John A. Howe

+44 (0) 1631 559257
john.howe@sams.ac.uk

Head of Biogeochemistry and Earth Science
Senior Lecturer in Marine Geology

Scientific interests
Bottom-current influenced sedimentation in the deep-sea.
Fjordic and shelf sea glaciomarine sediments and records of rapid climate change.
Seabed mapping of modern and ancestral depositional processes.
High-latitude margins

Teaching / supervising activities
Module Leader of H1 Principles of Geology, H2 Marine Geology
Contributor to H1 Introducing Marine Science, H2 Estuarine and Marine Systems, H2 Field Course, H3 Sediment Processes, H4 Palaeoceanography.
Supervisor of Clara Morri 2000-2003
Suzanne MacLachlan 2003-2007
Kate McIntyre 2007-2010
 
Publications

Stoker, M.S., Bradwell, T., Howe, J.A., Wilkinson, I.P & McIntyre, K.L. Lateglacial ice cap dynamics in NW Scotland: evidence from the fjords of the Summer Isles region. Quaternary Science Reviews, 28, 3161-3184 doi:10.1016/j.quatscirev.2009.09.012

Grøsfjeld, K., Knies, J., Harland, R. & Howe, J.A. (2009) Dinoflagellate cyst assemblages inshore and offshore Svalbard reflecting their modern hydrography and climate. Norwegian Journal of Geology. 89 121-134 ISSN: 0029196X

McIntyre, K.L. & Howe, J.A. Bottom-current variability during the last glacial-deglacial transition, Northern Rockall Trough and Faeroe-Bank Channel, NE Atlantic. Scottish Journal of Geology, 45 (1), 1-16, 2009.  ISSN: 0036-9276

Bradwell, T., Fabel, D., Stoker, M., Mathers, H., McHarge, L., & Howe, J. Ice caps existed throughout the Lateglacial Interstadial in northern Scotland. Journal of Quaternary Science, 23: 401-407. 2008. ISSN: 0267-8179

Howe, J.A., Shimmield, T., & Harland, R. Late Quaternary contourites and glaciomarine sedimentation in the Fram Strait. Sedimentology, 55, 179-200. 2008. ISSN: 0037-0746

Howe, J.A. Wilson, C.R., Shimmield, T.M., Diaz, R. & Carpenter, L. Recent deep-water sedimentation, trace metal and radioisotope geochemistry across the Southern Ocean and Northern Weddell Sea, Antarctica. Deep-Sea Research II, 54, 1652-1681. 2007 ISSN: 0967-0645

MacLachlan, S.E., Cottier, F., Austin, W.E.N. & Howe, J.A. The salinity:δ18O water relationship in Kongsfjorden, western Spitsbergen. Polar Research, 26, 160-167. 2007 ISSN: 0800-0395

Brandt,A., Gooday, A.J., Brandão, S.N., Brix, S., Brökeland, W., Cedhagen, T., Choudhury, M., Cornelius, N., Danis, B., De Mesel, I., Diaz, R.J., Gillan, D.C., Ebbe, E., Howe, J.A., Janussen, D., Kaiser, S., Linse, K., Malyutina, M., Pawlowski, J., Raupach, M &  Vanreusel A. First insights into the biodiversity and biogeography of the Southern Ocean deep sea. Nature 447 307-311. 2007. ISSN: 0028-0836

Howe, JA., Stoker, M.S., Masson, D., Bulat, J., Pudsey, C.J., Larter, R.D. & Tate, A.  Seabed morphology and bottom-current pathways around Rosemary Bank Seamount, Northern Rockall Trough, North Atlantic. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 23, 165-181. 2006 ISSN: 0264-8172

Educational and career history
Derby University, BSc (Hons) Geology, (1991)
University of Southampton and British Geological Survey, Edinburgh PhD (1994)
British Antarctic Survey (1998)
Scottish Association for Marine Science (1998-)

Other
Member of the Geological Society of London, Books Editorial Committee.
Fellow of the Geological Society of London,
Peer-reviewer of papers & proposals
Reviewer for the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP)
External examiner PhD theses