Dr Amanda Owen

  • Senior Lecturer (School of Geographical & Earth Sciences)

telephone: 01413 305491
email: Amanda.Owen@glasgow.ac.uk

Room 505C, School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, Molema Building, University of Glasgow

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186

Biography

2022 - present - Seniour Lecturer in Sedimentology, University of Glasgow

2017- 2022 - Lecturer in Earth Science, University of Glasgow

2014-2017 - Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Aberdeen

2010-2014 - PhD in Fluvial Sedimentology, Royal Holloway, University of London

2007-2010 - BSc (Hons) Physcial Geography and Geology, University of Plymouth (First Class)

 

 

Research interests

My research focuses on understanding the processes and products of alluvial systems, with a particular emphasis on alluvial, fluvial, and deltaic systems. My research spans both modern and ancient fluvial systems, to ensure a holistic understanding of processes that operate on short- (e.g. seconds) and long-term (e.g. geological) timescales, and how this impacts the nature and predictability of deposits. I use methods in remote sensing, AI, field sedimentology and geomorphology, and computational modelling to pursue scientific questions and societal challenges.

My research on modern fluvial systems has focused on understanding the spatial variability of alluvial system characteristics across different climate and tectonic settings. I have expertise in deriving quantitative predictive models of sedimentary systems for subsurface application over a variety of scales from the basin to pore scale. I have a track record in developing predictive subsurface models to better understand subsurface deposits that host resources and be potential future storage sites.

Alongside my applied research I study the impacts of perturbations in Earth systems processes (e.g., climate and tectonics) and their influence on sedimentary system behaviour and deposits. I also have keen interests in understanding sedimentary rocks of the Anthropocene and sedimentary-volcano interactions.  

My work is conducted through collaborative links at the University of Aberdeen, University of New Mexico, Brunel University, University of St Andrews, Universitat de Barcelona, and Universidade Federal do ABC.

Publications

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2025

Prasojo, Octria A., Hoey, Trevor B. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0734-6218, Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186 and Williams, Richard D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6067-1947 (2025) Influence of alluvial slope on avulsion in river deltas. Earth Surface Dynamics, 13, pp. 349-363. (doi: 10.5194/esurf-13-349-2025)

Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186, MacDonald, John Murdoch ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8609-804X and Brown, David James ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4015-7382 (2025) Evidence for a rapid anthropoclastic rock cycle. Geology, (doi: 10.1130/G52895.1) (Early Online Publication)

MacDonald, John M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8609-804X, Taylor, George, Lewis, Euan R., Wilson, Claire ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0090-5374, Spruzeniece, Liene ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7175-3024, Slaymark, Charlotte, Brown, David J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4015-7382 and Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186 (2025) Formation of an anthropogenic rock: mechanisms and microstructures of lithification of a legacy deposit of cementitious material. Earth Science, Systems and Society, (doi: 10.1144/esss2024-010)

2024

Prasojo, Octria Adi, Van Yperen, Anna E., Hoey, Trevor B., Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186 and Williams, Richard ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6067-1947 (2024) Using delta channel width to estimate paleodischarge in the rock record: geometric scaling and practical sampling criteria. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 94(1), pp. 62-75. (doi: 10.2110/jsr.2022.057)

2023

Snieder, Swiad, Griffiths, Cedric M., Howell, John A., Hartley, Adrian J. and Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186 (2023) Quantifying the sensitivity of distributive fluvial systems to changes in sediment supply and lake level using stratigraphic forward modelling. Sedimentology, 70(7), pp. 2196-2219. (doi: 10.1111/sed.13118)

Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186, Hartley, Adrian J., Hoey, Trevor B., Ebinghaus, Alena, Jolley, David W. and Weissmann, Gary S. (2023) Analysis of the fluvial stratigraphic response to the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum in the Bighorn Basin, U.S.A. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 93(5), pp. 293-308. (doi: 10.2110/jsr.2021.134)

Campbell, Pamela and Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186 (2023) Steps Towards Positive Change in the Geosciences: Inspiring Girls into Geoscience Scotland. 16th Annual University of Glasgow Learning and Teaching Conference, 29 Mar 2023.

