Professor Bill McCaffrey
- Position: Emeritus Chair
- Areas of expertise: Clastic sedimentology
- Email: W.D.McCaffrey@leeds.ac.uk
- Phone: +44(0)113 343 6625
- Website: Turbidites Research Group
Profile
I hold a BA in Geology from Oxford (1987) and a Ph.D. from Leeds (1991). I joined the University as a Research Fellow in 1993, was promoted to Professor in 2007, and took up an Emeritus Chair on my retirement in 2022.
Responsibilities
- Emeritus Chair
- Emeritus Research Associate of the Turbidites Research Group (TRG)
Research interests
My principal research area remains in deep marine clastics - the deposition of particulate sedimentary rocks in the deep ocean. This work involves a combined approach, using theoretical, experimental and numerical modelling together with field analogue studies. Aims: better understanding of the mechanics of transportation and deposition of sediment from turbidity currents; development of predictive models for geometries, thicknesses, internal characteristics and textural character of turbidite sandstones; controls on submarine channel development; mechanisms of submarine debris flow and hybrid flow generation. I also have interests in fluvial and shallow marine clastic sedimentology.
<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Any research projects I'm currently working on will be listed below. Our list of all <a href="https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-projects">research projects</a> allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.</p>Qualifications
- BA (Geology), University of Oxford
- PhD (Geology), University of Leeds
Professional memberships
- Fellow of the Geological Society of London
Research groups and institutes
- Institute of Applied Geoscience
- Sedimentology