Simon James Price BSc MSc CGeol FGS EurGeol

Cambridge Quaternary
Department of Geography
University of Cambridge
Downing Place
Cambridge CB2 3EN
England

E-mail: sjp215@cam.ac.uk

Telephone: +44 (0)1223 333382

News

Simon Price has been awarded a Future Cities Prize Fellowship to present his ideas of what cities will be like at the first annual Future Cities conference in June 2016.

Project

Project title: Geological and geotechnical properties of glacial and periglacial sediments in the English South Midlands.
The project will investigate Quaternary processes and their effect on the geological and geotechnical properties of glacial and periglacial material. The project will investigate the spatial variability of these properties and their relationship to geological ground models in an area of the English South Midlands. The work is jointly supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and Arup. The research is being undertaken whilst on a leave of absence and with the support of the British Geological Survey (BGS).

Biography and qualifications

2014 – ongoing : PhD Quaternary Engineering Geology, University of Cambridge - Arup CASE studentship
2011 –2014: Project leader and team member of the BGS Futures Group
2008 –2014: Team Leader for Urban Geoscience
2001 –2014: British Geological Survey. Project leader, researcher and 3D geological modelling researcher for urban geoscience projects in cities including Singapore, Abu Dhabi, Manchester, Salford, York, Swansea-Neath-Port-Talbot, Doncaster, Durham and Darlington
2000 –2001: MSc with Distinction University of Manchester (Applied and Environmental Geoscience. Thesis title 'Optimising borehole monitoring frequencies in groundwater contaminant plumes'. Undertaken in partnership with URS Dames & Moore, Manchester)
1997 –2000: Petroleum Geologist, (Fugro Robertson)
1994 –1997: BSc (Hons), 2.1 University of Birmingham, Geology

Research interests

Quaternary engineering geology and geomorphology
Spatial variability in geotechnical properties of glacial and periglacial engineering soils and their origins
Anthropogenic geology and geomorphology in the context of the Anthropocene
3D geological ground models and their application to engineering geology
The geology of cities
The sustainable management and use of underground space in cities

Professional association

Chartered and European Geologist
Member of the Quaternary Research Association
Member of the International Permafrost Association
Member of the British Geotechnical Association
Member of the Yorkshire Geological Society
(2011-2016) Member of the Anthropocene Working Group of the Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy of the International Commission for Stratigraphy

Teaching

Part IIA Engineering Tripos: GD5 Engineering Geology and Surveying

Awards

Future Cities Prize Fellowship (2015-2016), University of Cambridge. Geological ground-use optimisation for sustainable urban development planning

