Survey Geologist

Location: Keyworth

Tel: 0115 936 3084

E-mail Miss Leanne Hughes

Biography

•  2010 – 2011 :   MSc Earth Science — Drumlin morphology in Western Anglesey
•  2008 – present :  Survey Geologist, British Geological Survey
•  2005 – 2008 :   BSc (Hons) Staffordshire University, Physical, Environmental Geography

Current projects and collaboration

•  4D high resolution monitoring of glacier evolution, Virkisjőkull , Iceland
•  3D geological model usage in education
•  Communications rep for Geology and Landscape England
•  Drumlin morphology in western Anglesey
•  Quaternary mapping in north Scotland

Skills

•  3D modelling using GSI3D
•  Digital mapping including ArcGIS, SocetSET, Geovisionary and SIGMA
•  Field Geology
•  Science communication

Professional association

•  Council member for the Geologists Association
•  Fellow of the Geological Society
•  Geography Ambassador for the Royal Geographical Society
•  Member of the Quaternary Research Association
•  Member of the Geological Society Education Committee
•  Science and Engineering (STEM) Ambassador

Research interests

•  3D geological modelling
•  Glacial geomorphology
•  Quaternary mapping

Published outputs

• Cut-out 3D model of Eyjafjallajökull
• NERC Open Research Archive — Leanne Hughes
• Hughes, L, Phillips, Lee, J, E, Thomas, G, Chiverrell, R, (2011) 3D Architecture and evidence of multiphase sediment fill within drumlins formed between a paleo ice stream. [conference abstract and poster] in; The ice/bed interface in past and present ice sheets and glaciers: subglacial processes, sediments, landforms, and ecosystems, International Union for Quaternary Research, INQUA-Bern
• Phillips, Emrys; Lee, Jonathan R.; Riding, James B.; Kendall, Rhian; Hughes, Leanne. 2012 Periglacial disruption and subsequent glacitectonic deformation of bedrock : an example from Anglesey, North Wales, UK. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association
• Ward, E, Hughes, L. 2010. 3D Models for Teaching. GEES Geosciences Student Learning event 2010. [conference abstract and poster] Overcoming Barriers to Learning in the Geosciences, January 2010, School of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham
• HUMPAGE, A, HUGHES, L, WILBY, P, DAVIS, J. 2009. Carno revisited — a detailed investigation of upland slope terrace features in mid-Wales. Presentation at the International Permafrost Association, Caen symposium.

• Virkisjőkull
• 3D geological model
• Geology and Landscape England
• Anglesey
• Scotland
• GSI3D
• Geovisionary
• SIGMA
• Geologists Association
• Geological Society
• Royal Geographical Society
• Quaternary Research Association
• Geological Society
• (STEM)

• Eyjafjallajökull
• NERC Open Research Archive — Leanne Hughes
• 3D Architecture and evidence of multiphase sediment fill within drumlins formed between a paleo ice stream.
• Periglacial disruption and subsequent glacitectonic deformation of bedrock : an example from Anglesey, North Wales, UK.
• 3D Models for Teaching. GEES Geosciences Student Learning event 2010.
• Carno revisited — a detailed investigation of upland slope terrace features in mid-Wales.