Professor Thomas Coulthard's Outputs (50)

Modelling the Effects of Anthropogenic Disturbances on the Evolution of a Mega- Delta (2025)
Thesis
Le, Q. Q. (2025). Modelling the Effects of Anthropogenic Disturbances on the Evolution of a Mega- Delta. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/5087525

River deltas provide ecosystem services that are vital to the world's population, supporting both lives and livelihoods. However, these low-lying areas face heightened vulnerability to the effects of climate change. This is intensified by local resou... Read More about Modelling the Effects of Anthropogenic Disturbances on the Evolution of a Mega- Delta.

Forever but not everywhere? Unexpected non-detection of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in major Philippines rivers (2025)
Journal Article
Byrne, P., Biles, E., Cui, L., Williams, R., Faustino-Eslava, D. V., Quick, L., Casa, M., Gonzalvo, F. I. P., Regalado, M. R. V., Cabrera, K. B. N., Tenio, K. F. C., Padrones, J., Guotana, J. M., Hudson-Edwards, K. A., Vasilopoulos, G., Coulthard, T. J., Tortajada, C., Villanueva-Peyraube, J. D., Sevilla-Nastor, J. B., Domingo, J. P. T., & Megson, D. (2025). Forever but not everywhere? Unexpected non-detection of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in major Philippines rivers. River, 4(1), 29-35. https://doi.org/10.1002/rvr2.70002

Recent studies suggest per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are ubiquitous in rivers worldwide. In the Asia-Pacific region, the frequency of PFAS detection in rivers is increasing. However, the overwhelming majority of studies and data represen... Read More about Forever but not everywhere? Unexpected non-detection of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in major Philippines rivers.

Sustainable mining in tropical, biodiverse landscapes: Environmental challenges and opportunities in the archipelagic Philippines (2024)
Journal Article
Domingo, J. P. T., Jenkin, G. R., Quick, L., Williams, R. D., Hudson-Edwards, K. A., Tortajada, C., Byrne, P., Coulthard, T. J., Padrones, J. T., Crane, R., Gibaga, C. R. L., Vasilopoulos, G., Tungpalan, K., Samaniego, J. O., Biles, E., Tanciongco, A. M., Chambers, J. E., Quimado, M. O., Bautista, A. T., Gonzalvo, F. I. P., …Arcilla, C. A. (2024). Sustainable mining in tropical, biodiverse landscapes: Environmental challenges and opportunities in the archipelagic Philippines. Journal of cleaner production, 468, Article 143114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.143114

The rising demand for critical metals presents a major economic opportunity for mineral-rich countries. For a sustainable transition to a low-carbon future, it is essential to minimise impacts of mineral resource development to the environment, ecosy... Read More about Sustainable mining in tropical, biodiverse landscapes: Environmental challenges and opportunities in the archipelagic Philippines.

Receiving Basin Substrate Controls on Delta Morphodynamics (2024)
Thesis
Johnson, J. Receiving Basin Substrate Controls on Delta Morphodynamics. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4634781

Deltas are inhabited by hundreds of millions of people and are critical for food security, coastal defence, carbon sequestration and ecological diversity. These intrinsically vulnerable systems are threatened by an array of anthropogenic pressures, s... Read More about Receiving Basin Substrate Controls on Delta Morphodynamics.

Learning histories, participatory methods and creative engagement for climate resilience (2023)
Journal Article
McDonagh, B., Brookes, E., Smith, K., Worthen, H., Coulthard, T., Hughes, G., Mottram, S., Skinner, A., & Chamberlain, J. (2023). Learning histories, participatory methods and creative engagement for climate resilience. Journal of Historical Geography, 82, 91-97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2023.09.002

The potential of place-based, historically-informed approaches to drive climate action has not yet been adequately interrogated. Recent scholarly work has focussed on climate communication and the role of arts and humanities-led storytelling in engag... Read More about Learning histories, participatory methods and creative engagement for climate resilience.

Modelling the impact of seismic landslides on landscape evolution (2023)
Thesis
Xie, J. (2023). Modelling the impact of seismic landslides on landscape evolution. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4923124

Mass movements such as landslides are prominent sources of sediment in active mountain belts. As evidenced by recent earthquakes in Chi-Chi, Wenchuan and Gorkha, seismic triggered landslides can have a major impact on river basins and landscape evolu... Read More about Modelling the impact of seismic landslides on landscape evolution.

