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- Mikael Attal
Dr. Mikaël Attal
Lecturer in Landscape Dynamics @ the School of GeoSciences - University of Edinburgh
| Institute: | Earth Science |
| Room: | 1.05b |
| Address: | Institute of Geography, Drummond Street, Edinburgh EH8 9XP |
| Phone: | +44 (0) 131 650 8533 |
| FAX: | +44 (0) 131 650 2524 |
| Email: | mikael.attal@ed.ac.uk |
The School of GeoSciences website: http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/
Research interest: Within the Global Change research group, I am part of the Land Surface Dynamics research group. My research aims at producing a model of landscape evolution that would realistically predict how landscapes respond to a disturbance (tectonic or climatic) over a wide range of time scales (from days to millions of years). To do so, the model must track sediment particles (the “tools” for fluvial erosion) during their journey from hillslopes to sedimentary basins. My research focuses on understanding the coupling between hillslopes and rivers, characterizing and quantifying fluvial erosion and transport processes in mountain rivers and defining the role that sediments play in modulating fluvial erosion rates. Methods: analysis of real landscapes (collection of field data, DEM analysis) numerical modelling and experimental studies.
If you want to know more about me: My CV
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PhD PROJECTS 2011:
To apply for a PhD or to browse the PhD projects available at the School of GeoSciences: http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/postgraduate/PhD/
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Lectures "Eroding Landscapes" (feel free to browse, use and/or give some feedback):
Lecture 1: Feedbacks between mountain building, erosion and climate (with focus on the Himalayas): Part 1 and Part 2.
Lecture 2: Morphology and dynamics of mountain rivers: Lecture.
Lecture 3: Numerical models of landscape evolution: Part 1 and Part 2.
Lecture 4: Sediments and bedrock erosion: Lecture.
Lecture 5: Quantifying erosion in mountainous landscapes: Part 1 and Part 2.
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Geology and Landscapes:
| - Link to the amazing geological version of Google map by the BGS (click on "map" then "simple view"): http://www.bgs.ac.uk/opengeoscience/ |
| - Link to Simon Mudd's amazing teaching page, with great videos (the videos of debris-flows are particularly spectacular): http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/homes/smudd/Teaching_videos.html |
| - Landscape analysis handout, including how to perform basic topographic analysis with ArcGIS and how to extract river profiles. There is one main handout and one addition: Handout part 1 and Handout part 2. |
| - Geological maps and cross-sections handout, presenting basic information on how to read a map and how to build a geological cross-section: Maps and cross-sections handout. |
| - Downloading ASTER ~30-m resolution DEM data of anywhere in the world. This handout presents the procedure to download the data and import it in ArcMap; there is also some additional information on georeferencing documents in ArcMap: ASTER handout. |
| - Downloading 10-m resolution DEM data of the UK using the Digimap service. This handout presents the procedure to download the data and import it in ArcMap (note that access to Digimap is restricted): Digimap handout. |
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Determining sediment grain size distribution (GSD):
You will find here a handout and a series of useful files explaining how to determine a sediment GSD using photographic methods (and the software ERDAS IMAGINE) and volumetric methods (digging and sieving): Handout and Useful files.