Emeritus Professor
- About
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- Email Address
- b.kneller@abdn.ac.uk
- School/Department
- School of Geosciences
Biography
BSc University of Sheffield 1981
Postgraduate Research Assistant, University of Aberdeen 1981-87
Post-doctoral Research Assistant, University of Sheffield, 1987-88
Post-doctoral Research Associate, University of Leeds, 1988-90
Post-doctoral Research Associate, University of Liverpool, 1990-91
Post-doctoral Research Fellow, University of Leeds, 1991-95
Lectuter, University of Leeds, 1995-2000
Senior Researcher, Institute for Crustal Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2000-2004
Reader, University of Aberdeen, 2004-2006
Professor, University of Aberdeen, 2006-2018, Emeritus 2019-present.
Visiting Professor, Zhejiang University, China, 2012-present
Qualifications
- PhD Geology1988 - University of Aberdeen
External Memberships
International Association of Sedimentologists
Geological Society of London
- Research
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Research Overview
My research has spanned a range of fields in geology, from tectonics and high-grade metamorphic rocks in the 1980s (Ashcroft et al., 1984, Nature, 310, 760-762) to modern seafloor processes (Zhang et al., 2018, Geology, doi.org/10.1130/G45178.1), but has mainly focussed on deepwater depositional systems.
Key publications include:
Wang, X., Kneller., B. & Sun, Q., 2023. Sediment waves control origins of submarine canyons. Geology, 51, 310-314.
Santa Catharina, A., Kneller, B.C., Marques, J.C., McArthur, A.D., Cevallos-Ferriz, S.R.S., Theurer, T., Kane, I.A. and Muirhead, D., 2022. Timing and causes of forest fire at the K–Pg boundary. Scientific reports, 12(1), pp.1-11
Liu, Q., Kneller, B., An, W. and Hu, X., 2021. Sedimentological responses to initial continental collision: Triggering of sand injection and onset of mass movement in a syn-collisional trench basin, Saga, southern Tibet. Journal of the Geological Society of London. 178(6)
Kneller, B., Bozetti, G, Callow, R., Dykstra, M., Hansen, L. Kane, I., Li, P., McArthur, A., Santa Catharina., A., dos Santos, T. and Thompson, T., 2020. Architecture, process and environmental diversity in a late Cretaceous slope channel system. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 90, 1-26.
Zhang. Y., Liu, Z., Zhao, Y., Colin, C., Zhang, X., Wang, M., Zhao, S. and Kneller, B., 2018. Long-term in situ observations on typhoon-triggered deep-sea turbidity currents. Geology. doi.org/10.1130/G45178.1
Kneller, B., Nasr-Azadani, M.M. & Meiburg, E. 2016. Long-range sediment transport in the world’s oceans by stably stratified turbidity currents. Journal of Geophysical Research, 121, 8608–8620.
Kneller, B., Dykstra, M., Fairweather, L. and Milana, J-P., 2016, Mass-transport and slope accommodation: implications for turbidite sandstone reservoirs. AAPG Bulletin,100, 213–235.
Meiburg M.E. & Kneller, B.C. 2010. Turbidity currents and their deposits. Annual Reviews of Fluid Mechanics, 42, 135-56
Kneller, B.C., Milana, J.P., Buckee, C.M, & al Ja’aidi, O.S., 2004. Depositional Record of Deglaciation in a Paleofjord (Late Carboniferous of San Juan Province, Argentina); the Role of Catastrophic Sedimentation. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 116, 348-367.
Kneller, B.C., 2003. The influence of flow parameters on turbidite slope channel architecture. Marine & Petroleum Geology, 20, 901-910.
Kneller, B.C. & Buckee, C.M., 2000. The structure and fluid mechanics of turbidity currents; a review of some recent studies and their geological implications. Sedimentology,47, (Supplement 1), 62-94.
Kneller, B.C., Bennett, S.J., & McCaffrey, W.D., 1999. Velocity structure, turbulence and fluid stresses in experimental gravity currents. Journal of Geophysical Research, Oceans. 104, C3, 5281-5291.
Kneller, B.C., 1995. Beyond the turbidite paradigm: physical models for deposition of turbidites and their implications for reservoir prediction. InHartley A.J. & Prosser D.J.Characterisation of Deep Marine Clastic SystemsGeological Society of London Special Publication No 94, 31-49.
Kneller, B.C., 1991. A foreland basin on the southern margin of Iapetus. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 148, 207-210.
Current Research
Current and upcoming research collaborations include:
1. Far-field effects of the Chicxulub bolide impact, north-western Mexico (with Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil; University of Leeds; University of Manchester)
2. Typhoon-triggered turbidity currents, and the Pleistocene Holocene record of gravity current activity in the Gaoping Canyon, offshore Taiwan (with Tongji University, Shanghai)
3. The record of initial continental collision of India and Asia int the trench basin of southern Tibet (with Nanjing Universoty, China)
4. Architecture of deepwater systems in the Cretaceous fore-arc basin of Tibet, mainly the Albian-Coniacian Ngamring Formation (with Chengdu University of Technology, China)
5. Interaction of gravity currents with topography - a laboratory study (with Zhejiang University, China)
6. Origin of carbonate megabeds within siliciclastic deepwater systems (with Universidad Nacional de San Juan; Universidad do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Brasil).
Collaborations
In addition to the collaborations listed under Current Research I am a collaborator with Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China.
Supervision
I have supervised or co-supervised 36 PhD students, 27 as first supervisor. I currently (2021) co-supervise two PhD students in China.
- Publications
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Incorporation of substrate blocks into mass transport deposits: Insights from subsurface and outcrop studies
The Depositional RecordContributions to Journals: ArticlesReconstruction of microcontinents during the assembly of Rodinia: A case study from the Central Tianshan Block
Precambrian Research, vol. 400, 107270Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2023.107270
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Lateral and temporal variations of a multi-phase coarse-grained submarine slope channel system, Upper Cretaceous Cerro Toro Formation, southern Chile
Journal of Sedimentary Research, vol. 93, no. 3, pp. 161-186Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2022.020
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Sediment waves control origins of submarine canyons
Geology, vol. 51, no. 3, pp. 310-314Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1130/G50642.1
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Timing and causes of forest fire at the K-Pg boundary
Scientific Reports, vol. 12, 13006Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDepositional elements and evolution of gravity-flow deposits on Lingshan Island (Eastern China): An integrated outcrop-subsurface study
Marine and Petroleum Geology, vol. 138, 105566Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2022.105566
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Sedimentary environment and organic matter enrichment of black mudstones from the upper Triassic Chang-7 member in the Ordos Basin, Northern China
Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, vol. 224, 105009Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2021.105009
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Petrological composition of the last coal seam in the longmendong section before the end-permian mass extinction
Minerals, vol. 11, no. 11, 1230Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSeismic interpretation workflows for deep-water systems: A practical guide for the subsurface
AAPG Bulletin, vol. 105, no. 11, pp. 2127-2157Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1306/05262120094
Sedimentological responses to initial continental collision: Triggering of sand injection and onset of mass movement in a syn-collisional trench basin, saga, southern tibet
Journal of the Geological Society, vol. 178, no. 6, jgs2020-178Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2020-178
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