Matthew Bennett

Professor Matthew Bennett

  • u_mbennett at bournemouth dot ac dot uk
  • Emeritus Professor
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Biography

Matthew’s passion for geography comes from a childhood spent in Snowdonia and he has worked widely throughout the world on a range of projects. In the 1990s he worked on glacial/Quaternary projects in the Arctic, as well as throughout the UK, funded by NERC and the Royal Society of London. He published widely on aspects of glaciology, sedimentology, and geomorphology. During this time, he also wrote several leading textbooks. In 2002 he joined Bournemouth University and Matthew started to work in Mexico on problems in Quaternary stratigraphy, environmental archaeology, and volcanic hazards. His work has featured in a range of TV and radio broadcasts, and he is known in particular for his work on the Perfect Sandcastle. During this time Matthew also ran a successful environmental consultancy firm at Bournemouth University. He was Dean of Applied Sciences 2007 to 2010. In 2007 he joined the Koobi Fora Field School and his work on the Ileret footprints was published in Science in 2009. Since then, and working extensively throughout Africa with support from NERC, Matthew has published widely on ancient footprints...

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Journal Articles

  • Everett, M., Maryon, S., Hunt, A., Strehlau, H., Reynolds, S., Bennett, M., 2026. The pressure record underfoot: Using ground penetrating radar to obtain pressure patterns of buried footprints. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports, 70.
  • Zhang, D.D., Wang, L., Bennett, M.R., Zhang, H., Zhang, S., Li, T., Su, J., Yang, X., Song, S., Chen, S., Gao, Y., Luo, C., Deng, H., Cheng, H., 2025. Ichnological research on Tibetan hominin hand and footprints and its indicative significance. Chinese Science Bulletin, 70 (10).
  • Bennett, M.R., Urban, T.M., Bustos, D.F., Reynolds, S.C., Jolie, E.A., Strehlau, H.C., Odess, D., Springer, K.B., Pigati, J.S., 2025. The ichnology of White Sands (New Mexico): Linear traces and human footprints, evidence of transport technology? Quaternary Science Advances, 17.
  • Pigati, J.S., Springer, K.B., Gray, H.J., Bennett, M.R., Bustos, D., 2024. The Geochronology of White Sands Locality 2 is Resolved. Paleoamerica, 10 (1).
  • Pigati, J.S., Springer, K.B., Honke, J.S., Wahl, D., Champagne, M.R., Zimmerman, S.R.H., Gray, H.J., Santucci, V.L., Odess, D., Bustos, D., Bennett, M.R., 2023. Independent age estimates resolve the controversy of ancient human footprints at White Sands. Science, 382 (6666), 73-75.
  • Bennett, M.R., Budka, M., Belvedere, M., Reynolds, S., 2022. Deploying augmented reality to help engage the public with palaeontological applications. Proceedings of the Geologists Association, 133 (1), 22-31.
  • Pigati, J.S., Springer, K.B., Bennett, M.R., Bustos, D., Urban, T.M., Holliday, V.T., Reynolds, S.C., Odess, D., 2022. Response to Comment on "evidence of humans in North America during the Last Glacial Maximum". Science, 375 (6577).
  • Pigati, J.S., Springer, K.B., Holliday, V.T., Bennett, M.R., Bustos, D., Urban, T.M., Reynolds, S.C., Odess, D., 2022. Reply to “Evidence for Humans at White Sands National Park during the Last Glacial Maximum Could Actually be for Clovis People ∼13,000 Years Ago” by C. Vance Haynes, Jr. Paleoamerica, 8 (2), 99-101.
  • Zhang, D.D., Bennett, M.R., Cheng, H., Wang, L., Zhang, H., Reynolds, S.C., Zhang, S., Wang, X., Li, T., Urban, T., Pei, Q., Wu, Z., Zhang, P., Liu, C., Wang, Y., Wang, C., Zhang, D., Lawrence Edwards, R., 2021. Earliest parietal art: hominin hand and foot traces from the middle Pleistocene of Tibet. Science Bulletin, 66 (24), 2506-2515.
  • Kirscher, U., El Atfy, H., Gärtner, A., Dallanave, E., Munz, P., Niedźwiedzki, G., Athanassiou, A., Fassoulas, C., Linnemann, U., Hofmann, M., Bennett, M., Ahlberg, P.E., Böhme, M., 2021. Age constraints for the Trachilos footprints from Crete. Scientific Reports, 11 (1).
  • Bennett, M.R., Bustos, D., Pigati, J.S., Springer, K.B., Urban, T.M., Holliday, V.T., Reynolds, S.C., Budka, M., Honke, J.S., Hudson, A.M., Fenerty, B., Connelly, C., Martinez, P.J., Santucci, V.L., Odess, D., 2021. Evidence of humans in North America during the Last Glacial Maximum. Science, 373 (6562), 1528-1531.
  • Budka, M., Ashraf, A.W.U., Bennett, M., Neville, S., Mackrill, A., 2021. Deep multilabel CNN for forensic footwear impression descriptor identification. Applied Soft Computing, 109.
  • Belvedere, M., Budka, M., Wiseman, A.L.A., Bennett, M.R., 2021. When is enough, enough? Questions of sampling in vertebrate ichnology. Palaeontology, 64 (5), 661-672.
  • Budka, M., Bennett, M.R., Reynolds, S.C., Barefoot, S., Reel, S., Reidy, S., Walker, J., 2021. Sexing white 2D footprints using convolutional neural networks. Plos One, 16 (8 August).
  • Larsen, H.J., Budka, M., Bennett, M.R., 2021. Recovery via SfM photogrammetry of latent footprint impressions in carpet. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 66 (4), 1495-1505.
