James Terry

Professor
Department of Natural Sciences and Health Sciences
Zayed University
Saudi Arabia

Biography

Professor James Terry is a British national, receiving his PhD from the University of Wales in 1992. He is currently based at Zayed University in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Earlier academic positions include at the National University of Singapore, and the University of the South Pacific where he served as Head of the School of Geography. He has also held visiting positions in Australia and Japan.

Research Intrest

Tropical environmental change: geomorphology and hydrology, especially the responses of coastal and fluvial systems to high-energy events Natural hazards: tropical cyclones, floods, droughts, tsunamis, storm surge, wildfires Asia-Pacific region, especially island environments Land degradation: erosion processes & land management

List of Publications
Terry JP, Dunne K, Jankaew K (2016) Prehistorical frequency of high-energy marine inundation events driven by typhoons in the Bay of Bangkok (Thailand), interpreted from coastal carbonate boulders. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 41: 553-562.
Goff J, Knight J, Sugawara D, Terry JP (2016) Anthropogenic disruption to the seismic driving of beach ridge formation: The Sendai coast, Japan. Science of the Total Environment 544: 18-23.
Goff J, Ebina Y, Goto K, Terry J (2016) Defining Tsunamis: Yoda strikes back? Earth-Science Reviews 159: 271-274.