Dr. Steve Gurney
Senior Tutor & Disability Officer
School of Archaeology, Geography & Environmental Science
University of Reading
United Kingdom
Biography
Dr Steve Gurney, Currently, working as Lecturer, School of Archaeology, Geography & Environmental Science, University of Reading, United Kingdom. He also holds the position of 'Docent in cold climate geomorphology' at the University of Turku, Finland. Qualifications: BSc (Wales) PhD (Reading) The Okstindan Research Project has a Research Station ('Okstindhytta') located in the mountainous Okstindan area of northern Norway. The Project has been running for over 30 years and the station has provided a base for teaching and research for the whole of this period. Steve is currently the administrator of the station. Read more about Okstindan. Research groups / Centres: Environmental Science Research Division
Research Interest
Periglacial and permafrost geomorphology and sedimentology, Glacial geomorphology and sedimentology, Nival geomorphology and hydrology, Quaternary mid-latitude permafrost and periglacial environments, The history of mountain glaciers since the Little Ice Age, Karst geomorphology and hydrology
Publications
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Gurney, S. D. (2010) Contemporary (2001) and ‘Little Ice Age’ glacier extents in the Buordakh Massif, Cherskiy Range, north east Siberia. Journal of Maps, 2010. pp. 7-13. ISSN 1744-5647 doi: DOI:10.4113/jom.2010.1113
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Gurney, S. D., Astin, T. R. and Griffiths, G. H. (2010) Origin and structure of Devensian depressions at Letton, Herefordshire. Mercian Geologist, 17 (3). pp. 181-184.
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Gurney, S. D. and Hayward, S. (2015) Earth hummocks in north-east Okstindan, northern Norway: morphology, distribution and environmental constraints. Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift, 69 (5). pp. 299-309. ISSN 0029-1951 doi: 10.1080/00291951.2015.1084530
