Dr Tom Bradwell
Quaternary Geologist
Location: Edinburgh
Tel: 0131 6500 284
E-mail Dr Tom Bradwell
Biography
- 2012 –present : BGS-PI, Britice-Chrono: NERC Consortium Grant
- 2010 –present : Senior Research Scientist
- 2008 –2010 : Team Leader, Quaternary Earth Systems
- 2006 –2011 : Project Leader, British Ice Sheet Project
- 2001 : Geologist (Quaternary), BGS, Edinburgh
- 2001 : PDRA on BRITICE project (glacial map and database of GB)
- 2001 : PhD, University of Edinburgh
- 1997 : BSc, First Class, University of Liverpool (Geology & Physical Geography)
Boards and committees
- Co-ordinator of 11th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences, Edinburgh, July 2011
Current projects and collaboration
- Transect Leader on Britice-Chrono: 5-yr NERC Consortium Grant investigating the pattern and timing of marine-influenced ice sheet decay
- Detecting recent ice-cap change using repeat airborne LiDAR surveys of Icelandic ice caps (NERC-ARSF grant) (with IMO & University of Iceland)
- Modelling the dynamic response of the British Ice Sheet (with Dr Alun Hubbard, Aberystwyth University)
- Reconstructing the collapse of the Moray Firth Ice Stream (NERC-CIAF grant)
- Supervision of BGS PhD student (Andrew Finlayson) University of Edinburgh
- Supervision of NERC PhD student (Hannah Mathers) University of Glasgow
- Supervision of NERC PhD student (Helena Stewart) University of Stirling
- Supervision of PhD student (John Balfour) Aberystwyth University
- Co-editing Special Issue on Antarctic Earth Sciences (with Martin Siegert): Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (due out May 2013).
- Glacial history and seabed geomorphology of Western Scotland (with Martyn Stoker and John Howe (SAMS))
- MAREMAP project: marine Quaternary geological mapping (focusing on the Summer Isles, The Minch and NW UK Continental Shelf)
- Virkisjokull Glacier Observatory project, Iceland
Professional association
- Fellow of Geological Society of London
- Member of British Society for Geomorphology
- Member of European Geosciences Union
- Member of International Glaciological Society
- Member of Quaternary Research Association
Research interests
- Glacial geomorphology (on- and offshore)
- Glacial processes and products
- Ice sheet dynamics
- Landscape evolution
- Palaeoclimatology
- Polar Science
- Surface exposure dating (esp. Lichenometry)
Published outputs
Key papers
BRADWELL, T. SIGURDSSON, O., EVEREST, J.D. 2013. Recent, very rapid retreat of a temperate glacier in SE Iceland. Boreas. doi:10.1111/bor.12014
EVEREST, J.D., BRADWELL, T., STOKER, M.S., DEWEY, S. 2013. New age constraints for the maximum extent of the last British-Irish Ice Sheet (NW Sector). Journal of Quaternary Science, 28: 2-7.
HOWE, J., DOVE, D., BRADWELL, T., GAFEIRA, J. 2012. Submarine geomorphology and glacial history of the Sea of the Hebrides, Scotland. Marine Geology, 315-318: 64-76.
ARMSTRONG, R.A., BRADWELL, T. 2011. The growth of foliose lichens: a review. Symbiosis, 53: 1-16.
FINLAYSON, A.G., GOLLEDGE, N.R., BRADWELL, T., FABEL, D. 2011. Evolution of a Lateglacial mountain ice cap in Northern Scotland. Boreas, 40: 536-554.
KRABBENDAM, M., BRADWELL, T. 2011. Lateral plucking as a mechanism for elongate erosional bedforms: explaining megagrooves in Britain and Canada. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 36: 1335-1349.
McINTYRE, K.I., HOWE, J.A., BRADWELL, T. 2011. Lateglacial ice-sheet extent and deglaciation in Loch Hourn, western Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology 47: 169-178.
ARMSTRONG, R.A., BRADWELL, T. 2010. Growth rates of crustose lichens: a review. Geografiska Annaler, 92A: 3-18.
BRADWELL, T. 2010. Studies on the growth of Rhizocarpon geographicum in NW Scotland, and some implications for lichenometry. Geografiska Annaler, 92A: 41-52.
