau i'r cefnfor a lefel y môr yn cynyddu, gyda’r potensial i hyn ddigwydd yn y tymor hir. Yn fwyaf nodedig, yn dilyn pedwar tymor o waith maes ar yr LCIS ynghyd â synhwyro o bell drwy loeren a modelu sgafelli iâ, haerodd prosiectau SOLIS (2008-11) a MIDAS (2014-17) fod strwythur mewnol LCIS yn heterogenaidd iawn, a bod y strwythur cymhleth hwn yn gwneud cyfraniad allweddol at reoli ei ymateb i gynhesu atmosfferig ac i gynhesu’r cefnforoedd mewn hinsawdd sy'n newid. Gan ddechrau gyda phrosiect AntShelf2000 (a ariennir gan AXA, 2017-18), mae'r Grŵp Rhewlifeg bellach yn ymdrechu i nodi arwyddocâd Antarctig-gyfan y gwersi niferus a ddysgwyd yn yr LCIS ers 2008 (https://www.swansea.ac.uk/geography/research-and-impact/lcis/).

‘Outlet glacier and ice shelf dynamics in East Antarctica’
Mae ymylon llenni iâ'r byd yn ddynamig iawn ac mae newidiadau cyflym ar raddfeydd amser tymhorol neu flynyddol yn gyffredin, er mai ychydig iawn a wyddir ar hyn o bryd am ddynameg rhewlifoedd all-lifol yn Nwyrain Antarctica, sydd â llawer mwy o botensial ar lefel y môr na Gorllewin Antarctica a’r Ynys Las gyda'i gilydd. Ar y cyd â'n cydweithwyr yn Awstralia a Gogledd America, rydym wedi bod yn egluro dynameg iâ Rhewlif Sørsdal, rhewlif sy'n terfynu yn y môr yn Nwyrain Antarctica, ac ar hyn o bryd rydym yn ehangu'r gwaith ymchwil hwn i rewlifoedd eraill, llawer mwy o faint, fel Rhewlifoedd Denman, Totten a Vanderford yn ogystal â sgafelli iâ mawr fel sgafelli iâ Amery, West a Shackleton. Hyd yma, mae ein hymchwiliadau geoffisegol yn y fan a'r lle wedi bod yn canolbwyntio ar rôl hydroleg wrth orfodi llif y rhewlifoedd a'r dŵr tawdd i mewn i Gefnfor y De, drwy amlinellu llwybrau isarwyneb dŵr a ryddheir o lynnoedd wyneb sy'n draenio, a thrwy nodi a yw draenio'n effeithio ar iriad gwaelodol llif iâ. Mae ein harolygon presennol yn y fan a'r lle yn cyfuno arolygon radar sy'n treiddio'r ddaear a gludir gan hofrenyddion gydag arsylwadau geoffisegol seismig a thrydanol goddefol. Rydym nawr yn ceisio ehangu ar ein gwaith drwy ei gyfuno ag arsylwadau lloeren a modelu rhifiadol i nodi sensitifrwydd rhewlifoedd Dwyrain yr Antarctig yn y dyfodol i newid yn y dyfodol. (https://www.swansea.ac.uk/geography/research-and-impact/east-antarctica/).

CRUCIAL (Discovering the CRUstal structure beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet and its Control of Ice mass loss And sea Level rise): Slip gwaelodol yw'r mecanwaith amlycaf sy'n achosi llif rhewlifoedd a llenni iâ, ac mae'n ffynhonnell fawr o ansicrwydd mewn efelychiadau enghreifftiol o golled mas a chynnydd yn lefel y môr o Len Iâ yr Ynys Las. Mae daeareg creigwelyau yn gwneud cyfraniad allweddol at gyflymder llif iâ; yn enwedig basnau o greigiau gwaddodol sy'n rhagofyniad ar gyfer ffrydio iâ cyflym ar len Iâ Gorllewin Antarctica. Hyd yma, ychydig o sylw mae daeareg tanrewlifol yr Ynys Las wedi'i gael, felly ni wyddom eto a oes basnau gwaddodol mawr yn bresennol.

