Mrs Anna Harrison

Mrs Anna Harrison Quaternary Geoscientist

Location: Keyworth

Tel: 0115 936 3230

E-mail Mrs Anna Harrison

Biography

  •  2007 –Present :  Task leader, Climate change and geohazards (part of the Shallow geohazards and risks Team)
  •  2001 –2003 :  MSc Royal Holloway University of London, Quaternary Science
  •  2001 –Present :  Quaternary Geoscientist, BGS, Keyworth
  •  1999 –2001 :  Coastal Geology scientific support, BGS, Keyworth

Research interests

Current projects and collaboration

  •  Research into the impacts of climate change on UK geohazards such as the shrink swell properties of clays
  •  Researching satellite derived soil moisture data
  •  Science Communication
  •  Geological mapping of Quaternary deposits

Professional association

  •  2004 –Present :  Fellow of the Geological Society, London
  •  2004 –Present :  Member of Geological Society of Norfolk
  •  2002 –Present :  Member of the Quaternary Research Association

Published outputs

  • Harrison, A M, Lee, K A, Holbrook, H W, Jones, L D., Freeborough, K A, Grebby, S. 2012b. Satellite derived soil moiture data and shrink swell research: Final report. British Geological Survey Internal Report OR/12/138.
  • Harrison, A M., Freeborough, K A, Lee, K A, Jones, L D, Bateson, L. 2011. Satellite derived soil moisture data and shrink swell research: A scoping report. British Geological Survey Internal Report IR/12/015.
  • Harrison, A,M., Plim, J. 2009. Geohazards & Climate Change: A shrink/swell GIS model. British Geological Survey Internal Report, IR/09/034. 27pp

Key papers

Harrison, A M, Plim, J F M, Harrison, M, Jones, L D, Culshaw, M G. 2012a. The relationship between shrink–swell occurrence and climate in south-east England. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, Vol. 123, 556-575.

Harrison, A. M., M. Harrison, et al. (2010). UK regional scale modelling of natural geohazards and climate change. Proceedings of the 11th Conference of the International Association of Engineering Geology and the Environment, Auckland, New Zealand, CRC Press/Balkema.

Candy, Ian; Lee, Jonathan; Harrison, Anna, (eds.) 2008. The Quaternary of northern East Anglia : field guide. Quaternary Research Association. (Quaternary Research Association Field Guide).

Harrison, Anna; Lee, Jonathan. 2008 Blakeney Esker : an exercise in public awareness. In: Candy, I.; Lee, Jonathan; Harrison, Anna, (eds.) The Quaternary of northern East Anglia : field guide. Quaternary Research Association, 223-230. (Quaternary Research Association field guide).

Harrison, A.M.; Morigi, A.N.; Thomas, I.A.; Down, K.E.; Linley, K.A.; Steadman, E.J.; Williams, N.; Lawley, R. 2007 Aggregate supply and demand for sustainable communities : a practical approach to problem-solving [executive summary]. Nottingham, UK, British Geological Survey, 20pp. (OR/07/005)

Jarrow, Anna. 2006 Norfolk's glaciers: the Blakeney Esker project. Planet Earth, Winter 2006. 32.