Prasojo, Octria A., Hoey, Trevor B. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0734-6218, Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186 and Williams, Richard D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6067-1947 (2023) Down-delta hydraulic geometry and its application to the rock record. Sedimentology, 70(2), pp. 362-380. (doi: 10.1111/sed.13062)

2022

Hartley, Adrian J. and Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186 (2022) Paleohydraulic analysis of an ancient distributive fluvial system. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 92(5), pp. 445-459. (doi: 10.2110/jsr.2021.062)

Prasojo, Octria A., Hoey, Trevor B. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0734-6218, Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186 and Williams, Richard D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6067-1947 (2022) Slope break and avulsion locations scale consistently in global deltas. Geophysical Research Letters, 49(2), e2021GL093656. (doi: 10.1029/2021GL093656)

2021

Snieder, Swiad, Griffiths, Cedric M., Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186, Hartley, Adrian J. and Howell, John A. (2021) Stratigraphic forward modelling of distributive fluvial systems based on the Huesca System, Ebro Basin, Northern Spain. Basin Research, 33(6), pp. 3137-3158. (doi: 10.1111/bre.12597)

Sun, Xiaolong, Alcalde, Juan, Gomez-Rivas, Enrique, Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186, Griera, Albert, Martín-Martín, Juan Diego, Cruset, David and Travé, Anna (2021) Fluvial sedimentation and its reservoir potential at foreland basin margins: a case study of the Puig-reig anticline (South-eastern Pyrenees). Sedimentary Geology, 424, 105993. (doi: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2021.105993)

Martin, Ben, Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186, Nichols, Gary J., Hartley, Adrian J. and Williams, Richard D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6067-1947 (2021) Quantifying downstream, vertical and lateral variation in fluvial deposits: implications from the Huesca Distributive Fluvial System. Frontiers in Earth Science, 8, 733. (doi: 10.3389/feart.2020.564017)

2020

Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186, Clare, Michael and Mauz, Barbara (2020) Editorial: Sedimentology and society. Frontiers in Earth Science, 8, 19. (doi: 10.3389/feart.2020.00019)

2019

Corbett, Patrick W. M., Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186, Hartley, Adrian J., Pla-Pueyo, Sila, Barreto, Daniel, Hackney, Chris and Kape, Stephanie J. (2019) The geoengineering approach to the study of rivers and reservoirs. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 488(1), pp. 1-13. (doi: 10.1144/sp488-2018-98)

Reis, Adriano Domingos dos, Scherer, Claiton Marlon dos Santos, Amarante, Francyne Bochi do, Rossetti, Marcos de Magalhães May, Kifumbi, Carrel, de Souza, Ezequiel Galvão, Ferronatto, João Pedro Formolo and Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186 (2019) Sedimentology of the proximal portion of a large-scale, Upper Jurassic fluvial-aeolian system in Paraná Basin, southwestern Gondwana. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 95, 102248. (doi: 10.1016/j.jsames.2019.102248)

Santos, Mauricio Guerreiro Martinho, Hartley, Adrian J., Mountney, Nigel P., Peakall, Jeff, Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186, Merino, Eder R. and Assine, Mario L. (2019) Meandering rivers in modern desert basins: implications for channel planform controls and prevegetation rivers. Sedimentary Geology, 385, pp. 1-14. (doi: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2019.03.011)

Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186, Hartley, Adrian J., Ebinghaus, Alena, Weissmann, Gary S. and Santos, Mauricio G.M. (2019) Basin‐scale predictive models of alluvial architecture: Constraints from the Palaeocene–Eocene, Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, USA. Sedimentology, 66(2), pp. 736-763. (doi: 10.1111/sed.12515)

2018

Hodgson, David M., Bernhardt, Anne, Clare, Michael A., Da Silva, Anne-Christine, Fosdick, Julie C., Mauz, Barbara, Midtkandal, Ivar, Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186 and Romans, Brian W. (2018) Grand challenges (and great opportunities) in sedimentology, stratigraphy, and diagenesis research. Frontiers in Earth Science, 6, 173. (doi: 10.3389/feart.2018.00173)

