Dr Alan Dykes
Faculties, departments and locations
- Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment
- Department of Civil Engineering, Surveying and Construction Management
- School of Built Environment and Geography
- Penrhyn Road
Associate Professor in Engineering Geology
- Email:
- [email protected]
About
I obtained my PhD from King's College London in 1995 where I worked on landslide processes in tropical rainforest environments, initially as part of the 'Brunei Rainforest Project 1991–92' organised by the Royal Geographical Society with the Universiti Brunei Darussalam. After several years at the University of Huddersfield, undertaking teaching and research in geomorphology, specialising in landslides and becoming a world expert in peatland instability and failure, I joined Kingston University in 2007.
Since 2009, I have worked in civil engineering, developing and expanding my expertise in engineering geology and geotechnics whilst maintaining a research programme investigating landslide processes, controls and hazards in a wide range of contexts. As well as continuing my investigations of peat stability and failure, I have worked with international collaborators on various types of landslides and slope instability in Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Malta and Mexico.
Qualifications
- 2006: Chartered Geologist (Geological Society of London)
- 1995: PhD in Geography, King's College London
- 1990: BSc(Hons) Geography, University of Bristol
Domains
Courses taught
- Civil Engineering MSc
- Construction Management MSc
- Structural Engineering MSc
- Civil and Environmental Engineering MSc
- Quantity Surveying MSc
- Building Surveying MSc
- Building Surveying BSc (Hons)
- Construction Project Management BSc (Hons)
- Civil Engineering BEng (Hons)
- Civil Engineering MEng (Hons)
- Quantity Surveying BSc (Hons)
Publications
Hazards from lakes and reservoirs: new interpretation of the Vaiont disaster
Dykes, Alan P. and Bromhead, Edward N., 2022, Journal of Mountain Science (19)pp 1717-1737, Published
The Southwell Topple - reassessment of a very large coastal toppling failure on the Isle of Portland, UK
Dykes, Alan P. and Bromhead, Edward N., 2022, Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology (55), 1, Published
A recent peat slide in Co. Antrim extends the known range of weak basal peat across Ireland
Dykes, Alan P., 2022, Environmental Geotechnics (9), 1pp 22-35, Published
Botanical and geotechnical characteristics of blanket peat at three Irish bogflows
Foteu Madio, Eliane S. and Dykes, Alan P., 2022, Environmental Geotechnics (9), 1pp 36-54, Published
Landslide investigations during pandemic restrictions: initial assessments of recent peat landslides in Ireland
Dykes, Alan P., 2022, Landslides (19), 2pp 515-525, Published
Coupling long-term GNSS monitoring and numerical modelling of lateral spreading for hazard assessment purposes
Mantovani, Matteo, Bossi, Giulia, Dykes, Alan P., Pasuto, Alessandro, Soldati, Mauro and Devoto, Stefano, 2022, Engineering Geology (296), Published
Assessment the flood hazard arising from land use change in a forested catchment in northern Iran
Hajian, F., Dykes, A. P. and Cavanagh, S., 2019, Journal of Flood Risk Management (12), 4, Published
New, simplified and improved interpretation of the Vaiont landslide mechanics
Dykes, Alan P. and Bromhead, Edward N., 2018, Landslides (15), 10pp 2001-2015, Published
The Vaiont landslide: re-assessment of the evidence leads to rejection of the consensus
Dykes, Alan P. and Bromhead, Edward N., 2018, Landslides (15), 9pp 1815-1832, Published
Prediction of climate change effects on the runoff regime of a forested catchment in northern Iran
Hajian, Farhad, Dykes, Alan P., Zahabiyoun, Bagher and Ibsen, Maia, 2016, Hydrological Sciences Journal (61), 15pp 2729-2739, Published
Caspian sea level change impacts regional seismicity
Firoozfar, Alireza, Bromhead, Edward N. and Dykes, Alan P., 2012, Journal of Great Lakes Research (38), 4pp 667-672, Published
Peat slope failures and other mass movements in western Ireland, August 2008
Dykes, A. P. and Jennings, P., 2011, Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology (44), 1pp 5-16, Published
Landslides in blanket peat on subantarctic islands: causes, characteristics and global significance
Dykes, Alan P. and Selkirk-Bell, Jennifer M., 2010, Geomorphology (124), 3-4pp 215-228, Published
Introduction: Land use change in the tropics: causes, consequences and monitoring in Mexico
Alcántara-Ayala, Irasema and Dykes, Alan P., 2010, Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography (31), 2pp 143-151, Published
Discussion of a Peat slope failure in Ireland by N. Boylan, P. Jennings & M. Long, Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 41(1), 93-108
Dykes, Alan P., 2009, Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology (42), 1pp 123-128, Published
Geomorphological maps of Irish peat landslides created using hand-held GPS - second edition.
