Professor Matthew Bennett
- Professor Of Environmental And Geographical Sciences
- Talbot House T124, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow, Poole, BH12 5BB
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Biography
Matthew’s passion for geography comes from a childhood spent in Snowdonia and he has worked widely throughout the world on a range of projects. In the 1990s he worked on glacial/Quaternary projects in the Arctic, as well as throughout the UK, funded by NERC and the Royal Society of London. He published widely on aspects of glaciology, sedimentology, and geomorphology. During this time, he also wrote several leading textbooks. In 2002 he joined Bournemouth University and Matthew started to work in Mexico on problems in Quaternary stratigraphy, environmental archaeology, and volcanic hazards. His work has featured in a range of TV and radio broadcasts, and he is known in particular for his work on the Perfect Sandcastle. During this time Matthew also ran a successful environmental consultancy firm at Bournemouth University. He was Dean of Applied Sciences 2007 to 2010. In 2007 he joined the Koobi Fora Field School and his work on the Ileret footprints was published in Science in 2009. Since then, and working extensively throughout Africa with support from NERC, Matthew has published widely on ancient footprints... In 2010 Matthew became Pro Vice Chancellor for Research and Internationalisation at Bournemouth a post he held until 2014. In 2014 he returned to his research and wrote a research textbook on the study of human footprints. Since then, Matthew has worked on human footprint projects throughout the world as well as on ecological modelling of hominin evolution using landscape and agent-based models. In 2015 Matthew was awarded an Innovation Grant by NERC to translate his footprint research into a practical tool for use by forensic scientist. This project was supported by the UK Home Office and National Crime Agency and led to the launch of DigTrace (www.digtrace.co.uk) in 2016. He currently holds a KTP with Bluestar Software who manage the National Footwear Database on behalf of the Home Office. This focuses on machine learning and footwear pattern matching. In 2018 he wrote a textbook on forensic ichnology with his long-term collaborator Marcin Budka. Matthew started to work at White Sands National Park (New Mexico) in January 2017 and this work led to a paper in Science in 2021 providing evidence of human presence in the Americas during the Last Glacial Maximum. Matthew is also an accomplished digital landscape artist who regularly exhibits work in Snowdonia.
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- Bennett, M.R., Urban, T.M., Bustos, D.F., Reynolds, S.C., Jolie, E.A., Strehlau, H.C., Odess, D., Springer, K.B. and Pigati, J.S., 2025. The ichnology of White Sands (New Mexico): Linear traces and human footprints, evidence of transport technology? Quaternary Science Advances, 17.
- Pigati, J.S., Springer, K.B., Gray, H.J., Bennett, M.R. and Bustos, D., 2024. The Geochronology of White Sands Locality 2 is Resolved. PaleoAmerica.
- Pigati, J.S., Bennett, M.R. et al., 2023. Independent age estimates resolve the controversy of ancient human footprints at White Sands. Science, 382 (6666), 73-75.
- Bennett, M.R., Budka, M., Belvedere, M. and Reynolds, S., 2022. Deploying augmented reality to help engage the public with palaeontological applications. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 133 (1), 22-31.
- Pigati, J.S., Springer, K.B., Bennett, M.R., Bustos, D., Urban, T.M., Holliday, V.T., Reynolds, S.C. and Odess, D., 2022. Response to Comment on "evidence of humans in North America during the Last Glacial Maximum". Science, 375 (6577).
- Pigati, J.S., Springer, K.B., Holliday, V.T., Bennett, M.R., Bustos, D., Urban, T.M., Reynolds, S.C. and Odess, D., 2022. Reply to “Evidence for Humans at White Sands National Park during the Last Glacial Maximum Could Actually be for Clovis People ∼13,000 Years Ago” by C. Vance Haynes, Jr. PaleoAmerica, 8 (2), 99-101.
- Zhang, D.D. et al., 2021. Earliest parietal art: hominin hand and foot traces from the middle Pleistocene of Tibet. Science Bulletin, 66 (24), 2506-2515.
- Kirscher, U., Bennett, M. et al., 2021. Age constraints for the Trachilos footprints from Crete. Scientific Reports, 11 (1).
- Bennett, M.R., Reynolds, S.C., Budka, M. et al., 2021. Evidence of humans in North America during the Last Glacial Maximum. Science, 373 (6562), 1528-1531.
- Budka, M., Ashraf, A.W.U., Bennett, M., Neville, S. and Mackrill, A., 2021. Deep multilabel CNN for forensic footwear impression descriptor identification. Applied Soft Computing, 109.
- Belvedere, M., Budka, M., Wiseman, A.L.A. and Bennett, M.R., 2021. When is enough, enough? Questions of sampling in vertebrate ichnology. Palaeontology, 64 (5), 661-672.
- Budka, M., Bennett, M.R., Reynolds, S.C., Barefoot, S., Reel, S., Reidy, S. and Walker, J., 2021. Sexing white 2D footprints using convolutional neural networks. PLoS ONE, 16 (8 August).
- Larsen, H.J., Budka, M. and Bennett, M.R., 2021. Recovery via SfM photogrammetry of latent footprint impressions in carpet. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 66 (4), 1495-1505.
- Larsen, H., Budka, M. and Bennett, M.R., 2021. Technological innovation in the recovery and analysis of 3D forensic footwear evidence: Structure from motion (SfM) photogrammetry. Science and Justice, 61 (4), 356-368.
- Larsen, H.J. and Bennett, M.R., 2021. Recovery of 3D footwear impressions using a range of different techniques. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 66 (3), 1056-1064.