Hartley, Adrian J., Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186, Weissmann, Gary S. and Scuderi, Louis (2018) Modern and ancient amalgamated sandy meander‐belt deposits: recognition and controls on development. In: Fluvial Meanders and Their Sedimentary Products in the Rock Record. Series: International Association of Sedimentologists special publications. Wiley: Hoboken, NJ, pp. 349-383. (doi: 10.1002/9781119424437.ch14)

Swan, Alistair, Hartley, Adrian J., Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186 and Howell, John (2018) Reconstruction of a sandy point-bar deposit: implications for fluvial facies analysis. In: Ghinassi, Massimiliano, Colombera, Luca, Mountney, Nigel P. and Reesink, Arnold Jan H. (eds.) Fluvial Meanders and Their Sedimentary Products in the Rock Record. Series: International Association of Sedimentologists special publications. Wiley: Hoboken, NJ, pp. 445-474. ISBN 9781119424321 (doi: 10.1002/9781119424437.ch17)

2017

Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186, Ebinghaus, Alena, Hartley, Adrian J., Santos, Maurício G.M. and Weissmann, Gary S. (2017) Multi-scale classification of fluvial architecture: an example from the Palaeocene-Eocene Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Sedimentology, 64(6), pp. 1572-1596. (doi: 10.1111/sed.12364)

Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186, Nichols, Gary J., Hartley, Adrian J. and Weissmann, Gary S. (2017) Vertical trends within the prograding Salt Wash distributive fluvial system, SW United States. Basin Research, 29(1), pp. 64-80. (doi: 10.1111/bre.12165)

2016

Owen, A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186, Hartley, A.J., Weissmann, G.S. and Nichols, G.J. (2016) Uranium distribution as a proxy for basin-scale fluid flow in distributive fluvial systems. Journal of the Geological Society, 173(4), pp. 569-572. (doi: 10.1144/jgs2016-007)

2015

Weissmann, G.S., Hartley, A.J., Scuderi, L.A., Nichols, G.J., Owen, A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186, Wright, S., Felicia, A.L., Holland, F. and Anaya, F.M.L. (2015) Fluvial geomorphic elements in modern sedimentary basins and their potential preservation in the rock record: a review. Geomorphology, 250, pp. 187-219. (doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.09.005)

Hartley, Adrian J., Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186, Swan, Alistair, Weissmann, Gary S., Holzweber, Barbara I., Howell, John, Nichols, Gary and Scuderi, Louis (2015) Recognition and importance of amalgamated sandy meander belts in the continental rock record. Geology, 43(8), pp. 679-682. (doi: 10.1130/G36743.1)

Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186, Nichols, Gary J., Hartley, Adrian J., Weissmann, Gary S. and Scuderi, Louis A. (2015) Quantification of a distributive fluvial system: the salt wash DFS of the Morrison Formation, SW U.S.A. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 85(5), pp. 544-561. (doi: 10.2110/jsr.2015.35)

Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186, Jupp, Peter E., Nichols, Gary J., Hartley, Adrian J., Weissmann, Gary S. and Sadykova, Dinara (2015) Statistical estimation of the position of an apex: application to the geological record. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 85(2), pp. 142-152. (doi: 10.2110/jsr.2015.16)

2013

Weissmann, G.S., Hartley, A.J., Scuderi, L.A., Nichols, G.J., Davidson, S.K., Owen, A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186, Atchley, S.C., Bhattacharyya, P., Chakraborty, T. and Ghosh, P. (2013) Prograding distributive fluvial systems—geomorphic models and ancient examples. In: Driese, Steven G., Nordt, Lee C. and McCarthy, Paul J. (eds.) New Frontiers in Paleopedology and Terrestrial Paleoclimatology. Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM), pp. 131-147. ISBN 9781565763227

