Dr Martin Austin
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Contact info
Office: 211 Marine Centre Wales Phone: 01248 382803
Email: m.austin@bangor.ac.uk
Web: Google Scholar ResearchGate ORCID
Twitter: @mart_austin
I am an observational oceanographer and specialise in the hydro- and morpho-dynamics of the inter-tidal and shallow sub-tidal regions of the coastal ocean. My present research at Bangor includes:
- The turbulent flow dynamics around sub-sea cables that causes seabed scour and subsequent cable failure. This ESPRC-funded research works in collaboration with three industry partners from the Marine Renewable Energy sector. It aims to reduce costs within the industry, where cable failures in 2014-17 cost the sector £250M.
- The dynamics of large-scale turbulent motions in tidally energetic regions. This EPSRC- and NRN-funded work seeks to quantify large-scale turbulent motions and assess the impacts on tidal energy extraction and infrastructure. Observational field experiments are being undertaken in the Menai Strait and around north Wales, and include industry collaborators from UK, Europe and the USA.
- WASP - Waves Across Shore Platforms. EPSRC-funded grant investigating wave attenuation processes across rocky shore platforms at multiple sites across the UK and New Zealand to produce a new numerical modelling tool.
- Nearshore inter- to sub-tidal sediment exchange caused by the interaction of wave-driven nearshore currents, tidal currents and cross-shelf currents. This is linked to the Crown Estates Anglesey Tidal Test Site, with particular interest in nearshore sub-sea cable pathways, and encompasses field measurements of the full water column velocity, turbulence and sediment profiles. Autonomous Coastal Observatory buoy units are being deployed to support this work in spring 2018.
I graduated from Plymouth University in 2002 with a BSc in Ocean Science and completed my PhD in gravel beach morphodynamics at Loughborough University in 2005. I have subsequently been a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at: Plymouth University (2005 - 2007, Cross-shore sediment transport on sandy beaches); Loughborough University (2007, Dust generation on an Arctic pro-glacial flood plain); before returning once again to Plymouth (2007 - 2010, Impacts of offshore wave energy arrays on seabed and shoreline processes; and 2010 - 2013, Dynamics of rip currents and implication for beach safety). Research Areas
- 2014
- Cyhoeddwyd
Role of wave forcing, storms and NAO in outer bar dynamics on a high-energy, macro-tidal beach
Masselink, G., Austin, M. J., Scott, T., Poate, T. & Russell, P., 2 Awst 2014, Yn: Geomorphology. 226, t. 76-93Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Morphodynamic variability of high-energy macrotidal beaches, Cornwall, UK
Poate, T., Masselink, G., Russell, P. & Austin, M., 1 Ebr 2014, Yn: Marine Geology. 350, t. 97-111Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Controls on macrotidal rip current circulation and hazard
Scott, T., Masselink, G., Austin, M. J. & Russell, P., 15 Chwef 2014, Yn: Geomorphology. 214Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- 2013
- Cyhoeddwyd
Water-level controls on macro-tidal rip currents
Austin, M. J., Masselink, G., Scott, T. M. & Russell, P. E., 16 Rhag 2013, Yn: Continental Shelf Research. 75, t. 28-40Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Rip Current Prediction: Development, Validation, and Evaluation of an Operational Tool
Austin, M. J., Scott, T. M., Russell, P. E. & Masselink, G., 1 Hyd 2013, Yn: Journal of Coastal Research. 29, 2, t. 283-300 18 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Groundwater dynamics in coastal gravel barriers backed by freshwater lagoons and the potential for saline intrusion: Two cases from the UK
Austin, M. J., Masselink, G., McCall, R. T. & Poate, T. G., Awst 2013, Yn: Journal of Marine Systems. 123-124, t. 19-32Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Coastal sand barrier hydrology - observations from the BARDEX II prototype-scale laboratory experiment
Turner, I. L., Rau, G. C., Andersen, M. S., Austin, M. J., Puleo, J. A. & Masselink, G., 2013, Yn: Journal of Coastal Research. 65, S2, t. 1886-1891Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- 2011
Alongshore fluid motions in the swash zone of a sandy and gravel beach
Austin, M. J., Masselink, G., Russell, P. E., Turner, I. L. & Blenkinsopp, C. E., Awst 2011, Yn: Coastal Engineering. 58, 8, t. 690-705Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Dust generation on a proglacial floodplain, West Greenland
Bullard, J. E. & Austin, M. J., Meh 2011, Yn: Aeolian Research. 3, 1, t. 43-54Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- Cyhoeddwyd
Rip current hazards on large-tidal beaches in the United Kingdom
Scott, T. M., Russell, P. E., Masselink, G., Austin, M. J., Wills, S. & Wooler, A., 9 Mai 2011, Rip Currents: Beach Safety, Physical Oceanogaphy, and Wave Modeling. Leatherman, S. & Fletemeyer, J. (gol.). CRC Press, t. 225-242 18 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion Cynhadledd › Pennod