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Dr Martin Austin

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ORCID: 0000-0003-3179-8767

Contact info

Office: 211 Marine Centre Wales     Phone: 01248 382803

Email: m.austin@bangor.ac.uk

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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

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  1. Erthygl › Ymchwil › Adolygwyd gan gymheiriaid

  2. 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. 690-705

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  3. Cyhoeddwyd

    Boundary layer dynamics in the swash zone under large-scale laboratory conditions

    Ruju, A., Conley, D., Masselink, G., Austin, M. J., Puleo, J., Lanckriet, T. & Foster, D., 1 Gorff 2016, Yn: Coastal Engineering. 113, July, t. 47-61

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    Characterizing the Marine Energy Test Area (META) in Wales, UK

    Neill, S., Fairley, I., Rowlands, S., Young, S., Hill, T., Unsworth, C., King, N., Roberts, M., Austin, M., Hughes, P., Masters, I., Owen, A., Powell, B., Reeve, D. E. & Lewis, M., 1 Maw 2023, Yn: Renewable Energy. 205, t. 447-460

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  5. 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. 1886-1891

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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. 214

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    Cross-shore sediment transport and morphological response on a macrotidal beach with intertidal bar morphology, Truc Vert, France

    Masselink, G., Austin, M., Tinker, J., O'Hare, T. & Russell, P. E., 6 Meh 2008, Yn: Marine Geology. 251, 3-4, t. 141-155

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  8. Dust generation on a proglacial floodplain, West Greenland

    Bullard, J. E. & Austin, M. J., Meh 2011, Yn: Aeolian Research. 3, 1, t. 43-54

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    Dynamics of rip currents associated with groynes — field measurements, modelling and implications for beach safety

    Scott, T., Austin, M. J., Masselink, G. & Russell, P., 30 Hyd 2015, Yn: Coastal Engineering. 107, t. 53-69

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  10. Cyhoeddwyd

    Exploring regional coastal sediment pathways using a coupled tide-wave-sediment dynamics model

    Davies, A. G., Robins, P., Austin, M. & Walker-Springett, G., 15 Ion 2023, Yn: Continental Shelf Research. 253, 104903.

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  11. Cyhoeddwyd

    Field measurements of cable self-burial in a sandy marine environment

    Unsworth, C., Austin, M., Van Landeghem, K., Couldrey, A., Whitehouse, R., Lincoln, B., Doole, S. & Worrall, P., Medi 2023, Yn: Coastal Engineering. 184, 22 t., 104309.

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