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Dr Katrien Van Landeghem

Senior Lecturer in Ocean Sciences

0000-0002-1040-9956

Room: 312 Craig Mair          Phone: 01248 38 8161

Email: k.v.landeghem@bangor.ac.uk

Web: @KJJVanLandeghem      Google Scholar     ResearchGate

I lecture in Marine Geology and Geophysics. I focus my research on seabed morphodynamics. I study sediment transport and bedform dynamics, more particularly the formation of amplified sediment waves, enhanced sediment mobility around seafloor objects and its link to sustainable management of engineering projects. I also study seabed morphodynamics linked to glacial dynamics, reconstructing the demise of marine-terminating ice streams from investigations of the seafloor, and understanding seabed habitat suitability on exposed seafloor when glaciers have retreated.

Dr Katrien Van Landeghem

View Dr Katrien Van Landeghem’s profile on the Bangor Research Portal

Qualifications

  • PhD: High-resolution seafloor evidence for glacial and post-glacial environments in the tidally dominated Irish Sea on the NW European Shelf
    University College Cork, 2008
  • MSc: A multidisciplinary study of the recent sedimentary processes in the Gollum Channel system to the West of Ireland
    Ghent University, Belgium, 2004

Teaching and Supervision

I teach undergraduate and postgraduate modules with content ranging from general earth sciences to applied marine geology.

I supervise MSc and PhD projects during which the students acquire in-depth knowledge and key skills to investigate seabed dynamics, bedform formation, sediment transport and/or glacial geomorphology.

I have supervised 2 PhD students to completion and currently supervise 3 PhD students (as lead supervisor).

Postgraduate Project Opportunities

I have a range of research interests in which PhD projects could be developed. Please contact me via email in the first instance regarding any of the following research areas: seabed dynamics; bedform formation; sediment transport; glacial geomorphology; habitat mapping

Publications

2020

  • PublishedBed erosion during fast ice streaming regulated the retreat dynamics of the Irish Sea Ice Stream.
    Van Landeghem, K. & Chiverrell, R., 1 Oct 2020, In : Quaternary Science Reviews. 245, 106526.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  • PublishedBlue carbon gains from glacial retreat along Antarctic fjords: what should we expect?
    Barnes, D., Sands, C., Cook, A., Howard, F., Román González, A., Muñoz-Ramirez, C., Retallick, K., Scourse, J., Van Landeghem, K. & Zwerschke, N., May 2020, In : Global Change Biology. 26, 5, p. 2750-2755 6 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  • PublishedCelebrating 50 years of sea-going science on the RV Prince Madog
    Van Landeghem, K. & Rippeth, T., 1 Feb 2020, Ocean Challenge, 24, 1, p. 30-39.
    Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
  • PublishedFinal deglaciation of the Malin Sea through meltwater release and calving events
    Tarlati, S., Benetti, S., Callard, S. L., Ó Cofaigh, C., Georgiopoulou, A., Edwards, R., Van Landeghem, K., Saher, M., Chiverrell, R., Fabel, D., Moreton, S., Morgan, S. & Clark, C., Nov 2020, In : Scottish Journal of Geology. 56, 2, p. 117-133
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  • PublishedFormational history of the Wicklow Trough: a marine transgressed tunnel valley revealing ice flow velocity and retreat rates for the largest ice stream draining the late-Devensian British-Irish Ice Sheet.
    Coughlan, M., Tóth, Z., Van Landeghem, K., McCarron, S. & Wheeler, A. J., Oct 2020, In : Journal of Quaternary Science. 35, 7, p. 907-919
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  • PublishedModelling scour around submerged objects with TELEMAC3D - GAIA
    Yiannoukos, I., Benson, T., Van Landeghem, K., Couldrey, A., Whitehouse, R., McCarron, C., Quinn, R., Morgan, J., Roberts, M. & Clayton-Smith, B., 30 Oct 2020, Online proceedings of the papers submitted to the 2020 TELEMAC-MASCARET User Conference. Breugem, W. A., Frederickx, L., Koutrouveli, T., Kulkarni, R., Chu, K. & Decrop, B. (eds.). International Marine & Dredging Consultants, p. 68-73 6 p.
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
  • PublishedOscillating retreat of the last British-Irish Ice Sheet on the continental shelf offshore Galway Bay, western Ireland.
    Callard, S. L., O'Cofaigh, C., Benetti, S., Chiverrell, R., Van Landeghem, K., Saher, M., Livingstone, S. J., Clark, C., Small, D., Fabel, D. & Moreton, S., Feb 2020, In : Marine Geology. 420, 106087.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