Dulliau seismig yw'r dulliau a ffefrir wrth ymchwilio i strwythur mewnol y Ddaear gyda methodolegau goddefol modern sy'n gallu cynhyrchu delweddau 3D o'r is-wyneb. Yn ogystal, mae datblygiadau cyflym mewn technegau prosesu uwch o sŵn cefndir y Ddaear yn caniatáu i ddelweddau cydraniad uchel digynsail o'r gramen uchaf gael eu cynhyrchu. Gan ddefnyddio methodolegau seismig goddefol, nod y prosiect hwn yw mesur y berthynas rhwng cyflymder llif iâ Llen Iâ yr Ynys Las a natur y ddaeareg tanrewlifol (https://www.swansea.ac.uk/geography/research-and-impact/ser-cymru-fellowship-program/).

Grantiau a Phrosiectau Allweddol

Impact of deep subglacial groundwater on ice stream flow in West Antarctica (IGIS). 2022 - 2025

NERC, Grant Safonol , with M. J. Siegert, P. Christoffersen, A. M. Smith, A. Brisbourne, A. Luckman ac M. Bougamont, £920K/AUD$1.8M
Rift propagation for ice sheet models. 2021 - 2024

NERC, Grant Safonol, with Luckman, A., B. Kulessa, S. L. Cornford, E. de Souza Neto, B. Hubbard ac S. L. Bevan. , £797K/AUD$1.5M
Rapid Deployment Seismic Recorders for Interdisciplinary Antarctic Research. 2020

Australian Research Council (ARC), Grant LIEF., with Reading, A., M. A. King, H. Tkalcic a B. Kulessa, AUD $420K
Towards an early warning of Antarctic ice sheet collapse from seismology. 2019 - 2021

Australian Research Council (ARC), Discovery Project., with Reading A., A. Bassom, M. Ritzwoller a B. Kulessa, AUD $460K
Sediments and saturation at the ice sheet-bedrock interface from passive seismology. 2019 - 2020

Australian Department of Environment and Energy, Antarctic Science Grant., with Reading, A. a B. Kulessa, AUD $114K
Climate costs of boreal forest clear-cutting – a multiscale experiment (CORE), 2019

FORMAS Swedish Research Council., with Kljun, N., P. Bengtson, B. Kulessa, L. ac A. M. Jönsson, £429K/AUD$834K
Ground geophysics survey of Thwaites Glacier 2018 - 2024

NSF(PLR)-NERC Program , with Anandakrishnan, S. (US-PI), A. M. Smith (UK-PI) a PIs eraill o'r DU (B. Kulessa, R. Bingham), £342K/AUD$665K i Abertawe
Discovering the CRUstal structure beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet and its Control of Ice mass loss and sea Level rise (CRUCIAL). 2018 - 2021

Cymrodoriaeth Sêr Cymru II Llywodraeth Cymru , with Jones, G. A. (Cymrawd) a B. Kulessa (PI). , £204K/AUD$397K
Ice shelf stress response to large iceberg calving. 2017 - 2018

NERC, Grant Brys , with Booth, A. D., A. Luckman, S. Cornford, B. Kulessa a J. White, £65K/AUD$126K
Gwireddu Cyfalaf Naturiol Mawnogydd Cymru. 2017 - 2020

Cynllun Rheoli Cynaliadwy Llywodraeth Cymru, with Froyd, C., S. Doerr, N. Kljun, B. Kulessa, N. J. Loader, P. J. Neyland, L. J. Roberts, £108K/AUD$210K

Hanes Gyrfa

Athro Geoffiseg a Rhewlifeg, Coleg Gwyddoniaeth, Prifysgol Abertawe

2016 - Presennol
Darllenydd mewn Geoffiseg a Rhewlifeg, Coleg Gwyddoniaeth, Prifysgol Abertawe

