{"id":20690,"date":"2020-03-05T13:24:53","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T13:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/people\/kirkham-matthew\/"},"modified":"2020-03-23T08:34:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T08:34:00","slug":"kirkham-matthew","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/people\/kirkham-matthew\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Kirkham"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t<section class=\"content-section\" id=\"tabs\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sea-background-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"content-menu\"><li class=\"active\"><h5><a href=\"#tabs-1\">Biography<\/a><\/h5><\/li><li ><h5><a href=\"#tabs-2\">Research<\/a><\/h5><\/li><li ><h5><a href=\"#tabs-3\">Publications<\/a><\/h5><\/li><li ><h5><a href=\"#tabs-4\">Skills &amp; qualifications<\/a><\/h5><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container tabs-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\" id=\"tabs-1\"><div class=\"col-12\"><p><strong>Matthew Kirkham&#8217;s Biography<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li>\u00a02006 \u2013 ongoing : Geotechnical Soils Lab Specialist.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a02000 \u2013 2006 : Sample Preparation Technician.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\" id=\"tabs-2\"><div class=\"col-12\"><p><strong>Research interests<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li class=\"blueBullet\"><a class=\"bodyLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/xyztbc\">Shrink-Swell properties of clays<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Geophysical-Geotechnical property relationships.<\/li>\n<li>Rock and soil mechanics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Current projects and collaborations<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li class=\"blueBullet\"><a class=\"bodyLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/xyztbc\">Physical properties and behaviour of UK rocks and soils.<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"blueBullet\"><a class=\"bodyLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/xyztbc\">Landslide Hazards and Research.<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"blueBullet\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/xyztbc\">Shrink swell properties of the Oxford Clay<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"blueBullet\"><a class=\"bodyLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/xyztbc\">Geophysical Properties in Interrelations.<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"blueBullet\"><a href=\"http:\/\/randd.defra.gov.uk\/Default.aspx?Menu=Menu&amp;Module=More&amp;Location=None&amp;Completed=2&amp;ProjectID=18369\">National pilot soil erosion monitoring project funded by Defra<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\" id=\"tabs-3\"><div class=\"col-12\"><p><strong>Published outputs<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li><a class=\"bodyLink\" href=\"http:\/\/nora.nerc.ac.uk\/view\/author\/1222.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NERC Open Research Archive \u2014 Matthew Kirkham<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\" id=\"tabs-4\"><div class=\"col-12\"><p><strong>Skills<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li class=\"blueBullet\"><a class=\"bodyLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/xyztbc\">Geotechnical soil and rock properties testing.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Terrestrial LiDAR Scanning.<\/li>\n<li>X-Ray Sedigraph Analysis.<\/li>\n<li>dGPS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":22266,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"tags":[],"bgs_role":[336],"level":[],"location":[154],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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