2019

  • PublishedAdvance and retreat of the marine-terminating Irish Sea Ice Stream into the Celtic Sea during the Last Glacial: Timing and maximum extent
    Scourse, J., Saher, M., Van Landeghem, K., Lockhart, E., Purcell, C., Callard, S. L., Roseby, Z., Allison, B., Pieńkowski, A., Ó Cofaigh, C., Praeg, D., Ward, S., Chiverrell, R. C., Moreton, S., Fabel, D. & Clark, C., 1 Jun 2019, In : Marine Geology. 412, p. 53-68
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  • PublishedEarly deglaciation of the British-Irish Ice Sheet on the Atlantic shelf northwest of Ireland driven by glacioisostatic depression and high relative sea level
    Ó Cofaigh, C., Weilbach, K., Lloyd, J., Benetti, S., Callard, S. L., Purcell, C., Chiverrell, R. C., Dunlop, P., Saher, M., Livingstone, S., Van Landeghem, K., Moreton, S., Clark, C. & Fabel, D., 15 Mar 2019, In : Quaternary Science Reviews. 208, p. 76-96
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  • PublishedThe hiding-exposure effect revisited: A method to calculate the mobility of bimodal sediment mixtures
    McCarron, C. J., Van Landeghem, K. J. J., Baas, J. H., Amoudry, L. O. & Malarkey, J., Apr 2019, In : Marine Geology. 410, p. 22-31
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

2018

  • PublishedA stratigraphic investigation of the Celtic Sea megaridges based on seismic and core data from the Irish-UK sectors.
    Lockhart, E., Scourse, J., Praeg, D., Van Landeghem, K., Mellett, C., Saher, M., Callard, S. L., Chiverrell, R. C., Benetti, S., Ó Cofaigh, C. & Clark, C. D., 15 Oct 2018, In : Quaternary Science Reviews. 198, p. 156-170
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  • PublishedExtent and retreat history of the Barra Fan Ice Stream offshore western Scotland and northern Ireland during the last glaciation
    Callard, S. L., Ó Cofaigh, C., Benetti, S., Chiverrell, R. C., Van Landeghem, K., Saher, M., Gales, J., Small, D., Clark, C., Livingstone, S. J., Fabel, D. & Moreton, S., 1 Dec 2018, In : Quaternary Science Reviews. p. 280-302
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  • PublishedIce margin oscillations during deglaciation of the northern Irish Sea basin. Accepted for publication in the Journal of Quaternary Science
    Chiverrell, R. C., Smedley, R. K., Small, D., Ballantyne, C. K., Burke, M. J., Callard, S. L., Clark, C. D., Duller, G. A. T., Evans, D. J. A., Fabel, D., Van Landeghem, K., Livingstone, S., Cofaigh, C. Ó., Thomas, G. S. P., Roberts, D. H., Saher, M., Scourse, J. D. & Wilson, P., Oct 2018, In : Quaternary Science. 33, 7, p. 739-762
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

2016

  • Published5th International Conference on Marine & River Dune Dynamics (MARID), April 4th-6th, Caernarfon, UK
    Van Landeghem, K., Garlan, T., Baas, J. H. & Van Landeghem, K. J. (ed.), 4 Apr 2016, Unknown Publisher.
    Research output: Book/Report › Book

2015

  • PublishedClassifying seabed sediment type using simulated tidal-induced bed shear stress
    Ward, S. L., Neill, S. P., Van Landeghem, K. J. & Scourse, J. D., 30 May 2015, In : Marine Geology. 367, p. 94-104
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  • PublishedGeological settings and seafloor morphodynamic evolution linked to methane seepage
    Van Landeghem, K. J., Niemann, H., Steinle, L. I., O'Reilly, S. S., Huws, D. G. & Croker, P. F., 28 Apr 2015, In : Geo-Marine Letters. 35, 4, p. 289-304
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  • PublishedGeology of the seabed and shallow subsurface: the Irish Sea
    Mellett, C. L., Carter, G., Long, D., Chiverrell, R. C. & Van Landeghem, K., 3 Dec 2015, Edinburgh: British Geological Survey. (Energy and Marine Geoscience Programme; no. CR/15/057)
    Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

2013

  • PublishedBayesian modelling the retreat of the Irish Sea Ice Stream
    Chiverrell, R. C., Thrasher, I. M., Thomas, G. S., Lang, A., Scourse, J. D., Van Landeghem, K. J., Mccarroll, D., Clark, C. D., Ó Cofaigh, C., Evans, D. J. & Ballantyne, C. K., 25 Feb 2013, In : Quaternary Science. 28, 2, p. 200-209
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

2012

  • PublishedReversed sediment wave migration in the Irish Sea, NW Europe: A reappraisal of the validity of geometry-based predictive modelling and assumptions
    Van Landeghem, K. J., Baas, J. H., Mitchell, N., Wilcockson, D. & Wheeler, A. J., 15 Feb 2012, In : Marine Geology. 295-298, p. 95-112
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