Historic Spatial Patterns of Storm-Driven Compound Events in UK Estuaries (2022)
Journal Article
Lyddon, C., Robins, P., Lewis, M., Barkwith, A., Vasilopoulos, G., Haigh, I., & Coulthard, T. (in press). Historic Spatial Patterns of Storm-Driven Compound Events in UK Estuaries. Estuaries and coasts : journal of the Estuarine Research Federation, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-022-01115-4

Compound estuarine flooding is driven by extreme sea-levels and river discharge occurring concurrently, or in close succession, and threatens low-lying coastal regions worldwide. We hypothesise that these drivers of flooding rarely occur independentl... Read More about Historic Spatial Patterns of Storm-Driven Compound Events in UK Estuaries.

Sensitivity of Estuaries to Compound Flooding (2021)
Journal Article
Harrison, L. M., Coulthard, T. J., Robins, P. E., & Lewis, M. J. (2022). Sensitivity of Estuaries to Compound Flooding. Estuaries and coasts : journal of the Estuarine Research Federation, 45, 1250–1269. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-021-00996-1

Fluvial and surge-tide extremes can occur synchronously resulting in compound flooding in estuaries, greatly intensifying the hazard. This flood risk has the potential to increase in the future as the frequency, phasing and/or intensity of these driv... Read More about Sensitivity of Estuaries to Compound Flooding.

The Coastline Evolution Model 2D (CEM2D) V1.1 (2021)
Journal Article
Leach, C., Coulthard, T., Barkwith, A., Parsons, D. R., & Manson, S. (2021). The Coastline Evolution Model 2D (CEM2D) V1.1. Geoscientific Model Development, 14, 5507-5523. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-5507-2021

Coasts are among the most intensely used environments on the planet, but they also present dynamic and unique hazards, including flooding and erosion. Sea level rise and changing wave climates will alter patterns of erosion and deposition, but some e... Read More about The Coastline Evolution Model 2D (CEM2D) V1.1.

UK Parliament Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee Flooding Inquiry: Written Evidence from Dr Kate Smith et al. (FLO0043) (2021)
Report
Smith, K., Thomas, R. E., Skinner, C., Davidson, G., Parsons, D., McLelland, S., Coulthard, T., Malik, K., Harrison, L., Ramsden, S., Moloney, J., Ahmed, J., Carter, C., Wolstenholme, J., Halstead, F., & Betts, P. (2021). UK Parliament Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee Flooding Inquiry: Written Evidence from Dr Kate Smith et al. (FLO0043)

This submission presents the research conducted within the Energy and Environment Institute at the University of Hull. Our work demonstrates that hazards represented by flooding have multiple dimensions, and that solutions to them need to take these... Read More about UK Parliament Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee Flooding Inquiry: Written Evidence from Dr Kate Smith et al. (FLO0043).

The Kasei Valles, Mars: a unified record of episodic channel flows and ancient ocean levels (2020)
Journal Article
Duran, S., & Coulthard, T. J. (2020). The Kasei Valles, Mars: a unified record of episodic channel flows and ancient ocean levels. Scientific reports, 10(1), Article 18571. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-75080-y

There is widespread evidence across Mars of past flows in major channel systems as well as more than one palaeo ocean level. However, evidence for the timing of channel flows and ocean levels is based on geographically diverse sources with a limited... Read More about The Kasei Valles, Mars: a unified record of episodic channel flows and ancient ocean levels.

Modeling the geomorphic response to early river engineering works using CAESAR-Lisflood (2020)
Journal Article
Ramirez, J. A., Zischg, A. P., Schürmann, S., Zimmermann, M., Weingartner, R., Coulthard, T., & Keiler, M. (2020). Modeling the geomorphic response to early river engineering works using CAESAR-Lisflood. Anthropocene, 32, Article 100266. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ancene.2020.100266

Landscape Evolution Models (LEMs) simulate the movement of water and sediment over the landscape. Although much progress has been made in the development of LEMs, few have been tested in rivers subject to anthropogenic impacts that produce high energ... Read More about Modeling the geomorphic response to early river engineering works using CAESAR-Lisflood.

Landscape evolution of the Wenchuan earthquake-stricken area in response to future climate change (2020)
Journal Article
Li, C., Wang, M., Liu, K., & Coulthard, T. J. (2020). Landscape evolution of the Wenchuan earthquake-stricken area in response to future climate change. Journal of hydrology, 590, Article 125244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125244

The Wenchuan earthquake caused rapid and gradual changes to the local geomorphology in the earthquake-stricken area. Extreme rainfall events can have strong impacts on local geomorphic evolution and alter the risks of subsequent geohazards and floodi... Read More about Landscape evolution of the Wenchuan earthquake-stricken area in response to future climate change.