  • Larsen, H., Budka, M., Bennett, M.R., 2021. Technological innovation in the recovery and analysis of 3D forensic footwear evidence: Structure from motion (SfM) photogrammetry. Science and Justice, 61 (4), 356-368.
  • Larsen, H.J., Bennett, M.R., 2021. Recovery of 3D footwear impressions using a range of different techniques. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 66 (3), 1056-1064.
  • Budka, M., Wahid-Ul-Ashraf, A., Neville, S., Mackrill, A., Bennett, M., 2021. Deep Multilabel CNN for Forensic Footwear Impression Descriptor Identification. CoRR, abs/2102.05090.
  • Bennett, M.R., Bustos, D., Odess, D., Urban, T.M., Lallensack, J.N., Budka, M., Santucci, V.L., Martinez, P., Wiseman, A.L.A., Reynolds, S.C., 2020. Walking in mud: Remarkable Pleistocene human trackways from White Sands National Park (New Mexico). Quaternary Science Reviews, 249.
  • Altamura, F., Bennett, M.R., Marchetti, L., Melis, R.T., Reynolds, S.C., Mussi, M., 2020. Ichnological and archaeological evidence from Gombore II OAM, Melka Kunture, Ethiopia: An integrated approach to reconstruct local environments and biological presences between 1.2 and 0.85 Ma. Quaternary Science Reviews, 244.
  • Larsen, H.J., Bennett, M.R., 2020. Empirical Evaluation of the Reliability of Photogrammetry Software in the Recovery of Three-Dimensional Footwear Impressions. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 65 (5), 1722-1729.
  • Wiseman, A.L.A., Stringer, C.B., Ashton, N., Bennett, M.R., Hatala, K.G., Duffy, S., O'Brien, T., De Groote, I., 2020. The morphological affinity of the Early Pleistocene footprints from Happisburgh, England, with other footprints of Pliocene, Pleistocene, and Holocene age. Journal of Human Evolution, 144.
  • Urban, T.M., Bennett, M.R., Bustos, D., Manning, S.W., Reynolds, S.C., Belvedere, M., Odess, D., Santucci, V.L., 2019. 3-D radar imaging unlocks the untapped behavioral and biomechanical archive of Pleistocene ghost tracks. Scientific Reports, 9 (1).
  • Bennett, M.R., Bustos, D., Belvedere, M., Martinez, P., Reynolds, S.C., Urban, T., 2019. Soft-sediment deformation below mammoth tracks at White Sands National Monument (New Mexico) with implications for biomechanical inferences from tracks. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 527, 25-38.
  • Altamura, F., Bennett, M.R., D'août, K., Gaudzinski-Windheuser, S., Melis, R.T., Reynolds, S.C., Mussi, M., 2018. Archaeology and ichnology at Gombore II-2, Melka Kunture, Ethiopia: everyday life of a mixed-age hominin group 700,000 years ago. Scientific Reports, 8 (1).
  • Urban, T.M., Bustos, D., Jakeway, J., Manning, S.W., Bennett, M.R., 2018. Use of magnetometry for detecting and documenting multi-species Pleistocene megafauna tracks at White Sands National Monument, New Mexico, U.S.A. Quaternary Science Reviews, 199, 206-213.
  • Falkingham, P.L., Bates, K.T., Avanzini, M., Bennett, M., Bordy, E.M., Breithaupt, B.H., Castanera, D., Citton, P., Díaz-Martínez, I., Farlow, J.O., Fiorillo, A.R., Gatesy, S.M., Getty, P., Hatala, K.G., Hornung, J.J., Hyatt, J.A., Klein, H., Lallensack, J.N., Martin, A.J., Marty, D., Matthews, N.A., Meyer, C.A., Milàn, J., Minter, N.J., Razzolini, N.L., Romilio, A., Salisbury, S.W., Sciscio, L., Tanaka, I., Wiseman, A.L.A., Xing, L.D., Belvedere, M., 2018. A standard protocol for documenting modern and fossil ichnological data. Palaeontology, 61 (4), 469-480.
  • Bustos, D., Jakeway, J., Urban, T.M., Holliday, V.T., Fenerty, B., Raichlen, D.A., Budka, M., Reynolds, S.C., Allen, B.D., Love, D.W., Santucci, V.L., Odess, D., Willey, P., McDonald, H.G., Bennett, M.R., 2018. Footprints preserve terminal Pleistocene hunt? Human-sloth interactions in North America. Science Advances, 4 (4).
  • Belvedere, M., Bennett, M.R., Marty, D., Budka, M., Reynolds, S.C., Bakirov, R., 2018. Stat-tracks and mediotypes: Powerful tools for modern ichnology based on 3D models. Peerj, 2018 (1).
  • Gierliński, G.D., Niedźwiedzki, G., Lockley, M.G., Athanassiou, A., Fassoulas, C., Dubicka, Z., Boczarowski, A., Bennett, M.R., Ahlberg, P.E., 2017. Possible hominin footprints from the late Miocene (c. 5.7 Ma) of Crete? Proceedings of the Geologists Association, 128 (5-6), 697-710.
  • Panarello, A., Santello, L., Farinaro, G., Bennett, M.R., Mietto, P., 2017. Walking along the oldest human fossil pathway (Roccamonfina volcano, Central Italy)? Journal of Archaeological Science Reports, 13, 476-490.
  • Cuthbert, M.O., Gleeson, T., Reynolds, S.C., Bennett, M.R., Newton, A.C., McCormack, C.J., Ashley, G.M., 2017. Modelling the role of groundwater hydro-refugia in East African hominin evolution and dispersal. Nature Communications, 8.
  • Bennett, M.R., Reynolds, S.C., Morse, S.A., Budka, M., 2016. Footprints and human evolution: Homeostasis in foot function? Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 461, 214-223.
  • Reynolds, S.C., Marston, C.G., Hassani, H., King, G.C.P., Bennett, M.R., 2016. Environmental hydro-refugia demonstrated by vegetation vigour in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Scientific Reports, 6.
  • Bennett, M.R., Reynolds, S.C., Morse, S.A., Budka, M., 2016. Laetoli's lost tracks: 3D generated mean shape and missing footprints. Scientific Reports, 6.
