Biography
Prof. Wheeler is co-lead of iCRAG’s safeguarding the geomarine environment research challenge. Research activities include marine geology with an emphasis on benthic boundary layer sedimentary processes, offshore Quaternary geology and seabed mapping (SSS, MBES, ROVs). Prof. Wheeler has a special focus on the geology of deep-water coral carbonate mounds and continental margins (slides, canyons, contourites) as well as shelf-sea sediment transport processes and offshore.
Active iCRAG projects
- Formation of Littoral and Offshore Irish Placer Resources (FLIPeR) - Siobhan Burke
- Quaternary Seismostratigraphies of Irish Shelf Seas (QuSISS)
- Coral Carbonate Mounds as archives in Submarine Canyon Exchange
Role
- Co-Principal Investigator
Institution
- UCC
Research Area
- Supply of Raw Materials, Safeguard the Geomarine Environment
Expertise
- Ireland's Seabed, Energy Critical Elements
