Prof J K Hart

Prof J K Hart

University of Southampton
University Road
Southampton
SO17 1BJ

Position: Professor in Geography
Research group: Earth Surface Dynamics
Location: 44/2021
Extension: 24615
Telephone: (023) 8059 4615
Fax: (023) 8059 3295
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Research interests

  • Glaciers and Climate Change
  • Subglacial processes (experiments and sedimentology)
  • Environmental Sensor Networks

Research projects

  • The development of a wireless multisensor probe to understand subglacial processes (GLACSWEB)
  • Subglacial sediment deformation
  • The deforming bed/debris-rich ice continuum

Biographical notes

Jane Hart is currently Professor in Geography. She has been a member of staff in the School of Geography, at the University of Southampton since 1989.

Qualifications

  • B.Sc. (Geography) Reading 1983
  • Ph.D. (Environmental Science) East Anglia 1987

Details

  • President Geology Section of British Association for the Advancement of Science (2006)
  • Editorial board Journal of Glaciology (2004-7)(2007-2010)
  • Co-chair of Session at AGU 2005 "Emerging Technologies for Environmental Sensor Networks"
  • Invited Speaker at "Glacial Sedimentary Processes and Products" 2004
  • Chair of Women and SET (WiSET), University of Southampton, 2006/7
  • British Federation Women Graduates Grants Committee, 2006-9
Teaching responsibilities for Prof J K Hart
Module title Module code Discipline Role
Glaciers and Glaciation GEOG3020 Geography Course leader
Research Methods in Physical Geography (Field Course) GEOG2030 Geography Course leader
Environmental Monitoring Techniques GEOG2002 Geography Tutor
Geomorphological Processes GEOG1002 Geography Tutor

Publications

Rose, Kathryn, Hart, Jane and Martinez, Kirk (2009) Seasonal changes in basal conditions at Briksdalsbreen, Norway: the winter–spring transition. Boreas, 38, (3), 579-590. (doi:10.1111/j.1502-3885.2008.00079.x)
Hart, Jane K., Rose, Kathryn C., Martinez, Kirk and Ong, Royan (2009) Subglacial clast behaviour and its implication for till fabric development: new results derived from wireless subglacial probe experiments. Quaternary Science Reviews, 28, (7-8), 597-607. (doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.07.020)
Rose, James and Hart, Jane K. (2009) Geoffrey Boulton. Quaternary Science Reviews, 28, (7-8), 580-583. (doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.01.005)
Rose, James and Hart, Jane K. (2009) Quaternary Glaciodynamics: editorial overview. Quaternary Science Reviews, 28, (7-8), 577-579. (doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.02.008)
Rose, Kathryn C. and Hart, Jane K. (2008) Subglacial cominution in the deforming bed: inferences from SEM analysis. Sedimentary Geology, 203, (1-2), 87-97. (doi:10.1016/j.sedgeo.2007.11.003)
Hart, J.K. (2008) Weybourne. In, Candy, I, Lee, J.R. and Harrison, A.M. (eds.) Quaternary of Northern East Anglia. London, UK, Quaternary Research Association, 182 -191.
Hart, Jane K. (2007) An investigation of subglacial shear zone processes from Weybourne, Norfolk, UK. Quaternary Science Reviews, 26, (19-21), 2354-2374. (doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.06.028)
Hart, J.K. (2007) The role of women in British Quaternary Science. In, Burek, C.V. and Higgs, B. (eds.) The role of Women in the History of Geology. London, UK, Geological Society of London, 83-96.
Hart, J.K., Martinez, K., Ong, R., Riddoch, A., Rose, K.C. and Padhay, P. (2006) A wireless multi-sensor subglacial probe: design and preliminary results. Journal of Glaciology, 52, (178), 389-397. (doi:10.1111/j.1365-3091.2005.00758.x)
Hart, Jane K. (2006) An investigation of subglacial processes at the microscale from Briksdalsbreen, Norway. Sedimentology, 53, (1), 125-146. (doi:10.1111/j.1365-3091.2005.00758.x)
Hart, Jane K. (2006) Athabasca Glacier, Canada – a field example of subglacial ice and till erosion? Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 31, (1), 65-80. (doi:10.1002/esp.1233)
Hart, Jane K. and Martinez, Kirk (2006) Environmental Sensor Networks: a revolution in the earth system science? Earth-Science Reviews, 78, 177-191. (doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2006.05.001)
Roberts, D.A. and Hart, J.K. (2005) The deforming bed characteristics of a stratified till assemblage in north East Anglia, UK: investigating controls on sediment rheology and strain signatures. Quaternary Science Reviews, 24, (1-2), 123-140. (doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2004.03.004)
Murton, Julian B., Waller, Richard I., Hart, Jane K., Whiteman, Colin A., Pollard, Wayne H. and Clark, Ian D. (2004) Stratigraphy and glaciotectonics structures of a relict deforming bed of permafrost at the northwestern margin of the Laurentide ice sheet, Tuktoyaktuk Coastlands, Canada. Journal of Glaciology, 50, (170), 399-412. (doi:10.3189/172756504781829927)
Hart, J.K., Khatwa, A. and Sammonds, P. (2004) The effect of grain texture on the occurrence of microstructural properties in subglacial till. Quaternary Science Reviews, 23, (23-24), 2501-2512. (doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2004.06.006)
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