  • Bennett, M.R., Morse, S.A., Falldngham, P.L., 2014. Tracks made by swimming Hippopotami: An example from Koobi Fora (Turkana Basin, Kenya). PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY, 409, 9-23.
  • Bennett, M.R., Morse, S.A., Falkingham, P.L., 2014. Tracks made by swimming Hippopotami: An example from Koobi Fora (Turkana Basin, Kenya). Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 409, 9-23.
  • Bennett, M.R., Morse, S.A., Liutkus-Pierce, C., McClymont, J., Evans, M., Crompton, R.H., Francis Thackeray, J., 2014. Exceptional preservation of children's footprints from a Holocene footprint site in Namibia. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 97, 331-341.
  • Bennett, M., Bates, K, 2013. The evolution of compliance in the human lateral mid-foot. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences, 280 (1769).
  • Bates, K.T., Collins, D., Savage, R., McClymont, J., Webster, E., Pataky, T.C., D'Aout, K., Sellers, W.I., Bennett, M.R., Crompton, R.H., 2013. The evolution of compliance in the human lateral mid-foot. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, 280 (1769).
  • Bates, K.T., Savage, R., Morse, S.A., Webster, E., Collins, D., McClymont, J., Crompton, R.H., Pataky, T.C., Ren, L., Falkingham, P.L., Qian, Z., Bennett, M.R., 2013. Does footprint depth correlate with foot motion and pressure? Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 10 (83).
  • Morse, S.A., Bennett, M.R., Liutkus-Pierce, C., Thackeray, F., McClymont, J., Savage, R., Crompton, R.H., 2013. Holocene footprints in Namibia: The influence of substrate on footprint variability. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 151 (2), 265-279.
  • Bennett, M.R., Falkingham, P., Morse, S.A., Bates, K., Crompton, R.H., 2013. Preserving the impossible: conservation of soft-sediment hominin footprint sites and strategies for three-dimensional digital data capture. PLoS One, 8 (4), e60755.
  • Crompton, R.H., Pataky, T.C., Savage, R., D'Août, K., Bennett, M.R., Day, M.H., Bates, K., Morse, S., Sellers, W.I., 2012. Human-like external function of the foot, and fully upright gait, confirmed in the 3.66 million year old Laetoli hominin footprints by topographic statistics, experimental footprint-formation and computer simulation. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 9 (69), 707-719.
  • Bennett, M.. Glaciers and Glaciation by Benn, D. I. & Evans, D. J. A. Boreas.
  • Morse, S.A., Bennett, M.R., Gonzalez, S., Huddart, D., 2010. Techniques for verifying human footprints: Reappraisal of pre-Clovis footprints in Central Mexico. Quaternary Science Reviews, 29 (19-20), 2571-2578.
  • Bennett, M.R., Crompton, R.H., Morse, S.A., 2010. Tracking our ancestors. Planet Earth.
  • Bennett, M.R., Gonzalez, S., Huddart, D., Kirby, J., Toole, E., 2010. Probable Neolithic footprints preserved in inter-tidal peat at Kenfig, South Wales (UK). Proceedings of the Geologists Association, 121 (1), 66-76.
  • Thompson, N.D., Bennett, M.R., Petford, N., 2010. Development of characteristic volcanic debris avalanche deposit structures: new insight from distinct element simulations. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 192, 191-200.
  • Bennett, M.R., Gonzalez, S., Huddart, D., Kirby, J., Toole, E., 2010. Neolithic human footprints in peat from the inter-tidal zone at Kenfig, South Wales (UK). Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association, 121, 66-76.
  • Bennett, M., Thompson, N.. Volcanic Debirs Avalanche Emplacement: Suggestion of a Common Deformational Sequence Through Deposit Landform Analysis. Landslides.
  • Weeks, W.F.. On Sea Ice. Geological Journal.
  • Bennett, M.. Glacier Science and Environmental Change. Geological Journal.
  • Bennett, M.R., Cassidy, N.J., Pile, J., 2009. Internal Structure of a Barrier Beach as Revealed by Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR): Chesil Beach, UK. Geomorphology, 104, 218-229.
  • Bennett, M.R., Harris, J.W.K., Richmond, B.G., Braun, D.R., Mbua, E., Kiura, P., Olago, D., Kibunjia, M., Omuombo, C., Behrensmeyer, A.K., Huddart, D., Gonzalez, S., 2009. Early Hominin Foot Morphology Based on 1.5-Million-Year-Old Footprints from Ileret, Kenya. Science, 323, 1174-1201.
  • Bennett, M.R., Harris, J.W.K., Richmond, B.G., Braun, D.R., Mbua, E., Kiura, P., Olago, D., Kibunjia, M., Omuombo, C., Behrensmeyer, A.K., Huddart, D., Gonzalez, S., 2009. Early hominin foot morphology based on 1.5-million-year-old footprints from Ileret, Kenya. Science, 323 (5918), 1197-1201.
  • Bennett, M.R., Huddart, D., Gonzalez, S., 2009. Glaciovolcanic Landsystems and Large-Scale Glaciotectonic Deformation Along the Brekknafjöll–Jarlhettur, Iceland. Quaternary Science Reviews, 28, 647-676.
  • Thompson, N.D., Bennett, M.R., Petford, N., 2009. Analyses on granular mass movement mechanics and deformation with distinct element numerical modeling: implications for large-scale rock and debris avalanches. Acta Geotechnica, 4, 233-247.
  • Bennett, M.R., Harris, J.W.K., Richmond, B.G., Braun, D.R., Mbua, E., Kiura, P., Olago, D., Kibunjia, M., 2009. New evidence on the evolution of human foot function based on optical laser scanning of early hominin foot prints. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 88-89.