- Budka, M., Wahid-Ul-Ashraf, A., Neville, S., Mackrill, A. and Bennett, M., 2021. Deep Multilabel CNN for Forensic Footwear Impression Descriptor Identification. CoRR, abs/2102.05090.
- Bennett, M.R., Bustos, D., Odess, D., Urban, T.M., Lallensack, J.N., Budka, M., Santucci, V.L., Martinez, P., Wiseman, A.L.A. and Reynolds, S.C., 2020. Walking in mud: Remarkable Pleistocene human trackways from White Sands National Park (New Mexico). Quaternary Science Reviews, 249.
- Altamura, F., Bennett, M.R., Marchetti, L., Melis, R.T., Reynolds, S.C. and Mussi, M., 2020. Ichnological and archaeological evidence from Gombore II OAM, Melka Kunture, Ethiopia: An integrated approach to reconstruct local environments and biological presences between 1.2 and 0.85 Ma. Quaternary Science Reviews, 244.
- Larsen, H.J. and Bennett, M.R., 2020. Empirical Evaluation of the Reliability of Photogrammetry Software in the Recovery of Three-Dimensional Footwear Impressions. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 65 (5), 1722-1729.
- Wiseman, A.L.A., Stringer, C.B., Ashton, N., Bennett, M.R., Hatala, K.G., Duffy, S., O'Brien, T. and De Groote, I., 2020. The morphological affinity of the Early Pleistocene footprints from Happisburgh, England, with other footprints of Pliocene, Pleistocene, and Holocene age. Journal of Human Evolution, 144.
- Urban, T.M., Bennett, M.R., Bustos, D., Manning, S.W., Reynolds, S.C., Belvedere, M., Odess, D. and Santucci, V.L., 2019. 3-D radar imaging unlocks the untapped behavioral and biomechanical archive of Pleistocene ghost tracks. Scientific Reports, 9 (1).
- Bennett, M.R., Bustos, D., Belvedere, M., Martinez, P., Reynolds, S.C. and Urban, T., 2019. Soft-sediment deformation below mammoth tracks at White Sands National Monument (New Mexico) with implications for biomechanical inferences from tracks. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 527, 25-38.
- Altamura, F., Bennett, M.R., D'août, K., Gaudzinski-Windheuser, S., Melis, R.T., Reynolds, S.C. and Mussi, M., 2018. Archaeology and ichnology at Gombore II-2, Melka Kunture, Ethiopia: everyday life of a mixed-age hominin group 700,000 years ago. Scientific Reports, 8 (1).
- Urban, T.M., Bustos, D., Jakeway, J., Manning, S.W. and Bennett, M.R., 2018. Use of magnetometry for detecting and documenting multi-species Pleistocene megafauna tracks at White Sands National Monument, New Mexico, U.S.A. Quaternary Science Reviews, 199, 206-213.
- Falkingham, P.L., Bennett, M. et al., 2018. A standard protocol for documenting modern and fossil ichnological data. Palaeontology, 61 (4), 469-480.
- Bustos, D., Budka, M., Reynolds, S.C., Bennett, M.R. et al., 2018. Footprints preserve terminal Pleistocene hunt? Human-sloth interactions in North America. Science Advances, 4 (4).
- Belvedere, M., Bennett, M.R., Marty, D., Budka, M., Reynolds, S.C. and Bakirov, R., 2018. Stat-tracks and mediotypes: Powerful tools for modern ichnology based on 3D models. PeerJ, 2018 (1).
- Gierliński, G.D., Niedźwiedzki, G., Lockley, M.G., Athanassiou, A., Fassoulas, C., Dubicka, Z., Boczarowski, A., Bennett, M.R. and Ahlberg, P.E., 2017. Possible hominin footprints from the late Miocene (c. 5.7 Ma) of Crete? Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 128 (5-6), 697-710.
- Panarello, A., Santello, L., Farinaro, G., Bennett, M.R. and Mietto, P., 2017. Walking along the oldest human fossil pathway (Roccamonfina volcano, Central Italy)? Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 13, 476-490.
- Cuthbert, M.O., Gleeson, T., Reynolds, S.C., Bennett, M.R., Newton, A.C., McCormack, C.J. and Ashley, G.M., 2017. Modelling the role of groundwater hydro-refugia in East African hominin evolution and dispersal. Nature Communications, 8.
- Bennett, M.R., Reynolds, S.C., Morse, S.A. and Budka, M., 2016. Footprints and human evolution: Homeostasis in foot function? Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 461, 214-223.
- Reynolds, S.C., Marston, C.G., Hassani, H., King, G.C.P. and Bennett, M.R., 2016. Environmental hydro-refugia demonstrated by vegetation vigour in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Scientific Reports, 6.
- Bennett, M.R., Reynolds, S.C., Morse, S.A. and Budka, M., 2016. Laetoli's lost tracks: 3D generated mean shape and missing footprints. Scientific Reports, 6.
- Bennett, M.R., Morse, S.A. and Falkingham, P.L., 2014. Tracks made by swimming Hippopotami: An example from Koobi Fora (Turkana Basin, Kenya). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 409, 9-23.
- Bennett, M.R., Morse, S.A., Liutkus-Pierce, C., McClymont, J., Evans, M., Crompton, R.H. and Francis Thackeray, J., 2014. Exceptional preservation of children's footprints from a Holocene footprint site in Namibia. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 97, 331-341.
- Bennett, M.R., Morse, S.A. and Falldngham, P.L., 2014. Tracks made by swimming Hippopotami: An example from Koobi Fora (Turkana Basin, Kenya). PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY, 409, 9-23.
