Dr Martin Whiteley
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Job title: Senior Lecturer in Petroleum Geoscience
Email: m.whiteley@derby.ac.uk
Phone No: 01332 593752
Room: N710
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Recent publications
- Whiteley, M.J. & Browne, M.A.E. (in press) Local geoconservation groups - past achievements and future challenges. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, Online version available as PGEOLA-248.
- Whiteley, M.J. & Farewell, T.S. (2011) Geology, soils and plant communities in Bedfordshire. In Flora of Bedfordshire by C.R. Boon. Bedfordshire Natural History Society. 11-21.
- Farewell, T.S., Friend, P., Whiteley, M.J. & Zawadzka, J. (2011) The mapping of landscapes, geology and soils of Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire. www.bedfordshiregeologygroup.org.uk/landforms.html
- Whiteley, M.J. (2011) A Building Stone Atlas of Bedfordshire. Strategic Stone Study for English Heritage. www.bgs.ac.uk/mineralsuk/mines/stones/eh_project.html
- Whiteley, M.J. (2009) Tedbury Camp Quarry website for the Earth Science Teachers' Association. www.esta-uk.net/tedbury_camp_quarry.html
Experience in Industry
Twenty years spent working in the oil industry with BP and Murphy Oil Corporation, followed by a period as a industry consultant with Barrisdale Ltd.
Faculty: Education, Health and Sciences
School: School of Science
Subject Area: Geographical, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Teaching responsibilities
- MSc Applied Petroleum Geoscience
- Fundamental Skills for Geoscientists
- Imaging Earth's Surface and Subsurface
Professional interests
Earth science education at all levels, involving people whose interests range from a mild curiosity about rocks, landforms and how the Earth works, to geological specialists with academic and oil industry preoccupations.
Research interests
- Basin analysis, particularly as it pertains to the oil industry.
- Field-based stratigraphic studies, currently in the Mendip Hills (Carboniferous sequences and unconformities) and Bedfordshire (Tertiary and Quaternary landscape evolution).
- Building stones and their distribution in Bedfordshire.
Membership of professional bodies and advisory committees
- Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain
- Earth Science Teachers' Association (former President and Chairman)
Additional Interests and Activities
I've been an active geoconservationist for many years and I'm currently the Chairman of The Geology Trusts, an organisation that represents about 10 county-based geoconservation groups in England. My main interests revolve around how geological sites can be used for educational purposes; this involves the identification of suitable sites, ensuring that they remain safe and accessible, and explaining their significance to others.
Undergraduate qualifications
- BA Dual Honours Geology & Geography, University of Sheffield
Postgraduate qualifications
- MSc Geology , University of Sheffield
Research qualifications
- PhD Geology, University of Exeter