  • Bennett, M.R., 2008. Editorial. Sedimentary Geology, 211.
  • Bennett, M., 2008. Untitled. SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY, 211 (1-2), V.
  • Bennett, M.R., 2008. Book Review: Glaciotectonism by Aber, J. S. and Ber, A. Boreas, 37.
  • Huddart, D., Bennett, M.R., Gonzalez, S., Velay, X., 2008. Analysis and Preservation of Pleistocene Human and Animal Footprints: An Example from Toluquilla, Valsequillo Basin (Central Mexico). Ichnos, 15, 232-245.
  • Bennett, M., Huddart, D., Gonzalez, S.. Glaciolacustrine Facies Associated with a Subglacial Fissure Eruption. Quaternary Science Reviews.
  • Graham, D., Bennett, M.R., Glasser, N.F., Hambrey, M.J., 2007. A Test of the Englacial Thrusting Hypothesis of "Hummocky" Moraine Formation: Case Studies From the Northwest Highlands, Scotland: Comments. Boreas, 36, 103-107.
  • Astin, K.B., Bennett, M.R., Kneller, P., 2007. Environmental Forensics: An Emerging Discipline Within UK Higher Education? Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 9, 400-402.
  • Huddart, D., Waller, R., Bennett, M.R., 2006. Diamict fans in subglacial water-filled cavities - a new glacial environment. Quaternary Science Reviews, 25, 3050-3069.
  • Schwenninger, J.-L., Gonzalez, S., Huddart, D., Bennett, M.R., Gonzalez-Huesca, A., 2006. The OSL Dating of the Xalnene Ash: A Reply to Comments by G. Duller on “Human Footprints in Central Mexico Older Than 40,000 Years”. Quaternary Science Reviews, 25, 3077-3080.
  • Gonzalez, S., Huddart, D., Bennett, M.R., 2006. Valsequillo Pleistocene Archaeology and Dating: Ongoing Controversy in Central Mexico. World Archaeology, 38, 611-627.
  • Gonzalez, S., Huddart, D., Bennett, M.R., Gonzalez-Huesca, A., 2005. Human footprints in Central Mexico older than 40,000 years. Quaternary Science Reviews, 25, 201-222.
  • Bennett, M.R.. Book Review: Quaternary Glaciations: Extent and Chronology. Boreas, 34.
  • Bennett, M.R.. Book Review: Spitsbergen Push Moraines. Developments in Quaternary Science 4 by van der Meer, J. J. M. (ed.). Boreas, 34.
  • Bennett, M.R., Huddart, D., Waller, R., Cassidy, N.J., Tomio, A., Zukowskyj, P., Midgley, N.G., Cook, S.J., Gonzalez, S., Glasser, N.F., 2004. Sedimentary and Tectonic Architecture of a Large Push Moraine: A Case Study From Hagafellsjökull-Eystri, Iceland. Sedimentary Geology, 172, 269-292.
  • Bennett, M.R., Huddart, D., Waller, R., Midgley, N.G., Gonzalez, S., Tomio, A., 2004. Styles of Ice-Marginal Deformation at Hagafellsjökull-Eystri, Iceland During the 1998/99 Winter-Spring Surge. Boreas, 33, 97-107.
  • Glasser, N.F., Bennett, M.R., 2004. Glacial Erosional Landforms: Origins and Significance for Palaeoglaciology. Progress in Physical Geography, 28, 43-75.
  • Moffat, A.C., Osselton, M.D., Widdop, B., Clarke, E.G.C.. Clarke's analysis of drugs and poisons. Pharmaceutical Pr.
  • Glasser, N.F., Hambrey, M.J., Bennett, M.R., Huddart, D., 2003. Comment: Formation and reorientation of structure in the surge-type glacier Kongsvegen, Svalbard. JOURNAL OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE, 18 (1), 95-97.
  • Huddart, D., Midgley, N.G., Waller, R., Bennett, M.R., Gonzalez, S., Cook, S.J., Tomio, A., 2002. Subglacial deformation at sub-freezing temperatures? Evidence from Hagafellsjokull-Eystri, Iceland. Quaternary Science Reviews, 22, 915-923.
  • Bennett, M.R., Huddart, D., Thomas, G.S.P., 2002. Facies Architecture Within a Regional Glaciolacustrine Basin: Copper River, Alaska. Quaternary Science Reviews, 21, 2237-2279.
  • Bennett, M.R., 2002. Ice streams as the arteries of an ice sheet: their mechanics, stability and significance. Earth-Science Reviews, 61, 309-339.
  • Bennett, M.R., 2001. The Morphology, Structural Evolution and Significance of Push Moraines. Earth-Science Reviews, 53, 197-236.
  • Hambrey, M.J., Bennett, M.R., Glasser, N.F., Huddart, D.. High-Arctic Glaciers as Analogues for Glacial Landform Development in Britain. Geology Today, 17.
  • Bennett, M.. Deformation of Glacial Materials. Journal of Sedimentary Research.
  • Bennett, M.R., Huddart, D., Glasser, N.F., Hambrey, M.J., 2000. Resedimentation of debris on an ice-cored lateral moraine in the high-Arctic (Kongsvegen, Svalbard). Geomorphology, 35 (1-2), 21-40.
  • Bennett, M.R., Huddart, D., Mccormick, T., 2000. An integrated approach to the study of glaciolacustrine landforms and sediments: A case study from Hagavatn, Iceland. Quaternary Science Reviews, 19 (7), 633-665.
  • Huddart, D., Bennett, M.R., 2000. Subsidence structures associated with subaerial desiccation-crack piping and their role in drainage evolution on a drained proglacial lake bed: Hagavatn, Iceland. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 70 (5), 985-993.
  • Bennett, M.R., Huddart, D., Waller, R.I., 2000. Glaciofluvial crevasse and conduit fills as indicators of supraglacial dewatering during a surge, Skeioararjokull, Iceland. Journal of Glaciology, 46 (152), 25-34.
  • Bennett, M.R., Huddart, D., McCormick, T., 2000. The glaciolacustrine landform-sediment assemblage at Heinabergsjokull, Iceland. Geografiska Annaler Series A Physical Geography, 82 (1), 1-16.
