Dr David Wray

Dr Dave Wray attained a BSc Hons Geology degree at the University of Sheffield before moving to the City of London Polytechnic to undertake a PhD. He was appointed as a Lecturer in Applied Geochemistry at the University of Greenwich and subsequently become a Reader in Applied Analytical Chemistry. He currently holds the post of Director of Research and Enterprise (Enterprise) within the School and is a member of the School Management Team.

During his time at Greenwich his research interests have diversified and now encompass topics such as modern environmental pollution, analytical chemistry, forensic science and the application of chemostratigraphy to the solving of correlation problems in petroleum reservoirs. Associated with the latter activity he also developed and manages an analytical testing laboratory that is accredited to ISO 17025.

Responsibilities within the university

Course participation

Instrumental Analysis
Science and the Environment
Earth System Science
Environmental Analysis
Volcanic Processes and Environmental Hazards

Research

Dave Wray is part of the Environmental Research Cluster.

Researcher ID profile:

http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-8113-2008

Publications

Invited book chapters

Wray, D.S. (2005) ICP-MS applications: Geological Analysis. In: Nelms, S. (ed.) ICP mass spectrometry handbook. Blackwell Publishing. Pp, 432–50.

Refereed journal publications

Wray, D.S. et al. (in press) Surprisingly small increase of the sedimentation rate in the floodplain of the Morava River in the Strážnice area (Czech Republic) in the last 1,300 years. Catena.

Wray, D.S. et al. (2011) Essential and trace element content of commercial infant foods in the UK. Food Chemistry, 128, pp. 123–28.

Wray, D.S. et al. (2011). The uppermost Middle and Upper Albian succession at the Col de Palluel, Hautes-Alpes, France: an integrated study (ammonites, inoceramid bivalves, planktonic foraminifera, nannofossils, geochemistry, stable oxygen and carbon isotopes, cyclostratigraphy). Cretaceous Research, 32, pp. 59–130.

Wray, D.S. et al. (2010) Chemostratigraphic applications in low accommodation fluvial incised valley settings; an example from the Lower Mannville Formation of Alberta, Canada. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 80, pp. 1032–45.

Pearce, T.J., Martin, J.H., Cooper, D., and Wray, D.S. (2010) Chemostratigraphy of Upper Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) sequences from the southern North Sea (United Kingdom). In: Ratcliffe, K.T. and Zaitlin, B.A. (eds.) Application of modern stratigraphic techniques: theory and case histories. SEPM Special Publication 94, pp. 109–27.

Wray, D.S. et al. (2010) A whole rock geochemical approach to the recognition and correlation of "marine bands". In: Ratcliffe, K.T. and Zaitlin, B.A. (eds.) Application of modern stratigraphic techniques: theory and case histories. SEPM Special Publication 94, pp. 221–38.

Wray, D.S. et al. (2010). Geochemical tools for the stratigraphic correlation of floodplain deposits of the Morava River in Strážnické Pomoraví, Czech Republic from the last millennium. Catena, 80, pp. 106–21.

Wray, D.S. et al. (2008) An integrated study (geochemistry, stable oxygen and carbon isotopes, nannofossils, planktonic foraminifera, inoceramid bivalves, ammonites and crinoids) of the Waxahachie Dam Spillway section, north Texas: a possible stratotype for the base of the Campanian Stage. Cretaceous Research, 29, pp. 131–67.

Wray, D.S., and Gale, A.S. (2006) The palaeoenvironment and stratigraphy of Late Cretaceous Chalks. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 117, pp. 145–62.

Pye, K., Blott, S.J., and Wray, D.S. (2006) Elemental analysis of soil samples for forensic purposes by Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectrometry – precision considerations. Forensic Science International, 160, pp. 178–92.

Wray, D.S. et al. (2006). A regional chemostratigraphically-defined correlation framework for the late Triassic TAG-I in Blocks 402 and 405a, Algeria. Petroleum Geoscience, 12, pp. 3–12.

Dr Wray's most recent publications can be found at Google Scholar

Consultancy

Dave Wray is the Director of ASL Services.