- Bennett, M. and Bates, K, 2013. The evolution of compliance in the human lateral mid-foot. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences, 280 (1769).
- Bates, K.T., Collins, D., Savage, R., McClymont, J., Webster, E., Pataky, T.C., D'Aout, K., Sellers, W.I., Bennett, M.R. and Crompton, R.H., 2013. The evolution of compliance in the human lateral mid-foot. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 280 (1769).
- Bates, K.T., Bennett, M.R. et al., 2013. Does footprint depth correlate with foot motion and pressure? Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 10 (83).
- Morse, S.A., Bennett, M.R., Liutkus-Pierce, C., Thackeray, F., McClymont, J., Savage, R. and Crompton, R.H., 2013. Holocene footprints in Namibia: The influence of substrate on footprint variability. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 151 (2), 265-279.
- Bennett, M.R., Falkingham, P., Morse, S.A., Bates, K. and Crompton, R.H., 2013. Preserving the impossible: conservation of soft-sediment hominin footprint sites and strategies for three-dimensional digital data capture. PLoS One, 8 (4), e60755.
- Crompton, R.H., Pataky, T.C., Savage, R., D'Août, K., Bennett, M.R., Day, M.H., Bates, K., Morse, S. and Sellers, W.I., 2012. Human-like external function of the foot, and fully upright gait, confirmed in the 3.66 million year old Laetoli hominin footprints by topographic statistics, experimental footprint-formation and computer simulation. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 9 (69), 707-719.
- Bennett, M., 2011. Glaciers and Glaciation by Benn, D. I. & Evans, D. J. A. Boreas.
- Morse, S.A., Bennett, M.R., Gonzalez, S. and Huddart, D., 2010. Techniques for verifying human footprints: Reappraisal of pre-Clovis footprints in Central Mexico. Quaternary Science Reviews, 29 (19-20), 2571-2578.
- Bennett, M.R., Crompton, R.H. and Morse, S.A., 2010. Tracking our ancestors. Planet Earth, 24-25.
- Bennett, M.R., Gonzalez, S., Huddart, D., Kirby, J. and Toole, E., 2010. Probable Neolithic footprints preserved in inter-tidal peat at Kenfig, South Wales (UK). Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 121 (1), 66-76.
- Thompson, N.D., Bennett, M.R. and Petford, N., 2010. Development of characteristic volcanic debris avalanche deposit structures: new insight from distinct element simulations. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 192, 191-200.
- Bennett, M.R., Gonzalez, S., Huddart, D., Kirby, J. and Toole, E., 2010. Neolithic human footprints in peat from the inter-tidal zone at Kenfig, South Wales (UK). Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association, 121, 66-76.
- Bennett, M. and Thompson, N., 2010. Volcanic Debirs Avalanche Emplacement: Suggestion of a Common Deformational Sequence Through Deposit Landform Analysis. Landslides.
- Weeks, W.F., 2010. On Sea Ice. Geological Journal.
- Bennett, M., 2010. Glacier Science and Environmental Change. Geological Journal.
- Bennett, M.R., Cassidy, N.J. and Pile, J., 2009. Internal Structure of a Barrier Beach as Revealed by Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR): Chesil Beach, UK. Geomorphology, 104, 218-229.
- Bennett, M.R. et al., 2009. Early Hominin Foot Morphology Based on 1.5-Million-Year-Old Footprints from Ileret, Kenya. Science, 323, 1174-1201.
- Bennett, M.R. et al., 2009. Early hominin foot morphology based on 1.5-million-year-old footprints from Ileret, Kenya. Science, 323 (5918), 1197-1201.
- Bennett, M.R., Huddart, D. and Gonzalez, S., 2009. Glaciovolcanic Landsystems and Large-Scale Glaciotectonic Deformation Along the Brekknafjöll–Jarlhettur, Iceland. Quaternary Science Reviews, 28, 647-676.
- Thompson, N.D., Bennett, M.R. and Petford, N., 2009. Analyses on granular mass movement mechanics and deformation with distinct element numerical modeling: implications for large-scale rock and debris avalanches. Acta Geotechnica, 4, 233-247.
- Bennett, M.R., Harris, J.W.K., Richmond, B.G., Braun, D.R., Mbua, E., Kiura, P., Olago, D. and Kibunjia, M., 2009. New evidence on the evolution of human foot function based on optical laser scanning of early hominin foot prints. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 88-89.
- Bennett, M.R., 2008. Editorial. Sedimentary Geology, 211, IFC.
- Bennett, M.R., 2008. Book Review: Glaciotectonism by Aber, J. S. and Ber, A. Boreas, 37, 465-466.
- Huddart, D., Bennett, M.R., Gonzalez, S. and Velay, X., 2008. Analysis and Preservation of Pleistocene Human and Animal Footprints: An Example from Toluquilla, Valsequillo Basin (Central Mexico). Ichnos, 15, 232-245.
- Bennett, M., 2008. Untitled. SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY, 211 (1-2), V.
- Bennett, M., Huddart, D. and Gonzalez, S., 2008. Glaciolacustrine Facies Associated with a Subglacial Fissure Eruption. Quaternary Science Reviews.
- Graham, D., Bennett, M.R., Glasser, N.F. and Hambrey, M.J., 2007. A Test of the Englacial Thrusting Hypothesis of "Hummocky" Moraine Formation: Case Studies From the Northwest Highlands, Scotland: Comments. Boreas, 36, 103-107.