  • Bennett, M., Doyle, P.. Earth Heritage Conservation: The Importance of the Built Environment. Urban Design Studies 5.
  • Doyle, P., Bennett, M.R., 1999. Untitled - Reply. GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL, 165, 353.
  • Bennett, M.R., 1999. Paraglacial and periglacial slope adjustment of a degraded lateral moraine in Glen Torridon. Scottish Journal of Geology, 35 (1), 79-83.
  • Glasser, N.F., Bennett, M.R., Huddart, D., 1999. Distribution of glaciofluvial sediment within and on the surface of a high arctic valley glacier: Marthabreen, Svalbard. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 24 (4), 303-318.
  • Bennett, M.R., Waller, R.I., Glasser, N.F., Hambrey, M.J., Huddart, D., 1999. Glacigenic clast fabrics: Genetic fingerprint or wishful thinking? Journal of Quaternary Science, 14 (2), 125-135.
  • Bennett, M.R., Hambrey, M.J., Huddart, D., Glasser, N.F., Crawford, K., 1999. The landform and sediment assemblage produced by a tidewater glacier surge in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard. Quaternary Science Reviews, 18 (10-11), 1213-1246.
  • Huddart, D., Bennett, M.R., Glasser, N.F., 1999. Morphology and sedimentology of a high-arctic esker system: Vegbreen, Svalbard. Boreas, 28 (2), 253-273.
  • Doyle, P., Bennett, M.R., 1999. Military geography: The influence of terrain in the outcome of the Gallipoli Campaign, 1915. Geographical Journal, 165 (1), 12-36.
  • Bennett, M.R., Huddart, D., Glasser, N.F., 1999. Large-scale bedrock displacement by cirque glaciers. Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research, 31 (1), 99-107.
  • Hambrey, M.J., Bennett, M.R., Dowdeswell, J.A., Glasser, N.F., Huddart, D., 1999. Debris entrainment and transfer in polythermal valley glaciers. Journal of Glaciology, 45 (149), 69-86.
  • Bennett, M., Hambrey, M.J., Glasser, N.F., Huddart, D., Crawford, K.. Facies and Landforms Associated with Ice Deformation in a Tidewater Glacier, Svalbard. Glacial Geology and Geomorphology.
  • Bennett, M., Glasser, N.F., Hambrey, M.J., Huddart, D.. Morphology, Composition and Origin of Medial Moraine on Svalbard Glaciers. Glacial Geology and Geomorphology.
  • Bennett, M.. Late Glacial and Postglacial Environmental Changes: Quaternary, Carboniferous-Permian and Proterozoic. Glacial Geology and Geomorphology.
  • Bennett, M.. Encyclopaedia of Environmental Science. Geological Magazine.
  • Mannion, A.M.. Natural Environmental Change, Routledge. Geological Magazine.
  • Bennett, M.R., Hambrey, M.I., Huddart, D., Glasser, N.F., 1998. Glacial thrusting & moraine-mound formation in Svalbard & Britain: The example of Coire a 1 Cheud-chnoic (Valley of Hundred Hills), Torridon Scotland. Journal of Quaternary Science, 13 (SUPPL. 1), 17-34.
  • Bennett, M.R., Hambrey, M.J., Huddart, D., Classer, N.F., Crawford, K., 1998. The ice-dammed lakes of Ossian Sarsfjellet (Svalbard): Their geomorphology and significance. Boreas, 27 (1), 25-43.
  • Classer, N.F., Crawford, K.R., Hambrey, M.J., Bennett, M.R., Huddart, D., 1998. Lithological and structural controls on the surface wear characteristics of glaciated metamorphic bedrock surfaces: Ossian sarsfjellet, svalbard1. Journal of Geology, 106 (3), 319-329.
  • Glasser, N.F., Huddart, D., Bennett, M.R., 1998. Ice-marginal characteristics of Fridtjovbreen (Svalbard) during its recent surge. Polar Research, 17 (1), 93-100.
  • Huddart, D., Bennett, M.R., Hambrey, M.J., Glasser, N.F., Crawford, K., 1998. Origin of well-rounded gravels in glacial deposits from Brøggerhalvøya, northwest Spitsbergen: Potential problems caused by sediment reworking in the glacial environment. Polar Research, 17 (1), 61-70.
  • Bennett, M.R., Huddart, D., Hambrey, M.J., Chienne, J.F., 1998. Modification of braided outwash surfaces by Aufeis: An example from Pedersenbreen, Svalbard. Zeitschrift Fur Geomorphologie, 42 (1), 1-20.
  • Glasser, N.F., Hambrey, M.J., Crawford, K.R., Bennett, M.R., Huddart, D., 1998. The structural glaciology of Kongsvegen, Svalbard, and its role in landform genesis. Journal of Glaciology, 44 (146), 136-148.
  • Doyle, P., Bennett, M.R., Cocks, F.M., 1998. Borings in a boulder substrate from the Miocene of southern Spain. Ichnos, 5 (4), 277-286.
  • Bennett, M., Doyle, P., Cocks, F.M.. Mobile Substrate Borings from the Miocene of Southern Spain. Ichnology 5.
  • Huggett, R.J.. Environmental Change: the evolving ecosphere. Geological Magazine.
  • Hambrey, M.J., Huddart, D., Bennett, M.R., Glasser, N.F., 1997. Genesis of 'hummocky moraines' by thrusting in glacier ice: Evidence from Svalbard and Britain. Journal of the Geological Society, 154 (4), 623-632.
  • Bennett, M.R., Hambrey, M.J., Huddart, D., 1997. Modification of clast shape in high-arctic glacial environments. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 67 (3), 550-559.
  • Huddart, D., Bennett, M.R., 1997. The Carstairs Kames (Lanarkshire, Scotland): Morphology, sedimentology and formation. Journal of Quaternary Science, 12 (6), 467-484.
