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Ruth Plets

Research Associate in Marine Geoarchaeology

Contact
Room G0114
School of Environmental Sciences
University of Ulster
Coleraine campus
Cromore Road
Coleraine
Co. Londonderry
BT52 1SA
Telephone: +44 (0) 2870 124961
Fax: +44 (0) 2870 124911
Email: r.plets@ulster.ac.uk


Research Group

Centre for Maritime Archaeology and Coastal Systems group

Qualifications

2003-07 PhD Marine Geophysics, University of Southampton
2002-03 MSc Oceanography, University of Southampton
1998-02 Masters Geology, University of Ghent

Experience

2009- Research Associate, University of Ulster
2008-09 Post-doctoral Fellow, Memorial University of Newfoundland
2007-08 Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Southampton

Current Research

2011-14 Late Glacial Sea level minima in the Western British Isles (NERC project NE/H024301/1).

Research Interests

  • High-resolution, shallow water geophysics
  • Marine geoarchaeology and submerged landscape reconstruction
  • Acoustic shipwreck imaging, characterization and visualization
  • Marine sedimentology and coastal processes

External Activites

Research Grants

  • 2011 Seismic Micro-Technology, Inc., University Gift Program Kingdom Suite software
  • Marine Institute Integrated Marine Exploration Programme 2010: Undergraduate offshore training - 7 days ship time on RV Celtic Voyager
  • NERC 2010: NFSD support for ’Archaeological applications of the JIBS data’
  • NI Environment Agency 2010: Habitat mapping of the Skerries/Causeway Proposed Marine SAC
  • Marine Institute Integrated Marine Exploration Programme 2009: Undergraduate offshore training - 7 days ship time on RV Celtic Voyager

Affiliated Research Area:

Centre for Maritime Archaeology and member of the Environmental Science Research Institute (ESRI)

Publications

Number of items: 14.

Quinn, R, Lafferty, B, Westley, K and Plets, R (2012) Rathlin Island - Natural Environment. In: Rathlin Island - an archaeological survey of a maritime landscape. (Eds: Forsythe, W and McConkey, R), TSO, pp. 20-44. ISBN 9780337097041

Plets, R, Clements, A, Quinn, R and Strong, J (2012) Marine substratum map of the Causeway Coast, Northern Ireland. Journal of Maps, 8 (1). pp. 1-13.

Plets, Gertjan, Gheyle, Wouter, Plets, Ruth, Dvornikov, Eduard Pavlovich and Jean, Bourgeois (2011) A Line Through the Sacred Lands of the Altai Mountains: Perspectives on the Altai Pipeline Project. Mountain Research and Development, 31 (4). pp. 372-379.

Vardy, Mark E., Bull, Jonathan M., Dix, Justin K., Henstock, Timothy J., Plets, Ruth M. K., Gutowski, Martin and Hogarth, Peter (2011) The geological Hubble: A reappraisal for shallow water. The Leading Edge, 30 (2). pp. 154-159.

Plets, R, Quinn, R, Forsythe, W, Westley, K, Bell, T, Benetti, S, McGrath, F and Robinson, R (2011) Using Multibeam Echo-Sounder Data to Identify Shipwreck Sites: archaeological assessment of the Joint Irish Bathymetric Survey data. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, 40 (1). pp. 87-98.

Westley, K, Quinn, R, Forsythe, W, Plets, R, Bell, T, Benetti, S, McGrath, F and Robinson, R (2011) Mapping Submerged Landscapes Using Multibeam Bathymetric Data: a case study from the north coast of Ireland. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, 40 (1). pp. 99-112.

Westley, K, Bell, T, Plets, R and Quinn, R (2011) Investigating Submerged Archaeological Landscapes: a research strategy illustrated with case studies from Ireland and Newfoundland, Canada. In: Submerged Prehistory. (Eds: Benjamin, J, Bonsall, C, Pickard, C and Fischer, A), Oxbow Books, pp. 129-144. ISBN 978-1-84217-418-0

Wilson, P, Westley, K, Plets, R and Dempster, M (2011) Radiocarbon dates from the inter-tidal peat bed at Portrush, County Antrim.. Irish Geography, 44. pp. 323-329.

Masson, D.G., Plets, R.M.K., Huvenne, V.A.I, Wynn, R.B. and Bett, B.J. (2010) Sedimentology and depositional history of Holocene sandy contourites on the lower slope of the Faroe-Shetland Channel, northwest of the UK. Marine Geology, 268. pp. 85-96.

Plets, Ruth M. K., Dix, Justin K., Adams, Jon R., Bull, Jonathan M., Henstock, Timothy J., Gutowski, Martin and Best, Angus I. (2009) The use of a high-resolution 3D Chirp sub-bottom profiler for the reconstruction of the shallow water archaeological site of the Grace Dieu (1439), River Hamble, UK. JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 36 (2). pp. 408-418.

Plets, Ruth M. K., Dix, Justin K. and Best, Angus I. (2008) Mapping of the buried Yarmouth Roads wreck, Isle of Wight, UK, using a chirp sub-bottom profiler. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NAUTICAL ARCHAEOLOGY, 37 (2). pp. 360-373.

Plets, R. M. K., Dix, J. K., Adams, J. R. and Best, A. I. (2008) 3D reconstruction of a shallow archaeological site from high-resolution acoustic imagery: The Grace Dieu. APPLIED ACOUSTICS, 69 (5). pp. 399-411.

Bell, T, Westley, K, Plets, R, Quinn, R and Renouf, P (2008) Submerged archaeological landscapes: from ancient myth to new frontier. Journal of Ocean Technology, 3 (4). pp. 13-20.

Plets, Ruth, Dix, Justin, Bastos, Alex and Best, Angus (2007) Characterization of buried inundated peat on seismic (Chirp) data, inferred from core information. ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROSPECTION, 14 (4). pp. 261-272.

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