- Astin, K.B., Bennett, M.R. and Kneller, P., 2007. Environmental Forensics: An Emerging Discipline Within UK Higher Education? Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 9, 400-402.
- Huddart, D., Waller, R. and Bennett, M.R., 2006. Diamict fans in subglacial water-filled cavities - a new glacial environment. Quaternary Science Reviews, 25, 3050-3069.
- Schwenninger, J.-L., Gonzalez, S., Huddart, D., Bennett, M.R. and Gonzalez-Huesca, A., 2006. The OSL Dating of the Xalnene Ash: A Reply to Comments by G. Duller on “Human Footprints in Central Mexico Older Than 40,000 Years”. Quaternary Science Reviews, 25, 3077-3080.
- Gonzalez, S., Huddart, D. and Bennett, M.R., 2006. Valsequillo Pleistocene Archaeology and Dating: Ongoing Controversy in Central Mexico. World Archaeology, 38, 611-627.
- Gonzalez, S., Huddart, D., Bennett, M.R. and Gonzalez-Huesca, A., 2005. Human footprints in Central Mexico older than 40,000 years. Quaternary Science Reviews, 25, 201-222.
- Bennett, M.R., 2005. Book Review: Quaternary Glaciations: Extent and Chronology. Boreas, 34, 517-520.
- Bennett, M.R., 2005. Book Review: Spitsbergen Push Moraines. Developments in Quaternary Science 4 by van der Meer, J. J. M. (ed.). Boreas, 34, 85-86.
- Bennett, M.R., Huddart, D., Waller, R., Cassidy, N.J., Tomio, A., Zukowskyj, P., Midgley, N.G., Cook, S.J., Gonzalez, S. and Glasser, N.F., 2004. Sedimentary and Tectonic Architecture of a Large Push Moraine: A Case Study From Hagafellsjökull-Eystri, Iceland. Sedimentary Geology, 172, 269-292.
- Bennett, M.R., Huddart, D., Waller, R., Midgley, N.G., Gonzalez, S. and Tomio, A., 2004. Styles of Ice-Marginal Deformation at Hagafellsjökull-Eystri, Iceland During the 1998/99 Winter-Spring Surge. Boreas, 33, 97-107.
- Glasser, N.F. and Bennett, M.R., 2004. Glacial Erosional Landforms: Origins and Significance for Palaeoglaciology. Progress in Physical Geography, 28, 43-75.
- Glasser, N.F., Hambrey, M.J., Bennett, M.R. and Huddart, D., 2003. Comment: Formation and reorientation of structure in the surge-type glacier Kongsvegen, Svalbard. JOURNAL OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE, 18 (1), 95-97.
- Huddart, D., Midgley, N.G., Waller, R., Bennett, M.R., Gonzalez, S., Cook, S.J. and Tomio, A., 2002. Subglacial deformation at sub-freezing temperatures? Evidence from Hagafellsjokull-Eystri, Iceland. Quaternary Science Reviews, 22, 915-923.
- Bennett, M.R., Huddart, D. and Thomas, G.S.P., 2002. Facies Architecture Within a Regional Glaciolacustrine Basin: Copper River, Alaska. Quaternary Science Reviews, 21, 2237-2279.
- Bennett, M.R., 2002. Ice streams as the arteries of an ice sheet: their mechanics, stability and significance. Earth-Science Reviews, 61, 309-339.
- Bennett, M.R., 2001. The Morphology, Structural Evolution and Significance of Push Moraines. Earth-Science Reviews, 53, 197-236.
- Hambrey, M.J., Bennett, M.R., Glasser, N.F. and Huddart, D., 2001. High-Arctic Glaciers as Analogues for Glacial Landform Development in Britain. Geology Today, 17, 24-28.
- Bennett, M., 2001. Deformation of Glacial Materials. Journal of Sedimentary Research.
- Bennett, M.R., Huddart, D., Glasser, N.F. and Hambrey, M.J., 2000. Resedimentation of debris on an ice-cored lateral moraine in the high-Arctic (Kongsvegen, Svalbard). Geomorphology, 35 (1-2), 21-40.
- Bennett, M.R., Huddart, D. and Mccormick, T., 2000. An integrated approach to the study of glaciolacustrine landforms and sediments: A case study from Hagavatn, Iceland. Quaternary Science Reviews, 19 (7), 633-665.
- Huddart, D. and Bennett, M.R., 2000. Subsidence structures associated with subaerial desiccation-crack piping and their role in drainage evolution on a drained proglacial lake bed: Hagavatn, Iceland. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 70 (5), 985-993.
- Bennett, M.R., Huddart, D. and Waller, R.I., 2000. Glaciofluvial crevasse and conduit fills as indicators of supraglacial dewatering during a surge, Skeioararjokull, Iceland. Journal of Glaciology, 46 (152), 25-34.
- Bennett, M.R., Huddart, D. and McCormick, T., 2000. The glaciolacustrine landform-sediment assemblage at Heinabergsjokull, Iceland. Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography, 82 (1), 1-16.
- Bennett, M. and Doyle, P., 2000. Earth Heritage Conservation: The Importance of the Built Environment. Urban Design Studies 5, 47-56.
- Bennett, M.R., 1999. Paraglacial and periglacial slope adjustment of a degraded lateral moraine in Glen Torridon. Scottish Journal of Geology, 35 (1), 79-83.
- Glasser, N.F., Bennett, M.R. and Huddart, D., 1999. Distribution of glaciofluvial sediment within and on the surface of a high arctic valley glacier: Marthabreen, Svalbard. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 24 (4), 303-318.