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Articles

Prasojo, Octria A., Hoey, Trevor B. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0734-6218, Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186 and Williams, Richard D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6067-1947 (2025) Influence of alluvial slope on avulsion in river deltas. Earth Surface Dynamics, 13, pp. 349-363. (doi: 10.5194/esurf-13-349-2025)

Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186, MacDonald, John Murdoch ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8609-804X and Brown, David James ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4015-7382 (2025) Evidence for a rapid anthropoclastic rock cycle. Geology, (doi: 10.1130/G52895.1) (Early Online Publication)

MacDonald, John M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8609-804X, Taylor, George, Lewis, Euan R., Wilson, Claire ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0090-5374, Spruzeniece, Liene ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7175-3024, Slaymark, Charlotte, Brown, David J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4015-7382 and Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186 (2025) Formation of an anthropogenic rock: mechanisms and microstructures of lithification of a legacy deposit of cementitious material. Earth Science, Systems and Society, (doi: 10.1144/esss2024-010)

Prasojo, Octria Adi, Van Yperen, Anna E., Hoey, Trevor B., Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186 and Williams, Richard ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6067-1947 (2024) Using delta channel width to estimate paleodischarge in the rock record: geometric scaling and practical sampling criteria. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 94(1), pp. 62-75. (doi: 10.2110/jsr.2022.057)

Snieder, Swiad, Griffiths, Cedric M., Howell, John A., Hartley, Adrian J. and Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186 (2023) Quantifying the sensitivity of distributive fluvial systems to changes in sediment supply and lake level using stratigraphic forward modelling. Sedimentology, 70(7), pp. 2196-2219. (doi: 10.1111/sed.13118)

Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186, Hartley, Adrian J., Hoey, Trevor B., Ebinghaus, Alena, Jolley, David W. and Weissmann, Gary S. (2023) Analysis of the fluvial stratigraphic response to the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum in the Bighorn Basin, U.S.A. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 93(5), pp. 293-308. (doi: 10.2110/jsr.2021.134)

Prasojo, Octria A., Hoey, Trevor B. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0734-6218, Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186 and Williams, Richard D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6067-1947 (2023) Down-delta hydraulic geometry and its application to the rock record. Sedimentology, 70(2), pp. 362-380. (doi: 10.1111/sed.13062)

Hartley, Adrian J. and Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186 (2022) Paleohydraulic analysis of an ancient distributive fluvial system. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 92(5), pp. 445-459. (doi: 10.2110/jsr.2021.062)

Prasojo, Octria A., Hoey, Trevor B. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0734-6218, Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186 and Williams, Richard D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6067-1947 (2022) Slope break and avulsion locations scale consistently in global deltas. Geophysical Research Letters, 49(2), e2021GL093656. (doi: 10.1029/2021GL093656)

Snieder, Swiad, Griffiths, Cedric M., Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186, Hartley, Adrian J. and Howell, John A. (2021) Stratigraphic forward modelling of distributive fluvial systems based on the Huesca System, Ebro Basin, Northern Spain. Basin Research, 33(6), pp. 3137-3158. (doi: 10.1111/bre.12597)

Sun, Xiaolong, Alcalde, Juan, Gomez-Rivas, Enrique, Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186, Griera, Albert, Martín-Martín, Juan Diego, Cruset, David and Travé, Anna (2021) Fluvial sedimentation and its reservoir potential at foreland basin margins: a case study of the Puig-reig anticline (South-eastern Pyrenees). Sedimentary Geology, 424, 105993. (doi: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2021.105993)

Martin, Ben, Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186, Nichols, Gary J., Hartley, Adrian J. and Williams, Richard D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6067-1947 (2021) Quantifying downstream, vertical and lateral variation in fluvial deposits: implications from the Huesca Distributive Fluvial System. Frontiers in Earth Science, 8, 733. (doi: 10.3389/feart.2020.564017)

Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186, Clare, Michael and Mauz, Barbara (2020) Editorial: Sedimentology and society. Frontiers in Earth Science, 8, 19. (doi: 10.3389/feart.2020.00019)

