Dr Wayne Stephenson
Senior Lecturer
Geography
Otago University
New Zealand
Biography
Dr Wayne Stephenson Position:Senior Lecturer Qualifications: MSc PhD (Cant)
Research Interest
My research deals with the development of rocky shorelines and shore platforms. Understanding how contemporary processes operate to form shore platforms continues to be a key area of research. Recent work has focused on the impact of the Kaikoura 2016 earthquake on rock coast morphology and processes. Ongoing interests are in how geological setting influences morphology, erosion rates and processes on rock coasts. This has been a collaborative project with Dr Larissa Naylor (University of Glasgow), working on the Glamorgan coast of south Wales, UK. An extension of that work includes understanding the impact of storms on rock coasts and in particular the erosion and transport of boulders. Since 2005 I have co-chaired the International Association of Geomorphologists working group on Rock Coast Geomorphology.
Publications
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Mottershead, D. N., Stephenson, W. J., & Hemmingsen, M. A. (2016). Geomorphology and the Law of Unintended Consequences (Locke, 1691): Lessons from coastal weathering and erosion at Prawle (UK) and Kaikoura (NZ). Geomorphology, 265, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.04.015
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Stephenson, W. J., Dickson, M. E., & Denys, P. H. (2017). New insights on the relative contributions of coastal processes and tectonics to shore platform development following the Kaikoura earthquake. Earth Surface Processes & Landforms. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/esp.4176