- Bennett, M.R., Waller, R.I., Glasser, N.F., Hambrey, M.J. and Huddart, D., 1999. Glacigenic clast fabrics: Genetic fingerprint or wishful thinking? Journal of Quaternary Science, 14 (2), 125-135.
- Bennett, M.R., Hambrey, M.J., Huddart, D., Glasser, N.F. and Crawford, K., 1999. The landform and sediment assemblage produced by a tidewater glacier surge in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard. Quaternary Science Reviews, 18 (10-11), 1213-1246.
- Huddart, D., Bennett, M.R. and Glasser, N.F., 1999. Morphology and sedimentology of a high-arctic esker system: Vegbreen, Svalbard. Boreas, 28 (2), 253-273.
- Doyle, P. and Bennett, M.R., 1999. Military geography: The influence of terrain in the outcome of the Gallipoli Campaign, 1915. Geographical Journal, 165 (1), 12-36.
- Bennett, M.R., Huddart, D. and Glasser, N.F., 1999. Large-scale bedrock displacement by cirque glaciers. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 31 (1), 99-107.
- Hambrey, M.J., Bennett, M.R., Dowdeswell, J.A., Glasser, N.F. and Huddart, D., 1999. Debris entrainment and transfer in polythermal valley glaciers. Journal of Glaciology, 45 (149), 69-86.
- Doyle, P. and Bennett, M.R., 1999. Untitled - Reply. GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL, 165, 353.
- Bennett, M., Hambrey, M.J., Glasser, N.F., Huddart, D. and Crawford, K., 1999. Facies and Landforms Associated with Ice Deformation in a Tidewater Glacier, Svalbard. Glacial Geology and Geomorphology.
- Bennett, M., Glasser, N.F., Hambrey, M.J. and Huddart, D., 1999. Morphology, Composition and Origin of Medial Moraine on Svalbard Glaciers. Glacial Geology and Geomorphology.
- Bennett, M., 1999. Late Glacial and Postglacial Environmental Changes: Quaternary, Carboniferous-Permian and Proterozoic. Glacial Geology and Geomorphology.
- Bennett, M., 1999. Encyclopaedia of Environmental Science. Geological Magazine.
- Mannion, A.M., 1999. Natural Environmental Change, Routledge. Geological Magazine.
- Bennett, M.R., Hambrey, M.I., Huddart, D. and Glasser, N.F., 1998. Glacial thrusting & moraine-mound formation in Svalbard & Britain: The example of Coire a 1 Cheud-chnoic (Valley of Hundred Hills), Torridon Scotland. Journal of Quaternary Science, 13 (SUPPL. 1), 17-34.
- Bennett, M.R., Hambrey, M.J., Huddart, D., Classer, N.F. and Crawford, K., 1998. The ice-dammed lakes of Ossian Sarsfjellet (Svalbard): Their geomorphology and significance. Boreas, 27 (1), 25-43.
- Classer, N.F., Crawford, K.R., Hambrey, M.J., Bennett, M.R. and Huddart, D., 1998. Lithological and structural controls on the surface wear characteristics of glaciated metamorphic bedrock surfaces: Ossian sarsfjellet, svalbard1. Journal of Geology, 106 (3), 319-329.
- Glasser, N.F., Huddart, D. and Bennett, M.R., 1998. Ice-marginal characteristics of Fridtjovbreen (Svalbard) during its recent surge. Polar Research, 17 (1), 93-100.
- Huddart, D., Bennett, M.R., Hambrey, M.J., Glasser, N.F. and Crawford, K., 1998. Origin of well-rounded gravels in glacial deposits from Brøggerhalvøya, northwest Spitsbergen: Potential problems caused by sediment reworking in the glacial environment. Polar Research, 17 (1), 61-70.
- Bennett, M.R., Huddart, D., Hambrey, M.J. and Chienne, J.F., 1998. Modification of braided outwash surfaces by Aufeis: An example from Pedersenbreen, Svalbard. Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, 42 (1), 1-20.
- Glasser, N.F., Hambrey, M.J., Crawford, K.R., Bennett, M.R. and Huddart, D., 1998. The structural glaciology of Kongsvegen, Svalbard, and its role in landform genesis. Journal of Glaciology, 44 (146), 136-148.
- Doyle, P., Bennett, M.R. and Cocks, F.M., 1998. Borings in a boulder substrate from the Miocene of southern Spain. Ichnos, 5 (4), 277-286.
- Bennett, M., Doyle, P. and Cocks, F.M., 1998. Mobile Substrate Borings from the Miocene of Southern Spain. Ichnology 5, 277-286.
- Huggett, R.J., 1998. Environmental Change: the evolving ecosphere. Geological Magazine.
- Hambrey, M.J., Huddart, D., Bennett, M.R. and Glasser, N.F., 1997. Genesis of 'hummocky moraines' by thrusting in glacier ice: Evidence from Svalbard and Britain. Journal of the Geological Society, 154 (4), 623-632.
- Bennett, M.R., Hambrey, M.J. and Huddart, D., 1997. Modification of clast shape in high-arctic glacial environments. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 67 (3), 550-559.
- Huddart, D. and Bennett, M.R., 1997. The Carstairs Kames (Lanarkshire, Scotland): Morphology, sedimentology and formation. Journal of Quaternary Science, 12 (6), 467-484.
- Bennett, M.R., Doyle, P., Glasser, N.F. and Larwood, J.G., 1997. An assessment of the 'conservation void' as a management technique for geological conservation in disused quarries. Journal of Environmental Management, 50 (3), 223-233.