2011 - 2016
Uwch Ddarlithydd, Ysgol yr Amgylchedd a Chymdeithas, Prifysgol Abertawe

2005 - 2011
Darlithydd, Canolfan Ymchwil Peirianneg Amgylcheddol, Prifysgol Queen’s Belfast, Gogledd Iwerddon

2002 - 2005
Athro Cynorthwyol, Adran Geowyddoniaeth, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, UDA

2000 - 2002
Gwyddonydd Ôl-ddoethurol mewn Hydrogeoffiseg, ICG-IV, Canolfan Ymchwil Jülich, yr Almaen

1999 - 2000
Tystysgrif Ôl-raddedig mewn Addysgu Addysg Uwch, Ysgol Addysg, Prifysgol Queen’s Belfast

2002 - 2003
Ph.D. mewn Geoffiseg Rhewlifoedd, y Sefydliad Daearyddiaeth a Gwyddorau Daear, Prifysgol Cymru Aberystwyth

1995 - 1999
Cynorthwyydd Ymchwil mewn Hydrogeoffiseg, Yr Adran Gwyddor Amgylcheddol, Prifysgol Caerhirfryn, y DU

1994 - 1995
Diplom Almaenig mewn Geoffiseg, Prifysgol Kiel, yr Almaen (Prif draethawd hir yn y Prifysgol Genedlaethol Iwerddon, Galway)

1990 - 1994

Swyddi Cysylltiedig

Athro Cynorthwyol, School of Technology, Prifysgol Tasmania, Awstralia

2019 - Presennol

Rolau Eraill

Dirprwy Bennaeth a Chyfarwyddwr Ymchwil, Coleg Gwyddoniaeth, Prifysgol Abertawe

2015 - 2019
Athro Gwadd Harrison McCain Foundation, Adran Gwyddorau Daear, Prifysgol New Brunswick, Fredericton, Can

0 - Presennol

Rolau proffesiynol dethol

Cadeirydd (2018-2021) ac Aelod (2012-2018), y Pwyllgor Llywio, NERC – Cyfleusterau Geoffiseg a Geodedd

Aelod, Coleg Panel 'Cymrodoriaethau Arweinwyr y Dyfodol' Ymchwil ac Arloesi y DU (2018-2020)

Aelod Craidd (2014 – presennol) ac Aelod (2007-2011), Coleg Adolygu Cymheiriaid, Cyngor Ymchwil Amgylchedd Naturiol y DU (NERC)

Aelod o'r Pwyllgor, NERC - Menter Ariannu Prifysgolion (BUFI) Arolwg Daearegol Prydain (BGS) (2008 – 2012)

Golygydd Gwyddonol, Journal of Glaciology (2007-presennol)

Golygydd Cyswllt, Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics (2003 – 2016)

Golygydd Gwadd, Adran Arbennig 'Advancements in the Measurement of the Cryosphere Using Geophysics', Geophysics, (Ionawr-Chwefror 2016)

Prif Olygydd, Annals of Glaciology, Thema 'The Geophysics of the Cryosphere and Glacial Products', 54(64), 2013

Golygydd Cyswllt, Near Surface Geophysics (2006 – 2010)

Golygydd Gwadd, Rhifyn Arbennig 'The Geophysics of Glacial and Frozen Materials’, Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, 12(1), 2007

Cadeirydd, Near-Surface Geophysics Committee Member of Learned Societies Grŵp (yr hen Environmental and Industrial Geophysics Group), y Gymdeithas Ddaearegol, y DU (2006 – 2010)

Trysorydd, Near-Surface Geophysics Group, y Gymdeithas Ddaearegol, y DU (2003 – 2006)

Aelod o'r Pwyllgor, Near-Surface Geophysics Group, y Gymdeithas Ddaearegol, y DU (2002 – 2003 a 2010 – presennol)