  • Bennett, M.R., Doyle, P., Glasser, N.F., Larwood, J.G., 1997. An assessment of the 'conservation void' as a management technique for geological conservation in disused quarries. Journal of Environmental Management, 50 (3), 223-233.
  • Doyle, P., Bennett, M.R., 1997. Military geography: Terrain evaluation and the British Western Front 1914-1918. Geographical Journal, 163 (1), 1-24.
  • Bennett, M., Doyle, P., Mather, A.E., Bussell, M.A.. Barnacles as a Palaeoenvironmental Tool: An Example from the Miocene of Southern Spain. Lethaia, 29.
  • Bennett, M., Doyle, P.. Earth-Heritage Conservation in the New Millennium: The Importance of Urban Geology. Geology Today, 13.
  • Bennett, M.R., 1996. Landform-sediment distributions within the northern part of the Younger Dryas Highland ice-field, Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology, 32 (2), 97-105.
  • Wells, A.W., Bennett, M.R., 1996. A simple portable device for the measurement of ground loss and surface changes. Zeitschrift Fur Geomorphologie Supplementband, 106.
  • Bennett, M.R., Doyle, P., 1996. Global cooling inferred from dropstones in the Cretaceous: Fact or wishful thinking? Terra Nova, 8 (2), 182-185.
  • Bennett, M.R., Doyle, P., Mather, A.E., 1996. Dropstones: Their origin and significance. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 121 (3-4), 331-339.
  • Bennett, M.R., Huddart, D., Hambrey, M.J., Chienne, J.F., 1996. Moraine development at the high-arctic valley glacier Pedersenbreen, Svalbard. Geografiska Annaler Series A Physical Geography, 78 (4), 209-222.
  • Bennett, M.R., Hambrey, M.J., Huddart, D., Ghienne, J.F., 1996. The formation of a geometrical ridge network by the surge-type glacier Kongsvegen, Svalbard. Journal of Quaternary Science, 11 (6), 437-449.
  • Doyle, P., Mather, A.E., Bennett, M.R., Bussell, M.A., 1996. Miocene barnacle assemblages from southern Spain and their palaeoenvironmental significance. Lethaia, 29 (3), 267-274.
  • Bennett, M.R.. Quaternary of Scotland. Geoscientist, 39.
  • Doyle, P., Bennett, M.R., 1995. Belemnites in biostratigraphy. PALAEONTOLOGY, 38, 815-829.
  • Bennett, M., Bennett, A.F., Doyle, P., 1995. Paving the Way for Conservation? Geology Today, 11 (3).
  • Bennett, M.R., 1995. The morphology of glacially fluted terrain: examples from the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. Proceedings of the Geologists Association, 106 (1), 27-38.
  • Bennett, A.F., Bennett, M.R., Doyle, P., 1995. Limestone pavements. Geology Today, 11 (4).
  • Bennett, M., Hunt, J.B.. An Aid to the Interpretation of Multiple Frequency Distributions in Geomorphological Field Studies. Teaching Earth Science, 20.
  • Bennett, M., Bennett, A.F., Doyle, P.. Paving the Way for Conservation: A Reply. Geology Today, 11 (4).
  • Bennett, M.. The Dynamics and Environmental Context of Aeolian Sedimentary Systems. Progress in Physical Geography:, 19.
  • BENNETT, M.R., BOULTON, G.S., 1994. DEGLACIATION OF THE GLENFINNAN AREA, WESTERN SCOTLAND, FOLLOWING THE LOCH-LOMOND STADIAL - A REPLY. JOURNAL OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE, 9 (4), 382-383.
  • BENNETT, M.R., 1994. MORPHOLOGICAL EVIDENCE AS A GUIDE TO DEGLACIATION FOLLOWING THE LOCH-LOMOND READVANCE - A REVIEW OF RESEARCH APPROACHES AND MODELS. SCOTTISH GEOGRAPHICAL MAGAZINE, 110 (1), 24-32.
  • Bennett, M.R., Doyle, P., Mather, A.E., Woodfin, J.L., 1994. Testing the climatic significance of dropstones: An example from southeast Spain. Geological Magazine, 131 (6), 845-848.
  • Bennett, M., Doyle, P.. Carruthers and the Theory of Glacial Undermelt: Lessons from a Pamphleteer? Geology Today, 10.
  • Bennett, M., Doyle, P.. Holmes' Principles in Physical Geology (Fourth Edition). Proceedings of the Geologists Association, 99.
  • BENNETT, M.R., BOULTON, G.S., 1993. A REINTERPRETATION OF SCOTTISH HUMMOCKY MORAINE AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE DEGLACIATION OF THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS DURING THE YOUNGER DRYAS OR LOCH-LOMOND STADIAL. GEOLOGICAL MAGAZINE, 130 (3), 301-318.
  • Bennett, M.R., Boulton, G.S., 1993. Deglaciation of the younger dryas or Loch Lomond Stadial ice‐field in the northern Highlands, Scotland. Journal of Quaternary Science, 8 (2), 133-145.
  • Bennett, M.R., 1993. Non‐periglacial stone stripes? An example from North Wales. Geological Journal, 28 (1), 81-88.
  • Bennett, M.. Beyond the Limits: Global Collapse or Sustainable Future, Earthscan. Earth Science Conservation, 32.
  • Bennett, M., Langridge, A.J.. A Two Stage Rock Slide in Gleann na Guiseran, Knoydart: reply. Scottish Journal of Geology, 28.
  • Bennett, M., Bullard, J.E.. Iceberg Tool Marks: An Example from Southeast Iceland. The Journal of Geology, 37.
  • Bennett, M., Glasser, N.F., 1991. The glacial landforms of Glen Geusachan, Cairngorms: a reinterpreation. Scottish Geographical Journal, 107, 116-123.
  • Bennett, M., 1990. The deglaciation of Glen Croulin, Knoydart. Scottish Journal of Geology, 26, 41-46.
  • Bennett, M., Langridge, A.J.. A two stage rock slide in Glean na Guiseran, Knoydart. Scottish Journal of Geology, 26.
  • Bennett, M.. The cwms of Snowdonia: a morphometric analysis. Queen Mary College Research Paper No 2.

