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David R. Bridgland

David R. Bridgland

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Earth Science

D-Index
53
Citations
9619
World Ranking
2889
National Ranking
322

Overview

David R. Bridgland is affiliated with Durham University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, contributing to various subfields including Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Anthropology, Geophysics, and Paleontology.

Their work addresses several main topics, notably:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies

David R. Bridgland has published extensively in scientific journals, with frequent publication venues including:

  • Proceedings of the Geologists Association
  • Geomorphology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Quaternary

Among recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Bridgland are:

  • "Basin inversion: A worldwide Late Cenozoic phenomenon" (2020), published in Global and Planetary Change
  • "On the earliest Acheulean in Britain: first dates and in-situ artefacts from the MIS 15 site of Fordwich (Kent, UK)" (2022), published in Royal Society Open Science
  • "The Kula-Salihli UNESCO Geopark: Spectacular records of Quaternary volcanism, fluvial and landscape evolution and Quaternary environmental change" (2022), published in Proceedings of the Geologists Association
  • "Extending the range of optically stimulated luminescence dating using vein-quartz and quartzite sedimentary pebbles" (2021), published in Quaternary Geochronology
  • "The coupling between tectonic uplift and climate change recorded by the Yellow River terraces during the Zoige basin excavation in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau" (2024), published in Geomorphology

Collaborations have been an integral part of Bridgland's research output. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Zhenbo Hu
  • Zijuan Dong
  • Qinhong Mo
  • Baotian Pan
  • Xiaohua Li

The scope of Bridgland's scientific contributions spans multidisciplinary aspects of Earth Sciences and related archaeological studies, integrating techniques and data to address questions about past environments, tectonic activities, and human evolutionary contexts.

Best Publications

  • Climatically controlled river terrace staircases: A worldwide Quaternary phenomenon

    David Bridgland;Rob Westaway;Rob Westaway

  • Quaternary of the Thames

    D. R. Bridgland;D. Q. Bowen;W. A. Wimbledon

  • River terrace systems in north-west Europe: an archive of environmental change, uplift and early human occupation

    D.R. Bridgland

  • Uplift-driven valley incision and climate-controlled river terrace development in the Thames Valley, UK

    Darrel Maddy;David Bridgland;Rob Westaway

  • Flow in the lower continental crust as a mechanism for the Quaternary uplift of south-east England: constraints from the Thames terrace record

    Rob Westaway;Darrel Maddy;David Bridgland

  • The Quaternary uplift history of central southern England : evidence from the terraces of the Solent River system and nearby raised beaches.

    Rob Westaway;David Bridgland;Mark White

  • Crustal uplift in southern England: evidence from the river terrace records

    D. Maddy;D.R. Bridgland;C.P. Green

  • Humans in the Hoxnian: habitat, context and fire use at Beeches Pit, West Stow, Suffolk, UK†

    R. C. Preece;J. A. J. Gowlett;S. A. Parfitt;S. A. Parfitt;D. R. Bridgland

  • A chronological framework for the British Quaternary based on Bithynia opercula

    Kirsty E. H. Penkman;Richard C. Preece;David R. Bridgland;David H. Keen

  • Terrestrial environments during MIS 11: evidence from the Palaeolithic site at West Stow, Suffolk, UK

    R.C. Preece;S.A. Parfitt;S.A. Parfitt;D.R. Bridgland;S.G. Lewis

  • Pliocene and Quaternary regional uplift in western Turkey: the Gediz River terrace staircase and the volcanism at Kula

    Rob Westaway;Malcolm Pringle;Sema Yurtmen;Tuncer Demir

  • River terrace sequences : templates for quaternary geochronology and marine-terrestrial correlation.

    David Bridgland;Darrel Maddy;Martin Bates

  • Quaternary fluvial archives and landscape evolution: a global synthesis

    David R. Bridgland;Rob Westaway

  • Preservation patterns of Late Cenozoic fluvial deposits and their implications: Results from IGCP 449

    David R. Bridgland;Rob Westaway

  • Sedimentology, palaeontology and archaeology of late Middle Pleistocene River Thames terrace deposits at Purfleet, Essex, UK.

    Danielle C Schreve;David R Bridgland;Peter Allen;Jeff J Blackford

  • The Palaeolithic occupation of Europe as revealed by evidence from the rivers: Data from IGCP 449

    David R. Bridgland;Pierre Antoine;Nicole Limondin-Lozouet;Juan I. Santisteban

  • Fluvial sequences as evidence for landscape and climatic evolution in the Late Cenozoic: a synthesis of data from IGCP 518

    Rob Westaway;Rob Westaway;David R. Bridgland;Rajiv Sinha;Tuncer Demir

  • Holywell Coombe, Folkestone: A 13,000 year history of an English Chalkland Valley

    R.C. Preece;D.R. Bridgland

  • Geoconservation for science and society: challenges and opportunities

    Colin D. Prosser;David R. Bridgland;Eleanor J. Brown;Jonathan G. Larwood

  • The Middle and Upper Pleistocene sequence in the Lower Thames: a record of Milankovitch climatic fluctuation and early human occupation of southern Britain

    David R. Bridgland

Frequent Co-Authors

Rob Westaway
Rob Westaway University of Glasgow
Danielle C. Schreve
Danielle C. Schreve Royal Holloway University of London
Darrel Maddy
Darrel Maddy Newcastle University
Simon A. Parfitt
Simon A. Parfitt University College London
Richard C. Preece
Richard C. Preece University of Cambridge
Kirsty Penkman
Kirsty Penkman University of York
Stéphane Cordier
Stéphane Cordier Grenoble Alpes University
Jef Vandenberghe
Jef Vandenberghe Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
David H. Roberts
David H. Roberts Durham University

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