2009

  • PublishedPost-glacial sediment dynamics in the Irish Sea and sediment wave morphology: Data-model comparisons.
    Van Landeghem, K. J., Uehara, K., Wheeler, A. J., Mitchell, N. C. & Scourse, J. D., 30 Jul 2009, In : Continental Shelf Research. 29, 14, p. 1723-1736
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  • PublishedSeafloor evidence for palaeo-ice streaming and calving of the grounded Irish Sea Ice Stream: Implications for the interpretation of its final deglaciation phase.
    Van Landeghem, K. J., Wheeler, A. J. & Mitchell, N. C., 1 Feb 2009, In : Boreas. 38, 1, p. 119-131
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  • PublishedVariations in sediment wave dimensions across the tidally dominated Irish Sea, NW Europe.
    Van Landeghem, K. J., Wheeler, A. J., Mitchell, N. C. & Sutton, G., 15 Jul 2009, In : Marine Geology. 263, 1-4, p. 108-119
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Activities

2018

  • Pristine Antarctic fjords contain similar levels of microplastics to open oceans near big civilisations.

    16 Jul 2018

    Links:

    • https://theconversation.com/pristine-antarctic-fjords-contain-similar-levels-of-microplastics-to-open-oceans-near-big-civilisations-91360
    Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor)

Projects

  • KESS II Phd with Innogy Renewables BUK2E047

    01/11/2019 – 31/10/2023 (Active)

  • KESS II Phd with HR Wallingford- BUK2146

    01/05/2018 – 01/08/2021 (Active)

  • Unstable shipwreck sites in sand & gravel - NRN-LCEE Returning Fellowship Award

    01/04/2016 – 01/08/2019 (Finished)

  • Envision Case Award - Edward Lockhart

    01/10/2015 – 15/09/2020 (Finished)

  • CASE award Llanelli Sand Dredging (Connor McCarron)

    01/10/2014 – 10/07/2018 (Finished)

  • CASE award NOC Liverpool (Connor McCarron)

    01/10/2014 – 01/08/2019 (Finished)

Other Grants and Projects

I focus my research on seabed sediment mobility:

A. Seabed sediment transport and bedform dynamics:

1. Understanding the role of methane seepage in the formation of amplified sediment waves:

   -> 2014-2019: project “Bedload transport of sediment mixtures in shelf seas”, funded by NERC (ENVISION PhD studentship, with CASE partner NOC-L and extra funds from Llanelli Sand Dredging Ltd

   -> 2011 onwards: project “AmSedIs”, funded by the European Commission (EUROFLEET) and with experts in biogeochemistry, seabed geomorphologists, sedimentologists, geophysics experts and numerical modellers across Europe.

2. Understanding enhanced sediment mobility around seafloor objects:

   -> 2021 - 2022: project "Cable scour from fluid-seabed interactions in regions of mobile sedimentary bedforms" funded by EPSRC   

   -> 2018-2022: project “Seabed integrity around objects in a complex marine environment”, funded by KESSII (PhD studentship) and via multi-disciplinary collaboration with experts in marine geo-archaeology, Computational Fluid Dynamics and sediment transport modelling.

   -> 2016-2018: project “Unstable shipwreck sites in sand & gravel”, funded via a Returning Fellowship by Welsh Government: Sêr Cymru National Research Network for Low Carbon, Energy and Environment (NRN-LCEE)

   -> 2015: project “WWI Shipwrecks in the Irish Sea”, with shiptime funded by the Marine Institute, Ireland

3. Seabed dynamics and its link to sustainable management of engineering projects:

via collaboration with renewable energy developers and with links to iCRAG (Ireland’s national geoscience research centre supported by Science Foundation Ireland).

B. Seabed morphodynamics linked to glacial dynamics:

1. Understanding the demise of marine-terminating ice streams from investigations of the seafloor:

   -> 2015-2019: project “Glacial sculpting and post-glacial drowning of the Celtic Sea”, funded by NERC (ENVISION PhD studentship)

   -> 2012-2018: Consortium project “BRITICE-CHRONO”, NERC-funded and with experts in glacial geomorphology, geochronology, palao-oceanography and ice sheet modelling 

   -> Ongoing: object-oriented modelling for glacial landscape recognition, in collaboration with modellers in India. 

2. Understanding seabed habitat suitability on exposed seafloor when glaciers have retreated:

   -> 2017-2020: project “Impacts of deglaciation on benthic marine ecosystems in Antarctica (ICEBERGS)”, NERC funded (CONICYT - NERC Antarctic programme), in collaboration with experts in benthic ecology, palaeo-oceanography, glacial dynamics and sclerochronology.

   -> 2014: project “The collapse of the Irish Ice Sheet in the Celtic Sea sector and its marine habitat legacy”, with shiptime funded by the Marine Institute, Ireland 

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