Books

Chapters

  • Bennett, M.R., Reynolds, S.C., 2021. Inferences from footprints: Archaeological best practice. Reading Prehistoric Human Tracks Methods Material.
  • Bennett, M.R., Morse, S.A., 2014. Prehistoric Human Footprint Sites. Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology.
  • Bennett, M.R., Morse, S.A., 2014. Ileret Footprints. Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology.
  • Bennett, M., 2011. Ice-marginal processes. In: Singh, P., Shroder, J.F., Haritashya, U.K., eds. Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers. Springer Verlag.
  • Bennett, M., 2011. Ice-marginal Processes. In: Singh, V.P., Singh, P., Haritashya, U.K., eds. Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers. Springer.
  • Bennett, M.R., Huddart, D., Gonzalez, S., 2008. The Preservation and Analysis of Three-Dimensional Footwear Evidence in Soils: The Application of Optical Laser Scanning. In: Ritz, K., Dawson, L., Miller, D., eds. Criminal and Environmental Soil Forensics. Springer, 445-462.
  • Bennett, M.R.. Patterned Ground. In: Gornitz, V., eds. Encyclopedia of Paleoclimatology & Ancient Environments. Springer.
  • Bennett, M.R.. Pingos. In: Gornitz, V., eds. Encyclopedia of Paleoclimatology & Ancient Environments. Springer.
  • Bennett, M.R.. Roche Moutonne. In: Gornitz, V., eds. Encyclopedia of Paleoclimatology & Ancient Environments. Springer.
  • Bennett, M.R., Huddart, D., Thomas, G.S.P.. The Newbigging Esker, Lanarkshire, Southern Scotland: A Model for Tunnel, Subaqueous Fan and Supraglacial Esker Sedimentation. In: Hambrey, M.J., Christoffersen, P., Glasser, N.F., Hubbard, B., eds. Glacial Sedimentary Processes and Products. Wiley-Blackwell.
  • Bennett, M., Huddart, D, Waller, R I. The interaction of a surging glacier with a seasonally frozen foreland: Hagafellsjokull-Eystri, Iceland. In: Harris, C, Murton, J B, eds. Crospheric Systems: Glacier & Permafrost. Geological Society Special Publication.
  • Bennett, M., Huddart, D., Waller, R.I.. The Interaction of a surging glacier with a seasonally frozen foreland: Hagafellsjokull-Eystri, Iceland. In: Harris, C., Murton, J.B., eds. Crospheric Systems: Glacier and Permafrost. Geological Society Special Publication 242.
  • Doyle, P., Bennett, M.R.. Terrain in Military History: An Introduction. In: Doyle, P., Bennett, M.R., eds. Fields of Battle: Terrain in Military History. London: Kluwer Academic.
  • Doyle, P., Bennett, M.R.. Terrain and the Gallipoli Campaign, 1915. In: Doyle, P., Bennett, M.R., eds. Fields of Battle: Terrain in Military History. London: Kluwer Academic.
  • Doyle, P., Bennett, M.R., Macleod, R., Mackay, L.. Terrain and the Messines Ridge, Belgium, 1914-1918. In: Doyle, P., Bennett, M.R., eds. Fields of Battle: Terrain in Military History. London: Kluwer Academic.
  • Bennett, M., Doyle, P., Cocks, F.M.. The influence of geology on the Western Front 1914-1918. Best Use of Ground: Military Geology. Geological Society.
  • Bennett, M.. Glaciers and Glaciology. Oxford Companion to the Earth, The. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  • Bennett, M., Doyle, P.. Earth heritage conservation: the past, present and future agenda? In: Bennett, M.R., Doyle, P., eds. Issues in Environmental Geology. Geological Society Publishing House.
  • Bennett, M., Doyle, P.. Interpreting palaeoenvironments from fossils. In: Doyle, P., Bennett, M.R., eds. Unlocking the stratigraphical record. John Wiley & Son Ltd.
  • Bennett, M., Doyle, P.. Introduction: unlocking the stratigraphical record. In: Doyle, P., Bennett, M.R., eds. Unlocking the stratigraphical record. John Wiley & Son Ltd.
  • Bennett, M., Doyle, P., Cosgrove, A.R.P.. The rate and distribution of coastal cliff erosion in England: a cause for concern? In: Bennett, M.R., Doyle, P., eds. Issues in Environmental Geology. Geological Society Publishing House.