Dykes, Alan P. and Ivison, Claire, 2009, Journal of Maps (2009)pp 179-185, Published
Landslides in blanket peat on Cuilcagh Mountain, Northwest Ireland
Dykes, Alan P., Gunn, John and Convery (Née Kirk), Katie J., 2008, Geomorphology (102), 3-4pp 325-340, Published
Tensile strength of peat: laboratory measurement and role in Irish blanket bog failures
Dykes, A. P., 2008, Landslides (5), 4pp 417-429, Published
Characteristics of the Shetland Islands (UK) peat slides of 19 September 2003
Dykes, A. P. and Warburton, J., 2008, Landslides (5), 2pp 213-226, Published
Discussion of "A5 Llyn Ogwen peatslide, Capel Curig, North Wales" by D. Nichol, G.K. Doherty & M.J. Scott in Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 40, 293-299
Dykes, A. P., Warburton, J., Nichol, Doug, Doherty, G. K. and Scott, M. J., 2008, Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology (41), 1pp 123-126, Published
Geomorphological maps of Irish peat landslides created using hand-held GPS
Dykes, Alan P., 2008, Journal of Mapspp 258-276, Published
Failure of peat-covered hillslopes at Dooncarton Mountain, Co. Mayo, Ireland: analysis of topographic and geotechnical factors
Dykes, A. P. and Warburton, J., 2008, Catena (72), 1pp 129-145, Published
Significance of geomorphological and subsurface drainage controls on failures of peat-covered hillslopes triggered by extreme rainfall
Dykes, Alan P. and Warburton, Jeff, 2007, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms (32), 12pp 1841-1862, Published
Mass movements in cave sediments: investigation of a ~40,000-year-old guano mudflow inside the entrance of the Great Cave of Niah, Sarawak, Borneo
Dykes, A. P., 2007, Landslides (4), 3pp 279-290, Published
Landslides in the Tandayapa Valley, northern Andes, Ecuador: implications for landform development in humid and tectonically active mountain ranges
Dykes, A. P. and Welford, M. R., 2007, Landslides (4), 2pp 177-187, Published
Mass movements in peat: a formal classification scheme
Dykes, Alan P. and Warburton, Jeff, 2007, Geomorphology (86), 1-2pp 73-93, Published
UV-fluorescence microscopy and the coherence of pollen assemblages in environmental archaeology and Quaternary geology
Hunt, C. O., Rushworth, G. and Dykes, A. P., 2007, Journal of Archaeological Science (34), 4pp 562-571, Published
The 'human revolution' in lowland tropical Southeast Asia: the antiquity and behavior of anatomically modern humans at Niah Cave (Sarawak, Borneo)
Barker, Graeme, Barton, Huw, Bird, Michael, Daly, Patrick, Datan, Ipoi, Dykes, Alan, Farr, Lucy, Gilbertson, David, Harrisson, Barbara, Hunt, Chris, Higham, Tom, Kealhofer, Lisa, Krigbaum, John, Lewis, Helen, McLaren, Sue, Paz, Victor, Pike, Alistair, Piper, Phil, Pyatt, Brian, Rabett, Ryan, Reynolds, Tim, Rose, Jim, Rushworth, Garry, Stephens, Mark, Stringer, Chris, Thompson, Jill and Turney, Chris, 2007, Journal of Human Evolution (52), 3pp 243-261, Published
Hoga Island, Sulaweisi, Indonesia: geomorphology and groundwater resource of a small tropical carbonate island
Dykes, A.P. and Gunn, J., 2006, Cave and Karst Science (33), 1pp 21-28, Published
The liquid limit of peat and its application to the understanding of Irish blanket bog failures
Yang, J. and Dykes, A. P., 2006, Landslides (3), 3pp 205-216, Published
Hoga island, Sulawesi, Indonesia: geomorphology and groundwater resources of a small tropical carbonate island
Dykes, Alan P. and Gunn, John, 2006, Cave and Karst Science (33), 1pp 21-28, Published
The geomorphology of the Great Cave
Hunt, C.O. and Dykes, A.P., 2003, Sarawak Museum Journal (58 (N.)pp 51-53, Published
The palynology of the modern landscape
Hunt, C., Gilbertson, D., Kurui, E. and Dykes, A., 2003, Sarawak Museum Journal (58 (N.)pp 92-93, Published
Investigating the geotechnical properties of guano
Dykes, A.P., 2003, Sarawak Museum Journal (57 (N.)pp 60-62, Published
Mass movements and conservation management in Malta
Dykes, Alan P., 2002, Journal of Environmental Management (66), 1pp 77-89, Published
The use of salt dilution gauging techniques: ecological considerations and insights
