Dr Seumas Campbell

Dr Seumas Campbell Principal Researcher

Location: Edinburgh

Tel: 0131 6500 215

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Biography

  •  2010 –current : Chief Geologist, Scotland
  •  2007 –current : Project Manager, Clyde-Urban Super-project (CUSP)
  •  2000 –2005 : Head of the Hong Kong Geological Survey
  •  1995 –2000 : Seconded to Hong Kong Geological Survey
  •  1989 –1994 : Seconded to Foreign and Commonwealth Office/ODA and attached to Zimbabwe Geological Survey
  •  1983 : PhD University of Cambridge, Subject The Caradoc Ashgill geology of an area between Bala and Betws y coed, N Wales.
  •  1982 –current : British Geological Survey
  •  1982 –1988 : Wales Geological Survey Unit, Aberystwyth
  •  1978 : BSc University of Edinburgh, Geology

Boards and committees

  •  2013 –2017 : Chair of Management Committee, European Cooperation in Science and Technology: ACTION TU1206 'SUB-URBAN' COST
  •  2012 –current : Scottish Consortium for Rural Research

Skills

  • Field geology
  • Forensic landslide interpretation
  • Gold mineralization
  • Interpretation of ancient volcanic rocks
  • Multidisciplinary integration of geoscience
  • Urban geology

Current projects and collaboration

  • 3D computer models of Glasgow
  •  2013 –2017 : European Cooperation in Science and Technology: COST ACTION TU1206 'SUB-URBAN - A European network to improve understanding and use of the ground beneath our cities'
  •  2012 –current : Editorial Group Member of SEWeb -Scotland's Environment Web - the gateway to Scotland's environment
  •  2011 –current : Member of NAG-CITY urban geoscience group within Northeast Atlantic Geoscience (NAG) partnership of geological surveys

Professional association

  • Chartered Geologist
  • Chartered Scientist
  • European Geologist
  • Fellow of Geological Society of London

Research interests

  • Interpretation of silicic volcanic rocks
  • Landslide interpretation
  • Structural controls of mineralisation, especially gold
  • Urban geoscience

Published outputs

Key papers

SEWELL, RJ., TANG, DLK and CAMPBELL, SDG. 2012. Volcanic-plutonic connections in a tilted nested caldera complex in Hong Kong. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 13 (1), 17pp

CAMPBELL, D., MERRITT, J., MONAGHAN, A., MANSOUR, M., LOUGHLIN, S., HUGHES, A., O DOCHARTAIGH, B., FORDYCE, F. and ENTWISLE, D. 2009. 3D attributed geoscience models and related GIS datasets to assist urban regeneration and resolve environmental problems in and around the Glasgow conurbation, UK. In: EUREGEO 2009 : European congress on Regional Geoscientific Cartography and Information Systems, Munich, Germany, 9-12 June 2009. Bayerisches Landesamt fur Umwelt, 41-46.

SEWELL, R.J. and CAMPBELL, S.D.G. 2005. Report on the Dating of Natural Terrain Landslides in Hong Kong, 151p (GEO Report No. 170).

CAMPBELL, S.D.G., and PARRY, S. 2002. Report on the Investigation of Kaolin-rich Zones in Weathered Rocks in Hong Kong, Geotechnical Engineering Office, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China, 75 p (GEO Report 132).

CAMPBELL, S.D.G. and SEWELL, R.J. 1997. Structural control and tectonic setting of Mesozoic volcanism in Hong Kong. Journal of the Geological Society, London, vol. 154, part 6, pp 1039-1052.

CAMPBELL, S.D.G. and PITFIELD, P.E.J. 1995. Structural controls of gold mineralization in the Zimbabwe Craton Exploration guidelines. Zimbabwe Geological Survey, Bulletin, No.101, 270 p. & 3 maps.

HOWELLS, M.F., REEDMAN, A.J. and CAMPBELL, S.D.G. 1991. Ordovician (Caradoc) marginal basin volcanism in Snowdonia (NW Wales). British Geological Survey NERC, 191 p.