Geologist

Location: Keyworth

Tel: 0115 936 3049

E-mail Catherine Pennington

Biography

•  2008 –Present :  Deputy Project Leader for the BGS Landslides Team, British Geological Survey
•  2001 –Present :  Geologist, British Geological Survey
•  2000 –2001 :  Engineering Geologist, WS Atkins
•  2000 –2000 :  Geotechnical Engineer, Hyder Constulting Limited
•  1999 –2000 :  MSc Advanced Engineering Geology with distinction: Durham University
•  1996 –1999 :  BSc Geology: University of Wales, Abersytwyth

Research interests

•  BGS Landslides Response Team
•  BGS National Landslide Database
•  Coastal Landslides
•  Landslides in the UK

Published outputs

• NERC Open Research Archive — Catherine Pennington
• BGS Landslides web pages

Key papers

Foster, C.; Pennington, C.V.L.; Culshaw, M.G.; Lawrie, K., 2012. The National Landslide Database of Great Britain : development, evolution and applications. Environmental Earth Sciences, 66(3) pp941-953

Foster, C., Reeves, H.J., Pennington, C.V.L., Hobbs, P.R.N., Culshaw, M.G., Plim, J., Smith, J.T., MacCulloch, F., Queen, G. and Winter, M.G., 2012. Landslide hazard assessment and characterisation for forestry asset management in Great Britain. In: Eberhart, E., (ed.) Landslides and Engineered Slopes : Protecting Society through Improved Understanding. CRC Press.

Gibson, A.G., Culshaw, M.G., Dashwood, C. and Pennington, C.V.L., 2012. Landslide management in the UK—the problem of managing hazards in a ‘low-risk’ environment, Landslides

Lee, J.R., Pennington, C.V.L. and Hobbs, P.R.N., 2011. Trimingham : structural architecture of the Cromer Ridge Push Moraine complex and controls for landslide geohazards. In: Phillips, E.; Lee, J.R.; Evans, H.M., (eds.) Glacitectonics : field guide. Quaternary Research Association, pp218-227. (QRA field guides).

Pennington, C.V.L., Evans, H. M.; Foster, C., 2009. Landslides of the area around Chesterfield, Geological Sheet 112. Nottingham, UK, British Geological Survey, 23pp. (OR/09/022)

Pennington, C.V.L.; Foster, C.; Chambers, J.E.; Jenkins, G.O., 2009 Landslide research at the British Geological Survey : capture, storage and interpretation on a national and site-specific scale. Acta geologica sinica English edition, 83(5). pp991-999.

Foster, C., Poulton, CV.L. and Harrison, M., 2008. A national hazard assessment of coastal landslides using GI capture systems : a government dataset. In: AGI Geocommunity 08 : shaping a changing world, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK, 24-25 Sept 08

Hobbs, P.R.N., Pennington, C.V.L., Pearson, S.G., Jones, L.D., Foster, C., Lee, J.R., and Gibson, A., 2008. Slope Dynamics Project Report : Norfolk Coast (2000 - 2006). Nottingham, UK, British Geological Survey, 166pp. (OR/08/018).

• BGS Landslides Home
• BGS Landslide Case Studies

• NERC Open Research Archive — Catherine Pennington
• BGS Landslides web pages
• Foster, C.; Pennington, C.V.L.; Culshaw, M.G.; Lawrie, K., 2012. The National Landslide Database of Great Britain : development, evolution and applications. Environmental Earth Sciences, 66(3) pp941-953
• Foster, C., Reeves, H.J., Pennington, C.V.L., Hobbs, P.R.N., Culshaw, M.G., Plim, J., Smith, J.T., MacCulloch, F., Queen, G. and Winter, M.G., 2012. Landslide hazard assessment and characterisation for forestry asset management in Great Britain. In: Eberhart, E., (ed.) Landslides and Engineered Slopes : Protecting Society through Improved Understanding. CRC Press.
• Gibson, A.G., Culshaw, M.G., Dashwood, C. and Pennington, C.V.L., 2012. Landslide management in the UK—the problem of managing hazards in a ‘low-risk’ environment, Landslides
• Lee, J.R., Pennington, C.V.L. and Hobbs, P.R.N., 2011. Trimingham : structural architecture of the Cromer Ridge Push Moraine complex and controls for landslide geohazards. In: Phillips, E.; Lee, J.R.; Evans, H.M., (eds.) Glacitectonics : field guide. Quaternary Research Association, pp218-227. (QRA field guides).
• Pennington, C.V.L., Evans, H. M.; Foster, C., 2009. Landslides of the area around Chesterfield, Geological Sheet 112. Nottingham, UK, British Geological Survey, 23pp. (OR/09/022)
• Pennington, C.V.L.; Foster, C.; Chambers, J.E.; Jenkins, G.O., 2009 Landslide research at the British Geological Survey : capture, storage and interpretation on a national and site-specific scale. Acta geologica sinica English edition, 83(5). pp991-999.
• Foster, C., Poulton, CV.L. and Harrison, M., 2008. A national hazard assessment of coastal landslides using GI capture systems : a government dataset. In: AGI Geocommunity 08 : shaping a changing world, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK, 24-25 Sept 08
• Hobbs, P.R.N., Pennington, C.V.L., Pearson, S.G., Jones, L.D., Foster, C., Lee, J.R., and Gibson, A., 2008. Slope Dynamics Project Report : Norfolk Coast (2000 - 2006). Nottingham, UK, British Geological Survey, 166pp. (OR/08/018).