Wood, P. J. and Dykes, A. P., 2002, Water Research (36), 12pp 3054-3062, Published
Weathering-limited rainfall-triggered shallow mass movements in undisturbed steepland tropical rainforest
Dykes, A. P., 2002, Geomorphology (46), 1-2pp 73-93, Published
The role of bedrock failures driven by uplift in long-term landform development in Brunei, Northwest Borneo
Dykes, Alan P., 2002, Chikei (23), 2pp 201-222, Published
Initiation of a multiple peat slide on Cuilcagh Mountain, Northern Ireland
Dykes, A. P. and Kirk, K. J., 2001, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms (26), 4pp 395-408, Published
Lessons from the Vaiont landslide
Dykes, Alan P. and Bromhead, Edward N. (2021). [Published]
Geotechnical studies of lithofacies 3
Dykes, Alan (2016). In: Barker, Graeme, Farr, Lucy, (eds.), Cambridge, U.K.: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Researchpp S41-S47 [Published]
The sedimentology of the West Mouth lithofacies
Stephens, Mark, Hunt, Chris, Rose, James, Gilbertson, David, McLaren, Sue, Grattan, John, Rushworth, Garry and Dykes, Alan (2016). In: Barker, Graeme, Farr, Lucy, (eds.), Cambridge, U.K.: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Researchpp 81-104 [Published]
Environmental change and landslide hazards in Mexico
Dykes, Alan P. and Alcántara-Ayala, Irasema (2015). In: Dykes, Alan P., Mulligan, Mark, Wainwright, John, (eds.), Chichester, U.K.:pp 267-298 [Published]
Introduction: understanding and managing landscape change through multiple lenses: the case for integrative research in an era of global change
Dykes, Alan P., Mulligan, Mark and Wainwright, John (2015). In: Dykes, Alan P., Mulligan, Mark, Wainwright, John, (eds.), Chichester, U.K.:pp 1-7 [Published]
The cave entrance sequences and environmental change
Gilbertson, David, McLaren, Sue, Stephens, Mark, Hunt, Chris, Rose, James, Dykes, Alan, Grattan, John, Bird, Michael, Lewis, Helen, Kealhofer, Lisa, Mani Banda, Richard, Badang, Dana, Daly, Patrick, Rushworth, Garry, Pyatt, Brian, Thompson, Gill B., Piper, Philip J. and Rabett, Ryan J. (2013). In: Barker, Graeme, (eds.), Cambridge, U.K.: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Researchpp 71-134 [Published]
Landslides in blanket peat on subantarctic islands: Causes, characteristics and global significance
Dykes, A.P. and Selkirk-Bell, J.M. (2010). [Published]
Properties of peat relating to instability of blanket bogs
Dykes, Alan (2008). In: Chen, Zuyu, Zhang, Jian-Min, Ho, Ken, Wu, Fa-Quan, Li, Zhong-Kui, (eds.), Boca Raton, U.S.A.:pp 339-345 [Published]
Slope instability and mass movements in peat deposits
Dykes, A. P. and Kirk, K. J. (2006). In: Martini, I.P., Martinez Cortizas, A., Chesworth, W., (eds.), Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevierpp 377-406 [Published]
Shear and shear surface
Dykes, A.P. (2004). In: Goudie, A.S., (eds.), London, UK:pp 946-947 [Published]
Lessons from the Vaiont landslide
Dykes, Alan P. and Bromhead, Edward N.(2021). [Published]
A new assessment of the Southwell Topple of 1734
Dykes, A.P., Ibsen, M-L. and Bromhead, E.N.(2016). [Published]
The Miramar landslide at Herne Bay and the storm surge of 1953
Bromhead, E.N., Ibsen, M-L. and Dykes, A.P.(2016). [Published]
Landslides in blanket peat on subantarctic islands: Causes, characteristics and global significance
Dykes, A.P. and Selkirk-Bell, J.M.(2010). [Published]
Rock slope instability in England's Lake district
Dykes, A.P.(2010). [Published]
Overview: What is Peat?
Dykes, Alan(2010). [Published]
Causes and implications of mass movements in peatlands
Dykes, A.(2009). [Published]
Hurricane Earl, chronicle of a Mexican foretold landslide disaster
Alcantara-Ayala, I., Dykes, A.P. and Garnica-Peña, R.J.(2009). [Published]
Natural and anthropogenic causes of peat instability and landslides
Dykes, Alan P.(2008). [Published]
Properties of peat relating to instability of blanket bogs
Dykes, A.P.(2008). [Published]
Geomorphological maps of Irish peat landslides created using hand-held GPS - Second Edition
Dykes, A.P.(2008). [Published]