Fieldwork in Cabras Lagoon, Sardinia, Italy

  Prof Carl L. Amos and PhD student Hachem Kassem, from the coastal processes research theme within Geology and Geophysics at NOCS/University of Southampton, have recently participated in a scientific field campaign in the Cabras Lagoon, Sardinia, Italy. The work was undertaken within  RITMARE, the Italian National programme of scientific and technological marine research; through… Read More Fieldwork in Cabras Lagoon, Sardinia, Italy

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

Hot and Deep: Melting during late-stage rifting in Afar

A recent paper in Nature, Dr Derek Keir, from Geology and Geophysics research group at Ocean and Earth Science, has recently been involved in a study on the Afar Rift Valley. The Nature paper by Ferguson and coauthors used geochemical data from lavas erupted along the the Afar rift valley to constrain the origin of magmatism… Read More Hot and Deep: Melting during late-stage rifting in Afar