Corbett, Patrick W. M., Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186, Hartley, Adrian J., Pla-Pueyo, Sila, Barreto, Daniel, Hackney, Chris and Kape, Stephanie J. (2019) The geoengineering approach to the study of rivers and reservoirs. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 488(1), pp. 1-13. (doi: 10.1144/sp488-2018-98)

Reis, Adriano Domingos dos, Scherer, Claiton Marlon dos Santos, Amarante, Francyne Bochi do, Rossetti, Marcos de Magalhães May, Kifumbi, Carrel, de Souza, Ezequiel Galvão, Ferronatto, João Pedro Formolo and Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186 (2019) Sedimentology of the proximal portion of a large-scale, Upper Jurassic fluvial-aeolian system in Paraná Basin, southwestern Gondwana. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 95, 102248. (doi: 10.1016/j.jsames.2019.102248)

Santos, Mauricio Guerreiro Martinho, Hartley, Adrian J., Mountney, Nigel P., Peakall, Jeff, Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186, Merino, Eder R. and Assine, Mario L. (2019) Meandering rivers in modern desert basins: implications for channel planform controls and prevegetation rivers. Sedimentary Geology, 385, pp. 1-14. (doi: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2019.03.011)

Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186, Hartley, Adrian J., Ebinghaus, Alena, Weissmann, Gary S. and Santos, Mauricio G.M. (2019) Basin‐scale predictive models of alluvial architecture: Constraints from the Palaeocene–Eocene, Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, USA. Sedimentology, 66(2), pp. 736-763. (doi: 10.1111/sed.12515)

Hodgson, David M., Bernhardt, Anne, Clare, Michael A., Da Silva, Anne-Christine, Fosdick, Julie C., Mauz, Barbara, Midtkandal, Ivar, Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186 and Romans, Brian W. (2018) Grand challenges (and great opportunities) in sedimentology, stratigraphy, and diagenesis research. Frontiers in Earth Science, 6, 173. (doi: 10.3389/feart.2018.00173)

Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186, Ebinghaus, Alena, Hartley, Adrian J., Santos, Maurício G.M. and Weissmann, Gary S. (2017) Multi-scale classification of fluvial architecture: an example from the Palaeocene-Eocene Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Sedimentology, 64(6), pp. 1572-1596. (doi: 10.1111/sed.12364)

Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186, Nichols, Gary J., Hartley, Adrian J. and Weissmann, Gary S. (2017) Vertical trends within the prograding Salt Wash distributive fluvial system, SW United States. Basin Research, 29(1), pp. 64-80. (doi: 10.1111/bre.12165)

Owen, A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186, Hartley, A.J., Weissmann, G.S. and Nichols, G.J. (2016) Uranium distribution as a proxy for basin-scale fluid flow in distributive fluvial systems. Journal of the Geological Society, 173(4), pp. 569-572. (doi: 10.1144/jgs2016-007)

Weissmann, G.S., Hartley, A.J., Scuderi, L.A., Nichols, G.J., Owen, A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186, Wright, S., Felicia, A.L., Holland, F. and Anaya, F.M.L. (2015) Fluvial geomorphic elements in modern sedimentary basins and their potential preservation in the rock record: a review. Geomorphology, 250, pp. 187-219. (doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.09.005)

Hartley, Adrian J., Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186, Swan, Alistair, Weissmann, Gary S., Holzweber, Barbara I., Howell, John, Nichols, Gary and Scuderi, Louis (2015) Recognition and importance of amalgamated sandy meander belts in the continental rock record. Geology, 43(8), pp. 679-682. (doi: 10.1130/G36743.1)

Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186, Nichols, Gary J., Hartley, Adrian J., Weissmann, Gary S. and Scuderi, Louis A. (2015) Quantification of a distributive fluvial system: the salt wash DFS of the Morrison Formation, SW U.S.A. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 85(5), pp. 544-561. (doi: 10.2110/jsr.2015.35)

Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186, Jupp, Peter E., Nichols, Gary J., Hartley, Adrian J., Weissmann, Gary S. and Sadykova, Dinara (2015) Statistical estimation of the position of an apex: application to the geological record. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 85(2), pp. 142-152. (doi: 10.2110/jsr.2015.16)