Yr Athro Bernd Kulessa

Rhif ffôn

Cyfeiriad ebost

Twitter Account

LinkedIn Account

Dolenni Ymchwil

Trosolwg

Meysydd Arbenigedd

Uchafbwyntiau Gyrfa

Uchafbwyntiau Ymchwil

Holl Ymchwil

How soil amendments used in carbon capture effect the soil physical properties and hydrology (cyfredol)

Typo: this should be 'The Hydrogeophysical Changes Associated with Forest-to-Bog Restoration of Peatlands in the Upland Regions of South Wales'. (cyfredol)

Development of a viscoelastic model of ice shelf dynamics (dyfarnwyd 2023)

Integrated Geophysical Investigations of a Methane Releasing Pingo in a Changing Permafrost Environment, Svalbard (dyfarnwyd 2023)

Impact of Tides and Calving on Glacier Flow (dyfarnwyd 2024)

Characterising the Downstream Shoulder of an Earth Embankment Dam Using Geophysical Methods and Developing a Bespoke Self-Potential Monitoring Array (dyfarnwyd 2023)

GEG133 Natural Hazards and Society

GEG278 Dissertation Preparation Skills

GEG331 Dissertation Report: Geography

GEG332 Dissertation Support: Geography

GEG344 The Cryosphere in a Changing Climate

GEG348 Plate Tectonics and Global Geophysics

GEGM04 Environmental Modelling

Impact of deep subglacial groundwater on ice stream flow in West Antarctica (IGIS). 2022 - 2025

Rift propagation for ice sheet models. 2021 - 2024

Rapid Deployment Seismic Recorders for Interdisciplinary Antarctic Research. 2020

Towards an early warning of Antarctic ice sheet collapse from seismology. 2019 - 2021

Sediments and saturation at the ice sheet-bedrock interface from passive seismology. 2019 - 2020

Climate costs of boreal forest clear-cutting – a multiscale experiment (CORE), 2019

Ground geophysics survey of Thwaites Glacier 2018 - 2024

Discovering the CRUstal structure beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet and its Control of Ice mass loss and sea Level rise (CRUCIAL). 2018 - 2021

Ice shelf stress response to large iceberg calving. 2017 - 2018

Gwireddu Cyfalaf Naturiol Mawnogydd Cymru. 2017 - 2020

Athro Geoffiseg a Rhewlifeg, Coleg Gwyddoniaeth, Prifysgol Abertawe

Darllenydd mewn Geoffiseg a Rhewlifeg, Coleg Gwyddoniaeth, Prifysgol Abertawe

Uwch Ddarlithydd, Ysgol yr Amgylchedd a Chymdeithas, Prifysgol Abertawe

Darlithydd, Canolfan Ymchwil Peirianneg Amgylcheddol, Prifysgol Queen’s Belfast, Gogledd Iwerddon

Athro Cynorthwyol, Adran Geowyddoniaeth, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, UDA

Gwyddonydd Ôl-ddoethurol mewn Hydrogeoffiseg, ICG-IV, Canolfan Ymchwil Jülich, yr Almaen

Tystysgrif Ôl-raddedig mewn Addysgu Addysg Uwch, Ysgol Addysg, Prifysgol Queen’s Belfast

Ph.D. mewn Geoffiseg Rhewlifoedd, y Sefydliad Daearyddiaeth a Gwyddorau Daear, Prifysgol Cymru Aberystwyth

Cynorthwyydd Ymchwil mewn Hydrogeoffiseg, Yr Adran Gwyddor Amgylcheddol, Prifysgol Caerhirfryn, y DU

Diplom Almaenig mewn Geoffiseg, Prifysgol Kiel, yr Almaen (Prif draethawd hir yn y Prifysgol Genedlaethol Iwerddon, Galway)

Athro Cynorthwyol, School of Technology, Prifysgol Tasmania, Awstralia

Dirprwy Bennaeth a Chyfarwyddwr Ymchwil, Coleg Gwyddoniaeth, Prifysgol Abertawe

Athro Gwadd Harrison McCain Foundation, Adran Gwyddorau Daear, Prifysgol New Brunswick, Fredericton, Can