- Doyle, P. and Bennett, M.R., 1997. Military geography: Terrain evaluation and the British Western Front 1914-1918. Geographical Journal, 163 (1), 1-24.
- Bennett, M., Doyle, P., Mather, A.E. and Bussell, M.A., 1997. Barnacles as a Palaeoenvironmental Tool: An Example from the Miocene of Southern Spain. Lethaia, 29, 267-274.
- Bennett, M. and Doyle, P., 1997. Earth-Heritage Conservation in the New Millennium: The Importance of Urban Geology. Geology Today, 13, 23-28.
- Bennett, M.R., 1996. Landform-sediment distributions within the northern part of the Younger Dryas Highland ice-field, Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology, 32 (2), 97-105.
- Wells, A.W. and Bennett, M.R., 1996. A simple portable device for the measurement of ground loss and surface changes. Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, Supplementband, 106, 255-265.
- Bennett, M.R. and Doyle, P., 1996. Global cooling inferred from dropstones in the Cretaceous: Fact or wishful thinking? Terra Nova, 8 (2), 182-185.
- Bennett, M.R., Doyle, P. and Mather, A.E., 1996. Dropstones: Their origin and significance. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 121 (3-4), 331-339.
- Bennett, M.R., Huddart, D., Hambrey, M.J. and Chienne, J.F., 1996. Moraine development at the high-arctic valley glacier Pedersenbreen, Svalbard. Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography, 78 (4), 209-222.
- Bennett, M.R., Hambrey, M.J., Huddart, D. and Ghienne, J.F., 1996. The formation of a geometrical ridge network by the surge-type glacier Kongsvegen, Svalbard. Journal of Quaternary Science, 11 (6), 437-449.
- Doyle, P., Mather, A.E., Bennett, M.R. and Bussell, M.A., 1996. Miocene barnacle assemblages from southern Spain and their palaeoenvironmental significance. Lethaia, 29 (3), 267-274.
- Bennett, M.R., 1996. Quaternary of Scotland. Geoscientist, 39.
- Bennett, M., Bennett, A.F. and Doyle, P., 1995. Paving the Way for Conservation? Geology Today, 11 (3), 98-100.
- Bennett, M.R., 1995. The morphology of glacially fluted terrain: examples from the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 106 (1), 27-38.
- Doyle, P. and Bennett, M.R., 1995. Belemnites in biostratigraphy. PALAEONTOLOGY, 38, 815-829.
- Bennett, M. and Hunt, J.B., 1995. An Aid to the Interpretation of Multiple Frequency Distributions in Geomorphological Field Studies. Teaching Earth Science, 20, 101-105.
- Bennett, M., Bennett, A.F. and Doyle, P., 1995. Paving the Way for Conservation: A Reply. Geology Today, 11 (4), 90.
- Bennett, M., 1995. The Dynamics and Environmental Context of Aeolian Sedimentary Systems. Progress in Physical Geography:, 19, 153-154.
- Bennett, A.F., Bennett, M.R. and Doyle, P., 1995. Limestone pavements. Geology Today, 11 (4), 141.
- Bennett, M.R., Doyle, P., Mather, A.E. and Woodfin, J.L., 1994. Testing the climatic significance of dropstones: An example from southeast Spain. Geological Magazine, 131 (6), 845-848.
- BENNETT, M.R. and BOULTON, G.S., 1994. DEGLACIATION OF THE GLENFINNAN AREA, WESTERN SCOTLAND, FOLLOWING THE LOCH-LOMOND STADIAL - A REPLY. JOURNAL OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE, 9 (4), 382-383.
- BENNETT, M.R., 1994. MORPHOLOGICAL EVIDENCE AS A GUIDE TO DEGLACIATION FOLLOWING THE LOCH-LOMOND READVANCE - A REVIEW OF RESEARCH APPROACHES AND MODELS. SCOTTISH GEOGRAPHICAL MAGAZINE, 110 (1), 24-32.
- Bennett, M. and Doyle, P., 1994. Carruthers and the Theory of Glacial Undermelt: Lessons from a Pamphleteer? Geology Today, 10, 191-193.
- Bennett, M. and Doyle, P., 1994. Holmes' Principles in Physical Geology (Fourth Edition). Proceedings of the Geologists Association, 99, 157-159.
- Bennett, M.R. and Boulton, G.S., 1993. Deglaciation of the younger dryas or Loch Lomond Stadial ice‐field in the northern Highlands, Scotland. Journal of Quaternary Science, 8 (2), 133-145.
- Bennett, M.R., 1993. Non‐periglacial stone stripes? An example from North Wales. Geological Journal, 28 (1), 81-88.
- BENNETT, M.R. and BOULTON, G.S., 1993. A REINTERPRETATION OF SCOTTISH HUMMOCKY MORAINE AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE DEGLACIATION OF THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS DURING THE YOUNGER DRYAS OR LOCH-LOMOND STADIAL. GEOLOGICAL MAGAZINE, 130 (3), 301-318.
- Bennett, M., 1993. Beyond the Limits: Global Collapse or Sustainable Future, Earthscan. Earth Science Conservation, 32.
- Bennett, M. and Langridge, A.J., 1992. A Two Stage Rock Slide in Gleann na Guiseran, Knoydart: reply. Scottish Journal of Geology, 28.
- Bennett, M. and Bullard, J.E., 1991. Iceberg Tool Marks: An Example from Southeast Iceland. The Journal of Geology, 37, 181-183.
