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Professor Benjamin Kneller

Professor Benjamin Kneller
Professor Benjamin Kneller
Professor Benjamin Kneller

Emeritus Professor

51cg
Email Address
b.kneller@abdn.ac.uk
School/Department
School of Geosciences

Biography

BSc University of Sheffield 1981

Postgraduate Research Assistant, 51cg 1981-87

Post-doctoral Research Assistant, University of Sheffield, 1987-88

Post-doctoral Research Associate, University of Leeds, 1988-90

Post-doctoral Research Associate, University of Liverpool, 1990-91

Post-doctoral Research Fellow, University of Leeds, 1991-95

Lectuter, University of Leeds, 1995-2000

Senior Researcher, Institute for Crustal Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2000-2004

Reader, 51cg, 2004-2006

Professor, 51cg, 2006-2018, Emeritus 2019-present.

Visiting Professor, Zhejiang University, China, 2012-present

Qualifications

  • PhD Geology 
    1988 - 51cg 

External Memberships

International Association of Sedimentologists

Geological Society of London

Research

Research Overview

My research has spanned a range of fields in geology, from tectonics and high-grade metamorphic rocks in the 1980s (Ashcroft et al., 1984, Nature, 310, 760-762) to modern seafloor processes (Zhang et al., 2018, Geology, doi.org/10.1130/G45178.1), but has mainly focussed on deepwater depositional systems. 

Key publications include:

Wang, X., Kneller., B. & Sun, Q., 2023. Sediment waves control origins of submarine canyons. Geology, 51, 310-314.

Santa Catharina, A., Kneller, B.C., Marques, J.C., McArthur, A.D., Cevallos-Ferriz, S.R.S., Theurer, T., Kane, I.A. and Muirhead, D., 2022. Timing and causes of forest fire at the K–Pg boundary. Scientific reports, 12(1), pp.1-11

Liu, Q., Kneller, B., An, W. and Hu, X., 2021. Sedimentological responses to initial continental collision: Triggering of sand injection and onset of mass movement in a syn-collisional trench basin, Saga, southern Tibet. Journal of the Geological Society of London. 178(6)

Kneller, B., Bozetti, G, Callow, R., Dykstra, M., Hansen, L. Kane, I., Li, P., McArthur, A., Santa Catharina., A., dos Santos, T. and Thompson, T., 2020. Architecture, process and environmental diversity in a late Cretaceous slope channel system. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 90, 1-26.

Zhang. Y., Liu, Z., Zhao, Y., Colin, C., Zhang, X., Wang, M., Zhao, S. and Kneller, B., 2018. Long-term in situ observations on typhoon-triggered deep-sea turbidity currents. Geology. doi.org/10.1130/G45178.1

Kneller, B., Nasr-Azadani, M.M. & Meiburg, E. 2016. Long-range sediment transport in the world’s oceans by stably stratified turbidity currents. Journal of Geophysical Research, 121, 8608–8620. 

Kneller, B., Dykstra, M., Fairweather, L. and Milana, J-P., 2016, Mass-transport and slope accommodation: implications for turbidite sandstone reservoirs. AAPG Bulletin,100, 213–235. 

Meiburg M.E. & Kneller, B.C. 2010. Turbidity currents and their deposits. Annual Reviews of Fluid Mechanics, 42, 135-56

Kneller, B.C., Milana, J.P., BuckeeC.M, & al Ja’aidi, O.S., 2004. Depositional Record of Deglaciation in a Paleofjord (Late Carboniferous of San Juan Province, Argentina); the Role of Catastrophic Sedimentation. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 116, 348-367. 

Kneller, B.C., 2003. The influence of flow parameters on turbidite slope channel architecture. Marine & Petroleum Geology, 20, 901-910. 

Kneller, B.C. & Buckee, C.M., 2000. The structure and fluid mechanics of turbidity currents; a review of some recent studies and their geological implications. Sedimentology,47, (Supplement 1), 62-94. 

Kneller, B.C., Bennett, S.J., & McCaffrey, W.D., 1999. Velocity structure, turbulence and fluid stresses in experimental gravity currents. Journal of Geophysical Research, Oceans. 104, C3, 5281-5291. 

