Research Interests
My work is focussed on the analysis of ancient sedimentary environments, with an emphasis on combining focussed fieldwork-based research with bigger picture analyses of secular changes to the geological record. My primary interests involve improving our understanding of the interconnections and feedback loops between life and sedimentation as recorded in the sedimentary record. In modern continental environments the vast majority of the land surface experiences geomorphological change which is in some way related to organisms and a growing wealth of biogeomorphological literature attests to the importance of biotic-abiotic interactions in constructing and refining landforms, sedimentation patterns and physical habitats in active sedimentary systems. My research aims to assess how such interactions manifest themselves in the Precambrian and Phanerozoic rock record by means of combining analyses of sedimentary facies, stratigraphy, and ichnology.