- Bennett, M. and Glasser, N.F., 1991. The glacial landforms of Glen Geusachan, Cairngorms: a reinterpreation. Scottish Geographical Journal, 107, 116-123.
- Bennett, M., 1990. The deglaciation of Glen Croulin, Knoydart. Scottish Journal of Geology, 26, 41-46.
- Bennett, M. and Langridge, A.J., 1990. A two stage rock slide in Glean na Guiseran, Knoydart. Scottish Journal of Geology, 26, 53-56.
- Bennett, M., 1990. The cwms of Snowdonia: a morphometric analysis. Queen Mary College Research Paper No 2.
Books
- Bennett, M.R., 2022. Our dynamic earth: A primer.
- Bennett, M.R. and Budka, M., 2018. Digital technology for forensic footwear analysis and vertebrate ichnology.
- Bennett, M.R. and Morse, S.A., 2014. Human footprints: Fossilised locomotion?.
- Bennett, M.R. and Glasser, N.F., 2009. Glacial Geology: Ice Sheets & Landforms. Chichester, England: Wiley-Blackwell.
- Bennett, M.R., 2007. Geology of Snowdonia. Marlborough, Wiltshire: The Crowood Press Ltd.
- Fields of Battle: Terrain in Military History. London: Kluwer Academic.
- Doyle, P., Bennett, M.R. and Baxter, A.N., 2001. The key to earth history. John Wiley & Sons Inc.
- Doyle, P. and Bennett, M.R., 1998. Unlocking the stratigraphical record. John Wiley & Son Ltd.
- Bennett, M.R. and Doyle, P., 1998. Issues in Environmental Geology. Geological Society Publishing House.
- Bennett, M.R. and Doyle, P., 1997. Environmental geology. Wiley.
- Bennett, M.R., 1996. Geology on Your Doorstep. Geological Society Publishing House.
- Bennett, M.M. and Glasser, N.F., 1996. Glacial Geology (first edition). Wiley.
- Bennett, M.R., 1996. The Quaternary of the Caimgorms: Field Guide. Quaternary Research Association, Cambridge.
- Doyle, P., Bennett, M.R. and Baxter, A.N., 1994. The key to earth history (first edition). John Wiley & Sons Inc.
Chapters
- Bennett, M.R. and Reynolds, S.C., 2021. Inferences from footprints: Archaeological best practice. Reading Prehistoric Human Tracks: Methods & Material. 15-39.
- Bennett, M., 2011. Ice-marginal processes. In: Singh, P., Shroder, J.F. and Haritashya, U.K., eds. Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers. Springer Verlag.
- Bennett, M., 2011. Ice-marginal Processes. In: Singh, V.P., Singh, P. and Haritashya, U.K., eds. Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers. Springer.
- Bennett, M.R., Huddart, D. and Gonzalez, S., 2008. The Preservation and Analysis of Three-Dimensional Footwear Evidence in Soils: The Application of Optical Laser Scanning. In: Ritz, K., Dawson, L. and Miller, D., eds. Criminal and Environmental Soil Forensics. Springer, 445-462.
- Bennett, M.R., 2008. Patterned Ground. In: Gornitz, V., ed. Encyclopedia of Paleoclimatology & Ancient Environments. Springer.
- Bennett, M.R., 2008. Pingos. In: Gornitz, V., ed. Encyclopedia of Paleoclimatology & Ancient Environments. Springer.
- Bennett, M.R., 2008. Roche Moutonne. In: Gornitz, V., ed. Encyclopedia of Paleoclimatology & Ancient Environments. Springer.
- Bennett, M.R., Huddart, D. and Thomas, G.S.P., 2007. The Newbigging Esker, Lanarkshire, Southern Scotland: A Model for Tunnel, Subaqueous Fan and Supraglacial Esker Sedimentation. In: Hambrey, M.J., Christoffersen, P., Glasser, N.F. and Hubbard, B., eds. Glacial Sedimentary Processes and Products. Wiley-Blackwell, 177-202.
- Bennett, M., Huddart, D and Waller, R I, 2005. The interaction of a surging glacier with a seasonally frozen foreland: Hagafellsjokull-Eystri, Iceland. In: Harris, C and Murton, J B, eds. Crospheric Systems: Glacier & Permafrost. Geological Society Special Publication. 51-62.
- Bennett, M., Huddart, D. and Waller, R.I., 2005. The Interaction of a surging glacier with a seasonally frozen foreland: Hagafellsjokull-Eystri, Iceland. In: Harris, C. and Murton, J.B., eds. Crospheric Systems: Glacier and Permafrost. Geological Society Special Publication 242, 51-62.
- Doyle, P. and Bennett, M.R., 2002. Terrain in Military History: An Introduction. In: Doyle, P. and Bennett, M.R., eds. Fields of Battle: Terrain in Military History. London: Kluwer Academic, 1-8.
- Doyle, P. and Bennett, M.R., 2002. Terrain and the Gallipoli Campaign, 1915. In: Doyle, P. and Bennett, M.R., eds. Fields of Battle: Terrain in Military History. London: Kluwer Academic, 149-170.
- Doyle, P., Bennett, M.R., Macleod, R. and Mackay, L., 2002. Terrain and the Messines Ridge, Belgium, 1914-1918. In: Doyle, P. and Bennett, M.R., eds. Fields of Battle: Terrain in Military History. London: Kluwer Academic, 205-224.
- Bennett, M., Doyle, P. and Cocks, F.M., 2001. The influence of geology on the Western Front 1914-1918. Best Use of Ground: Military Geology. Geological Society, 179-235.
