Geologist. Into: sediments and flows, bedforms, injectites, tsunami, nuclear waste clean uphttps://bsky.app/profile/hyperpycnal.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/hyperpycnal.bsky.social/post/3mk34l4gluk22Guardian story on our new paper that is out today. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/22/mud-rich-coastline-made-2011-japan-tsunami-far-more-destructive-study-finds?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other22 Apr 2026 08:51 +0000at://did:plc:qik6czfb4puumws52grph5i5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk34l4gluk22https://bsky.app/profile/hyperpycnal.bsky.social/post/3meyfycq42s2eThanks to Duncan McIlroy @dmcediacaran.bsky.social for involving me in this study looking at whether purported Ediacaran fronds are real or whether they might be abiotic sole marks. There are remarkable similarities! [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Feb 2026 15:55 +0000at://did:plc:qik6czfb4puumws52grph5i5/app.bsky.feed.post/3meyfycq42s2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/hyperpycnal.bsky.social/post/3m5twkzoyxs2mMy work office flooded yet again following Storm Claudia. Maybe back in it early 2026. Will be back hot desking in the PhD office once more.17 Nov 2025 19:12 +0000at://did:plc:qik6czfb4puumws52grph5i5/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5twkzoyxs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/hyperpycnal.bsky.social/post/3lz6vmmtisc25Tsunami vs Storms. Here we show unequivocal diagnostic criteria for differentiating between these in coastal lakes and lagoons based on the sedimentological records. Led by the astonishing Patrick. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001282522500238719 Sep 2025 12:49 +0000at://did:plc:qik6czfb4puumws52grph5i5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz6vmmtisc25https://bsky.app/profile/hyperpycnal.bsky.social/post/3luiisqozb22aGreat to see this paper out on turbidity currents interacting with slopes, and how high angle differences between sole marks and ripples can occur. Overturns ideas that have stood for 3 decades! https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/sed.70032#21 Jul 2025 17:20 +0000at://did:plc:qik6czfb4puumws52grph5i5/app.bsky.feed.post/3luiisqozb22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/hyperpycnal.bsky.social/post/3ltyiztvhh22gAs settings go, it is quite an impressive place to graduate! The eldest will be up on stage later. Looking forward to it!15 Jul 2025 08:41 +0000at://did:plc:qik6czfb4puumws52grph5i5/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltyiztvhh22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/hyperpycnal.bsky.social/post/3lsvrjb4dic2bThe coke that arrives at the cafe. Is it a sign?01 Jul 2025 13:10 +0000at://did:plc:qik6czfb4puumws52grph5i5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsvrjb4dic2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/hyperpycnal.bsky.social/post/3lsiuwlmptk2pNearly 2 hours now in the Q to register at the IAS Huelva meeting. By some margin the worst organised conference I have attended in 35 years! The sessions started long ago!26 Jun 2025 10:07 +0000at://did:plc:qik6czfb4puumws52grph5i5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsiuwlmptk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/hyperpycnal.bsky.social/post/3lsioik2r722qThe Q for registration at the IAS meeting.26 Jun 2025 08:11 +0000at://did:plc:qik6czfb4puumws52grph5i5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsioik2r722qhttps://bsky.app/profile/hyperpycnal.bsky.social/post/3licwjjrrzs27Another paper on the wonderful world of cohesive sediments - this time looking at salt marshes. Once upon a time I just worked on sandstones, but then I saw the light. Led by the brilliant Juliet Rounce. https://www.intechopen.com/online-first/8966816 Feb 2025 19:07 +0000at://did:plc:qik6czfb4puumws52grph5i5/app.bsky.feed.post/3licwjjrrzs27https://bsky.app/profile/hyperpycnal.bsky.social/post/3licwd24cr227Revisiting the black shales depositional enigma! This one has taken a while, but delighted to see this out at last. With a stellar cast, and me. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/sed.1327116 Feb 2025 19:03 +0000at://did:plc:qik6czfb4puumws52grph5i5/app.bsky.feed.post/3licwd24cr227https://bsky.app/profile/hyperpycnal.bsky.social/post/3licjejfnac27Coverage of the Sedimentology mass resignations at Retraction Watch. Note: 13 of 32 AEs have resigned (40%); the website was already out of date, so figures herein are not quite right. https://retractionwatch.com/2025/02/14/editors-resign-sedimentology-society-journal-wiley/16 Feb 2025 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:qik6czfb4puumws52grph5i5/app.bsky.feed.post/3licjejfnac27https://bsky.app/profile/hyperpycnal.bsky.social/post/3lhtkpakqh22zThe crisis at the journal Sedimentology keeps deepening. Following the letters from present and past Presidents making it clear there will be no changes, there has been another resignation from among the remaining Associate Editors10 Feb 2025 16:26 +0000at://did:plc:qik6czfb4puumws52grph5i5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhtkpakqh22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/hyperpycnal.bsky.social/post/3lhqatz4vcc23For those who can access it, I have posted to the BSRG mailing list a brief response to a few of the points in the IAS President's letter. The letter is quite extraordinary. Over and out.09 Feb 2025 08:51 +0000at://did:plc:qik6czfb4puumws52grph5i5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhqatz4vcc23https://bsky.app/profile/hyperpycnal.bsky.social/post/3lhqajmvcec23Many of you will have received the letter from the IAS President. The response to our mass resignation as Associate Editors and all the previous resignations is to continue without changing anything one iota. We hope that we have at least shone a light on the workings of the IAS Bureau.09 Feb 2025 08:46 +0000at://did:plc:qik6czfb4puumws52grph5i5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhqajmvcec23https://bsky.app/profile/hyperpycnal.bsky.social/post/3lhm4ic43ok2fFollowing the resignations of all Chief Editors of the journal Sedimentology, I and about 40% of the Associate Editors have also resigned. This has been a very difficult decision for all of us, however we felt that we could not continue. Some AEs have served the journal for decades.07 Feb 2025 17:23 +0000at://did:plc:qik6czfb4puumws52grph5i5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhm4ic43ok2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/hyperpycnal.bsky.social/post/3lgkhrc4kus2iArmoured mud clasts are far more important in deep marine systems than we thought, and here we detail the evidence for their transport. Also large buckets filled with multicolour plastic balls... [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Jan 2025 08:14 +0000at://did:plc:qik6czfb4puumws52grph5i5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgkhrc4kus2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/hyperpycnal.bsky.social/post/3lfaynd5ui42mFinally made it here from the dark side.08 Jan 2025 20:24 +0000at://did:plc:qik6czfb4puumws52grph5i5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfaynd5ui42m