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Professor Carl L Amos BSc, PhD

Emeritus Professor

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Professor Carl L Amos is Emeritus Professor within Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton at the University of Southampton.

BSc Oceanography/Geology, University of Wales (1971)

PhD Sedimentology, Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, London (1974)

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    Research interests

    Specialisms: Sediment dynamics, coastal morphodynamics

    Professor Amos has made significant and balanced contributions to the University in scientific leadership through research into the fundamental processes governing sediment transport. He has demonstrated strong leadership skills in coordinating and undertaking major research projects in tidally-dominated coastal settings. His present interests include the development of instrumentation (benthic landers and benthic flumes) for in situ measurement of sediment stability in cohesive and non-cohesive sediments, which has reesulted in over 100 science publications in this field of study. He is presently involved in developing and calibrating a sediment transport model of Venice Lagoon (with the National Research Council of Italy) for purposes of management of lagoonal habitats.

    Links to Active Research

    www.ccpem.soton.ac.uk/

    www.bioflow-eu.net/

    EUROSTRATAFORM

    http://www.turismoa.euskadi.net/eu/ (work with the Basque government on the Urdaibai estuary) 

    Research group

    Geology and Geophysics

    Research project(s)

    Impact of aquaculture on the British Columbian coastal zone

    Effects of Posidonia oceanica on sediment transport: implications for the protection of shorelines

    Ritmare: WP4.A5 - Hydrodynamic and morphodynamic modelling of lagoon systems

    Tidal inlet stability on Urdaibai Estuary, Spain

    Impacts of W class ferries on saltmarsh erosion

    Venice lagoon

    Vertical turbulence structures in the benthic boundary layer as related to suspended sediment

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    Articles

    Book Chapters

    • Amos, C., Kassem, H., & Friend, P. (2019). Ripple marks. In C. W. Finkl, & M. Christopher (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Coastal Science, Second Edition (2nd ed., Vol. 2, pp. 1447-1454). (Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series). Springer International Publishing AG.
    • Umgiesser, G., Helsby, R., Amos, C. L., & Ferrarin, C. (2015). Tidal Prism Variation in Venice Lagoon and Inlet Response over the Last 70 Years. In M. Maanan, & M. Robin (Eds.), Sediment Fluxes in Coastal Areas (pp. 151-165). (Coastal Research Library; Vol. 10). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9260-8_7
    • Amos, C. L. (2014). Understanding the macrotidal environment of the Bay of Fundy and the impacts of tidal power development. In D. N. Nettleship, D. C. Gordon, C. F. N. Lewis, & M. P. Latremouille (Eds.), Voyage of Discovery: Fifty years of Mariner Research at Canada's Bedford Institute of Oceanography (pp. 373-382). BIO–Oceans Association.
    • Amos, C. L., & Friend, P. L. (2005). Ripple marks. In M. L. Schwartz (Ed.), Encyclopedia of coastal science (pp. 813-815). (Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences). Springer.
    • Flindt, M. R., Neto, J., Amos, C. L., Pardal, M. A., Bergamasco, A., Pedersen, C. B., & Andersen, F. O. (2004). Plant bound nutrient transport. Mass transport in estuaries and lagoons. In S. L. Nielsen, G. T. Banta, & M. F. Pedersen (Eds.), Estuarine nutrient cycling: the influence of primary producers (pp. 93-128). Kluwer Academic.
    • Amos, C. L., Umgiesser, G., Bonardi, M., & Cappucci, S. (2002). Sedimentation mechanism in northern Venice Lagoon. In P. Campostrini (Ed.), Scientific research and safeguarding of Venice (pp. 315-332). Publ. Stampa "La Garangola".
    • Amos, C. L., Barrie, J. V., Buckley, D. E., Dalrymple, R. W., D'Anglejan, B., Davidson-Arnott, R., Fader, G. B., Gillie, R., Harper, J. R., Hill, P. R., Huntley, D. A., Josenhans, H. W., Keen, M. J., Piper, D. J. W., Syvitski, J. P. M., Taylor, B. B., & Taylor, R. B. (1990). Modern sedimentary processes. In M. J. Keen, & G. L. Williams (Eds.), Geology of the continental margin of eastern Canada (pp. 611-673). (Geology of Canada; No. 2). Geological Survey of Canada.
    • Collins, M. B., Amos, C. L., & Evans, G. (1981). Observations of some sediment-transport processes over intertidal flats, the Wash, U.K. In S-D. Nio, R. T. E. Shuttenhelm, & T. C. E. Van Weering (Eds.), Holocene Marine Sedimentation in the North Sea Basin (Vol. 5, pp. 81-98). (Special Publication of the International Association of Sedimentologists; No. 5). Blackwell Scientific Publications.

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    Professor Carl L Amos
    Ocean and Earth Science
    National Oceanography Centre Southampton
    University of Southampton Waterfront Campus
    European Way
    Southampton SO14 3ZH
    UK

    Room Number : NOCS/164/03

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