- Bennett, M., 2000. Glaciers and Glaciology. Oxford Companion to the Earth, The. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
- Bennett, M. and Doyle, P., 1998. Earth heritage conservation: the past, present and future agenda? In: Bennett, M.R. and Doyle, P., eds. Issues in Environmental Geology. Geological Society Publishing House, 43-67.
- Bennett, M. and Doyle, P., 1998. Interpreting palaeoenvironments from fossils. In: Doyle, P. and Bennett, M.R., eds. Unlocking the stratigraphical record. John Wiley & Son Ltd.
- Bennett, M. and Doyle, P., 1998. Introduction: unlocking the stratigraphical record. In: Doyle, P. and Bennett, M.R., eds. Unlocking the stratigraphical record. John Wiley & Son Ltd.
- Bennett, M., Doyle, P. and Cosgrove, A.R.P., 1998. The rate and distribution of coastal cliff erosion in England: a cause for concern? In: Bennett, M.R. and Doyle, P., eds. Issues in Environmental Geology. Geological Society Publishing House, 303-332.
- Bennett, M. and Doyle, P., 1998. Issues in Environmental Geology: a British Perspective. In: Bennett, M.R. and Doyle, P., eds. Issues in Environmental Geology. Geological Society Publishing House, 1-6.
- Bennett, M. and Doyle, P., 1996. The rationale for earth heritage conservation and the role of urban geology. In: Bennett, M.R. and Doyle, P., eds. Geology on Your Doorstep. LONDON: Geological Society Publishing House, 3-10.
- Bennett, M., Doyle, P. and Ingham, S.M., 1996. The Changing Nature of the Urban Earth Heritage Site Resource. In: Bennett, M.R., ed. Geology on Your Doorstep. Geological Society Publishing House, 31-35.
- Bennett, M., Doyle, P. and Robinson, E., 1996. Creating Urban Geology: a Record of Victorian Innovation in Park Design. In: Bennett, M.R., Doyle, P., Larwood, J.G. and Prosser, C.D., eds. Geology on Your Doorstep. Geological Society Publishing House, 74-84.
- Bennett, M., Mather, A.E. and Glasser, N.F., 1996. Merrivale. In: Britain, Q.R.A.G., Croot, D. and Charman, S., eds. Devon and East Cornwall Guide. 81-96.
- Bennett, M. and Doyle, P., 1996. The Introduction of Geology into the Urban Environment: Principles and Methods. In: Bennett, M.R., Doyle, P., Larwood, J.G. and Prosser, C.D., eds. Geology on Your Doorstep. Geological Society Publishing House, 239-261.
- Bennett, M., 1996. The Loch Lomond Readvance in the Cairngorms. In: Glasser, N.F., Bennett, M.R. and Britain, Q.R.A.G., eds. The quaternary of the Cairngorms. 54-68.
- Bennett, M., 1992. The Management of Quaternary SSSI in England, with specific reference to disused pits and quarries. In: Stevens, C., Gordon, J.E., Green, C.P. and Macklin, M.G., eds. Conserving our landscape. 36-44.
- Bennett, M., 1990. Cwms of the Northern Glyderau. In: Edge, M.J., Addison, K. and Watkins, R., eds. The Quaternary of North Wales: Field Guide. 101-103.
Conferences
- Budka, D., Bennett, M.R., Budka, M. and Bakirov, R., 2017. COMPARING FOOTWEAR EVIDENCE AND THE POWER OF THE 3RD DIMENSION. FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL, 277, 162-163.
- Budka, D., Budka, M., Bennett, M.R. and Bakirov, R., 2017. CAPTURE AND ANALYSIS OF 3D FOOTWEAR EVIDENCE: NEW HORIZONS AND OPPORTUNITIES. FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL, 277, 172.
- Morse, S.A., Crompton, R.H. and Bennett, M.R., 2012. Understanding footprints: intra-trail variability and its causes. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 147, 218-219.
- Richmond, B.G., Bennett, M.R., Harris, J.W.K., Behrensmeyer, A.K., Braun, D.R., Carnation, S., Chirchir, H., Green, D.J., Kiura, P. and Mbua, E., 2010. The anatomy of footprints from Koobi Fora, Kenya. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 197.
- Bennett, M.R., Huddart, D. and Waller, R., 2005. The Interaction of a Surging Glacier With a Seasonally Frozen Foreland: Hagafellsjökull-Eystri, Iceland. In: Harris, C. and Murton, J.B., eds. Cryospheric systems : glaciers and permafrost. Conference January 2003 Geological Society of London. , 51-62 London: Geological Society.
- Doyle, P., Bennett, M.R. and Cocks, F.M., 1996. The Influence of Geology on the Western Front, 1914-1918. In: Nathanial, P. and Rose, E.P.F., eds. "The best use of ground: lessons from Military Geology" Symposium, held during the Applied Geoscience Conference, 1996 15 April 1996 University of Warwick, England.. , 179-235 London: Geological Society.
Public Engagement & Outreach Activities
- Public outreach exhibition - "Dinosaurs to Forensics" (04 Jul 2017-09 Jul 2017)
Conference Presentations
- American Geophysical Union (AGU), Hydrologic and Agent-based Modelling of hydro-refugia in East Africa, Insights into the importance of water resources in hominin evolution and dispersal, 11 Dec 2017, New Orleans
Qualifications
- PhD in Geology (1991)
- BSc (Hons) in Physical Geography (1988)
Memberships
- Quaternary Research Association, Member,