Selected publications

NERC Open Research Archive (NORA).
Price, S J, Berry, T, Gibbard, P L, Entwisle, D, Free, M and Bolton, M. 2017. A Quaternary domains-based approach to the quantification of geotechnical variability in lowland Britain: a case study from North Buckinghamshire, UK. Presentation in 'Glacial and Periglacial Engineering Geology' joint Quaternary Research Association - Engineering Group of the Geological Society Annual Discussion Meeting, Durham University, 4th-7th January 2017
Zalasiewicz, J, Williams, M, Waters, C N, Barnosky, A D, Palmesino, J, Ronnskog S-A, Edgeworth, M, Neal, C, Cearreta, A, Ellis, E C, Grinevald, J, Haff, P, Ivar do Sul, J A, Jeandel, C, Leinfelder, R, McNeil, J R, Odada, E, Oreskes, N, Price, S J, Revkin, A, Steffen, W, Summerhayes, C, Vidas, D, Wing, S and Wolfe, A P. 2016. Scale and diversity of the physical technosphere: A geological perspective. The Anthropocene Review, p1-14. Online first 28th November 2016 doi:10.1177/2053019616677743
Price, S J, Ford, J R, Campbell, S D G and Jefferson, I. 2016. Urban Futures: the sustainable management of the ground beneath cities. In: Eggers, M J, Griffiths, J S, Parry, S & Culshaw, M G (eds.) Developments in Engineering Geology. Geological Society Engineering Geology Special Publication, 27, 19-33. Geological Society of London, London, UK
Price, S J, Terrington, R L, Busby, J, Bricker, S and Clarke, T. 2016. Geological ground-use optimisation for sustainable urban development planning: a case study from Earls Court, London, UK. Presentation at the 1st Annual Future Cities Conference, Clare College, Cambridge, UK, 29th June 2016
Price, S J, Boreham, S, Gibbard, P L and Berry, T. 2016. Thermokarst landforms in Buckinghamshire, England. Poster presentation in Periglacial Geomorphology, 11th International Conference on Permafrost, Potsdam, Germany, 20-24th June 2016
Garton, D, Baker, C, Banks, V, Barton, N, Budge, D, Collcutt, S, Price, S, Ross, I, Tapete, D and Tyndall, R. 2015. Ice Age Journeys: Research by a Community Archaeology group at Farndon Fields, Newark, Nottinghamshire. Transactions of the Thoroton Society, 119, 103-140
Edgeworth, M, Richter, D deB, Waters, C, Haff, P, Neal, C and Price, S J. 2015. Diachronous beginnings of the Anthropocene: The lower bounding surface of anthropogenic deposits. The Anthropocene Review, 2, 1, 33-58
Jordan, H, Hamilton, K, Lawley, R and Price, S J. 2015. Anthropogenic contribution to the geological and geomorphological record: A case study from Great Yarmouth, UK 253, 534-546 Geomorphology. DOI:10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.07.008
Rawlins, B G, Harris, J, Price, S J and Bartlett, M. 2015.A review of climate change impacts on urban soil functions with examples and policy insights from England, UK, Soil Use and Management, 35, Issue 1, 46-61. DOI:10.1111/sum.120079
Ford, J R, Price, S J, Cooper, A H and Waters, C N. 2014. An assessment of lithostratigraphy for anthropogenic deposits. In: Waters, C N, Zalasiewicz, J A, Williams, M, Ellis, M, Snelling, A (eds.) A stratigraphical basis for the Anthropocene. Geological Society Special Publication, 395, 55-89. Geological Society of London, London, UK
Price, S J, Farrant, A R, Thomas, R J and Ellison, R A. 2012. Geology of the Dubai, Sharjah and Sir Bu N'Air 1:100 000 map sheet, 100-5 United Arab Emirates. British Geological Survey, Nottingham, UK, 54pp
Price, S J, Thomas, R J and Smith, R A. 2012. Geology of the Al Wijah 1:100 000 map sheet, 100-8 United Arab Emirates, British Geological Survey, Nottingham, UK, 42pp
Farrant, A R, Price, S J, Merritt, J E, Merritt, J W, Leslie, A and Jordan, C J. 2012. Geology of the Al Qua'a 1:100 000 map sheet, 100-9 United Arab Emirates, British Geological Survey, Nottingham, UK, 31pp
Farrant, A R, Ellison, R A, Merritt, J W, Merritt, J E, Newell, A J, Lee, J R, Price S J, Thomas, R J and Leslie, A. 2012. Geology of the Abu Dhabi 1:100 000 map sheet, 100-16 United Arab Emirates, British Geological Survey, Nottingham, UK, 69pp
Farrant, A R, Price, S J, Lee, J R, Goodenough, K M, Thomas R J, Merritt, J E, Burke, H F and Newell, A J. 2012. Geology of the Bu Hasa 1:100 000 map sheet, 100-25 United Arab Emirates, British Geological Survey, Nottingham, UK, 43pp
Dearden, R A and Price, S J. 2012. A proposed decision-making framework for a national infiltration SuDS map. Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, 23, 478-485
de Beer, J, Price, S J and Ford J R. 2012. 3D modelling of geological and anthropogenic deposits at the World Heritage Site of Bryggen in Bergen, Norway. Quaternary International, 251, 107-117. 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.06.015
Culshaw, M G and Price, S J. 2011. The 2010 Hans Cloos lecture - The contribution of urban geology to the development, regeneration and conservation of cities. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 70, 333-376
Price, S J, Ford, J R, Cooper, A H and Neal, C. 2011. Humans as major geological and geomorphological agents in the Anthropocene: the significance of artificial ground in Great Britain. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A 369, 1056-1084
Price, S J, Burke, H F, Terrington, R L, Reeves, H J, Boon, D, and Schieb, A J. 2010. The 3D characterisation of the zone of human interaction and the sustainable use of underground space in urban and peri-urban environments: case studies from the UK. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften (ZDGG), 161, 219-235.
Lelliot, M R, Bridge, D M, Kessler, H, Price, S J, and Seymour, K J. 2006. The application of 3D geological modelling to aquifer recharge assessments in an urban environment. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 39, 293-302