Dr Adam Booth

Biography

I am a near-surface geophysicist, specialising in the application of seismic and GPR techniques to the quantiative analysis of the subsurface. My main focus is in the cryosphere - specifically measuring the physical state of glaciers and ice bodies - but I also work with engineering and archaeological-type targets. I am a versatile field geophysicist, having performed surveys in the Arabian desert, the Burmese jungle and on glaciers at both poles! New branches of research are in automated classification of GPR images, with Leeds' Computer Scientists, and applying GPR methods to image the burrows of moles and meerkats. I am the principal investigator on a NERC Urgency Grant, monitoring with combined geophysical and satellite methods the response of the Larsen C Ice Shelf to July's iceberg calving event. Qualifications 2008 - PhD - Near Surface Geophysics (School of Geography, University of Leeds) 2003 - MSc - Exploration Geopysics (School of Earth and Envinroment, University of Leeds) 2002 - BSc - Geophysical Sciences (School of Earth and Envinroment, University of Leeds)

Research Interest

A common theme in my research is the incorporation of oil industry acquisition and analysis procedures into the near-surface setting. This includes the integration of a multi-offset survey strategy for archaeological GPR data - implmeneted during my PhD research - and the application of AVA (amplitude-versus-angle) methods for hydrological analysis of the subglacial environment. I am interested in integrative geophysical approaches, that incorporate novel procedures into data interpretation and combine observations from multiple geophysical platforms. I'm also interested in novel acquisition platforms, that either improve survey efficiency or offer new paradigms in data acquisition. I'm a Co-Investigator on the NERC-FAPESP funded "NORDESTE" project, which looks to understand the caatinga biome in north-eastern Brazil. The contribution of ground penetrating radar (GPR) methods is to delineate and characterise the distribution and spatial density of tree roots in the biome.