GOLLEDGE, N.R., HUBBARD, A.H., BRADWELL, T. 2010. Influence of seasonality on glacier mass balance, and implications for palaeoclimate reconstructions. Climate Dynamics, 35: 757-770.
LUKAS, S., BRADWELL, T. 2010. Reconstruction of a Lateglacial (Younger Dryas) mountain icefield, in Sutherland, NW Scotland, and its palaeoclimatic implications. Journal of Quaternary Science, 25: 567-580.
HUBBARD, A.L., BRADWELL, T., GOLLEDGE, N. R., HALL, A., PATTON, H., SUGDEN, D.E., COOPER, R.M., STOKER, M.S. 2009. Dynamic cycles, ice streams and their impact on the extent, chronology and deglaciation of the last British-Irish Ice Sheet. Quaternary Science Reviews, Vol 28: 759-777.
STOKER, M.S., BRADWELL, T. 2009. Neotectonic deformation in a Scottish Fjord, Loch Broom, NW Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology,, 45: 107-116.
BRADWELL, T, FABEL, D, STOKER, M S, MATHERS, H E, McHARGUE, L, HOWE, J. 2008. Ice caps existed throughout the Lateglacial Interstadial in northern Scotland. Journal of Quaternary Science, Vol. 23, 401-407.
BRADWELL, T, STOKER, M S, GOLLEDGE, N R, WILSON, C K, MERRITT, J W, LONG, D, EVEREST, J D, HESTVIK, O B, STEVENSON, A G, HUBBARD, A L, FINLAYSON, A G, MATHERS, H E. 2008. The northern sector of the last British Ice Sheet: maximum extent and demise. Earth-Science Reviews, Vol. 88, 207-226.
BRADWELL, T., STOKER, M.S., KRABBENDAM, K. 2008. Megagrooves and streamlined bedrock in NW Scotland: the role of ice streams in landscape evolution. Geomorphology, 97: 135-156.
FINLAYSON, A.G., BRADWELL, T. 2008. Morphological characteristics and glaciological significance of Rogen moraine in Northern Scotland. Geomorphology, 101: 607-617.
BRADWELL, T, ARMSTRONG, R A. 2007. Growth rates of Rhizocarpon geographicum: a review with new data from Iceland. Journal of Quaternary Science, Vol. 22, 311-320.
BRADWELL, T, STOKER, M S, LARTER, R D. 2007. Geomorphological signature and flow dynamics of The Minch palaeo-ice stream, NW Scotland. Journal of Quaternary Science, Vol. 22, 609-617.
BRADWELL, T., DUGMORE, A.J., SUGDEN, D.E. 2006. The Little Ice Age glacier maximum in Iceland and the North Atlantic Oscillation: evidence from Lambatungnajökull, southeast Iceland. Boreas, 35: 61-80.
STOKER, M.S., BRADWELL, T., WILSON, C.K., HARPER, C., SMITH, D., BRETT, C. 2006. Pristine fjord landsystem revealed on the seabed in the Summer Isles region, NW Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology, 42: 89-99.
BRADWELL, T. 2005. Bedrock megagrooves in Assynt, NW Scotland. Geomorphology, 65: 195-204.
EVEREST, J.D., BRADWELL, T., GOLLEDGE, N.R. 2005. Subglacial landforms of the Tweed Palaeo-Ice Stream. Scottish Geographical Journal, 121: 163-173.
STOKER, M.S., BRADWELL, T. 2005. The Minch palaeo-ice stream, NW sector of the British–Irish Ice Sheet. Journal of the Geological Society, 162: 425-428.
BRADWELL, T. 2004. Annual moraines and summer temperatures at Lambatungnajökull, Iceland. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 36: 502-508.
BRADWELL, T. 2004. Lichenometric dating in southeast Iceland: the size-frequency approach. Geografiska Annaler, 86A: 31-41.
CLARK, C.D., EVANS, D.J.A., KHATWA, A., BRADWELL, T., JORDAN, C.J., MARSH, S.H., MITCHELL, W.A., BATEMAN, M.D. 2004. Map and GIS database of landforms and features related to the last British Ice Sheet. Boreas, 33: 359-375.
EVEREST, J.D., BRADWELL, T. 2003. Buried glacier ice in southern Iceland and its wider significance. Geomorphology, 52: 347-358
BRADWELL, T. 2001. A new lichenometric dating curve for southeast Iceland, Geografiska Annaler, 83A: 91-101.