Kneller, B.C., 1995.  Beyond the turbidite paradigm: physical models for deposition of turbidites and their implications for reservoir prediction. InHartley A.J. & Prosser D.J.Characterisation of Deep Marine Clastic SystemsGeological Society of London Special Publication No 94, 31-49. 

Kneller, B.C., 1991.  A foreland basin on the southern margin of Iapetus. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 148, 207-210. 

Current Research

Current and upcoming research collaborations include:

1. Far-field effects of the Chicxulub bolide impact, north-western Mexico (with Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil; University of Leeds; University of Manchester)

2. Typhoon-triggered turbidity currents, and the Pleistocene Holocene record of gravity current activity in the Gaoping Canyon, offshore Taiwan (with Tongji University, Shanghai)

3. The record of initial continental collision of India and Asia int the trench basin of southern Tibet (with Nanjing Universoty, China)

4. Architecture of deepwater systems in the Cretaceous fore-arc basin of Tibet, mainly the Albian-Coniacian Ngamring Formation (with Chengdu University of Technology, China)

5. Interaction of gravity currents with topography - a laboratory study (with Zhejiang University, China)

6. Origin of carbonate megabeds within siliciclastic deepwater systems (with Universidad Nacional de San Juan; Universidad do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Brasil).

Collaborations

In addition to the collaborations listed under Current Research I am a collaborator with Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China.

Supervision

I have supervised or co-supervised 36 PhD students, 27 as first supervisor. I currently (2021) co-supervise two PhD students in China.

Publications

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  • Incorporation of substrate blocks into mass transport deposits: Insights from subsurface and outcrop studies

    Valdez Buso, V., Kneller, B., da Silva Reis Assis, V., Farias Vesely, F., Milana, J. P.
    The Depositional Record, vol. 10, no. 5, pp. 708-719
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Reconstruction of microcontinents during the assembly of Rodinia: A case study from the Central Tianshan Block

    Wang, L. X., Huang, H., Hou, M. C., Kneller, B., Xiong, F. H., Luo, H. W., Zhu, S. X.
    Precambrian Research, vol. 400, 107270
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Lateral and temporal variations of a multi-phase coarse-grained submarine slope channel system, Upper Cretaceous Cerro Toro Formation, southern Chile

    Bozetti, G., Kneller, B., Cronin, B. T., Li, P., McArthur, A., Xu, J.
    Journal of Sedimentary Research, vol. 93, no. 3, pp. 161-186
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Sediment waves control origins of submarine canyons

    Wang, X., Kneller, B., Sun, Q.
    Geology, vol. 51, no. 3, pp. 310-314
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Timing and causes of forest fire at the K-Pg boundary

    Santa Catharina, A., Kneller, B., Marques, J. C., Mcarthur, A. D., Cevallos-Ferriz, S. R., Theurer, T., Kane, I. A., Muirhead, D.
    Scientific Reports, vol. 12, 13006
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Depositional elements and evolution of gravity-flow deposits on Lingshan Island (Eastern China): An integrated outcrop-subsurface study

    Yang, T., Cao, Y., Liu, K., Tian, J., Kneller, B.
    Marine and Petroleum Geology, vol. 138, 105566
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Sedimentary environment and organic matter enrichment of black mudstones from the upper Triassic Chang-7 member in the Ordos Basin, Northern China

    Yu, W., Tian, J., Liang, Q., Yang, T., Kneller, B., Liang, X., Wang, F.
    Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, vol. 224, 105009
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Petrological composition of the last coal seam in the longmendong section before the end-permian mass extinction

    Zhang, C., Wang, J., Feng, M., Shi, Z., Xiang, F., Hou, M., Yang, S., Kneller, B., Chen, H.
    Minerals, vol. 11, no. 11, 1230
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Seismic interpretation workflows for deep-water systems: A practical guide for the subsurface

    Mayall, M., Kneller, B.
    AAPG Bulletin, vol. 105, no. 11, pp. 2127-2157
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Sedimentological responses to initial continental collision: Triggering of sand injection and onset of mass movement in a syn-collisional trench basin, saga, southern tibet