  • Bennett, M., Doyle, P.. Issues in Environmental Geology: a British Perspective. In: Bennett, M.R., Doyle, P., eds. Issues in Environmental Geology. Geological Society Publishing House.
  • Bennett, M., Mather, A.E., Glasser, N.F., 1996. Merrivale. In: Britain, Q.R.A.G., Croot, D., Charman, S., eds. Devon and East Cornwall Guide.
  • Bennett, M., Doyle, P.. The rationale for earth heritage conservation and the role of urban geology. In: Bennett, M.R., Doyle, P., eds. Geology on Your Doorstep. LONDON: Geological Society Publishing House.
  • Bennett, M., Doyle, P., Ingham, S.M.. The Changing Nature of the Urban Earth Heritage Site Resource. In: Bennett, M.R., eds. Geology on Your Doorstep. Geological Society Publishing House.
  • Bennett, M., Doyle, P., Robinson, E.. Creating Urban Geology: a Record of Victorian Innovation in Park Design. In: Bennett, M.R., Doyle, P., Larwood, J.G., Prosser, C.D., eds. Geology on Your Doorstep. Geological Society Publishing House.
  • Bennett, M., Doyle, P.. The Introduction of Geology into the Urban Environment: Principles and Methods. In: Bennett, M.R., Doyle, P., Larwood, J.G., Prosser, C.D., eds. Geology on Your Doorstep. Geological Society Publishing House.
  • Bennett, M.. The Loch Lomond Readvance in the Cairngorms. In: Glasser, N.F., Bennett, M.R., Britain, Q.R.A.G., eds. The quaternary of the Cairngorms.
  • Bennett, M.. The Management of Quaternary SSSI in England, with specific reference to disused pits and quarries. In: Stevens, C., Gordon, J.E., Green, C.P., Macklin, M.G., eds. Conserving our landscape.
  • Bennett, M.. Cwms of the Northern Glyderau. In: Edge, M.J., Addison, K., Watkins, R., eds. The Quaternary of North Wales: Field Guide.

Conferences

  • Budka, D., Bennett, M.R., Budka, M., Bakirov, R., 2017. COMPARING FOOTWEAR EVIDENCE AND THE POWER OF THE 3RD DIMENSION. FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL, 277, 162-163.
  • Budka, D., Budka, M., Bennett, M.R., Bakirov, R., 2017. CAPTURE AND ANALYSIS OF 3D FOOTWEAR EVIDENCE: NEW HORIZONS AND OPPORTUNITIES. FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL, 277, 172.
  • Morse, S.A., Crompton, R.H., Bennett, M.R., 2012. Understanding footprints: intra-trail variability and its causes. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 147, 218-219.
  • Richmond, B.G., Bennett, M.R., Harris, J.W.K., Behrensmeyer, A.K., Braun, D.R., Carnation, S., Chirchir, H., Green, D.J., Kiura, P., Mbua, E., 2010. The anatomy of footprints from Koobi Fora, Kenya. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 197.
  • Bennett, M.R., Huddart, D., Waller, R.. The Interaction of a Surging Glacier With a Seasonally Frozen Foreland: Hagafellsjökull-Eystri, Iceland. In: Harris, C., Murton, J.B., eds. Cryospheric systems : glaciers and permafrost. Conference 01/2003 Geological Society of London. London: Geological Society.
  • Doyle, P., Bennett, M.R., Cocks, F.M.. The Influence of Geology on the Western Front, 1914-1918. In: Nathanial, P., Rose, E.P.F., eds. "The best use of ground: lessons from Military Geology" Symposium, held during the Applied Geoscience Conference, 1996 15/04/1996 University of Warwick, England.. London: Geological Society.

Others

Public Engagement & Outreach Activities

  • Public outreach exhibition - "Dinosaurs to Forensics" (04 Jul 2017-09 Jul 2017)

Conference Presentations

  • American Geophysical Union (AGU), Hydrologic and Agent-based Modelling of hydro-refugia in East Africa, Insights into the importance of water resources in hominin evolution and dispersal, 11 Dec 2017, New Orleans

Qualifications

  • PhD in Geology (1991)
  • BSc (Hons) in Physical Geography (1988)

Memberships

  • Quaternary Research Association, Member,
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