Staff profile
| Affiliation | Room number | Telephone |
|---|---|---|
| Research Postgraduate (PhD) in the Department of Geography | S105 | |
| Post Doctoral Research Associate , Sea Level, Ice and Climate | S105 |
Biography
Background
I am a physical geographer with strong interest on sea level hazards. My approach in this realm is achieved through the analysis of coastal stratigraphy and landform assemblages to interpret (pre)historical extreme events and processes respectively.
I got my MSc in Risk, with major emphasis on natural hazards, at Durham University (IHRR). The topic of my dissertation was "Hazard assessment of coastal cliff retreat in Norfolk: spatial and temporal analysis centred on the extreme winter season of 2013/2014".
I also obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in Geomatics from the Research Centre for Geospatial Information Sciences (CentroGeo, Mexico). During my Bachelor Degree in Geography, at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, I especialized in Geomorphology. My thesis was titled: Coastal morphodynamics and its implications on sea level rise impacts in the southern coast of Acapulco, Guerrero.
Research interests
- Coastal hazards
- Relative sea level changes
- Coastal stratigraphy
- Geomorphological mapping
Research topic
My PhD research project aims to investigate Holocene earthquake sequences along the Pacific coast of Mexico to understand the behaviour of the Rivera plate megathrust fault. To achive this aim, I seek to identify the stratigraphic signature (coseismic contacts) of Holocene earthquakes imprinted in estuarine sediments, produced by abrupt relative sea-level (RSL) changes. These stratigraphic records will provide evidence of coastal uplift or coastal subsidence, whose magnitude will be estimated using quantitative micropaleontological methods. Lastly, a robust chronological model of earthquake sequences is going to be built in order to obtain ages and recurrence intervals of megathrust earthquakes.
Publications
Journal Article
- Woodroffe, S. A., Hill, J., Bustamante‐Fernandez, E., Lloyd, J. M., Luff, J., Richards, S., & Shennan, I. (2023). On the varied impact of the Storegga tsunami in northwest Scotland. Journal of Quaternary Science, https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3539
- Bustamante Fernandez, E., Woodroffe, S., Lloyd, J. M., & Shennan, I. (2023). Stratigraphic evidence of relative sea level changes produced by megathrust earthquakes in the Jalisco subduction zone, Mexico. The signature of the 1995 Colima-Jalisco earthquake (Mw 8) as a modern analogue. Marine Geology, 463, Article 107100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2023.107100