    Liu, Q., Kneller, B., An, W., Hu, X.
    Journal of the Geological Society, vol. 178, no. 6, jgs2020-178
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Cretaceous Lauraceae wood from El Rosario, Baja California, Mexico

    Cevallos-Ferriz, S. R., Santa Catharina, A., Kneller, B.
    Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, vol. 292, 104478
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Anatomy of a gas-bearing submarine channel-lobe system on a topographically complex slope (offshore Nile Delta, Egypt)

    Li, P., Kneller, B., Hansen, L.
    Marine Geology, vol. 437, 106496
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Along-strike Quaternary morphological variation of the Baiyun Sag, South China Sea: The interplay between deltas, pre-existing morphology, and oceanographic processes

    Wang, X., Kneller, B., Wang, Y., Chen, W.
    Marine and Petroleum Geology, vol. 122, 104640
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Evolution of two overlapping sand-rich clastic submarine fans in the Lower MioceneAdana Basin, southern Turkey: Contribution from a new palaeocurrent analysisfrom a new palaeocurrent analysis

    Bayer Da Silva, D., Kneller, B., Cronin, B. T., ÇELİK, H., Goldberg, K., Gurbuz, K.
    Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 764-784
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Characterisation of submarine depression trails driven by upslope migrating cyclic steps: Insights from the Ceará Basin (Brazil)

    Maestrelli, D., Maselli, V., Kneller, B., Chiarella, D., Scarselli, N., Vannucchi, P., Jovane, L., Iacopini, D.
    Marine and Petroleum Geology, vol. 115, 104291
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Timing of the Late Palaeozoic glaciation in western Gondwana: New ages and correlations from Paganzo and Paraná basins

    Valdez Buso, V., Milana, J. P., di Pasquo, M., Paim, P. S. G., Philipp, R. P., Aquino, C. D., Cagliari, J., Junior, F. C., Kneller, B.
    Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, vol. 544, 109624
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Supercritical flows overspilling from bypass-dominated submarine channels and the development of overbank bedforms

    McArthur, A., Kane, I., Bozetti, G., Hansen, L., Kneller, B. C.
    Depositional Record, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 21-40
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Architecture, process, and environmental diversity in a late cretaceous slope channel system

    Kneller, B., Bozetti, G., Callow, R., Dykstra, M., Hansen, L., Kane, I., Li, P., McArthur, A., Catharina, A. S., Dos Santos, T., Thompson, P.
    Journal of Sedimentary Research, vol. 90, no. 1, pp. 1-26
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Block generation, deformation, and interaction of mass-transport deposits with the seafloor: An outcrop‐based study of the carboniferous Paganzo Basin (Cerro Bola, NW Argentina)

    Sobiesiak, M. S., Buso, V. V., Kneller, B., Alsop, G. I., Milana, J. P.
    Submarine Landslides: Subaqueous Mass Transport Deposits from Outcrops to Seismic Profiles. Ogata, K., Festa, A., Pini, G. A. (eds.). 1 edition. American Geophysical Union, pp. 91-104, 14 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)
  • The Carboniferous MTD Complex at La Peña Canyon, Paganzo Basin (San Juan, Argentina)

    Valdez Buso, V., Milana, J. P., Sobiesiak, M. S., Kneller, B.
    Submarine Landslides: Subaqueous Mass Transport Deposits from Outcrops to Seismic Profiles. Ogata, K., Festa, A., Pini, G. A. (eds.). American Geophysical Union, pp. 105-116, 12 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)
  • Late Palaeozoic glacial cycles and subcycles in western Gondwana: Correlation of surface and subsurface data of the Paraná Basin, Brazil

    Valdez Buso, V., Aquino, C. D., Paim, P. S. G., Gomes Paim, P. S., Mori, A. L., Fallgatter, C., Milana, J. P., Kneller, B.
    Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, vol. 531, no. Part B, 108435
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Styles of basal interaction beneath mass transport deposits

    Sobiesiak, M. S., Kneller, B. C., Alsop, G. I., Milana, J. P.
    Marine and Petroleum Geology, vol. 98, pp. 629-639
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Tabularity of individual turbidite beds controlled by flow efficiency and degree of confinement

