Dr Martin Austin
Senior Lecturer in Ocean Sciences
Links
- https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Martin_Austin
Researchgate
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
- Article › Research › Peer-reviewed
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., Aug 2011, In: Coastal Engineering. 58, 8, p. 690-705Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Jul 2016, In: Coastal Engineering. 113, July, p. 47-61Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Mar 2023, In: Renewable Energy. 205, p. 447-460Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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, In: Journal of Coastal Research. 65, S2, p. 1886-1891Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Controls on macrotidal rip current circulation and hazard
Scott, T., Masselink, G., Austin, M. J. & Russell, P., 15 Feb 2014, In: Geomorphology. 214Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Jun 2008, In: Marine Geology. 251, 3-4, p. 141-155Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Dust generation on a proglacial floodplain, West Greenland
Bullard, J. E. & Austin, M. J., Jun 2011, In: Aeolian Research. 3, 1, p. 43-54Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Oct 2015, In: Coastal Engineering. 107, p. 53-69Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Exploring regional coastal sediment pathways using a coupled tide-wave-sediment dynamics model
Davies, A. G., Robins, P., Austin, M. & Walker-Springett, G., 15 Jan 2023, In: Continental Shelf Research. 253, 104903.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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., Sept 2023, In: Coastal Engineering. 184, 22 p., 104309.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Geometry and dynamics of wave ripples in the nearshore zone of a coarse sandy beach
Masselink, G., Austin, M. J., O'Hare, T. J. & Russell, P. E., 24 Oct 2007, In: Journal of Geophysical Research. 112, C10Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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., Aug 2013, In: Journal of Marine Systems. 123-124, p. 19-32Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Groundwater fluxes and flow paths within coastal barriers: Observations from a large-scale laboratory experiment (BARDEX II)
Turner, I. L., Rau, G. C., Austin, M. J. & Andersen, M. S., Jul 2016, In: Coastal Engineering. 113, p. 104-116Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Infragravity wave generation on shore platforms: bound long wave versus breakpoint forcing
Poate, T. G., Masselink, G., Austin, M., Inch, K., Dickson, M. & McCall, R. D., 1 Feb 2020, In: Geomorphology. 350, 106880.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Macrotidal rip current experiment : circulation and dynamics
Austin, M. J., Scott, T. M., Brown, J. W., Brown, J. A. & Macmahan, J. H., 2009, In: Journal of Coastal Research. 2009, 56, p. 24-28Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mean Lagrangian flow behavior on an open coast rip-channeled beach: A new perspective
MacMahan, J., Brown, J., Brown, J., Thornton, E., Reniers, A., Stanton, T., Henriquez, M., Gallagher, E., Morrison, J., Austin, M. J., Scott, T. & Senechal, N., 15 Jan 2010, In: Marine Geology. 268, 1-4, p. 1-15Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Morphodynamic variability of high-energy macrotidal beaches, Cornwall, UK
Poate, T., Masselink, G., Russell, P. & Austin, M., 1 Apr 2014, In: Marine Geology. 350, p. 97-111Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Morphological change and sediment dynamics of the beach step on a macrotidal gravel beach
Austin, M. J. & Buscombe, D., 31 Mar 2008, In: Marine Geology. 249, 3-4, p. 167-183Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Observations of morphological change and sediment transport on a steep gravel beach
Austin, MJ. & Masselink, G., 30 May 2006, In: Marine Geology. 229, 1-2, p. 59-77Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Onshore sediment transport on a sandy beach under varied wave conditions: Flow velocity skewness, wave asymmetry or bed ventilation?
Austin, M., Masselink, G., O'Hare, T. & Russell, P. E., 15 Apr 2009, In: Marine Geology. 259, 1-4, p. 86-101Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Relaxation time effects of wave ripples on tidal beaches
Austin, M. J., Masselink, G., O'Hare, T. & Russell, P. E., 28 Aug 2007, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 34, 16, p. 1-5 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Oct 2013, In: Journal of Coastal Research. 29, 2, p. 283-300 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Aug 2014, In: Geomorphology. 226, p. 76-93Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sediment trend models fail to reproduce small-scale sediment transport patterns on an intertidal beach
Masselink, G., Buscombe, D., Austin, M., O'Hare, T. & Russell, P., 20 Nov 2007, In: Sedimentology. 55, 3, p. 667-687Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Swash-groundwater interaction on a steep gravel beach
Austin, M. J. & Masselink, G., Dec 2006, In: Continental Shelf Research. 26, 20, p. 2503-2519Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review