The impact of different rainfall products on landscape modelling simulations (2020)
Journal Article
Skinner, C. J., Peleg, N., Quinn, N., Coulthard, T. J., Molnar, P., & Freer, J. (in press). The impact of different rainfall products on landscape modelling simulations. Earth surface processes and landforms : the journal of the British Geomorphological Research Group, https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4894

Rainfall products can contain significantly different spatiotemporal estimates, depending on their underlying data and final constructed resolution. Commonly used products, such as rain gauges, rain gauge networks, and weather radar, differ in their... Read More about The impact of different rainfall products on landscape modelling simulations.

Extending the flood record - assessing the uncertainty and viability of palaeoflood data (2019)
Thesis
Moloney, J. L. Extending the flood record - assessing the uncertainty and viability of palaeoflood data. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4222112

This study assesses the uncertainty and viability of palaeoflood records in relation to the British database, which is a collection of radiocarbon dated geomorphological fluvial deposits used to infer the flood-frequency record during the Holocene. T... Read More about Extending the flood record - assessing the uncertainty and viability of palaeoflood data.

Knickpoints in Martian channels indicate past ocean levels (2019)
Journal Article
Duran, S., Coulthard, T. J., & Baynes, E. R. (2019). Knickpoints in Martian channels indicate past ocean levels. Scientific reports, 9(1), Article 15153. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-51574-2

On Mars, the presence of extensive networks of sinuous valleys and large channels provides evidence for a wetter and warmer environment where liquid water was more abundant than it is at present. We undertook an analysis of all major channel systems... Read More about Knickpoints in Martian channels indicate past ocean levels.

Modelling the morphodynamics of sandy coastal systems under a changing climate (2019)
Thesis
Morris, C. S. Modelling the morphodynamics of sandy coastal systems under a changing climate. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4222460

Coasts are vulnerable to changing environmental conditions and are likely to be affected by predicted sea level rise and wave climate variations over the next century. Predicting the likely response of coastal systems to these changes, including alte... Read More about Modelling the morphodynamics of sandy coastal systems under a changing climate.

Global sensitivity analysis of parameter uncertainty in landscape evolution models (2018)
Journal Article
Skinner, C. J., Coulthard, T. J., Schwanghart, W., Van De Wiel, M. J., & Hancock, G. (2018). Global sensitivity analysis of parameter uncertainty in landscape evolution models. Geoscientific Model Development, 11(12), 4873-4888. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-4873-2018

The evaluation and verification of landscape evolution models (LEMs) has long been limited by a lack of suitable observational data and statistical measures which can fully capture the complexity of landscape changes. This lack of data limits the use... Read More about Global sensitivity analysis of parameter uncertainty in landscape evolution models.

Modeling sediment movement and channel response to rainfall variability after a major earthquake (2018)
Journal Article
Xie, J., Wang, M., Liu, K., & Coulthard, T. J. (2018). Modeling sediment movement and channel response to rainfall variability after a major earthquake. Geomorphology, 320, 18-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2018.07.022

© 2018 Elsevier B.V. The 2008 Wenchuan Ms 8.0 earthquake caused severe destruction in the mountainous areas of Sichuan Province, China. Landslips and mass movements led to substantial amounts of loose sediment accumulating in valleys that subsequentl... Read More about Modeling sediment movement and channel response to rainfall variability after a major earthquake.

Connectivity as an emergent property of geomorphic systems (2018)
Journal Article
Wohl, E., Brierley, G., Cadol, D., Coulthard, T. J., Covino, T., Fryirs, K. A., Grant, G., Hilton, R. G., Lane, S. N., Magilligan, F. J., Meitzen, K. M., Passalacqua, P., Poeppl, R. E., Rathburn, S. L., & Sklar, L. S. (2019). Connectivity as an emergent property of geomorphic systems. Earth surface processes and landforms : the journal of the British Geomorphological Research Group, 44(1), 4-26. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4434

Connectivity describes the efficiency of material transfer between geomorphic system components such as hillslopes and rivers or longitudinal segments within a river network. Representations of geomorphic systems as networks should recognize that the... Read More about Connectivity as an emergent property of geomorphic systems.