    Liu, Q., Kneller, B. C., Fallgatter, C., Valdez Buso, V., Milana, J. P.
    Sedimentology, vol. 65, no. 7, pp. 2368-2387
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Deep-Water conglomeratic megabeds: analogues for event beds of the Brae Formation of the South Viking Graben, North Sea

    Bozetti, G., Cronin, B. T., Kneller, B. C., Jones, A. M.
    Rift-related coarse-grained submarine fan reservoirs: the Brae Play, South Viking Graben, North Sea. Turner, C. C., Cronin, B. T. (eds.). American Association of Petroleum Geologists, pp. 114-118, 5 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • Transition of a Hyperpycnal Flow Into a Saline Turbidity Current Due to Differential Diffusivities

    Zhao, L., Ouillon, R., Vowinckel, B., Meiburg, E., Kneller, B., He, Z.
    Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 45, no. 21, pp. 11,875-11,884
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Quantitative comparisons of depositional architectures of unconfined and confined turbidite sheet systems

    Liu, Q., Kneller, B., Fallgatter, C., Valdez Buso, V.
    Sedimentary Geology, vol. 376, pp. 72-89
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Turbidite bed thickness statistics of architectural elements in a deep-marine confined mini-basin setting: Examples from the Grès d'Annot Formation, SE France

    Pantopoulos, G., Kneller, B. C., McArthur, A. D., Courivaud, S., Grings, A. E., Kuchle, J.
    Marine and Petroleum Geology, vol. 95, pp. 16-29
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Bottom currents, submarine mass failures and halokinesis at the toe of the Sigsbee Escarpment (Gulf of Mexico): Contrasting regimes during lowstand and highstand conditions?

    Maselli, V., Kneller, B.
    Marine Geology, vol. 401, pp. 36-65
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • The initiation and evolution of the River Nile

    Fielding, L., Najman, Y., Millar, I., Butterworth, P., Garzanti, E., Vezzoli, G., Barford, D., Kneller, B. C.
    Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 489, pp. 166-178
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Architectural and facies organization of slope channel fills: Upper Cretaceous Rosario Formation, Baja California, Mexico

    Li, P., Kneller, B. C., Thompson, P., Bozetti, G., Dos Santos, T.
    Marine and Petroleum Geology, vol. 92, pp. 632-649
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Mixing dynamics of turbidity currents interacting with complex seafloor topography

    Nasr-Azadani, M. M., Meiburg, E., Kneller, B. C.
    Environmental Fluid Mechanics, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 201 -223
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Long-term in situ observations on typhoon-triggered turbidity currents in the deep sea

    Zhang, Y., Liu, Z., Zhao, Y., Colin, C., Zhang, X., Wang, M., Zhao, S., Kneller, B. C.
    Geology, vol. 46, no. 8, pp. 675-678
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • The Alikayası Canyon-Channel System (Miocene, SE Turkey) compared with the South Brae Fan System (Upper Jurassic, North Sea): Characterising sand and gravel filled channel complexes in coarse-grained deep-water systems without gravel cone geometries

    Lopez Jimenez, R., Cronin, B. T., Turner, C. C., Celik, H., Bastidas, R., Kneller, B. C.
    Rift-related coarse-grained submarine fan reservoirs: the Brae Play, South Viking Graben, North Sea: Memoir. Turner, C. C., Cronin, B. T. (eds.). American Association of Petroleum Geologists, pp. 595-618
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • Palynofacies classification of submarine fan depositional environments: Outcrop examples from the Marnoso-Arenacea Formation, Italy

    McArthur, A. D., Gamberi, F., Kneller, B. C., Wakefield, M. I., Souza, P. A., Kuchle, J.
    Marine and Petroleum Geology, vol. 88, pp. 181-199
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Differentiating submarine channel-related thin-bedded turbidite facies: Outcrop examples from the Rosario Formation, Mexico

    Hansen, L., Callow, R., Kane, I., Kneller, B.
    Sedimentary Geology, vol. 358, pp. 19-34
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Sub-seismic scale folding and thrusting within an exposed mass transport deposit: A case study from NW Argentina

    Sobiesiak, M. S., Alsop, G. I., Kneller, B. C., Milana, J. P.
    Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 96, pp. 176-191
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • A detrital record of the Nile River and its catchment