Book Sections

Hartley, Adrian J., Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186, Weissmann, Gary S. and Scuderi, Louis (2018) Modern and ancient amalgamated sandy meander‐belt deposits: recognition and controls on development. In: Fluvial Meanders and Their Sedimentary Products in the Rock Record. Series: International Association of Sedimentologists special publications. Wiley: Hoboken, NJ, pp. 349-383. (doi: 10.1002/9781119424437.ch14)

Swan, Alistair, Hartley, Adrian J., Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186 and Howell, John (2018) Reconstruction of a sandy point-bar deposit: implications for fluvial facies analysis. In: Ghinassi, Massimiliano, Colombera, Luca, Mountney, Nigel P. and Reesink, Arnold Jan H. (eds.) Fluvial Meanders and Their Sedimentary Products in the Rock Record. Series: International Association of Sedimentologists special publications. Wiley: Hoboken, NJ, pp. 445-474. ISBN 9781119424321 (doi: 10.1002/9781119424437.ch17)

Weissmann, G.S., Hartley, A.J., Scuderi, L.A., Nichols, G.J., Davidson, S.K., Owen, A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186, Atchley, S.C., Bhattacharyya, P., Chakraborty, T. and Ghosh, P. (2013) Prograding distributive fluvial systems—geomorphic models and ancient examples. In: Driese, Steven G., Nordt, Lee C. and McCarthy, Paul J. (eds.) New Frontiers in Paleopedology and Terrestrial Paleoclimatology. Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM), pp. 131-147. ISBN 9781565763227

Conference or Workshop Item

Campbell, Pamela and Owen, Amanda ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9313-0186 (2023) Steps Towards Positive Change in the Geosciences: Inspiring Girls into Geoscience Scotland. 16th Annual University of Glasgow Learning and Teaching Conference, 29 Mar 2023.

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Grants

‘A new Anthropocene? Investigation of an Anthropogenic Rock Cycle in a Coastal Setting’. PI. Geological Society. 

‘Sand Routes: Mapping Sand Mining on Volcanic Slopes in Indonesia’. CO-I. GCID Small Grants University Glasgow.

Supervision

I encourage prospective students to get in contact with regards to pursuing research opportunities (both at MSc by Research or PhD level) in the areas of fluvial geomorphology and sedimentology, anthropogenic sedimentology, subsurface fluvial systems, sedimentary response to climate events, quantification of sedimentary systems, landscape evolution, and volcaniclastic/sedimentary interactions. 

 

Current Graduate Students

Heather Kerr - Meander Characteristics on distributive fluvial systems

Neve Norris - Meander characteristics on avulsing Distributive fluvial systems

Previous Graduate Students

Quantifying downstream, lateral and vertical trends in the Huesca distributive fluvial system, Spain: Paper 1

Scaling relationships of global river deltas: Paper 1 Paper 2 Paper 3

Manual v Quantified analysis of distributive fluvial systems 

Forward Stratigrpahic modelling of distributive fluvial systems Paper 1 Paper 2

Quantifying variability within the medial zone of modern distributive flucial systems

The pre-depositional history of the Applecross formation, NW Highlands, Scotland

 

 

  • Norris, Neve
    Spatial Variability of Meander Characteristics in an Avulsing Distributive Fluvial System

Teaching

EARTH4071 - Sedimentary Environments and Deposits 

EARTH4094 - Structural Geology and Basins

Professional activities & recognition

Prizes, awards & distinctions

  • 2016: Roland Goldring Award (British Sedimentological Research Group)
  • 2018: Lyell Fund (Geological Society)

Editorial boards

  • 2018 - 2021: Frontiers in Earth Science, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy Review Editor

Professional & learned societies

  • 2021 - 2024: Council Member, Geological Society of London
  • 2017 - 2020: Treasurer, British Sedimentological Research Group

Additional information

 2019 - present Girls into Geoscience: Scotland Co-lead 


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