Professor Mike Thomas

Emeritus Professor

Biological and Environmental Sciences University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA

Professor Mike Thomas

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Professor Emeritus Leverhulme Emeritus Fellow 2002-03 PhD - University of London MA - University of Reading

Research

My main research area is in tropical and applied geomorphology, with special reference to: Weathering and long-term landform evolution Fluvial response to late Quaternary environmental changes Applications of geomorphology to slope stability problems and to geodiversity studies. Affiliation and Awards Fellow: The Geological Society; Royal Scottish Geographical Society (former Council member and Chair of Research Committee to 2010); Royal Society of Edinburgh. Member: British Society for Geomorphology (Chair,1982-83; Treasurer, 2002-2006); Joint Editor CATENA, 1995-2005; Honorary Member, Forth Naturalist and Historian (Board, 2000-2010; Chair, 2004-2010). Centenary Medal, Royal Scottish Geographical Society: for distinguished contribution to geographical research (2000); David Linton Award, British Society for Geomorphology: for outstanding contribution to geomorphological research and scholarship (2001). Current Research

Role of weathering in long-term landform evolution Role of geomorphology in studies of geodiversity with particular reference to landscape sensitivity (Co-convener of BGS, BSSS, RSGS, SNH, Scottish conference: ‘Engaging with Geodiversity – Why it Matters’, held at The Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh, 1 December 2009) Impact of late Quaternary climate changes on landscape instability in humid tropical environments and in Scotland

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Article

Redshaw P, Boon D, Campbell G, Willis M, Mattai J, Free M, Jordan C, Kemp SJ, Morley A & Thomas M (2019) The 2017 Regent Landslide, Freetown Peninsula, Sierra Leone. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 52 (4), pp. 435-444. https://doi.org/10.1144/qjegh2018-187


Book Chapter

Reid E, Thomas M & Tipping R (2003) Holocene alluvial fan and fluvial activity in upper Gleann Lichd, Kintail. In: Tipping R (ed.) The Quaternary of Glen Affric and Kintail: Field guide. Quaternary Research Association field guide. London: Quaternary Research Association, pp. 157-164. 9780907780595.