    Fielding, L., Najman, Y., Millar, I., Butterworth, P., Ando, S., Padoan, M., Barfod, D., Kneller, B.
    Journal of the Geological Society , vol. 174, no. 2, pp. 301-317
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Transformation, partitioning and flow–deposit interactions during the run-out of megaflows

    Fallgatter, C., Kneller, B., Paim, P. S. G., Milana, J. P.
    Sedimentology, vol. 64, no. 2, pp. 359-387
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Submarine channel evolution, terrace development, and preservation of intra-channel thin-bedded turbidites: Mahin and Avon channels, offshore Nigeria

    Hansen, L., Janocko, M., Kane, I., Kneller, B.
    Marine Geology, vol. 383, pp. 146-167
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Integrated U-Pb zircon and palynological/palaeofloristic age determinations of a Bashkirian palaeofjord fill, Quebrada Grande (Western Argentina)

    Valdez Buso, V., di Pasquo, M., Milana, J. P., Kneller, B., Fallgatter, C., Junior, F. C., Gomes Paim, P. S.
    Journal of South American Earth Sciences, vol. 73, pp. 202-222
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • The classical turbidite outcrop at San Clemente, California revisited: An example of sandy submarine channels with asymmetric facies architecture

    Li, P., Kneller, B. C., Hansen, L., Kane, I. A.
    Sedimentary Geology, vol. 346, pp. 1-16
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Long-range sediment transport in the world’s oceans by stably stratified turbidity currents

    Kneller, B., Nasr-Azadani, M. M., Radhakrishnan, S., Meiburg, E.
    Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, vol. 121, no. 12, pp. 8608-8620
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Palynofacies classification of the depositional elements of confined turbidite systems: Examples from the Gres d'Annot, SE France

    McArthur, A. D., Kneller, B. C., Wakefield, M. I., Souza, P. A., Kuchle, J.
    Marine and Petroleum Geology, vol. 77, pp. 1254-1273
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Internal deformation and kinematic indicators within a tripartite Mass Transport Deposit, NW Argentina

    Sobiesiak, M. S., Kneller, B., Alsop, G. I., Milana, J. P.
    Sedimentary Geology, vol. 344, pp. 364-381
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Characterization of deep-marine channel-levee complex architecture with palynofacies: an outcrop example from the Rosario Formation, Baja California, Mexico

    McArthur, A. D., Kneller, B. C., Souza, P. A., Kuchle, J.
    Marine and Petroleum Geology, vol. 73, pp. 157-173
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Mass-transport and slope accommodation: Implications for turbidite sandstone reservoirs

    Kneller, B., Dykstra, M., Fairweather, L., Milana, J. P.
    AAPG Bulletin, vol. 100, no. 2, pp. 213– 235
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Inclusion of substrate blocks within a mass transport deposit: A case study from Cerro Bola, Argentina

    Sobiesiak, M. S., Kneller, B., Alsop, G. I., Milana, J. P.
    Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences: 7th International Symposium. Lamarche, G., Mountjoy, J., Bull, S., Hubble, T., Krastel, S., Lane, E., Micallef, A., Moscardelli, L., Mueller, C., Pecher, I., Woelz, S. (eds.). Springer International Publishing, pp. 487-496, 10 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • Genesis and character of thin-bedded turbidites associated with submarine channels

    Hansen, L. A. S., Callow, R. H. T., Kane, I. A., Gamberi, F., Rovere, M., Cronin, B. T., Kneller, B. C.
    Marine and Petroleum Geology, vol. 67, pp. 852-879
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Megadeslizamientos gravitacionales de la formación guandacol en cerro bola y sierra de maz y su relación con la glaciación del paleozoico tardío, La Rioja, Argentina

    Milana, J. P., Kneller, B.
    Latin American Journal of Sedimentology and Basin Analysis, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 109-133
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Mega deslizamientos gravitacionales de la Formación Guandacol en Cerro Bola y Sierra de Maz y su relación con la glaciación del Paleozoico Tardío, La Rioja, Argentina

    Valdez Buso, V., Milana, J. P., Kneller, B. C.
    Latin American Journal of Sedimentology and Basin Analysis, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 109-133
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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