Newcastle University

Roles and Responsibilities

Degree Programme Director BA/BSc (Hons) Geography

Research Interests

Research interests include the fields of fluvial geomorphology (especially Quaternary and Holocene river histories and sediment budgeting) and geoarchaeology of river valleys.

Projects

• Wearmouth-Jarrow Candidate WHS Archaeological Research Bid
  Project Leader(s): Dr SC Turner (School of Historical Studies)

Undergraduate Teaching

GEO203: Geomorphological Techniques
GEO222: Introduction to Geographical Thought
GEO296: Geographical Research Methods
GE0237: Physical Geography Fieldcourse(stage2)
GE0337: Physical Geography Fieldcourse(stage3)

• Passmore DG, Waddington C. Archaeology and Environment in Northumberland: Volume 2: Till-tweed Studies. Oxford, UK: Oxbow Books, 2012. In Press.
• Passmore DG, Waddington C, vanderSchriek T, Davis B, Tetlow E, Smith D, Cotton J. Geoarchaeology and archaeological landscapes in the River Till valley, northern England. In: Brown, A.G., Basell, L.S., Butzer, K.W, ed. Geoarchaeology, Climate Change, Sustainability. Boulder, Colorado, USA: Geological Society of America, 2011, pp.117-134.
• van der Schriek T, Passmore D, Franco Mugica F, Stevenson AC, Boomer I, Rolão J. Holocene palaeoecology and floodplain evolution of the Muge tributary, Lower Tagus Basin, Portugal. Quaternary International 2008, 189(1), 135-151.
• van der Schriek T, Passmore D, Rolão J, Stevenson AC. Estuarine-fluvial floodplain formation in the Holocene Lower Tagus valley (Central Portugal) and implications for Quaternary fluvial system evolution. Quaternary Science Reviews 2007, 26(22-24), 2937-2957.
• Van Der Schriek T, Passmore D, Stevenson AC, Rolão J. The palaeogeography of Mesolithic settlement-subsistence and shell midden formation in the Muge valley, Lower Tagus Basin, Portugal. The Holocene 2007, 17(3), 369-385.
• Passmore D, Waddington C, Van Der Schriek T. Enhancing the evaluation and management of river valley archaeology: geoarchaeology in the Till-Tweed catchment, northern England. Archaeological Prospection 2006. , 13(4), 269-281.
• Anderson E, Harrison S, Passmore DG, Mighall TM, Wathan S. Late Quaternary river terrace development in the Macgillycuddy’s Reeks, southwest Ireland. Quaternary Science Reviews 2004, 23(16-17), 1785-1801.
• Howard A, Macklin MG, Passmore DG. Alluvial Archaeology in Europe. Rotterdam: Swets, 2003.
• Maddy D, Passmore DG, Lewis SG. Fluvial Morphology and Sediments: archives of past fluvial system response to global change.. In: Gregory KJ; Benito G, ed. Palaeohydrology: Understanding Global Change.. Wiley Interscience, 2003, pp. 273-290.
• van der Schriek T, Passmore DG, Stevenson AC, Boomer I, Mugica EF, Rolao J. The geoarchaeology of Mesolithic settlement and subsistence in the Muge valley, Lower Tagus Basin, Portugal. In: Alluvial Archaeology in Europe: Conference on the Alluvial Archaeology of North-West Europe and the Mediterranean. 2003, Leeds, UK: Taylor & Francis.
• Passmore DG, Waddington C, Houghton SJ. Geoarchaeology of the Milfield Basin, Northern England; Towards an Integrated Archaeological Prospection, Research and Management Framework. Archaeological Prospection 2002, 9(2), 71-91.
• Passmore DG, Macklin MG. Late Holocene alluvial sediment budgets in an upland gravel bed river: the River South Tyne, Northern England. In: Maddy D; Macklin MG; Woodward J, ed. River Basin Sediment Systems: Archives of Environmental Change. Rotterdam: Balkema, 2001, pp. 423-444.
• Passmore D, Macklin M. Late Holocene channel and floodplain development in a wandering gravel-bed river: The River South Tyne at Lambley, Northern England. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 2000, 25(11), 1237-1256.