Recent seismic cruises study ancient continental breakup offshore NW Spain – by Marianne Karplus

This summer a number of University of Southampton geophysicists participated in a large, international seismic expedition to study continental breakup in the Deep Galicia Basin, offshore northwest Spain. The project includes acquisition of ocean bottom seismometer as well as multi-channel seismic reflection data onboard two separate research vessels, RV Poseidon and RV Marcus G. Langseth.… Read More Recent seismic cruises study ancient continental breakup offshore NW Spain – by Marianne Karplus

SCOPAC grant awarded for sediment transport study

Shari Gallop, Charlie Thompson and Ivan Haigh have been funded by SCOPAC (Standing  Conference on Problems Associated with the Coastline; http://www.scopac.org.uk/) and the Southern Coastal Group (http://www.southerncoastalgroup.org.uk/) to investigate sediment transport pathways offshore of Poole and Christchurch Bays in The Solent, UK. They plan to focus on Dolphin Bank and Dolphin Sand that are approximately 10… Read More SCOPAC grant awarded for sediment transport study