Prof C. Richard Bates

Professor

Phone: +44 (0)1334 46 3997
Email: crb@st-andrews.ac.uk

Teaching

Applied Geophysics at sub-honours and honours level with application to environmental investigation, hydrogeological appraisal, engineering studies and resource development. Petroleum Geosciences taught as industry style, CPD short courses. Environmental studies including Environmental Impact Assessment, fate of contaminants in the sub-surface, managing the impacts of climate change. An emphasis is placed throughout on bringing industry best practice to the student learning experience through the use of case-histories, practical classes based on applied problems for industry, government and society and through joint teaching with industry experts.

Research areas

Application of high resolution geophysical survey techniques for near surface investigations and the use of geophysics in a multi-disciplinary team approach to environmental problem solving.

http://geophysicistatlarge.blogspot.co.uk/

Specific focus on the fields of near surface, high resolution terrestrial geophysics (archaeology, palaeo-environmental reconstruction, groundwater investigations, contamination mapping, structural investigations, climate change impact) and marine, high resolution survey (palaeo-landscape reconstruction, ecosystem evaluation, resource mapping, sediment dynamics). Development of multi-sensor equipment for environmental investigations with an emphasis on climate impact studies such as marine benthic mapping and glacier retreat in the maritime Arctic. Recent archaeological research investigations include the use of multi-sensor techniques at iconic sites such Stonehenge and the World Heritage sites in Orkney. Commercialization of applied geophysics for marine investigation of Special Areas of Conservation and offshore marine resource development both internationally and on the UK Continental Shelf.

PhD supervision

Ella Wood
Amanda Woods
Claudia Lubao
Abate Melaku
Maria Andrei

Selected publications

Open access

Amplifying immersive climate learning
Andrei, M., Pisani, S., Miller, A., Oliver, I., Cassidy, C. A., Heinrich, S. & Bates, C. R., 2025, Immersive Learning Research Network. iLRN 2024. : 10th International Conference on Immersive Learning, ILRN 2024, Glasgow, UK, June 10–13, 2024, revised selected papers, part II. Krüger, J. M., Pedrosa, D., Beck, D., Bourguet, M.-L., Dengel, A., Ghannam, R., Miller, A., Peña-Rios, A. & Richter, J. (eds.). Cham: Springer, p. 37-51 3. (Communications in computer and information science; vol. 2272).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Open access

Sounding out maerl sediment thickness: an integrated data approach
Sheehy, J., Bates, R., Bell, M. & Porter, J., 3 Mar 2024, In: Scientific Reports. 14, 17 p., 5220.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A bathymetric and sub-bottom investigation of the Tammisheh Wall's northernmost section submerged in the Caspian Sea
Bates, C. R., Rekavandi, H. & Tofighain, H., 25 Jun 2022, Ancient arms race - Antiquity's largest fortresses and Sasanian military networks of Northern Iran: a joint fieldwork project by the Iranian Center for Archaeological Research, the Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism and the University of Edinburgh (2014-2016). Sauer, E., Nokandeh, J. & Rekavandi, H. O. (eds.). Oxford: Oxbow, p. 415-425 11 p. (British institute of Persian studies archaeological monograph series; vol. VII).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Open access

A description of palaeolandscape features in the southern North Sea
Fitch, S., Gaffney, V., Harding, R., Walker, J., Bates, C. R., Bates, M. & Fraser, A., 1 Aug 2022, Europe's lost frontiers: Volume 1: context and methodology. Gaffney, V. & Fitch, S. (eds.). Oxford: Archaeopress, p. 36-55 20 p. (Europe's lost frontiers; vol. 1).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Open access

Applying chemostratigraphic techniques to shallow bore holes: lessons and case studies from 'Europe’s lost frontiers'
Finlay, A., Bates, C. R., Bensharada, M. & Davies, S., 1 Aug 2022, Europe's lost frontiers: Volume 1: context and methodology. Gaffney, V. & Fitch, S. (eds.). Oxford: Archaeopress, p. 137-154 17 p. (Europe's lost frontiers; vol. 1).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Open access

Black coral occurrences on the Azores shelves (central north Atlantic) from 1991 to 2019
Tempera, F., Sinde-Mano, A. L., Gomes Pereira, J. N., Atchoi, E., de Matos, V., Santos, S. V., Milla-Figueras, D., Das , D., Graça, G., Fontes, J., Bates, C. R., Ribeiro, P. & Afonso, P., 3 Mar 2022
Research output: Other contribution
Discovering unknown sections of the Great Wall of Gorgan near the shores of the Caspian Sea
Bates, C. R., Bates, M. & Rekavandi, H., 25 Jun 2022, Ancient arms race - Antiquity's largest fortresses and Sasanian military networks of Northern Iran: a joint fieldwork project by the Iranian Center for Archaeological Research, the Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism and the University of Edinburgh (2014-2016). Sauer, E., Nokandeh, J. & Rekavandi, H. O. (eds.). Oxford: Oxbow, p. 405-415 11 p. (British institute of Persian studies archaeological monograph series; vol. VII).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Open access

Environmental reconstruction and formation processes in a large Mesolithic lithic scatter at Nethermills of Crathes, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Tipping, R., Bates, R., Cameron, A., Clarke, A., Duthie, S., Ewan, L., Kinnaird, T., Mann, B., Noble, G., Ross, I., Sabnis, H. & Wickham-Jones, C., 1 Oct 2022, In: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 45, 13 p., 103605.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open access

Investigation of coastal environmental change at Ruddons Point, Fife, southeast Scotland
Boyd, S. L., Kinnaird, T. C., Srivastava, A., Whittaker, J. E. & Bates, C. R., 30 Nov 2022, In: Scottish Journal of Geology. 58, 2, 22 p., sjg2022-005.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Palaeoenvironments at the Caspian terminals of the Gorgan and Tammisheh Walls
Leroy, S., Demory, F., Chalie, F., Bates, M., Bates, C. R., Rekavandi, H., Sauer, E. & Reimer, P., 25 Jun 2022, Ancient arms race: Antiquity's largest fortresses and Sasanian military networks of Northern Iran. Sauer, E., Nokandeh, J. & Rekavandi, O. (eds.). Oxford: Oxbow, p. 425-457 33 p. (British Institute of Persian studies archaeological monographs; vol. VII).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

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