David Hodgson

(he/him)
University of Leeds
Current PositionProfessor of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
Email[email protected]
Department(s)School of Earth and Environment
ECRNo
YES.DTN Core ThemesDynamic Earth, Natural Hazards & Earth Processes
Profile(s)David Hodgson (0000-0003-3711-635X) – ORCID

Key Research Interests

  • Stratigraphic record of sedimentary basins.
  • Characterization of sedimentary processes and depositional architecture of deep-marine systems.
  • Advancing the role of geosciences in the sustainable development of offshore windfarms.
  • Tsunami processes and products.
  • Monitoring of rivers and the benefits of natural flood management interventions

Recent Key Papers

  • Keavney, E., Kane, I.A., Clare, M.A., Hodgson, D.M., Huvenne, V.A.I., Sumner, E.J., Peakall, J., Mienis, F., Kranenburg, J. (2025) The combined role of near-bed currents and sub-seafloor processes in the transport and pervasive burial of microplastics in submarine canyons. Accepted at the Journal of the Geological Society, London. https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2024-2
  • Eaton, S., Barlow, N.L.M., Hodgson, D.M., Mellett, C.L., Emery, A.R. (2024) Landscape evolution during Holocene transgression of a mid-latitude low-relief coastal plain: the southern North Sea. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 49, 3139-3157. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5880
  • Taylor, W.J., Hodgson, D.M., Peakall, J., Kane, I.A., Morris, E.A., Flint, S.S. (2024) Unidirectional and combined transitional flow bedforms: Controls on process and distribution in submarine slope settings. Sedimentology, 71, 1329–1362. https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.13177